Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.82
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Joint operating agreement between Department and
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Board.
In order to comply with the requirements of federal and state
laws, the Department of Environmental Quality and the Oklahoma Water
Resources Board shall enter into a written joint operating agreement
to carry out with efficiency their respective duties under this act.
At a minimum, the agreement shall provide for the following:
1. Joint procedures consistent with this act to establish
criteria for determining the interest rates on loans to be made from
the Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Loan Account. Such criteria
may incorporate applicable United States Environmental Protection
Agency and Rural Development Administration guidelines for financial
assistance; and
2. Submission of an annual joint report by the Department and
the Board to the Governor and to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate within
one hundred twenty (120) days of the end of each fiscal year
concerning the Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Loan Account and
implementation of the provisions of this act. The report shall
contain information to show the actual use and the recipients of
loans made from the Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Loan Account.
In addition, the report shall contain five-year demand projections
on anticipated loan funds required and ten-year and twenty-year
projections as to possible funding needs for drinking water
treatment projects which may be eligible for financial assistance
pursuant to this act.
In order to comply with the requirements of federal and state
laws, the Department of Environmental Quality and the Oklahoma Water
Resources Board shall enter into a written joint operating agreement
to carry out with efficiency their respective duties under this act.
At a minimum, the agreement shall provide for the following:
1. Joint procedures consistent with this act to establish
criteria for determining the interest rates on loans to be made from
the Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Loan Account. Such criteria
may incorporate applicable United States Environmental Protection
Agency and Rural Development Administration guidelines for financial
assistance; and
2. Submission of an annual joint report by the Department and
the Board to the Governor and to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate within
one hundred twenty (120) days of the end of each fiscal year
concerning the Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Loan Account and
implementation of the provisions of this act. The report shall
contain information to show the actual use and the recipients of
loans made from the Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Loan Account.
In addition, the report shall contain five-year demand projections
on anticipated loan funds required and ten-year and twenty-year
projections as to possible funding needs for drinking water
treatment projects which may be eligible for financial assistance
pursuant to this act.
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