Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1020.11

A. Regular Permit. A regular permit is an authorization to put

groundwater to beneficial use for other than domestic purposes. The

regular permit shall be granted only after completion of the

hydrologic survey and determination of the maximum annual yield for

the appropriate basin or subbasin. It can be revoked or canceled

only as provided in Sections 1020.12 and 1020.15 of this title.

B. Temporary Permit.

1. A temporary permit is an authorization for the same purposes

as a regular permit but granted by the Oklahoma Water Resources

Board prior to completion of the hydrologic survey and the

determination of the maximum annual yield of the basin or subbasin.

2. Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, unless

requested by a majority of the surface owners of the land or by the

applicant, the water allocated by a temporary permit shall not be

less than two (2) acre-feet annually for each acre of land owned or

leased by the applicant in the basin or subbasin. If the applicant

presents clear and convincing evidence that allocations in excess of

two (2) acre-feet annually for each acre of land overlying the basin

or subbasin will not exhaust the water thereunder in less than

twenty (20) years, then the Board may issue temporary permits in

such basin or subbasin in such amounts in excess of said limitation

as will assure a minimum twenty-year life for such basin or

subbasin.

3. A temporary permit must be revalidated annually during its

term. The permit shall lapse at expiration of its term or upon the

issuance of a regular permit, whichever shall occur first. It is

subject to revocation or cancellation as provided in Sections

1020.12 and 1020.15 of this title. For temporary permit

revalidation purposes, water use report forms shall be mailed by the

Board to each temporary permit holder. Timely return of the

completed, signed, and dated water use report form to the Board

shall automatically revalidate a temporary groundwater permit if the

revalidation is not protested and if the water use report form does

not show or reflect any permit-water use violations.

4. If the revalidation of a permit is protested, the Board

shall immediately set a date for hearing and notify the applicant

and each protestant of the time and place of the hearing. At the

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hearing, any interested person may appear and present evidence and

argument in support of or in opposition to the protest and

revalidation. At the hearing on the revalidation protest, matters

previously presented or considered and adjudicated shall not be

subject to reconsideration or readjudication. The protest issues

which may be entertained shall be limited to matters not previously

determined, including but not limited to: a material or substantial

change in conditions since issuance of the permit; evidence of the

applicant's noncompliance with any of the terms, provisions, or

conditions of the permit; or subsequent violations of the Oklahoma

Groundwater Law, or Board rules and regulations.

5. Subject to compliance with all other and applicable

provisions of this chapter and rules and regulations of the Board,

all temporary permits "revalidated" by the Board prior to the

effective date of this act are hereby validated.

C. Special Permit. A special permit is an authorization by the

Board in lieu of or in addition to a regular or temporary permit.

The special permit is granted to put groundwater to a beneficial use

which shall require quantities of water in excess of that allocated

under a regular or temporary permit. The water so authorized may be

used only for the purpose designated in the permit. The permit

shall be granted for a period not to exceed six (6) months and may

be renewed three (3) times. Successive special permits shall not be

granted for the same purpose. It is subject to revocation or
which shall require quantities of water in excess of that allocated

under a regular or temporary permit. The water so authorized may be

used only for the purpose designated in the permit. The permit

shall be granted for a period not to exceed six (6) months and may

be renewed three (3) times. Successive special permits shall not be

granted for the same purpose. It is subject to revocation or

cancellation upon failure to use the water for the purpose granted

or as provided in Sections 1020.12 and 1020.15 of this title.

D. Except as provided in Section 1020.21 of this title, no

permits shall be issued to an applicant who is not the surface owner

of the land on which the well is to be located, or does not hold a

valid lease from such owner permitting withdrawal of water from such

basin or subbasin.