Or. Admin. R. 690-505-0040 - Lower Crooked River Basin
(1)
Classifications:
(a) The maximum economic
development of this state, the attainment of the highest and best use of the
waters of the Deschutes - Lower Crooked River Basin , and the attainment of an
integrated and coordinated program for the benefit of the state as a whole will
be furthered through utilization of the aforementioned waters only for
domestic, livestock, municipal, irrigation, power development, industrial,
mining, recreation, wildlife and fish life uses and the waters of the Deschutes
- Lower Crooked River Basin are hereby so classified with the following
exceptions:
(A) OAR 690-505-0050, Lower Main
Stem Deschutes River, adopted April 3, 1964, as modified by the Water Policy
Review Board;
(B) No further
appropriations except for domestic or livestock uses shall be made or granted
by any state agency for the waters of Ochoco Creek and its
tributaries.
(b)
Applications for the use of the waters of the Deschutes - Lower Crooked River
Basin shall not be accepted by any state agency for any other use and the
granting of applications for such uses is declared to be prejudicial to the
public interest and the granting of applications for such other uses would be
contrary to the integrated and coordinated program for the use and control of
the water resources of the state;
(c) Structures or works for the utilization
of the water in accordance with the aforementioned classifications are also
declared to be prejudicial to the public interest unless planned, constructed
and operated in conformity with the applicable provisions of ORS
536.310 and any such structures
or works are further declared to be prejudicial to the public interest which do
not give proper cognizance to the multiple-purpose concept.
(2) Water Quality: Rights to use
of water for industrial or mining purposes granted by any state agency shall be
issued only on condition that any effluents or return flows from such uses
shall not interfere with other beneficial uses of water.
[NOTE: The Upper Deschutes River, Middle Deschutes River, Lower Deschutes River, Upper Crooked River and Lower Crooked River Basins are delineated on State Water Resources Board Map, File 5.7014, available from the agency.]
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