Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-20-53
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License required for operation - Jurisdiction of
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Department of Environmental Quality.
A. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a
concentrated animal feeding operation without first obtaining a
license from the State Board of Agriculture.
2. The owner or operator of an animal feeding operation not
classified as a concentrated animal feeding operation may apply for
a license if the owner or operator elects to come under the
provisions of the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
Act and the rules of the State Board of Agriculture.
B. 1. The Department of Environmental Quality shall have
environmental jurisdiction over:
a. commercial manufacturers of fertilizers, grain and
feed products, and chemicals, and over manufacturing
of food and kindred products, tobacco, paper, lumber,
wood, textile mill and other agricultural products,
b. slaughterhouses, but not including feedlots at these
facilities, and
c. aquaculture and fish hatcheries, including, but not
limited to, discharges of pollutants and storm water
to waters of the state, surface impoundments and land
application of wastes and sludge, and other pollution
originating at these facilities.
2. Facilities storing grain, feed, seed, fertilizer, and
agricultural chemicals that are required by federal National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System regulations to obtain a
permit for storm water discharges shall only be subject to the
jurisdiction of the Department of Environmental Quality with respect
to storm water discharges.
A. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a
concentrated animal feeding operation without first obtaining a
license from the State Board of Agriculture.
2. The owner or operator of an animal feeding operation not
classified as a concentrated animal feeding operation may apply for
a license if the owner or operator elects to come under the
provisions of the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
Act and the rules of the State Board of Agriculture.
B. 1. The Department of Environmental Quality shall have
environmental jurisdiction over:
a. commercial manufacturers of fertilizers, grain and
feed products, and chemicals, and over manufacturing
of food and kindred products, tobacco, paper, lumber,
wood, textile mill and other agricultural products,
b. slaughterhouses, but not including feedlots at these
facilities, and
c. aquaculture and fish hatcheries, including, but not
limited to, discharges of pollutants and storm water
to waters of the state, surface impoundments and land
application of wastes and sludge, and other pollution
originating at these facilities.
2. Facilities storing grain, feed, seed, fertilizer, and
agricultural chemicals that are required by federal National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System regulations to obtain a
permit for storm water discharges shall only be subject to the
jurisdiction of the Department of Environmental Quality with respect
to storm water discharges.
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