Title 27A, Title 27A — Environment and Natural Resources

For purposes of this article: 1. "Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR)" means delivery of water into an aquifer for later recovery and use; 2. "Disposal system" means pipelines or conduits, pumping stations and force mains and all other devices, construction, appurtenances and faci…

Whereas the pollution of the waters of this state constitutes a menace to public health and welfare, creates public nuisances, is harmful to wildlife, fish and aquatic life, and impairs domestic, agricultural, industrial, recreational and other legitimate beneficial uses of water…

Director. A. The Department of Environmental Quality shall have and is hereby authorized to exercise the power and duty to: 1. Develop comprehensive programs for the prevention, control and abatement of new or existing pollution of the waters of this state; 2. Encourage, particip…

The Department of Environmental Quality may, to the extent funds are available, contract with the Oklahoma Rural Water Association for technical assistance programs to rural water and wastewater system operators throughout the state. The Department may contract with other nonprof…

Quality Standards. A. 1. In order to effectuate a comprehensive program to assist in the prevention, control and abatement of pollution of the waters of this state, and in order to establish state standards which comply with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended, the…

Oklahoma Water Quality Standards, promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, shall designate: 1. Watersheds that are nutrient-limited; and 2. Groundwaters that are nutrient-vulnerable. Added by Laws 1998, c. 404, § 3, eff. Aug. 1, 1998. Renumbered from § 9-203.1 of T…

It is the purpose of this article to provide additional and cumulative remedies to prevent, abate and control the pollution of the waters of the state. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to abridge or alter rights of action or remedies under the common law or statutory l…

cease. A. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause pollution of any waters of the state or to place or cause to be placed any wastes in a location where they are likely to cause pollution of any air, land or waters of the state. Any such action is hereby declared to be a publ…

A. "Gray water" means untreated household wastewater that has not come in contact with toilet waste and includes wastewater from bathtubs, showers, washbasins, clothes washing machines and laundry tubs and untreated municipal wastewater limited to wastewater captured from municip…

residential gray water - Permitting. A. The Department of Environmental Quality shall not require a permit for applying less than two hundred fifty (250) gallons per day of private residential gray water originating from a residence for the household gardening, composting or land…

A. No later than August 31, 2012, the Department of Environmental Quality shall convene a working group including municipalities, consulting engineers, technical experts, and the general public to explore opportunities for water reuse and define the process for variances from the…

The Department of Environmental Quality is authorized to issue permits for limited-scale pilot projects for the purpose of aquifer storage and recovery. The applications for such projects shall be Tier II applications under the Oklahoma Uniform Environmental Permitting Act. The D…

emanating from sensitive sole source groundwater basins or subbasins. A. For purposes of this section, a "subject mine" shall mean a mine, as defined in paragraph 2 of Section 723 of Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes, proposed for a location overlying a sensitive sole source grou…

A. This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Act". B. Nothing contained in the Oklahoma Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Act shall expand the authority of the Department of Environmental Quality beyond jurisdictional a…

For purposes of the Oklahoma Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Act: 1. "Discharge" includes but is not limited to a discharge of a pollutant or pollutants, and means any addition of any pollutant to waters of the state from any point source regulated by the Department of Env…

A. The Board shall have the power and duty to promulgate rules implementing or effectuating the Oklahoma Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Act. Such rules may incorporate by reference any applicable rules, regulations and policies of the United States Environmental Protectio…

discharge permits, conditions - Availability of records, reports or other information. A. Pollutant discharge permits issued by the Executive Director may include schedules of compliance and such conditions as the Executive Director may prescribe which: 1. Prevent, control or aba…

of Department. A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section, it shall be unlawful for any facility, activity or entity regulated by the Department of Environmental Quality pursuant to the Oklahoma Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Act to discharge any poll…

A. Whenever there are reasonable grounds to believe that there has been a violation of any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Act, any permit, any rule, or any order of the Executive Director, the Executive Director shall have the authority a…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Water Supply Systems Act". Added by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 68, eff. July 1, 1993.

A. The Department of Environmental Quality shall be the official agency of the State of Oklahoma to cooperate with federal agencies in all matters affecting public water supplies. B. The Department shall administer the wellhead protection program and the Public Water Supply Super…

A. The Board shall promulgate rules as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this part pertaining to water supply systems and the treatment and distribution of water to the public, including but not limited to rules for: 1. The construction and extension of such systems…

Application. A. Except as otherwise provided for in this section, no person shall supply water, or do any construction work of any nature for supplying water, to the public from or by a public water supply system by means of any waterworks without a written permit to construct is…

Every person supplying or authorized to supply water to the public shall file with the Department a certified copy of the plans and surveys of the waterworks, with a description of the source from which the water supply is derived. No additional source of supply or well shall the…

A. 1. The Board shall establish an annual fee for public water supply system regulatory services based on the size and type of the system and the resultant regulatory cost of the services to the state. Such annual fee shall not result in an increase of more than thirty cents ($0.…

A. The Department may, of its own accord, investigate the sanitary quality of water supplied to the public if the Department has reason to believe that such water supply is prejudicial to the public health or environment. Such investigation shall be made whenever a complaint is m…

A. The Department may issue an order to a respondent requiring compliance with the Oklahoma Water Supply Systems Act, rules of the Board, and orders previously issued to such respondent. Such orders may require a change in the source or sources of a public water supply, or in the…

A. The Oklahoma Legislature finds that a safe public groundwater supply is one of the most valuable natural resources in this state. B. The Legislature recognizes and declares that the management, funding, protection and conservation of public groundwater supplies and the benefic…

program. A. The Environmental Quality Board shall promulgate rules necessary to safeguard public health and welfare and prevent pollution of public water supply systems pursuant to the Oklahoma Water Supply Systems Act. B. The Department of Environmental Quality shall develop an …

A. The Department of Environmental Quality shall develop and implement a groundwater protection education program. In developing such program, the Department shall consult with public health agencies, water utilities, state educational and research institutions, nonprofit environ…

duties. No provision of this act shall affect the powers and duties of any state agency or any agency of any political subdivision of the state which is charged with responsibility for water control or water management. Added by Laws 1997, c. 241, § 4, eff. July 1, 1997.

in treatment, storage, use or disposal of sludge - Permit required, application - Plans and specifications - Innovative treatment techniques. A. No person shall begin any construction work of any nature for a municipal treatment works, nonindustrial wastewater treatment system, s…

A. The Board shall promulgate rules as necessary to implement the provisions of this part pertaining to the treatment of nonindustrial wastewater, and the treatment, storage, use and disposal of sewage sludge and other waste by wastewater treatment systems or treatment works. Suc…

treatment systems - Planning residential development sewage treatment - Plats. A. No small public sewage treatment system or individual sewage treatment system shall be constructed or operated unless such system, when constructed, complies with requirements prescribed by the Envi…

The Department of Environmental Quality shall not require a departmental inspection of an existing individual sewage disposal system prior to a service connection to a public water supply system. Added by Laws 1997, c. 131, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.

changes, discharge of sewage - Rules. A. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry on any of the following activities with regard to wastewater or sludge without first securing a water quality permit from the Department of Environmental Quality unless such activity is approved…

A. Any permit application received by the Department on or after July 1, 1993, for a discharge permit, a municipal or industrial wastewater construction or treatment permit or a public water supply permit shall include or provide for a sludge management plan if the applicant prop…

The Board shall promulgate rules which shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 1. Prohibiting the practice of plowing sludge that contains heavy metal concentrations significantly above concentrations normal to sludges with demonstrated effectiveness on Oklahoma soil…

significantly above normal ranges - Soil and crop studies - Municipal corrective action plans - Comprehensive study. A. 1. The Department shall not approve any sludge management plan or issue any permit for the land application of sludge which contains heavy metal concentrations …

Sludge shall only be used on agricultural land at agronomic rates, as determined by the Department, provided the application is performed in accordance with an approved sludge management plan or permit and the rules promulgated by the Board which shall include, but shall not be l…

In addition to the requirements imposed by Section 2-6-501 et seq. of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, municipal sludge shall be distributed by a municipality in accordance with an approved sludge management plan. Such plan shall authorize the municipality to award such sludge…

A. The Board shall have authority to make rules for the control of sanitation on all property located within any reservoir or drainage basin, which shall include but not be limited to rules: 1. Relating to the collection and disposal of domestic and industrial wastes within any r…

liquids - Permit required - Water wells and holes to be constructed or sealed to avoid pollution. A. A permit issued by the Executive Director of the Department of Environmental Quality shall be required for Class I, III, IV and V injection wells pursuant to the federal Safe Drin…

A. All persons before engaging in the cleaning or pumping of septic tanks or holding tanks and disposing of sewage or septage taken therefrom shall first obtain a license which shall be issued by the Department under such rules as may be promulgated by the Board. Such license sha…

civil penalties. A. In addition to other penalties as may be imposed by law, any person who shall violate any of the provisions of, or who fails to perform any duty imposed by this article, or who violates any rule promulgated thereunder, or the terms of any order, permit, licens…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act". Laws 1976, c. 251, § 1. Renumbered from § 2751 by Laws 1981, c. 322, § 18, eff. July 1, 1981. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 403, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 145, § 84, eff. July 1…

Hazardous waste shall be subject to the provisions of the "Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act" and shall not be subject to the provisions of the "Oklahoma Solid Waste Management Act". Laws 1990, c. 196, § 8, emerg. eff. May 10, 1990; Laws 1992, c. 403, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 199…

As used in the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act: 1. "Affected property owners" means all real property owners within one (1) mile of the outer perimeter of a proposed hazardous waste site; 2. "Affiliated person" means: a. any officer, director or partner of the applicant, …

A hazardous waste management program responsible for the regulation and management of hazardous waste shall be maintained within the Department. The hazardous waste management program shall consist of a director, who shall be hired by the Executive Director, and additional employ…

Quality. The Department of Environmental Quality shall have the power and duty to: 1. Issue permits for the construction and operation and for the post-closure, maintenance and monitoring of hazardous waste facilities; 2. Provide the owner or operator of a hazardous waste facilit…