Or. Admin. Code § 123-041-0050 - Application Requirements
In order to receive a Program grant, an eligible applicant must submit an application to the Department that:
(1) Adequately describes the project's scope
and feasibility;
(2) Is in the form
provided by the Department;
(3)
Includes:
(a) Documentation establishing one
of the following:
(A) A USGS ground water
characterization model for the targeted aquifer establishing a baseline of
aquifer properties;
(B) A
peer-reviewed academic model for the targeted aquifer establishing a baseline
of aquifer properties or documentation of agency-developed; or
(C) Publicly-developed reports determining
that the targeted aquifer is a potential candidate for recharge testing in
order to prove that baseline data exists to warrant additional due diligence
for recharging the aquifer.
(b) Documentation establishing that source
water is available to conduct Aquifer Recharge testing at the targeted volume
and rate of the test;
(c)
Documentation establishing that ground water use in the targeted aquifer has
been monitored and metered for at least five years immediately prior to the
date on which the application is submitted;
(d) Documentation demonstrating that all or a
portion of the basin or aquifer to which the application relates has been:
(A) Restrictively classified under ORS
536.340;
(B) Withdrawn by the OWRD from further
groundwater appropriation under ORS
536.410; or
(C) Designated as critical under statute or
rule or order of the Water Resources Commission or the OWRD.
(e) Documentation that
demonstrates, in the Department's sole discretion, that all landowners who own
property on which injection, infiltration, recovery, or monitoring activities
will take place are aware of, and agree to, the work to be completed under the
proposal.
(4) Satisfies
any additional requirements the Department may impose.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 285A.075
Statutes/Other Implemented: OR Laws 2023, Chapter 606
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