736-045-0305 Oregon Register of Natural Heritage Resources: Procedures for Registering The department and the Institute for Natural Resources will review and provide recommendations on proposals for registration and dedication of natural areas for the register, together with field evaluation, maps and sufficient data to complete the register file. Pursuant to OAR 736-045-0100(6)(b), the director may also request that the committee review a nomination for the register. (1) A proposal for the register of private land shall include the written permission for registration of the landowner. (2) The department shall share the proposed plan with the county assessor for the appropriate county; (3) The commission may place a natural area onto the register or remove a natural area from the register. The department will provide recommendation to the commission for its consideration. (4) A voluntary management agreement may be developed between the department and a private landowner or agency of a natural area on the register. When the department determines a candidate natural area is not yet an adequate representative of the target element and the area is proposed for or undergoing active restoration, the department will require a basic management plan as a component of the registration petition. The management plan shall outline threats to maintaining or achieving target element representation, as well as the methods of protecting or restoring them and their natural ecological processes. The management plan shall include activities to be encouraged, allowed or proscribed, and options for management agreements involving outside parties . (5) The commission may provisionally register a site proposed for or under active restoration that does not yet adequately represent the target element(s). As a condition of the commission’s provisional registration, the land owner shall provide a detailed management plan to the department or committee (if convened) to assess and approve. This detailed management plan may build upon or replace the basic management plan required as a condition of proposal for provisional registration under 736-045-0305 (4) and shall include metrics of restoration success. Owners of land provisionally registered under this section have five years to pursue restoration; thereafter, the department will reevaluate the registration using the restoration metrics included in the detailed management plan to assess restoration success and provide a recommendation to the commission during the reevaluation. The commission may: (a) Fully register the provisional site if it provides adequate representation of the ecosystem(s), or (b) If the provisional site does not provide adequate representation of the ecosystem element(s): (A) Renew the provisional registration, or (B) Terminate the registration. (6) The department shall distribute a list of natural areas on the register to county assessors annually. (7) The commission may enter onto the register any candidate natural area that a federal or state agency establishes by public hearing and dedicates under this division. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 390.124(4) Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 273.563 - 273.591 & 352.808(2)(g) History: PRD 2-2019, amend filed 06/17/2019, effective 06/17/2019 PRD 10-2012, f. & cert. ef. 12-13-12 PRD 2-2012, f. & cert. ef. 5-4-12