Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 90 - WATER DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND › Section 690-090-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
As used in these rules and forms to be prepared by the Water
				Resources Commission, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Applicant" means a loan program
			 applicant or borrower.
(2)
			 "Commission" means the Water Resources Commission.
(3) "Community" means an incorporated or
			 unincorporated town or locality with more than three service connections and a
			 population of less than 30,000.
(4)
			 "Community water supply project" means an undertaking, in whole or in part, in
			 this state for the purpose of providing water for municipal use, which may
			 include safe drinking water, including dams, storage reservoirs, wells or well
			 systems, pumping plants, treatment facilities, pipelines, canals, canal lining
			 and restoration, ditches, revetments, and all other structures, facilities,
			 real property and methods necessary or convenient for supplying
			 water.
(5) "Department" means the
			 Water Resources Department or its staff.
(6) "Director" means the director of the
			 Water Resources Department or designee.
(7) "Drainage project" means facilities
			 installed to provide for the removal of excess water and thereby increase soil
			 versatility and productivity. These facilities may include ditching, tiling,
			 piping, channel improvement, pumping plants or other agronomically approved
			 methods.
(8) "Family farm unit"
			 means land devoted primarily to agriculture under the ownership of a resident
			 Oregon family.
(9) "Fish protection
			 project" means an undertaking, in whole or in part, in this state for the
			 purpose of fish protection, including fish screening or by-pass devices,
			 fishways, passage, and all other structures and facilities necessary or
			 convenient for providing fish protection.
(10) "Irrigation project" means facilities
			 designed to provide water to land for the purpose of irrigation. Projects may
			 include dams, storage reservoirs, wells or well systems, pumping plants,
			 pipelines, canals, canal lining and restoration, ditches, revetments and all
			 other structures, facilities, real property and methods necessary or convenient
			 for supplying lands with water for irrigation purposes.
(11) "Loan advisory board" means a board
			 appointed by the director to review applications made under ORS
			 541.700 through
			 541.855 and make recommendations
			 thereon to the director.
(12) "Loan
			 contract" means the loan agreement, supplemental loan agreement, promissory
			 note, mortgage and other documents relating to the construction, operation and
			 maintenance of the project, and repayment of the loan.
(13) "Loan funds" means moneys loaned by the
			 department to finance water development projects.
(14) "Multipurpose project" means a water
			 development project in this state which provides more than one use. To be
			 eligible for funding, the primary use of the project shall be irrigation,
			 drainage, community water supply, fish protection or watershed enhancement
			 projects. Secondary uses may include other water uses which are compatible with
			 the primary use. Secondary uses are:
(a) Any
			 water-related recreational use;
(b)
			 Any wildlife or natural resource conservation use;
(c) Municipal or industrial water uses with a
			 water development project as the source;
(d) Water quality enhancement directly
			 related to the development of a new water development project;
(e) Any flood control use;
(f) Any power generation use;
(g) Any water supply system utilized for the
			 purpose of agricultural temperature control;
(h) Any water supply system utilized for the
			 maintenance of livestock;
(i) Any
			 water supply system utilized as a domestic water system for the benefit of an
			 individual residence related to the operation of the water development
			 project.