OREGON STATE LANDS INFORMATIONAL MEETING SCHEDULED

The Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) will hold a meeting to inform the public of two programs at DSL concerning wetlands and waterways:

Tuesday, April 3
5:00 --- 7:00 p.m.
Judge Guy Boyington Building
857 Commercial Street
Astoria

Representatives from the department's land management and removal-fill programs will discuss the basics of both programs, as well as bills passed in the 2011 legislature and how they will affect each program. An hour is set aside for discussion after the presentations.

Senate Bill 600 added additional waterway leasing exemptions and enabled the department to issue a general permit facilitating drainage in agricultural land. Other legislation made changes to statutes governing general permits (SB 518); surface water withdrawal (House Bill 2189); linear removal-fill projects (HB 2700); and the Economic Recovery Review Council (HB 766).

Draft administrative rules will be available May 1, 2012. A public rule hearing is scheduled for Astoria on June 5, 2012 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial Street, Astoria.