§2-20-45. Application for license.
A. The State Board of Agriculture shall cause to be prepared and available, for any person desiring or required to apply for a license to operate a new or previously unlicensed animal feeding operation, the necessary forms and applications. B. The application for a license to operate a new or previously unlicensed animal feeding operation […]
§2-20-46. Notice and hearing requirements.
A. 1. Any person applying for a license for a new animal feeding operation shall comply with the notice and hearing requirements as specified by this section and rules promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture. 2. Notice requirements shall include notice to affected property owners by certified mail, return receipt requested pursuant to subsection […]
§2-20-47. Pollution Prevention Plan.
A. An animal feeding operation licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act shall develop a Pollution Prevention Plan or may substitute equivalent measures contained in a site-specific Animal Waste Management Plan prepared pursuant to Section 36 of this act. Design and construction criteria developed by the United States Department […]
§2-20-48. Best Management Practices – Animal Waste Management Plans.
A. Animal feeding operations licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act shall utilize Best Management Practices, or may substitute for best management practice equivalent measures contained in a site-specific Animal Waste Management Plan meeting the conditions and requirements established by subsection C of this section and by rules promulgated […]
§2-20-20. Exemptions applicable to certain operations.
A. The provisions of Section 20-19 of this title relating to setback requirements and the provisions of subsections B and C of Section 20-12 of this title relating to utilization of liners in retention structures or documentation of no hydrologic connection and to a minimum separation of ten (10) feet between the bottom of the […]
§2-20-50. Prevention of hydrologic connection between wastewaters and waters of state.
A. Any hydrologic connection between wastewater and waters of the state outside that authorized by the provisions of the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act shall constitute a discharge to waters of the state. B. Site-specific conditions shall be considered in the design and construction of liners. Liners for retention structures shall be designed and […]
§2-20-21. Liquid swine waste management systems – Location.
Except as otherwise provided by Section 20-19 of this title and subsection I of this section, swine feeding operations using liquid swine waste management systems and housing swine in roof-covered structures shall not be located within the following applicable distances from an occupied residence: 1. More than 4000 swine animal units2 miles; 2. 2001 to […]
§2-20-51. Irrigation systems.
A. All irrigation systems into which any animal waste will be injected shall be equipped with one or both of the following systems: 1. An antipollution system, approved by the State Board of Agriculture, capable of preventing the backflow of animal waste into the groundwater. The system shall include a safety check valve with a […]
§2-20-22. Prohibition of new or expanded feeding operations within certain distance upstream of Pensacola Project boundary.
The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall not accept or approve any pending applications requesting permits for construction or expansion of any concentrated swine feeding operation to be located within one (1) mile upstream of the Pensacola Project boundary as described in the records of the Grand River Dam Authority and the Federal […]
§2-20-52. Investigations and inspections.
A. The State Board of Agriculture or its authorized agents are empowered to enter upon the premises of any animal feeding operation for the purpose of investigating complaints as to the operation or to determine whether there are any violations of the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act. The Department shall make at least one […]