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82 OK Stat § 82-896.12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-896.12. Construction of act

|A. Nothing in the Scenic Rivers Act shall be construed to unduly restrict or adversely affect the use of property within any scenic rivers basin for farming, ranching, forestry, silviculture and other agricultural uses so long as they are not inconsistent with the purposes of the Scenic Rivers Act. |B. Present farming, ranching, forestry, silviculture and other agricultural uses and practices, including existing building and replacement structures, are hereby exempt from the provisions of the Scenic Rivers Act.C. The Scenic Rivers Act shall not be construed in any way to affect existing rights between a landowner and utility or pipeline companies.Added by Laws 1977, c. 29, § 5, emerg. eff. May 3, 1977. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 241, § 19, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2003, c. 305, § 3, emerg. eff. May 28, 2003; Laws 2016, c. 297, § 15, eff. July 1, 2016. Renumbered from § 1464 of this title by Laws 2016, c. 297, § 32, eff. July 1, 2016.
82 OK Stat § 82-896.13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-896.13. Powers of cities, incorporated towns and counties

|A. All cities and incorporated towns and counties that contain all or part of a scenic river within the jurisdictional boundaries of the city, town or county are hereby invested with full power to plan, zone and enact all ordinances and regulations that are necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of the Scenic Rivers Act. |B. The cities, incorporated towns and counties shall follow their respective general procedures in the conduct of legislative functions.C. In exercising planning and zoning functions, said cities, incorporated towns and counties shall utilize the organization and procedures available to cities and incorporated towns under the general planning and zoning laws of the state. Provided that, when a county exercises the powers provided by the Scenic Rivers Act, the board of county commissioners of that county shall perform the obligations and exercise the powers in the same manner as a local legislative body or mayor of a city, incorporated town or municipality.Added by Laws 1977, c. 29, § 6, emerg. eff. May 3, 1977. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 241, § 20, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2016, c. 297, § 16, eff. July 1, 2016. Renumbered from § 1465 of this title by Laws 2016, c. 297, § 33, eff. July 1, 2016.
82 OK Stat § 82-896.14 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-896.14. Authority to provide funds for the Scenic Rivers Act

|Each county, city, incorporated town or other governmental entity which contains all or part of a scenic river within its jurisdictional boundaries is hereby authorized to grant or otherwise provide funds for the operation and administration of the Scenic Rivers Act. |Added by Laws 1977, c. 29, § 7, emerg. eff. May 3, 1977. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 241, § 21, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2016, c. 297, § 17, eff. July 1, 2016. Renumbered by § 1466 of this title by Laws 2016, c. 297, § 34, eff. July 1, 2016.
82 OK Stat § 82-896.15 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-896.15. Violations

|A. Any person who willfully violates any rule or order issued pursuant to the Scenic Rivers Act, except such rules or orders as relate solely to procedural matters, upon conviction thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. |B. In addition to other administrative actions, the Grand River Dam Authority may issue a Notice of Violation to any licensed commercial flotation device operation that is alleged to have violated any rule of the Grand River Dam Authority. The Notice of Violation shall advise the licensed operation of the applicable rule and the facts of the violation and shall set a reasonable period of time for the licensed operation to comply with the rule. After the time to comply has expired, if the licensed operation is found to still be in violation of the same rule, the Authority may issue a proposed order assessing an administrative penalty in an amount of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). The licensed operation shall have twenty (20) days from receipt of the order to request an administrative hearing. If a hearing is not requested, the proposed order shall become final and the administrative penalty shall become due and payable.Added by Laws 1977, c. 29, § 8, emerg. eff. May 3, 1977. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 241, § 22, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2016, c. 297, § 18, eff. July 1, 2016. Renumbered from § 1467 of this title by Laws 2016, c. 297, § 35, eff. July 1, 2016.
82 OK Stat § 82-1020.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1020.1. Definitions.

|As used in Section 1020.1 et seq. of this title: |1. "Groundwater" means fresh water and marginal water under the surface of the earth regardless of the geologic structure in which it is standing or moving outside the cut bank of any definite stream;2. "Domestic use" means the use of water by a natural individual or by a family or household for household purposes, for farm and domestic animals up to the normal grazing capacity of the land and for the irrigation of land not exceeding a total of three (3) acres in area for the growing of gardens, orchards and lawns, and for such other purposes, specified by Board rules, for which de minimis amounts are used;3. "Major groundwater basin" shall mean a distinct underground body of water overlain by contiguous land and having substantially the same geological and hydrological characteristics and from which groundwater wells yield at least fifty (50) gallons per minute on the average basinwide if from a bedrock aquifer and at least one hundred fifty (150) gallons per minute on the average basinwide if from an alluvium or alluvium and terrace aquifer, or as otherwise designated by the Board;4. "Subbasin" means a subdivision of a major or minor groundwater basin overlain by contiguous land and having substantially the same geological and hydrological characteristics and yield capabilities;5. "Board" means the Oklahoma Water Resources Board;6. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, federal agency, state agency, the state or any political subdivision thereof, municipalities, and any other legal entities;7. "Fresh water" means water which has less than five thousand (5,000) parts per million total dissolved solids. For the purpose of Section 1020.1 et seq. of this title all other water is salt water;8. "Commercial drilling", "commercial plugging" and "commercial installation" mean drilling or plugging and installation as a business, trade or occupation for compensation;9. "Minor groundwater basin" means a distinct underground body of water overlain by contiguous land and having substantially the same geological and hydrological characteristics and which is not a major groundwater basin; and10. "Marginal water" means water which has at least five thousand (5,000) and less than ten thousand (10,000) parts per million total dissolved solids.Added by Laws 1972, c. 248, § 1, eff. July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 325, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 1990; Laws 1993, c. 164, § 8, emerg. eff. May 10, 1993; Laws 1995, c. 112, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 2018, c. 261, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
82 OK Stat § 82-1020.2A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1020.2A. Taking and use of water from aquifers - Permits

|A. The storage and recovery of water from an aquifer, pursuant to a site-specific aquifer storage and recovery plan approved by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, shall be considered a beneficial use and not waste. Except as provided in this section and Section 1020.15 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the provisions of this act shall not apply to the taking and use of water stored in an aquifer pursuant to such a plan. |B. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall promulgate and implement rules for the taking and use of water stored in an aquifer pursuant to a site-specific aquifer storage and recovery plan, including the issuance of permits for the taking and use of such water and for the approval of such site-specific aquifer storage and recovery plans. Rules related to the approval of site-specific aquifer storage and recovery plans shall mandate, in addition to requirements necessary to demonstrate that the requested amount of stored water is available for recovery, the spacing of wells necessary to ensure that the storage and recovery of water permitted under this section shall not interfere with any domestic or permitted groundwater use in the basin.C. A permit to take and use water stored in an aquifer pursuant to a site-specific aquifer storage and recovery plan shall only be granted if substantive evidence accompanying the application demonstrates:1. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board has approved the site-specific aquifer storage and recovery plan;2. The applicant has legal access to the water stored in the aquifer pursuant to the plan;3. The applicant or its successor in interest stored or caused to be stored said water pursuant to and in compliance with any required authorization issued by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality that is intended to protect water quality; and4. The stored water is available for use in the applied for amount during the period covered by, and in the manner described in, the proposed permit.D. Any permitted use of water stored in an aquifer under this section is in addition to any domestic use authorized under Section 1020.3 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes or any other use authorized pursuant to a permit issued under Section 1020.11 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes.E. Any permit issued under this section shall specify the location of the permitted well or wells and other terms and conditions as specified by the Board including, but not limited to, the rate of withdrawal, the level of perforating and the level of sealing the well.Added by Laws 2016, c. 145, § 1.
82 OK Stat § 82-1020.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1020.3. Domestic use - Spacing of wells and waste.

|Any landowner has a right to take ground water from land owned by him for domestic use without a permit. Wells for domestic use shall not be subject to well spacing orders, but are subject to sanctions against waste. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 248, § 3, eff. July 1, 1973.
82 OK Stat § 82-1020.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1020.4. Hydrologic surveys and investigations.

|A. Prior to making orders establishing the tentative maximum annual yield for major groundwater basins or subbasins therein, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall make hydrologic surveys and investigations. |B. Prior to making orders establishing the tentative maximum annual yield for minor groundwater basins or subbasins therein, the Board shall prepare reports using information from hydrologic surveys and investigations of groundwater basins or subbasins having substantially the same geological and hydrological characteristics and data from wells in such basin or subbasins and other relevant information.C. The Board is authorized to cooperate with state, federal and tribal agencies engaged in similar surveys and investigations and may accept and use the findings of such agencies. At least every twenty (20) years after issuance of the final order determining the maximum annual yield, the Board shall review and update if necessary the hydrologic surveys.Added by Laws 1972, c. 248, § 4, eff. July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 164, § 9, emerg. eff. May 10, 1993; Laws 2018, c. 203, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
82 OK Stat § 82-1020.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1020.5. Determination of maximum annual yield.

|A. After completing the hydrologic survey, the Board shall make a tentative determination of the maximum annual yield of groundwater to be produced from each ground water basin or subbasin therein. Such determination must be based upon the following: |1. The total land area overlying the basin or subbasin;2. The amount of water in storage in the basin or subbasin;3. The rate of recharge to the basin or subbasin and total discharge from the basin or subbasin;4. Transmissibility of the basin or subbasin; and5. The possibility of pollution of the basin or subbasin from natural sources.B. The maximum annual yield of each major ground water basin or subbasin shall be based upon a minimum basin or subbasin life of twenty (20) years from the effective date of the order establishing the final determination of the maximum annual yield.C. For minor groundwater basins or subbasins therein, the tentative determination of the maximum annual yield shall be based upon present and reasonably foreseeable future use of groundwater from such basin or subbasin, recharge and total discharge, the geographical region in which the basin or subbasin is located and other relevant factors.Laws 1972, c. 248, § 5, eff. July 1, 1973; Laws 1993, c. 164, § 10, emerg. eff. May 10, 1993.
82 OK Stat § 82-1020.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1020.7. Application for permit to take and use groundwater.

|Any person intending to use groundwater shall make application to the Board for an appropriate permit as provided in Section 1020.11 of this title before commencing any drilling for such purposes and before taking water from any completed well heretofore drilled. Such application to take and use groundwater shall be on a form provided by the Board and pursuant to the rules and regulations established by the Board. The application heretofore filed with the Board shall be used in granting permits for existing wells and the Board shall publish the notice of the hearing thereon. |Laws 1972, c. 248, § 7, eff. July 1, 1973; Laws 1993, c. 164, § 12, emerg. eff. May 10, 1993.
82 OK Stat § 82-1020.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§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.Added by Laws 1972, c. 248, § 8, eff. July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 164, § 13, emerg. eff. May 10, 1993; Laws 1995, c. 112, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1996, c. 329, § 3, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996; Laws 2019, c. 411, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
82 OK Stat § 82-1020.9A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1020.9A. Sensitive sole source groundwater basins or subbasins - Moratorium on issuance of certain temporary permits.

|A. The Legislature finds that a moratorium is necessary on the issuance of certain temporary permits on certain sensitive sole source groundwater basins or subbasins to protect the health, safety and welfare of the people of Oklahoma. |B. 1. A moratorium is hereby established on the issuance of any temporary permit that would lead to any municipal or public water supply use of groundwater from a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or subbasin outside of any county that overlays in whole or in part said basin or subbasin. “Sensitive sole source groundwater basin” means a major groundwater basin or subbasin all or a portion of which has been designated as a “Sole Source Aquifer” by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act as of the effective date of this act, including any portion of any contiguous aquifer located within five (5) miles of the known areal extent of the surface out-crop of the sensitive sole source groundwater basin.2. Said moratorium shall be in effect until such time as the Oklahoma Water Resources Board conducts and completes a hydrological study and approves a maximum annual yield that will ensure that any permit for the removal of water from a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or subbasin will not reduce the natural flow of water from springs or streams emanating from said basin or subbasin.3. The provisions of this act shall be applicable to groundwater permit applications for which no final adjudication has been made by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board before the effective date of this act.4. Any revalidation of a temporary permit, in effect upon the effective date of this act, that allows for any municipal or public water supply use of groundwater from a sensitive sole source groundwater basin outside of any county that overlays in whole or in part said basin shall be considered a new permit application and subject to the provisions of this act.Added by Laws 2003, c. 365, § 1.
82 OK Stat § 82-1020.9B (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1020.9B. Moratorium on municipalities and other political subdivisions - Prohibition of contract or agreement for use of groundwater from sensitive sole source groundwater basin.

|A. A moratorium is hereby established on any municipality or other political subdivision of this state prohibiting any such entity from entering into a contract or other agreement which would lead to municipal or public water supply use of groundwater from a sensitive sole source groundwater basin as defined in Section 1 of this act. Said moratorium shall apply only to municipalities or political subdivisions which are located outside of any county that overlays in whole or in part said basin or subbasin. |B. Said moratorium shall be in effect until such time as the Oklahoma Water Resources Board conducts and completes a hydrological study and approves a maximum annual yield that will ensure that any permit for the removal of water from a sensitive sole source groundwater basin will not reduce the natural flow of water from springs or streams emanating from said basin or subbasin.Added by Laws 2003, c. 365, § 2.
82 OK Stat § 82-1020.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1020.10. Temporary or special permits - Limited quantity groundwater permits.

|A. The procedures provided for in this chapter for the granting of regular permits shall be applicable to the granting of temporary or special permits except that the determination of the maximum annual yield shall not be a condition precedent. Provided a provisional temporary permit for water may immediately be granted upon administrative approval by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. This permit will not be effective for a period of more than ninety (90) days. |B. The Executive Director of the Board may administratively issue permits to use limited quantities of groundwater. Notice, procedures and the maximum groundwater quantity authorized for limited quantity groundwater permits shall be in compliance with rules promulgated by the Board. In no event shall the maximum quantity of water authorized in a limited quantity groundwater permit exceed the amount that would otherwise be allocated by this chapter.Added by Laws 1972, c. 248, § 10, eff. July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 23, § 1, emerg. eff. April 22, 1977; Laws 1993, c. 164, § 15, emerg. eff. May 10, 1993; Laws 1996, c. 329, § 4, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996.
82 OK Stat § 82-1020.12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1020.12. Report of water used.

|A. Holders of permits shall be required to report to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board annually their use of water pursuant to their permits. Willful failure to report annual usage may result in cancellation of the permit by the Board upon proper notice and hearing as provided in the Administrative Procedures Act. |B. Holders of permits which use groundwater in connection with an animal feeding operation which houses swine and primarily uses a liquid waste management system where animals are primarily housed in a roof-covered structure shall be required to indicate such use in their annual water use report. Such holders shall also indicate whether or not the animal feeding operation is licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act.C. The Board shall notify the State Department of Agriculture of the names and addresses of all permit holders who report usage of groundwater in connection with an animal feeding operation which houses swine and which primarily uses a liquid waste management system where animals are primarily housed in a roof-covered structure and who are not licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act.Added by Laws 1972, c. 248, § 12, eff. July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 404, § 20, eff. Aug. 1, 1998.
82 OK Stat § 82-1020.13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1020.13. Surrender of permits.

|The Board may accept the surrender of ground water permits by the holder thereof pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the Board. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 248, § 13, eff. July 1, 1973.
82 OK Stat § 82-1020.14 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1020.14. Prior use of groundwater.

|Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any right to the use of ground water in such quantities and amounts as were used or were entitled to be used prior to the enactment hereof. Any person having the right to place ground water to beneficial use prior to the effective date of this act shall have the right to bring his use under the provisions of this act. Determinations of prior rights to the use of groundwater made by the Board pursuant to Board rules and regulations are hereby validated. |Laws 1972, c. 248, § 14, eff. July 1, 1973.
82 OK Stat § 82-1020.17 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 82. Waters and Water Rights|§82-1020.17. Spacing rules.

|The Board may promulgate rules under Article I of the Administrative Procedures Act which establish a proper spacing of wells which, in its judgment, is necessary to an orderly withdrawal of water in relation to the allocation, by regular permits and temporary permits, of water to the land overlying the basin or subbasin. The Board shall conduct at least one public hearing at a location within or in close proximity to each major basin or subbasin before adopting rules establishing well spacing for such basin or subbasin. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 248, § 17, eff. July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 112, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 2018, c. 203, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.