§ 896.10. Agencies authorized to assist in maintaining and improving water quality--Coordinated...
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 82. Waters and Water Rights
82 Okl.St.Ann. § 896.10
Formerly cited as Title 82, § 1457
§ 896.10. Agencies authorized to assist in maintaining and improving water quality--Coordinated watershed restoration and protection strategy
A. The Department of Environmental Quality, the Corporation Commission, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, the Department of Wildlife Conservation and the Oklahoma Conservation Commission are hereby given the authority to assist the Grand River Dam Authority in maintaining and improving water quality and in preventing and eliminating the pollution of waters within scenic rivers.
e. an outline of innovative, cooperative intrastate and interstate strategies that will be pursued in order to expedite pollutant reductions, in particular where scenic river watersheds cross state lines. Such strategies may include nutrient trading and conservation reserve enhancement program (CREP) initiatives, and
C. 1. For those impaired scenic river watersheds where a TMDL for phosphorus has been developed, the Department of Environmental Quality shall initially allocate a wasteload for phosphorus for discharges from wastewater treatment facilities which enter the scenic river which is achievable by the best available waste control process.
E. If the Legislature or the Governor finds that any of the state environmental agencies have failed to appropriately protect water quality standards in an impaired scenic river watershed, the Governor and the Legislature shall take any and all necessary and appropriate action to help the agency to meet its responsibilities.
Credits
Laws 1970, c. 68, § 7, eff. March 17, 1970; Laws 1993, c. 145, § 335, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 241, § 10, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2002, c. 148, § 1, emerg. eff. April 29, 2002; Laws 2016, c. 297, § 13, eff. July 1, 2016; Renumbered from Title 82, § 1457 by Laws 2016, c. 297, § 30, eff. July 1, 2016.
82 Okl. St. Ann. § 896.10, OK ST T. 82 § 896.10
Current with legislation of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024) effective as of July 1, 2024. Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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