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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://orop.com/COMMUNITY/utility/FeedStylesheets/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title type="html">Land Use</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>http://orop.com/COMMUNITY/blogs/landuse/atom.aspx</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://orop.com/COMMUNITY/blogs/landuse/default.aspx" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://orop.com/COMMUNITY/blogs/landuse/atom.aspx" /><generator uri="http://communityserver.org" version="2.1.61129.2">Community Server</generator><updated>2009-09-21T14:21:00Z</updated><entry><title>Groundwater Use</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://orop.com/COMMUNITY/blogs/landuse/archive/2009/09/21/groundwater-use.aspx" /><id>http://orop.com/COMMUNITY/blogs/landuse/archive/2009/09/21/groundwater-use.aspx</id><published>2009-09-21T21:21:00Z</published><updated>2009-09-21T21:21:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;The Water Resources Department has initiated a public
rulemaking process&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;related to the implementation of provisions in SB 788 for
recording exempt&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;groundwater use with the Oregon Water Resources
Department (OAR Chapter 690,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;Division 190).&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;This is to notify you that the public comment period has
been extended by&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;the Department to October 15, 2009 (by 5:00 pm).&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;In addition, the&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;Department has scheduled public hearings on September
22nd in Salem,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;September 29th in Pendleton and September 30th in
Bend.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Please note that at&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;each of the public hearings, and prior to the formal
hearing, the Department&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;will provide time for an informal question and answer
session to allow&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;people in attendance an opportunity to ask agency staff
questions about the&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;proposed rules.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;The draft rules and Notice of Open Comment Period and
Rulemaking Hearing can&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;be found at &lt;a href="http://www1.wrd.state.or.us/cgi-bin/notices.pl?oar_notices"&gt;http://www1.wrd.state.or.us/cgi-bin/notices.pl?oar_notices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://orop.com/COMMUNITY/aggbug.aspx?PostID=56" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>TerryD</name><uri>http://orop.com/COMMUNITY/members/TerryD.aspx</uri></author><category term="land use" scheme="http://orop.com/COMMUNITY/blogs/landuse/archive/tags/land+use/default.aspx" /><category term="Groundwater" scheme="http://orop.com/COMMUNITY/blogs/landuse/archive/tags/Groundwater/default.aspx" /><category term="rulemaking" scheme="http://orop.com/COMMUNITY/blogs/landuse/archive/tags/rulemaking/default.aspx" /><category term="public hearing" scheme="http://orop.com/COMMUNITY/blogs/landuse/archive/tags/public+hearing/default.aspx" /></entry></feed>