Scott Borison, Author at Schroeder Law Offices, PC

2010 funding for Oregon’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loan Program

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality recently released a memo detailing the fiscal outlook for Oregon’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Loan Program. Since the CWSRF Loan Program was established in 1990, the DEQ has made low interest loans totaling more than $750 million to eligible projects. Congress increased CWSRF loan program funding for […]

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2009 Oregon Legislative Highlights

Legislation, Oregon / By Scott Borison

The 2009 Oregon Legislative Highlights, a Continuing Legal Education publication of the Oregon State Bar, is now available for purchase. The publication provides summaries of hundreds of bills impacting nearly every area of law, such as commercial and consumer law, land use law, and environmental and natural resources law. While much of the 2009 legislation

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Final Water Law Academy of 2009

Water law / By Scott Borison

On December 12th Laura Schroeder, along with Brent Keith, presented a 5-hour Advanced Water Law Academy in Bend, Oregon. Held just prior to the opening of the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association Annual Convention and Trade Show, the interaction with attendees proved to be both educational and entertaining. During the Academy presentation, materials and topics covered were

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2009 Agricultural Law Section Legislative Report

Water law / By Scott Borison

The Agricultural Law Section of the Oregon State Bar recently released its 2009 Legislative Report. The report covers a wide range of legislative developments impacting agricultural interests such as an increase in Oregon state gas tax and title fees, a field burning ban for most of the Willamette Valley, and a bill allowing for utility

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Water Rights Bootcamp

Oregon, Presentations, Water law / By Scott Borison

To get a working basic knowledge of water law in Oregon, consider attending a Water Law Bootcamp. Laura Schroeder teaches an all day educational water law seminar for free. The sponsoring organization, usually Water for Life, provides coffee and lunch and charges less than 25% of other similar continuing education accredited seminars. As a former

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OWRD Announces Grant Program

Legislation, Oregon, Water law / By Scott Borison

The Oregon Water Resources Department recently announced that the Department has $1.6 million available for funding under the Water Conservation, Reuse and Storage Grant Program.Â Under the Program, OWRD will match up to $500,000 in funding from another source for each project.Â The intent of the Program is to encourage feasibility studies and environmental analysis

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The First Scoop

Oregon / By Scott Borison

Storage capacity is obviously an important aspect of any municipal or domestic water supplier’s system. Increased storage capacity does any number of things for a water provider, including reducing the strain on equipment during summer peak demand times, increasing a water provider’s day-to-day flexibility, and providing for water during times of emergency. We recently attended

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The many uses of Google Earth

Water law / By Scott Borison

In the world of water law, we often receive calls from clients and potential clients that live many miles away from our Portland office, and sometimes hundreds of miles from the nearest major airport. In many cases, a site visit to the client’s land is necessary to get a lay of the land, or a

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