Land Board to consider rules, land sales and Oregon Science Trust appointments
Appointment of interim State Lands director also on meeting agenda
At their public meeting on Oct. 13, the State Land Board will be asked to adopt administrative rules governing geothermal leases. The draft new rules were amended through a public process that aimed to make the rules clearer and bring them into line with other agency lease rules.
Department of State Lands staff will ask the Board to approve the direct sale of five parcels of land in Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant and Wheeler counties. The parcels were identified for divestment because of their isolated location or other conditions that make them uneconomical to manage.
The Board also will be asked to approve appointments to the Ocean Science Trust, whose purpose is to promote peer-reviewed, competitive research and monitoring of Oregon’s ocean and coastal resources.
The Board will consider appointing an interim director of the Department to fill in for departing director Mary Abrams, who has been with the agency for three years. Abrams is leaving to lead the Pacific Island Fish and Wildlife Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Board will conduct a nationwide search for a new director.
The meeting will be held:
Oct. 13, 2015
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Department of State Lands
775 Summer St. NE, Salem
Land Board Room
The meeting agenda will be posted by the end of the day, Oct. 6: http://www.oregon.gov/dsl/SLB/Pages/2015_slb_meeting_schedule.aspx
The State Land Board consists of Governor Kate Brown, Secretary of State Jeanne P. Atkins and State Treasurer Ted Wheeler. The Department of State Lands administers diverse natural and fiscal resources. Many of the resources generate revenue for the Common School Fund, such as state-owned rangelands and timberlands, waterway leases, estates for which no will or heirs exist, and unclaimed property. Twice a year, the agency distributes fund investment earnings to support K-12 public schools. The agency also administers Oregon’s Removal-Fill Law, which requires people removing or filling certain amounts of material in waters of the state to obtain a permit.
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