§2-20-40. Short title – Purpose.
A. Sections 28 through 50 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act”. B. The purpose of the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act is to provide for environmentally responsible construction and expansion of animal feeding operations and to protect the safety, welfare and quality […]
§2-20-41. Definitions.
A. Concentrated animal feeding operations are point sources subject to the license program established pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act. B. As used in the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act: 1. “Affected property owner” means a surface landowner within one (1) mile of the designated perimeter of an […]
§2-20-42. Rulemaking and employing authority.
The State Board of Agriculture is authorized to promulgate rules for the administration, implementation, and enforcement of the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act. For the performance of its duties and responsibilities, the Board is authorized to employ such personnel and agents as may be required with the funds available. Added by Laws 2007, c. […]
§2-20-44. Mandatory and voluntary licensure – Designation of operations.
A. 1. Any animal feeding operation meeting the criteria defining a concentrated animal feeding operation shall be required to obtain a license to operate pursuant to the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act and rules promulgated pursuant thereto. 2. No animal feeding operation which voluntarily obtains a license pursuant to the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding […]
§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 […]