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

disposal site. The Department and the Radiation Management Advisory Council shall study the procedural and substantive authority, criteria and physical and technical standards that would be advisable and necessary for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the public…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Radiation Management Act". Added by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 132, eff. July 1, 1993.

As used in the Radiation Management Act: 1. "Atomic energy" means all forms of energy released in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation; 2. "By-product material" means any radioactive material, except special nuclear material, yielded in or made radioactive by e…

Application of act - Agreements with United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. A. The Department of Environmental Quality is hereby designated as the official agency of the State of Oklahoma for all regulatory activities for the use of atomic energy and sources of radiation, e…

A. The Board shall have the authority to promulgate rules on the following: the establishment of standards for safe levels of protection against radiation; the maintenance and submission of records; the determination, prevention and control of radiation hazards; the reporting of …

A. The Board shall, pursuant to Section 24 of this act, establish by rule a fee schedule to be charged for permits, licenses, or radiation protection services for the regulation of any source of radiation by the Department. Fees charged pursuant to this section shall be paid into…

- Cooperation with other state and federal agencies. The Department of Environmental Quality shall encourage, participate in and conduct investigations, training and demonstrations relating to: 1. The control of electronic product radiation; 2. The detection and measurement of el…

radioactive materials. The authority reserved to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall only be exercised by this state after this state has achieved agreement status with the Commission pursuant to Section 274b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. In the …

Sections 1 through 3 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Lead-Acid Battery and Used Motor Oil Recycling Act". Added by Laws 1993, c. 341, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Any person offering lead-acid batteries for sale to end-use consumers shall post and maintain a sign at or near the point of display or sale to inform the public that lead-acid batteries are accepted for recycling. For purposes of this act, a "lead-acid battery" means a lead-acid…

Any person offering motor oil for sale to end-use consumers shall post and maintain a sign at or near the point of display or sale to inform the public of the location of the nearest used oil collection center. Added by Laws 1993, c. 341, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Lead-Impacted Communities Relocation Assistance Act”. Added by Laws 2004, c. 371, § 1. Renumbered from § 7601 of Title 10 by Laws 2006, c. 226, § 6, emerg. eff. June 6, 2006.

A. The Legislature recognizes that historic lead and zinc mining operations have caused severe environmental degradation in areas of this state. The Legislature further recognizes that this degradation has caused the United States Environmental Protection Agency to place large ar…

municipalities, public entities and schools - Disposition of property. A. The Department of Environmental Quality is hereby authorized to make grants, from monies appropriated for that purpose, to state beneficiary public trusts serving communities affected by historic lead and z…

Injunction. The restrictions on reoccupation or reestablishment described in subsections A and B of Section 2 of this act may be enforced by the trust in its own name or by the district attorney or the Attorney General in the name of the State of Oklahoma. Those violating such re…

Discretion of trust to determine affected areas and property values - Contracts with substate planning districts. A. Neither the enactment of this act nor the grant of funds to a trust shall create any property right or right in action. The courts shall have no jurisdiction to en…

children who remain in affected areas. The State Department of Health shall carefully monitor the blood lead levels of children who remain within the most affected area, with particular attention to those who may take up residence in the most affected area after the institution o…

On the effective date of this act, the Ottawa Reclamation Authority, created pursuant to Section 801, et seq., of Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be terminated, and all activities of the Authority shall cease, notwithstanding the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law. Up…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the "Emergency Drought Relief Fund". This fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall consist of all monies received by the fund from state appropriations, gifts, grants, pri…

A. A Drought Committee shall be formed consisting of the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, one member who resides west of Interstate 35 (I-35), appointed by th…

The Emergency Drought Relief Fund shall be available for drought response activities within the state that may include but shall not be limited to: 1. Pond cleanup and construction; 2. Water conservation methods in production agriculture; 3. Providing of water for livestock; 4. R…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Conservation District Act". Added by Laws 1971, c. 346, § 15-101, operative July 1, 1971. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 204, eff. July 1, 1993. Renumbered from Title 82, § 1501-101 by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 359, eff. July 1, 19…

In recognition of the ever-increasing demands on the renewable natural resources of the state and of the need to preserve, protect and develop such resources at such a rate and at such levels of quality as will meet the needs of the people of the state, it is hereby declared to b…

As used in the Conservation District Act: 1. "District" or "conservation district" means a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public body corporate and politic, organized in accordance with the provisions of the Conservation District Act, for the purposes, with the pow…

A. There is hereby established, to serve as an agency of the state and to perform the functions conferred upon it in the Conservation District Act, the Oklahoma Conservation Commission, which commission shall succeed to all the powers, duties and property of the State Soil Conser…

districts. All soil and water conservation districts organized on the date of the adoption of the Conservation District Act are perpetuated and shall continue to exist as conservation districts under the Conservation District Act. Added by Laws 1971, c. 346, § 15-301, operative J…

Office space. A. The Commission: 1. May employ an Executive Director and any technical experts and other agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as may be required, and shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation; 2. May call upon the Attorney General of…

A. For the purposes of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission, seasonal employees employed by the Commission who work less than nine hundred ninety-nine (999) hours in a twelve-month period shall be considered temporary employees and shall be unclassified. The Commission may employ…

The Commission shall reorganize annually and select a chairman from among its members who shall serve for one (1) year from the date of selection. A member of the Commission shall hold office so long as such member retains the office by virtue of which he shall be serving on the …

audit. The Commission shall: 1. Provide for the execution of surety bonds for all employees and officers who shall be entrusted with funds or property; 2. Provide for the keeping of a full and accurate record of all proceedings and of all resolutions, regulations and orders issue…

A. In addition to other powers and duties specified by law and except as otherwise provided by law, the Oklahoma Conservation Commission shall have the power and duty to: 1. Offer the assistance as may be appropriate to the directors of conservation districts in the carrying out …

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Conservation Commission to be designated the "Conservation Commission Revolving Fund (#405)". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all moni…

Revolving Fund. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Conservation Commission to be designated the "Conservation Commission Tar Creek Mine Reclamation Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limita…

permit approvals. A. The Conservation Commission may establish and maintain an environmental and natural resources geographic data base system. Such system shall include but not be limited to pollution complaints filed with the state environmental agencies and state agencies with…

- Contents - Submission to Legislature and other officials. A. The Commission is hereby given exclusive jurisdiction to prepare a Wetlands Management Strategy for the State of Oklahoma. The Strategy shall: 1. Define wetlands; 2. Enumerate their beneficial uses; 3. Identify and in…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Conservation Commission, to be designated the "Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of …

Revolving Fund A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Conservation Commission to be designated the "Oklahoma Conservation Commission Infrastructure Revolving Fund". B. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limi…

A district perpetuated by the provisions of the Conservation District Act shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public body corporate and politic, exercising public powers. Added by Laws 1971, c. 346, § 15-501, operative July 1, 1971. Amended by Laws 19…

organization - Quorum - Voting. A. At the first meeting following each annual election, the board of directors shall organize and shall select and designate a chair, vice-chair and a treasurer. Notice of the new organization shall be filed with the Conservation Commission annuall…

Legal assistance - Delegation of powers - Copies of ordinances, rules and regulations, etc., to Commission. A. The directors of a district may employ a secretary, technical experts and other employees as necessary and determine their duties and compensation. Employees of a conser…

The directors shall provide for: 1. The execution of surety bonds for all employees and officers who shall be entrusted with funds or property; 2. The keeping of a full and accurate record of all proceedings and of all resolutions, regulations and orders issued or adopted; and 3.…

A. In addition to other powers and duties provided by law, a conservation district and the directors thereof shall have the power and duty to: 1. Obtain such information as may be necessary to the proper carrying out of duties and powers prescribed in the Conservation District Ac…

A conservation district: 1. Shall be authorized to obtain a loan or grant of any funds, property, equipment or services which any state or federal agency or local governmental unit may be authorized to lend or grant for any of the purposes of the Conservation District Act; and 2.…

A. Any district organized under the Conservation District Act shall have power to serve as a local agency for operating and maintaining any project or program concerned with the conservation of renewable natural resources that is administered by any local, state, interstate or fe…

report - Dissemination of works and activities information. A. 1. Each district organized under the Conservation District Act shall prepare and keep current a long-range program for the conservation of all the renewable natural resources of the district. The program shall be dire…

A. The long-range resource conservation program, together with the supplemental annual work plans, developed by each district under the foregoing procedures shall have official status as the authorized program of the district, and it shall be published by the district as its "Res…

It is policy of the Legislature to require mutual cooperation and assistance among the governing officers of the counties, cities, other municipalities, conservation districts, other special purpose districts and other political subdivisions of the state in all activities directl…

A. Any two or more districts organized under the provisions of the Conservation District Act may cooperate with one another in the exercise of any or all powers conferred in the Conservation District Act, and expend locally earned district funds in furtherance of such cooperation…

A. The districts shall invite the appropriate counties, municipalities and special purpose districts or other governmental units to designate liaison representatives for consultation on each other's programs and plans for resource conservation. The counties, municipalities, speci…

A. The Oklahoma Conservation Commission is hereby authorized to establish and administer a conservation cost-share program as funds become available. The conservation cost-share program shall provide monies to eligible persons for the purpose of implementing conservation or best …