Okla. Stat. tit. 45, § 45-745.9

environmental protection laws to be submitted - Effect of prior

violations on application.

The applicant shall file with his permit application a schedule

listing all notices of violations of this act and any law, rule or

regulation of the United States, or of any department or agency in

the United States, pertaining to air or water environmental

protection incurred by the applicant in connection with any surface

coal mining operation during the three-year period prior to the date

of application. The schedule shall also indicate the final

resolution of any such notice of violation. When the schedule or

other information available to the Department indicates that any

surface coal mining operation owned or controlled by the applicant

is currently in violation of this act or such other laws referred to

in this section, the permit shall not be issued until the applicant

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submits proof that such violation has been corrected or is in the

process of being corrected to the satisfaction of the regulatory

authority which has jurisdiction over such violation. No permit

shall be issued to an applicant after a finding by the Department,

after opportunity for hearing, that the applicant or the operator

specified in the application, controls or has controlled mining

operations with a demonstrated pattern of willful violations of this

act or the laws of another state or the United States regulating

surface coal mining operations of such nature and duration with such

resulting irreparable damage to the environment as to indicate an

intent not to comply with the provisions of this act.