Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-10-9.5

information and records required - False statements, etc. - Penalty

- Notice upon changing integrators - Waste management educational

training.

A. The State Board of Agriculture shall provide the necessary

forms and applications for any person desiring or required to

register a poultry feeding operation or expanding operation.

B. The application to register to operate a new or previously

unregistered poultry feeding operation or expanding operation shall

contain, at a minimum, the following information:

1. Name and address of the owner and operator of the facility;

2. Name and address of the poultry feeding operation;

3. Number and type of poultry housed or confined;

4. Name and address of the integrator whose poultry will be

raised by the poultry feeding operation;

5. A diagram or map and legal description showing geographical

location of the facility on which the perimeters of the facility are

designated, location of waters of the state, including, but not

limited to, drainage from the facility, poultry waste storage

facilities, and land-application sites owned or leased by the

applicant or which the applicant has contracted with for the

application of poultry waste;

6. A copy of the Nutrient Management Plan, or proof of

application for such plan, Best Management Practices or any other

plans authorized by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food,

and Forestry;

7. A statement of ownership.

a. If the applicant is a corporation, the name and

address of the corporation and the name and address of

each officer and registered agent of the corporation

shall be included in the application.

b. If the applicant is a partnership or other legal

entity, the name and address of each partner and

stockholder with an ownership interest of ten percent

(10%) or more shall be included in the statement.

c. The information contained in the statement of

ownership shall be public information and shall be

available upon request from the Board;

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8. The name and address of the person having day-to-day control

of the operation, if such person is not the applicant and is acting

as agent for the applicant;

9. An environmental history from the past three (3) years of

any poultry feeding operation established and operated by the

applicant or any other operation with common ownership in this state

or any other state;

10. Environmental awards or citations received or pollution

prevention or voluntary remediation efforts undertaken by the

applicant; and

11. Any other information or records required by the Department

for purposes of implementing the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding

Operations Act or rules promulgated pursuant thereto.

C. In addition to other penalties as may be imposed by law, any

person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation, or

certification in, omits material data from, or tampers with any

application for registration shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a

misdemeanor and may be subject to a fine not more than Ten Thousand

Dollars ($10,000.00) for each such violation.

D. The owner of a poultry feeding operation shall be

responsible for sending written notification to the Department upon

changing integrators.

E. For a transfer of registration to a new owner, the new owner

shall register the operation pursuant to the rules of the

Department.

F. 1. All operators of poultry feeding operations and poultry

waste applicators shall attend educational courses on poultry waste

handling. All such operators and applicators shall attend

educational training on poultry waste management as provided by

Oklahoma State University through the Cooperative Extension Service.

All current and new operators and applicators shall receive the

initial nine (9) hours of training in the first year and two (2)

hours of continuing education every year until the operator or
ultry waste

handling. All such operators and applicators shall attend

educational training on poultry waste management as provided by

Oklahoma State University through the Cooperative Extension Service.

All current and new operators and applicators shall receive the

initial nine (9) hours of training in the first year and two (2)

hours of continuing education every year until the operator or

applicator has received a total of nineteen (19) hours of training.

Any operator or applicator may attend more hours than is required;

however, those hours shall not be carried forward. Upon receiving

the nineteen (19) required hours, the operator or applicator shall

be required to receive two (2) hours of continuing education every

three (3) years. The Cooperative Extension Service shall develop

the educational training course to aid in certification. Curricula

for the training course will include the Cooperative Extension

Service waste management facts series and record books or their

current equivalent. Courses for poultry waste management shall

include the following topics:

a. environmental process relevant to protecting water

quality in poultry production,

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b. basic handling systems to manage poultry waste from

all types of poultry operations,

c. nutrient management, including sampling procedures,

application rate determination, equipment calibration,

and record-keeping systems,

d. relevant laws and rules applicable to poultry waste

management in this state, and

e. any other related subject as determined by Oklahoma

State University in consultation with the Department.

2. At the completion of each course, the operator or applicator

shall receive a certification verifying completion. The

certificates shall be kept on site for five (5) years.

3. Failure to obtain the initial nine-hour training and any

continuing education as provided in this subsection shall be deemed

a violation of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations

Act for operators and the Oklahoma Poultry Waste Applicators

Certification Act for applicators.

4. All operators or applicators shall meet the educational

requirements of this section no later than December 31 of each year.

5. All operators and applicators are solely responsible for

obtaining and maintaining all educational requirements established

pursuant to the provisions of this subsection.

G. No integrator shall enter into any contract with an operator

of a poultry feeding operation who is not in compliance with the

education requirements of subsection F of this section.