{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-1-1-205","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-1-1-205","heading":"State environmental agencies - Transferred and","body":"assigned programs and functions - Unexpired or unrevoked licenses,\n\npermits, certifications or registrations - Existing rights,\n\nobligations and remedies - Existing orders, claims or causes of\n\naction.\n\nA. With regard to all programs and functions transferred and\n\nassigned among the state environmental agencies pursuant to Section\n\n1-3-101 of this title, all agency rules, including fee schedules for\n\nstate and county, relating to such programs and functions are hereby\n\ntransferred to the receiving agency for the purpose of maintaining\n\nand operating such programs and functions. Such rules shall remain\n\nin effect only until June 30, 1994, at which time such transferred\n\nrules will terminate unless earlier superseded by rules promulgated\n\nby the receiving agency. By February 1, 1994, each agency receiving\n\nprograms or functions shall have adopted new permanent rules to\n\nimplement the programs and functions within the jurisdiction of the\n\nagency pursuant to Section 1-3-101 of this title.\n\nB. Unexpired or unrevoked licenses, permits, certifications or\n\nregistrations issued prior to July 1, 1993, shall remain valid for\n\nstated terms and conditions until otherwise provided by law. Such\n\nlicenses, permits or registrations shall be subject to the laws and\n\nrules of the state agency to which jurisdiction over such licenses,\n\npermits or registrations are transferred pursuant to the Oklahoma\n\nEnvironmental Quality Act.\n\nC. All rights, obligations and remedies arising out of laws,\n\nrules, agreements and causes of action are also transferred to such\n\nagency.\n\nD. Nothing in the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Act shall\n\noperate to bar or negate any existing order, claim or cause of\n\naction transferred or available to any state environmental agency or\n\nits respective predecessor, nor shall it operate to affect\n\nenforcement action undertaken by any program, division or service\n\nprior to such transfer to any state environmental agency.\n\nViolations of provisions of law now contained in this title, and\n\nviolations of rules, permits or final orders which occurred prior to\n\nthe transfer of jurisdiction and authority to any state\n\nenvironmental agency shall be subject to penalties available and\n\nexisting at the time of violation.\n\nE. Any application pending on June 30, 1993, before the\n\nOklahoma Water Resources Board or the State Department of Health for\n\na permit or license over which the Department has jurisdiction is\n\nhereby transferred to the Department and shall be subject to the\n\nOklahoma Environmental Quality Code.\n\nF. All permit applications filed with the Oklahoma Water\n\nResources Board on or before June 30, 1993, for which no permit has\n\nbeen issued by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board for the land\n\napplication of industrial waste, sludge or wastewater shall be\n\nsubject to the requirements of this Code.","path":["OK Code","Title 27A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os27A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"b51bf588577e524a4baefd1b1dabf944f7ed5cdb8da2c4ad076b23275bb3729e","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-1-1-204","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-1-1-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}