However, should a landowner repeatedly choose not to do anything to deal with a documented water quality problem on their property, penalties can be administered. History shows in the Tualatin Basin, where an area-wide plan and rules have been in place for a few years now, that ODA has not vigorously pursued the enforcement mode. It isn't ODA's style and hasn't been needed. The voluntary approach can and does work. The meetings and proceedings are open to the public.
Citizens have every opportunity to get involved from the start.
There is no shroud of secrecy surrounding the SB 1010 planning process. This program is something the bureaucrats wanted. It isn't something farmers and ranchers ever asked for. In its wisdom, the agriculture industry itself asked the State Legislature to approve SB 1010 in 1993 and designate ODA as the agency to be in charge when it came to water quality regulation for agriculture. The industry wanted to be a part of the solution rather than just a part of the problem.