Needed from EPA 

 Taking Issues 



Mitigation 

 Cumulative Impacts 



EPA has limited staff, time 



State sends notice to EPA on all plan amendments 

 Encourage them to be involved in Coastal Zone 

 Management Plans, review and comment on plans 

 Considered when ditches were put through a 

 significant inland wetland 



Initiative pending to provide compensation to a 

 landowner if government agency denies land use 

 In coastal intertidal areas and tidal marshes, 

 mitigation is required for comparable values 

 Not developing method of evaluating, but would 

 like to. Estuarine policy is that county plans 

 are supposed to evaluate cumulative impacts of 

 proposed development . Would like to have method 

 for evaluating 



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Program Type 



State 



Name of Program 



Administering Agency 



Implementation Method 



Legal Authority 



Resources (Funds and Staff) 



Lands Covered 



Inventory and Classification 



Activities Regulated 



Exemptions 

 Lands Covered 



Compliance 



Education 



Problems 



Success 



Coastal Law 



Oregon 



Oregon Mitigation Law 



Division of State Lands 



Mitigation required as condition for alteration 



of estuarine tidal and intertidal marshes 



Or Rev. Stat. 541.626 OAR 141-85-240, 242, 244, 



246, 248, 250, 252, 254, 256, 258, 260, 262 



Administered with the Removal-Fill Law (7 full 



time equivalents) 



Funding: 20 percent application fees, 80 percent 



other funds from public trust lands 



Intertidal or tidal marsh area of an estuary 



Inventories of most estuaries prepared by Oregon 



Department of Fish and Wildlife 



Mitigation required as condition of any permit 



for filling or removal of material 



Limited statutory exemptions 



Mitigation provides for "creation, restoration or 



enhancement of an estuarine area to maintain the 



functional characteristics and processes of the 



estuary. . . " 



Enforced as a condition of the state Removal-Fill 



Permit 



Administrative rules were printed as a handbook 



Public misunderstanding 



Good compliance 



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