Date: Thursday, March 1, 2001
For Immediate Release

Marine Board Meeting March 22

The Oregon State Marine Board will meet 9 a.m. Thursday, March 22, in Salem. Among other items on the agenda, the Board will consider adopting rules allowing marine patrol officers to use a new tool in the fight against intoxicated boaters. The Board will also revisit a recent decision banning motorboats from several south coast rivers.

The agenda follows:

  • Director's Report
  • Reconsideration of Rulemaking - Curry County Sixes River, Elk River
  • Education/Information Report
  • Final Consideration of Rulemaking - BUII Rules
  • Law Enforcement Program Report
  • Facility Program Report - Consideration of Facility Grant Requests

The meeting will be held at the Marine Board headquarters, 435 Commercial St. NE, #400. The meeting facility is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons needing some form of assistance to participate in this meeting due to a disability should contact Jill Andrick at (503) 373-1405, ext. 243, at least two working days prior to the meeting.

Persons wishing to address the board on non-agenda items may do so during a designated period at the start of the meeting.

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