Or. Admin. Code § 690-028-0065 - Time for Filing Claims and Documentation

The notice of taking of testimony issued by the Director pursuant to ORS 539.040 shall state:

(1) All claimants shall file a statement and proof of claim, including persons who have already filed a registration statement. The claim shall contain the same information as required under OAR 690-028-0025, 690-028-0026, or 690-028-0027 as appropriate. If the claimant agreed with data collected and mapped by the Department or if the map submitted with the original registration is still valid, then an additional map is not required. For purposes of the Klamath Basin adjudication a person may submit an updated map prepared by a certified water right examiner, or a registered engineer or surveyor.

(2) Any person who does not file a registration statement within the time required by ORS 539.240 may not file a statement and proof of claim to an undetermined vested right to water.

(3) Director shall set a time certain for filing statements and proofs of claim and notify all registrants by certified return receipt mail when and how the statement and proof of claim shall be filed. The Director may set separate times for accepting claims for consumptive uses, practicably irrigable acreage and instream reserved rights.

(4) Claimants may be required to provide information in addition to that on their registration statement, including, but not limited to additional information that was not available at time of registration such as:

(a) New maps showing changes in use; or

(b) Documentation of chain of title to the current owner.

(5) For purposes of the Klamath Basin adjudication fees required by ORS 539.081 shall be paid at the time a claim is filed. Fees shall be processed as provided in OAR 690-028-0028.

(6) Each claim shall be evaluated on the same basis as surface water registrations as stated in OAR 690-028-0040.

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Or. Admin. Code § 690-028-0065

WRD 10-1990, f. & cert. ef. 7-20-90