Willamette River / Marine Board OAR

Applicable OARs

• 250-020-0032(5)
• 250-020-0385(2)

Rule Text

• "No person shall use wake-enhancing devices, including ballast tanks, wedges or hydrofoils or other mechanical devices, or un-even loading of persons or gear, to artificially operate bow-high."

Area

Timeline

• 2008 - OAR adopted
• 2016 - Petition Received
• 2016 - Hearing
• 2017 - Advisory Committee Meeting

Statutory Rule Making Authority

Enabling Statute

• May adopt rules "consistent with the safety and the property rights of the public or when traffic conditions become such as to create excessive congestion"

Challenging the Rule

Request Reconsideration

"Coming to the Nuisance"

Absence of Safety/Property Data

Doctrine of Roaming

Writ of Review