Or. Admin. Code § 695-035-0060 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Ineligible Small Grant Projects
(1) The Small Grant Program will not fund projects that:
(a) Do not demonstrate a clear watershed benefit to aquatic
species, wildlife, or watershed health.
(b) Are not consistent with the local Small Grant Team's
priority watershed concerns, as identified in their program grant agreements
with OWEB.
(c) Do not adhere to OWEB administrative rules: OAR
695-005-0010-695-005-0060, 695-035-0010-695-035-0070, and
695-050-0010-695-050-0050.
(d) Do not implement a project to restore, enhance, or protect
native fish or wildlife habitat, watershed or ecosystem functions, or water
quality.
(e) Do not use and clearly identify in the small grant
application technical guidance and standards from one of the approved sources
listed in OAR 695-035-0030(3).
(f) Are at the same location as, and are identical to, projects
that have already been funded, are currently being funded, or are currently
being considered for funding through either the Small Grant Program or other
OWEB grant programs.
(2) The following project types are ineligible for funding
through the Small Grant Program:
(a) Project planning and design not done in conjunction with
the implementation of funded restoration or enhancement activities.
(b) Routine maintenance.
(c) Trash removal.
(d) Fish screens and trash racks.
(e) Tide gate removal, replacement, or installation.
(f) Constructed stream bank armoring.
(g) Development of off-channel watering systems not done in
conjunction with fencing a riparian area or managing nutrient and sediment
inputs in upland areas.
(h) Pond cleaning and pond creation (does not include
off-channel watering systems and pump-back systems).
(i) Residential landscaping not done in conjunction with the
implementation of funded riparian restoration or enhancement activities.
(j) Weed control not done in conjunction with the
implementation of funded restoration or enhancement activities.
(k) Projects required as a condition of a local, state, or
federal permit, order, or enforcement action (e.g., mitigation projects, manure
storage and management projects that are required by a permit from ODA).
(l) Irrigation practices that adversely impact the current
level of groundwater in a Groundwater Management Area, or do not measurably
reduce the diversion of water at the point of diversion.
(m) Irrigation water conservation projects that propose any of
the following activities:
(A) Irrigation system maintenance or renovation of existing
pipe.
(B) Restoring a system that has deteriorated due to lack of
maintenance and/or inadequate design.
(C) Portable pipe (does not include gated pipe) or ditch
cleaning.
(D) Electrical costs resulting from conversion to pump from
flood irrigation.
(n) Western juniper management that involves the removal of
late-seral/old growth juniper.
(o) Reforestation or tree planting on lands following a
commercial harvest.
(p) Prescribed burning when conducted as part of a commercial
operation.
(q) Commercial thinning.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 541.906
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 541.890 - 541.969
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