Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
Division 22 - FOREST RESOURCE TRUST
Section 629-022-0810 - Approval

(1) Landowner applications for financial assistance under the cost-share program may not be approved until the State Forester has determined that cost-share program funds are available.

(2) The State Forester must evaluate the information in the Landowner's cost-share application to determine a project's priority for funding based on the Project criteria in OAR 629-022-0050 subject to any limitations set-forth under 629-022-0810(3).

(3) The State Forester must maintain, and periodically update, a list of cost-share rates by cost-share component that exemplify the not-to-exceed cost-share reimbursement limits available to Landowners applying for financial assistance under the cost-share program.

(4) The State Forester must maintain, and periodically update, a list of Landowner self-labor and self-equipment use rates that exemplify the not-to-exceed cost-share reimbursement limits available to Landowners applying for financial assistance under the cost-share program.

(5) State Forester approval of the Landowner's cost-share application constitutes an agreement between the Forest Resource Trust and the Landowner that obligates the Forest Resource Trust cost-share program funds necessary to cover the sum of the not-to-exceed cost-share reimbursement limit for each cost-share component applied for and approved.

(6) For applications that are not approved, the State Forester must notify Landowner's of such. The State Forester must specify the reason for denying the Landowner's application including, but not limited to, a lack of available funds, low ranking of the application with respect to the Project criteria in OAR 629-022-0050, or incompleteness of the application.