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Upslope Watershed Restoration
Agencies involved:
- ACOE: US Army Corps of Engineers
- DSL: Oregon Department of State Lands
- ODF: Oregon Department of Forestry
- ODOT: Oregon Department of Transportation
- OWRD: Oregon Water Resources Department
Restoration Activity | Concerns about impacts of the activity | Permits or approval that may be required |
Correcting road-stream crossing problems | In-water construction work should be planned to occur during the established in-water work period to protect species | Work on forest operations may require ODF approval and is exempt from federal 404 Permits |
All bank alteration, backfill and fill/removal activities should be conducted to prevent or minimize introduction of sediment into streams | Work on other lands or on a navigable waterway requires a Removal-Fill Permit or General Authorization from DSL | |
The culvert or other stream crossing device must meet ODFW fish passage criteria | A federal 404 Permit from the ACOE is not required if the project does not increase the road capacity | |
Projects that affect public roads may require approval from ODOT | ||
Road re-construction / obliteration | When excavating the road section, backfill and fill/removal activities should be conducted to prevent or minimize introduction of sediment into streams | Work on forest operations may require ODF approval and is exempt from federal 404 Permits |
In-water construction work should be planned to occur during the established in-water work period to protect species | Work on other lands or on a navigable waterway requires a Removal-Fill Permit or General Authorization from DSL and/or a 404 Permit or General Permit from ACOE | |
Removed material should be placed in a stable upland location | A federal 404 Permit from ACOE is required only if material is filled back into the stream | |
Disturbed banks should be reseeded or revegetated to prevent sediment movement | Projects that affect public roads may require approval from ODOT | |
Upland erosion control | Projects may block fish passage | Water and sediment control basins may require a Water Storage Permit from OWRD if they store water. If it drains out (i.e. drains within 70 days) or passes "normalflow" it will not require a permit |
Water impoundment may interrupt water flow in-stream and harm aquatic species | Terraces are exempt from OWRD permits |
Additional terms:
- ASC: Application for Site Certificate
- CAFO: the concentrated confined feeding or holding of animals in buildings or pens where the surface has been prepared with concrete, rock or fibrous material to support animals in wet weather
- CWRE: Certified Water Right Examiner
- EFSC: Energy Facility Siting Council
- FPF: Forest Practice Forester
- HCP: Habitat Conservation Plan
- NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act
- NOI: Notice of Intent
- NPDES: National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
- RCRA: the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act that establishes waste management standards
- SWCD: Soil and Water Conservation District
- UIC: Underground Injection Control
- WPCF: Water Pollution Control Facility