ORS 540.525: Installation of fish screening or by-pass device as prerequisite for transfer of point of diversion.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) Upon receipt of an application for a change in the point of diversion under ORS 540.520, the Water Resources Department shall consult with the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to determine whether the diversion is: (a) Equipped with an appropriate fish screening or by-pass device; or (b) Included on the priority list of screening projects established pursuant to section 8, chapter 933, Oregon Laws 1989. (2) If the original point of diversion is included in the priority list of screening projects established pursuant to section 8, chapter 933, Oregon Laws 1989, the department, after consulting with the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, may require the installation of an appropriate fish screening or by-pass device at the new point of diversion. (3) When consulting with the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, the department shall determine whether the installation of an appropriate fish screening or by-pass device is necessary to prevent fish from leaving the body of water and entering the diversion. (4) Any individual who is required to install a fish screening or by-pass device under this section at a point of diversion may participate in the State Department of Fish and Wildlife’s cost-sharing program for the installation of screening or by-pass devices. [1995 c.274 §6a; 2007 c.625 §11]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 690-013-0005: Introduction — implements
- OAR 690-013-0010: Definitions — implements
- OAR 690-013-0030: Eligibility to Petition — implements
- OAR 690-013-0050: Individual Applications — implements
- OAR 690-013-0070: Interim Transfers — implements
- OAR 690-013-0100: District Petitions — implements
- OAR 690-013-0110: Requests for Additional Information — implements
- OAR 690-013-0150: District Shall Certify Petition — implements
- OAR 690-013-0310: Processing of Petition — implements
- OAR 690-013-0350: Field Verification of the Petition and Map — implements
- OAR 690-380-0010: Purpose — implements
- OAR 690-380-0090: Applicability — implements
- OAR 690-380-0100: Definitions — implements
- OAR 690-380-2000: Types of Permanent Transfers — implements
- OAR 690-380-2110: Change in Point of Diversion or Point of Appropriation — implements
- OAR 690-380-2200: Changes in Place of Use — implements
- OAR 690-380-2240: Layered Water Rights and Certificates of Registration — implements
- OAR 690-380-2250: Transfer of Supplemental Water Right or Permit — implements
- OAR 690-380-2300: Changes in Character of Use — implements
- OAR 690-380-2320: Transfer from Supplemental Use to Primary Use — implements
- OAR 690-380-2330: Substitution of Supplemental Groundwater Right for Primary Surface Water Right — implements
- OAR 690-380-2340: Specific-to-General Industrial Water Use Change — implements
- OAR 690-380-3000: Application for Transfer — implements
- OAR 690-380-3050: Additional Application Requirements — implements
- OAR 690-380-3100: Map Requirements — implements
- OAR 690-380-3400: Waiver of Fees — implements
- OAR 690-380-3410: Waiver of Mapping Requirements — implements
- OAR 690-380-4000: Initial Review — implements
- OAR 690-380-4010: Proposed Final Order — implements
- OAR 690-380-4200: Hearings — implements
- OAR 690-380-5000: Approval of Transfers — implements
- OAR 690-380-5030: Approval of Injurious Transfers — implements
- OAR 690-380-5040: Affidavits of Consent — implements
- OAR 690-380-5050: Consent to Injury of Instream Water Rights — implements
- OAR 690-380-5060: Fish Screening and By-Pass Devices — implements
- OAR 690-380-5100: Compatibility with Acknowledged Comprehensive Plans — implements
- OAR 690-380-5110: Original Right Terminated — implements
- OAR 690-380-5120: Multiple Primary Water Rights on the Same Lands — implements
- OAR 690-380-6050: Waiver of Proof of Completion — implements
- OAR 690-382-0010: Purpose — implements
- OAR 690-382-0100: Definitions — implements
- OAR 690-382-0300: Modification of Certificates of Registrations — implements
- OAR 690-382-0400: Application for Modification of Certificate of Registration — implements
- OAR 690-382-0450: Existing Documentation of Modifications — implements
- OAR 690-382-0500: Fee Refunds — implements
- OAR 690-382-0550: Completeness Review and Initial Review — implements
- OAR 690-382-0600: Request for Comments — implements
- OAR 690-382-0700: Proposed Final Order — implements
- OAR 690-382-0800: Notice of Proposed Final Order — implements
- OAR 690-382-1000: Final Order on Recognition of Modifications — implements
- OAR 690-382-1200: Compatibility with Acknowledged Comprehensive Plans — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 540.520 — resolved
Cited by
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors540.html