Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-159.14
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Information to be furnished with application
Official statutory text
In addition to any other requirements of the Commission, the
rules of the Commission shall require the applicant to submit with
its application the following:
(a) Plans, specifications, maps, surveys, and field notes in
such detail and form as the Commission shall prescribe to
demonstrate the physical feasibility of the proposed water
transportation line and the ability of the applicant to complete the
same.
(b) Financial statements in such form and detail as the
Commission shall prescribe to demonstrate the estimated cost of the
facilities and present financial ability of the applicant to
construct and operate the same.
(c) A construction schedule showing the proposed starting and
completion dates of the project and its major phases, as well as the
date on which the water transportation line will be available for
service.
(d) Certification by the Oklahoma Water Resourses Board in such
form as the Commission shall prescribe that there are, under the
laws of Oklahoma, water permits or rights presently vested in that
segment of the public sought to be served by the applicant, adequate
to provide the applicant with sufficient traffic to make the
proposed water transportation line financially feasible.
(e) Certification by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board in such
form as the Commission shall prescribe that the water transportation
line to be built, if built in keeping with the proposed plans and
specifications, will be safe and not a menace to life and property
and will not result in waste through excessive loss of water in
transit or storage while in the facilities of the applicant.
(f) Certification by the Oklahoma State Department of Health in
such form as the Commission shall prescribe that the water
transportation line to be built, if built in keeping with the
proposed plans and specifications, will be adequate to protect the
water from pollution or degradation while in the facilities of the
applicant.
rules of the Commission shall require the applicant to submit with
its application the following:
(a) Plans, specifications, maps, surveys, and field notes in
such detail and form as the Commission shall prescribe to
demonstrate the physical feasibility of the proposed water
transportation line and the ability of the applicant to complete the
same.
(b) Financial statements in such form and detail as the
Commission shall prescribe to demonstrate the estimated cost of the
facilities and present financial ability of the applicant to
construct and operate the same.
(c) A construction schedule showing the proposed starting and
completion dates of the project and its major phases, as well as the
date on which the water transportation line will be available for
service.
(d) Certification by the Oklahoma Water Resourses Board in such
form as the Commission shall prescribe that there are, under the
laws of Oklahoma, water permits or rights presently vested in that
segment of the public sought to be served by the applicant, adequate
to provide the applicant with sufficient traffic to make the
proposed water transportation line financially feasible.
(e) Certification by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board in such
form as the Commission shall prescribe that the water transportation
line to be built, if built in keeping with the proposed plans and
specifications, will be safe and not a menace to life and property
and will not result in waste through excessive loss of water in
transit or storage while in the facilities of the applicant.
(f) Certification by the Oklahoma State Department of Health in
such form as the Commission shall prescribe that the water
transportation line to be built, if built in keeping with the
proposed plans and specifications, will be adequate to protect the
water from pollution or degradation while in the facilities of the
applicant.
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