Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-2A-1: Short title - Purpose - Applicability - Water programs

A. Sections 2 through 11 of this act shall be known and may be

cited as the “Oklahoma Agriculture Pollutant Discharge Elimination

System Act”.

B. The purpose of the Oklahoma Agriculture Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System Act is to:

1. Implement the federal National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System requirements;

2. Assist the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and

Forestry in obtaining authorization to implement the federal Clean

Water Act programs; and

3. Issue permits to the persons or organizations owning or

operating facilities regulated within the areas of environmental

jurisdiction of the Department.

C. The provisions contained in the Oklahoma Agriculture

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Act shall only apply to those

programs established pursuant to the environmental jurisdiction of

the Department as stated in Section 1-3-101 of Title 27A of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

D. Water programs within the environmental jurisdiction of the

Department are hereby established that shall be responsible for:

1. Water quality including, but not limited to, point source

and nonpoint source pollution;

2. Water protection; and

3. Discharges and potential discharges to waters of the state.