Oklahoma § 82-1085.56 - Rules - Minimum requirements

§ 82-1085.56. Rules - Minimum requirements

The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall promulgate such rules

as may be necessary for determining the eligibility and priority of

entities for water quality projects in order to receive loans made

pursuant to the federal Water Quality Act of 1987 and from the Clean

Water State Revolving Fund Loan Account. At a minimum, such rules

shall:

1. Ensure the fair and equitable prioritization of entities

eligible for loans made pursuant to the provisions of this act;

2. Be in conformance with applicable provisions of Oklahoma's

Water Quality Standards, the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code,

and the federal Water Quality Act of 1987;

3. Require that to be approved, an applicant needs or will need

the water quality project loan to comply with rules promulgated by

the Environmental Quality Board pursuant to the Oklahoma

Environmental Quality Code, or the Conservation Commission,

whichever has jurisdiction; and

4. Require the water quality project to:

a.

be designed to halt or prevent the pollution of the

waters of this state and comply with Oklahoma's Water

Quality Standards,

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights

b.

meet the Board's established environmental review

criteria as provided for by the federal Water Quality

Act of 1987,

c.

comply with minimum standards of the Federal Water

Pollution Control Act, Chapter 26, Title 33, United

States Code, or any similar or successor statute, and

d.

meet any other consideration deemed necessary by the

Board.

Added by Laws 1988, c. 202, § 6, operative July 1, 1988. Amended by

Laws 1993, c. 145, § 328, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2002, c. 322, § 6,

emerg. eff. May 30, 2002.