Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 785 - Oklahoma Water Resources Board › Chapter 30 - Taking and Use of Groundwater › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 785:30-1-4 - Requirement for water right

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Who should file.
Any person intending to
[82:1020.7] initiate a use of groundwater for beneficial use as defined herein, other than domestic use as
										defined herein, shall make application and obtain an appropriate permit before completing any fresh water
										well for such purposes. An application for a permit to use groundwater is not required to be filed for
										testing. For purposes of this section, testing shall be considered the conducting of a pump, well acceptance,
										drawdown or aquifer test that will require the continuous pumping of the well for twenty-four (24) hours or
										less, or the cumulative pumping for seventy-two (72) hours or less within a five (5) day period. If pumping
										for longer periods occurs or is intended, an application must be filed.
(b)
Forms to be furnished by the Board.
The Board will
										furnish, without charge, blank application forms and instructions for filing for a groundwater permit. Each
										blank on the application shall be filled in by the applicant as accurately and completely as the
										circumstances permit with all the relevant data. Supplements may be attached if space on the form is
										insufficient. If a supplement is used, the data entered thereon should be segregated into paragraphs with
										numbers corresponding to the paragraph numbers of the forms and properly cross-referenced thereto.
(c)
Applications to be amended by applicant.
Groundwater
										applications will be altered, corrected, amended or revised by the Board only upon written request signed by
										the applicant or his duly authorized agent. Changes may also be made directly on the application, or filed
										through the Board's online application service, by the applicant or his duly authorized agent or by telephone
										instructions to the Board from the applicant or his duly authorized agent to be followed by written
										confirmation. All changes must meet the requirements of 82 O.S. §§
									1020.1 et seq. and these rules and
										regulations.
(d)
Corrections, changes, or amendments to
										defective applications.
If the application is defective as to form, the Board shall advise the
										applicant of the corrections, amendments, or changes required and sixty (60) days shall be allowed for the
										refiling thereof. If the application is not corrected, amended, or changed within the time required, the
										Board may inactivate the application.
(e)
Corrected
										applications not filed in time allowed.
Any corrected application filed after the time allowed shall
										be treated in all respects as an original application received on the date of its refiling.
(f) If an application is filed after non-domestic use of the water has
										begun, the application filing fee due for the type of permit requested as set forth in Chapter 5 of the
										Oklahoma Administrative Code, title 785, shall be doubled.
Amended at 10 Ok Reg 3293, eff
											  6-25-93; Amended at 11 Ok Reg 2935, eff 6-13-94; Amended at 12 Ok Reg 2689, eff 7-1-95; Amended at 20 Ok Reg
											  2607, eff 7-11-03; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1305, eff 5-27-10