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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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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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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By Laura Schroeder After Ft Vannoy, permits or appurtenant water right certificates inside irrigation districts or organization are subject to third party determinations. Both landowners and irrigation districts/organizations should take action now to determine their own fates as to those permitted uses and water rights diverted, delivered, and/or in the name of the district or
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The B2H Project will construct a new high power (500 kilovolt) electric transmission line over 298 miles of private and public lands throughout North-Central to Eastern Oregon and Idaho. The B2H Project is currently scheduled to begin construction in 2011 and begin service in 2012. Between now and 2011, the project is undergoing the permitting
This fall, facilitators from Oregon State University, private business and Representative Jackie Dingfelder, Chair of the House Energy and Environmental Committee, have conducted a series of roundtable meetings throughout the State of Oregon to discuss Oregon’s current water situation with water users and citizens of this state. The stated purpose of these meetings has been to idenitify Oregon’s water
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Throughout the arid West, water users, state agencies and federal agencies have constructed reservoirs and ponds of varying size and capacity to store water for a variety of uses. Many irrigation districts or other water delivery organizations have acquired sizable reservoirs that were initially constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation or another federal agency for the
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With food prices at all time highs, agricultural market prices rising, and water rights at a premium, now is the time to plan for the future. We suggest that water users create and update water management plans with an eye to water rights security, stability, and development. A water management plan will analyze the current state
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One can’t help but notice the increasing amount of wind-generation farms that are being installed throughout Oregon, Washington and the U.S. At first glance, wind energy seems like a great idea with many people looking to jump on the bandwagon. It provides clean renewable energy and helps stabilize energy costs and our nation’s dependence on
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While much of Oregon’s manufacturing industry as a whole continues to decline, food manufacturing has maintained a rather steady presence over the past 50 years. Oregon Business Magazine recently published findings made by WorkSource Oregon that show that the industry has continued to support over 20,000 jobs in the state throughout all the ups and
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Written by Dominic Corollo In early July 2008 the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that the party with an ownership interest in a certificated water right is the party who initiates and completes the statutory steps necessary to acquire the water right and certificate. It is not necessarily the person who physically puts the water to
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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. Under the Program, OWRD will match up to $500,000 in funding from another source for each project. The intent of the Program is to encourage feasibility studies and environmental analysis
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By Dominic Corollo The House Subcommittee on Water and Power held a hearing adressing concerns over the impacts of invasive quagga mussels on Tuesday, June 24, 2008. The hearing, entitled “The Silent Invasion: Finding Solutions to Minimize the Impacts of Invasive Quagga Mussels on Water Rates, Water Infrastructure and the Environment,†particularly focused on the threat
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The recent draining of Roslyn Lake could pose potential problems for nearby homeowners that have relied on leaks from the lake to augment their shallow wells. The manmade lake was scheduled to be drained for some time as a necessary step in decommissioning Marmot Dam on the Sandy River. PGE warned 22 homeowners that their
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    The Oregon Water Resources Congress (OWRC), the Washington State Water Resources Association (WSWRA) , and the Idaho Water Users Association (IWUA) met in Spokane Washington on May 16, 2008 for the first of three Tri-State Meetings to be held this year.     OWRC, WSWRA, and IWUA are all organizations which promote the protection and use
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
Guest post by James Carver I’ve worked for over thirty years in the field of water law in the office of the State Engineer and the Water Resources Department. During those years I served as head of the Water Rights Division and later as Deputy State Engineer under Chris Wheeler. I also presided over administrative
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