Any application for projects involving construction of
environmental restoration weirs must utilize the Department's application form
and specifically describe how the project will meet all the eligibility
criteria set forth in OAR
635-412-0050 and facilitate
stream restoration and habitat improvement. The Department may require the
application to include:
(1) A
description of the current habitat conditions, rationale for the project, and
intended impact of the environmental restoration weirs, including whether
beaver restoration is an intended outcome;
(2) Information on the planned construction
timing, location, and number of environmental restoration weirs in the
qualifying stream;
(3) Photographs
of all the proposed environmental restoration weir construction sites
sufficient to meet pre-project monitoring requirements;
(4) A description of stream management and
adjacent land use plans, descriptions of any efforts already undertaken to
address historic factors contributing to habitat degradation and future efforts
that will be implemented to protect habitat restoration;
(5) Plans, drawings, or pictures documenting
stream measurements including active channel width, height of ordinary high
water line, height of ancient floodplain above stream bottom, and the size and
material source and composition of the environmental restoration
weirs;
(6) Written documentation
from the Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) stating:
(a) Whether injury to other water rights is
likely to occur if the proposal is implemented as described in the
application;
(b) Whether any
manipulation of water during any phase of construction is likely to cause
injury to any existing water right; and
(c) Whether the project will require a permit
from the OWRD;
(7)
Information on location and type of nearest downstream road crossing;
and
(8) Plans demonstrating fish
passage meets the criteria set forth in OAR
635-412-0035, if the project is
in a qualifying stream reach where native migratory fish are
present.
