[OSMB-News] For Immediate Release -Marine Board Meeting January 14 at the Portland Expo Center

[Ashley Massey]

For Immediate Release	Date: Friday, January 8, 2010 

Marine Board Meeting January 14 at the Portland Expo Center

The Oregon State Marine Board will have their quarterly meeting on
January 14 at the Expo Center, 2060 North Marine Drive, in Portland. 
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. in Room D 204.  Parking at the Portland
Expo Center costs $7 and a carpool of three persons or more is $6.  The
Board meeting coincides with the 50th Annual Portland Boat Show.  
	The Board will consider the following agenda items:

●	Rulemaking on boat operations on Waldo Lake in Lane County.
●	Rulemaking on personal flotation devices for Class III and
higher whitewater rapids.
●	Rulemaking on an electric-motor-only provision on Cheadle Lake
in Linn County.
●	Adoption of a temporary rule and initiation of rulemaking for
the Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Permit program.
●	Consideration of boating facility grants. 

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 Tuesday,
January 12.  Persons wishing to address the Board on non-agenda items
may do so during the designated period at the start of the meeting.

To view the agenda, visit
http://www.boatoregon.com/OSMB/programs/docs/January14Agenda10.pdf.
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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

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