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§ 10-9.8a. New or expanded poultry feeding operations--Construction in certain areas prohibited

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 2. AgricultureEffective: November 1, 2022

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 2. Agriculture
Chapter 1. Agricultural Code (Refs & Annos)
Article 10. Poultry and Poultry Products (Refs & Annos)
B. Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act
Effective: November 1, 2022
2 Okl.St.Ann. § 10-9.8a
§ 10-9.8a. New or expanded poultry feeding operations--Construction in certain areas prohibited
Currentness
On and after the effective date of this act:1
1. No new or expanding poultry feeding operations, operated by entities prohibited in Section 951 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes including but not limited to entities operating as prescribed by Section 954 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be constructed within a one-hundred-year flood plain; and
2. No new or expanding poultry feeding operations, operated by entities prohibited in Section 951 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes including but not limited to entities operating as prescribed by Section 954 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be constructed within the following minimum buffer areas:
a. one and one-half (1 1/2) miles of the high water mark of a surface public water supply if the poultry feeding operation is located within the watershed for the public water supply,
b. one (1) mile of any designated scenic river area as specified by the Scenic Rivers Act2,
c. one (1) mile of a public drinking water well, and
d. one (1) mile of a water body specified as outstanding resource waters that has recreational or ecological significance as outlined by the most current Oklahoma Water Quality Standards promulgated by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality.

Credits

Laws 2002, c. 65, § 1; Laws 2022, c. 185, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.

Footnotes

1
O.S.L.2002, c. 65, effective August 23, 2002.
2
Title 82, § 896.4 et seq.
2 Okl. St. Ann. § 10-9.8a, OK ST T. 2 § 10-9.8a
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 295 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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