Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-15-104
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Redevelopment program - Administration - Voluntary
Official statutory text
nature of program - Regulatory entities not to require evidence of
participation - Ineligible persons - Rules.
A. The Department of Environmental Quality may establish and
implement a voluntary redevelopment program for brownfields. In
administering the Oklahoma Brownfields Voluntary Redevelopment Act,
the Department shall:
1. Approve site-specific work plans for site characterization;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources Page 318
2. Approve site-specific remediation plans for each site as
necessary, using a risk-based system;
3. Review and inspect site characterization and remediation
activities and reports;
4. Use risk-based remediation procedures as determined by the
agency to establish cleanup levels;
5. Evaluate engineering and institutional controls for function
and performance;
6. Develop and implement rules and procedures for the review
and processing of Brownfields Voluntary Redevelopment project
applications for obtaining funds allocated to the state from the
Federal Clean Water Act and other state and federal funds available
for Brownfields Voluntary Redevelopment projects; and
7. Audit completed projects to ensure compliance with use
restrictions.
B. Any brownfields program established pursuant to the Oklahoma
Brownfields Voluntary Redevelopment Act shall be a voluntary
program.
C. No state governmental entity regulating any person or
institution shall require evidence of participation in the Oklahoma
Brownfields Voluntary Redevelopment Act.
D. The provisions of the Oklahoma Brownfields Voluntary
Redevelopment Act shall not apply to any person who is:
1. Responsible for taking corrective action on the real
property pursuant to orders or agreements issued by the federal
Environmental Protection Agency;
2. Not in substantial compliance with a final agency order or
any final order or judgment of a court of record secured by any
state or federal agency relating to the generation, storage,
transportation, treatment, recycling or disposal of regulated
substances; or
3. Has a demonstrated pattern of uncorrected noncompliance.
E. 1. The Environmental Quality Board shall promulgate rules
necessary to implement the Oklahoma Brownfields Voluntary
Redevelopment Act.
2. The Department is specifically authorized to promulgate
emergency rules necessary pursuant to the Administrative Procedures
Act to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Brownfields
Voluntary Redevelopment Act.
3. Such rules shall include but not be limited to provision for
work plans, consent orders, notice and public participation
opportunities, brownfield remediation plans and no action necessary
determinations issued by the Department.
participation - Ineligible persons - Rules.
A. The Department of Environmental Quality may establish and
implement a voluntary redevelopment program for brownfields. In
administering the Oklahoma Brownfields Voluntary Redevelopment Act,
the Department shall:
1. Approve site-specific work plans for site characterization;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources Page 318
2. Approve site-specific remediation plans for each site as
necessary, using a risk-based system;
3. Review and inspect site characterization and remediation
activities and reports;
4. Use risk-based remediation procedures as determined by the
agency to establish cleanup levels;
5. Evaluate engineering and institutional controls for function
and performance;
6. Develop and implement rules and procedures for the review
and processing of Brownfields Voluntary Redevelopment project
applications for obtaining funds allocated to the state from the
Federal Clean Water Act and other state and federal funds available
for Brownfields Voluntary Redevelopment projects; and
7. Audit completed projects to ensure compliance with use
restrictions.
B. Any brownfields program established pursuant to the Oklahoma
Brownfields Voluntary Redevelopment Act shall be a voluntary
program.
C. No state governmental entity regulating any person or
institution shall require evidence of participation in the Oklahoma
Brownfields Voluntary Redevelopment Act.
D. The provisions of the Oklahoma Brownfields Voluntary
Redevelopment Act shall not apply to any person who is:
1. Responsible for taking corrective action on the real
property pursuant to orders or agreements issued by the federal
Environmental Protection Agency;
2. Not in substantial compliance with a final agency order or
any final order or judgment of a court of record secured by any
state or federal agency relating to the generation, storage,
transportation, treatment, recycling or disposal of regulated
substances; or
3. Has a demonstrated pattern of uncorrected noncompliance.
E. 1. The Environmental Quality Board shall promulgate rules
necessary to implement the Oklahoma Brownfields Voluntary
Redevelopment Act.
2. The Department is specifically authorized to promulgate
emergency rules necessary pursuant to the Administrative Procedures
Act to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Brownfields
Voluntary Redevelopment Act.
3. Such rules shall include but not be limited to provision for
work plans, consent orders, notice and public participation
opportunities, brownfield remediation plans and no action necessary
determinations issued by the Department.
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