Revisions to the rules for the General Authorization (GA) for Recreational Placer Mining within ESH are needed to achieve consistency with Senate Bill 3 (2017) and to streamline the process for administering removal-fill permits, reduce paperwork, increase certainty and timeliness, and enhance resource protection. To meet these needs, DSL is modifying rules under OAR Chapter 141, Division 89 to change the rule titles, purpose, eligibility requirements, authorized activities, and activity-specific conditions of the General Authorization for Recreational Placer Mining.
The expiration and
no-transfer provisions were developed as part of a recent rulemaking pertaining
to the placer mining GA. Due to an error, the expiration and no-transfer
provisions were not properly noticed prior to the public hearing and comment
period for those rules and could not be adopted as permanent rules. DSL adopted
the expiration and no-transfer provisions as temporary rules. DSL is
undertaking this rulemaking to adopt the expiration and no-transfer provisions
as permanent rules.
Members of the public may
send comments via mail or email during the public comment period which ends Thursday,
June 21, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. Please submit comments using the comment form below or by mailing:
Anne Friend, Rules Coordinator
775 Summer Street NE, Suite 100
Salem, Oregon 97301-1279
Final DRAFT Rule with Track Changes
Final DRAFT Rule Changes Accepted - clean copy
Fiscal Impact Statement