[OSMB-News] News Release -Marine Board Meeting in Portland January 8

[Massey, Ashley]

For Immediate Release                        Date: Monday, December 29, 2014

Marine Board Meeting in Portland January 8

              The Oregon State Marine Board will hold their quarterly work session on January 7 beginning at 1 pm and regular Board meeting on January 8, beginning at 9 am.  The meetings will both be held at the Portland Yacht Club, 1421 NE Marine Drive, in Portland.
            The work session will include a review and discussion of draft rules for cautionary buoy placement procedures, waterway markers and slow -no wake rules.  Additionally, key performance measures will be reviewed as well as Board training on budgets, ethics, administrative rules and Oregon statutes.
            The general Board meeting agenda includes:

*       Consideration of a grant request for Chinook Landing -boarding float replacement

*       Consideration of a grant request for Memaloose Park, -dredging project

*       Request to initiate rulemaking in OAR 250 Division 016, Outfitter/Guide Registrations to define "serious violations" and modifying types of convictions which can impact a guide's registration.

*       Request to initiate rulemaking in OAR 250-010-0164, US Coast Guard requirements for visual distress signals when operating on coastal waters.

*       Staff reports
The meeting is accessible for persons with disabilities.  For a communication aid request or agenda questions, please contact June LeTarte, Executive Assistant, at 503-378-2617 by Monday, January 5.  The Board will accept public comment during the designated period at the beginning of the meeting on
January 8.
To view the agenda and staff report, visit http://www.oregon.gov/OSMB/Pages/admin/members.aspx.


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Ashley A. Massey
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Oregon State Marine Board
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