WATERWATCH v. WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION

CC 13; A113693.

88 P.3d 327 (2004)

193 Or. App. 87

WATERWATCH OF OREGON, INC., an Oregon nonprofit corporation, Petitioner, v. WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION, a state agency; Water Resources Department, a state agency; Coos Bay North Bend Water Board, an Oregon municipal corporation, Respondents, and City of Lakeside, an Oregon municipal corporation; Tenmile Lakefront Owners Association; and Department of Fish and Wildlife, a state agency, Other parties.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided April 21, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian J. Posewitz, Portland, argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioner. With him on the brief was Tonkon Torp LLP.

Philip Schradle, Special Counsel to the Attorney General, argued the cause for respondents Water Resources Commission and Water Resources Department. With him on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General.

James C. Coffey, North Bend, argued the cause for respondent Coos Bay North Bend Water Board. With him on the brief was Stebbins & Coffey.

Before HASELTON, Presiding Judge, and DEITS, Chief Judge, and WOLLHEIM, Judge.


DEITS, C.J.

Petitioner, WaterWatch of Oregon, Inc., seeks review of a final order of the Oregon Water Resources Commission (commission), approving a water appropriation permit.1 WaterWatch challenged the permit application on several grounds, including that the applicant, the Coos Bay North Bend Water Board (CBNB), could not make beneficial use of the water within the five-year limit provided in...

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