Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
Division 78 - APPLICATIONS AND PERMITS FOR CHEMICAL PROCESS MINING
Section 690-078-0010 - Definitions

(1) "Chemical Process Mining" means a mining and processing operation for metal bearing ores that uses chemicals to dis-solve metals from ore.

(2) "Commission" means Oregon Water Resources Commission.

(3) "Consolidated Application" means the single application filed with the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries as required under Section 13, Chapter 735, 1991 Oregon Laws.

(4) "Cooperating Agency" means an agency that has statutory responsibility related to a chemical process mine but that does not issue a permit for the mining process.

(5) "Department" means Oregon Water Resources Department.

(6) "DOGAMI" means Department of Geology and Mineral Industries.

(7) "Environmental Evaluation" means an analysis of specific impacts of the chemical process mine operation that allow affected agencies to develop permit conditions.

(8) "Permitting Agency" means an agency that has a separate permitting authority for some element of a chemical process mine.

(9) "Project Coordinating Committee" means the interagency governmental committee that shares information and coordinates county, state and federal permitting requirements, facilitates the exchange of ideas, optimizes communication and avoids duplicate effort.

(10) "Suspension of Water Use Permit" means that water cannot be appropriated under a permit or certificate issued under these rules because the operator of the mine has not increased the bond to cover the additional reclamation costs. The suspension will be lifted when the operator posts the additional bond security.

(11) "Technical Review Team" means the interagency governmental committee that determines baseline data methodology guidelines and coordinates the use of the data.