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27A OK Stat § 27A-2-10-301.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-2-10-301.2. Commercial composting facility - Permit.

|No person shall operate a commercial composting facility without a valid permit issued by the Department of Environmental Quality. The Environmental Quality Board shall adopt rules establishing requirements for the permitting and operation of commercial composting facilities. Such rules shall include, without limitation, requirements relating to: |1. Applicant disclosure information;2. Siting;3. Design, construction and operation;4. Water protection and water management, including groundwater monitoring and stormwater control;5. Closure; and6. Financial assurance for the proper management and removal of all of the feedstock and product material that the site is capable of storing.Added by Laws 2011, c. 219, § 4.
27A OK Stat § 27A-2-10-303.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-2-10-303.1. Availability of administrative permit hearing.

|In accordance with the provisions of Section 2-14-304 of this title, an administrative permit hearing shall be available on a proposed permit which is based on a Tier III solid waste permit application for a new permit or for the major modification of an existing permit involving a fifty percent (50%) or more increase in permitted capacity for storage, treatment or disposal including but not limited to incineration. |Added by Laws 1994, c. 373, § 28, eff. July 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 285, § 8, eff. July 1, 1996.
27A OK Stat § 27A-2-10-304 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-2-10-304. Variances - One-hundred year flood plains.

|A. Requests for variances from specific requirements of any particular rule must be made a part of the permit application of any applicant and the opportunity to request a public meeting or administrative permit hearing, or both, shall have been offered prior to authorization of the variance to any applicant, including any unit of government. Further, any application for a variance for substitute technology which equals or exceeds the protection accorded by the particular rule shall not be granted unless an opportunity to request a public meeting or administrative permit hearing, or both, has been offered. |B. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Department shall not approve a variance from the rules of the Board for a solid waste disposal site to be located within any one-hundred year flood plain unless the variance is conditioned upon the subsequent redefinition of the one-hundred year plain to not include the land area proposed for the variance. A variance may be granted for the siting of a solid waste transfer station within a one-hundred year flood plain conditioned upon the requirement that no solid waste will be retained or stored by any means during nonoperating hours on any portion of the permitted site that is within the one-hundred year flood plain.Added by Laws 1990, c. 217, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 149, eff. July 1, 1993. Renumbered from Title 63, § 1-2421 by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 341, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.NOTE: Laws 1995, c. 285, § 9 repealed by Laws 1996, c. 3, § 25, emerg. eff. March 6, 1996.
27A OK Stat § 27A-2-10-306 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-2-10-306. Appeal of issuance of permit - Stay of time restraints.

|The filing of a proceeding appealing the issuance of a permit authorizing the construction and operation of a solid waste disposal facility shall stay any time restraints specified in the permit relating to the term or expiration of the permit. |Laws 1990, c. 296, § 8, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 1993, c. 145, § 151, eff. July 1, 1993. Renumbered from Title 63, § 1-2414.2 by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993.
27A OK Stat § 27A-2-10-307 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-2-10-307. Permit application process for solid waste transfer station or yard-waste composting site.

|A permit application for a solid waste transfer station or yard-waste composting site shall be subject to any applicable public comment, public meeting and administrative hearing requirements as set forth for the application tier in the Oklahoma Uniform Environmental Permitting Act, unless the board of county commissioners of the county of the proposed site, after opportunity for written or oral public comment, has found the application to be within the scope of the county's solid waste management plan. |Added by Laws 1994, c. 353, § 27, eff. July 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 285, § 10, eff. July 1, 1996.
27A OK Stat § 27A-2-10-308.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-2-10-308.1. Disposal of untreated biomedical waste in municipal solid waste landfills prohibited.

|No person, firm, association, corporation or cooperative shall dispose of untreated, potentially infectious medical waste in either a municipal solid waste landfill or in any receptacle or system designed to collect and transport solid waste to a municipal solid waste landfill. This prohibition shall include all quantities of untreated sharps but shall not apply to other untreated, potentially infectious medical waste generated in quantities less than sixty (60) pounds (27.2 kilograms) per month from one physical location. |Added by Laws 1997, c. 371, § 2, eff. July 1, 1997.
27A OK Stat § 27A-2-10-401 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-2-10-401. Sludge defined.

|For purposes of this part, "sludge" means solid waste that is a nonhazardous solid, semi-solid, or liquid residue generated by the treatment of domestic sewage or wastewater by a treatment works or water by a water supply system, or such residue, treated or untreated, which results from commercial, agricultural or agribusiness activities or industrial or manufacturing processes and which is subject to the jurisdiction of the Department. |Added by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 152, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 324, § 37, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 353, § 28, eff. July 1, 1994.
27A OK Stat § 27A-2-10-402.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-2-10-402.1. Acceptance of municipal sewage sludge by municipal solid waste landfill.

|A. A municipal solid waste landfill shall not accept for disposal any municipal sewage sludge unless: |1. The sludge has been treated to meet Class B requirements for pathogen reduction, as specified in Section 503.32 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and2. The sludge is demonstrated not to contain free liquids pursuant to the Paint Filter Liquids Test, EPA Method 9095, or any successor free liquids test hereafter adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and approved by the Department of Environmental Quality.B. The Department may refuse to renew, or may suspend or revoke, a permit issued to a municipal solid waste landfill pursuant to the Oklahoma Solid Waste Management Act for willful violation of the requirements of this section. The authorization for suspension, revocation or nonrenewal pursuant to this subsection is in addition to any other remedies for noncompliance available to the Department pursuant to the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code.Added by Laws 2010, c. 206, § 1, emerg. eff. May 5, 2010.
27A OK Stat § 27A-2-10-402 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-2-10-402. Solid waste permit required for beneficial use, transport, disposal and storage of sludge.

|A. In addition to any permit required under Article VI of Chapter 2 of this Code, a solid waste permit shall be required for the beneficial use, transport, disposal and storage of sludge not subject to the direct jurisdiction of a state environmental agency. |B. All sludge application projects shall be operated in conformance with rules promulgated by the Board.C. A permit issued pursuant to this part shall be subject to the enforcement provisions of Article III of this Code.D. The provisions of this section shall apply to permit applications filed with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board on or before June 30, 1993, for which no permit has been issued by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board for the land application of industrial waste, wastewater or sludge.Added by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 153, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 324, § 38, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 353, § 29, eff. July 1, 1994.
27A OK Stat § 27A-2-10-503 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-2-10-503. Fund pooling agreements or multiple beneficiary public trusts - Financial assistance programs.

|A. Municipalities, counties and regional solid waste management districts may directly, or through a public trust of which they are a beneficiary, enter into agreements or multiple beneficiary public trusts to combine or pool funds by contract with other municipalities, counties, regional solid waste management districts, and public trusts for management and investment when deemed necessary to provide escrow or security funds to ensure operation, maintenance, or closure of solid waste management systems and disposal sites under applicable federal, state or local law. |B. One or more municipalities may establish or participate in a program that provides for each participating municipality or any participating county or regional solid waste management district to furnish financial assurance as required by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C., Section 6901 et seq., or any other federal, state or local law. The program may establish any combination of financing mechanisms necessary to ensure that funds will be available in a timely fashion when needed to meet a participating entity's obligation thereunder. The program may provide for participating entities to use any means available to them to meet financial obligations pursuant to laws of the state. The program may ensure enforcement of the payment of any financial assurance obligation by a participating entity.Added by Laws 1993, c. 169, § 1, emerg. eff. May 10, 1993. Renumbered from § 2100 of this title by Laws 1993, c. 324, § 57, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 310, § 1, emerg. eff. June 7, 1994.
27A OK Stat § 27A-2-10-801.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-2-10-801.1. Vegetation plan.

|The owner or operator of any commercial solid waste landfill, over fifty (50) feet in height above natural surface contours that accepts more than two hundred (200) tons per day of solid waste, must submit a vegetation plan to the Department of Environmental Quality for approval. The vegetation plan shall address establishment and maintenance of appropriate vegetative cover for the purposes of erosion and dust control and aesthetic enhancement. The vegetation plan shall be implemented in waste disposal areas that have been undisturbed for ninety (90) days. The Department may approve an alternative plan that accomplishes similar objectives. The Environmental Quality Board shall promulgate rules, developed and recommended by the Solid Waste Management Advisory Council, relative to the contents of the plan. |Added by Laws 2001, c. 392, § 3, emerg. eff. June 4, 2001. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 227, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
27A OK Stat § 27A-2-10-801.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-2-10-801.2. Solid waste landfill - Exterior and interior slopes.

|A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, the owner and operator of a solid waste landfill shall ensure the following: |1. Exterior slopes, to the edge of the permitted footprint, are maintained at all times to be no steeper overall than four (4) horizontal to one (1) vertical (4:1), except as otherwise provided in a plan approved by the Department of Environmental Quality; and2. All interior slopes are maintained at all times to be no steeper overall than three (3) horizontal to one (1) vertical (3:1), except as otherwise provided in a plan approved by the Department.B. The working face slopes of a solid waste landfill may vary during daily placement of waste but shall be graded to meet the applicable interior or exterior slope grades prior to placement of the daily cover of soil or approved alternate daily cover material.C. The Environmental Quality Board is authorized to promulgate rules recommended by the Solid Waste Management Advisory Council as needed to implement the provisions of this section.Added by Laws 2011, c. 219, § 5.
27A OK Stat § 27A-2-10-802.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-2-10-802.1. Application of reimbursement remainder to landfill closures.

|In any fiscal year in which the amount reimbursed under paragraph 4 of subsection B of Section 2-10-802 of this title for the costs of purchase and installation of wheel wash systems is less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), the Department of Environmental Quality may apply any or all of the remainder toward the proper closure of solid waste landfills that meet the following criteria: |1. The landfill is no longer in operation;2. The owner or operator of the landfill failed to provide sufficient financial assurance for proper closure of the landfill; and3. The owner or operator of the landfill cannot be identified, found or, despite all reasonable efforts, cannot be compelled to properly close the landfill.Added by Laws 2007, c. 71, § 2, eff. July 1, 2007. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 301, § 3, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2011, c. 219, § 3.
27A OK Stat § 27A-2-10-802.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-2-10-802.2. Required components of a roofing material recycling facility.

|A. In addition to meeting the requirements of the Oklahoma Solid Waste Management Act generally applicable to solid waste disposal sites, including but not limited to permitting, disclosure statement, siting, closure plan and financial assurance, the owner or operator of a roofing material recycling facility shall: |1. Install scales, weigh roofing material received and record weights in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection A of Section 2-10-802 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes;2. Assess a fee of One Dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per ton of roofing material received, retaining twenty-five cents ($0.25) per ton for a period of time necessary to recoup a capital investment plus the interest costs expended in purchasing the scales, of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00). At the end of such period the fee shall revert to One Dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) per ton;3. Remit the fee to the Department of Environmental Quality in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 7 through 12 of subsection B of Section 2-10-802 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes. For a return with remittance filed on or before the due date, the owner or operator may deduct and retain ten percent (10%) of the fees collected. Records documenting the capital investment and the use of the funds shall be included with each return; and4. Submit receipts for the payment for disposal of non-recyclable materials at a permitted landfill or solid waste disposal site in order to receive credit against the fee owed to the Department of Environmental Quality for that tonnage.B. An operation otherwise meeting the definition of a roofing material recycling facility but that is included within and regulated under a permit for a solid waste land disposal site is not subject to the provisions of this section.C. The Environmental Quality Board is authorized to adopt rules recommended by the Solid Waste Management Advisory Council as needed to implement the provisions of this section.Added by Laws 2012, c. 194, § 2, emerg. eff. May 7, 2012.
27A OK Stat § 27A-2-10-803 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-2-10-803. Fee for treatment, storage or disposal of solid wastes generated outside state - Reciprocal agreements.

|A. Subject to the constraints of federal law, the Board shall establish a fee schedule which provides a differential fee for treatment, storage or disposal in Oklahoma of solid wastes generated outside the State of Oklahoma. Said fee shall be not more than ten times the fee for treatment, storage or disposal in the State of Oklahoma of solid wastes generated within the State of Oklahoma. If a federal law is enacted to authorize a prohibition by one state upon the importation of solid wastes from another state based upon the actions or inactions of such other state, then the Board shall adopt regulations establishing the criteria for the operation of such prohibition. |B. The Department is directed to pursue reciprocal agreements regarding fees with all other states which transport solid waste into Oklahoma, provided that any reciprocal agreement shall not allow the fee to be less than the instate solid waste fee for Oklahoma. Fee schedules may be adjusted by the Board to provide for such reciprocity.Added by Laws 1992, c. 50, § 8, emerg. eff. April 8, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 163, eff. July 1, 1993. Renumbered from Title 63, § 1-2307 by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993.
27A OK Stat § 27A-2-10-804 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-2-10-804. Use of fees to implement county solid waste management plans - Authorizing administrative and technical support - Interlocal agreements.

|A. The Department of Environmental Quality shall use at least ten percent (10%) of the annual income from the solid waste fees received under Section 2-10-802 of this title to assist in implementing county solid waste management plans developed under Section 2-10-1001 of this title. The Department shall prioritize its assistance for enforcement, clean-up and prevention of unpermitted disposal sites, and the management of solid waste that is hard to dispose. |B. The Department may consult with the Oklahoma Cooperative Circuit Engineering Districts Board and the Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Service to assure that boards of county commissioners receive adequate administrative and technical support for implementing their county solid waste plans.C. Any county, in formulating and implementing its solid waste management plan, may enter into an interlocal agreement with a municipality and may use funds provided by the Department according to this section for such agreements in furtherance of said solid waste management plans.Added by Laws 1997, c. 371, § 6, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 20, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
27A OK Stat § 27A-2-10-805 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-2-10-805. Solid Waste Facility Emergency Closure Fund Special Account.

|A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Environmental Quality to be designated the "Solid Waste Facility Emergency Closure Fund Special Account". The fund account shall be a continuing fund account, not subject to fiscal year limitations. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund account are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Department for the purpose specified by this section. |B. The fund shall contain only monies appropriated by the Legislature and specifically designated for deposit to the fund.C. Expenditures from the fund account shall be made upon vouchers prescribed by the State Treasurer and issued by the Department against the Solid Waste Facility Emergency Closure Fund Special Account.D. No monies shall be expended by the Department from the Solid Waste Facility Emergency Closure Fund Special Account except for closure and monitoring activities at landfill disposal sites where the owner or operator has failed to adequately provide closure and postclosure care and where the financial assurance, as specified in Section 2-10-701 of this title, is insufficient to properly close or monitor the site as required by the rules, and for any action determined to be necessary by the Department for the pursuit of cost recovery as required by this section.E. The Department shall expeditiously pursue all remedies available to compel the legally responsible parties to perform closure and postclosure monitoring and care as required by the rules, and to seek the recovery of any funds expended by the Department under this section. The Department shall utilize staff or outside counsel to assure such expeditious pursuit of remedies.F. Nothing in this section shall be construed as a state mechanism for the financial assurance required of disposal site owners and operators under Section 2-10-701 of this title.Added by Laws 1997, c. 371, § 7, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 413, § 9, eff. July 1, 2010.
27A OK Stat § 27A-2-10-902 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-2-10-902. Sale or conveyance of property used as solid waste disposal site or landfill.

|A. Pursuant to the provisions of this section, any municipality may sell or otherwise convey any of its property within or without the limits of the municipality which is used or has been used as a solid waste disposal site or landfill or for the collection or transfer of solid waste. The provisions of this section shall apply to all such real property owned by the municipality which has been acquired or dedicated for the public use or purpose and for the benefit of the residents of the municipality. |B. The property of the municipality which is used or has been used as a solid waste disposal site or landfill or for the collection or transfer of solid waste may be sold or otherwise conveyed by the municipality if:1. The municipal governing body provides for a public hearing on the issue of the disposal or conveyance of the property; and2. A resolution authorizing the execution of any sale or disposal of the property is properly passed and published pursuant to law or ordinance.Added by Laws 1995, c. 341, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
27A OK Stat § 27A-2-11-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-2-11-101. Recycling of waste - Studies.

|The Department of Environmental Quality shall provide for the development of a prioritized agenda of studies necessary to provide information to facilitate the design and implementation of recycling initiatives. Such studies may include, but not be limited to: |1. Waste composition analyses for urban and rural areas;2. Surveys to delineate the knowledge, opinions, and preferences of Oklahoma citizens and businesses with respect to recycling;3. A range of municipal recycling demonstration projects;4. Yard waste composting demonstration projects to assist in reclaiming strip-mined land;5. An assessment of management options for hard-to-handle wastes such as lead-acid batteries, used motor oil, and white goods; and6. An assessment, in cooperation with the Department of Commerce, of the condition of markets for materials which are being or could be recovered from the municipal solid waste stream in Oklahoma.It is the intent of the Legislature that as funds become available, the Department of Environmental Quality shall cause the studies specified by this section to be conducted.Laws 1990, c. 217, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 1993, c. 145, § 177, eff. July 1, 1993. Renumbered from Title 63, § 1-2440 by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993.