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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:9.6pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For Immediate Release Date: July 1, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<h1 style="margin-top:0in">Marine Board Opens Rulemaking and Elects New Board Chair<o:p></o:p></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"> The Oregon State Marine Board met on June 26 to consider several proposed rules and to elect a new Board Chair and Vice-Chair for the 2013-2014 year. The Marine Board meeting was held at the Marine
Board office, 435 Commercial Street NE, in Salem. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"> The Marine Board approved initiating rulemaking to comply with the laws passed during the 2013 Oregon Legislative session:
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">OAR 250-020-0221 Boat Operations in Lane County and OAR 250-030-0030 Scenic Waterways;
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">~<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">OAR 250 Division 014 Marine Facility Program;
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">OAR 250 Division 015 Ocean Charter Vessels;
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">OAR 250 Division 016 Outfitters and Guides;
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">and OAR 250 Division 026 Abandoned Boats (this will be a new division).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%">The Marine Board approved opening rulemaking for OAR 250-020-0032, Boat Operations in Clackamas County on the Willamette River, to consider moving the slow-no-wake and wake enhancing device exclusion
cutoff from the 219 Bridge to the east 2.5 mile to Champoeg Park. No other changes to the exclusion zone will be considered.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%">The Board adopted a slow-no-wake zone around the Portland-Milwaukie bridge construction project on the Willamette River. This rule provision will sunset upon removal of the temporary construction
bridges or no later than September 30, 2014.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%">In response to a citizen petition to establish a slow-no-wake zone around private docks on Fern Ridge Reservoir, in a 3-1 decision, the Marine Board voted not to open rulemaking for Boat Operations
in Lane County, OAR 250-020-0221. Instead, staff was directed to provide education on wake courtesy and work with petitioners on non-regulatory alternatives to address concerns.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%">The Board elected Brian Carroll to serve as Marine Board Chair and Jen Tonneson as Vice- Chair beginning July 1 through June 2014.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%">For more information about Board members and the Marine Board, visit
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSMB/Pages/admin/members.aspx">http://www.oregon.gov/OSMB/Pages/admin/members.aspx</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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