[IWRS] Informational Session on OWRD Rulemaking - Division 10

[COOK Nirvana * WRD]

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UPCOMING INFORMATIONAL SESSION FOR DIVISION 10 RULEMAKING
The Oregon Water Resources Department is undertaking rulemaking to update its Division 10 rules relating to the processes for establishing critical groundwater area (CGWA) designations and controls.  The Department invites interested persons to attend an upcoming informational session on December 16, 2021 from 1 PM to 3 PM to learn more about this rulemaking.  Please see the attached agenda for additional information.
Pre-registration is required. Interested persons can register to attend this informational session by visiting https://forms.office.com/g/TsVby87Prg and filling out the required fields.  Registration closes at noon on December 14, 2021.  Information about how to access the virtual meeting will be provided via email to all registered attendees on December 15, 2021.  If you do not have email and intend to join by phone, we will call you and provide instructions on how to join.
RULEMAKING PURPOSE & SCOPE
Division 10 governs the Department's processes for establishing critical groundwater area (CGWA) designations and controls.  These rules are currently out-of-date and inconsistent with the processes outlined in statute (ORS 537.730 to 537.742).  The Department is undertaking rulemaking to conform the rules to statute and provide a framework for implementing future CGWA designations and controls.
These rules will not create basin or sub-basin specific CGWAs, limit groundwater appropriation, or implement corrective control provisions.  Once these rules are in place, future designations of basin or sub-basin specific CGWAs will require a separate rulemaking process conducted in accordance with the provisions of these rules.
OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE
There are additional opportunities to participate in the development of the draft Division 10 rules and ask questions about this rulemaking.  Please see the attached one-pager for more information or visit the Department's website: www.oregon.gov/owrd/programs/policylawandrules/OARS/Pages/ProposedRulemaking.aspx<https://www.oregon.gov/owrd/programs/policylawandrules/OARS/Pages/ProposedRulemaking.aspx>.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information on this rulemaking, please visit the Oregon Water Resources Department's website.  There you can view draft rules and the statutory framework: www.oregon.gov/owrd/programs/policylawandrules/OARS/Pages/ProposedRulemaking.aspx<http://www.oregon.gov/owrd/programs/policylawandrules/OARS/Pages/ProposedRulemaking.aspx>
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QUESTIONS?
Please reach out to the Department's Rules Coordinator, Breeze Potter, at breeze.k.potter at water.oregon.gov<mailto:breeze.k.potter at water.oregon.gov> or (971) 720-0963 if you have any questions about the informational session or this rulemaking in general. Thank you!

Breeze Potter (she/her/hers)
Water Policy Analyst
Rules/IWRS Coordinator
725 Summer Street NE, Suite A, Salem, OR 97301 | Direct Phone: 971-720-0963 | General Phone: 503-986-0900

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