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House sponsors and witnesses told the committee the bill seeks to make the grant programs quicker and easier for applicants while providing the department better tools to evaluate and prioritize projects. Representative Ken Helm provided legislative history of the program and Representative Mark Owens described recent appropriations and the program's role in leveraging federal and other funds. Rep. Owens told the committee the program has distributed roughly $95.8 million since 2016 and that the Legislature has appropriated amounts in multiple packages (including a $15 million allocation in 2019-20 and $30 million in later sessions), drawing additional federal funds into projects.

Brynn Hudson, legislative coordinator for the Water Resources Department, provided a technical overview. She said the bill makes changes in two linked programs: feasibility-study grants (used to evaluate project feasibility before construction) and water-project grants and loans (capital construction and implementation).

Major changes described in committee testimony include:

- Feasibility-study grants: broaden eligible study activities (for example, water management and conservation plans, seasonal-flow analysis for storage, dam-safety evaluation and analysis of environmental justice impacts); remove the current statutory $500,000 maximum grant cap; reduce the required cost match from 50% to 25%; and allow the department or commission to set a maximum award or increase the required match if demand outstrips available funds. The bill also removes an outdated reference to a statewide water assessment no longer in use.

- Water-project grants and loans: add an eligible expense category for improved compliance with seasonally varying flows; fix a technical enforcement issue for below-ground storage and aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) projects so seasonally varying-flow conditions can be enforced; allow applicants to submit water-management conservation plans with applications rather than require plan approval before application (plans would still have to be approved before an award); shorten each public-comment period in the twice-yearly funding cycle from 60 days to 30 days; permit the department to tailor application information requirements to project type; and clarify the award process so the interagency technical review team makes recommendations to the department and the department, after considering public comment, makes recommendations to the commission. The bill also adds a legislative reporting requirement requiring the department to evaluate several related funds and programs at least once every eight years.

During questioning, the committee confirmed that some of the program's appropriations have been made with lottery bonds. Witnesses listed recent grantee counties and example projects that included canal and lateral piping, irrigation modernization projects and pumping-efficiency improvements. Committee members asked technical clarifying questions and the department said it was not taking a position on the bill but provided the overview.

No members of the public provided in-person testimony in committee on HB 3364A during the April 24 hearing, and the committee closed the public hearing without taking a vote.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Senate Committee On Natural Resources and Wildfire 04/24/2025 1:00 PM","oneSentenceSummary","On April 24, 2025, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire heard testimony on House Bill 3364A, which would revise the Water Conservation, Reuse and Storage Program and the Water Supply Development Account to broaden eligible uses and streamline grant administration.","taxTitle","Natural Resources, Senate, Committees, Legislative, Oregon","taxId",17993,"location","Oregon","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6261991,"Senate committee adopts amendment and advances bill letting DEQ permit seafood processing mixing zones with safeguards",1564,106080,1670750,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3117257-a0417ef2de22c539f6c653d2a5f83c33&start=106&end=1670","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3117257-a0417ef2de22c539f6c653d2a5f83c33/thumbnail_106080.jpg","/articles/6261991/Oregon/Senate-committee-adopts-amendment-and-advances-bill-letting-DEQ-permit-seafood-processing-mixing-zones-with-safeguards","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6261991-f80c38518b42294a27518b1b6281a448/orig.mp4?Expires=1775454176&Signature=ZsVKpQdjkYO7MhofRSciQgDYMFUhzBNARGOn4WZQmVVloaY69rpm5s32ihuF63OLVAoCpsZ0S80j60WE~9ffy1a22eYM-0JHb5Qou4KTVd06LqP8Drc6TZ4rXfPMz~fapnKk0RQUzE~rGq7XAHcyURKblBLX-hty7TGEKPdMstOvYRanfZbbvh-VsOJhJe4J-~yCOR062V~gC7ZS2x~iyKs037L82vi0hA7wx9c8ukpJWbaCuznA5RAvu~Vk-mhD8qcuNcqoEzRahMbdOhX2Oq6FffJi1fwgEuA4cyf5ShhgUiyt1GtvbYvDAn6wiLsSvqhyoxdpY-dEtkSOtTAMiQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","On April 24, 2025, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire adopted an amendment (the A5 amendment) to House Bill 3814A and moved the bill to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation.

Committee staff summarized HB 3814A as authorizing the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the Environmental Quality Commission to permit mixing zones for seafood-processing wastewater if permitting is consistent with public health protection; the bill requires site-specific best practices to prevent contamination and would take effect 90 days after adjournment sine die. The committee recorded that the A5 amendment replaces the word \"required\" with \"prohibited\" in a line of the printed bill and adjusts language to read, \"notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and except as prohibited by federal law.\" The amendment was adopted by voice vote and recorded ayes from Senator Taylor, Vice Chair Nash and Chair Golden.

Vice Chair Nash moved the bill to the floor as amended with a due-pass recommendation. The committee then voted; the motion passed with recorded ayes from Senator Groff, Senator Taylor, Vice Chair Nash and Senator Golden. The committee discussion noted that stakeholders along the coast and seafood industry representatives had worked with authors and staff in advance of the committee to resolve earlier concerns in the base bill.

After passage, members discussed who would carry the bill to the Senate floor. The committee noted Senator Brock Smith would carry the bill, and the committee later announced co-carriers Senator Brock Smith and Senator Weber had agreed to carry it to the floor.

The committee record shows no formal amendments beyond the A5 amendment adopted in committee and no recorded objections to advancing the bill to the floor.","On April 24, 2025, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire adopted the A5 amendment and moved House Bill 3814A to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6261996,"Senate committee advances bill letting counties use portion of grasshopper suppression funds",45,33950,79210,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3117257-a0417ef2de22c539f6c653d2a5f83c33&start=33&end=79","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3117257-a0417ef2de22c539f6c653d2a5f83c33/thumbnail_33950.jpg","/articles/6261996/Oregon/Senate-committee-advances-bill-letting-counties-use-portion-of-grasshopper-suppression-funds","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6261996-203f85fad4713da381bdd83ab9290c10/orig.mp4?Expires=1775454176&Signature=X6ch2pR3-U2~2T0Nc9GsZKgwkDPt3Y5KWTTXWqTMUj69Dh~D1CvDjUB879KLeio2zGqKFwDpdc8iXkHacVg1dJJ1-yIwwzbblarYa~VXNm1oZqvApWhwF4Ymw1Q1nxlIG98rZpPH8gjmNlDZoLxqp6E1VnxO9-P7Krr2xsSjij37l9kNh3iY5-l1Y00XvkM~17NsLLbEUsVjRrj9pyfR09zl0TN0jZZNvk8CAWLX7HSXO67VInyiX0NoMuPBgN9DJ02qQebGQvehPN5UpLF3GQFprsWhz3s1xgHRA-CC1bNXwlUeoQZkLtxbMkn62B1fTgqU-7q6AgppYtqjVNMgIA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","On April 24, 2025, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire moved House Bill 3487A to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after a staff summary and no committee discussion.

Committee staff summarized the bill as allowing counties that receive grasshopper suppression funds from the Department of Agriculture to use up to 8 percent of those funds (text in the committee summary). Vice Chair Nash moved the bill to the floor with the committee's due-pass recommendation; there was no discussion before the committee voted. The recorded vote was: Senator Druck, aye; Senator Pruzanski, aye; Senator Taylor, aye; Vice Chair Nash, aye; Chair Bolton, aye. The motion passed unanimously in committee.

The committee did not record further amendments or conditions on the committee's action. The next procedural step is to have the bill carried to the Senate floor for further consideration; Vice Chair Nash moved it, and the committee confirmed the passage at the April 24 work session.

Because the committee action was procedural (moving the bill to the floor), there were no additional directions to staff recorded during the hearing period.","The Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire moved House Bill 3487A to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after staff summary and no discussion; the measure passed the committee vote unanimously.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6261986,"Committee holds public hearing on temporary water transfers for Upper Klamath Basin pending court decree",124,304220,428400,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3117257-a0417ef2de22c539f6c653d2a5f83c33&start=304&end=428","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3117257-a0417ef2de22c539f6c653d2a5f83c33/thumbnail_304220.jpg","/articles/6261986/Oregon/Committee-holds-public-hearing-on-temporary-water-transfers-for-Upper-Klamath-Basin-pending-court-decree","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6261986-9604ba36109f3c51c88962ba2904791e/orig.mp4?Expires=1775454176&Signature=B9yKqf4XFztFCZ~J~Izany9M~5JBhfiAXhrHLCeqDDEf6BOwcE2cbBbfkq50JC3iKDd9TaZZcrKx0htPuEclJNNV1ZleQoJOYWTzmrvl6FUCH2u30A3RmCVj6tR2VRs44piqYLjGmROWQ07bv7CQmnl8crlTAKttqLOixqpf~JqnaMq6BcdFnbFZpbAvHjaJVcvFA9KdCgCnMggi9yz-5QxU2c-r9g1z2PczePAY1OLcvG0G3Wn7bUjoPU~JS20i5D8oZSFy-g12SJE0~OI4SW~866ReoNq6ZWGGtVHuUWe5RTFFSbDclgJdgiUKEUQqMirL~6MjsUQjozKguhju8w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","On April 24, 2025, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire opened a public hearing on House Bill 2801 and heard from Ivan Gahl, director of the Water Resources Department.

Committee staff summarized the bill as authorizing the Water Resources Department to continue approving leases or temporary transfers of determined water-right claims in the Upper Klamath Basin until the Klamath County Circuit Court finalizes a water-rights decree. The bill would also require the Water Resources director to notify relevant legislative committees and legislative counsel within 30 days of the court's final decision.

Director Ivan Gahl told the committee that the statute then in place was scheduled to be repealed in January 2026 and that the Klamath Basin adjudication is an ongoing process that could take more years. He said the bill would allow flexibility for water users to pursue temporary transfers and in-stream leases of determined (but not yet certificated) claims while the adjudication proceeds; once the court issues a final decree and the department issues certificates, transfers would follow the regular process.

The committee recorded no other in-person or online public testimony on HB 2801 and closed the public hearing without taking committee action on the bill at that time.","The committee heard from the Water Resources Department director on House Bill 2801, which would allow temporary transfers and leases of determined water-right claims in the Upper Klamath Basin until the Klamath County Circuit Court issues a final decree; the department clarified the change is limited to temporary transfers and in-stream leases.","actionData","errors"]

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