Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 501 - NORTH COAST BASIN PROGRAM › Section 690-501-0005 - Classifications

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) In accordance
			 with ORS 536.220,
			 536.300,
			 536.310, and
			 536.340, the waters of the North
			 Coast Basin are classified for domestic, livestock, municipal, irrigation,
			 power development, industrial, mining, recreation, wildlife, and fish life,
			 with the following exceptions:
(a) The waters
			 of the natural lakes of the North Coast Basin are classified for utilization of
			 water for domestic, livestock, power development not to exceed 7-1/2
			 theoretical horsepower, and in-lake uses for recreation, wildlife, and fish
			 life purposes;
(b) The attainment
			 of the highest and best use of the waters of Clatskanie and Klaskanine Rivers
			 and their tributaries, Lewis and Clark River and Tillasqua Creek (Big Creek),
			 has been determined through legislative withdrawal by ORS
			 538.251 to be for the protection
			 of fish life. ORS 538.260 states that
			 538.251 shall not affect any
			 existing rights or prevent appropriation for domestic, stock, municipal, fish
			 culture, esthetic, recreational, or public park purposes;
(c) The waters of the Columbia River creating
			 a tidal influence in the mouths of the tributaries to the Columbia River within
			 the Columbia Subbasin are classified for utilization of water for domestic,
			 livestock, municipal, irrigation, indus[-]trial, recreation, wildlife, and fish
			 life purposes;
(d) The waters of
			 all streams tributary to Sand Lake are classified only for utilization for
			 domestic, livestock, use in dairies, irrigation of lawns and noncommercial
			 gardens not exceeding one-half acre in area, power development and instream use
			 for recreation, fish life and wildlife purposes;
(e) The waters of Jetty Creek and its
			 tributaries are classified for utilization of water for human consumption,
			 livestock consumption, power development and instream uses for recreation,
			 wildlife and fish life purposes. In addition, up to one cubic foot per second
			 of the waters of Jetty Creek is classified for municipal use;
(f) The waters of Heitmiller Creek are
			 classified for utilization of water for human consumption, livestock
			 consumption, and instream uses for recreation, wildlife and fish life
			 purposes;
(g) The waters of the
			 following streams are classified for utilization of water for human
			 consumption, livestock consumption, power development and instream uses for
			 recreation, wildlife, and fish life purposes:
(A) Tillamook Subbasin:
(i) All streams tributary to Daley
			 Lake;
(ii) All streams tributary to
			 Netarts Bay;
(iii) Coleman Creek and
			 its tributaries;
(iv) Vaughn Creek
			 and its tributaries;
(v) Douhty
			 Creek and its tributaries;
(vi)
			 Patterson Creek and its tributaries;
(vii) Larson Creek and its
			 tributaries;
(viii) All streams
			 tributary to Lake Lytle.
(B) Nehalem Subbasin:
(i) Salmonberry River and its
			 tributaries;
(ii) Rock Creek and
			 its tributaries.
(C)
			 Columbia Subbasin:
(i) Short Sand Creek and
			 its tributaries;
(ii) Arch Cape
			 Creek and its tributaries;
(iii)
			 Cullaby Creek and its tributaries;
(iv) John Day River and its
			 tributaries;
(v) Gnat Creek and its
			 tributaries;
(vi) All tributaries
			 to Westport Slough, except Plympton Creek. In addition to uses in subsection
			 (g) of this section, permits may also be used to collect and divert polluted
			 industrial site runoff, before entering OK Creek, for pollution abatement
			 purposes. This use shall be allowed only on the condition that all applicable
			 requirements of other agencies are met;
(vii) Tide Creek and its tributaries, except
			 that water from the main stem Tide Creek from the falls near river mile 3 to
			 the mouth may be used for gravel washing provided that such use shall not
			 diminish the flow in Tide Creek below 2.5 cfs;
(viii) Goble Creek and its tributaries,
			 except that surface water legally stored and released from storage may be used
			 for any beneficial purpose. Diversion for storage shall be limited to the
			 period December 1 to February 28.