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Would you like to be included in the agency's rulemaking process?
To receive Oregon State Marine Board Rule Notifications by postal mail, send us your name and mailing address in writing to:
Oregon State Marine Board Attn: Rules Coordinator, June LeTarte 435 Commercial Street NE, Suite #400 P.O. Box 14145 Salem, OR 97309-5056
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To receive notification by email, send your name and email address to: june.letarte@state.or.us Thank you for your interest and involvement in the rulemaking process and helping keep boating safe, clean and fun for everyone. |
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| Petition Procedures |
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The Board will review and consider petitions for proposed rulemaking for new local boating regulations or changes to existing rules only once a year. Petitions are due on April 1 each year.
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| Notice of Rulemaking |
Notice: Issued January 15, 2013
Proposed rule to amend OAR 250-020-0141 restricting boat operation withing an artificial lagoon on the immediate west side of the mouth of Hood River. The Rule would create a "slow-no-wake" zone within a marked area of approximately 494 feet by 155 feet. The area is heavily used by swimmers, sail and kite boarders and personal watercraft engaged in instruction activities. The rule does not prevent commercial or recreational navigation on the Columbia or Hood River.
250-020-0141
Boat Operations in Hood River County
(1) No person shall operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of 5 MPH on Green Point Reservoir.
(2) No person shall operate a motorboat for any purpose on Badger Lake.
(3) No person shall operate a motorboat except those propelled by electric motors on Laurance Lake.
(4) No person shall operate a motorboat in excess of “Slow — No Wake” speed in the lagoon on the immediate west side of the mouth of the Hood River as marked.
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Written comments can be submitted via email to osmb.rulemaking@state.or.us or by U.S. mail to June LeTarte, Rules Coordinator, 435 Commercial Street NE, Suite 400, P.O. Box 14145, Salem, OR 97309-5056. Comments via telephone cannot be accepted. |
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| Temporary Rule |
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None at this time. |
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| NEW BOATING REGULATIONS |
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WAKE Regulations
250-020-0032 
Boat Operations on the Willamette River in Clackamas County
(5) On the Willamette River from the Hwy 219 Bridge at RM 48.5 to the upper end of Willow Island at RM 31.5, the following rules apply:
(a) No person shall operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of a "Slow -- No Wake" maximum 5 mph speed within 100 feet of private docks, boathouses or moorages legally permitted by the Oregon Department of State Lands.
(b) Beginning January 1, 2010, no person shall use wake-enhancing devices, including ballast tanks, wedges or hydrofoils or other mechanical devices, or un-even loading of persons or gear, to artificially operate bow-high.
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