Or. Admin. Code § 698-005-0020 - Definitions
(1) "Agricultural Landowner or Operator"
means a landowner, operator, manager or other person having responsibility for
exercising control over the day-to-day operation of a farm or ranch.
(2) "Board" means the Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board created under ORS
541.900.
(3) "Carbon Sequestration" means the process
of capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide.
(4) "Carbon Storage" means the storage of
carbon in plants, soils, geological formations, and the ocean.
(5) "Commission" means the Oregon
Agricultural Heritage Commission created under ORS
541.986.
(6) "Conservation Management Plan" means
specific actions planned for working lands to improve or maintain the
agricultural and natural resource values. A Conservation Management Plan is
independent of a working lands covenant or easement.
(7) "Conversion":
(a) "Conversion" means:
(A) Cessation of accepted farming practices;
(B) Construction of dwellings not
occupied by farm operators or workers or other structures not related to
agriculture;
(C) Removal of
infrastructure required for accepted farming practices unless necessary to
accommodate a change in accepted farming practices; or
(D) Cancelling or transferring rights to use
water for irrigation in a manner that reduces the long-term viability of
agriculture on the working land.
(b) As used in this definition, "accepted
farming practices" shall have the meaning set forth in ORS
215.203(2)(c).
(8) "Director" means the Executive Director
of the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board or the Executive Director's
designee.
(9) "Durable Adaptation
and Resilience for Ecosystems" means the extent to which a project is expected
to help an ecosystem, including human communities, adjust to, respond to, or
recover from the effects of a changing climate.
(10) "Farming and Ranching" means "farm use"
as defined in ORS 215.203(2).
(11) "Fragmentation" means the division of a
working farm or ranch, or the isolation of a farm or ranch from other
agricultural operations and/or from the agricultural infrastructure necessary
to bring farm products to their appropriate markets.
(12) "Grant Agreement" means the legally
binding contract between the Board and the grant recipient in which the Board
is not substantially involved in the funded program or activity other than
involvement associated with monitoring compliance with the grant conditions. It
consists of the conditions specified in these rules, the notice of grant award,
special conditions to the agreement, a certification to comply with applicable
state and federal regulations, the project budget and the approved application
for funding the project.
(13)
"Grantee" means an organization or individual that is awarded a grant under one
or more of OAHP's grant programs.
(14) "Limited Resource Farmer or Rancher"
means an applicant with direct or indirect gross farm sales that are not more
than the current indexed value in each of the previous 2 years, and who has a
total household income at or below the national poverty level for a family of
four, or less than 50 percent of county median household income in each of the
previous 2 years. An entity or joint operation can be a Limited Resource Farmer
or Rancher if all individual members independently qualify.
(15) "Local Communities Disproportionately
Impacted by Climate Change" includes communities such as Native American
tribes, communities of color, rural communities, coastal communities,
communities experiencing lower incomes, and other communities traditionally
underrepresented in public processes, including seniors, youth, and persons
with disabilities.
(16) "OWEB"
means the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board state agency.
(17) "Socially Disadvantaged Farmer or
Rancher" means an Agricultural Landowner or Operator who is a member of a group
whose members have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice because of
their identity as members of a group without regard to their individual
qualities. Those groups include African Americans, American Indians or Alaskan
natives, Hispanics, and Asians or Pacific Islanders.
(18) "Technical Committee" means a team of
individuals who have expertise relevant to the ranking of OAHP grants, or other
issues before the Commission.
(19)
"Veteran Farmer or Rancher" means a person who served in United States Army,
Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, or Coast Guard, including the
reserve components thereof, and who was discharged or released therefrom under
conditions other than dishonorable.
(20) "Working Land" means land that is
actively used by an agricultural owner or operator for an agricultural
operation that includes, but need not be limited to, active engagement in "farm
use" as defined in ORS
541.977(2).
(21) "Working Land Conservation Covenant"
means a nonpossessory interest in working land for a fixed term that imposes
limitations or affirmative obligations for the purposes that support the use of
the land for agricultural production and for the maintenance or enhancement of
fish or wildlife habitat, water quality or other natural resource values and
must provide for carrying out a purpose of a conservation easement, as defined
in ORS 271.715.
(22) "Working Land Conservation Easement"
means a permanent nonpossessory interest in working land that imposes
limitations or affirmative obligations for purposes that support the use of the
land for agricultural production and for the maintenance or enhancements of
fish or wildlife habitat, water quality or other natural resource values and
must provide for carrying out a purpose of a conservation easement, as defined
in ORS 271.715.
(23) "Young or Beginning Farmer or Rancher"
means someone who has been an Agricultural Landowner or Operator for 10
consecutive years or fewer, or an Agricultural Landowner or Operator who is 35
years old or younger.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 541.979, ORS 541.988 & ORS 541.984
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 541.977-541.989
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