Or. Admin. R. 141-010-0201 - Authority and Purpose

(1) These rules are adopted under authority of ORS 274 .705 - 274.860 relating to exploration and development of offshore oil, gas and related sulphur resources. These rules do not apply to offshore exploration of hard minerals or to scientific research sponsored by academic institutions.

(2) It is the purpose of these rules to provide a uniform procedure for issuing non-exclusive permits to survey state-owned submerged and submersible lands by geological and geophysical (including seismic) methods to determine the potential of such lands for development of oil, gas and sulphur resources. Issuance of a permit under these rules does not confer any leasing rights or preferences in or to the subject property and does not affect requirements that the permittee obtain any other applicable regulatory permits from the Department of State Lands, or other agencies.

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Or. Admin. R. 141-010-0201

LB 7-1986, f. & ef. 7-18-86

Stat. Auth.: ORS 274

Stats. Implemented: ORS 274 .735