Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-7-108

treatment or disposal - Operation of recycling facilities not

required to be permitted.

A. Except as otherwise provided by subsection B of this section

or any rules of the Environmental Quality Board with respect to

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short-term storage, no person shall store, treat or dispose of

hazardous waste materials or commence construction of or own or

operate any premises or facility engaged in the operation of

storing, treating or disposing of hazardous waste or storing

recyclable materials, who does not possess a valid and appropriate

hazardous waste facility permit. The provisions of this subsection

shall not include remediation activities under an order of the

Department of Environmental Quality which would not require a

federal hazardous waste permit from the Environmental Protection

Agency if conducted pursuant to a federal order.

B. 1. Any person who owned or operated a hazardous waste

facility which was operating or under construction on November 19,

1980, and who has submitted notice and permit application to the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or to the Department, and whose

facility complies with the rules of the Board, may continue

operation until such time as the permit application is determined.

2. The Board may by rule provide for continued operation on an

interim basis pending permit determination of a facility in

existence on the effective date of any statutory or regulatory

amendments that would subject the facility to a permit requirement

pursuant to the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act.

3. The provisions for the allowance of continued operation on

an interim basis under paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection shall

not apply in the case of a facility for which a permit, under the

Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act, has been previously denied

or for which authority to operate has been terminated.

C. Facilities engaged in recycling which are not required to be

permitted pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste

Management Act shall operate in an environmentally acceptable manner

and in accordance with the rules regarding the manifest,

transportation and treatment, storage and disposal standards, and

generators in the event a hazardous waste is generated therefrom.