Source: http://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/537.630
Timestamp: 2013-05-22 18:44:27
Document Index: 74292720

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 537', '§12', '§5', '§2', '§202', '§8', '§3', '§34', '§8', '§2', '§2']

ORS 537.630 - Time allowed for construction work under permit - 2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
2011 ORS § 537.630¹
Time allowed for construction work under permit
• ground water right certificate
(1) Except for the holder of a permit for municipal use, the holder of a permit issued pursuant to ORS 537.625 (Final order) shall prosecute the construction of a well or other means of developing and securing the ground water with reasonable diligence and complete the construction within a reasonable time fixed in the permit by the Water Resources Department, not to exceed five years after the date of approval of the application. However, the department, for good cause shown, shall order and allow an extension of time, including an extension beyond the five-year period, for the completion of the well or other means of developing and securing the ground water or for complete application of water to beneficial use. In determining the extension, the department shall give due weight to the considerations described under ORS 539.010 (Protection of water rights vested or initiated prior to February 24, 1909) (5) and to whether other governmental requirements relating to the project have significantly delayed completion of construction or perfection of the right.
(2) The holder of a permit for municipal use shall commence and complete the construction of any proposed works within 20 years from the date on which the permit for municipal use is issued under ORS 537.625 (Final order). The construction must proceed with reasonable diligence and be completed within the time specified in the permit, not to exceed 20 years. However, the department may order and allow an extension of time to complete construction or to perfect a water right beyond the time specified in the permit under the following conditions:
(3) If the construction of any well or other means of developing and securing the ground water is completed after the date of approval of the application for a permit under ORS 537.625 (Final order), within 30 days after the completion, or if the construction is completed before the date of approval, within 30 days after the date of approval, the permit holder shall file a certificate of completion with the Water Resources Department, disclosing:
(a) The depth to the water table;
(b) The depth, diameter and type of each well, and the kind and amount of the casing;
(c) The capacity of the well pump in gallons per minute and the drawdown thereof;
(d) The identity of the record owner of any property that was described in the application for a permit under ORS 537.625 (Final order) but is not included in the certificate of completion; and
(4) Upon completion of beneficial use necessary to secure the ground water as required under this section, the permit holder shall hire a water right examiner certified under ORS 537.798 (Water right examiner certificate) to survey the appropriation. Within one year after applying the water to beneficial use or the beneficial use date allowed in the permit, the permit holder shall submit the survey as required by the Water Resources Department to the department along with the certificate of completion required under subsection (3) of this section. If any property described in the permit is not included in the request for a water right certificate, the permittee shall state the identity of the record owner of that property.
(5) After the department has received a certificate of completion and a copy of the survey as required by subsections (3) and (4) of this section that show, to the satisfaction of the department, that an appropriation has been perfected in accordance with the provisions of ORS 537.505 (Short title) to 537.795 (ORS 537.505 to 537.795 supplementary) and 537.992 (Civil penalties), the department shall issue a ground water right certificate of the same character as that described in ORS 537.700 (Issuing ground water right certificate). The certificate shall be recorded and transmitted to the applicant as provided in ORS 537.700 (Issuing ground water right certificate).
(6) The procedure for cancellation of a permit shall be as provided in ORS 537.260 (Cancellation of permit for failure of proof of completion of appropriation).
(7) Notwithstanding ORS 537.410 (Failure to commence or complete work, or to properly apply water, as grounds for cancellation of permit), for purposes of obtaining a water right certificate under subsection (5) of this section for a supplemental water right, the permittee shall have a facility capable of handling the full rate and duty of water requested from the supplemental source and be otherwise ready, willing and able to use the amount of water requested, up to the amount of water approved in the water right permit. To obtain a certificate for a supplemental water right, the permittee is not required to have actually used water from the supplemental source if:
(b) The nonuse of water from the supplemental source occurred during a period of time within which the exercise of the supplemental water right permit was not necessary due to climatic conditions. [1955 c.708 §12; 1959 c.437 §5; 1985 c.617 §2; 1985 c.673 §202; 1987 c.542 §8; 1995 c.367 §3; 1995 c.416 §34; 1997 c.446 §8; 1999 c.453 §2; 2005 c.410 §2]