Most Western states allow an exemption from water right permitting for domestic wells. In New Mexico this exemption was recently challenged as being inconsistent with the prior appropriation doctrine. Other western states seek to legislatively limit the scope of such exemptions. Oregon which has perhaps the broadest statutory groundwater exemption is seeking in this legislative […]
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Though much of the news out of Salem involves discussion of the budget and shortfalls, the 2009 Legislature is considering some important water bills with an immediate impact on water use in Oregon. The summary below includes three water bills that are of interest. We encourage you to contact your Senator or Representative regarding your
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The Oregon Ground Water Association (OGWA) is holding their Spring Technical Conference on March 6-7, 2009 at the Oregon Garden Resort in Silverton Oregon. Schroeder Law Offices’ Therese Ure will join the panel discussion on Government Affairs which will discuss and consider the 2009 Legislation’s proposed bills relating to the ground water industry. For more
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Tired of entities and governments chipping away at your Newlands Project water rights? Schroeder Law Offices will host an informational meeting for water users in the Newlands Project. The meeting will address reduced water allocations pursuant to OCAP regulations governing the Truckee Carson Irrigation District. These reductions may be actionable in court as a breach
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In Senate Bill 424, Oregon considers changes to the water right forfeiture law. Currently a water right in Oregon is subject to forfeiture if the water has not been applied to beneficial use under the certificate once in every five year period. As proposed, this bill sponsored by Senator Girod and Representative Gilliam would allow
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On Tuesday, January 27th while speaking on hot topics in water at the annual Oregon Water Coalition meeting in Hermiston Oregon, Laura Schroeder, Cortney Duke and Therese Ure announced the Schroeder Law Office new Hermiston Oregon location. Attorney Therese Ure will be making a monthly rotation of up to 10 days a month in the
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. In January 2009, Schroeder Law Offices’ Therese Ure was elected to serve on the Agricultural Law Section’s Executive Committee for the Oregon State Bar. This section, among others, monitors issues facing agricultural interests and also provides guidance and comment to the Oregon State Bar on new legislative ideas, such as the Oregon Water Courts
The Oregon Water Coalition has asked Laura Schroeder to present Chet Prior with its annual “Friend of Farmer” award on January 27, 2009, in Hermiston, Oregon. The Oregon Water Coalition actively supports water development projects including the recently funded research to develop aquifer recharge and aquifer storage in the critical ground water areas located in Morrow and Umatilla
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For the Oregon Water Coalition’s 2009 Annual Membership Meeting and Water Conference, Laura A. Schroeder, Cortney D. Duke, and Therese A. Ure will present a two hour seminar covering two main topics including: 1) Ground Water a) Critical Ground Water b) Division 33 Rules c) Peak Flows 2) New Legislation a) SB 1069 b) Long
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2,4-D is a herbicide commonly used to attack broad leafed plants, but it is less harmful to grasses. In agricultural applications, herbicide is applied to wheat, small grains, sorghum, corn, rice, sugar cane, low-till soybeans, orchards, rangeland, and pasture. Others mix it with other herbicides or pesticides for application onto non-producing lands such as roadsides,
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The Oregon Department of State Lands is holding a series of workshops covering the administrative rules pertaining to Removal and Fill permitting. These workshops will be very useful for anyone requiring a Removal-Fill permit within wetlands and waters of Oregon. To see a schedule of the time and place of the workshops please visit http://www.oregon.gov/DSL/docs/removal_fill_rule_hearings_nov2008.pdf
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Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Interior and Commerce published final regulations amending certain aspects of the existing Section 7 consultation regulations under the ESA. The new regulations modify the existing regulations by specifying categories of project-specific actions which do not require consultation with permitting federal agencies. The new regulations are aimed at streamlining
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Throughout the fall of 2007, facilitators from Oregon State University, private business and Representative Jackie Dingfelder, Chair of the House Energy and Environmental Committee, conducted a series of roundtable meetings throughout the State of Oregon to discuss Oregon’s current water needs and priorities with water users and citizens of this state. The stated purpose of these meetings was to
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The Bureau of Reclamation recently announced they are seeking letters of interest from non-Federal entities throughout the western states to conduct river basin or sub-basin studies. The Bureau is conducting the studies as part of the Water for America initiative. The Basin studies are to be cost-shared on a 50/50 basis with state, tribal and local partners.
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. On December 2, 2008 the grand jury in the Federal District Court of Nevada returned an indictment to the court charging the Truckee Carson Irrigation District (TCID) and four of it’s employees: David Overvold, Lyman McConnell, Shelby Cecil, and John Baker with conspiracy to defraud the United States Bureau of Reclamation, falsification of records,
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Accepting associations and referrals in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Nevada, Schroeder Law Offices recently opened its new office in Reno, Nevada. With a population of 250,000, Reno is at the center of water controversies on the Truckee, Carson, and Walker rivers. Each of these desert rivers interestingly terminate at a lake with an associated Indian
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Colm Moore and Laura Schroeder will present a 4-hour seminar on Nevada water rights in Winnemucca on December 9 and in Elko on December 10. For more information click here.
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Applicants obtain water rights through Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) in a process dictated by statute and rule. There are three general phases to obtaining water rights: Water Right Application Water Right Permit Water Right Certificate The administrative process undertaken by OWRD from the application stage to the certificate stage is detailed and specifically governed by the applicable rules. Because the
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A meeting was held on Monday, November 3rd wherein many landowners were educated on many issues surrounding the B2H high powered transmission project. For more information on the meeting, follow this link: http://www.argusobserver.com/articles/2008/11/04/news/doc49108e808f901907365579.txt Schroeder Law Offices was in attendance at this meeting and urged landowners to participate in submitting comments to the Bureau of Land
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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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