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Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-1-2-102: Coordination of monitoring of lakes - Identification

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  2. Title 27A

of eutrophic lakes - Discharge of wastewater into eutrophic lake -

Penalties - Order of suspension and forfeiture.

A. The Office of the Secretary of the Environment shall

coordinate monitoring lakes in the State of Oklahoma and identify

those lakes which it determines to be eutrophic as defined by

Oklahoma's Water Quality Standards.

B. No person may discharge wastewaters from a point source

within or outside of this state which will foreseeably enter a lake

in this state which has been identified as eutrophic by the

Oklahoma's Water Quality Standards without subjecting such

wastewaters to the best available technology as identified in the

federal Clean Water Act for nitrogen and phosphorous. The Office of

the Secretary of the Environment shall coordinate the monitoring of

all lakes it identifies as eutrophic and notify by certified mail

any person who discharges wastewater which enters such lakes in

violation of this section of the provisions of this section and

shall order such person to immediately cease and desist from any

further violation of this section.

C. Any person who violates the provisions of subsection B of

this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a

penalty of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per day for

each day on which a violation occurs. The Attorney General is

authorized to prosecute violations of this section. Venue and

jurisdiction shall be proper in a county which contains all or part

of a eutrophic lake which is the subject of a discharge in violation

of this section.

D. 1. In addition to the penalty provided in subsection C of

this section if a person continues to violate subsection B of this

section after having received notification from the Secretary of the

Environment to cease and desist, such person shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand

Dollars ($10,000.00) per day.

2. If the owner of a facility which discharges wastewater in

violation of this subsection is a corporation authorized to do

business in this state, the court may enter an order directing the

suspension of any authorization to do business in this state and of

the charter or other instrument of organization, under which the

corporation may be organized and the forfeiture of all corporate or

other rights inuring thereunder. The order of suspension and

forfeiture shall have the same effect on the rights, privileges and

liabilities of the corporation and its officers and directors as a

suspension and forfeiture ordered pursuant to Section 1212 of Title

68 of the Oklahoma Statutes for failure to pay franchise tax.

Additionally, all officers and directors of a corporation found to

be in violation of this subsection shall be personally liable for

any fine imposed pursuant to this subsection.

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