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SteveShropshire

  1. Ore. SB 1060 establishing public right to use non-navigable waterways is up for a hearing Feb 9, 2010 at 1pm. http://tinyurl.com/yjkyyjc
  2. Just posted a SlideShare Presentation on Oregon Agricultural Water Law http://slidesha.re/sx9kf http://twib.es/t-2WR8Y
  3. The WA A.G. has issued an opinion addressing a number of exempt groundwater use issues. http://tinyurl.com/mz88jk http://twib.es/t-2RWEN
  4. OWRD rulemaking underway on dam safety, exempt wells, and groundwater registrations. Info at http://tinyurl.com/l... http://twib.es/t-2QYRL
  5. 9/2 OR Water Resources Comm'n enacts exempt well rules with new fee and detailed well location map requirements. http://tinyurl.com/lcnnko
  6. Veto deadline passes on OR HB 3369. Gov. will sign into law. Most significant water legislation in years! http://tinyurl.com/ne2c9z
  7. U.S. decides not to appeal Casitas Mun. Water Dist. v. U.S.water rights takings case to the Supreme Court. More at: http://bit.ly/2FX7Ta
  8. OR Legis. passes water storage bill containing many new environ. requirements. Now to the Gov. for signature. http://tinyurl.com/ne2c9z
  9. OR water storage bill protects "peak and ecological flows" among other new env. standards. Likely to pass. BIG changes for OR water law.
  10. 2 water bills still alive in OR legislature. SB 788A (exempt well fee) and HB 3369A (water development). 48 hour countdown clock is on.
  11. OR Water Resources Dept's budget up for debate 6/16 at 1pm. Cuts and new fees are on the table. Listen in at http://tinyurl.com/ogcdfx
  12. Oregon Water Resources Dept. budget remains unresolved in legislature--significant questions remain about how to fill $2.768M shortfall
  13. Just created http://twibes.com/Water_Law_and_Policy
  14. Oregon's primary water bill of the '09 legislative session--HB3369--still alive, with amendments coming in almost daily at this point.
  15. RT @WaterWired: Mike Connor confirmed as Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation http://tinyurl.com/odsjlr
  16. SB 194A--relating to water use measurement--set for public hearing in the Oregon Capital on 5/14 at 1pm. http://tinyurl.com/pql4nd
  17. HB 3369A--water supply mega-bill--set for public hearing in the Oregon Capital on 5/14 at 1pm. http://tinyurl.com/r3rpdh
  18. SB 788A--$250 fee on new exempt wells--set for public hearing in the Oregon Capital on 5/14 at 1pm. http://tinyurl.com/oqav7e
  19. SB 740--establishing a $100 annual fee on all water rights--set for public hearing on 5/14 at 1pm. http://tinyurl.com/anckhw
  20. SB 193A--state water resources strategy--set for public hearing in the Oregon Capital on 5/14 at 1pm. http://tinyurl.com/rcdtbk