STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 54th Legislature (2013)

SENATE BILL 348	By:	Griffin

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to water quality; creating the Preemption of Class I Groundwater Aquifer Designations Without Adequate Review, Implementation and Interagency Impact Analysis; providing short title; prohibiting adoption of certain designations by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board; requiring certain meeting; requiring development of certain criteria; providing for codification; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1085.30 b of Title 82, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Preemption of Class I Groundwater Aquifer Designations Without Adequate Review, Implementation and Interagency Impact Analysis".
B.  The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall not adopt any proposed Class I Groundwater Aquifer designations prior to a formalized interagency working group meeting, which shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meetings Act and the Oklahoma Open Records Act, for the purpose of evaluating potential impacts of such aquifer designation as it relates to other statutory Water Quality Standards or rules governing or implementing Water Quality Standards criteria under the regulatory jurisdiction of the Board, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, the Oklahoma Department of Mines, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry or any other state environmental agency with regulatory jurisdiction over the waters of this state.
C.  The Board shall develop specific criteria, procedures and requirements for the adoption and implementation of Class I aquifer designations under Oklahoma Administrative Code 785: Chapters 30, 35, 45 and 46 and any other applicable chapters in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act, to allow all interested parties an adequate opportunity to comment on a pre-existing, known set of requirements in order to evaluate potential impacts and ramifications of such a designation.
SECTION 2.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

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