Thank you for your interest and involvement in the rulemaking process and helping keep boating safe, clean and fun for everyone.
Petition Procedures
The Board will review and consider petitions for proposed rulemaking for new local boating regulations or changes to existing rules only once a year. Petitions are due on April 1 each year.
Written comments can be submitted via email toosmb.rulemaking@state.or.us or by U.S. mail to June LeTarte, Rules Coordinator, 435 Commercial Street NE, Suite 400, P.O. Box 14145, Salem, OR 97309-5056. Comments via telephone cannot be accepted.
Temporary Rule
Holgate Channel, Willamette River, Multnomah County Rule filed: December 22, 2011 under the authority of Marine Director, Scott Brewen Temporary Rule in Effect: January 1, 2012 through June 28, 2012.
The Marine Board will discuss the initiation of permanent rulemaking at their quarterly Board meeting.
NEW BOATING REGULATIONS
WAKE Regulations
250-020-0032 Boat Operations on the Willamette River in Clackamas County
(5) On the Willamette River from the Hwy 219 Bridge at RM 48.5 to the upper end of Willow Island at RM 31.5, the following rules apply:
(a) No person shall operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of a "Slow -- No Wake" maximum 5 mph speed within 100 feet of private docks, boathouses or moorages legally permitted by the Oregon Department of State Lands.
(b) Beginning January 1, 2010, no person shall use wake-enhancing devices, including ballast tanks, wedges or hydrofoils or other mechanical devices, or un-even loading of persons or gear, to artificially operate bow-high. .............
