Morse v. Division of State Lands

This case involves the City of North Bend’s proposal to fill 32 acres of the Coos Bay Estuary for the purpose of extending a runway at the North Bend Airport. The City applied to the Division of State Lands for a fill permit pursuant to ORS 541.605 to 541.665. After the Division announced its approval of the application on April 27, 1976, petitioners, as persons adversely affected by the proposed permit, requested a contested case hearing on the matter. After a hearing, the director of the Division of State Lands issued an order which essentially affirmed, with conditions, the decision to…