Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 141 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS
Division 14 - RULES FOR AUTHORIZING LEASES AND LICENSES FOR THE REMOVAL OR USE OF ROCK, SAND, GRAVEL AND SILT DERIVED FROM STATE-OWNED SUBMERGED AND SUBMERSIBLE LAND
Section 141-014-0410 - Enforcement Actions; Civil Penalties and Other Remedies

(1) Upon the Director's own initiative, or in response to a complaint, the Director may investigate a suspected violation of a lease, license or other authorization to use or remove material, or the alleged unauthorized use of state land and removal of material, to determine if the use or removal of material conforms with the terms and conditions of a lease, license or other authorization, or to determine if the use or removal of material is not authorized.

(2) In conducting the inspection relative to suspected or alleged violations of a lease, license or other authorization issued by the Director, the Director, or the Director's agent, may enter onto private property of the holder of the authorization in order to determine if a violation has occurred.

(3) Upon a determination that a violation of the lease, license or other authorization has occurred or that an unauthorized use of, or removal of material from state land has occurred, the Director may exercise the remedies set forth in the lease, license or other material use or removal authorization, any other remedies available at law, or impose civil penalties consistent with OAR 141-014-0410(4) and (5), below.

(4) ORS 273.241 provides that the removal or use of material from any property of the State of Oregon under the control of the Department by any person without an authorization constitutes a trespass for which the state, in addition to any action commenced under 273.990, may also commence an action for damages. If damages are assessed against the defendant in any such action, the state will be awarded double the amount of damages assessed if the trespass is willful.

(5) The unauthorized use or removal of material from state-owned submerged and submersible land or a violation of a lease, license or other authorization granted under these rules authorizing the use of, or removal of material from state-owned submerged and submersible land are a violation of ORS 274.040 and OAR 141-082. In addition to any other penalty or sanction provided by law, the Director may assess a civil penalty pursuant to ORS 274.992, 274.994, and OAR 141-082-0130 for the unauthorized use of state-owned submerged and submersible land, or for the violation of a special use authorization granted under these rules authorizing the use of state-owned submerged and submersible land.