Oregon Statutes - Chapter 196 - Columbia River Gorge; Ocean Resource Planning; Wetlands; Removal and Fill - Section 196.623 - Watershed enhancement project as mitigation bank; sale of mitigation credit.

(1) The Department of State Lands may approve a watershed enhancement program and certify the project as a wetlands mitigation bank under ORS 196.600 to 196.655 if the watershed enhancement program complies with the rules adopted by the department under ORS 196.615 for certification of a program as a wetlands mitigation bank.

(2) A person, state agency, federal agency, federally recognized Indian tribe, watershed council or political subdivision in this state that owns land upon which is located a watershed enhancement program that qualifies as a wetlands mitigation bank under subsection (1) of this section may sell mitigation credit from the mitigation bank subject to ORS 196.600 to 196.655 and the rules of the Department of State Lands adopted under ORS 196.600 to 196.655. [1997 c.444 §2]

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