Or. Admin. Code § 603-090-0010 - Definitions

Unless other required by the context, as used in this Division:

(1) "Agency of this state" has the meaning given in ORS 568.210(1).

(2) "Area Plan" or "Agricultural Water Quality Management Area Plan" means a plan for the prevention and control of water pollution from agricultural activities and soil erosion in a management area the boundaries of which have been designated under ORS 568.909.

(3) "Area Rules" or "Agricultural Water Quality Management Area Rules" are administrative rules adopted by the state Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the state Board of Agriculture, for the implementation of the Area Plan adopted under ORS 568.909.

(4) "Board" means the state Board of Agriculture.

(5) "Department" means the state Department of Agriculture.

(6) "Director" means the director of the state Department of Agriculture.

(7) "Individual Water Quality Management Plan" means a plan for the prevention or control of water pollution for an individual landowner.

(8) "Landowner" includes any landowner, land occupier or operator as defined in ORS 568.903.

(9) "Local Management Agency" means any agency of this state, including but not limited to a soil and water conservation district, which has been designated by the department to undertake activities within a management area whose boundaries have been designated under ORS 568.909.

(10) "Local Management Area Advisory Committee" means a committee established by the department under OAR 603-090-0020.

(11) "Operator" has the meaning given in ORS 568.900(2).

(12) "Pollution" or "water pollution" has the meaning given in ORS 468B.005.

(13) "Water" or "the waters of the state" has the meaning given in ORS 468B.005.

Notes

Or. Admin. Code § 603-090-0010

AD 9-1994, f. & cert. ef. 7-26-94; DOA 16-2006, f. & cert. ef. 9-15-06; DOA 21-2022, amend filed 08/17/2022, effective 8/17/2022

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 561 & ORS 568.900 - 568.933

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 568.900 - 568.933