{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-2a-6","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-2A-6","heading":"Discharge of pollutant into state waters - Schedule of","body":"compliance and conditions - Permits.\n\nA. It shall be unlawful for any person regulated by the\n\nOklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry pursuant to\n\nits environmental jurisdiction to discharge any pollutant into\n\nwaters of the state except in accordance with a permit from the\n\nDirector of the Agriculture Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.\n\nB. Prior to issuing the pollutant discharge permits, the\n\nDirector shall prescribe schedules of compliance and conditions as\n\nnecessary that:\n\n1. Prevent, control, or abate pollution, including water\n\nquality-related and technology-based effluent limitations as are\n\nnecessary to protect the water quality and existing and designated\n\nbeneficial uses of the waters of the state;\n\n2. Require application of best practicable control technology\n\ncurrently available, best conventional pollutant control technology,\n\nor best available technology economically achievable, or other\n\nlimitations as the Director may prescribe;\n\n3. Require compliance with national standards of performance\n\nand toxicity;\n\n4. Set limitations or prohibitions designed to prohibit the\n\ndischarge of pollutants;\n\n5. Set interim compliance dates which are enforceable without\n\notherwise showing a violation of an effluent limitation or harm to\n\nwater quality;\n\n6. Set terms and conditions for sludge and land application of\n\nwastewater and for impoundments in accordance with rules promulgated\n\nby the Board; and\n\n7. Comply with the provisions of the Oklahoma Agriculture\n\nPollutant Discharge Elimination System Act and the requirements of\n\nthe federal Clean Water Act.\n\nC. The Director shall:\n\n1. Have authority to issue individual permits and\n\nauthorizations under general permits for pollutants, storm water and\n\nsludge as authorized by the Oklahoma Agriculture Pollutant Discharge\n\nElimination System Act;\n\n2. Issue permits for fixed terms not to exceed five (5) years;\n\n3. Have the authority to require conditions in permits issued\n\nfor facilities subject to the environmental jurisdiction of the\n\nDepartment requiring the permittee to give notice to the Department\n\nof:\n\na. new introductions into the treatment works of\n\npollutants at a regulated facility from any source\n\nwhich would be a new source as defined in Section 306\n\nof the federal Clean Water Act,\n\nb. pollutants being introduced from a source which would\n\nbe a point source subject to Section 301 of the\n\nfederal Clean Water Act if it were discharging\n\ndirectly to waters of the state,\n\nc. a substantial change in volume or character of\n\npollutants being introduced into the treatment works\n\nby a source introducing pollutants into the works at\n\nthe time of issuance of the permit, or\n\nd. other conditions as may be required under the federal\n\nClean Water Act or state law;\n\n4. Have the authority to ensure compliance with Sections\n\n204(b), 307 and 308 and other provisions of the federal Clean Water\n\nAct and with other applicable federal law;\n\n5. Have all necessary and incidental authority to comply with\n\nthe requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and requirements of\n\nthe United States Environmental Protection Agency set forth in duly\n\npromulgated federal regulations adopted under the federal Clean\n\nWater Act;\n\n6. Have the authority to terminate or modify permits issued by\n\nthe Director for cause, including but not limited to:\n\na. violation of any condition of the permit, including\n\nbut not limited to conditions related to limits,\n\nmonitoring requirements, entry, and inspections,\n\nb. obtaining a permit by misrepresentation, or failure to\n\ndisclose fully all relevant facts, or\n\nc. change in any condition that requires either a\n\ntemporary or permanent reduction or elimination of the\n\npermitted discharge;\n\n7. Have all necessary authority to implement and enforce\n\nDepartment programs and requirements established by the State Board\n\nof Agriculture in duly promulgated rules;\nns,\n\nb. obtaining a permit by misrepresentation, or failure to\n\ndisclose fully all relevant facts, or\n\nc. change in any condition that requires either a\n\ntemporary or permanent reduction or elimination of the\n\npermitted discharge;\n\n7. Have all necessary authority to implement and enforce\n\nDepartment programs and requirements established by the State Board\n\nof Agriculture in duly promulgated rules;\n\n8. Have all necessary or incidental authority to investigate\n\nand abate violations of permits issued by the Director, violations\n\nof administrative orders, violations of duly promulgated rules, and\n\nviolations of the Oklahoma Agriculture Pollutant Discharge\n\nElimination System Act; and\n\n9. Have all necessary and incidental authority to apply\n\nsanctions through administrative proceedings for violations,\n\nincluding but not limited to violations of requirements to obtain\n\npermits, terms, and conditions of permits, effluent standards and\n\nlimitations and water quality standards, and violations of\n\nrequirements for recording, reporting, monitoring, entry,\n\ninspection, and sampling.","path":["OK Code","Title 2"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os2.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"b0cf5d0451aecaab19a56ceb1fd595810ae3e616d1ade0a875ae5149a85a5d95","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-2a-5","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-2a-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}