Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-6-304

Application.

A. Except as otherwise provided for in this section, no person

shall supply water, or do any construction work of any nature for

supplying water, to the public from or by a public water supply

system by means of any waterworks without a written permit to

construct issued by the Executive Director of the Department of

Environmental Quality.

B. 1. The Department of Environmental Quality may grant an

exception to a public water supply system from the review and permit

requirement for construction of a water line extension.

2. The Board shall promulgate rules setting forth conditions

for the exceptions including but not limited to a certification by

the system, upon application for an exception, that the proposed

design and construction of the extension meets or exceeds Board

standards and, after the completion of construction but prior to the

commencement of service by the extension, a sufficiency

certification by a professional engineer licensed to practice in the

State of Oklahoma, that the extension as constructed meets or

exceeds Board standards. The certifications shall provide

assurances, respectively, that the integrity and capacity of the

existing system will not or have not been compromised. The rules

shall allow a rural water district or nonprofit rural water

corporation to submit in lieu of a sufficiency certification by a

professional engineer, certification by a certified waterworks

operator employed by the district, provided that the line extension

is not larger than the existing line, that no part of the existing

water line was previously extended pursuant to this paragraph, that

the extension does not add more than one (1) service connection to

the existing line, and that the line has not been extended through,

over or under any stream, lake, pond or marsh or any existing sewage

or wastewater collection lines.

3. The Department may disallow any exception application which

does not comply with this section or rules promulgated by the Board,

or which does not assure protection of the existing system or public

health and the environment.

4. Failure of a system to meet the terms of a granted exception

may result in the termination of the exception, the denial of future

exceptions or the imposition of permit or corrective action

requirements by the Department, or a combination thereof. No

exception shall be terminated until the Department has advised the

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owner or operator of the excepted system and are given an

opportunity to show compliance with all exception requirements.

C. An application for a permit to construct shall be

accompanied by maps, plans and specifications, prepared by a

professional engineer registered in the State of Oklahoma. The

application shall include but not be limited to:

1. A description of the design of the system;

2. Identification of the system's source;

3. A description of the manner of storage and distribution and

purification of the water proposed for the supply previous to its

delivery to consumers; and

4. Any other data and information required by the Department.

D. Any person serving water to the public from a system that

was constructed without a permit to construct and was being used to

serve water to the public prior to June 1, 2011, may meet the

requirements of subsection A of this section by obtaining a permit

to supply issued by the Executive Director. Applications for the

permits shall be accepted only if they are complete. The Department

may deny any application that fails to establish that the water

supply meets and can continue to meet the drinking water standards.

In order to be considered complete, applications shall include, at a

minimum:

1. A description of the design of the system;

2. The identification of the source of water for the system;

3. A description of the manner of storage, distribution and
. The Department

may deny any application that fails to establish that the water

supply meets and can continue to meet the drinking water standards.

In order to be considered complete, applications shall include, at a

minimum:

1. A description of the design of the system;

2. The identification of the source of water for the system;

3. A description of the manner of storage, distribution and

purification of the water prior to delivery to consumers;

4. A description of the additional testing and source water

protection measures the system will implement to assure continued

compliance with drinking water standards; and

5. Any other data and information requested by the Department.

E. Permits issued under subsection D of this section:

1. Shall be classified as Tier 1 permits pursuant to the

Oklahoma Uniform Environmental Permitting Act;

2. Shall be subject to additional monitoring requirements when

determined necessary by the Department; and

3. May include other permit conditions necessary to assure

continued compliance with drinking water standards.