Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) Each district temporary transfer
application shall contain the standard information required by OAR
690-385-2000.
(2) Pursuant to ORS
540.570(3), a
district temporary transfer application shall include a statement certifying
the district notified each affected user that the Department may condition or
revoke a district temporary transfer, at any time, upon determining the change
results in injury to an existing water right.
(3) In addition to the standard application
information required under OAR 690-385-2000, temporary district transfer
applications shall include the following information:
(a) For a change in point of diversion or
appropriation, or a change from surface water point of diversion to ground
water appropriation, the application shall include:
(A) The existing and proposed points of
diversion or points of appropriation located accurately in reference to a
public land survey corner.
(B) If
the request is for a change in point of appropriation, or a change in point of
diversion to a ground water appropriation (well), copies of water well reports
for the authorized and proposed point of appropriation. Each water well report
shall be labeled to correctly identify and locate the well, and identify the
well report as either the authorized or proposed point of appropriation. If
water well reports are not available, a description of the construction of each
well, including but not limited to, well depth, static water level, casing
size, and any other necessary information to establish the groundwater body
developed or proposed to be developed.
(C) If the request is for a change in point
of diversion in response to an emergency, a listing of agencies, local and
tribal governments, and the applicable contact names with whom the applicant
has consulted about the change in point of diversion.
(b) For a change in type of use from a
primary right to a supplemental right, the application shall identify the
change from primary to supplemental for the applicable authorized and proposed
place of use by its location within the public land survey, tax lot number, and
the name of each user.
(c) For a
change in type of use of a water right to store water, the application shall
include:
(A) Written consent to the change in
type of use from the operator of the reservoir; and
(B) If the water right to store water is
issued in the name of a federal governmental agency, include written consent
from the agency to the change in type of use.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
536.025 &
536.027
Stats. Implemented: ORS
536.050,
540.570 &
540.574
