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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: Friday, January 9, 2015<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 Approves Grants, Opens Rulemaking<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Oregon State Marine Board held their quarterly Board meeting at the Portland Yacht Club on January 8. The Board approved two grants and opened
rulemaking for two administrative rules.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> The Board approved a grant to Metro Parks and Environmental Services to replace the heavily used and aging wood boarding docks at Chinook Landing in
Multnomah County with new, aluminum docks with fiberglass decking. The project will be broken into two phases: fabricate and store the docks in 2015, then deliver and install the docks during the in-water work window of November 1 through February 28, 2016.
The grant also covers the cost of removing the old dock structures. The Board approved $510,900 in state boater funds, combined with $1,800 of applicant in-kind contributions and $100,000 matching funds for a project total of $612,700.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> The Board also approved a grant to Tillamook County to dredge Memaloose Point Boat Launch. This facility has been dredged numerous times in the past
and Tillamook County agreed to a Marine Board staff recommendation to obtain special surveys and hydrographic modeling for alternative facility designs to mitigate the need for future dredging. The Board approved $105,275 in state boater funds, combined with
$3,656 of in-kind resources and $49,817 matching funds from Tillamook County for a project total of $158,748.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> In other business, the Board approved opening rulemaking for Division 016, Outfitter/Guide Program to amend definitions and add references to other
criminal statutes to the Outfitter/Guide Program rules. The Board authorized staff to request concurrent rulemaking with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The Board also approved rulemaking to adopt OAR 250-010-0164 Visual Distress Signals to be
in concurrence with federal rules. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> To view the agency staff report presented to 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></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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Public Information Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">503-378-2623<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Ashley.massey@state.or.us"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Ashley.massey@state.or.us</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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