From:	GILLES Bruce A
Sent:	Friday, August 28, 2009 11:48 AM
To:	SEIDEL Paul
Subject:	Townsend Pond

Here are several definitions taken from WQ Regulations.  The pond may be defined as waters of the state, and/or a well based on dimensions.

Waters of the State" or "Public Waters" means lakes, bays, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs, wells, rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, marshes, inlets, canals, the Pacific Ocean within the territorial limits of the State of Oregon and all other bodies of surface or underground waters, natural or artificial, inland or coastal, fresh or salt, public or private (except those private waters which do not combine or effect a junction with natural surface or underground waters), which are wholly or partially within or bordering the state or within its jurisdiction.
"Well" means a bored, drilled, driven or dug hole whose depth is greater than its largest surface dimension, an improved sinkhole, a sewage drain hole, or a subsurface fluid distribution system.
 "WPCF Permit" means a Water Pollution Control Facilities permit as defined in OAR 340-045 to construct and operate a disposal system with no discharge to navigable waters

Bruce A. Gilles, Manager 
Cleanup and Emergency Response 
Department of Environmental Quality 
NWR - Eastside Office 
1550 NW Eastman Parkway, Suite 290 
Gresham, OR 97030 
  
Phone: (503)667-8414 Extension 55009 
Fax: (503) 674-5148 
Cell: (971) 246-2300 
  
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