§ 2A-7. Inspection of and access to permitted and unpermitted facilities--Issuance of discharge...
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 2. Agriculture
2 Okl.St.Ann. § 2A-7
§ 2A-7. Inspection of and access to permitted and unpermitted facilities--Issuance of discharge permit prohibited in certain situations--Documents open to public--Trade secrets protected
6. Obtain copies of records, plans, reports, or other information required by the Department to be submitted upon request and subject to and made available for inspection at reasonable times to any authorized representative of the Department. Any authorized representative of the Department may examine any records or memoranda pertaining to discharges, treatment, or other limitations set by permit, order, or duly promulgated rules of the Board.
2. Would result, in the judgment of the United States Secretary of the Army acting through the Chief of Engineers, in the substantial impairment of anchorage and navigation of any waters of the United States as those waters are defined in the federal Clean Water Act;1
3. Is objected to in writing by the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or designee, pursuant to any right to object which is granted to the Administrator under Section 402(d) of the federal Clean Water Act;2 or
4. Would authorize a discharge from a point source which is in conflict with a plan approved under Section 208(b) of the federal Clean Water Act.3
D. 1. Any records, reports, or information obtained pursuant to this section shall be available to the public, except that upon submission of sufficient evidence showing that records, reports, or information, or particular parts thereof, other than effluent data, if made public, would divulge methods or processes entitled to protection as trade secrets of that person, the record, report, or information, or particular portion, shall be considered confidential in accordance with the purposes of the federal Uniform Trade Secrets Act.4
2. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Department or an authorized representative of the Department including, but not limited to, any authorized contractor, from disclosing records, reports, or information to other officers, employees, or authorized representatives of the State of Oklahoma or the United States concerned with carrying out provisions of state or federal law under their respective jurisdictions or within their respective authorities.
Credits
Laws 2005, c. 292, § 8, eff. July 1, 2005.
Footnotes
33 U.S.C.A. § 1251 et seq.
33 U.S.C.A. § 1342(d).
33 U.S.C.A. § 1288(b).
18 U.S.C.A. § 1905.
2 Okl. St. Ann. § 2A-7, OK ST T. 2 § 2A-7
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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