690-507-0647 Butter Creek CGWA: New Subarea Boundaries (1) The Echo Junction Subarea shall be divided into two separate subareas being the Fourmile Canyon Subarea and the Echo Junction Subarea with boundaries as prescribed in sections a and b of this rule: (a) Echo Junction Subarea: Beginning at a point approximately 3,290 feet east of the northwest corner of Section 3, Township 3 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence southerly through Emigrant Buttes in the east half of Section 3, Township 3 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence southerly through the center of Section 22, Township 3 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; and continuing southerly towards Service Buttes to a point approximately 750 feet east of the southwest corner of Section 10, Township 2 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence west to the southwest corner of Section 10, Township 2 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence southwest along a straight line to the southwest corner, northwest quarter southwest quarter, Section 22, Township 2 North, Range 27 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence north along the west line of said Section 22 to the west quarter corner of Section 22, Township 2 North, Range 27 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence northeast along a straight line to the southwest corner, northwest quarter southwest quarter, Section 19, Township 3 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence north along the Range line common to Range 27 East and Range 28 East to the northwest corner of Township 3 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence east along the Township line to a point approximately 3,290 feet east of the northwest corner of Section 3, Township 3 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; the point of beginning. (b) Fourmile Canyon Subarea: Beginning at the southwest corner, northwest quarter southwest quarter, Section 22, Township 2 North, Range 27 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence southwest along a straight line to the southwest corner of Section 21, Township 2 North, Range 27 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence northwest along a straight line to the northwest corner of Section 1, Township 2 North, Range 26 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence east along the Township line common to Township 2 North and Township 3 North, to the southwest corner of Section 35, Township 3 North, Range 27 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence northeast along a straight line to the southwest corner of Section 6, Township 3 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence south along the Range line common to Range 27 East and Range 28 East to the southwest corner, northwest quarter southwest quarter, Section 19, Township 3 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence southwest along a straight line to the west quarter corner of Section 22, Township 2 North, Range 27 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence south to the southwest corner, northwest quarter southwest quarter, Section 22, Township 2 North, Range 27 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; the point of beginning. (2) The North Subarea shall be divided into two separate subareas being the "North Subarea" and "Section 21" with boundaries as prescribed in sections (a) and (b) of this rule: (a) North Subarea: Being the basalt aquifer underlying the following area; beginning at the center of Section 9, Township 5 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN, at the Columbia River; thence southerly through Umatilla Butte in the east half of Section 28, Township 5 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence continuing southerly through Hermiston Butte within the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter, Section 10, Township 4 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN and continuing southerly towards Emigrant buttes in the east half of Section 3, Township 3 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN, to a point on the Township line common to Township 3 North and Township 4 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence westerly along the Township line common to Township 3 North and Township 4 North, to the Southwest corner of Township 4 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence northerly along the west boundary line of Range 28 East to the Northwest corner of Township 4 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence easterly along the Township line to the southwest corner of Section 31, Township 5 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence north along the west boundary line of Range 28 East to the Columbia River; thence easterly along the south edge of the Columbia River to the point of beginning, excepting therefrom the following: (b) Section 21: Being the basalt aquifer underlying the following area above 100 feet in elevation above mean sea level, described as follows: beginning at a point 1725 feet west of the northeast corner of Section 21, Township 5 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN on the section line common to Section 16 and Section 21, Township 5 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence southerly to a point 1100 feet west of the southeast corner of Section 21, Township 5 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN on the section line common to Section 21 and Section 28, Township 5 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence westerly along the section line common to Section 21 and Section 28, Township 5 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN to the southwest corner of Section 21, Township 5 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence northerly along the section line common to Section 20 and Section 21, Township 5 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN to the northwest corner of Section 21, Township 5 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN; thence easterly along the section line common to Section 16 and Section 21, Township 5 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN to the point of the beginning., all that portion of Section 21, Township 5 North, Range 28 East, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN within the North Subarea. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 537.515, 537.525, 537.545 & 537.730 - 537.745 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 537.535 History: WRD 2-2017, f. & cert. ef. 5-22-17 WRD 2-1999, f. & cert. ef. 3-3-99 WRD 3-1992, f. & cert. ef. 2-10-92