New or expanded poultry feeding operations – Construction in certain areas prohibited.

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On and after the effective date of this act:

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 Act,
  • 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 Water Quality Standards promulgated by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board.

Added by Laws 2002, c. 65, § 1.


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