Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 141 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS › Division 67 - RULES GOVERNING THE SALE, EXCHANGE AND PURCHASE OF LAND › Section 141-067-0180 - Public Interest Review Process; Public Meetings and Hearings

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) After an
			 application has been accepted for further processing or at anytime the
			 Department decides to sell or exchange land the Department will notify, in
			 writing, all affected lessees (by registered or certified mail) and adjacent
			 lessees of a potential land sale or land exchange.
(2) Lessees affected by a land exchange
			 proposal will be given notice that if a written protest is submitted by an
			 affected lessee to the Department within 20 calendar days of the mailing a
			 public hearing will be held on the exchange proposal. Such a hearing will be
			 scheduled as described in OAR 141-067-0180(7).
(3) The Department will notify, in writing,
			 all adjacent landowners, and all affected school districts, city and county
			 governments, including the county board of commissioners of a potential land
			 sale or land exchange. The notice will offer all entities and persons an
			 opportunity to comment on the proposal.
(4) Notify, in writing, those individuals and
			 public interest groups that have indicated, through prior contact with the
			 Department, an interest in potential land sales or land exchanges.
(5) Notify the Department of Administrative
			 Services as described in OAR 141-067-0190.
(6) The Department may hold a public meeting
			 on any land sale or exchange proposal to solicit public comment and explain the
			 proposal. The Department will give 45 calendar days notice of any such
			 meeting(s) to adjacent land owners, lessees, interested parties, agencies and
			 local governments by mail and press releases or public notice in a newspaper of
			 general circulation within the county in which the proposal is located. The
			 public meeting information will also be posted on the Department's website.
(7) The Department will hold a
			 public hearing on the proposal if it receives a timely written protest of a
			 land exchange proposal from an affected lessee. The hearing will be cancelled
			 or not scheduled if, anytime after the lessee's written protest is received,
			 the Department rejects the land exchange proposal or the applicant withdraws
			 the application. The hearing will be held at least 45 calendar days, but not
			 more than 90 calendar days, after the written protest has been received by the
			 Department. All affected lessees of land considered for exchange will be
			 notified of the hearing by certified or registered mail. All others will be
			 given notice in the same manner as described in OAR 141-067-0180(6). All
			 comments by the lessees or their representatives and all other interested
			 parties will be recorded and compiled in the hearing record for review by the
			 State Land Board or Director. The affected lessee and all registered public
			 hearing attendees will be notified of any decision of the Director or the State
			 Land Board resulting from the public hearing.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  270.005 - 270.190, 273.045,
				  273.245 - 273.247, 273.251 - 273.311, 273.316 - 273.321, 273.413 - 273.456,
				  274.040, 274.905 - 274.940, 274.960 - 274.985
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  270.005 - 270.190, 273.045,
				  273.245 - 273.247, 273.251 - 273.311, 273.316 - 273.321, 273.413 - 273.456,
				  274.040, 274.905 - 274.940, 274.960 -
				  274.985