Or. Admin. R. 698-005-0020 - Definitions
(1) "Agricultural landowner or operator"
means a landowner, operator, manager or other person having responsibility for
exercising control over the day-to-day operation of a farm or ranch.
(2) "Board" means the Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board created under ORS 541.900.
(3) "Commission" means the Oregon
Agricultural Heritage Commission created under ORS 541.986.
(4) "Conservation management plan" means
specific actions planned for working lands to improve or maintain the
agricultural and natural resource values. A conservation management plan is
independent of a working lands covenant or easement.
(5) "Conservation management plan holder"
means an entity that is eligible to hold a conservation management plan that is
or would be responsible for developing, implementing, monitoring or enforcing
the agreement under an OAHP grant agreement.
(6) "Conversion":
(a) "Conversion" means:
(A) Cessation of accepted farming
practices;
(B) Construction of
dwellings not occupied by farm operators or workers or other structures not
related to agriculture;
(C) Removal
of infrastructure required for accepted farming practices unless necessary to
accommodate a change in accepted farming practices; or
(D) Cancelling or transferring rights to use
water for irrigation in a manner that reduces the long-term viability of
agriculture on the working land.
(b) As used in this definition, "accepted
farming practices" shall have the meaning set forth in ORS
215.203(2)(c)
(7)
"Director" means the Executive Director of the Oregon Watershed Enhancement
Board or the Executive Director's designee.
(8) "Farming and ranching" means "farm use" as defined in ORS
215.203(2).
(9) "Fragmentation"
means the division of a working farm or ranch, or the isolation of a farm or
ranch from other agricultural operations and/or from the agricultural
infrastructure necessary to bring farm products to their appropriate
markets.
(10) "Grant agreement"
means the legally binding contract between the Board and the grant recipient in
which the Board is not substantially involved in the funded program or activity
other than involvement associated with monitoring compliance with the grant
conditions. It consists of the conditions specified in these rules, the notice
of grant award, special conditions to the agreement, a certification to comply
with applicable state and federal regulations, the project budget and the
approved application for funding the project.
(11) "Grantee" means an organization or
individual that is awarded a grant under one or more of OAHP's grant
programs.
(12) "Management plan"
means a description of the stewardship, monitoring, and uses of working land
intended to carry out the purposes of a working lands easement or
covenant.
(13) "OWEB" means the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board state agency.
(14) "Technical committee" means a team of individuals who have
expertise relevant to the ranking of OAHP grants, or other issues before the
Commission.
(15) "Working land"
means land that is actively used by an agricultural owner or operator for an
agricultural operation that includes, but need not be limited to, active
engagement in "farm use" as defined in ORS 215.203(2).
(16) "Working land conservation covenant"
means a nonpossessory interest in working land for a fixed term that imposes
limitations or affirmative obligations for the purposes that support the use of
the land for agricultural production and for the maintenance or enhancement of
fish or wildlife habitat, water quality or other natural resource
values.
(17) "Working land
conservation easement" means a permanent nonpossessory interest in working land
that imposes limitations or affirmative obligations for purposes that support
the use of the land for agricultural production and for the maintenance or
enhancements of fish or wildlife habitat, water quality or other natural
resource values.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 541.979, ORS 541.988, ORS 541.984
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 541.977-541.989
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