Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-10-9.8a
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New or expanded poultry feeding operations –
Official statutory text
Construction in certain areas prohibited.
On and after the effective date of this act:
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 468
1. No new or expanding poultry feeding operations, operated by
entities prohibited in Section 951 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma
Statutes including but not limited to entities operating as
prescribed by Section 954 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
shall be constructed within a one-hundred-year flood plain; and
2. No new or expanding poultry feeding operations, operated by
entities prohibited in Section 951 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma
Statutes including but not limited to entities operating as
prescribed by Section 954 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
shall be constructed within the following minimum buffer areas:
a. one and one-half (1 1/2) miles of the high water mark
of a surface public water supply if the poultry
feeding operation is located within the watershed for
the public water supply,
b. one (1) mile of any designated scenic river area as
specified by the Scenic Rivers Act,
c. one (1) mile of a public drinking water well, and
d. one (1) mile of a water body specified as outstanding
resource waters that has recreational or ecological
significance as outlined by the most current Oklahoma
Water Quality Standards promulgated by the Oklahoma
Department of Environmental Quality.
On and after the effective date of this act:
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 468
1. No new or expanding poultry feeding operations, operated by
entities prohibited in Section 951 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma
Statutes including but not limited to entities operating as
prescribed by Section 954 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
shall be constructed within a one-hundred-year flood plain; and
2. No new or expanding poultry feeding operations, operated by
entities prohibited in Section 951 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma
Statutes including but not limited to entities operating as
prescribed by Section 954 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
shall be constructed within the following minimum buffer areas:
a. one and one-half (1 1/2) miles of the high water mark
of a surface public water supply if the poultry
feeding operation is located within the watershed for
the public water supply,
b. one (1) mile of any designated scenic river area as
specified by the Scenic Rivers Act,
c. one (1) mile of a public drinking water well, and
d. one (1) mile of a water body specified as outstanding
resource waters that has recreational or ecological
significance as outlined by the most current Oklahoma
Water Quality Standards promulgated by the Oklahoma
Department of Environmental Quality.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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