1. (1) On receipt of an application for permit amendment, the Department shall review the application to determine if the applicant has included the information required by OAR 690-380-7100 and if the time specified in the permit, or the last approved extension of time, to perfect the water right is expired or will expire in 120 days or less from the date the Department received the application.

2. (2) If the Department determines that the application does not include the information required by OAR 690-380-7100 or that the time specified in the permit, or the last approved extension of time, to perfect the water right is expired or will expire in 120 days or less from the date the Department received the application, the Department may return the application and any fees to the applicant along with the following, as applicable:

   1. (a) A written description of the deficiencies in the application; and
   2. (b) A request that the applicant file and obtain approval of a permit extension of time application, if allowable under OAR Chapter 690, Division 315, before filing a new permit amendment application.
3. (3) If the Department determines the application is complete and the time specified in the permit, or the last approved extension of time, to perfect the water right is not expired and will not expire in 120 days or less from the date the Department received the application, the Department shall file the permit amendment application and publish notice of the application in the Department’s weekly public notice.
4. (4) If, during the time the application is pending before the Department, the time specified in the permit, or the last approved extension of time, to perfect the water right expires, the Department shall notify the applicant that a permit extension of time application must be submitted and approved, if allowable under OAR Chapter 690, Division 315, before a final order approving the permit amendment application can be issued. If a permit extension of time application is not allowable or is not submitted within 90 days of notification under this rule or, if submitted, the permit extension of time application is denied, then the Department may issue a final order denying the permit amendment application.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 536.025 & ORS 536.027

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 537.211

History

WRD 3-2026, adopt filed 03/20/2026, effective 04/01/2026