Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 517.715: Exemptions from permit requirement.

Where this section sits in the code

14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources
43. Mineral Resources
Chapter 517 — Mining and Mining Claims

(1) When exploration will result in less than one acre of surface disturbance or drilling to 50 feet or less, any person conducting exploration is exempted from the requirements of the permit procedure described in ORS 517.702 to 517.740. However, nothing in this section exempts a person from the requirements of ORS chapter 273 or the requirements of other departments.

(2) All mineral exploration drill holes shall comply with the abandonment procedures specified in ORS 517.705 (2)(f).

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