Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-14-103

For the purposes of the Oklahoma Uniform Environmental

Permitting Act:

1. "Application" means a document or set of documents, filed

with the Department of Environmental Quality for the purpose of

receiving a permit or the modification, amendment or renewal thereof

from the Department. "Application" includes any subsequent

additions, revisions or modifications submitted to the Department

which supplement, correct or amend a pending application;

2. "Council" means any advisory council authorized by the

Legislature to recommend rules to the Environmental Quality Board;

3. "Draft permit" means a draft document prepared by the

Department after it has found a Tier II or III application for a

permit to be administratively and technically complete, pursuant to

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the requirements of the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code and

rules promulgated thereunder, and that such application may warrant

the issuance, modification or renewal of the permit;

4. "Permit" means a permission required by law and issued by

the Department, the application for which has been classified as

Tier I, II or III by the Board. The term "permit" includes but is

not limited to:

a. specific types of permits and other Department

authorizations including certifications,

registrations, licenses and plan approvals, and

b. an approved variance from a promulgated rule; however,

for existing facilities the Department may require

additional notice and public participation

opportunities for variances posing the potential for

increased risk;

5. "Process meeting" means a meeting open to the public which

is held by the Department to explain the permitting process and the

public participation opportunities applicable to a specific Tier III

application;

6. "Proposed permit" means a document, based on a draft permit

and prepared by the Department after consideration of comments

received on the draft permit, which indicates the Department's

decision to issue a final permit pending the outcome of an

administrative permit hearing, if any;

7. "Qualified interest group" means any organization with

twenty-five or more members who are Oklahoma residents;

8. "Response to comments" means a document prepared by the

Department after its review of timely comments received on a draft

denial or draft permit pursuant to public comment opportunities

which:

a. specifies any provisions of the draft permit that were

changed in the proposed or final permit and the

reasons for such changes, and

b. briefly describes and responds to all significant

comments raised during the public comment period or

formal public meeting about the draft denial or draft

permit;

9. "Tier I" means a basic process of permitting which includes

application, notice to the landowner and Department review. For the

Tier I process a permit shall be issued or denied by a technical

supervisor of the reviewing Division, a local representative of the

Department, or the chief engineer of the Department provided such

authority has been delegated thereto by the Executive Director;

10. "Tier II" means a secondary process of permitting which

includes:

a. the Tier I process,

b. published notice of application filing,

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c. preparation of draft permit or draft denial,

d. published notice of draft permit or draft denial and

opportunity for a formal public meeting, and

e. public meeting, if any.

For the Tier II process, a permit shall be issued or denied by the

Director of the reviewing Division or the chief engineer of the

Department provided such authority has been delegated thereto by the

Executive Director; and

11. "Tier III" means an expanded process of permitting which

includes:

a. the Tier II process except the notice of filing shall

also include an opportunity for a process meeting,
ier II process, a permit shall be issued or denied by the

Director of the reviewing Division or the chief engineer of the

Department provided such authority has been delegated thereto by the

Executive Director; and

11. "Tier III" means an expanded process of permitting which

includes:

a. the Tier II process except the notice of filing shall

also include an opportunity for a process meeting,

b. preparation of the Department's response to comments,

and

c. denial of application, or

d. preparation of a proposed permit, published notice of

availability of proposed permit and response to

comments and of opportunity for an administrative

permit hearing; and administrative permit hearing if

any.

For the Tier III process a permit shall be issued or denied by the

Executive Director.