Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 252 - Department of Environmental Quality › Chapter 4 - Rules of Practice and Procedure › Subchapter 17 - Electronic Reporting › Section 252:4-17-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
In addition to the Definitions in Subchapter 1 of this
				  Chapter, the following words and terms, when used in this Subchapter, shall
				  have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Authorized program"
means a federal program
				  that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has delegated to,
				  authorized, or approved the DEQ, on behalf of the State of Oklahoma, to
				  administer, or a program that the EPA has delegated to, authorized, or approved
				  the DEQ to administer in lieu of a federal program, under provisions of 40 CFR
				  and for which the delegation, authorization or approval has not been withdrawn
				  or expired.
"Copy of record"
means a true and correct copy
				  of an electronic document received by an electronic document receiving system,
				  which can be viewed in a human-readable format that clearly and accurately
				  associates all the information provided in the electronic document with
				  descriptions or labeling of the information. A copy of record includes:
(A) any electronic signature contained in or logically
				  associated with the document;
(B) the date and time of receipt; and
(C) any other information used to record the meaning of the
				  document or the circumstances of its receipt.
"Electronic document"
means any information that
				  is submitted to the DEQ's electronic document receiving system in digital form
				  to satisfy requirements of an authorized program and may include data, text,
				  sounds, codes, computer programs, software, or databases.
"Electronic document receiving system"
means the
				  apparatus, procedures, software, or records established and used by the DEQ to
				  receive electronic documents in lieu of paper.
"Electronic signature"
means any information in
				  digital form attached to or logically associated with a record submitted to the
				  DEQ's electronic document receiving system and executed or adopted by a person
				  with the intent of expressing the same meaning as would a handwritten signature
				  if affixed to an equivalent paper document with the same content.
"Electronic signature agreement"
means a web
				  based agreement attested to by an individual with respect to a device that the
				  individual will use to create his or her electronic signature.
"Electronic signature device"
means a code or
				  other mechanism, assigned to an individual who is uniquely entitled to use it
				  and that is then used to create the individual's electronic signature.
"Federal program"
means any program administered
				  by EPA under any provision of 40 CFR.
"Handwritten signature"
means the scripted name
				  or legal mark of an individual made by that individual with the present
				  intention to authenticate a writing in a permanent form.
"Signatory"
means an individual authorized to
				  and who signs a document submitted to the DEQ's electronic document receiving
				  system pursuant to an electronic signature agreement in a format acceptable to
				  the DEQ.
"State program"
means any program other than an
				  authorized program that is implemented by DEQ under the Oklahoma Environmental
				  Quality Code or other laws of the State of Oklahoma.
"Valid electronic signature"
means an electronic
				  signature on an electronic document created by using an electronic signature
				  device that the identified signatory is uniquely entitled to use for signing
				  the electronic document, provided the device has not been compromised and
				  provided the signatory is an individual authorized to sign the document by
				  virtue of legal status or relationship to the entity on whose behalf the
				  signature is created.
Added at 24 Ok Reg 1506,
				  eff 6-15-07