[OSMB-News] News Release -Marine Board Meeting Scheduled for October 13 in Bend

[Ashley Massey]

For Immediate Release	Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Marine Board Meeting Scheduled for October 13 in Bend

The Oregon State Marine Board will hold its next meeting in Bend on
October 13, at
9 a.m.  The meeting will take place at the Riverhouse Conference
Center, Cascade Room H.  This quarterly Board meeting coincides with the
Marine Board’s annual post-season Boating Law Enforcement Conference
held each year in Bend.
	
The Board will consider initiating rulemaking on various topics from
waterbody regulations to new program implementation rules. 
	
Agenda items include:
●	Possible reconsideration of Proposed Rules for Boat Operations
in Multnomah County -Ross Island and Holgate Channel slow-no-wake
rules.
●	Requests to initiate rulemaking to prohibit motorboat operations
on Cheadle Lake in Linn County and motorboats/floatplanes on Waldo Lake
in Lane County.
●	Consideration of proposed rules for aquatic invasive species
prevention program.
●	Initiation of rulemaking for a moratorium on new boating
restrictions.
●	Initiation of rulemaking to implement HB 2079 requiring the wear
of personal flotation devices on whitewater rivers.
●	Consideration of boating facility grant
applications/amendments.
	
The meeting is accessible for persons with disabilities.  Persons
needing some form of assistance to participate in this meeting due to a
disability should contact June LeTarte at 503-378-2617 by Friday,
October 9.  Persons wishing to address the Board on non-agenda items may
do so during the designated period at the start of the meeting.
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Ashley A. Massey
Public Information Officer
Oregon State Marine Board
503-378-2623
503-378-8587 ext. 82623
ashley.massey at state.or.us
www.boatoregon.com
www.twitter.com/marineboard

"Clean, Drain and Dry your boat to prevent the spread of aquatic
nuisance species."