Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-1-102

As used in the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code:

1. "Administrative hearing" means an individual proceeding,

held by the Department when authorized by the provisions of this

Code and conducted pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act,

this Code and rules promulgated thereunder, for a purpose specified

by this Code. "Administrative hearing" includes "administrative

permit hearing", "enforcement hearing" and "administrative

enforcement hearing" within the context of this Code. An

"administrative hearing" shall be a quasi-judicial proceeding;

2. "Administrative Procedures Act" means the Oklahoma

Administrative Procedures Act;

3. "Board" means the Environmental Quality Board;

4. "Code" means Chapter 2 of this title;

5. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Quality;

6. "Enforcement hearing" means an individual proceeding

conducted pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, this Code

and rules promulgated thereunder, for the purpose of enforcing the

provisions of this Code, rules promulgated thereunder and orders,

permits or licenses issued pursuant thereto. The term

"administrative hearing" shall mean the same as "enforcement

hearing" when held for enforcement purposes. An "enforcement

hearing" shall be a quasi-judicial proceeding;

7. "Environment" includes the air, land, wildlife, and waters

of the state;

8. "Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the

Department of Environmental Quality;

9. "Industrial wastewater treatment permit" shall mean permits

issued by the Department after July 1, 1993, under Section 2-6-501

of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, and waste disposal permits

issued on or before June 30, 1993, by the Oklahoma Water Resources

Board for land application of industrial waste or surface

impoundments or disposal systems for industrial waste or wastewater;

10. "Nonpoint source" means the contamination of the

environment with a pollutant for which the specific point of origin

may not be well defined;

11. "Person" means an individual, association, partnership,

firm, company, public trust, corporation, joint-stock company,

trust, estate, municipality, state or federal agency, other

governmental entity, any other legal entity or an agent, employee,

representative, assignee or successor thereof;

12. "Pollution" means the presence in the environment of any

substance, contaminant or pollutant, or any other alteration of the

physical, chemical or biological properties of the environment or

the release of any liquid, gaseous or solid substance into the

environment in quantities which are or will likely create a nuisance

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or which render or will likely render the environment harmful or

detrimental or injurious to public health, safety or welfare, or to

domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or

other legitimate beneficial uses, or to livestock, wild animals,

birds, fish or other aquatic life, or to property;

13. "Public meeting" means a formal public forum, held by the

Department when authorized by the provisions of this Code, and

conducted by a presiding officer pursuant to the requirements of

this Code and rules promulgated thereunder, at which an opportunity

is provided for the presentation of oral and written views within

reasonable time limits as determined by the presiding officer.

Views expressed at a "public meeting" shall be limited to the topic

or topics specified by this Code for such meeting. "Public meeting"

shall mean a "public hearing" when held pursuant to requirements of

the Code of Federal Regulations or the Oklahoma Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System Act, and shall be synonymous with "formal public

meeting" and "informal public meeting" as used within the context of

this Code and rules promulgated thereunder. A "public meeting"

shall not be a quasi-judicial proceeding;
"Public meeting"

shall mean a "public hearing" when held pursuant to requirements of

the Code of Federal Regulations or the Oklahoma Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System Act, and shall be synonymous with "formal public

meeting" and "informal public meeting" as used within the context of

this Code and rules promulgated thereunder. A "public meeting"

shall not be a quasi-judicial proceeding;

14. "State environmental agency" includes the:

a. Oklahoma Water Resources Board,

b. Oklahoma Corporation Commission,

c. State Department of Agriculture,

d. Oklahoma Conservation Commission,

e. Department of Wildlife Conservation,

f. Department of Mines,

g. Department of Public Safety,

h. Department of Labor,

i. Department of Environmental Quality, and

j. Department of Civil Emergency Management; and

15. "Waters of the state" means all streams, lakes, ponds,

marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, irrigation

systems, drainage systems, storm sewers and all other bodies or

accumulations of water, surface and underground, natural or

artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow

through, or border upon this state or any portion thereof, and shall

include under all circumstances the waters of the United States

which are contained within the boundaries of, flow through or border

upon this state or any portion thereof.