Oregon Statutes 468B.162 – Coordination of ground water activities
(1) The Department of Environmental Quality shall coordinate the following:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 468B.162
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- public notice: means any legal publication which requires an affidavit of publication as required in ORS § 193. See Oregon Statutes 174.104
(a) Interagency management of ground water as necessary to achieve the goal set forth in ORS § 468B.155.
(b) The regulatory activities of any affected state agency responding to the declaration of a ground water management area under ORS § 468B.180. As used in this subsection ‘affected state agency’ means any agency having management responsibility for, or regulatory control over the ground water resource of this state or any substance that may contaminate the ground water resource of this state.
(2) The Department of Environmental Quality shall provide staff for project oversight and for those activities authorized under ORS § 468B.165 to 468B.188, including scheduling meetings, providing public notice of meetings and other group activities and keeping records of group activities.
(3) In addition to its duties under subsection (1) of this section, the department shall, on or before January 1 of each odd-numbered year, prepare a report to the Legislative Assembly. The report shall include the status of ground water in Oregon, efforts made in the immediately preceding year to protect, conserve and restore Oregon’s ground water resources and grants awarded under ORS § 468B.169. [Formerly 536.108; 1999 c.1074 § 4]
See note under 468B.150.