Or. Admin. Code § 635-410-0010 - Definitions
For the purposes of OAR 635-410-0000 through 635-410-0035:
(1) "Affected area" means the area or areas
in which natural resources have been directly or indirectly affected.
(2) "Damages" means the amount of money
sought by the Department in a court of competent jurisdiction for the value of
fish and wildlife injured or destroyed, and for the cost of restoring fish and
wildlife production, including habitat restoration.
(3) "Department" means the Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife.
(4) "Fish and
wildlife" means all fish, shellfish, intertidal animals, wild birds,
amphibians, reptiles and wild mammals.
(5) "Fish kill" means injury or destruction
of fish or their productivity, regardless of cause.
(6) "Natural resources" means land, fish,
wildlife, biota, air or water.
(7)
"Natural resource losses" means any injury or destruction of fish, wildlife or
their habitat, when caused by pollution or violation of the condition of any
permit.
(8) "Net economic value"
means the sum of all net values for products and services associated with
recreational and commercial uses of the affected natural resources, such as
consumer surpluses and producer surpluses, plus the sum of all nonuse (or
preservation) values, such as option and existence values.
(9) "Pollution" means any such alteration of
the physical, chemical or biological properties of any waters of the state,
including change in temperature, taste, color, turbidity, silt or odor of the
waters, or such discharge of any liquid, gaseous, solid, radioactive or other
substance into any waters of the state which will or tends to, either by itself
or in connection with any other substance, create a public nuisance, or which
will or tends to render such waters harmful, detrimental or injurious to public
health, safety or welfare, or to domestic, commercial, industrial,
agricultural, recreational or other legitimate beneficial uses, or to
livestock, wildlife, fish or other aquatic life or the habitat
thereof.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 468B.060, ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146, ORS 496.750, ORS 506.119 & ORS 506.720
Stats. Implemented: ORS 468B.060, ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146, ORS 496.750, ORS 506.119 & ORS 506.720
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