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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:9.6pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For Immediate Release Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Marine Board Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Rule Changes for Applegate Reservoir<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> On November 4, 2013, the Marine Board received a petition requesting that the Marine Board open rulemaking to eliminate
the 10 mile per hour speed limit on the lake, prohibit motorboats in the Hart-Tish Park swim area, and create four slow-no wake zones on the lake.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> The Marine Board will be holding a public meeting where interested parties can learn about the petition and provide
oral testimony or written comments on the petition proposal. The meeting will be held on Monday, December 16 at the Medford Library, 205 South Central Avenue in Medford at 7 p.m. No decisions will be made at the December 16 public meeting; the Marine Board
will decide whether or not to open rulemaking at the January 9, 2014 board meeting in Portland.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Written comments will be accepted via mail, fax, or email and can be sent to June LeTarte, Rules Coordinator, 435
Commercial Street NE, Salem, 97301, fax number <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">503-378-4597 or at
<a href="mailto:osmb.rulemaking@state.or.us">osmb.rulemaking@state.or.us</a>. Written comments will be accepted until
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">5 p.m. on Tuesday, December 31, 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> To view the petition visit:
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSMB/Pages/admin/OSMB_Rulemaking_Newpage.aspx">http://www.oregon.gov/OSMB/Pages/admin/OSMB_Rulemaking_Newpage.aspx</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Ashley A. Massey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Oregon State Marine Board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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