Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1020.8: Decree - Contents - Copies to be filed

A. Except as otherwise provided by Section 1020.10 of this

title for limited quantity groundwater permits, upon the filing of

an application which complies with the provisions of Chapter 11 of

this title, and the rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Water

Resources Board pursuant thereto, the Board shall instruct the

applicant to provide notice thereof, at the applicant's expense, and

as required by the Board's rules. Such notice shall give all the

essential facts as to the proposed taking, among them being the

places of taking and of use, amount of water, the purpose for which

it is to be used, name and address of applicant, the hearing date,

time and place if a hearing is scheduled by the Board before

instructions to provide notice are given, and a thirty-day protest

period as well as the manner in which a protest to the application

may be made. At the time the Board provides notice of application

to the applicant, the Board shall publish on its website the

applications and instructions for public notice, including the draft

public notice prepared by the Board. The website publishing is in

addition to, and not in lieu of, the requirement for applicants to

publish notice in the newspaper. The time to protest shall run from

the date of the first newspaper publication.

B. No hearing shall be had upon the application until proper

notice shall have been given. Any interested party shall have the

right to protest the application and present evidence and testimony

in support of such protest. If the Board does not schedule a

hearing on the application before instructing the applicant to

provide notice, a hearing on the application shall be scheduled by

the Board upon receipt of a protest which meets the requirements of

the Board's rules and the Board shall notify the applicant and

protestant of such hearing.