Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-8-77.15

jurisdiction.

A. No person owning or operating a fertilizer storage facility

or a commercial fertilizer facility shall discharge or release or

place or cause to be placed any fertilizer material in a location

where it is likely to cause contamination of any surface water or

groundwater of this state. The provisions of this subsection shall

not prohibit or restrict the land application of fertilizer for

agriculture purposes or plant growth.

B. Preventive measures designed to minimize the possibility of

fertilizer substances being introduced into waters of the state

shall be subject to State Board of Agriculture jurisdiction

including regulatory response.

C. 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 which store grain, feed, seed, fertilizer, and

agricultural chemicals that are required by federal National

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 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 such storm water discharges.

D. Bulk fertilizers shall be stored in a manner that minimizes

the release of fertilizers and protects the environment. Fertilizer

use and application may be established in rules to protect the

environment.