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31	34		BILL NO. 3884 By: McCall of the House
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40		-	An Act relating to the Department of Environmental
41		-	Quality; creating Division of Mines; consolidating
42		-	the Department of Mines into the Department of
43		-	Environmental Quality; **** violations of board
44		-	order, hearings, inspections, rules and regulations,
45		-	powers and duties, Chief Mine Inspector, Okla homa
46		-	Miner Training Institute, certificates of competency,
47		-	**** on surface mining, cooperative agreements,
48		-	review of notices or orders, appeals of o rders, rules
49		-	and regulations, unconstitutionality of certain act,
50		-	**** agency references; amending 68 O.S. 2021,
51		-	Section 2357.11, which relates to tax cre dit;
52		-	modifying agency reference s; **** providing for
53		-	codification; providing for recodification; providing
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61		-	“[ Department of Environmental Quality - Division of
62		-	Mines - Department of Mines into the Department of
63		-	Environmental Quality - transferring certain
64		-	functions, powers, duties, and obligations - repealer
65		-	- codification - recodification ]
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70	51		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHO MA:
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97	52		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
98	53		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3001 of Title 27A, unless there
99	54		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
100	55		A. There is hereby created within the Department of
101	56		Environmental Quality a Division of Mines, which shall fulfill the
102	57		role of the Department of Mines created by Section 25 of Article 6
103	58		of the Oklahoma Constitution.
104	59		B. The Department of Mines is hereby consolidated into th e
105	60		Department of Environmental Quality as the Division of Mines
106	61		described in subsection A of this section . The Executive Director
107	62		of the Department of Environmental Quality shall assume all
108	63		executive-level responsibilities formerly belonging to the
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109	91		Department of Mines. The Executive Director of the Department of
110	92		Environmental Quality shall function as and possess the powers o f
111	93		the agency director for the consolidated agency as enumerated by
112	94		existing statute. For the purposes of this s ection the term
113	95		"consolidated agency" shall mean the Department of Mines. Any funds
114	96		appropriated to, in the possession of , or allocated to the
115	97		consolidated agency shall be deemed to be funds of the Department of
116	98		Environmental Quality.
117	99		C. The Executive Director of the Department of Environmental
118	100		Quality shall cause the personnel of the consolidated agency to
119	101		deliver to the Department of Environme ntal Quality all books,
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146	102		papers, records, and property of the consolidated agency within
147	103		ninety (90) days after the effective date of this act .
148	104		D. All functions, powers, duties, and obligations previously
149	105		assigned to the consolidated agenc y are hereby transferred to the
150	106		Department of Environmental Quality.
151	107		E. All rules, regulations, acts, orders, determinations, and
152	108		decisions of the consolidated agency pertaining to the functions and
153	109		powers herein transferred and assigned to the Department of
154	110		Environmental Quality, in force at the time of such transfer ,
155	111		assignment, assumption , or devolution shall continue in force and
156	112		effect as rules, regulations, acts, orders, de terminations, and
157	113		decisions of the consolidated agency until duly modified or
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158	141		abrogated by the appropriate body or until otherwise provided by
159	142		law.
160	143		F. All personnel of the consolidated agency whose duties are
161	144		transferred under this act shall be transferre d to the Department of
162	145		Environmental Quality at the discretion of the Executive Director.
163	146		Personnel transferred pursuant to the provisions of thi s section
164	147		shall not be required to accept a lesser salary than presently
165	148		received. Personnel transferred shall be placed within the
166	149		classification level in which they meet qualifications without an
167	150		entrance exam. All such persons transferred shall retain seniority,
168	151		leave, sick and annual time earned, and any retirement benefits
169	152		which have accrued during their ten ure with the consolidated agency.
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196	153		The transfer of personnel among the agencies shall be coordi nated
197	154		with the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
198	155		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 27A O.S. 2021, Section 1-1-201, is
199	156		amended to read as follows:
200	157		Section 1-1-201. As used in the Oklahoma Environmental Quality
201	158		Act:
202	159		1. "Clean Water Act" means the federal Water Pollution Control
203	160		Act, 33 U.S.C., Section 1251 et seq., as amended;
204	161		2. "Discharge" includes but is not limited to a discharge of a
205	162		pollutant, and means any addition of any pollutant to waters of the
206	163		state from any point sour ce;
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207	191		3. "Environment" includes the air, land, wildlife, and waters
208	192		of the state;
209	193		4. "Federal Safe Drinking Water Act" means the federal law at
210	194		42 U.S.C., Section 300 et seq., as amended;
211	195		5. "Groundwater protection agencies " include the:
212	196		a. Oklahoma Water Resources Board,
213	197		b. Oklahoma Corporation Commission,
214	198		c. State Oklahoma Department of Agriculture , Food, and
215	199		Forestry,
216	200		d. Department of Environmental Quality, and
217	201		e. Conservation Commission, and
218	202		f. Department of Mines;
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246	204		with a pollutant for which the specific point of origin may not be
247	205		well defined and includes but is not l imited to agricultural stor m
248	206		water runoff and return flows from irrigated agriculture;
249	207		7. "N.P.D.E.S." or "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
250	208		System" means the system for the issuance of permits under the
251	209		Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S. C., Section 1251 et
252	210		seq., as amended;
253	211		8. "Point source" means any discernible, confined and discrete
254	212		conveyance or outlet including but not limited to any pipe, ditch,
255	213		channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure container, rolling
256	214		stock or vessel or other floating craft from w hich pollutants are or
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257	242		may be discharged into waters of the state. The term "point source"
258	243		shall not include agricultural storm water runoff and return flows
259	244		from irrigated agriculture;
260	245		9. "Pollutant" includes but is not limite d to dredged spoil,
261	246		solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge,
262	247		munitions, chemical wastes, biologica l materials, radioactive
263	248		materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar
264	249		dirt and industrial, municipal, and agri business waste;
265	250		10. "Pollution" means the presence in the environment of any
266	251		substance, contaminant or pollutant, or any o ther alteration of the
267	252		physical, chemical or biological properties of the environment or
268	253		the release of any liquid, gaseous or solid substance into the
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295	254		environment in quantities which are or will likely create a nuisance
296	255		or which render or will likely rend er the environment harmful or
297	256		detrimental or injurious to public health, safety or welfare, or to
298	257		domestic, commercial, industrial, a gricultural, recreational, or
299	258		other legitimate beneficial uses, or to livestock, wild animals,
300	259		birds, fish or other aquatic life, or to property;
301	260		11. "Source" means any and all points of origin of any wastes,
302	261		pollutants or contaminants whether publicly or privately owned or
303	262		operated;
304	263		12. "State agencies with limited environmental
305	264		responsibilities" means:
306	265		a. the Department of Public Safety,
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308	294		c. the Oklahoma Department of Civil Emergency Management;
309	295		13. "State environmental agency " includes the:
310	296		a. Oklahoma Water Resources Board,
311	297		b. Oklahoma Corporation Commission,
312	298		c. State Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
313	299		Forestry,
314	300		d. Oklahoma Conservation Commissi on,
315	301		e. Department of Wildlife Conservation, and
316	302		f. Department of Mines, and
317	303		g. Department of Environment al Quality;
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345	305		and surface runoff and drainage;
346	306		15. "Total maximum daily load " means the sum of individual
347	307		wasteload allocations (W.L.A.) for point sources, safety, reserves,
348	308		and loads from nonpoi nt sources and natural back grounds;
349	309		16. "Waste" means any liquid, gaseous or solid or semi-solid
350	310		substance, or thermal component, whether domestic, mun icipal,
351	311		commercial, agricultural or industrial in origin, which may pollute
352	312		or contaminate or tend to po llute or contaminate, any a ir, land or
353	313		waters of the state;
354	314		17. "Wastewater" includes any substance, including sewage, that
355	315		contains any discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals,
356	316		or pollutants or contaminating chemicals or other contaminating
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357	344		wastes from domestic, munic ipal, commercial, industrial,
358	345		agricultural, manufacturing or other forms of industry;
359	346		18. "Wastewater treatment " means any method, technique or
360	347		process used to remove pollutants from wastewater or sludge to the
361	348		extent that the wastewater or sludge may be reused, discharged into
362	349		waters of the state or otherwise disposed and includes, but is not
363	350		limited to, the utilization of mec hanized works, surface
364	351		impoundments and lagoons, aeration, evaporation, best management
365	352		practices (BMPs), buffer strips, crop remov al or trapping,
366	353		constructed wetlands, digesters or other devices or methods.
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394	355		purification of drinking water;
395	356		19. "Wastewater treatment system " means treatment works and all
396	357		related pipelines or conduits, pumping stations and force mains, and
397	358		all other appurtenances and devices used for collecting, treating,
398	359		conducting or discharging wastewater;
399	360		20. "Waters of the state" means all streams, lakes, ponds,
400	361		marshes, watercourses, waterways, w ells, springs, irrigation
401	362		systems, drainage systems, storm sewers and all other bodies or
402	363		accumulations of water, surface and underground, natural or
403	364		artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow
404	365		through, or border upon this state or any portion thereof, and shall
405	366		include under all circumstances the waters of the United States
406	367		which are contained within the bou ndaries of, flow through or border
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407	395		upon this state or any portion thereof. Provided, waste treatment
408	396		systems, including treatment ponds or lagoons designed to meet
409	397		federal and state requirements other than cooling ponds as defined
410	398		in the Clean Water Act o r rules promulgated thereto and prior
411	399		converted cropland are not waters of the state ; and
412	400		21. "Wellhead protection area" means the surface and subsurface
413	401		area surrounding a water well or wellfield supplying a public water
414	402		system that defines the extent of the area from which water is
415	403		supplied to such water well or wellfield.
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444	406		Section 1-3-101. A. The provisions of this section specify the
445	407		jurisdictional areas of responsibility for each state environmental
446	408		agency and state agencies with limited environmental responsibility.
447	409		The jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility specified
448	410		in this section shall be in addition to those otherwise pro vided by
449	411		law and assigned to the specific state environmental agency;
450	412		provided that any rule, inte ragency agreement or executive or der
451	413		enacted or entered into prior to the effective date of this section
452	414		which conflicts with the assignment of jurisdictional environmental
453	415		responsibilities specified by this section is hereby superseded.
454	416		The provisions of this subsection shall not nullif y any financial
455	417		obligation arising from services rendered pursuant to any
456	418		interagency agreement or executive order entered in to prior to July
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457	446		1, 1993, nor nullify any obligations or agreements with private
458	447		persons or parties entered into with any state env ironmental agency
459	448		before July 1, 1993.
460	449		B. Department of Environmental Quality. The Department of
461	450		Environmental Quality shal l have the following jurisdictional areas
462	451		of environmental responsibility:
463	452		1. All point source di scharges of pollutants and storm water to
464	453		waters of the state which originate from municipal, industrial,
465	454		commercial, mining, transportation and utilities, co nstruction,
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493	456		manufacturing and oth er sources, facilities and activi ties, except
494	457		as provided in subsections D and E of this section;
495	458		2. All nonpoint source discharges and pollution except as
496	459		provided in subsections D, E and F of this section;
497	460		3. Technical lead agency for point source, non point source and
498	461		storm water pollution control programs funded under Section 106 of
499	462		the federal Clean Water Act, for areas within the Department 's
500	463		jurisdiction as provided in this subsection;
501	464		4. Surface water and groundwater quality and protection and
502	465		water quality certifications;
503	466		5. Waterworks and wastewater works operator certification;
504	467		6. Public and private water supplies;
505	468		7. Underground injection contro l pursuant to the federal Safe
506	469		Drinking Water Act and 40 CFR Parts 144 through 148, except for:
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508	498		b. Class V injection wells utilized in the remediation of
509	499		groundwater associated with underground or aboveground
510	500		storage tanks regulated by the Corporation Commission,
511	501		c. those wells used for the recovery, injection or
512	502		disposal of mineral brines as defined in th e Oklahoma
513	503		Brine Development Act regulated by the Commission, and
514	504		d. any aspect of any CO2 sequestration facility,
515	505		including any associated CO2 injection well, over
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542	506		which the Commission is given jurisdiction pursuant to
543	507		the Oklahoma Carbon Capture and Geol ogic Sequestration
544	508		Act;
545	509		8. Notwithstanding any other provision in this section or other
546	510		environmental jurisdiction statute, sole and exclusive jurisdiction
547	511		for air quality under the federal Clean Air Act and applicable sta te
548	512		law, except for indoor air qua lity and asbestos as regulated for
549	513		worker safety by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act and
550	514		by Chapter 11 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
551	515		9. Hazardous waste and solid waste, including industrial,
552	516		commercial and municipal waste;
553	517		10. Superfund responsibilities of the state under the
554	518		Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
555	519		of 1980 and amendments thereto, except the planning requirements of
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556	547		Title III of the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of
557	548		1986;
558	549		11. Radioactive waste and all regulatory activities for the use
559	550		of atomic energy and sources of radiation except for electronic
560	551		products used for diagnosis by diagnostic x-ray facilities and
561	552		electronic products used for bomb d etection by public safety bomb
562	553		squads within law enforcement agencies of this state or within law
563	554		enforcement agencies of any political subdivision of this st ate;
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591	556		but not limited to, septic tan ks or other public or private was te
592	557		disposal systems;
593	558		13. Emergency response as specified by law;
594	559		14. Environmental laboratory services and laboratory
595	560		certification;
596	561		15. Hazardous substances other than branding, package and
597	562		labeling requirements;
598	563		16. Freshwater wellhead protection;
599	564		17. Groundwater protection for activities subject to the
600	565		jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility of the
601	566		Department;
602	567		18. Utilization and enforcement of Oklahoma Water Quality
603	568		Standards and implementation documen ts;
604	569		19. Environmental regulation of any entity or activity, and the
605	570		prevention, control and abatement of any pollution, not subject to
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606	598		the specific statutory authority of another state environmental
607	599		agency;
608	600		20. Development and maintenance of a computeriz ed information
609	601		system relating to water quality pursuant to Section 1-4-107 of this
610	602		title;
611	603		21. Development and promulgation of a Water Quality Standards
612	604		Implementation Plan pursuant to Section 1-1-202 of this title for
613	605		its jurisdictional area of environme ntal responsibility; and
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641	607		necessary for the implementation of Oklahoma Groundwater Quality
642	608		Standards to the extent that the implementation of such standards
643	609		are within the scope of the Department 's jurisdiction, including but
644	610		not limited to the establishment of points of compliance when
645		-	warranted;
646		-	23. Mining regulation;
647		-	24. Mining reclamation of active mines;
648		-	25. Groundwater protection for activities subject to the
649		-	jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility of the
650		-	Department; and
651		-	26. Development and promulg ation of a Water Quality Standards
652		-	Implementation Plan pursuant to Section 1-1-202 of this title for
653		-	its jurisdictional areas of responsibility.
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654	612		C. Oklahoma Water Resources Board. The Oklahoma Wate r
655	613		Resources Board shall have the following jurisdictional areas of
656	614		environmental responsibility:
657	615		1. Water quantity including, but not limited to, water rights,
658	616		surface water and underground water, planning, and interstate stream
659	617		compacts;
660	618		2. Weather modification;
661	619		3. Dam safety;
662	620		4. Flood plain management;
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689	648		5. State water/wastewater loans and grants revolving fund and
690	649		other related financial aid programs;
691	650		6. Administration of the federal State Revolving Fund Program
692	651		including, but not limited to, making application for and receiving
693	652		capitalization grant awards, wastewater prioritization for funding,
694	653		technical project reviews, enviro nmental review process, and
695	654		financial review and administration;
696	655		7. Water well drillers/pump installers licensing;
697	656		8. Technical lead agency for clean lakes eligible for funding
698	657		under Section 314 of the federal Clean Water Act or other applicable
699	658		sections of the federal Clean Water Act or other subsequent state
700	659		and federal clean lakes programs; administration of a state program
701	660		for assessing, monitoring, studying and restoring Oklahoma lakes
702	661		with administration to include, but not be limited to, receipt an d
703	662		expenditure of funds from federal, state and private sources for
704	663		clean lakes and implementation of a volunteer monitoring p rogram to
705	664		assess and monitor state water resources, provided such funds from
706	665		federal Clean Water A ct sources are administered and d isbursed by
707	666		the Office of the Secretary of Environment;
708	667		9. Except as set forth in paragraph 22 of subsection B of this
709	668		section, statewide water quality standards and their accompanying
710	669		use support assessment protocols, ant i-degradation policy and
711	670		implementation, and policies generally affecting Oklahoma Water
712	671		Quality Standards application and implementation including but not
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739	699		limited to mixing zones, low flows and variances or any modification
740	700		or change thereof pursuant to S ection 1085.30 of Title 82 of the
741	701		Oklahoma Statutes;
742	702		10. Groundwater protection for activities subject to the
743	703		jurisdictional areas of environmental responsib ility of the Board;
744	704		11. Development and promulgation of a Water Quality Standards
745	705		Implementation Plan pursuant to Section 1-1-202 of this title for
746	706		its jurisdictional area of environmental responsibility;
747	707		12. Development of classifications and identifica tion of
748	708		permitted uses of groundwater, in recognized water rights, and
749	709		associated groundwater rech arge areas;
750	710		13. Establishment an d implementation of a statewide beneficial
751	711		use monitoring program for waters of the state in coordination with
752	712		the other state environmental agencies;
753	713		14. Coordination with other state environmental agencies and
754	714		other public entities of water resource inv estigations conducted by
755	715		the federal United States Geological Survey for water quality and
756	716		quantity monitoring in the state; and
757	717		15. Development and submission of a report concerning the
758	718		status of water quality monitoring in this state pursuant to Section
759	719		1-1-202 of this title.
760	720		D. Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.
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787	748		1. The Oklahoma Department of Agricultur e, Food, and Forestry
788	749		shall have the following jurisdictional areas of environmental
789	750		responsibility except as provided in paragraph 2 of this subsection:
790	751		a. point source discharges and nonpoint source runoff
791	752		from agricultural crop production, agricultural
792	753		services, livestock production, silviculture, feed
793	754		yards, livestock markets and animal waste,
794	755		b. pesticide control,
795	756		c. forestry and nurseries,
796	757		d. fertilizer,
797	758		e. facilities which store grain, feed, seed, fertilizer
798	759		and agricultural chemicals,
799	760		f. dairy waste and wastewater associated with milk
800	761		production facilities,
801	762		g. groundwater protection for activiti es subject to the
802	763		jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility
803	764		of the Department,
804	765		h. utilization and enforcement of Oklahoma Water Quality
805	766		Standards and implementation documents,
806	767		i. development and promulgation of a Water Quality
807	768		Standards Implementation Plan pursuant to Section 1 -1-
808	769		202 of this title for its jurisdictional areas of
809	770		environmental responsibility, and
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836	798		j. storm water discharges for activiti es subject to the
837	799		jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility
838	800		of the Department.
839	801		2. In addition to the jurisdictional are as of environmental
840	802		responsibility specified in subsection B of this section, the
841	803		Department of Environmental Quality shall h ave environmental
842	804		jurisdiction over:
843	805		a. (1) commercial manufacturers of fertilizers, grain
844	806		and feed products, and chemicals, and ov er
845	807		manufacturing of food and kindred products,
846	808		tobacco, paper, lumber, wood, textile mill and
847	809		other agricultural products,
848	810		(2) slaughterhouses, but not including feedlots at
849	811		these facilities, and
850	812		(3) aquaculture and fish ha tcheries,
851	813		including, but not limi ted to, discharges of
852	814		pollutants and storm water to waters of the state,
853	815		surface impoundments and land application of wastes
854	816		and sludge, and other pollution originating at these
855	817		facilities, and
856	818		b. facilities which store gra in, feed, seed, fertilizer,
857	819		and agricultural chemicals that are required by
858	820		federal NPDES regulations to obtain a permit for storm
859	821		water discharges shall only be subject to the
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886	849		jurisdiction of the Department of Environmental
887	850		Quality with respect to such st orm water discharges.
888	851		E. Corporation Commission.
889	852		1. The Corporation Commission is hereby vested with exclusive
890	853		jurisdiction, power and authority, and it sha ll be its duty to
891	854		promulgate and enforce rules, and issue and enforce orders governing
892	855		and regulating:
893	856		a. the conservation of oil a nd gas,
894	857		b. field operations for geologic and geophysical
895	858		exploration for oil, gas and brine, including seismic
896	859		survey wells, stratigraphic test wells and core test
897	860		wells,
898	861		c. the exploration, drilling, development, producing or
899	862		processing for oil and gas on the lease site,
900	863		d. the exploration, drilling, development, production and
901	864		operation of wells used in connection with the
902	865		recovery, injection or disposal of mineral brines,
903	866		e. reclaiming facilities only for the processing o f salt
904	867		water, crude oil, natural gas condensate and tank
905	868		bottoms or basic sediment from crude oil tanks,
906	869		pipelines, pits and equipment associated with the
907	870		exploration, drilling, development, producing or
908	871		transportation of oil or gas,
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935	899		f. underground injection control pursuant to the federa l
936	900		Safe Drinking Water Act and 40 CFR Parts 144 through
937	901		148, of:
938	902		(1) Class II injection wells,
939	903		(2) Class V injection wells uti lized in the
940	904		remediation of groundwater associated with
941	905		underground or aboveground storage tanks
942	906		regulated by the Commission,
943	907		(3) those wells used for the recovery, injection or
944	908		disposal of mineral brines as defined in the
945	909		Oklahoma Brine Development Act, a nd
946	910		(4) any aspect of any CO2 sequestration facility,
947	911		including any associated CO2 injection well, over
948	912		which the Commission is give n jurisdiction
949	913		pursuant to the Oklahoma Carbon Capture and
950	914		Geologic Sequestration Act.
951	915		Any substance that the United States E nvironmental
952	916		Protection Agency allows to be injected into a Class
953	917		II well may continue to be so in jected,
954	918		g. tank farms for storage of crude oil and petroleum
955	919		products which are located outside the boundaries of
956	920		refineries, petrochemical manufacturing plan ts,
957	921		natural gas liquid extraction plants, or other
958	922		facilities which are subject to the jurisdictio n of
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985	950		the Department of Environmen tal Quality with regard to
986	951		point source discharges,
987	952		h. the construction and operation of pipelines and
988	953		associated rights-of-way, equipment, facilities or
989	954		buildings used in the transportation of oil, gas,
990	955		petroleum, petroleum products, anhydrous ammonia or
991	956		mineral brine, or in the treatment of oil, gas or
992	957		mineral brine during the course of transportation but
993	958		not including line pi pes in any:
994	959		(1) natural gas liquids extraction plant,
995	960		(2) refinery,
996	961		(3) reclaiming facility other than for those
997	962		specified within subparagraph e of this
998	963		subsection,
999	964		(4) mineral brine processing plant, and
1000	965		(5) petrochemical manufacturing plant,
1001	966		i. the handling, transportation, storage and disposition
1002	967		of saltwater, mineral brines, waste oil and other
1003	968		deleterious substances produced from or obtained or
1004	969		used in connection with the drilling, development,
1005	970		producing and operating of oil and gas wells, at:
1006	971		(1) any facility or activity specifically listed in
1007	972		paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection as being
1008	973
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1034	1000		subject to the jurisdiction of the Commi ssion,
1035	1001		and
1036	1002		(2) other oil and gas extraction facilities and
1037	1003		activities,
1038	1004		j. spills of deleterious substances associated with
1039	1005		facilities and activities specified in paragraph 1 of
1040	1006		this subsection or associated with other oil a nd gas
1041	1007		extraction facilities and activities,
1042	1008		k. subsurface storage of oil, natural gas and liquefied
1043	1009		petroleum gas in geologic strata,
1044	1010		l. groundwater protecti on for activities subject to the
1045	1011		jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility
1046	1012		of the Commission,
1047	1013		m. utilization and enforce ment of Oklahoma Water Quality
1048	1014		Standards and implementation documents, and
1049	1015		n. development and promulgation of a Water Quality
1050	1016		Standards Implementation Plan pursuant to Section 1-1-
1051	1017		202 of this title for its jurisdictional ar eas of
1052	1018		environmental responsibili ty.
1053	1019		2. The exclusive jurisdiction, power and authority of the
1054	1020		Commission shall also extend to the construction, operation,
1055	1021		maintenance, site remediation, closure and abandonment of the
1056	1022		facilities and activities described i n paragraph 1 of this
1057	1023		subsection.
1058	1024
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1084	1051		3. When a deleterious substance from a Commission-regulated
1085	1052		facility or activity enters a point source discharge of polluta nts
1086	1053		or storm water from a facility or activity regulated by the
1087	1054		Department of Environmental Qualit y, the Department shall have sole
1088	1055		jurisdiction over the point source discharge of the commingled
1089	1056		pollutants and storm water from the two facilities or activit ies
1090	1057		insofar as Department-regulated facilities and activities are
1091	1058		concerned.
1092	1059		4. The Commission an d the Department of Environmental Quality
1093	1060		are hereby authorized to obtain authorization from the Environmental
1094	1061		Protection Agency to administer, within their r espective
1095	1062		jurisdictions, any and all programs regulating oil and gas
1096	1063		discharges into the waters of this state. For purposes of the
1097	1064		federal Clean Water Act, any facility or activity which is subject
1098	1065		to the jurisdiction of the Commission pursuant to paragra ph 1 of
1099	1066		this subsection and any other oil and gas extraction facility or
1100	1067		activity which requires a permit for the discharge of a po llutant or
1101	1068		storm water to waters of the United States shall be subject to the
1102	1069		direct jurisdiction and permitting authority of the Oklahoma agency
1103	1070		having received delegation of this program from the Environmental
1104	1071		Protection Agency.
1105	1072		5. The Commission shall have jurisdiction over:
1106	1073		a. underground storage tanks that contain antifreeze,
1107	1074		motor oil, motor fuel, gasoline, kerosene, dies el, or
1108	1075
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1134	1102		aviation fuel and that are not located at refineries
1135	1103		or at the upstream or intermediate shi pment points of
1136	1104		pipeline operations, including, but not limited to,
1137	1105		tanks from which these materials are dispensed into
1138	1106		vehicles, or tanks used in wholesale o r bulk
1139	1107		distribution activities, as well as leaks from pumps,
1140	1108		hoses, dispensers, and other ancillar y equipment
1141	1109		associated with the t anks, whether above the ground or
1142	1110		below; provided, that any point source discharge of a
1143	1111		pollutant to waters of the United Sta tes during site
1144	1112		remediation or the off-site disposal of contaminated
1145	1113		soil, media, or debris shall be regulated by the
1146	1114		Department of Environmental Quality,
1147	1115		b. aboveground storage tanks that contain antifreeze,
1148	1116		motor oil, motor fuel, gasoline, kerosene, dies el, or
1149	1117		aviation fuel and that are not located at refineries
1150	1118		or at the upstream or intermediate shi pment points of
1151	1119		pipeline operations including, but not limited to,
1152	1120		tanks from which these materials are dispensed into
1153	1121		vehicles, or tanks used in wholesale or bulk
1154	1122		distribution activities, as well as leaks from pumps,
1155	1123		hoses, dispensers, and other ancillary equipment
1156	1124		associated with the ta nks, whether above the ground or
1157	1125		below; provided, that any point source discharge of a
1158	1126
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1184	1153		pollutant to waters of the United Stat es during site
1185	1154		remediation or the off-site disposal of contaminated
1186	1155		soil, media, or debris shall b e regulated by the
1187	1156		Department of Environmental Quality, and
1188	1157		c. the Petroleum Storage Tank Release Environmental
1189	1158		Cleanup Indemnity Fund, the Oklahoma Petroleum Storage
1190	1159		Tank Release Indemnity Program, and the Oklahoma
1191	1160		Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust F und.
1192	1161		6. The Department of Enviro nmental Quality shall have sole
1193	1162		jurisdiction to regulate the transportation, discharge or release of
1194	1163		deleterious substances o r solid or hazardous waste or other
1195	1164		pollutants from rolling stock and rail facilities. The Depart ment
1196	1165		of Environmental Quality sha ll not have any jurisdiction with
1197	1166		respect to pipeline transportation of carbon dioxide.
1198	1167		7. The Department of Environmental Q uality shall have sole
1199	1168		environmental jurisdiction for point and nonpoint source discharges
1200	1169		of pollutants and storm water to waters of the state from:
1201	1170		a. refineries, petrochemical manufacturing plants and
1202	1171		natural gas liquid extraction plants,
1203	1172		b. manufacturing of equipment and products related to oil
1204	1173		and gas,
1205	1174		c. bulk terminals, aboveground and undergroun d storage
1206	1175		tanks not subject to th e jurisdiction of the
1207	1176		Commission pursuant to this subsection, and
1208	1177
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1234	1204		d. other facilities, activities and sources not subject
1235	1205		to the jurisdiction of the Commission or the Oklahoma
1236	1206		Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry a s
1237	1207		specified by this section.
1238	1208		8. The Department of Environmental Quality shall have sole
1239	1209		environmental jurisdiction to regulate air emissions from all
1240	1210		facilities and sources subject to operating permit requirements
1241	1211		under Title V of the federal Clean Air Ac t as amended.
1242	1212		F. Oklahoma Conservation Commission. The Oklahoma Conservation
1243	1213		Commission shall have the following jurisdictional areas of
1244	1214		environmental responsibility:
1245	1215		1. Soil conservation, erosion control and nonpoint source
1246	1216		management except as otherwi se provided by law;
1247	1217		2. Monitoring, evaluation and assessment of waters to determine
1248	1218		the condition of streams and rivers being impacted by nonpoint
1249	1219		source pollution. In carrying out this area of responsibility, the
1250	1220		Oklahoma Conservation Commission shall s erve as the technical lead
1251	1221		agency for nonpoint source categories as defined in Section 319 of
1252	1222		the federal Clean Water Act or other subsequent federal or state
1253	1223		nonpoint source programs, except for activities related to
1254	1224		industrial and municipal storm water o r as otherwise provided by
1255	1225		state law;
1256	1226		3. Wetlands strategy;
1257	1227		4. Abandoned mine reclamation;
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1284	1255		5. Cost-share program for land use activities;
1285	1256		6. Assessment and conservation plan development and
1286	1257		implementation in watersheds of clean lakes, as specified by l aw;
1287	1258		7. Complaint data management ;
1288	1259		8. Coordination of environmental and natural resources
1289	1260		education;
1290	1261		9. Federal upstream flood control program;
1291	1262		10. Groundwater protection for activities subject to the
1292	1263		jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility of the
1293	1264		Commission;
1294	1265		11. Development and promulgation of a Water Quality Standards
1295	1266		Implementation Plan pursuant to Section 1-1-202 of this title for
1296	1267		its jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility;
1297	1268		12. Utilization of Oklahoma Water Quality Standa rds and
1298	1269		Implementation documents; and
1299	1270		13. Verification and certification of carbon sequestration
1300	1271		pursuant to the Oklahoma Carbon Sequestration Enhancement Ac t. This
1301	1272		responsibility shall not be superseded by the Oklahoma Carbon
1302	1273		Capture and Geologic Seques tration Act.
1303		-	G. Department of Mines. The Department of Mines shall have the
1304		-	following jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility:
	1274	+	G. Department of Mines Environmental Quality. The Department
	1275	+	of Mines Environmental Quality shall also have the following
	1276	+	jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility:
1305	1277		1. Mining regulation;
1306	1278		2. Mining reclamati on of active mines;
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1333	1306		3. Groundwater protection for activities subject to the
1334	1307		jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility of the
1335	1308		Commission; and
1336	1309		4. Development and promulg ation of a Water Quality Standards
1337	1310		Implementation Plan pursuant to Section 1 -1-202 of this title for
1338	1311		its jurisdictional areas of re sponsibility.
1339	1312		H. Department of Wildlife Conservation. The Department of
1340	1313		Wildlife Conservation shall have the following juri sdictional areas
1341	1314		of environmental responsibilities:
1342	1315		1. Investigating wildli fe kills;
1343	1316		2. Wildlife protection and seeking wildlife damage claims; and
1344	1317		3. Development and promulgation of a Water Quality Standards
1345	1318		Implementation Plan pursuant to Section 1 -1-202 of this title for
1346	1319		its jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibili ty.
1347		-	I~~. H~~. Department of Public Safety. The Department of Public
	1320	+	I. Department of Public Safety. The Department of Public
1348	1321		Safety shall have the following jurisdictional areas of
1349	1322		environmental responsibilities:
1350	1323		1. Hazardous waste, substanc es and material transportation
1351	1324		inspections as authorized by the Hazardous Ma terials Transportation
1352	1325		Act; and
1353	1326		2. Inspection and audit activities of hazardous waste and
1354	1327		materials carriers and handlers as authorized by the Hazardous
1355	1328		Materials Transportation A ct.
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1382		-	J. I. Department of Labor. The Department of Labor shall have
1383		-	the following jurisdictional area s of environmental responsibility :
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	1356	+	J. Department of Labor. The Department of Labor shall have the
	1357	+	following jurisdictional area s of environmental responsibility :
1384	1358		1. Regulation of asbestos in the workplace pursuant to Chapter
1385	1359		11 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
1386	1360		2. Asbestos monitoring in public and private buildings; and
1387	1361		3. Indoor air quality as regulat ed under the authority of the
1388	1362		Oklahoma Occupational Hea lth and Safety Standards Act, except for
1389	1363		those indoor air quality issues specifically authorized to be
1390	1364		regulated by another a gency.
1391	1365		Such programs shall be a function of the Department's
1392	1366		occupational safety and health jurisd iction.
1393		-	K~~. J~~. Oklahoma Department o f Emergency Management. The
1394		-	~~Oklahoma~~ Department of Emergency Management shall have the following
	1367	+	K. Oklahoma Department o f Emergency Management. The Oklahoma
	1368	+	Department of Emergency Management shall have the following
1395	1369		jurisdictional areas of env ironmental responsibilities:
1396	1370		1. Coordination of all emergency resources and activities
1397	1371		relating to threats to citizens' lives and property pursuant to the
1398	1372		Oklahoma Emergency Resources Management Act of 1967;
1399	1373		2. Administer and enforce the planning require ments of Title
1400	1374		III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 19 86 and
1401	1375		develop such other emergency operations plans that will enable the
1402	1376		state to prepare for, respond to, recover from and mitigate
1403	1377		potential environmental emergencies and disast ers pursuant to the
1404	1378		Oklahoma Hazardous Materials Planning and Notification A ct;
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1431	1406		3. Administer and conduct periodic exercises of em ergency
1432	1407		operations plans provided for in this subsection pursuant to the
1433	1408		Oklahoma Emergency Resources Management Act of 1967;
1434	1409		4. Administer and facilitate hazardous materials training for
1435	1410		state and local emergency planners and first responders pursuant to
1436	1411		the Oklahoma Emergency Resources Management Act of 1967; and
1437	1412		5. Maintain a computerized emergency information system
1438	1413		allowing state and local access to information regarding hazardous
1439	1414		materials' location, quantity and pot ential threat.
1440	1415		SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 27A O.S. 2021, Section 2-1-102, is
1441	1416		amended to read as follows:
1442	1417		Section 2-1-102. As used in the Oklahoma Environmental Quality
1443	1418		Code:
1444	1419		1. "Administrative hearing " means an individual proceeding,
1445	1420		held by the Department when auth orized by the provisions of this
1446	1421		Code and conducted pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act,
1447	1422		this Code and rules promul gated thereunder, for a purpose specified
1448	1423		by this Code. "Administrative hearing" includes "administrative
1449	1424		permit hearing", "enforcement hearing" and "administrative
1450	1425		enforcement hearing" within the context of this Code. An
1451	1426		"administrative hearing " shall be a quasi-judicial proceeding;
1452	1427		2. "Administrative Procedures Act " means the Oklahoma
1453	1428		Administrative Procedures Act;
1454	1429		3. "Board" means the Environmental Quality Board;
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1481	1457		4. "Code" means Chapter 2 of this title;
1482	1458		5. "Department" means the Department of Envir onmental Quality;
1483	1459		6. "Enforcement hearing" means an individual p roceeding
1484	1460		conducted pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, this Code
1485	1461		and rules promulgated thereunder, for the purpose of enforcing the
1486	1462		provisions of this Code, rules promulgated ther eunder and orders,
1487	1463		permits or licenses issued pursuant thereto. The term
1488	1464		"administrative hearing" shall mean the same as "enforcement
1489	1465		hearing" when held for enforcement purposes. An "enforcement
1490	1466		hearing" shall be a quasi-judicial proceeding;
1491	1467		7. "Environment" includes the air, land, wildlife, and waters
1492	1468		of the state;
1493	1469		8. "Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the
1494	1470		Department of Environmental Quality;
1495	1471		9. "Industrial wastewater treatment permit" shall mean permits
1496	1472		issued by the Department afte r July 1, 1993, under Section 2-6-501
1497	1473		of Title 27A of the Oklahom a Statutes this title, and waste disposal
1498	1474		permits issued on or before June 30 , 1993, by the Oklahoma Water
1499	1475		Resources Board for land application of industrial waste or surface
1500	1476		impoundments or disposal sy stems for industrial waste or wastewater;
1501	1477		10. "Nonpoint source" means the contaminatio n of the
1502	1478		environment with a pollutant for wh ich the specific point of origin
1503	1479		may not be well defined;
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1530	1507		11. "Person" means an individual, association, partnership,
1531	1508		firm, company, public trust, corporation, joint-stock company,
1532	1509		trust, estate, municipality, s tate or federal agency, other
1533	1510		governmental entity, any other legal entity or an agent, employee,
1534	1511		representative, assignee or successor thereof;
1535	1512		12. "Pollution" means the presence in the environment of any
1536	1513		substance, contaminant or po llutant, or any other alteration of the
1537	1514		physical, chemical or biol ogical properties of the environment or
1538	1515		the release of any liquid, gaseous or solid substance into the
1539	1516		environment in quantit ies which are or will likely create a nuisance
1540	1517		or which render or will likely render th e environment harmful or
1541	1518		detrimental or injurious to public health, safety or welfare, or to
1542	1519		domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or
1543	1520		other legitimate beneficial uses, or to livestock, wild animals,
1544	1521		birds, fish or other aquatic life , or to property;
1545	1522		13. "Public meeting" means a formal public forum, held by the
1546	1523		Department when authorized by the provisions of this Code, and
1547	1524		conducted by a presiding officer pursuant to the requirements of
1548	1525		this Code and rules promu lgated thereunder, at which an opportunity
1549	1526		is provided for the pre sentation of oral and written views within
1550	1527		reasonable time limits as determined by the presiding officer.
1551	1528		Views expressed at a "public meeting" shall be limited to the topic
1552	1529		or topics specified by this Code for such meeting. "Public meeting"
1553	1530		shall mean a "public hearing" when held pursuant to requirements of
1554	1531
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1580	1558		the Code of Federal Regulations or the Oklahoma Pollutant Discharge
1581	1559		Elimination System Act, and shall be synonymous with "formal public
1582	1560		meeting" and "informal public meeting" as used within the contex t of
1583	1561		this Code and rules promulgated thereunder. A "public meeting"
1584	1562		shall not be a quasi-judicial proceeding;
1585	1563		14. "State environmental agency" includes the:
1586	1564		a. Oklahoma Water Resources Boa rd,
1587	1565		b. Oklahoma Corporation Commission,
1588	1566		c. State Oklahoma Department of Agriculture , Food, and
1589	1567		Forestry,
1590	1568		d. Oklahoma Conservation Commission,
1591	1569		e. Department of Wildlife Conservation,
1592	1570		f. Department of Mines,
1593	1571		g. Department of Public Safety,
1594	1572		h. g. Department of Labor,
1595	1573		i. h. Department of Enviro nmental Quality, and
1596	1574		j. i. Oklahoma Department of Civil Emergency Management; and
1597	1575		15. "Waters of the state" means all streams, lakes, ponds,
1598	1576		marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, ir rigation
1599	1577		systems, drainage systems, storm sewers and all other bodies or
1600	1578		accumulations of water, surface and underground, natural o r
1601	1579		artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow
1602	1580		through, or border upon this state or any portion thereof, and shall
1603	1581		include under all circumstances the waters of the United States
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1630	1609		which are contained within the boundaries of, flow throug h or border
1631	1610		upon this state or any portion thereof.
1632	1611		SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 27A O.S. 2021, Section 2 -3-110, is
1633	1612		amended to read as follows:
1634	1613		Section 2-3-110. A. The Department of Environmental Quality
1635	1614		Executive Director shall submit an application to the Speaker of the
1636	1615		House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate
1637	1616		for the sale of the headquarters building and connected
1638	1617		appurtenances of the Department located at 707 N. Robinson in
1639	1618		downtown Oklahoma City. The Commissioners of the Land Office shall
1640	1619		be responsible for the sale of the building. The funds from the
1641	1620		sale of the building sh all be deposited in the Commissioners of the
1642	1621		Land Office Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 1011 of Title
1643	1622		64 of the Oklahoma Statutes. However, the sale of the building
1644	1623		shall not proceed if the Commissioners of the Land Office determine
1645	1624		the proceeds offered for the building are not financially
1646	1625		sufficient.
1647	1626		B. The Department of Environmental Quality, Oklahoma Tourism
1648	1627		and Recreation Department, State Department of Health, Oklahoma Tax
1649	1628		Commission, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, and Oklahoma Department
1650	1629		of Labor and Department of Mines , in addition to the other powers
1651	1630		and duties vested by Oklahoma law, s hall be authorized to relocate
1652	1631		agency offices to a site in Oklahoma County including but not
1653	1632		limited to buildings or units, as defined by the Unit Owner ship
1654	1633
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1680	1660		Estate Act provided in Section 503 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma
1681	1661		Statutes, owned by the Commissioners of the Land Office.
1682	1662		C. The new office location or locations shall be occupied by
1683	1663		the Department of Environmental Quality, Oklahoma Tourism and
1684	1664		Recreation Department, State Department of Health, Oklah oma Tax
1685	1665		Commission, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, and Oklahoma Department
1686	1666		of Labor and Department of Mines and shall consist of sufficient
1687	1667		square footage to accommodate staff offices, program areas, staff
1688	1668		conference areas, records and computer areas, gen eral storage areas,
1689	1669		security equipment storage areas, m ain room, reception areas and
1690	1670		other necessary areas for operation of the state agencies.
1691	1671		D. The Department of Environmental Quality, Oklahoma Tourism
1692	1672		and Recreation Department, State Department of Hea lth, Oklahoma Tax
1693	1673		Commission, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, and Oklahoma Department
1694	1674		of Labor and Department of Mines are authorized to purchase real
1695	1675		estate including but not limited to buildings or units, for no more
1696	1676		than appraised value or, in the alter native, the Executive Director
1697	1677		of the Department of Env ironmental Quality, Executive Director of
1698	1678		the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, Oklahoma Tax
1699	1679		Commission, Oklahoma Water Resources Board , and Commissioner of
1700	1680		Labor and Oklahoma Mining Commissi on are authorized to enter into a
1701	1681		lease-purchase agreement for the acquisition of such buildings or
1702	1682		units from the person or entity that will develop or build the
1703	1683		buildings or units. In order to maintain th e value of the purchased
1704	1684
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1730	1711		or lease-purchase property, each state agency identified in this
1731	1712		section may establish a Capital Account Fund for the purpose of
1732	1713		paying any proportionate share of common area maintenance, repair
1733	1714		and maintenance of agency unit(s), f ixtures and appliances contained
1734	1715		therein, improvements and betterments for agency unit(s) and all
1735	1716		required maintenance and repair work. The fund shall be a
1736	1717		continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall
1737	1718		consist of monies transferred fr om the agency's standard
1738	1719		appropriations. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are
1739	1720		hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the agency
1740	1721		for the purpose described in this section. For the purposes of the
1741	1722		purchase or build-out of the new office location, the state agencies
1742	1723		identified in this section are hereby exempted from the requirem ents
1743	1724		of the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974 as provided in
1744	1725		Sections 101 through 139 of Title 61 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The
1745	1726		state agencies identified in this section shall, either individuall y
1746	1727		or through the Commissioners of the Land Office, be r equired to
1747	1728		collect multiple bids from qualified contractors for the build-out
1748	1729		of new office locations.
1749	1730		SECTION 6. AMENDATORY 27A O.S. 2021, Section 2-6-111, is
1750	1731		amended to read as follows:
1751	1732		Section 2-6-111. A. For purposes of this section, a "subject
1752	1733		mine" shall mean a mine, as defined in paragraph 2 of Section 723 of
1753	1734		Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes, proposed for a location overlying
1754	1735
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1780	1762		a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or subbasin, exclusive of
1781	1763		any mine that meets at least one of the following conditions:
1782	1764		1. As of November 1, 2019, is engaged in the permitted
1783	1765		extraction of minerals from natural deposits; or
1784	1766		2. Satisfies the criteria of paragraph 1 or 2 of subsection C
1785	1767		of Section 1020.2 of Title 82 o f the Oklahoma Statutes; or
1786	1768		3. Is not to be permitted to operate for a period of more than
1787	1769		five (5) years, with no extensions or renewals; or
1788	1770		4. The operation of which will not result in more than five (5)
1789	1771		acre-feet per year of groundwater emanating from a sensitive sole
1790	1772		source groundwater basin or subbasin to infiltrate its pit, as that
1791	1773		term is defined in paragraph 12 of Section 723 of Title 45 of the
1792	1774		Oklahoma Statutes.
1793	1775		B. Due to the inadequacy of existing technical resources,
1794	1776		analytic tools and regulat ory systems for purposes of the effective
1795	1777		implementation of statutes relating to the operation of mines that
1796	1778		overlies a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or subbasin, the
1797	1779		Legislature hereby declares and establishes a moratorium on the
1798	1780		Department of Environmental Quality permitting of any discharge from
1799	1781		a subject mine to streams fed or supported by water emanating from
1800	1782		sensitive sole source groundwater basins or subbasins.
1801	1783		C. The moratorium shall remain in effect until such time as:
1802	1784		1. The conditions of subsection C of Section 3 1020.9C of this
1803	1785		act Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes have been satisfied; and
1804	1786
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1830	1813		2. The Department of Environmental Quality promulgates final
1831	1814		rules to provide for effective interagency consultation and
1832	1815		coordination of activities among the Department , and the Oklahoma
1833	1816		Water Resources Board and the Department of Mines on all
1834	1817		administrative matters relating to the operation of mines at
1835	1818		locations that overlie a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or
1836	1819		subbasin.
1837	1820		D. Notwithstanding the moratorium, the Department of
1838	1821		Environmental Quality may issue any new permits, permit
1839	1822		modifications, permit amendments, permit revisions or permit
1840	1823		renewals necessary to maintain compliance or remedy id entified
1841	1824		compliance issues pursuant to Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes
1842	1825		this title to operators of any mines lawfully engaged in mining, as
1843	1826		defined in paragraph 3 of Section 723 of Title 45 of the Oklahoma
1844	1827		Statutes.
1845	1828		E. The Department of Environmental Quality is he reby authorized
1846	1829		and instructed to promulgate rules to implement the pr ovisions of
1847	1830		this section.
1848	1831		F. The Department of Environmental Quality is hereby authorized
1849	1832		to cooperate with federal, tribal and any other agency in this state
1850	1833		in performing its responsi bilities under this section.
1851	1834		SECTION 7. AMENDATORY 27A O.S. 2021, Section 4-1-102, is
1852	1835		amended to read as follows:
1853	1836
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1879	1863		Section 4-1-102. For purposes of the Oklahoma Emergency
1880	1864		Response Act:
1881	1865		1. "State environmental agency " includes:
1882	1866		a. the Oklahoma Water Resources Board,
1883	1867		b. the Corporation Commission,
1884	1868		c. the State Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food,
1885	1869		and Forestry,
1886	1870		d. the Oklahoma Conservation Commission,
1887	1871		e. the Department of Wildlife Conservation,
1888	1872		f. the Department of Mines and Mining,
1889	1873		g. the Department of Public Sa fety,
1890	1874		h. g. the Department of Labor,
1891	1875		i. h. the Department of Env ironmental Quality, and
1892	1876		j. i. the Oklahoma Department of Civil Emergency Management;
1893	1877		2. "Lead official" means the person designated by the contact
1894	1878		agency to be the official in charge of the on -site management of the
1895	1879		emergency;
1896	1880		3. "Emergency" means a sudden and unforeseeable occurrence or
1897	1881		condition either as to its onset or as to its extent, of such
1898	1882		severity or magnitude that immediate emergency response o r action is
1899	1883		necessary to preserve the health and s afety of the public or
1900	1884		environment or to preserve property;
1901	1885		4. "Dangerous substance" means explosives, gases, flammable
1902	1886		liquids and solids, poisons, radioactive materials, hazardous
1903	1887
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1929	1914		materials, deleterious substances, oil, or other substance or
1930	1915		material in a quantity or form capable of posing an unreasonable
1931	1916		risk to public health and safety, property or to the environment;
1932	1917		5. "Release" means a leakage, seepage, discharge, emission or
1933	1918		escaping of a dangerous substance into the environment of the state;
1934	1919		6. "Extreme emergency" means any emergency which requires
1935	1920		immediate protective actions;
1936	1921		7. "Protective actions" are those steps deemed necessary by
1937	1922		first responders to an extreme emergency to preserve the hea lth and
1938	1923		safety of the emergency responders, the pu blic and the protection of
1939	1924		the environment and property during an incident involving the
1940	1925		release of a dangerous substance. Protective actions include but
1941	1926		are not limited to area isolation, evacuation, dilu tion, cooling,
1942	1927		encapsulation, chemical treatment a nd diking;
1943	1928		8. "First responder" means the first person to arrive at the
1944	1929		scene of an incident involving the release of a dangerous substance
1945	1930		who has the authority by virtue of that person 's position as a local
1946	1931		law enforcement officer, peace officer, fire p rotection officer or
1947	1932		Oklahoma Highway Patrol Officer or other law enforcement officer;
1948	1933		9. "Contact agency" means a municipality, fire department or
1949	1934		the Oklahoma Highway Patrol as determined by the location of an
1950	1935		incident as follows:
1951	1936		Location Contact Agency
1952	1937		a. Inside corporate municipal Municipal Fire
1953	1938
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1979	1965		limits Department
1980	1966		b. Outside corporate Closest Municipal
1981	1967		limits on private property Fire Department
1982	1968		c. Outside corporate limits Oklahoma Highway
1983	1969		on federal/state highway, Patrol;
1984	1970		public property, county road,
1985	1971		or a railroad;
1986	1972		10. "Responsible party" means any person who owned, operated,
1987	1973		or otherwise controlled activities at the facility at the time the
1988	1974		incident or event involving releases of dangerous substances
1989	1975		requiring protective actions occurred; and
1990	1976		11. "Facility" means:
1991	1977		a. any building, structure, installation, equipment, pipe
1992	1978		or pipeline, including any pipe into a sewer or
1993	1979		publicly owned treatment works, well, pit, pond,
1994	1980		lagoon, impoundment, ditch, landfi ll, storage
1995	1981		container, motor vehicle, rolling stoc k, or aircraft,
1996	1982		or
1997	1983		b. any site or area where a hazardous substance has been
1998	1984		deposited, stored, disposed of, or placed, or
1999	1985		otherwise came to be located, or
2000	1986		c. any vessel, including every description of water craft
2001	1987		or other artificial conveyance used, or capa ble of
2002	1988		being used, as a means of transportation on water.
2003	1989
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2029	2016		SECTION 8. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 2021, Section 7-401a, is
2030	2017		amended to read as follows:
2031	2018		Section 7-401a. A. Any person, firm o r corporation who
2032	2019		violates any provision of or fails to perform any duty im posed by a
2033	2020		state environmental regulatory agency pursuant to the Oklahoma
2034	2021		Statutes or rules promulgated thereto, which violation causes the
2035	2022		death of fish or other wildlife, shall in addition to the penalties
2036	2023		provided by law be liable to pay the state an am ount equal to the
2037	2024		sum of money reasonably necessary to restock such waters. Su ch
2038	2025		liability shall include replacement cost of fish killed, based on
2039	2026		the most recent fish values as of ficially published by the American
2040	2027		Fishery Society, Southern Division, all other costs required for
2041	2028		such restocking, including but not limited to shipment and handling,
2042	2029		or replenish such wildlife and all cost incurred in investigating,
2043	2030		locating or establis hing the responsible person, firm or corporation
2044	2031		as determined by the Oklah oma Wildlife Conservation Commission.
2045	2032		B. Such amount may be recovered by a sta te environmental
2046	2033		regulatory agency on behalf of the state in a civil action brought
2047	2034		in the district court with all such monies being provided to the
2048	2035		Oklahoma Wildlife Conservati on Commission. The Oklahoma Wildlife
2049	2036		Conservation Commission shall reimburse t he state environmental
2050	2037		regulatory agency issuing the violation for all expenses incurred.
2051	2038		C. For purposes of this section, a "state environmental
2052	2039		regulatory agency" is defined as the State Oklahoma Department of
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2079	2067		Agriculture, Food, and Forestry , the Oklahoma Corporation
2080	2068		Commission, the Department of Environmental Quality, the Department
2081	2069		of Mines and the Department of Public Safety.
2082	2070		SECTION 9. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1.2, is
2083	2071		amended to read as follows:
2084	2072		Section 1.2 A. Whenever the Board Department of Environmental
2085	2073		Quality determines there are reasonable grounds to believe there has
2086	2074		been a violation of any order of the Board Department adopted
2087	2075		pursuant to Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title, it shall
2088	2076		give written notice to the alleged violator specifying the cause of
2089	2077		the complaint. Such notice shall require that the matters
2090	2078		complained of be corrected within a specified time or that the
2091	2079		alleged violator appear befor e the Board Department at a time and
2092	2080		place specified in the notice to answer the charges. The notice
2093	2081		shall be delivered to the alleged violator in accordance with the
2094	2082		provisions of subsection C of this section not less than twe nty (20)
2095	2083		days before the time set for the hearing.
2096	2084		B. The Board Department shall afford the alleged violator an
2097	2085		opportunity for a hearing in conformity with the Administrative
2098	2086		Procedures Act. On the basis of the evidence produced at the
2099	2087		hearing, the Board Department shall make findings of fact and
2100	2088		conclusions of law and enter an order thereon. The Board Department
2101	2089		shall give written notice of such order to the alleged violator.
2102	2090		The order of the Board Department shall become final and binding on
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2129	2118		all parties unless a ppealed to the district court within thirty (30)
2130	2119		days after notice of such order has been sent to the parties.
2131	2120		C. Any notice, order or other instrument issued by the Board
2132	2121		Department pursuant to this section may be served either per sonally,
2133	2122		by publication, or by mailing a copy by registered mail directed to
2134	2123		the alleged violator at his last -known address as shown by the files
2135	2124		or records of the Board Department. Proof of such service shall be
2136	2125		filed in the office of the Board Department.
2137	2126		D. Unless otherwise specified by law, any person who violates
2138	2127		any of the provisions of Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes this
2139	2128		title or who violates any order or determination of the Board
2140	2129		Department promulgated pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a
2141	2130		misdemeanor and in addition theret o may be enjoined from continuing
2142	2131		such violation. Each day upon which such violation occurs shall
2143	2132		constitute a separate violation.
2144	2133		The Attorney General, on the request of the Board Department,
2145	2134		shall bring an action against any person violating any order o r
2146	2135		determination of the Board Department adopted pursuant to Title 45
2147	2136		of the Oklahoma Stat utes this title.
2148	2137		SECTION 10. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1.3, is
2149	2138		amended to read as follows:
2150	2139		Section 1.3 A. All hearings required by the Board Department
2151	2140		of Environmental Quality may be conducted by the Board Department
2152		-	itself at a regular or special meeting of the Board or the Board
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	2170	+	the power and author ity to conduct such hearings in the name of the
	2171	+	Board Department at any time and place.
2182	2172		B. Any person aggrieved b y a final order or other final
2183	2173		determination of the Board Department may, or the Attorney General
2184	2174		on behalf of the state may, petition for a judicial review for
2185	2175		rehearing, reopening or reconsideration of the matter, as provided
2186	2176		for in Section 317 of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
2187	2177		SECTION 11. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1.4, is
2188	2178		amended to read as follows:
2189	2179		Section 1.4 The Chief Mine Inspector Executive Director of the
2190	2180		Department of Environment al Quality or his or her duly authorized
2191	2181		representative shall have the power to enter at reasonable times
2192	2182		upon any private or public property for the purpose of inspecting
2193	2183		and investigating conditions relating to the health and safety of
2194	2184		anyone employed in a mine in thi s state or to carry out its duties
2195	2185		as required by this title.
2196	2186		The Board Department of Environmental Quality may require the
2197	2187		maintenance of records relating to mining. Copi es of such records
2198	2188		shall be submitted to the Board Department on request.
2199	2189		SECTION 12. AMENDATORY 45 O. S. 2021, Section 1.5, is
2200	2190		amended to read as follows:
2201	2191		Section 1.5 The Board Department of Environmental Quality shall
2202	2192		adopt within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the effective date
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2232		-	of persons employed in the mines of this state.
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	2222	+	and such other regulations it may deem necessary to protect the
	2223	+	health and safety of persons employed in the mines of this state.
2233	2224		SECTION 13. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Sect ion 1a, is
2234	2225		amended to read as follows:
2235	2226		Section 1a. A. The Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of
2236	2227		Environmental Quality shall be the policy-determining agency for the
2237	2228		Department Division of Mines and shall determine the broad plans and
2238	2229		programs for the accomplishment of duties and responsibilities
2239	2230		vested by law in said Commission, the Chief Mine Inspector
2240	2231		Department and the Department Division of Mines, and may in the
2241	2232		absence of an appointed Chief Mine Inspector, fix the duties and
2242	2233		responsibilities of personnel employed by the Department Division of
2243	2234		Mines including, in the absence of an appointed Chief Mine
2244	2235		Inspector, the Division Director of the Department Division of
2245	2236		Mines. It The Department shall have the authority to de legate to
2246	2237		its chairman, to one or more agents or employees, such powers and
2247	2238		duties as it may deem proper. Each member of the Commission shall
2248	2239		be reimbursed for actual and necessary travel expenses neces sarily
2249	2240		incurred in the discharge of official duties a s provided in the
2250	2241		State Travel Reimbursement Act.
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2277	2269		B. In addition to other powers and duties specified by law, the
2278	2270		Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of Environmen tal Quality shall
2279	2271		have the power and duty to:
2280	2272		1. Acquire by gift, devise, purchase or oth erwise, absolutely
2281	2273		or in trust, and to hold and, unless otherwise restricted by the
2282	2274		terms of the gift or devise, any real property or real estate or
2283	2275		other interest therein as may be necessary in carrying into effect
2284	2276		the purpose of this act .; and
2285	2277		2. Enter into contracts and to execute all instruments
2286	2278		necessary to fulfill its duties, respecting the protection,
2287	2279		preservation, maintenance and operation of such buildings and sites
2288	2280		as it may select.
2289		-	SECTION 14. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1c, is
	2281	+	SECTION 14. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Sectio n 1b, is
	2282	+	amended to read as follows:
	2283	+	Section 1b. The chief executive officer of the Department
	2284	+	Division of Mines shall be the Chief Mine Inspector Division
	2285	+	Director. In the absence of an appointed Chief Mine Inspector the
	2286	+	chief executive officer shall be the Director who shall be appointed
	2287	+	by the Oklahoma Mining Commission and who shall serve at the
	2288	+	pleasure of said Commission and fix his or her duties an d
	2289	+	compensation. The Division Director shall be chosen with regard to
	2290	+	his or her knowledge, training, experience and ability in
	2291	+	administering the functions of the Department Division of Mines. No
	2292	+	person shall be appointed Division Director who has not been a
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	2321	+	least three (3) years pr eceding appointment. The term "Chief Mine
	2322	+	Inspector" appearing in the Oklahoma Statutes shall mean the
	2323	+	"Division Director of the Division of Mines".
	2324	+	SECTION 15. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1c, is
2290	2325		amended to read as follows:
2291	2326		Section 1c. Subject to the polic ies, rules and regulations of
2292	2327		the Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of Environmental Quality,
2293	2328		the Executive Director of the Department of Environmental Quality
2294	2329		shall:
2295	2330		1. Be responsible for organizing the Department Division of
2296	2331		Mines in a manner efficiently to achieve the objectives of the
2297	2332		Commission Department with regard to the Division;
2298	2333		2. Prepare and submit plans for administering t he programs of
2299	2334		the Commission Department administered by the Division;
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2327	2336		duties, appoint technicians and consultants, and fix salar ies or
2328	2337		compensation, upon approval by the Commission Department; and
2329	2338		4. Administer all policies formulated and adopted by the
2330	2339		Commission Department for implementation by the Divisi on.
2331		-	SECTION 15. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1 d, is
	2340	+	SECTION 16. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1 d, is
2332	2341		amended to read as follows:
2333	2342		Section 1d. A. The Division Director of the Department
2334		-	Division of Mines with the approval of the Commission Executive
2335		-	Director of the Department of Environmental Quality shall have and
2336		-	is authorized to exercise the following duties:
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	2371	+	Environmental Quality shall have and is authorized to exercise the
	2372	+	following duties:
2337	2373		1. To appoint a miner certification advisory council or other
2338	2374		such advisory council as may be required to accomplish government
2339	2375		functions; and
2340	2376		2. To provide assis tance, advice and counsel to the Commission
2341	2377		Department when requested.
2342	2378		B. Any advisory councils sha ll meet at such times and places as
2343	2379		the members may deem most convenient for the transaction of
2344	2380		business. A majority of such councils shall constitute a qu orum.
2345	2381		Each member of such councils shall be reimbursed for actual and
2346	2382		necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties with
2347	2383		approval of the Division Director and the Commission Department as
2348	2384		provided in the State Travel Re imbursement Act.
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	2385	+	SECTION 17. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1e, is
2376	2386		amended to read as follows:
2377	2387		Section 1e. A. There is hereby established the Oklahoma Miner
2378	2388		Training Institute. The Oklahoma Miner Training Insti tute shall
2379	2389		administer miner safety training pr ograms and economic development
2380	2390		programs to assist the mining industry in this state.
2381	2391		B. The Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of Environmental
2382	2392		Quality shall contract with the Board of Regents of Eastern O klahoma
2383	2393		State College in Wilburton for facilities, facult y and services
2384	2394		necessary for the operation of the Institute including, but not
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2386	2423		development of appropriate curriculum and other serv ices to be
2387	2424		offered by the Institute. The Regents of East ern Oklahoma State
2388	2425		College shall appoint a Director for the Oklahoma Miner Tra ining
2389	2426		Institute.
2390	2427		C. The Director of the Oklahoma Miner Training I nstitute shall
2391	2428		have knowledge, training, experience and ability consistent with the
2392	2429		functions of the Oklahoma Mi ner Training Institute. Further, the
2393	2430		Director shall have been a resident and a qualified elector of this
2394	2431		state for a period of at least three ( 3) years prior to his
2395	2432		selection as Director.
2396	2433		D. The Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of Environmental
2397	2434		Quality shall act in an advisory capacity concerning the operations
2398	2435		of the Oklahoma Miner Training Institute.
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2426	2437		amended to read as follows:
2427	2438		Section 1f. The Oklahoma Miner Training Institute shall:
2428	2439		1. Conduct miner safety training programs consistent with the
2429	2440		needs of the mining industry within this state and the training
2430	2441		requirements of the Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of
2431		-	Environmental Quality; ~~and~~
	2442	+	Environmental Quality;
2432	2443		2. Assist and cooperate with the Oklahoma Mining Commission
2433	2444		Department of Environmental Quality by conducting examinations of
2434	2445		students of the Oklahoma Miner Training Institute appl ying for
2435		-	certificates of competency issued by the Oklahoma Mining Commission;
2436		-	and
2437		-	3. Assist the Oklahoma Mining Commission in developing ways to
2438		-	expand existing markets and create new markets for coal and noncoal
2439		-	mining operations and to further the economic development of the
2440		-	mining industry Department.
2441		-	SECTION 18. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 2, is
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	2474	+	Department; and
	2475	+	3. Assist the Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of
	2476	+	Environmental Quality in developing ways to expand existing markets
	2477	+	and create new markets for coal and non coal mining operations and to
	2478	+	further the economic development of the mining ind ustry.
	2479	+	SECTION 19. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 2, is
2442	2480		amended to read as follows:
2443	2481		Section 2. A. No person shall act as a mine superintendent,
2444	2482		mine foreman, fire boss, shot-firer, certified surface bla ster,
2445	2483		hoisting engineer or miner without first having obtained a
2446	2484		certificate of competency from the Oklahoma Mining Commission
2447	2485		Department of Environmental Quality. No person shall employ such
2448	2486		mine superintendent, mine foreman, fire boss, shot-firer, certified
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2476	2488		certificate. Any person who violates the provisions of this
2477	2489		subsection, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than One
2478	2490		Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) or be imprisoned in the
2479	2491		county jail for a term not more than six (6) months, or both.
2480	2492		B. The examination for a certificate of competency as mine
2481	2493		superintendent, mine foreman, fire boss, shot-firer, certified
2482	2494		surface blaster or hoisting engineer shall be administered by only
2483	2495		employees or advisors of the De partment of Mines who also hold equal
2484	2496		or higher certificates of competency. The examination shall be
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2486	2525		requirements of the coal mining laws of this state.
2487	2526		Each applicant for mine superintende nt, mine foreman, fire boss,
2488	2527		certified surface blaster, hoisting engineer or shot-firer shall
2489	2528		hold a first-aid certificate issued within one (1) year prior to the
2490	2529		date of the examination of the Department by an organization
2491	2530		recognized by the Oklahoma Mining Commission Department.
2492	2531		C. The Department shall hold monthly examinations for
2493	2532		certificates of competency as underground miners. Applicants for
2494	2533		such certificate may be granted a temporary permit by the Commission
2495	2534		Department until an examination is held b y the Department in the
2496	2535		region in which the applicant resides. Applicants must successfully
2497	2536		answer a written or oral examination pertaining to such requirements
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2525	2538		by the Commission Department.
2526	2539		D. Certificates of competenc y shall be granted by the Oklahoma
2527	2540		Mining Commission Department to persons who have given the
2528	2541		Department satisfactory evidence of their ability to perform the
2529	2542		duties and skills as are requir ed for the Council. Previous
2530	2543		experience and record of service of the applicant shall have equal
2531	2544		weight with the examination.
2532	2545		E. The minimum experience necessary for certificates of
2533	2546		competency are as follows:
2534	2547		1. Shot-firer - 1 year's practical underground
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2536	2576		2. Certified surface blaster - 1 year's practical
2537	2577		experience.
2538	2578		3. Hoisting engineer - 1 year's practical
2539	2579		hoisting experience.
2540	2580		4. Fire boss - 2 years' practical underground
2541	2581		experience.
2542	2582		5. Mine foreman - 3 years' practical underground
2543	2583		experience.
2544	2584		6. Superintendent - 5 years' practical underground
2545	2585		experience.
2546	2586		7. Practical miner - 1 year's practical experience
2547	2587		as a miner or the equivalent
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2575	2589		Commission Department.
2576	2590		Provided that the underground experience requirement for mine
2577	2591		foreman and the superin tendent shall not apply to those positions in
2578	2592		surface mining.
2579	2593		F. A student who has completed an acc redited two-year or four-
2580	2594		year mining program shall be credited one ( 1) year of experience
2581	2595		toward a fire boss, mine foreman o r superintendent certification.
2582		-	SECTION 19. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 3, is
	2596	+	SECTION 20. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 3, is
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2584	2625		Section 3. The Chief Mine Inspector Division Director of the
2585	2626		Division of Mines within the Department of Environmental Quality
2586	2627		shall be a citizen of the United State s and shall have been a
2587	2628		resident of the State of Oklahoma for the three (3) years prior to
2588		-	his or her appointment to office. In addition, selection of the
2589		-	Chief Mine Inspector Division Director shall include consideration
2590		-	of have had eight (8) years' actual experience as a practical miner.
2591		-	For the purposes of t his section employment as an inspector for the
2592		-	Department Division of Mines shall be considered practical mining
2593		-	experience. The Chief Mine Inspector Division Director shall be
2594		-	appointed by the Governor by and with the consent of the Senate for
2595		-	a term of four (4) years to run concurrently with the term of the
2596		-	Governor. At any time that such office becomes vacant, the Governor
2597		-	shall appoint with the consent of the Senate a successor to complete
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2625		-	of Environmental Quality and shall serve at the pleasure of the
2626		-	Executive Director and may be removed or replaced without cause.
2627		-	Compensation for the Division Director shall be determined by the
2628		-	Executive Director.
	2629	+	his or her appointment to office. In addition, the Chief Mine
	2630	+	Inspector Division Director shall have had eight (8) ye ars' actual
	2631	+	experience as a practical miner. For the purposes of t his section
	2632	+	employment as an inspector for the Department Division of Mines
	2633	+	shall be considered practical mining experience . The Chief Mine
	2634	+	Inspector Division Director shall be appointed by the Governor by
	2635	+	and with the consent of the Senate for a term of four (4) years to
	2636	+	run concurrently with the term of the Governor. At any time that
	2637	+	such office becomes vacant, the Governor shall appoint with the
	2638	+	consent of the Senate a successor to complete the unfinished term of
	2639	+	office Executive Director of the Department of Environmental Quality
	2640	+	and shall serve at the pleasure of th e Executive Director and may be
	2641	+	removed or replaced without cause. Compensation for the Division
	2642	+	Director shall be determined by the Executive Director.
2629	2643		The Executive Director of the Department of Environmental
2630	2644		Quality may appoint a Deputy Division Direct or. The Deputy Chief
2631	2645		Mine Inspector Division Director shall possess the same residency
2632	2646		requirements necessary for the Chief Mine Inspector Division
2633	2647		Director. The Deputy Chief Mine Inspector shall be appointed by and
2634	2648		shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and Division Director
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2636	2677		Deputy shall be determined by the Executive Director. The Deputy
2637	2678		shall be under the direction of the Chief Mine Inspector Division
2638		-	Director. The Except as otherwise directed by the Executive
2639		-	Director, the Deputy Chief Mine Inspector Division Director shall
	2679	+	Director. The Deputy Chief Mine Inspector Division Director shall
2640	2680		assume all of the duties and responsibilities of the Chief Mine
2641	2681		Inspector Division Director in the absence of the Chief Mine
2642	2682		Inspector Division Director.
2643	2683		The assistant mine Mine inspectors shall be appointed by and at
2644	2684		all times be under the direction of the Chief Mine Inspector
2645	2685		Division Director. The assistant mine inspectors appointed to
2646	2686		inspect underground mining opera tions shall have a minimum of three
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2674	2688		minimum a certificate of c ompetency as a mine foreman.
2675		-	SECTION 20. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 5, is
	2689	+	SECTION 21. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 5, is
2676	2690		amended to read as follows:
2677	2691		Section 5. Certifications required by this title shall be
2678	2692		issued under the signature and seal of the Oklahoma Mining
2679		-	Commission ~~by the~~ Department of Environmental Quality. Such
2680		-	~~certificates~~ shall bear the date of issua nce, full name and age of
2681		-	~~the recipient~~ and shall designate the position for which the
2682		-	~~recipient is~~ certified by the Commission Division of Mines.
2683		-	~~Applications for~~ certificates of competency shall be accompanied
2684		-	~~with the following~~ fees:
	2693	+	Commission Department of Environmental Quality. Such certificates
	2694	+	shall bear the date of issua nce, full name and age of the recipient
	2695	+	and shall designate the position for which the recipient is
	2696	+	certified by the Commission Division of Mines. Applications for
	2697	+	certificates of competency shall be accompanied with the following
	2698	+	fees:
2685	2699		1. Superintendent $20.00
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2687	2728		3. Fire boss 10.00
2688	2729		4. Shot-firer 10.00
2689	2730		5. Certified surface blaster 10.00
2690	2731		6. Hoisting engineer 10.00
2691	2732		7. Practical miner 5.00
2692		-	SECTION 21. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Sect ion 6, is
	2733	+	SECTION 22. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Sect ion 6, is
2693	2734		amended to read as follows:
2694	2735		Section 6. The Secretary of the Oklahoma Mining Commission
2695	2736		Department of Environmental Quality shall make a record of the names
2696	2737		and addresses of all persons to whom certif icates are issued.
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2724	2739		entitle the holders ther eof to accept and discharge the duties for
2725	2740		which said certificates declare them qualified.
2726	2741		The Division Director shall advise the Oklahoma Mining
2727		-	Commission as far in advance as possible the date and place of an
2728		-	examination to be held by the Department, and shall, as soon as
2729		-	examination is completed, furnish the Commission schedule
2730		-	examinations and compile a list of the names of all persons who took
2731		-	the examination and persons successfully completing said examination
2732		-	shall be duly notified.
2733		-	SECTION 22. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 31, is
	2742	+	Commission Department of Environmental Quality as far in advance as
	2743	+	possible the date and place of an examination to be held by the
	2744	+	Department, and shall, as soon as examination is completed, furnish
	2745	+	the Commission Department a list of the names of all persons who
	2746	+	took the examination and persons successfully completing said
	2747	+	examination shall be duly notified.
	2748	+	SECTION 23. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 8, is
	2749	+	amended to read as follows:
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	2778	+	Division of Mines may, upon the recommendati on of at least two other
	2779	+	members of the Board, issue a temporary permit to an applicant for a
	2780	+	certificate for mine foreman, fire boss, shot-firer or hoisting
	2781	+	engineer. Said temporary permit shall be valid only until next
	2782	+	meeting of the Board or not to exc eed thirty-one (31) days.
	2783	+	SECTION 24. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 31, is
2734	2784		amended to read as follows:
2735	2785		Section 31. On or before the first day of August of each year,
2736	2786		the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director of the Division of Mines
2737	2787		shall submit to the Governor Department of Environmental Quality a
2738	2788		report on the various systems of mining practiced in the state,
2739	2789		methods of mine ventilation, type of machinery employed, and such
2740	2790		other matters as may pertain to the general welfare of the public,
2741	2791		miners and others connected with mining.
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	2792	+	SECTION 25. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 34, is
2743	2793		amended to read as follows:
2744	2794		Section 34. The Chief Mine Inspector Division Director of the
2745	2795		Division of Mines shall have an office at the seat of government in
2746	2796		which he or she shall keep the maps and plans of all mines in the
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2774	2798		property belonging to the state pertaining to his or her office.
2775	2799		All such property shall be kept in accessible and convenient form,
2776	2800		in a fire proof vault convenient to his or her office and furnished
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2778	2829		property. The Chief Mine Inspector Division Director shall not
2779	2830		permit such maps, plans, records and papers to be removed from his
2780	2831		or her office.
2781		-	SECTION 24. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 44, is
	2832	+	SECTION 26. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 41, is
	2833	+	amended to read as follows:
	2834	+	Section 41. In case of dispute between operators and miners on
	2835	+	the proper interpretation of rules, regulations, a nd laws in
	2836	+	relation to mines and subjects relating thereto and providing for
	2837	+	the health and safety of persons employed therein, and the dispute
	2838	+	is filed in formal written form with the Department of Mines
	2839	+	Environmental Quality, the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director of
	2840	+	the Division of Mines shall call request a meeting of the Mining
	2841	+	Environmental Quality Board to review the dispute. An opinion of
	2842	+	the proper interpretation of the disputed rule, regulation, or law,
	2843	+	concurred in by a majority of the Mining Board, shall be binding
	2844	+	upon the mining department Division of Mines to enforce, and the
	2845	+	operators and miners must abide by the opinion unless the opinion of
	2846	+	the Mining Board is at variance with an opinion of interpretation by
	2847	+	the Attorney General of the intent of the rule, regulation, or law.
	2848	+	In case the opinion of the Attorney General is at variance with the
	2849	+	opinion of the Mining Board, then all parties must abide by the
	2850	+	opinion of the Attorney General, except that all parties shall have
	2851	+	recourse to courts of this state.
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	2879	+	In case operators or miners shall file formal written charges
	2880	+	with the Department of Mines Environmental Quality that any law or
	2881	+	laws in relation to mining and subjects relating thereto and
	2882	+	providing for the health and safety of persons employed therein ha ve
	2883	+	been violated, the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director shall call
	2884	+	the parties involved before the Mining Board Department to hear the
	2885	+	evidence for and the defense against said charges. By majority vote
	2886	+	the charges are valid an d true.
	2887	+	SECTION 27. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 44, is
2782	2888		amended to read as follows:
2783	2889		Section 44. If the Attorney General shall seek redress on
2784	2890		behalf of the state as provided for in the Administrative Procedures
2785	2891		Act, the Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of Environmental
2786	2892		Quality is empowered to appoint a special counsel for such
2787	2893		proceedings.
2788		-	SECTION 25. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 45, is
	2894	+	SECTION 28. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 45, is
2789	2895		amended to read as follows:
2790	2896		Section 45. In addition to its other powers, the Oklahoma
2791	2897		Mining Commission Department of Environmental Quality is authorized
2792	2898		and directed, within the limits of funds available to it, to engage
2793	2899		in a continuing study of the mining laws of this state, and of
2794	2900		changes therein required in order to carry out to the greatest
2795	2901		practicable extent the policies, goals, objectives and
2796	2902		recommendations of the Commission Department, and to make
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2823	2930		recommendations and prepare proposed legislation for such purposes.
2824	2931		Such recommendations and propo sed legislation shall, as they are
2825	2932		completed, be filed with the President Pro Tempore of the Senat e and
2826	2933		the Speaker of the Hous e of Representatives.
2827		-	SECTION 26. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 46.1, is
	2934	+	SECTION 29. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 46, is
	2935	+	amended to read as follows:
	2936	+	Section 46. The Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of
	2937	+	Environmental Quality is authorized and directed, within the limits
	2938	+	of funds available to it, to study ways to expand existing markets
	2939	+	and create new markets for Oklahoma coal and other mineral s, to
	2940	+	study the impact of sulfur emission standards on burning of
	2941	+	Oklahoma-mined coal, and to make recommendations to the Governor and
	2942	+	Legislature for such purposes in a current and updated report by
	2943	+	February 1, 1988.
	2944	+	SECTION 30. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 46.1, is
2828	2945		amended to read as follows:
2829	2946		Section 46.1 The Department of Environmental Quality, in
2830	2947		cooperation with the Department of Mines is authorized and directed,
2831	2948		within the limits of federal funds available to the Departm ent of
2832	2949		Environmental Quality or any funds available to the Department of
2833	2950		Mines, to study ways to remediate acid mine drainage produced from
2834	2951		abandoned coal mines within this state, which the Legislature hereby
2835	2952		finds to be a significant water pollution and w ater quality problem.
2836	2953		The Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Mines
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2837	2981		shall evaluate existing projects among local, state and federal
2838	2982		government agencies, and educational institutions, which address
2839	2983		acid mine drainage.
2840	2984		Any local, state, and educational institution w ithin this state
2841	2985		implementing water quality projects which pertain to acid mine
2842	2986		drainage shall coordinate and cooperate with the Department of
2843	2987		Environmental Quality and the Department of Mines to implement the
2844	2988		provisions of this section. The Department of Environmental Quality
2845	2989		and the Department of Mines shall make every effort to obtain full
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2873	2991		implements any project pertaining to acid mine drainage.
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	2992	+	SECTION 31. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 48, is
2875	2993		amended to read as follows:
2876	2994		Section 48. The Oklahoma Department of Mines Department of
2877	2995		Environmental Quality shall have jurisdiction over only those borrow
2878	2996		pits which are located on property permitted as commercial mining
2879	2997		operations pursuant to Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title.
2880		-	SECTION 28. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 723, is
	2998	+	SECTION 32. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 723, is
2881	2999		amended to read as follows:
2882	3000		Section 723. Whenever used or referred to in Sections 722
2883	3001		through 738 of this title, unless a different meaning clearly
2884	3002		appears from the context:
2885	3003		1. "Overburden" means all of the earth and other materials
2886	3004		which lie above natural deposits of minerals, and also means such
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2887	3032		earth and other materials disturbed from their natural state in the
2888	3033		process of surface mining;
2889	3034		2. "Mine" means an underground or surface excavation and
2890	3035		development with or without shafts, slopes, drifts or tunnels for
2891	3036		the extraction of minerals, with hoisting or haulage equipment and
2892	3037		appliances for the extraction thereof, and shall embrace any and all
2893	3038		of the land or property of the plant, and the surface and
2894	3039		underground, that contribute directly or indirectly to the mining
2895	3040		properties, concentration or handling of minerals;
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2923	3042		deposits by any method or process;
2924	3043		4. "Minerals" means asphalt, clay, copper, granite, gravel,
2925	3044		gypsum, lead, marble, salt, sand, shale, stone, tripoli, volcanic
2926	3045		ash and zinc, or any other substance commonly recognized as a
2927	3046		mineral, and includes ores or rock containing any such substances,
2928	3047		but excludes oil, gas and any other mineral found naturally in a
2929	3048		liquid or gaseous state;
2930	3049		5. "Underground mining" means those mining operations carried
2931	3050		out beneath the surface by means of shafts, slopes, tunnels or other
2932	3051		openings leading to the mineral being mined and the extraction of
2933	3052		the mineral through such shafts, slopes, tunnels or their openings;
2934	3053		6. "Surface mining" means those mining operations carried out
2935	3054		on the surface, including strip mining, auger mining, quarrying,
2936	3055		dredging, pumping, or the use of hydraulic methods.
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2938	3084		sand, gravel, clay, rock or other materials in remote areas by an
2939	3085		owner or holder of a possessory interest in land for the primary
2940	3086		purpose of construction or maintenance of access roads to or on such
2941	3087		landowner's property. Surface mining shall not include excavations
2942	3088		or grading conducted for forming, on-site road construction or other
2943	3089		on-site construction, or the extraction of minerals other than
2944	3090		anthracite and bituminous coal by a landowner for noncommercial use
2945	3091		from land owned or leased by the landowner; nor mining for
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2972	3092		commercial purposes conducted under a Limited Use Permit issued by
2973	3093		the Department of Environmental Quality; nor the extraction of sand,
2974	3094		gravel, rock, stone, earth or fill from borrow pits for highway
2975	3095		construction purposes, so long as such work is performed under a
2976	3096		bond, contract and specifications which substantially provide for
2977	3097		and require reclamation of the area affected; nor to the handling,
2978	3098		processing or storage of slag on the premises of a manufacturer as a
2979	3099		part of the manufacturing process. Surface mining shall not include
2980	3100		the surface mining of coal or the surface effects of underground
2981	3101		coal mining;
2982	3102		7. "Strip mining" means those mining operations carried out by
2983	3103		removing the overburden lying above natural deposits of minerals,
2984	3104		and mining directly from such natural deposits thereby exposed, but
2985	3105		excludes auger mining, quarrying, dredging, pumping or the use of
2986	3106		hydraulic methods;
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2988	3135		suitable for any uses or purposes consistent with those enumerated
2989	3136		in Section 722 of this title, and to avoid, minimize or correct
2990	3137		adverse environmental effects of mining operations;
2991	3138		9. "Box cut" means the first open cut in strip mining which
2992	3139		results in the placing of overburden on unmined land adjacent to the
2993	3140		initial pit and outside the area to be mined;
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3021	3142		hardness or ability to resist weathering and to inhibit erosion or
3022	3143		sloughing;
3023	3144		11. "Operator" means any person, partnership, firm or
3024	3145		corporation engaged in and controlling a mining operation;
3025	3146		12. "Pit" means a tract of land from which overburden or
3026	3147		minerals have been or are being removed in the process of surface
3027	3148		mining;
3028	3149		13. "Affected land" means the area of land from which
3029	3150		overburden shall have been removed, or upon which overburden or
3030	3151		refuse has been deposited, or both;
3031	3152		14. "Refuse" means all waste material directly connected with
3032	3153		the production, cleaning or preparation of minerals which have been
3033	3154		mined by either underground or surface mining method;
3034	3155		15. "Ridge" means a lengthened elevation of overburden created
3035	3156		in the surface mining process;
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3037	3185		the surface mining process;
3038	3186		17. "Department" means the office of the Chief Mine Inspector,
3039	3187		herein called the Department of Mines and Mining Environmental
3040	3188		Quality, or such department, bureau or commission as may lawfully
3041	3189		succeed to the powers and duties of such department;
3042	3190		18. "Division Director" means the Chief Mine Inspector of the
3043	3191		State of Oklahoma Division Director of the Division of Mines of the
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3071	3193		commission as may lawfully succeed to the powers and duties of such
3072	3194		Chief Mine Inspector Division Director;
3073	3195		19. "Borrow pit" means the one-time or intermittent extraction
3074	3196		of sand, gravel, rock, stone, earth or fill in its natural state,
3075	3197		not being mechanically altered to affect its size for government-
3076	3198		financed construction purposes. Such work shall be performed under
3077	3199		a bond, contract and specifications which substantially provide for
3078	3200		and require reclamation of the affected area; and
3079	3201		20. "Dimension stone quarry" means a site where natural stone
3080	3202		used as building material is excavated and the stones are selected,
3081	3203		trimmed, or cut to specified shapes or sizes.
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	3204	+	SECTION 33. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 724, is
3083	3205		amended to read as follows:
3084	3206		Section 724. A. It shall be unlawful for any operator to
3085	3207		engage in any mining operations in this state without first
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3086	3235		obtaining a permit or a Limited Use Permit from the Department of
3087	3236		Mines Environmental Quality for each separate mining operation. The
3088	3237		Department shall determine what constitutes a separate mining
3089	3238		operation by rules promulgated under the Mining Lands Reclamation
3090	3239		Act.
3091	3240		B. Any operator desiring to engage in limited mining ac tivity
3092	3241		may apply for a Limited Use Permit for those mining oper ations not
3093	3242		eligible for a surface mining permit. Application for such permit
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3120	3243		shall be made upon forms furnished by the Department. The form
3121	3244		shall contain a description of the tract or tracts of land and shall
3122	3245		include the section, township, range and coun ty in which the land is
3123	3246		located. A map shall be attached to the application which
3124	3247		accurately outlines and locates the tract of land. A statement that
3125	3248		the applicant has the right and power by legal estate owned to mine
3126	3249		the land so described shall be inclu ded with the application. In
3127	3250		addition, the following conditions and requirements shall apply to
3128	3251		Limited Use Permits:
3129	3252		1. The maximum acreage shall be restricted to two (2) acres;
3130	3253		2. The term of a Limited Use Permit shall not exceed twelve
3131	3254		(12) months from the date of issuance;
3132	3255		3. A Limited Use Permit shall not carry a right of successive
3133	3256		renewal;
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3134	3284		4. A Limited Use Permit site must be reclaimed as required by
3135	3285		Section 725 of this title within s ix (6) months following the
3136	3286		expiration of the permit term;
3137	3287		5. A three-thousand-five-hundred-dollar reclamation bond must
3138	3288		be filed with the Department prior to issuance of the permit;
3139	3289		6. Failure to reclaim the site disturbance within the permitted
3140	3290		time frame or revocation of the Limited Use Permit will be cause for
3141	3291		bond forfeiture or other action as may be ordered by the Department;
3142	3292		7. The use of processing equipment shall not be approved for a
3143	3293		Limited Use Permit;
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3171	3295		Use Permit;
3172	3296		9. A processing fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) shall
3173	3297		accompany the application for a Limited Use Permit; and
3174	3298		10. Mining production shall be reported and paid as required by
3175	3299		Section 931 of this title.
3176	3300		If the above listed conditions and requirements are met, the
3177	3301		Department may issue a Limited Use Permit which shall not be subject
3178	3302		to the notice and publication requirements as otherwise required by
3179	3303		this section.
3180	3304		C. 1. Any operator desiring to engage in surface mining shall
3181	3305		make written application to the Department for a permit.
3182	3306		Application for such permit shall be made upon a form furnished by
3183	3307		the Department. The form shall contain a description of the tract
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3184	3335		or tracts of land and the estimated number of acres to be affected
3185	3336		by surface mining by the operator. The description s hall include
3186	3337		the section, township, range and county in which the land is located
3187	3338		and shall otherwise describe the land with sufficient certainty so
3188	3339		that it may be located and distinguished fro m other lands.
3189	3340		2. Transmission lines shall be plotted on a loc ation map
3190	3341		submitted with the application. A statement that the operator has
3191	3342		the right and power by legal estate owned to mine by surface mining
3192	3343		the land so described shall be included with the application.
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3220	3345		shall make written application to the Department for a permit.
3221	3346		Application for such permit shall be made upon a form furnished by
3222	3347		the Department. The form shall contain a descrip tion of the tract
3223	3348		or tracts of land to be used as refuse dispos al areas. The
3224	3349		description shall include the section, township, range and county in
3225	3350		which the land is located and shall otherwise describe the land with
3226	3351		sufficient certainty so that it may be l ocated and distinguished
3227	3352		from other lands.
3228	3353		2. A statement that the applicant has the right and power by
3229	3354		legal estate owned to use the land so described as a refuse disposal
3230	3355		area shall be included with the application.
3231	3356		E. Each application for a permit und er subsections C and D of
3232	3357		this section shall be accompanied by a plan of reclamation of the
3233	3358		affected land that meets the requirements of the Mining Lands
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3234	3386		Reclamation Act. The application shall set forth the proposed use
3235	3387		to be made of the affected land, th e grading to be accomplished, the
3236	3388		type of revegetation, and sha ll include the approximate time of
3237	3389		grading and initial revegetation effort.
3238	3390		F. Each application for a permit under subsections C and D of
3239	3391		this section shall be accompanied by the bond or secur ity meeting
3240	3392		the requirements of Section 728 of this title, or proof that such
3241	3393		bond or security is still in effect, and a fee of One Hundred
3242	3394		Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00) for each permit year, payable at the
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3269	3395		rate of One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.0 0) per year on the
3270	3396		anniversary date of the year in which the pe rmit or permit renewal
3271	3397		was issued. All application fees shall be submitted to the State
3272	3398		Treasurer, who shall deposit them in the Department of Mines
3273	3399		Environmental Quality Revolving Fund established in Section 2 -3-401
3274	3400		of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
3275	3401		G. 1. Upon the receipt o f such application, bond or security
3276	3402		and fee due from the operator, the Department may issue a permit to
3277	3403		the applicant which shall entitle the applicant to engage in mining
3278	3404		on the land therein described in accordance with the rules
3279	3405		promulgated by the Depar tment, for the life expectancy of the
3280	3406		operation unless the operator is in violation of any state statute
3281	3407		or rule of the Department in which case the Department shall take
3282	3408		appropriate action against the operator.
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3283	3436		2. All applications for renewal of existing permits shall be
3284	3437		filed prior to the expiration of the existing permit in accordance
3285	3438		with the rules promulgated by the Department.
3286	3439		3. No permit shall be issued except upon proper application and
3287	3440		public hearing, if requested.
3288	3441		H. 1. a. Upon filing the application with the Department, the
3289	3442		applicant shall place an advertisement in a newspaper
3290	3443		of general circulation in the vicinity of the mining
3291	3444		operation, containing such information as is required
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3319	3446		consecutive weeks.
3320	3447		b. The advertisement shall contain, at a minimum, the
3321	3448		following:
3322	3449		(1) the name and business address of the applicant,
3323	3450		(2) a description which clearly shows or describes
3324	3451		the precise location and boundaries of the
3325	3452		proposed permit area and is suffic ient to enable
3326	3453		local residents to readily identify the proposed
3327	3454		permit area. It may include towns, bodies of
3328	3455		water, local landmarks, and any other information
3329	3456		which would identify the location,
3330	3457		(3) the location where a copy of the application is
3331	3458		available for public inspection,
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3332	3486		(4) the name and address of the Department where
3333	3487		written comments, objections, or requests for
3334		-	informal conferences ~~formal hearings~~ on the
3335		-	~~application may be~~ submitted pursuant to
3336		-	~~subsection P Q of this~~ section,
	3488	+	informal conferences on the application may be
	3489	+	submitted pursuant to subsection P of this
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3337	3491		(5) if an applicant seeks a permit to mine which
3338	3492		includes relocation or closing of a public road,
3339	3493		a copy of the county resolution pertaining to the
3340	3494		affected county road, and
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3367	3495		(6) such other information as is required by the
3368	3496		Department.
3369	3497		2. Any property owner or resident of an occupied dwelling who
3370	3498		may be adversely affected located within one (1) mile of the mining
3371	3499		operation shall have the right to protest the issuance of a permit
3372		-	and request a public ~~formal~~ hearing.
	3500	+	and request a public hearing.
3373	3501		3. The Department shall notify the surface owners of any
3374	3502		hearings in connection with a pplications or permits in the same
3375	3503		manner as the operator is notified.
3376	3504		4. Such protests must be received by the Department within
3377	3505		fourteen (14) days after the date of publication of the newspaper
3378		-	advertisement. If a public formal hearing is requested, the
3379		-	Department shall then hold an informal hearing in the vicinity of
3380		-	the proposed mining a mediation within sixty (60) days after the
3381		-	close of the deadline to file protests. The mediator shall be paid
3382		-	for by the applicant and be consented to by all parties, if not
3383		-	provided by the Depart ment. The mediator shall advise the
3384		-	Department after the mediation as to whe ther the parties were able
3385		-	to resolve some or all of their concerns, i n which case said
3386		-	resolutions shall be incorporated into the permit as conditions, or
3387		-	whether the parties wer e not able to resolve their concerns. If the
3388		-	parties were not able to resolv e all of their concerns, the matter
3389		-	shall proceed to formal hearing. The individual serving as mediator
3390		-	shall not serve as the hearing examiner at the formal hearing .
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	3506	+	advertisement. If a public hearing is requested, the Depar tment
	3507	+	shall then hold an informal hearing in the vicinity of the proposed
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3417	3536		5. Upon completion of findings after the hearing, the
3418	3537		Department shall determine whether to issue or deny the permit, and
3419	3538		shall notify all parties of its decision.
3420	3539		6. Any decision regarding the issuance of a permit under this
3421	3540		section shall be appealable when entered, as provided in the
3422	3541		Administrative Procedures Act.
3423	3542		I. Each application for a new operation shall contain, where
3424	3543		applicable, a list of all other licenses and per mits needed by the
3425	3544		applicant to conduct the proposed mining operation. This list shall
3426	3545		identify each license and permit by:
3427	3546		1. Type of permit or license;
3428	3547		2. Name and address of issuing authority;
3429	3548		3. Identification number or a copy of the application fo r
3430	3549		permits or licenses or, if issued, a copy of the permit or license;
3431	3550		and
3432	3551		4. If a decision has been made, the date of approval or
3433	3552		disapproval by each issuing authority.
3434	3553		An existing operation which does not have on file a list of the
3435	3554		applicable licenses or permits with the Department on the date of
3436	3555		enactment of this act shall not be out of compliance with the
3437	3556		provisions of this section. Any renewal of an existing permit or
3438	3557		expansion or amendment to an existing operation upon time of
3439	3558		application shall submi t a copy of all approved licenses and permits
3440	3559		issued by other agencies or jurisdictions.
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3467	3587		Identifications of all permits and licenses shall include local
3468	3588		government agencies with jurisdiction over or an interest in the
3469	3589		area of the proposed mining operation including, but not limited to,
3470	3590		planning agencies, water and sewer authorities; and all state and
3471	3591		federal government agencies with authority to issue permits and
3472	3592		licenses applicable to the proposed mining operation, including all
3473	3593		state environmental agencie s, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.
3474	3594		Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service
3475	3595		district office, and federal fish and wildlife agencies.
3476	3596		J. An operator desiring to have such operator's permit amended
3477	3597		to cover additional land may fil e an amended application with the
3478	3598		Department. Upon receipt of the amended application, and such
3479	3599		additional bond as may be required under the provisions of the
3480	3600		Mining Lands Reclamation Act, the Department shall issue an
3481	3601		amendment to the original permit cov ering the additional land
3482	3602		described in the amended application, without the payment of any
3483	3603		additional fee.
3484	3604		K. An operator may withdraw any land covered by a permit,
3485	3605		deleting affected land therefrom, by notifying the Department, in
3486	3606		which case the penalty o f the bond or security filed by such
3487	3607		operator pursuant to the provisions of the Mining Lands Reclamation
3488	3608		Act shall be reduced proportionately.
3489	3609		L. Permits issued to an operator may be transferable to another
3490		-	operator,; provided, the new operator can demonstr ate to the
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3517	3638		Department, prior to the transfer of ownership, that conditions and
3518	3639		obligations required for the permit will be met and the new operator
3519	3640		has submitted a performance bond or other guarantee, or has obtained
3520	3641		the bond coverage of the original permi ttee.
3521	3642		M. The perimeter of the permit area shall be clearly marked by
3522	3643		durable and recognizable markers or by other means approved by the
3523	3644		Department.
3524	3645		N. The Department shall determine the blasting distance to
3525	3646		transmission lines by rule.
3526	3647		O. 1. If any mining operations where blasting is required
3527	3648		occur within the limits of a municipality with a population in
3528	3649		excess of three hundred thousand (300,000) according to the latest
3529	3650		Federal Decennial Census or within the limits of a municipality
3530	3651		within a county with a population in excess of three hundred
3531	3652		thousand (300,000) according to the latest Federal Decennial Census,
3532	3653		the application for a permit pursuant to subsections C and D of this
3533	3654		section shall be accompanied by proof that the operator is in full
3534	3655		compliance with all applicable regulations of the municipality.
3535	3656		Certified copies of any required municipal permits and any other
3536	3657		required written municipal approvals shall be attached to the
3537	3658		application when submitted to the Department. No mining permit
3538	3659		shall be issued by the Department unless the applicant first
3539	3660		complies with the requirements of this subsection. A municipality
3540	3661		is not required to reconsider requests denied by the municipality
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3567	3689		related to the same site unless the municipality determines there
3568	3690		has been a material change in the application.
3569	3691		2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this subsection shall not
3570	3692		apply to existing permitted operations, revisions or amendments
3571	3693		thereto, or any application on file with the Department prior to May
3572	3694		25, 2005. In additi on, the provisions of paragraph 1 of this
3573	3695		subsection shall not apply to any future operation on property
3574	3696		directly adjacent to property on which a permitted operation is
3575	3697		located, provided that the operation is permitted and the adjacent
3576	3698		property is owned or leased by the operator on the effective date of
3577	3699		this act. For purposes of this subsection, properties separated by
3578	3700		a public road shall be considered to be adjacent.
3579	3701		P. Within a reasonable time, as established by the Department,
3580	3702		written comments or objec tions on permit or bond release
3581	3703		applications may be submitted to the Department by public entities
3582	3704		including but not limited to the local soil conservation district,
3583	3705		with respect to the effects of the proposed mining operations on the
3584	3706		environment.
3585	3707		Q. Any person having an interest in or who is or may be
3586	3708		adversely affected by the decision on a permit or bond release
3587	3709		application, or any federal, state or local agency, shall have the
3588	3710		right to request in writing that the Department hold an informal
3589	3711		conference a formal hearing on the application. The Department
3590	3712		shall hold the informal conference formal hearing within a
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3617	3740		reasonable time following the receipt of the written request at a
3618	3741		location in the vicinity of the proposed or active surface mining or
3619	3742		reclamation operation.
3620		-	SECTION 30. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 725 , is
	3743	+	SECTION 34. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 725 , is
3621	3744		amended to read as follows:
3622	3745		Section 725. A. All affected land other than lands affected by
3623	3746		coal mining operations shall be recl aimed as provided in this
3624	3747		section.
3625	3748		B. The operator shall determine which parts of the affected
3626	3749		land shall be reclaimed for forest, pasture, crop, horticultural,
3627	3750		homesite, recreational, industrial or other use including food,
3628	3751		shelter and ground cover for w ildlife.
3629	3752		C. All ridges and peaks of overburden created by surface mining
3630	3753		shall be graded to a rolling topography traversable by machines or
3631	3754		equipment customarily used in connection with the use to be made of
3632	3755		the land after reclamation, but such slopes nee d not be reduced to
3633	3756		less than the original grade of the area prior to mining, and the
3634	3757		slope of the ridge of overburden resulting from a box cut need not
3635	3758		be reduced to less than twenty-five degrees (25°) from horizontal.
3636	3759		Surface mining operations conducted in the flood plains of streams
3637	3760		and rivers and subject to periodic flooding shall be exempt from the
3638	3761		grading requirements of this section.
3639	3762		D. The operator may construct earth dams to form lakes in pits
3640	3763		resulting from surface mining operations, provided tha t the
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3667	3791		formation of lakes shall not interfere with other mining operations
3668	3792		or damage property of others.
3669	3793		E. The operator shall cover the exposed face of a mineral seam,
3670	3794		where significant concentrations of acid-forming materials are
3671	3795		present, to a depth of n ot less than three (3) feet with earth that
3672	3796		will support plant life or with a permanent water impoundment.
3673	3797		F. The operator shall grade down the banks of any pits or
3674	3798		depressions created by the removal of sand or gravel by surface
3675	3799		mining to a degree of slop e determined by the Department, which
3676	3800		shall give due consideration to the natural topography of the land
3677	3801		affected and adjacent lands, the composition of such banks and the
3678	3802		most beneficial use of the pits and depressions comprising the
3679	3803		affected land after r eclamation. If the pits or depressions are
3680	3804		deeper than ten (10) feet, the operator may elect to bench the
3681	3805		highwall, provided that such benches are not in excess of ten (10)
3682	3806		feet in height.
3683	3807		G. All affected land except that which is to be covered with
3684	3808		water or used for homesites or industrial purposes shall be
3685	3809		revegetated by the planting of seeds, plants, trees, shrubs or other
3686	3810		plantings appropriate to the use to be made of the land as
3687	3811		determined by the operator. No planting of any kind shall be
3688	3812		required on any affected land so long as the chemical and physical
3689	3813		characteristics of the soil of such affected land are toxic,
3690	3814		deficient in plant nutrients or composed of sand, gravel, shale or
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3717	3842		stone to such an extent as to seriously inhibit plant growth. The
3718	3843		Department may prescribe by rules and regulations the required
3719	3844		density of such plantings, and may make replanting requirements.
3720	3845		H. Except where prevented by weather conditions, all grading
3721	3846		shall be completed within one (1) year after mining of the affected
3722	3847		land has been completed. Initial seeding or planting shall be made
3723	3848		at the first appropriate time following completion of grading. If
3724	3849		the operator is unable to acquire sufficient planting stock of
3725	3850		desired species from state nurseries, or acquire such specie s
3726	3851		elsewhere at comparable prices the Department of Environmental
3727	3852		Quality shall grant the operator an extension of time until planting
3728	3853		stock is available to plant such land as originally planned.
3729	3854		I. In any noncoal mining operation where the type and amount of
3730	3855		material removed precludes the filling of the quarry, the Department
3731	3856		of Mines shall prescribe necessary measures for the protection of
3732	3857		the public and animal life.
3733		-	SECTION 31. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 727, is
	3858	+	SECTION 35. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 727, is
3734	3859		amended to read as foll ows:
3735	3860		Section 727. The Department of Environmental Quality, or its
3736	3861		accredited representatives, may enter upon the la nds of the operator
3737	3862		at all reasonable times, for the purpose of inspection, to determine
3738	3863		whether the provisions of thi s act have been complied with.
3739		-	SECTION 32. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 728, is
	3864	+	SECTION 36. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 728, is
3740	3865		amended to read as follows:
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3767	3893		Section 728. A. Any bond required to be filed with the
3768	3894		Department of Environmental Quality by the operator shall be in such
3769	3895		form as the Division Director prescribes, payable to the State of
3770	3896		Oklahoma, conditioned that the operator shall faithfully perform all
3771	3897		requirements of the Mining Lands Reclamation Act and comply with all
3772	3898		rules of the Department made in accordance with the provisions of
3773	3899		the Mining Lands Reclamation Act. Such bond shall be signed by the
3774	3900		operator as principal, and by a good and sufficient corporate
3775	3901		surety, licensed to do business in the state, as surety.
3776	3902		B. The penal sum of such b ond shall be determined by the
3777	3903		Department and shall depend on the performance requirements of the
3778	3904		approved permit. The minimum bond shall be Two Thousand Dollars
3779	3905		($2,000.00).
3780	3906		In determining the amount of the bond, the Department shall take
3781	3907		into consideration the character and nature of the overburden, the
3782	3908		future suitable use of the land involved and the cost of reclamation
3783	3909		to be required.
3784	3910		C. A bond shall not be cancelable by the surety except after
3785	3911		not less than ninety (90) days' prior written notice to t he
3786	3912		Department. Bonds may be continued in effect from year to year, and
3787	3913		a new bond need not be provided for each permit application. A
3788	3914		single bond may cover all of the operator's mining operations in the
3789	3915		state. The penalty of the bond or amount of cash a nd securities, as
3790	3916		provided in subsection E of this section, shall be increased or
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3817	3944		reduced from time to time as provided in the Mining Lands
3818	3945		Reclamation Act.
3819	3946		D. If the license to do business in the state of any surety
3820	3947		upon a bond filed with the Department pursuant to the Mining Lands
3821	3948		Reclamation Act shall be suspended or revoked, the operator, within
3822	3949		thirty (30) days after receiving notice from the Department, shall
3823	3950		substitute for such surety a good and sufficient corporate surety
3824	3951		licensed to do business in the state. Upon failure of the operator
3825	3952		to make substitution of surety as required, the Department shall
3826	3953		have the right to suspend the permit of the operator to conduct
3827	3954		operations upon the land described in such permit until such
3828	3955		substitution has been ma de.
3829	3956		E. In lieu of such bond, the operator may deposit cash
3830	3957		government securities, Certificates of Deposit or an irrevocable
3831	3958		letter of credit with the Department in an amount equal to that of
3832	3959		the required bond on conditions as prescribed by the Department. In
3833	3960		the discretion of the Department surety bond requirements may also
3834	3961		be fulfilled by using existing reclaimed areas, in excess of
3835	3962		cumulative permit or mined acres, that have been completed under the
3836	3963		jurisdiction of the Mining Lands Reclamation Act and a pproved by the
3837	3964		Department.
3838	3965		F. Such bond or security shall remain in effect until the mined
3839	3966		acres have been reclaimed, approved and released by the Department.
3840	3967		If the Department determines that grading has been satisfactorily
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3867	3995		completed pursuant to the Min ing Lands Reclamation Act, the
3868	3996		Department may release up to eighty percent (80%) of the penal sum
3869	3997		of the bond filed for each acre of land graded. The remaining
3870	3998		portion of the bond shall continue in effect until the completion of
3871	3999		the requirements pursuant to Section 725 of this title.
3872		-	SECTION 33. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 729, is
	4000	+	SECTION 37. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 729, is
3873	4001		amended to read as follows:
3874	4002		Section 729. The Department of Mines Environmental Quality
3875	4003		shall notify the operator and the surety in writing of any claimed
3876	4004		violation of the provisions of the Mining Lands Reclamation Act or
3877	4005		the rules of the Department. If the alleged violation is discovered
3878	4006		as a result of a citizen complaint and the person claiming the
3879	4007		violation states in writing the desire that the source of the
3880	4008		complaint be kept confidential, t he Department shall maintain such
3881	4009		information in confidence. If the operator denies the alleged
3882	4010		violation, the Department shall hold a hearing on said charges.
3883	4011		Said hearing shall be held not less than thirty (30) days from the
3884	4012		notice of hearing.
3885	4013		At such hearing the operator shall have the right to present
3886	4014		evidence in opposition to the claimed violation.
3887	4015		If upon such hearing the Department shall determine that a
3888	4016		violation has occurred, the Department shall make detailed findings
3889	4017		of fact and conclusions of law. The surety, if applicable, may
3890	4018		perform for the operator.
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3917	4046		If the operator or surety, if applicable, fails to perform the
3918	4047		corrective work required by the Department or fails to properly
3919	4048		perform said work, the Department may initiate permit revocation
3920	4049		and/or bond forfeiture proceedings. After successful collection of
3921	4050		the security required by Section 728 of this title, the Department
3922	4051		shall contract for the work to be done consistent with all state
3923	4052		requirements. The Department shall not issue any permits to an
3924	4053		operator who has failed to perform such corrective work, or has
3925	4054		defaulted with respect to the bond or other security required by
3926	4055		Section 728 of this title, until such obligations are met by the
3927	4056		operator or his surety or agent, as determined by the D epartment.
3928	4057		If the Department determines that an entity or individual has
3929	4058		mined without a permit in violation of Section 724 of this title,
3930	4059		the Department shall assess a fine of up to Ten Thousand Dollars
3931	4060		($10,000.00) against the entity, individuals, or age nts of said
3932	4061		entity. Any agent is jointly and severally liable with its
3933	4062		principal for such violation and any resulting fines.
3934	4063		The Department may pursue civil action for relief, including a
3935	4064		permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or any other
3936	4065		appropriate order in the district court for the district in which
3937	4066		the illegal mining operation is located, in which the entity,
3938	4067		individuals, or agents of said entity, have their principal offices,
3939	4068		or in Oklahoma County, to enforce any Department action aga inst the
3940	4069		entity, individual, or agents. Further, the Department shall be
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3967	4097		entitled to recover penalties or fines assessed for mining without a
3968	4098		permit from the entity, individuals or agents conducting said mining
3969	4099		in violation of this title. The Department shall also be entitled
3970	4100		to reasonable attorneys fees incurred in enforcing this provision.
3971	4101		All monies collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in
3972	4102		the Department of Mines Environmental Quality Revolving Fund.
3973	4103		In order to fully inform affected surface owners who have filed
3974	4104		a complaint of any alleged violations affecting the surface estate
3975	4105		by an operator, the Department shall:
3976	4106		1. Provide by mail to the affected surface owners who have
3977	4107		filed a complaint, a copy of any alleged violations affecting the
3978	4108		surface estate issued to the operator within five (5) days after
3979	4109		such violation is cited;
3980	4110		2. Notify the surface owners who have filed a complaint of any
3981	4111		hearings in connection to alleged violations affecting the surface
3982	4112		estate in the same manner and at the same time as the operator; and
3983	4113		3. Provide surface owners who have filed a complaint with
3984	4114		complete information on the disposition of all violations affecting
3985	4115		the surface estate cited at the same time the operator is notified.
3986		-	SECTION 34. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 731, is
	4116	+	SECTION 38. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 731, is
3987	4117		amended to read as follows:
3988	4118		Section 731. The operator shall submit to the Department of
3989	4119		Environmental Quality, no later than September 1 following the end
3990	4120		of each permit year, a map in a form appr oved by the Department
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4017	4148		showing the location of the pit or pits by section, township, range
4018	4149		and county, with such other description as will identify the land
4019	4150		which the operator has affected by mining during such permit year
4020	4151		and has completed mining operatio ns thereon, with a legend u pon such
4021	4152		map showing the number of acres of affected land. Such map shall
4022	4153		also show in acres the extent of the reclamation accomplished on the
4023	4154		affected land, including grading and revegetation efforts, as of the
4024	4155		end of the permit year, and shall show by a ppropriate designation
4025	4156		any deviation from the plan of reclamation filed under subsection
4026	4157		(c) E of Section 724 of this title and the reasons therefor.
4027	4158		Whenever an operator shall have completed all requirements under
4028	4159		the provisions of this act as to any affect ed land, he shall notify
4029	4160		the Department thereof. If the Department determines that the
4030	4161		operator has completed reclamation requirements and achieved results
4031	4162		appropriate to the use for which the area was reclaimed, the
4032	4163		Department shall release the operator from further obligations
4033	4164		regarding such affected land and the penalty of the bond shall be
4034	4165		reduced proportionately.
4035		-	SECTION 35. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 732, is
	4166	+	SECTION 39. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 732, is
4036	4167		amended to read as follows:
4037	4168		Section 732. In addition to the duties and powers conferred on
4038	4169		the Department of Environmental Quality in other provisions of this
4039	4170		act, the Department shall have authority and power to:
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4066	4198		(a) 1. Adopt and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations
4067	4199		respecting the administration of this act and in conformity
4068	4200		therewith and the Administrative Procedures Act.;
4069	4201		(b) 2. Order, after hearing, the revocation of any permit
4070	4202		issued hereunder for violation of this act.;
4071	4203		(c) 3. Cause to be instituted, in any court of competent
4072	4204		jurisdiction, legal proceedings for injunctive or other appropriate
4073	4205		relief to enforce this act.;
4074	4206		(d) 4. Make investigations and inspections which are necessary
4075	4207		or appropriate to insure compliance with this act.;
4076	4208		(e) 5. Collect and disseminate information relating to
4077	4209		reclamation of affected lands.; and
4078	4210		(f) 6. Request the assistance of any federal or state agency
4079	4211		for technical advice or any other type of assistance deemed
4080	4212		necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.
4081		-	SECTION 36. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 733, is
	4213	+	SECTION 40. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 733, is
4082	4214		amended to read as follows:
4083	4215		Section 733. At the request of the De partment of Environmental
4084	4216		Quality, the Attorney General shall provide such legal assistance as
4085	4217		may be needed in interpreting, enforcing and carrying out the
4086	4218		provisions of this act including, but not limited to, institution of
4087	4219		and prosecuting legal actions an d proceedings for injunctive relief
4088	4220		and this improvement shall include the provis ions of Section 17
4089	4221		hereof 737 of this title.
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4117	4250		amended to read as follows:
4118	4251		Section 734. Any act authorized to be done by the Department of
4119	4252		Environmental Quality related to mining may be performed by the
4120	4253		Chief Mine Inspector Division Director of the Division of Mines , or
4121	4254		an assistant designated by him or her.
4122		-	SECTION 38. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 735, is
	4255	+	SECTION 42. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 735, is
4123	4256		amended to read as follows:
4124	4257		Section 735. The Department of Environmental Quality is
4125	4258		designated as the agency to make safety inspections in sand, sand
4126	4259		and gravel, and in quarrying operations. Any person required by
4127	4260		this act to have a permit who engages in mining without a valid
4128	4261		permit therefor issued pursuant to this act is guilty of a
4129	4262		misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than
4130	4263		Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars
4131	4264		($1,000.00). Each day of operation without the permit required by
4132	4265		this act shall be deemed a separate violation.
4133		-	SECTION 39. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 738, is
	4266	+	SECTION 43. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 738, is
4134	4267		amended to read as follows:
4135	4268		Section 738. All final decisions and orders of the D epartment
4136	4269		of Environmental Quality shall be subject to judicial review of the
4137	4270		acts of administrative agencies.
4138		-	SECTION 40. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 742.1, is
	4271	+	SECTION 44. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 742.1, is
4139	4272		amended to read as follows:
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4166	4300		Section 742.1 This act shall be known and may be cited as the
4167	4301		"Coal Reclamation Act of 1979".
4168	4302		It is the intent of the Oklahoma Legislature that th e Coal
4169	4303		Reclamation Act of 1978, Sections 742 Section 742.1 et seq. of Title
4170	4304		45 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and this Coal Reclamation Act of 1979,
4171	4305		be read together as the law regulating the reclamation of lands
4172	4306		affected by surface coal mining operations and the surface effects
4173	4307		of underground coal mining, to bring Oklahoma into compliance with
4174	4308		Public Law 95-87, the "Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
4175	4309		1977".
4176	4310		The provisions of the Mining Lands Reclamation Act, Sections 721
4177	4311		through 728 of Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall not apply to
4178	4312		surface coal mining operations or the surface effects of underground
4179	4313		coal mining operations.
4180	4314		The Oklahoma Legislature finds and declares that coal mining
4181	4315		operations presently contribute significantly to the nation's energy
4182	4316		requirements, that Oklahoma's coal production is part of those
4183	4317		energy requirements, and that the cooperative effort established by
4184	4318		this act is necessary to prevent or mitigate adverse environmental
4185	4319		effects of all surface mining operations.
4186	4320		It is the purpose of this act to protect the rights of surface
4187	4321		owners and the environment, and to require reclamation of lands
4188	4322		affected by surface and undergroun d coal mining in a manner
4189	4323		compatible with the social, environmental and aesthetic needs of
4190	4324
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4216	4351		this state. If reclamation is not feasible, surface mining
4217	4352		operations should not be conducted. It is the intent of the
4218	4353		Legislature to insure the existence of an ex panding and economically
4219	4354		healthy coal mining industry and that there be public participation
4220	4355		in the development of rules and regulations appropriate to the State
4221	4356		of Oklahoma and that the Department of Mines Environmental Quality
4222	4357		exercise the full reach of its powers to insure the protection of
4223	4358		the public interest through the effective control of surface mining
4224	4359		operations.
4225		-	SECTION 41. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 742.2, is
	4360	+	SECTION 45. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 742.2, is
4226	4361		amended to read as follows:
4227	4362		Section 742.2 As used in this act:
4228	4363		1. "Acid drainage" means water with a pH of less than 6.0
4229	4364		Standard Units and in which total acidity exceeds total alkalinity,
4230	4365		discharged from active, inactive, or abandoned mines and from areas
4231	4366		affected by surface coal mining and reclamation operations.;
4232	4367		2. "Acid-forming materials" means earth materials that contain
4233	4368		sulfide minerals or other materials which, if exposed to air, water,
4234	4369		or weathering processes, will result in the formation of acids that
4235	4370		may create acid drainage.;
4236	4371		3. "Adjacent area" means land located outside the affected
4237	4372		area, permit area, or mine plan area, depending on the context in
4238	4373		which "adjacent area" is used, where air, surface or ground water,
4239	4374		fish, wildlife, vegetation or other resources protected by this act
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4266	4402		may be adversely impacted by surface coal mining and reclamation
4267	4403		operations.;
4268	4404		4. "Affected area" means, with respect to surface mining
4269	4405		activities, any land or water upon or in which those activities are
4270	4406		conducted or located. With respect to underground mining
4271	4407		activities, "affected area" means any water or surface land upon or
4272	4408		in which those activities are conducted or located, and land or
4273	4409		water which is located above underground mine workings.;
4274	4410		5. "Approximate original contour" means that surface
4275	4411		configuration achieved by backfilling and grading of the mined areas
4276	4412		so that the reclaimed area, including any terracing or access roads,
4277	4413		closely resembles the general surface configuration of the land
4278	4414		prior to mining and blends into and complements the drainage pattern
4279	4415		of the surrounding terrain, with all highwalls, spoil piles and coal
4280	4416		refuse piles eliminated. Water impoundments may be permitted where
4281	4417		the regulatory authority determines that they are in compliance with
4282	4418		Section 745.18 of this title and applicable rules and regulations.;
4283	4419		6. "Aquifer" means a zone, stratum, or group of strata confined
4284	4420		or unconfined, including perched conditions, that can store and
4285	4421		transmit water in sufficient quantities for a specific use.;
4286	4422		7. "Auger mining" means a method of mining coal at a cliff or
4287	4423		highwall by drilling holes laterally into an exposed coal seam from
4288	4424		the highwall and transporting the coal along an auger bit to the
4289	4425		surface.;
4290	4426
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4316	4453		8. "Box cut" means the first open cut in strip mining which
4317	4454		results in the placing of overburden on unmined land adjacent to the
4318	4455		initial pit and outside the area to be min ed.;
4319	4456		9. "Coal exploration" means the gathering of surface or
4320	4457		subsurface geologic, physical, or chemical data by mapping,
4321	4458		trenching, drilling, geophysical or other techniques necessary to
4322	4459		determine the quality and quantity of overburden and coal of an area
4323	4460		and the gathering of environmental data to establish the conditions
4324	4461		of the area beginning before surface coal mining and reclamation
4325	4462		operations.;
4326	4463		10. "Coal processing plant" means a collection of facilities
4327	4464		where run-of-the-mine coal is prepared for market by chemical or
4328	4465		physical processing, and separated from its impurities. The
4329	4466		processing plant may consist of, but not be limited to, the
4330	4467		following support facilities: loading facilities; storage and
4331	4468		stockpile facilities; shed, shops and other buildings; w ater
4332	4469		treatment and water storage facilities; settling basins and
4333	4470		impoundments; coal processing and other waste disposal areas; roads,
4334	4471		railroads and other transport facilities; and utilities.;
4335	4472		11. "Consolidated material" means material of sufficient
4336	4473		hardness or ability to resist weathering and to inhibit erosion or
4337	4474		sloughing.;
4338	4475		12. "Department" means the office of the Chief Mine Inspector
4339	4476		Department of Environmental Quality and Division of Mines housed
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4366	4504		therein, including all employees, agents, deputies, and
4367	4505		representatives of the De partment, herein called the Department of
4368		-	Mines and Mining, or such department, bureau ~~or commission as may~~
4369		-	lawfully succeed to the powers and duties of ~~such department, having~~
4370		-	primary responsibility for administering all ~~titles of t he Surface~~
4371		-	Mining Law.;
	4506	+	Mines and Mining Environmental Quality, or such department, bureau
	4507	+	or commission as may lawfully succeed to the powers and duties of
	4508	+	such department, having primary responsibility for administering all
	4509	+	titles of the Surface Mining Law.;
4372	4510		13. "Division Director" means the Chief Mine Inspector Division
4373	4511		Director of the State of Oklahoma Division of Mines of the
4374	4512		Department of Environmental Quality or such officer, bureau or
4375	4513		commission as may lawfully succeed to the powers and duties of such
4376	4514		Chief Mine Inspector Division Director or such employee, agent,
4377	4515		deputy or representative of the Chief Mine Inspector Division
4378	4516		Director as shall be designated by the Chief Mine Inspector Division
4379	4517		Director to perform any actions required by this act.;
4380	4518		14. "Disturbed area" means an area where vegetation, topsoil,
4381	4519		or overburden is removed by surface coal mining operations or upon
4382	4520		which topsoil, spoil, coal processing waste or noncoal waste is
4383	4521		placed. Those areas are "disturbed" until reclamation of those
4384	4522		areas is complete and the bond or other assurance of performance is
4385	4523		released.;
4386	4524		15. "Diversion" means a channel, embankment, or other manmade
4387	4525		structure constructed for the purpose of diverting the flow of water
4388	4526		from one area to another:
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4415	4554		a. Permanent diversion means a diversion remaining after
4416	4555		surface coal mining and reclamation are completed and
4417	4556		which has been approved for retention by the
4418	4557		Department and other appropriate state and federal
4419	4558		agencies,
4420	4559		b. Temporary diversion means a diversion which is used
4421	4560		during coal exploration or surface coal min ing and
4422	4561		reclamation operations, and not approved by the
4423	4562		Department to remain after reclamation as part of the
4424	4563		approved postmining land use.;
4425	4564		16. "Ephemeral stream" means a stream which flows only in
4426	4565		direct response to precipitation in the immediate watersh ed or in
4427	4566		response to the melting of snow and ice, and which has a channel
4428	4567		bottom that is always above the local water table.;
4429	4568		17. "Ground water" means subsurface water that fills available
4430	4569		openings in rock or soil materials such that they may be considered
4431	4570		water-saturated.;
4432	4571		18. "Head-of-hollow fill" means a fill structure consisting of
4433	4572		any material, other than coal processing waste and organic material,
4434	4573		placed in the uppermost reaches of a hollow where side slopes of the
4435	4574		existing hollow measured at the stee pest point are greater than
4436	4575		twenty (20) degrees or the average slope of the profile of the
4437	4576		hollow from the toe of the fill to the top of the fill is greater
4438	4577		than ten (10) degrees. In fills with less than two hundred fifty
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4465	4605		thousand (250,000) cubic yards of material, associated with contour
4466	4606		mining, the top surface of the fill will be at the elevation of the
4467	4607		coal seam. In all other head-of-hollow fills, the top surface of
4468	4608		the fill, when completed, is at approximately the same elevation as
4469	4609		the adjacent ridge line, and no significant area of natural drainage
4470	4610		occurs above the fill draining into the fill area.;
4471	4611		19. "Highwall" means the face of exposed overburden and coal in
4472	4612		an open cut of a surface or for entry to an underground coal mine.;
4473	4613		20. "Hydrologic balance" means the relationship between the
4474	4614		quality and quantity of inflow to, outflow from and storage in a
4475	4615		hydrologic unit such as a drainage basin, aquifer, soil zone, lake,
4476	4616		or reservoir. It encompasses the quantity and quality relationships
4477	4617		between precipitation, runoff, evaporation, and the change in ground
4478	4618		and surface water storage.;
4479	4619		21. "Hydrologic regime" means the entire state of water
4480	4620		movement in a given area. It is a function of the climate, and
4481	4621		includes the phenomena by which water first occurs as a tmospheric
4482	4622		water vapor, passes into a liquid or solid form and falls as
4483	4623		precipitation, moves along or into the ground surface, and returns
4484	4624		to the atmosphere as vapor by means of evaporation and
4485	4625		transpiration.;
4486	4626		22. "Imminent danger to the health and safety of the public"
4487	4627		means the existence of any condition or practice, or any violation
4488	4628		of a permit or other requirements of this act in a surface coal
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4515	4656		mining and reclamation operation, which condition, practice, or
4516	4657		violation could reasonably be expected to caus e substantial physical
4517	4658		harm to persons outside the permit area before such condition,
4518	4659		practice, or violation can be abated. A reasonable expectation of
4519	4660		death or serious injury before abatement exists if a rational
4520	4661		person, subjected to the same condition o r practice giving rise to
4521	4662		the peril, would not expose oneself to the danger during the time
4522	4663		necessary for abatement.;
4523	4664		23. "Impoundment" means a closed basin, naturally formed or
4524	4665		artificially built, which is dammed or excavated for the retention
4525	4666		of water, sediment, or waste.;
4526	4667		24. "In situ processes" means activities conducted on the
4527	4668		surface or underground in connection with in-place distillation,
4528	4669		retorting, leaching, or other chemical or physical processing of
4529	4670		coal, to include, but not be limited to, in situ gasification, in
4530	4671		situ leaching, slurry mining, solution mining, bore hole mining and
4531	4672		fluid recovery mining.;
4532	4673		25. "Intermittent stream" means a stream or reach of a stream
4533	4674		that drains a watershed of at least one (1) square mile, or a stream
4534	4675		or reach of a stream that is below the local water table for at
4535	4676		least some part of the year, and obtains its flow from both surface
4536	4677		runoff and ground water discharge.;
4537	4678		26. "Operator" means any person, partnership, firm or
4538	4679		corporation engaged in coal mining who removes or intends to remove
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4565	4707		more than two hundred fifty (250) tons from the earth within twelve
4566	4708		(12) consecutive months in any one location.;
4567	4709		27. "Other minerals" means clay, stone, sand, gravel,
4568	4710		metalliferous and nonmetalliferous ores, and any other solid
4569	4711		material or substances of commercial value excavated in solid form
4570	4712		from natural deposits on or in the earth, exclusive of coal and
4571	4713		those minerals which occur naturally in liquid or gaseous form.;
4572	4714		28. "Overburden" means all of the earth and other materials,
4573	4715		excluding topsoil, which lie above natural deposits of coal and
4574	4716		other minerals, and also means such earth and other materials
4575	4717		disturbed from their natural state in the process of surface
4576	4718		mining.;
4577	4719		29. "Peak" means an upward projecting point of overburden
4578	4720		created in the surface mining process.;
4579	4721		30. "Perennial stream" means a stream or part of a stream that
4580	4722		flows continuously during all of the calendar year as a result of
4581	4723		groundwater discharge or surface runoff.;
4582	4724		31. "Performance bond" means the indemnity instrument in a sum
4583	4725		certain, supported by a surety's guarantee, pledge of collateral or
4584	4726		other acceptable contractual guarantee, by which the permit
4585	4727		applicant assures faithful performance of all the applicable permit
4586	4728		requirements of this act and the rules and regulat ions promulgated
4587	4729		thereunder.;
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4614	4757		32. "Permit" means a permit to conduct surface coal mining and
4615	4758		reclamation operations issued by the Department pursuant to state
4616	4759		law.;
4617	4760		33. "Permit area" means the area, including all natural and
4618	4761		human resources, included wit hin the boundaries specified in a
4619	4762		permit, whether or not the areas will be impacted by surface coal
4620	4763		mining and reclamation operations, which are designated on the
4621	4764		approved maps submitted by the applicant with his permit application
4622	4765		and covered by the perfo rmance and reclamation bonds as required.;
4623	4766		34. "Permittee" means a person holding a "permit" to conduct
4624	4767		surface coal mining and reclamation operations issued by the
4625	4768		Department pursuant to state law.;
4626	4769		35. "Pit" means a tract of land from which overburden or
4627	4770		minerals have been or are being removed in the process of surface
4628	4771		mining.;
4629	4772		36. "Prime farmland" means lands which meet the criteria of the
4630	4773		Department, which shall prescribe criteria at least as stringent as
4631	4774		criteria prescribed by the United States Secr etary of Agriculture on
4632	4775		the basis of such factors as moisture availability, temperature
4633	4776		regime, chemical balance, permeability, surface layer composition,
4634	4777		susceptibility to flooding, and erosion characteristics, and which
4635	4778		historically have been used for in tensive agricultural purposes.;
4636	4779		37. "Reclamation" means, through the process of backfilling,
4637	4780		regrading, topsoil replacement, reutilization, and revegetation
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4664	4808		activities, the bringing back of land to its approximate original
4665	4809		contours and configuration, and resulting in an equal or better land
4666	4810		use category, and shall be consistent with the existing surrounding
4667	4811		environment.;
4668	4812		38. "Reference areas" means land units of varying size and
4669	4813		shape identified and maintained under appropriate management for the
4670	4814		purpose of measuring ground cover, productivity and species
4671	4815		diversity that are produced naturally or by crop production methods
4672	4816		approved by the Department. Reference areas must be representative
4673	4817		of geology, soils, slope, aspect and vegetation in the permit area.;
4674	4818		39. "Refuse" means all waste material directly connected with
4675	4819		the production, cleaning or preparation of coal or other minerals
4676	4820		which have been mined by either underground or surface mining
4677	4821		method.;
4678	4822		40. "Regulatory authority" means the Department of Mines and
4679	4823		Mining. Environmental Quality;
4680	4824		41. "Ridge" means a lengthened elevation of overburden created
4681	4825		in the surface mining process.;
4682	4826		42. "Significant, imminent environmental harm to land, air or
4683	4827		water resources" is determined as follows:
4684	4828		a. An environmental harm is any adverse impact on land,
4685	4829		air, or water resources, including but not limited to,
4686	4830		plant and animal life,
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4713	4858		b. An environmental harm is imminent if a condition,
4714	4859		practice or violation exists which:
4715	4860		(1) is causing such harm or,
4716	4861		(2) may reasonably be expected to cause such harm at
4717	4862		any time before the end of the reasonable
4718	4863		abatement time that would be set under Section
4719	4864		775 of this title,
4720	4865		c. An environmental harm is significant if that harm is
4721	4866		appreciable and not immediately reparable.;
4722	4867		43. "Slope" means average inclination of a surface, measured
4723	4868		from the horizontal; normally expressed as a unit of vertical
4724	4869		distance to a given number of units of horizontal distance (e.g.,
4725	4870		one unit vertical (1v) to five units horizontal (5h) = 11.3
4726	4871		degrees).;
4727	4872		44. "Soil horizons" means contrasting layers of soil lying one
4728	4873		below the other, parallel or near parallel to the land surface.
4729	4874		Soil horizons are differentiated on the basis of field
4730	4875		characteristics and laboratory data. The three (3) major soil
4731	4876		horizons are:
4732	4877		a. "A horizon". The uppermost layer in the soil profile
4733	4878		often called the surface soil. It is the part of the
4734	4879		soil in which organic matter is most abundant and
4735	4880		where leaching of soluble or suspended particles is
4736	4881		the greatest,
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4763	4909		b. "B horizon". The layer immediately beneath the A
4764	4910		horizon and often called the subsoil. This middle
4765	4911		layer commonly contains more clay, iron or aluminum
4766	4912		than the A or C horizons, and
4767	4913		c. "C horizon". The deepest layer of the soil profile.
4768	4914		It consists of loose material or weathered rock that
4769	4915		is relatively unaffected by biologic activity.;
4770	4916		45. "Spoil" means displaced overburden.;
4771	4917		46. "Strip mining" means those mining operations carried out by
4772	4918		removing the overburden lying above natural deposits of coal and
4773	4919		other minerals, and mining directly from such natural deposits
4774	4920		thereby exposed, but excludes auger mining, quarrying, dredging,
4775	4921		pumping or the use of hydraulic methods.;
4776	4922		47. "Substantially disturb" means, for purposes of coal
4777	4923		exploration, to significantly impact upon land, air or water
4778	4924		resources by such activities as blasting, mechanical excavation of
4779	4925		land, drilling or altering coal or water exploratory holes or wells,
4780	4926		construction or creation of roads and other access routes, and the
4781	4927		placement of structures, excavated earth or other debris upon the
4782	4928		surface of land.;
4783	4929		48. "Surface coal mining and reclamation operations" means
4784	4930		surface mining operations and all activities necessary and incident
4785	4931		to the reclamation of such operations.;
4786	4932		49. "Surface coal mining operations" means:
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4813	4960		a. Activities conducted on the surface of lands in
4814	4961		connection with a surface coal mine or surface
4815	4962		operations and surface impacts incident to an
4816	4963		underground coal mine. Such activities include
4817	4964		excavation for the purpose of obtaining coal,
4818	4965		including such common methods as contour, strip,
4819	4966		auger, mountaintop removal, box cut, open pit, and
4820	4967		area mining, the uses of explosives and blasting, in
4821	4968		situ distillation or retorting, leachi ng or other
4822	4969		chemical or physical processing, and the cleaning,
4823	4970		concentrating, or other processing or preparation,
4824	4971		loading of coal at or near the mine site. Such
4825	4972		activities do not include the extraction of coal
4826	4973		incidental to the extraction of other mineral s where
4827	4974		coal does not exceed sixteen and two-thirds percent
4828	4975		(16 2/3%) of the tonnage of minerals removed for the
4829	4976		purposes of commercial use or sale or coal
4830	4977		exploration, subject to Section 745.11 of this title,
4831	4978		and
4832	4979		b. The areas upon which such activities oc cur or where
4833	4980		such activities disturb the natural land surface.
4834	4981		Such areas shall also include any adjacent land, the
4835	4982		use of which is incidental to any such activities, all
4836	4983		lands affected by the construction of new roads or
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4863	5011		improvement or use of existing ro ads to gain access to
4864	5012		the site of such activities and for haulage and
4865	5013		excavations, workings, impoundments, dams, ventilation
4866	5014		shafts, entryways, refuse banks, dumps, stockpiles,
4867	5015		overburden piles, spoil banks, culm banks, tailings,
4868	5016		holes or depressions, repa ir areas, storage areas,
4869	5017		processing areas, shipping areas and other areas upon
4870	5018		which are sited structures, facilities, or other
4871	5019		property or materials on the surface, resulting from
4872	5020		or incident to such activities.;
4873	5021		50. "Surface water" means water, either f lowing or standing, on
4874	5022		the surface of the earth.;
4875	5023		51. "Topsoil" means the "A" soil horizon, which is the
4876	5024		uppermost layer of the three (3) major soil horizons.;
4877	5025		52. "Underground mining activities" means a combination of:
4878	5026		a. surface operations incident to underground extraction
4879	5027		of coal or in situ processing, such as construction,
4880	5028		use, maintenance, and reclamation of ro ads, above-
4881	5029		ground repair areas, storage areas, processing areas,
4882	5030		shipping areas, areas upon which are sited support
4883	5031		facilities including hois t and ventilating ducts,
4884	5032		areas utilized for the disposal and storage of waste,
4885	5033		and areas on which materials inciden t to underground
4886	5034		mining operations are placed, and
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4913	5062		b. underground operations such as underground
4914	5063		construction, operation, and reclamation of shafts,
4915	5064		adits, underground support facilities, in situ
4916	5065		processing, and underground mining, hauling, storage,
4917	5066		and blasting, and
4918	5067		c. the areas in which activities enumerated above occur
4919	5068		or where such activities disturb the natural land
4920	5069		surface.;
4921	5070		53. "Unwarranted failure to comply" means the failure of a
4922	5071		permittee to prevent the occurrence of any violation of his permit
4923	5072		or any requirement of this act due to indifference, lack of
4924	5073		diligence, or lack of reasonable care, or the failure to abate any
4925	5074		violation of such permit or the act due to indifference, lack of
4926	5075		diligence, or lack of reasonable care.; and
4927	5076		54. "Water table" means the upper surface of a zone of
4928	5077		saturation, where the body of ground water is not confined by an
4929	5078		overlying impermeable zone.
4930		-	SECTION 42. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.1, is
	5079	+	SECTION 46. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.1, is
4931	5080		amended to read as follows :
4932	5081		Section 745.1 A. It shall be unlawful for any operator to
4933	5082		engage in any mining operations in this state without first
4934	5083		obtaining from the Department of Environmental Quality a permit to
4935	5084		do so for each separate mining operation. The Department shall
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4962	5112		determine what constitutes a separate mining operation by rules and
4963	5113		regulations promulgated under the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979.
4964	5114		B. Any operator desiring to engage in surface mining eight (8)
4965	5115		months after the appr oval of Oklahoma's regulatory program by the
4966	5116		United States Secretary of the Interior shall make written
4967	5117		application to the Department for a permit within two (2) months
4968	5118		after the approval of the state program. Before the approval of the
4969	5119		Oklahoma program by the Secretary of the Interior, the requirements
4970	5120		of the Coal Reclamation Act of 1978 shall continue to apply to all
4971	5121		permits for coal mining covered by the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979.
4972	5122		Application for such permit shall be made upon a form furnished by
4973	5123		the Department, which form shall require all pertinent information
4974	5124		including, but not limited to, all information required by federal
4975	5125		law and regulations.
4976	5126		C. Any operator desiring to engage in undergr ound mining shall
4977	5127		make written application to the Department for a permit within two
4978	5128		(2) months after approval of the state program. Application for
4979	5129		such permit shall be made upon a form furnished by the Department,
4980	5130		which form shall require all pertinent information including, but
4981	5131		not limited to, all information require d by federal law and
4982	5132		regulations for underground coal mining, taking into account the
4983	5133		distinct differences between surface coal mining and underground
4984	5134		coal mining.
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5011	5162		D. Each application for a permit under subsections B and C of
5012	5163		this section shall be accompa nied by a plan for the reclamation of
5013	5164		the affected land that meets the requirements of the Coal
5014	5165		Reclamation Act of 1979.
5015	5166		E. Each application for a permit or permit renewal under
5016	5167		subsections B and C of this section shall be accompanied by a fee of
5017	5168		Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each permit year, payable at the
5018	5169		rate of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per year on the anniversary
5019	5170		date of the year in which the permit or permit renewal was issued.
5020	5171		Such fee shall be deposited in the Department of Mines Environmental
5021	5172		Quality Revolving Fund established in Section 2 -3-401 of Title 27A
5022	5173		of the Oklahoma Statutes and used to offset the cost of reviewing,
5023	5174		administering and enforcing such permit issued pursuant to a state
5024	5175		or federal program. Once mining operations have permanently
5025	5176		terminated, no furthe r permit fee shall be required of the operator.
5026	5177		F. The provisions of the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 shall not
5027	5178		apply to the extraction of coal by a landowner for his own
5028	5179		noncommercial use from land owned or leased by him, or the
5029	5180		extraction of coal as an incidental part of federal, state or local
5030	5181		government-financed highway or other construction under regulations
5031	5182		established by the Department.
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	5183	+	SECTION 47. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.2, is
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	5212	+	Section 745.2 All permits issued pursuant to the requirements
	5213	+	of this act shall be issued for a term not to exceed five (5) years.
	5214	+	A successor in interest to a permittee who applies for a new permit
	5215	+	within thirty (30) days of succeeding to such interest and who is
	5216	+	able to obtain the bond coverage of the original permittee may, upon
	5217	+	payment of a fee of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to the Department
	5218	+	of Environmental Quality, continue surface coal mining and
	5219	+	reclamation operations according to the approved mining and
	5220	+	reclamation plan of the original permittee until such successor's
	5221	+	application is granted or denied.
	5222	+	SECTION 48. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.3, is
	5223	+	amended to read as follows:
	5224	+	Section 745.3 A permit shall terminate if the permittee has not
	5225	+	commenced the surface coal mining operations covered by such permit
	5226	+	within three (3) years of the issuance of the permit. The
	5227	+	Department of Environmental Quality may grant reasonable extensions
	5228	+	of time upon a showing and a finding by the Department that such
	5229	+	extensions are necessary by reason of litigation precluding such
	5230	+	commencement or threatening substantial economic loss to the
	5231	+	permittee, or by reason of conditio ns beyond the control and without
	5232	+	the fault or negligence of the p ermittee; provided, further that
	5233	+	with respect to coal to be mined for use in a synthetic fuel
	5234	+	facility or specific major electric generating facility, the
	5235	+	permittee shall be deemed to have commenced surface mining
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	5263	+	operations at such time as the constructio n of the synthetic fuel or
	5264	+	generating facility is initiated.
	5265	+	SECTION 49. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.4, is
	5266	+	amended to read as follows:
	5267	+	Section 745.4 Any valid permit issued pursuant to this act
	5268	+	shall carry with it the right of successive renewal with respect to
	5269	+	areas within the boundaries of the existing permit. The holders of
	5270	+	the permit may apply for renewal and such renewal shall be issued,
	5271	+	provided that on application for renewal the burden shall be on the
	5272	+	opponents of renewal, subsequent to fulfillment of the public notice
	5273	+	requirements of Sections 15 745.12 and 17 745.14 of this act title
	5274	+	unless it is established that and written findings by the Department
	5275	+	of Environmental Quality are made declaring:
	5276	+	1. The terms and conditions of the exist ing permit are not
	5277	+	being satisfactorily met;
	5278	+	2. The present surface coal mining and reclamation operation is
	5279	+	not in compliance with the environmental protection standards of
	5280	+	this act and the state program;
	5281	+	3. The renewal requested substantially jeopardiz es the
	5282	+	operator's continuing responsibility on existing permit areas;
	5283	+	4. The operator has not provided evidence that the performance
	5284	+	bond in effect for said operation will continue in full force and
	5285	+	effect for any renewal requested in such application as well as any
	5286	+	additional bond the Department might require; or
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	5314	+	5. Any additional revised or updated information required by
	5315	+	the Department has not been provided. Prior to the approval of any
	5316	+	renewal of permit the Department shall provide notice to the
	5317	+	appropriate public authorities.
	5318	+	If an application for renewal of a valid permit includes a
	5319	+	proposal to extend the mining operation beyond the boundaries
	5320	+	authorized in the existing permit, the portion of the application
	5321	+	for renewal of a valid permit which addre sses any new land areas
	5322	+	shall be subject to the full standards applicable to new
	5323	+	applications under this act.
	5324	+	Any permit renewal shall be for a term not to exceed the period
	5325	+	of the original permit established by this act. Application for
	5326	+	permit renewal shall be made at least one hundred twenty (120) days
	5327	+	prior to the expiration of the valid permit.
	5328	+	SECTION 50. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.5, is
	5329	+	amended to read as follow s:
	5330	+	Section 745.5 A. Each applicant for a permit shall be required
	5331	+	to submit to the Department of Environmental Quality as part of the
	5332	+	permit application a reclamation plan which shall meet the
	5333	+	requirements of this act. E ach reclamation plan submitted as part
	5334	+	of a permit application shall include, in the degree of detail
	5335	+	necessary to demonstrate that reclamation required can be
	5336	+	accomplished, a statement of:
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	5364	+	1. The identification of the lands subject to surface coal
	5365	+	mining operations over the estimated life of those operations and
	5366	+	the size, sequence and timing of the subareas for which it is
	5367	+	anticipated that individual permits for mining will be sought;
	5368	+	2. The condition of the land to be covered by the permit prior
	5369	+	to any mining including:
	5370	+	a. the uses existing at the time of the application, and
	5371	+	if the land has a history of previous mining, the uses
	5372	+	which preceded any mining,
	5373	+	b. the capability of the land prior to any mining to
	5374	+	support a variety of uses giving consideration to soil
	5375	+	and foundation characteristics, topography, vegetative
	5376	+	cover and, if applicable, a soil survey, and
	5377	+	c. the productivity of the land prior to mining,
	5378	+	including appropriate classification as prime
	5379	+	farmlands, as well as the average yield of food,
	5380	+	fiber, forage or wood products from such lands
	5381	+	obtained under high levels of management;
	5382	+	3. The use which is proposed to be made of the land following
	5383	+	reclamation, including a discussion of the utility and capacity of
	5384	+	the reclaimed land to support a variety of alternative uses and the
	5385	+	relationship of such use to existing land use policies and plans,
	5386	+	and the comments of any owner of the surface, state and local
	5387	+	governments or agencies thereof which would have to initiate,
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	5416	+	following reclamation;
	5417	+	4. A detailed description of how the proposed postmining land
	5418	+	use is to be achieved and the necessary support activities which may
	5419	+	be needed to achieve the proposed land use;
	5420	+	5. The engineering techniques pr oposed to be used in mining and
	5421	+	reclamation and a description of the major equipment; a plan for the
	5422	+	control of surface water drainage and of water accumulation; a plan,
	5423	+	where appropriate, for backfilling, soil stabilization, and
	5424	+	compacting, grading and ap propriate revegetation; a plan for soil
	5425	+	reconstruction, replacement and stabilization; an estimate of the
	5426	+	cost per acre of the reclamation, including a statement as to how
	5427	+	the permittee plans to comply with each of the requirements of
	5428	+	Oklahoma mining recla mation law;
	5429	+	6. The consideration which has been given to maximize the
	5430	+	utilization and conservation of the solid fuel resource being
	5431	+	recovered so that reaffecting the land in the future can be
	5432	+	minimized;
	5433	+	7. A detailed estimated timetable for the accomplis hment of
	5434	+	each major step in the reclamation plan;
	5435	+	8. The consideration which has been given to making the surface
	5436	+	mining and reclamation operations consistent with surface owner
	5437	+	plans, and applicable state and local land use plans and programs;
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	5466	+	water quality laws and regulations and any applicable health and
	5467	+	safety standards;
	5468	+	10. The consideration which has been given to developing the
	5469	+	reclamation plan in a manner consistent with local physical
	5470	+	environmental, and climatological conditions;
	5471	+	11. All lands, interests in lands, or options on such interests
	5472	+	held by the applicant or pending bids on interests in lands by the
	5473	+	applicant, which lands are contiguous to the area to be covered by
	5474	+	the permit;
	5475	+	12. The results of test boring which the applicant has made at
	5476	+	the area to be covered by the permit, or other equivalent
	5477	+	information and data, including the location of subsurface water,
	5478	+	and an analysis of the chemical properties including acid-forming
	5479	+	properties of the coal and other minerals and overburden.
	5480	+	Information which pertains only to the analysis of the chemical and
	5481	+	physical properties of the coal shall be kept confidential and not
	5482	+	made a matter of public record. Information regarding mineral or
	5483	+	elemental contents which are potentially toxic in the environment
	5484	+	shall be a part of the public record;
	5485	+	13. A detailed description of the measures to be taken during
	5486	+	the mining and reclamation process to assure the protection of:
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	5514	+	a. the quality of surface and ground water systems, both
	5515	+	on- and off-site, from adverse effects of the mining
	5516	+	and reclamation process,
	5517	+	b. the rights of present users to such water, and
	5518	+	c. the quantity of surface and ground water systems, both
	5519	+	on- and off-site, from adverse effects of the mining
	5520	+	and reclamation process or to provide alternative
	5521	+	sources of water where such protection of quantity
	5522	+	cannot be assured; and
	5523	+	14. Such other requirements as the Department shall prescribe
	5524	+	by regulations.
	5525	+	B. Any information required by this section which is not on
	5526	+	public file pursuant to state law shall be held in confidence by the
	5527	+	Department. Information which pertains only to the chemical and
	5528	+	physical properties of the coal, except those properties which are
	5529	+	potentially toxic in the environment, shall be kept confidential and
	5530	+	not made a matter of public record.
	5531	+	SECTION 51. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.6, is
	5532	+	amended to read as follows:
	5533	+	Section 745.6 A. After a surface coal mining and reclamation
	5534	+	permit application has been approved but before such a permit is
	5535	+	issued, the applicant shall file with the Department of
	5536	+	Environmental Quality, on a form prescribed and furni shed by the
	5537	+	Department, a bond for performance payable to the state, and
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	5565	+	conditional upon faithful performance of all the require ments of law
	5566	+	and the permit. Such bond shall be signed by the operator as
	5567	+	principal, and by a good and sufficient corporate su rety licensed to
	5568	+	do business in the state. The bond shall cover that area of land
	5569	+	within the permit area upon which the operator will initiate and
	5570	+	conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations within the
	5571	+	initial term of the permit. Bonding will occur in one-year
	5572	+	increments for the life of the permit and shall cover that segment
	5573	+	of the permit area to be affected during the increment. As one-year
	5574	+	increments of surface coal mining and reclamation operations are to
	5575	+	be initiated and conducted within the permit area, the permittee
	5576	+	shall file with the Department an additional bond or bonds to cover
	5577	+	such increments in accordance w ith this section.
	5578	+	B. The amount of the bond required for each bonded area shall
	5579	+	depend upon the reclamation requirements of t he approved permit, and
	5580	+	shall reflect the probable difficulty of reclamation and giving
	5581	+	consideration to such factors as topograph y, geology of the site,
	5582	+	hydrology, and revegetation potential, and shall be determined by
	5583	+	the Department. The amount of the b ond for coal mining shall be
	5584	+	sufficient to assure the completion of the reclamation plan if the
	5585	+	work had to be performed by the De partment in the event of
	5586	+	forfeiture, and in no case shall the bond for the entire area under
	5587	+	one permit be less than Ten Thous and Dollars ($10,000.00) unless the
	5588	+	permit area is less than sixty-seven (67) acres, in which case a
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	5616	+	minimum bond of fifteen perce nt (15%) of the total original bond
	5617	+	shall be maintained until completion of the reclamation.
	5618	+	Liability under a surface coal mi ning bond shall be for the
	5619	+	duration of the surface coal mining and reclamation operation and
	5620	+	for a period coincident with the oper ator's responsibility for
	5621	+	revegetation requirements. The bond shall be executed by the
	5622	+	operator and a corporate surety licens ed to do business in Oklahoma,
	5623	+	except that the operator may elect to deposit cash, negotiable bonds
	5624	+	of the United States Governmen t or of Oklahoma, negotiable
	5625	+	certificates of deposit of any bank organized or transacting
	5626	+	business in the United States, Certi ficates of Deposit or
	5627	+	irrevocable letters of credit from a bank or lending institution
	5628	+	licensed to do business in the State of Okl ahoma. The cash deposit
	5629	+	or market value of such securities shall be equal to or greater than
	5630	+	the amount of the bond required for the bonded area.
	5631	+	C. A bond shall not be cancelable by the surety except after
	5632	+	not less than ninety (90) days' prior written notice to the
	5633	+	Department and the arrangement of a replacement bond suitable to the
	5634	+	Department. Bonds may be continued in effec t from year to year, and
	5635	+	a new bond need not be provided for each permit year. The penalty
	5636	+	of the bond or amount of cash and secu rities, as provided in
	5637	+	subsection B of this section, shall be increased or reduced from
	5638	+	time to time as affected land acreages are increased or decreased or
	5639	+	when the cost of future reclamation changes.
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	5667	+	D. If the license to do business in the state of any surety
	5668	+	upon a bond filed with the Department pursuant to the Coal
	5669	+	Reclamation Act of 1979 shall be suspended or revoked, the operator,
	5670	+	within thirty (30) days after receiving notice thereof from the
	5671	+	Department, shall substitute for such surety a good and sufficien t
	5672	+	corporate surety licensed to do business in the state. Upon failure
	5673	+	of the operator to make substitution of surety as provided in this
	5674	+	section, the Department shall have the right to suspend the permit
	5675	+	of the operator to conduct operations upon the land described in
	5676	+	such permit until such substitution has been made.
	5677	+	E. The Department may accept the bond of the applicant itself
	5678	+	without separate surety when the applicant demonstrates to the
	5679	+	satisfaction of the Department the existence of a suitable agent to
	5680	+	receive service of process, and a history of financial solvency and
	5681	+	continuous operation sufficient for authorization to self-insure or
	5682	+	bond such amount.
	5683	+	F. Such bond or security shall remain in effect until the mined
	5684	+	acres have been reclaimed, approve d and released by the Department.
	5685	+	SECTION 52. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.8, is
	5686	+	amended to read as follows:
	5687	+	Section 745.8 No permit or revision application shall be
	5688	+	approved unless the application affirmatively demonstrates and the
	5689	+	Department of Environmental Quality finds in writing, on the basis
	5690	+	of the information set forth in the application or from information
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	5718	+	otherwise available, which will be documented in the approval and
	5719	+	made available to the applicant, that:
	5720	+	1. The permit application is accurate and complete a nd that all
	5721	+	the requirements of this act have been complied with;
	5722	+	2. The applicant has demonstrated that reclamation as required
	5723	+	by this act can be accomplished under the reclamation plan contained
	5724	+	in the permit application;
	5725	+	3. The assessment of the prob able cumulative impact of all
	5726	+	anticipated mining in the area on the hydrologic balance has been
	5727	+	made by the Department and the proposed operation has been designed
	5728	+	to prevent material damage to hydrologic b alance outside the permit
	5729	+	area;
	5730	+	4. The area proposed to be mined is not included within an area
	5731	+	designated unsuitable for surface coal mining, or is not within an
	5732	+	area under study for such designation unless the operator
	5733	+	demonstrates he has made substanti al legal and financial commitments
	5734	+	to the operation prior to January 1, 1977; and
	5735	+	5. In cases when the private coal or other mineral estate has
	5736	+	been severed from the private surface estate, the applicant has
	5737	+	submitted to the Department:
	5738	+	a. the written consent of the surface owner to the
	5739	+	extraction of coal by surface mining methods, or
	5740	+	b. a conveyance that expressly grants or reserves the
	5741	+	right to extract the coal by surface mining methods.
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	5769	+	If the conveyance does not expressly grant the right to extract
	5770	+	coal by surface mining methods, the surface-subsurface legal
	5771	+	relationship shall be determined in accordance with state law.
	5772	+	Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the Department
	5773	+	to adjudicate property rights disputes.
	5774	+	SECTION 53. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.9, is
	5775	+	amended to read as follows:
	5776	+	Section 745.9 The applicant shall file with his permit
	5777	+	application a schedule listing all notices of violations of this act
	5778	+	and any law, rule or regulation of the United States, or of any
	5779	+	department or agency in the United States, pertaining to air or
	5780	+	water environmental protection incurred by the applicant in
	5781	+	connection with any surface coal mining operation during the three-
	5782	+	year period prior to the date of application. The schedule shall
	5783	+	also indicate the final resolution of any such notice of violation.
	5784	+	When the schedule or other information available to the Department
	5785	+	of Environmental Quality indicates that any surface coal mining
	5786	+	operation owned or controlled by the applicant is currently in
	5787	+	violation of this act or such other laws referred to in this
	5788	+	section, the permit shall not be issued until the applicant submits
	5789	+	proof that such violation has been corrected or is in the process of
	5790	+	being corrected to the satisfaction of the regulatory authority
	5791	+	which has jurisdiction over such violation. No permit shall be
	5792	+	issued to an applicant after a finding by the Department, after
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	5821	+	specified in the application, controls or has controlled mining
	5822	+	operations with a demonstrated pattern of willful violations of this
	5823	+	act or the laws of another state or the United States regulating
	5824	+	surface coal mining operations of such nature and duration with such
	5825	+	resulting irreparable damage to the environment as to indicate an
	5826	+	intent not to comply with the provisions of this act.
	5827	+	SECTION 54. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.10, is
	5828	+	amended to read as follows:
	5829	+	Section 745.10 A. 1. During the term of the permit the
	5830	+	permittee may submit an application for a revision of the permit,
	5831	+	together with a revised reclamation plan, to the Department of
	5832	+	Environmental Quality. The Department shall promulgate by rule a
	5833	+	definition of a major revision and a minor revision. The fees for
	5834	+	an application for a revision shall be:
	5835	+	Major revision ................... $250.00
	5836	+	Minor revision ................... $100.00
	5837	+	Said fee shall be owing and due upon the Department's completion of
	5838	+	action upon the application and said fee shall be paid in full p rior
	5839	+	to the issuance of any revised permit and the Department shall issue
	5840	+	said revised permit no later than five (5) days after payment. The
	5841	+	fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the
	5842	+	Department of Mines Environmental Quality Revolving Fund.
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	5870	+	2. An application for a revision of a permit shall not be
	5871	+	approved unless the Department finds that reclamation as required by
	5872	+	this act can be accomplished under the revised reclamation p lan.
	5873	+	The revision shall be approved or disapproved within a reasonable
	5874	+	period of time. The Department shall establish guidelines for a
	5875	+	determination of the scale or extent of a revision request for which
	5876	+	all permit application information requirements and procedures,
	5877	+	including notice and hearings, shall apply. Any revisions which
	5878	+	propose significant alterations in the reclamation plan shall, at a
	5879	+	minimum, be subject to notice and hearing requirements.
	5880	+	3. Any extensions to the area covered by the permit e xcept
	5881	+	incidental boundary revisions shall be made by application for
	5882	+	another permit.
	5883	+	B. The Department shall, within a time limit prescribed in
	5884	+	regulations, review outstanding permits and may require reasonable
	5885	+	revision or modification of the permit provi sions during the term of
	5886	+	such permit. Such revision or modification shall be ba sed upon a
	5887	+	written finding and subject to notice and hearing requirements
	5888	+	established by the Department.
	5889	+	SECTION 55. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.11, is
	5890	+	amended to read as follows:
	5891	+	Section 745.11 A. Coal exploration operations which
	5892	+	substantially disturb the natural land surface shall be conducted in
	5893	+	accordance with exploration regulations issued by the Department of
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	5922	+	minimum:
	5923	+	1. The requirement that prior to conducting any exploration
	5924	+	under this section, any person shall file with the Department notice
	5925	+	of intention to explore, and such notice shall include a description
	5926	+	of the exploration area and the period of supposed explor ation; and
	5927	+	2. Provisions for reclamation, in accordance with the surface
	5928	+	coal mining operations performance standards of this act, of all
	5929	+	lands disturbed in exploration, including excavations, roads, drill
	5930	+	holes and the removal of necessary facilities and equipment.
	5931	+	B. Information submitted to the Department pursuant to this
	5932	+	subsection which is designated in writing as confidential,
	5933	+	concerning trade secrets or privileged commercial or financial
	5934	+	information which relates to the competitive rights of the pe rson or
	5935	+	entity intended to explore the described area, shall not be
	5936	+	available for public examination.
	5937	+	C. No operator shall remove more than two hundred fifty (250)
	5938	+	tons of coal pursuant to an exploration permit without the specific
	5939	+	written approval of the Department.
	5940	+	D. Any person violating this section shall be subject to the
	5941	+	penalty provisions of this act.
	5942	+	SECTION 56. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.12, is
	5943	+	amended to read as follows:
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	5971	+	Section 745.12 At the time of submission of an applica tion for
	5972	+	a surface coal mining and reclamation permit, or revision of an
	5973	+	existing permit, the applicant shall submit to the Department of
	5974	+	Environmental Quality a copy of his advertisement of the ownership,
	5975	+	precise location and boundaries of the land to be affected. At the
	5976	+	time of submission such advertisement shall be placed by the
	5977	+	applicant in a local newspaper of general circulation in the
	5978	+	locality of the proposed surface mine at least once a w eek for four
	5979	+	(4) consecutive weeks. The Department shall not ify various local
	5980	+	governmental bodies, planning agencies, sewage and water treatment
	5981	+	authorities and water companies in the locality in which the
	5982	+	proposed surface mining will take place notifying them of the
	5983	+	operator's intention to surface mine a particula rly described tract
	5984	+	of land and indicating the application's permit number and where a
	5985	+	copy of the proposed mining and reclamation plan may be inspected.
	5986	+	These local bodies, agencies, authoritie s or companies may submit
	5987	+	written comments within a reasonabl e period established b y the
	5988	+	Department on the mining applications with respect to the effect of
	5989	+	the proposed operation on the environment which are within their
	5990	+	areas of responsibility. Such com ments shall immediately be
	5991	+	transmitted to the applicant by th e Department and shall be made
	5992	+	available to the public at the same locations as are the mining
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	6022	+	amended to read as follows:
	6023	+	Section 745.13 A. Any person having an interest which is or
	6024	+	may be adversely affected, or the chief administrative officer of
	6025	+	any federal, state or local governmental agency or authority, shall
	6026	+	have the right to file written objectio ns to the application for a
	6027	+	permit with the Department within thirty (30) days after the last
	6028	+	publication of the notice. Such objections shall immediately be
	6029	+	transmitted to the applicant by the Department of Environmental
	6030	+	Quality and shall be made availab le to the public. If written
	6031	+	objections are filed and an informal conference requested, the
	6032	+	Department shall then hold an informal conference in the locality of
	6033	+	the proposed mining. The date, time and location of such informal
	6034	+	conference shall be adverti sed by the Department in a newspaper of
	6035	+	general circulation in the locality at least two (2) weeks prior to
	6036	+	the scheduled conference date. The Department may arrange with the
	6037	+	applicant, upon request by any party to the application process,
	6038	+	access to the proposed mining area for the purpose of gathering
	6039	+	information relevant to the proceeding. An electronic or
	6040	+	stenographic record shall be made of the conference proceeding,
	6041	+	unless waived by all parties. Such record shall be maintained and
	6042	+	shall be accessible to the parties until final release of the
	6043	+	applicant's performance bond. In the event all parties requesting
	6044	+	the informal conference stipulate agreement prior to the requested
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	6072	+	informal conference and withdraw their requests, such informal
	6073	+	conference need not be held.
	6074	+	B. Where the lands included in an application for a permit are
	6075	+	the subject of a federal coal lease in connection with which
	6076	+	hearings were held and determinations were made under the Mineral
	6077	+	Lands Leasing Act, as amended, 30 U.S.C. 201a, such hearings shall
	6078	+	be deemed as to the matters covered to satisfy the requirements of
	6079	+	this section and Section 17 745.14 of this act title and such
	6080	+	determinations shall be deemed to be a part of the record and
	6081	+	conclusive for purposes of this section and Section 17 745.14 of
	6082	+	this act title.
	6083	+	SECTION 58. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.14, is
	6084	+	amended to read as follows:
	6085	+	Section 745.14 A. If an informal conference has been held, the
	6086	+	Department of Environmental Quality shall issue and furnish the
	6087	+	applicant and persons who are parties to the administrative
	6088	+	proceedings with the written finding of the Department, granting or
	6089	+	denying the permit in whole or in part and stating the reasons
	6090	+	therefor, within the sixty (60) days of the hearings in the informal
	6091	+	conference.
	6092	+	B. If no informal conference has been held, the Department
	6093	+	shall notify the applicant for a permit within a reasonable time,
	6094	+	whether the application has been approved or disapproved in whole or
	6095	+	in part.
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	6123	+	C. If the application is approved, the permit shall be issued.
	6124	+	If the application is disapprove d, specific reasons shall be set
	6125	+	forth in the notification. Within thirty (30) day s after the
	6126	+	applicant is notified of the final decision of the Department on the
	6127	+	permit application, the applicant or any person with an interest
	6128	+	which is or may be adversel y affected may request a hearing on the
	6129	+	reasons for the final determination. The D epartment shall hold a
	6130	+	hearing within thirty (30) days of such request and provide
	6131	+	notification to all interested parties at the time that the
	6132	+	applicant is so notified. Suc h hearing shall be of record,
	6133	+	adjudicatory in nature and no person who presided at an informal
	6134	+	conference shall either preside at the hearing or participate in
	6135	+	this decision or in any administrative appeal. Within thirty (30)
	6136	+	days after the hearing the De partment shall issue and furnish the
	6137	+	applicant, and all persons who participated in the hearing, with the
	6138	+	written decision of the Department granting or denying the permit in
	6139	+	whole or in part and stating the reasons.
	6140	+	SECTION 59. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.15, is
	6141	+	amended to read as follows:
	6142	+	Section 745.15 When a hearing is requested pursuant to this
	6143	+	act, the Department of Environmental Quality may, under such
	6144	+	conditions as it may prescribe, grant such temporary relief as it
	6145	+	deems appropriate pending fin al determination of the proceedings if:
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	6173	+	1. All parties to th e proceedings have been notified and given
	6174	+	an opportunity to be heard on a request for temporary relief;
	6175	+	2. The person requesting such relief shows that there is a
	6176	+	substantial likelihood that he will prevail on the merits of the
	6177	+	final determination of the proceeding; and
	6178	+	3. Such relief will not adversely affect the public health or
	6179	+	safety or cause significant imminent environmental harm to land, air
	6180	+	or water resources.
	6181	+	For the purpose of this an d every hearing authorized by this
	6182	+	act, the Department may, p ursuant to the Administrative Procedures
	6183	+	Act, administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, or written or printed
	6184	+	materials, compel attendance of the witnesses, or production of the
	6185	+	materials, and take e vidence including, but not limited to, site
	6186	+	inspections of the land to be affected and other surface coal mining
	6187	+	operations carried on by the applicant in the general vicinity of
	6188	+	the proposed operation. A verbatim record of each public hearing
	6189	+	required by this act shall be made, and a transcript made available
	6190	+	on the motion of any party or by order of the Department.
	6191	+	Any applicant or any person with an interest which is or may be
	6192	+	adversely affected who has participated in the application process
	6193	+	as an objector, and who is aggrieved by the decision of the
	6194	+	Department, or if the Department fails to act within the time limits
	6195	+	specified in this act, shall have the right to appeal as provided by
	6196	+	Section 53 786 of this act title.
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	6224	+	SECTION 60. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.16.1,
	6225	+	is amended to read as follows:
	6226	+	Section 745.16.1 The Department of Environmental Quality shall
	6227	+	operate a small operator assistance program to the extent required
	6228	+	by federal law, and shall provide such services as are necessary to
	6229	+	comply with the permanent regulatory program. The Department is
	6230	+	authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Secretary
	6231	+	of the Interior regarding distribution of funds for the small
	6232	+	operator assistance program.
	6233	+	SECTION 61. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.17, is
	6234	+	amended to read as follo ws:
	6235	+	Section 745.17 A. Each applicant for a surface coal mining and
	6236	+	reclamation permit shall file a copy of his applica tion for public
	6237	+	inspection with the recorder at the courthouse of the county or an
	6238	+	appropriate public office approved by the Department of
	6239	+	Environmental Quality where the mining is proposed to occur, except
	6240	+	for that information pertaining to the coal seam itself.
	6241	+	B. Each applicant for a permit shall be required to submit to
	6242	+	the Department as part of the permit application a certificate
	6243	+	issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in the
	6244	+	United States certifying that the applicant has a public l iability
	6245	+	insurance policy in force for the surface mining and reclamation
	6246	+	operations for which such permit is sought, or evidence that t he
	6247	+	applicant has satisfied other state or federal self-insurance
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	6275	+	requirements. Such policy shall provide for personal i njury and
	6276	+	property damage protection in an amount adequate to compensate any
	6277	+	persons damaged as a result of surface coal mining and recl amation
	6278	+	operations including use of explosives and entitled to compensation
	6279	+	under the applicable provisions of state law . Such policy shall be
	6280	+	maintained in full force and effect during the terms of the permit
	6281	+	or any renewal, including the length of all r eclamation operations.
	6282	+	C. Each applicant for a surface coal mining and reclamation
	6283	+	permit shall submit to the Departmen t as part of the permit
	6284	+	application a blasting plan which shall outline the procedures and
	6285	+	standards by which the operator will meet the provisions of law.
	6286	+	SECTION 62. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.19, is
	6287	+	amended to read as follows:
	6288	+	Section 745.19 The operator shall conduct any augering
	6289	+	operation associated with surface mining in a manner to maximize
	6290	+	recoverability of coal and other mineral reserves remaining after
	6291	+	the operation and reclamation are complete, and seal all auger holes
	6292	+	with an impervious and noncombustib le material in order to prevent
	6293	+	drainage except where the Department of Environmental Quality
	6294	+	determines that the resulting impoundment of water in such auger
	6295	+	holes may create a hazard to the environment or the public health or
	6296	+	safety. The Department may prohibit augering if necessary to
	6297	+	maximize the utilization recoverability or conservation of the solid
	6298	+	fuel resources or to protect against adverse water quality impacts.
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	6326	+	SECTION 63. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.21, is
	6327	+	amended to read as follows:
	6328	+	Section 745.21 The operator shall refrain from surface coal
	6329	+	mining within five hundred (500) feet from activ e and abandoned
	6330	+	underground mines in order to prevent breakthroughs and to protect
	6331	+	health or safety of miners. The De partment of Environmental Quality
	6332	+	shall permit an operat or to mine near, through or partially through
	6333	+	an abandoned underground mine or clo ser to an active underground
	6334	+	mine if the nature, timing and sequencing of the approximate
	6335	+	coincidence of specific surface mine activities with specific
	6336	+	underground mine activ ities will result in improved resource
	6337	+	recovery, improved land use category abatement of water pollution,
	6338	+	or elimination of hazards to the health and safety of underground
	6339	+	miners and the public.
	6340	+	SECTION 64. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.22, is
	6341	+	amended to read as follows:
	6342	+	Section 745.22 The operator shall insure ensure that all
	6343	+	reclamation efforts proceed in an environmentally sou nd manner and
	6344	+	as contemporaneously as practicable with the surface coal mining
	6345	+	operations. Where the applicant p roposes to combine surface mining
	6346	+	operations with underground mining operations to assure maximum
	6347	+	practical recovery of the coal and other mine ral resources, the
	6348	+	Department of Environmental Quality may grant a variance for
	6349	+	specific areas within the reclama tion plan from the requirement that
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	6377	+	reclamation efforts proceed as contemporaneously as practicable to
	6378	+	permit underground mining operations pri or to reclamation:
	6379	+	1. If the Department finds in writing that:
	6380	+	a. the applicant has presented, as part of the p ermit
	6381	+	application, specific, feasible plans for the proposed
	6382	+	underground mining operations,
	6383	+	b. the proposed underground mining operations are
	6384	+	necessary or desirable to assure maximum practical
	6385	+	recovery of the coal and other mineral resources and
	6386	+	will avoid multiple disturbance of the surface,
	6387	+	c. the applicant has satisfactorily demonstrated that the
	6388	+	plan for the underground mining operations co nforms to
	6389	+	requirements for underground mining in the
	6390	+	jurisdiction and that permits necessary for the
	6391	+	underground mining operations have been issued,
	6392	+	d. the areas proposed for the variance have been shown by
	6393	+	the applicant to be necessary for the implementi ng of
	6394	+	the proposed underground mining operations,
	6395	+	e. no substantial adverse environmental damage, either
	6396	+	on-site or off-site, will result from the delay in
	6397	+	completion of reclamation as required by this act, and
	6398	+	f. provisions for the off-site storage of spoil will
	6399	+	comply with the requirements of this act;
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	6427	+	2. If the United States Secretary of the Interior has
	6428	+	promulgated specific regulations to govern the granting of such
	6429	+	variances in accordance w ith the provisions of federal law, and has
	6430	+	imposed such additional requirements as he deems necessary;
	6431	+	3. If variances granted under the provisions of this section
	6432	+	are to be reviewed by the Department not more than three (3) years
	6433	+	from the date of issuanc e of the permit; and
	6434	+	4. If liability under the bond filed by the applicant with the
	6435	+	Department shall be for the duration of the underground mining
	6436	+	operations and until the requirements of this act have been fully
	6437	+	complied with.
	6438	+	SECTION 65. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 751, is
	6439	+	amended to read as follows:
	6440	+	Section 751. The operator shall minimize the disturbances to
	6441	+	the prevailing hydrologic balance, at the mine site and in
	6442	+	associated offsite areas, and to the quality and quantity of water
	6443	+	in surface and ground water systems both during and after surface
	6444	+	coal mining operations and during reclamation by:
	6445	+	1. Avoiding acid or other toxic mine drainage by such measures
	6446	+	as, but not limited to:
	6447	+	a. preventing or removing water from contact with toxic
	6448	+	producing deposits,
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	6477	+	adversely affects downstream water upon being released
	6478	+	to water courses, and
	6479	+	c. casing, sealing, or otherwise managing boreholes,
	6480	+	shafts, and wells and keeping acid or other toxic
	6481	+	drainage from entering ground and surface waters;
	6482	+	2. a. Conducting surface coal mining operations so as to
	6483	+	prevent, to the extent possible using the best
	6484	+	technology currently available, additional
	6485	+	contributions of suspended solids to streamflow, or
	6486	+	runoff outside the permit area, but in no event shall
	6487	+	contributions be in excess o f requirements set by
	6488	+	applicable state or federal law, and
	6489	+	b. constructing any siltation structures pursuant to this
	6490	+	paragraph prior to commencement of surface coal mining
	6491	+	operations. Such structures shall be certified by a
	6492	+	qualified registered engineer to be constructed as
	6493	+	designed and as approved in the reclamation plan;
	6494	+	3. Cleaning out and removing temporary or large settling ponds
	6495	+	or other siltation structures from drainways after disturbed areas
	6496	+	are revegetated and stabilized, and depositing the sil t and debris
	6497	+	at a site and in a manner approved by the Department;
	6498	+	4. Restoring recharge capacity of the mined area to approximate
	6499	+	premining conditions;
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	6527	+	5. Avoiding channel deepening or enlargement in operations
	6528	+	requiring the discharge of water from mine s;
	6529	+	6. Preserving throughout the mining and reclamation process the
	6530	+	essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley floors in the arid
	6531	+	and semiarid areas of the country; and
	6532	+	7. Such other actions as the Department of Environmental
	6533	+	Quality may prescribe.
	6534	+	SECTION 66. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 752, is
	6535	+	amended to read as follows:
	6536	+	Section 752. The operator shall design, locate, construct,
	6537	+	operate, maintain, enlarge, modify and remove or abandon, in
	6538	+	accordance with the standards and criteria developed by the
	6539	+	Department of Environmental Quality, all existing and new coal mine
	6540	+	waste piles consisting of mine wastes, tailings, coal processing
	6541	+	wastes, or other liquid and solid wastes, and used either
	6542	+	temporarily or permanently as dams or embankments.
	6543	+	SECTION 67. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 753, is
	6544	+	amended to read as follows:
5060	6545		Section 753. A. The operator shall insure ensure that
5061	6546		explosives are used only in accordance with existing state and
5062	6547		federal law and the regulations promulgated by the Department of
5063	6548		Environmental Quality, which shall require:
5064	6549		1. Adequate advance written notice to local governments and
5065	6550		residents who might be affected by the use of such explosives by
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5066	6578		publication of the planned blasting schedule in a newspaper of
5067	6579		general circulation in the locality, and by mailing a copy of the
5068	6580		proposed blasting schedule to every resident living within one-half
5069	6581		(1/2) mile of the proposed blasting site and by providing daily
5070	6582		notice to resident/occupiers in such areas prior to any blasting;
5071	6583		2. Maintaining for a period of at least thre e (3) years and
5072	6584		making available for public inspection upon request a log detailing
5073	6585		the location of the blasts, the pattern and depth of the drill
5074	6586		holes, the amount of explosives used per hole, and the order and
5075	6587		length of delay in the blasts;
5076	6588		3. Limiting the type of explosives and detonating equipment,
5077	6589		the size, the timing and frequency of blasts based upon the physical
5078	6590		conditions of the site so as to prevent injury to persons, damage to
5079	6591		public and private property outside the permit area, adverse impacts
5080	6592		on any underground mine, and change in the course, channel, or
5081	6593		availability of ground or surface water outside the permit area;
5082	6594		4. All blasting operations be conducted by trained and
5083	6595		competent persons as certified by the Department;
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5111	6597		dwelling or structure within one-half (1/2) mile of any portion of
5112	6598		the permitted area the applicant or permittee shall conduct a pre-
5113	6599		blasting survey of such structures and submit the survey to the
5114	6600		Department and a copy t o the resident or owner making the request.
5115	6601		The area of the survey shall be decided by the Department; and
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5116	6629		6. For the purposes of this section:
5117	6630		a. for blasting operations using electronic-blasting
5118	6631		detonators, a "loaded hole" is defined as one that
5119	6632		contains explosives or blasting agents with a primer
5120	6633		where the hole has been stemmed and has a short length
5121	6634		of connecting wire sticking out but does not have a
5122	6635		firing device connected,
5123	6636		b. for blasting operations not using electronic
5124	6637		detonators, a hole with explo sives and a blasting cap
5125	6638		is considered a "loaded and charged hole",
5126	6639		c. for blasting operations using electronic-blasting
5127	6640		detonators, a "charged hole" is defined as one that
5128	6641		contains explosives or blasting agents with a primer
5129	6642		where the hole has been tamped with a short length of
5130	6643		connecting device sticking out and it does have a
5131	6644		firing device connected,
5132	6645		d. "blasting site" is defined as the area within fifty
5133	6646		(50) feet, or any alternative distance provided in the
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5161	6648		holes loaded with explosives, blasting agents or
5162	6649		detonators,
5163	6650		e. "blasting area" is defined as the area where flying
5164	6651		rock may be considered dangerous, which shall be
5165	6652		determined by the certified blaster.
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5166	6680		B. Rules and procedures for the use of explosiv es are as
5167	6681		follows:
5168	6682		1. Persons who use explosives, blasting agents or detonators
5169	6683		shall be certified by the Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of
5170	6684		Environmental Quality. Such persons shall understand the hazards
5171	6685		involved, and trainees shall do such work only under the supervision
5172	6686		of and in the immediate presence of certified persons;
5173	6687		2. Blasting operations shall be under the direct control of
5174	6688		certified persons designated by the operator for that purpose;
5175	6689		3. Damaged or deteriorated explosives, blasting a gents and
5176	6690		detonators shall be disposed of in a safe manner;
5177	6691		4. For blasting operations using electronic blasting
5178	6692		detonators, loaded holes shall be charged as near to blasting time
5179	6693		as practical and in compliance with the known physical limitations
5180	6694		and properties of the specific blasting materials and equipment
5181	6695		specified by the manufacturer. Unless authorized by the appropriate
5182	6696		regulatory authority, loaded holes shall be detonated within sixty
5183	6697		(60) days from the date of loading;
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5211	6699		blasting agents or detonators;
5212	6700		6. Only wooden or other nonsparking devices shall be used to
5213	6701		punch holes in explosives cartridges;
5214	6702		7. Tamping poles shall be blunt and squared at one end and made
5215	6703		of wood or other nonspar king material;
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5216	6731		8. No tamping shall be done directly on primer cartridges;
5217	6732		9. During the loading of holes, only the work activities
5218	6733		associated with the explosives operation will be permitted in the
5219	6734		blasting site;
5220	6735		10. During charging and firing, only the work activities
5221	6736		associated with the explosives operation will be permitted in the
5222	6737		blasting area;
5223	6738		11. Unused explosives and detonators shall be moved to a safe
5224	6739		location as soon as charging operations are completed;
5225	6740		12. Approaches to areas in which charged holes are awaiting
5226	6741		firing shall be guarded or barricaded and posted or flagged against
5227	6742		unauthorized entry;
5228	6743		13. When a blast is about to be fired, ample warning shall be
5229	6744		given to allow all persons to retreat to a safe place. Each mine
5230	6745		shall have a definite plan of warning signals that can be clearly
5231	6746		seen or heard by anyone in the blasting area. The operator shall
5232	6747		inform all employees at the local mine as to the established
5233	6748		procedure;
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5261	6750		shall be provided to protect all persons endangered by flying rock
5262	6751		from blasting;
5263	6752		15. When safety fuse has been used, persons shall not return to
5264	6753		misfired holes for at least thirty (30) minutes;
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5266	6782		not return to misfired holes for at least fifteen (15) minutes.
5267	6783		Leading wires from the power source must be disconnected before
5268	6784		persons can be allowed to return to the blasting sites;
5269	6785		17. Blasted materials shall be examined for undetonated
5270	6786		explosives after each blast and undetonated explosives found shall
5271	6787		be disposed of safely;
5272	6788		18. Misfires shall be reported to the proper supervisor and
5273	6789		shall be disposed of safely before any other work is performed in
5274	6790		the blasting area;
5275	6791		19. Blast holes in hot-hole areas and holes that have been
5276	6792		sprung shall not be charged before tests have been made to insure
5277	6793		ensure that the heat has been dissipated to a safe level;
5278	6794		20. If explosives are suspected of burning in a hole, all
5279	6795		persons in the endangered area shall move to a safe locati on until
5280	6796		the danger has passed;
5281	6797		21. Holes shall not be drilled where there is danger of
5282	6798		intersecting a charge or misfired hole;
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5310	6800		away from oils or grease;
5311	6801		23. Fuses shall not be kinked, bent sha rply or handled roughly;
5312	6802		24. Fuses shall be cut and capped in safe, dry locations posted
5313	6803		with "No Smoking" signs;
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5315	6832		designed for that specific purpose;
5316	6833		26. Fuses of less than forty-eight (48) inches in length shall
5317	6834		not be used for any purpose;
5318	6835		27. At least two persons shall be present when lighting fuses,
5319	6836		and no person shall light more than fifteen individual fuses. If
5320	6837		more than fifteen holes per person are to be fired, igniter cord and
5321	6838		connectors or electric blasting shall be used;
5322	6839		28. A safe interval of time shall be allowed to light a round
5323	6840		and evacuate the blasting area;
5324	6841		29. Fuses shall be ignited with hot-wire lighters, lead
5325	6842		spitters, igniter cord or other such devices designed for this
5326	6843		purpose;
5327	6844		30. Fuses shall not be ignited before the primer and the entire
5328	6845		charge are securely in place;
5329	6846		31. Electric detonators of different brands shall not be used
5330	6847		in the same round;
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5358	6849		being wired into the blasting circuit. Lead lines and wired rounds
5359	6850		shall be kept shunted until immediately before blasting;
5360	6851		33. Completely wired rounds shall be tested with a blasting
5361	6852		galvanometer before connections are made to the blasting line;
5362	6853		34. Lead wires and blasting lines shall not be strung across
5363	6854		power conductors, pipelines or within twenty (20) feet of bare power
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5365	6883		electrical contact;
5366	6884		35. Permanent blasting lines shall be properly supported ,
5367	6885		insulated and kept in good repair;
5368	6886		36. Charging shall be stopped immediately when the presence of
5369	6887		static electricity or stray current is detected; the condition shall
5370	6888		be corrected before charging is resumed;
5371	6889		37. Charging of holes shall be suspended and the persons
5372	6890		withdrawn to a safe location upon the approach of an electrical
5373	6891		storm;
5374	6892		38. Safety switches and blasting switches shall be labeled,
5375	6893		encased in boxes and arranged so that the covers of the boxes cannot
5376	6894		be closed with the switches in closed posi tion;
5377	6895		39. Blasting switches shall be locked in the open position
5378	6896		except when closed to fire the blast. Lead wires shall not be
5379	6897		connected to the blasting switch until the shot is ready to be
5380	6898		fired;
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5408	6900		person designated to fire blasts;
5409	6901		41. Electric circuits from the blasting switches to the blast
5410	6902		area shall not be grounded;
5411	6903		42. At least a five-foot air gap shall be provided between the
5412	6904		blasting circuit and the power circuit;
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5414	6933		circuits to equipment within twenty-five (25) feet of a hole that is
5415	6934		to be charged with an electric blasting cap shall be de-energized
5416	6935		before electric detonators are brought into the immediate area, or
5417	6936		the electric equipment shall be moved out of the immediate area;
5418	6937		44. Power sources shall be suitable for the number of electric
5419	6938		detonators to be fired and for the type of circuits used;
5420	6939		45. When instantaneous blasting is performed, the double-
5421	6940		trunkline or loop system s hall be used in detonating-cord blasting;
5422	6941		46. When instantaneous blasting is performed, trunklines in
5423	6942		multiple-row blasting shall make one or more complete loops with
5424	6943		crossties between loops at intervals of not over two hundred (200)
5425	6944		feet;
5426	6945		47. All detonating-cord knots shall be tight and all
5427	6946		connections shall be kept at right angles to the trunklines;
5428	6947		48. Delay connectors for firing detonating-cord shall be
5429	6948		treated and handled with the same safety precautions as blasting
5430	6949		caps and electric detonators; and
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5458	6951		handled in such a manner that the train of detonation may be
5459	6952		interrupted.
5460		-	SECTION 44. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 767, is
	6953	+	SECTION 68. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 754, is
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	6982	+	Section 754. A. The operator shall establish on the regraded
	6983	+	areas and all other lands affected, a diverse, effective and
	6984	+	permanent vegetative cover of the same seasonal variety native to
	6985	+	the area of land to be affected and capable of self-regeneration and
	6986	+	plant succession at least equal in extent of cover to the natural
	6987	+	vegetation of the area; except, that introduced species may be used
	6988	+	in the revegetation process where desirable and necessary to achieve
	6989	+	the approved postmining land use plan.
	6990	+	B. The operator shall assume the responsibility for successful
	6991	+	revegetation for a period of five (5) full years after the last year
	6992	+	of augmented seeding, fertilizing, irrigation or other work in order
	6993	+	to assure compliance with this section. In those areas or regions
	6994	+	of Oklahoma, where the annual average precipitation is twenty-six
	6995	+	(26) inches or less as determined by the most recent National
	6996	+	Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Annual Summary of
	6997	+	Climatological Data for Oklahoma, then the operator's assumption of
	6998	+	responsibility and liability will extend for a period of ten (10)
	6999	+	full years after the last year of augmented seeding, fertilizing,
	7000	+	irrigation or other work. When the Department of Environmental
	7001	+	Quality approves a long-term intensive agricultural postmining land
	7002	+	use, the applicable five- or ten-year period of responsibility for
	7003	+	revegetation shall commence at the date of initial planting for such
	7004	+	long-term intensive agricultural postmining land use. When the
	7005	+	Department issues a written finding approving a long-term,
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	7033	+	intensive, agricultural postmining land use as part of the mining
	7034	+	and reclamation plan, the Department may grant exception to the
	7035	+	provisions of subsection A of this section.
	7036	+	SECTION 69. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 754.1, is
	7037	+	amended to read as follows :
	7038	+	Section 754.1 The operator shall place all excess spoil
	7039	+	material resulting from coal surface mining and reclamation
	7040	+	activities in such a manner that:
	7041	+	1. Spoil is transported and placed in a controlled manner in
	7042	+	position for concurrent compaction and in such a way to assure mass
	7043	+	stability and to prevent mass movement;
	7044	+	2. The areas of disposal are within the bonded permit areas and
	7045	+	all organic matter shall be removed immediately prior to spoil
	7046	+	placement;
	7047	+	3. Appropriate surface and internal drainage systems and
	7048	+	diversion ditches are used so as to prevent spoil erosion and
	7049	+	movement;
	7050	+	4. The disposal area does not contain springs, natural water
	7051	+	courses or wet weather seeps unless lateral drains are constructed
	7052	+	from the wet areas to the main underdrains in such a manner that
	7053	+	filtration of the water into the spoil pile will be prevented;
	7054	+	5. If placed on a slope, the spoil is placed upon the most
	7055	+	moderate slope among those upon which, in the judgment of the
	7056	+	Department of Environmental Quality, the spoil could be placed in
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	7084	+	compliance with all the requirements of this act, and shall be
	7085	+	placed, where possible, upon, or above, a natural terrace, bench, or
	7086	+	berm, if such placement provides additional stability and prevents
	7087	+	mass movement;
	7088	+	6. Where the toe of the spoil rests on a downslope, a rock toe
	7089	+	buttress, of sufficient size to prevent mass movement, is
	7090	+	constructed;
	7091	+	7. The final configuration is compatible with the nat ural
	7092	+	drainage pattern and surroundings and suitable for intended uses;
	7093	+	8. Design of the spoil disposal area is certified by a
	7094	+	qualified registered professional engineer in conformance with
	7095	+	professional standards; and
	7096	+	9. All other provisions of this act a re met.
	7097	+	SECTION 70. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 754.2, is
	7098	+	amended to read as follows:
	7099	+	Section 754.2 The operator shall also fulfill the following
	7100	+	performance standards:
	7101	+	1. Conduct surface coal mining operations so as to maximize the
	7102	+	utilization and conservation of the solid fuel resource being
	7103	+	recovered so that reaffecting the land in the future through surface
	7104	+	coal mining can be mini mized;
	7105	+	2. Stabilize and protect all surface areas including spoil
	7106	+	piles affected by the surface coal mining and reclamation operation
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	7134	+	to effectively control erosion and attendant air and water
	7135	+	pollution;
	7136	+	3. Restore the topsoil or the best available subso il which is
	7137	+	best able to support vegetation;
	7138	+	4. Insure Ensure that all debris, acid-forming materials, toxic
	7139	+	materials, or materials constituting a fire hazard are treated or
	7140	+	buried and compacted or otherwise disposed of in a manner designed
	7141	+	to prevent contamina tion of ground or surface waters and that
	7142	+	contingency plans are developed to prevent sustained combustion;
	7143	+	5. Insure Ensure that the construction, maintenance and
	7144	+	postmining conditions of access roads into and across the site of
	7145	+	operations will control or preven t erosion and siltation, pollution
	7146	+	of water, damage to fi sh or wildlife or their habitat, or public or
	7147	+	private property;
	7148	+	6. Refrain from the construction of roads or other access ways
	7149	+	up a stream bed or drainage channel or in such proximity to such
	7150	+	channel so as to seriously alter the normal flow of water;
	7151	+	7. Protect off-site areas from slides or damage occurring
	7152	+	during the surface coal mining and reclamation operations, and not
	7153	+	deposit spoil material or locate any part of the operations or waste
	7154	+	accumulations outside the permit area;
	7155	+	8. To the extent possible using the best technology currently
	7156	+	available, minimize disturbances and adverse impacts of the
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	7184	+	operation on fish, wildlife, and related environmental values, and
	7185	+	achieve enhancement of such resourc es where practicable;
	7186	+	9. Provide for an undisturbed natu ral barrier beginning at the
	7187	+	elevation of the lowest coal seam to be mined and extending from the
	7188	+	outslope for such distance as the Department of Environmental
	7189	+	Quality shall determine shall be retained in place as a barrier to
	7190	+	slides and erosion; and
	7191	+	10. Meet such other criteria as are necessary to achieve
	7192	+	reclamation in accordance with the purposes of this act, taking into
	7193	+	consideration the physical, climatological, and other
	7194	+	characteristics of the site.
	7195	+	SECTION 71. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 755, is
	7196	+	amended to read as follows:
	7197	+	Section 755. The following performance standards shall be
	7198	+	applicable to steep slope surface coal mining and shall be in
	7199	+	addition to those general performance standards required by this
	7200	+	act. These provisions shall not apply to those situations in which
	7201	+	an operator is mining on flat or gently rolling terrain, on which an
	7202	+	occasional steep slope is encountered through which the mining
	7203	+	operation is to proceed, leaving a plain or predominantly flat area.
	7204	+	1. The operator shall insure ensure that when performing
	7205	+	surface coal mining on steep slopes, no debris, abandoned or
	7206	+	disabled equipment, spoil material, or waste mineral matter be
	7207	+	placed on the downslope below the bench or mining cut;
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	7235	+	2. Complete backfilling with spoil material shall be required
	7236	+	to cover completely the highwall and return the site to the
	7237	+	appropriate original co ntour, which material will maintain stability
	7238	+	following mining and reclamation;
	7239	+	3. The operator may not disturb land above the top of the
	7240	+	highwall unless the Department of Environmental Quality finds that
	7241	+	such disturbance will facilitate compliance with t he environmental
	7242	+	protection standards of this act. The land disturbed above the
	7243	+	highwall shall be limited to that amount necessary to facilitate
	7244	+	said compliance; and
	7245	+	4. For the purposes of this section, the term steep slope is
	7246	+	any slope above twenty (20) degrees or such lesser slope as may be
	7247	+	defined by the Department after consideration of soil, climate and
	7248	+	other characteristics of a region or state.
	7249	+	SECTION 72. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 756, is
	7250	+	amended to read as follows:
	7251	+	Section 756. A. Where a surface coal mining operation will
	7252	+	remove an entire coal seam or seams running through the upper
	7253	+	fraction of a mountain, ridge or hill by removing all of the
	7254	+	overburden and creating a level plateau or a gently rolling contour
	7255	+	with no highwalls remaining and which will be capable of supporting
	7256	+	postmining uses in accordance with the requirements of this section,
	7257	+	such operation shall require that:
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	7285	+	1. The toe of the lowest coal seam and the overburden
	7286	+	associated with it are retained in place as a barrier to slides and
	7287	+	erosion;
	7288	+	2. The reclaimed area is stable;
	7289	+	3. The resulting plateau or rolling contour drains inward from
	7290	+	the outslopes except at specified points;
	7291	+	4. No damage will be done to natural watercourses;
	7292	+	5. Spoil will be placed on the mountaintop bench as is
	7293	+	necessary to achieve the planned postmining land use; and
	7294	+	6. Stability of the spoil retained on the mountaintop is
	7295	+	insured and meets the other requirements of this act.
	7296	+	Such operation shall not be required to restore the original
	7297	+	contour as provided in Section 747 of this title.
	7298	+	B. In cases where an industrial, commercial, agricultural,
	7299	+	residential or public facility, including recreational facilities,
	7300	+	use is proposed as the postmining use of the affected land, the
	7301	+	Department of Environmental Quality may grant a permit for a surface
	7302	+	mining operation of the nature described in this section if:
	7303	+	1. The proposed postmining land use is deemed to constitute an
	7304	+	equal or better economic or public use of the affected land, as
	7305	+	compared with premining use after consultation with the appropriate
	7306	+	land use planning agencies;
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	7335	+	postmining land use and appropriate assurances that such use will
	7336	+	be:
	7337	+	a. compatible with adjacent land uses,
	7338	+	b. obtainable according to data regarding expected need
	7339	+	and market,
	7340	+	c. assured of investment in necessary public facilities,
	7341	+	d. supported by commitments from public agencies where
	7342	+	appropriate,
	7343	+	e. practicable with respect to private financial
	7344	+	capability for completion of the proposed use,
	7345	+	f. planned pursuant to a schedule attach ed to the
	7346	+	reclamation plan so as to integrate the mining
	7347	+	operation and reclamation with the postmining land
	7348	+	use, and
	7349	+	g. designed by a registered engineer in conformance with
	7350	+	professional standards established to assure the
	7351	+	stability, drainage, and configu ration necessary for
	7352	+	the intended use of the site;
	7353	+	3. The proposed use would be consistent with adjacent land
	7354	+	uses, and existing state and local land use plans and programs;
	7355	+	4. The Department provides the governing body of the unit of
	7356	+	general-purpose government in which the land is located and any
	7357	+	state or federal agency which the Department, in its discretion,
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	7385	+	determines to have an interest in the proposed use, an opportunity
	7386	+	of not more than sixty (60) days to review and comment on the
	7387	+	proposed use;
	7388	+	5. All other requirements of this act will be met.
	7389	+	SECTION 73. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 757, is
	7390	+	amended to read as follows:
	7391	+	Section 757. If the area proposed to be mined contains prime
	7392	+	farmland, the Department of Environmental Quality shall, after
	7393	+	consultation with the United States Secretary of Agricultu re, and
	7394	+	pursuant to regulations issued by the United States Secretary of the
	7395	+	Interior with the concurrence of the United States Secretary of
	7396	+	Agriculture, grant a permit to mine on prime farmland if the
	7397	+	Department finds in writing that the operator has the technological
	7398	+	capability to restore such mined area, within a reasonable time, to
	7399	+	equivalent or higher levels of yield as non-mined prime farmland in
	7400	+	the surrounding area under equivalent levels of management and can
	7401	+	meet the soil reconstruction standards. The requirements of this
	7402	+	section shall apply to all permits issued after August 3, 1977.
	7403	+	Nothing in this section shall apply to any permit issued prior
	7404	+	to August 3, 1977, or to any revisions or renewals thereof, or to
	7405	+	any existing surface mining operation s for which a permit was issued
	7406	+	prior to August 3, 1977.
	7407	+	1. The operator shall be required to segregate the A horizon of
	7408	+	the natural soil, except where it can be shown that other available
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	7436	+	soil materials will create a final soil having a greater productiv e
	7437	+	capacity; and if not utilized immediately, stockpile this material
	7438	+	separately from other spoil, and provide needed protection from wind
	7439	+	and water erosion or contamination by other acid or toxic material;
	7440	+	2. Segregate the B horizon of the natural soil, o r underlying C
	7441	+	horizons or other strata, or a combination of such horizons or other
	7442	+	strata that are shown to be both texturally and chemically suitable
	7443	+	for plant growth and that can be shown to be equally or more
	7444	+	favorable for plant growth than the B horiz on, in sufficient
	7445	+	quantities to create in the regraded final soil a root zone of
	7446	+	comparable depth and quality to that which existed in the natural
	7447	+	soil; and if not utilized immediately, stockpile this material
	7448	+	separately from other spoil, and provide neede d protection from wind
	7449	+	and water erosion or contamination by other acid or toxic material;
	7450	+	3. Replace and regrade the root zone material described in
	7451	+	paragraph 2 above of this section with proper compaction and uniform
	7452	+	depth over the regraded spoil material; and
	7453	+	4. Redistribute and grade in a uniform manner the surface soil
	7454	+	horizon described in paragraph 1 of this section.
	7455	+	SECTION 74. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 760, is
	7456	+	amended to read as follow s:
	7457	+	Section 760. Each permit issued relating to underground coal
	7458	+	mining shall require the operator to:
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	7486	+	1. Adopt measures consistent with known technology in order to
	7487	+	prevent subsidence causing material damage to the extent
	7488	+	technologically and economically feasible. The operator shall
	7489	+	maximize mine stability and maintain the value and reasonably
	7490	+	foreseeable use of surface lands, except in those instances when the
	7491	+	mining technology used requires planned subsidence in a predictable
	7492	+	and controlled manner. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed
	7493	+	to prohibit the standard method of room and pillar mining;
	7494	+	2. Seal all portals, entryways, drifts, shafts or other
	7495	+	openings between the surface and underground mine working when no
	7496	+	longer needed for the conduct of the mining operations;
	7497	+	3. Fill or seal exploratory holes no longer necessary for
	7498	+	mining, maximizing to the extent technologically and economically
	7499	+	feasible the return of mine and processing waste, tailings and any
	7500	+	other waste incident to the mining operation, to the mine workings
	7501	+	or excavations;
	7502	+	4. Stabilize, with respect to surface disposal of mine wastes,
	7503	+	tailings, coal processing wastes and other wastes in areas other
	7504	+	than the mine workings or excavations, all waste piles created by
	7505	+	the permittee from current operations through construction in
	7506	+	compacted layers including the use of incombustible and impervious
	7507	+	materials if necessary. The operator shall assure that the leachate
	7508	+	will not degrade below water quality standards established pursuant
	7509	+	to applicable federal and state law surface or ground waters. The
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	7537	+	operator shall assure that the final contour of the waste
	7538	+	accumulation will be compatible with natural surroundings and that
	7539	+	the site is stabilized and revegetated according to the provisions
	7540	+	of this section;
	7541	+	5. Design, locate, construct, operate, maintain, enlarge,
	7542	+	modify and remove or abandon all existing and new coal mine waste
	7543	+	piles consisting of mine wastes, tailings, coal processing wastes,
	7544	+	or other liquid and solid wastes, and used either temporarily or
	7545	+	permanently as dams or embankments as required by the Department of
	7546	+	Environmental Quality;
	7547	+	6. Establish on regraded areas and all other lands affected, a
	7548	+	diverse and permanent vegetative cover capable of self-regeneration
	7549	+	and plant succession and at least equal in extent of cover to the
	7550	+	natural vegetation of the area;
	7551	+	7. Protect offsite areas from damages which may result from
	7552	+	such mining operations;
	7553	+	8. Eliminate fire hazards and otherwise eliminate conditions
	7554	+	which constitute a hazard to the public health and safety;
	7555	+	9. Minimize the disturbances of the prevailing hydrologic
	7556	+	balance at the minesite and in associated offsite areas and to the
	7557	+	quantity of water in surface ground water systems both during and
	7558	+	after coal mining operations and during reclamation by:
	7559	+	a. avoiding acid or other toxic mine drainage by such
	7560	+	measures as, but not limited to:
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	7588	+	(1) preventing or removing water from contact with
	7589	+	toxic producing deposits,
	7590	+	(2) treating drainage to reduce toxic content which
	7591	+	adversely affects downstream water upon being
	7592	+	released to watercourses, and
	7593	+	(3) casing, sealing or otherwise managing boreholes,
	7594	+	shafts and wells to keep acid or other toxic
	7595	+	drainage from entering ground and surface waters,
	7596	+	and
	7597	+	b. conducting surface coal mining operations so as to
	7598	+	prevent, to the extent possible using the best
	7599	+	technology currently available, additional
	7600	+	contributions of suspended solids to streamflow or
	7601	+	runoff outside the permit area. In no event shall
	7602	+	such contributions be in excess of requirements set by
	7603	+	applicable state or federal law. The operator shall
	7604	+	avoid channel deepening or enlargement in operations
	7605	+	requiring the discharge of water from mines;
	7606	+	10. Operate, with respect to other surface impacts not
	7607	+	specified in this section, including the construction of new roads
	7608	+	or the improvement or use of existing roads to gain access to the
	7609	+	site of such activities and for haulage, repair areas, storage
	7610	+	areas, processing areas, shipping areas and other areas upon which
	7611	+	are sited structures, facilities or other property or materials on
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	7639	+	the surface, resulting from or incident to such activities, in
	7640	+	accordance with the standards established under this title for such
	7641	+	effects which result from surface coal mining operations. The
	7642	+	Department shall make such modifications in the requirements imposed
	7643	+	by this paragraph as are necessary to accommodate the distinct
	7644	+	difference between surface and underground coal mining;
	7645	+	11. Minimize, to the extent possible using the best technology
	7646	+	currently available, disturbances and adverse impacts of the
	7647	+	operation on fish, wildlife and related environmental values and
	7648	+	achieve enhancement of such resources where practicable; and
	7649	+	12. Locate openings for all new drift mines working acid-
	7650	+	producing or iron-producing coal seams in such a manner as to
	7651	+	prevent a gravity discharge of water from the mine.
	7652	+	SECTION 75. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 760.1, is
	7653	+	amended to read as follows:
	7654	+	Section 760.1 In order to protect the stability of the land,
	7655	+	the Department of Environmental Quality shall suspend underground
	7656	+	coal mining under urbanized areas, cities, towns and communities and
	7657	+	adjacent to industrial or commercial buildings, major impoundments
	7658	+	or permanent streams if it finds imminent danger to inhabitants of
	7659	+	the urbanized areas, cities, towns and communities.
	7660	+	SECTION 76. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 760.2, is
	7661	+	amended to read as follows:
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	7689	+	Section 760.2 The provisions of this act relating to permits,
	7690	+	bonds, inspections and enforcement, public review, and
	7691	+	administrative and judicial review shall be applicable to surface
	7692	+	operations and surface impacts incident to an underground coal mine
	7693	+	with such modifications to the permit application requirements,
	7694	+	permit approval or denial procedures, and bond requirements as are
	7695	+	necessary to accommodate the distinct difference between surface and
	7696	+	underground coal mining. The Department of Environmental Quality
	7697	+	shall adopt such modifications.
	7698	+	SECTION 77. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 765, is
	7699	+	amended to read as follows:
	7700	+	Section 765. A. The Department of Environmental Quality shall
	7701	+	require any permittee to establish and maintain appropriate records,
	7702	+	make monthly reports to the Department, install, use and maintain
	7703	+	any necessary monitoring equipment or methods, evaluate results in
	7704	+	accordance with such methods, at such locations, intervals and in
	7705	+	such manner as the Department shall prescribe, and provide such
	7706	+	other information relative to surface coal mining and reclamation
	7707	+	operations as the Department deems reasonable and necessary.
	7708	+	B. For those surface coal mining and reclamation operations
	7709	+	which remove or disturb strata that serve as aquifers which
	7710	+	significantly insure ensure the hydrologic balance of water use
	7711	+	either on or off the mining site, the Department shall specify:
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	7739	+	1. Monitoring sites to record the quantity and quality of
	7740	+	surface drainage above and below the minesite as well as in the
	7741	+	potential zone of influence;
	7742	+	2. Monitoring sites to record level, amount and samples of
	7743	+	ground water and aquifers potentially affected by the mining and
	7744	+	also directly below the lowermost (deepest) coal seam to be mined;
	7745	+	3. Records of well logs and borehole data to be maintained; and
	7746	+	4. Monitoring sites to record precipitation.
	7747	+	The monitoring data collection and analysis required by this
	7748	+	section shall be conducted according to standards and procedures set
	7749	+	forth by the Department in order to assure their reliability and
	7750	+	validity.
	7751	+	SECTION 78. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 766, is
	7752	+	amended to read as follows:
	7753	+	Section 766. A. The representatives of the Department of
	7754	+	Environmental Quality may enter upon the lands of the operator at
	7755	+	all times deemed reasonable and necessary by the Department without
	7756	+	advance notice and upon presentation of appro priate credentials for
	7757	+	the purpose of inspection, to determine whether the provisions of
	7758	+	this act have been complied with, and may at reasonable times, and
	7759	+	without delay, have access to and copy any records, inspect any
	7760	+	monitoring equipment or method of op eration required under this act.
	7761	+	B. The inspections by the Department shall:
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	7789	+	1. Occur on an irregular basis averaging at least one partial
	7790	+	inspection per month for each active surface coal mining and
	7791	+	reclamation operation covered by permit. Partial insp ections on
	7792	+	each inactive surface coal mining and reclamation operation covered
	7793	+	by permit shall be conducted as necessary to ensure the effective
	7794	+	enforcement of this act. At least one complete inspection shall be
	7795	+	conducted per calendar quarter on each acti ve and inactive surface
	7796	+	coal mining and reclamation operation covered by permit.
	7797	+	For the purpose of this section, an inactive surface coal mining
	7798	+	and reclamation operation is defined as those operations which have
	7799	+	obtained at least a sixty percent (60%) bo nd release pursuant to
	7800	+	paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 772 of this title. All other
	7801	+	surface coal mining operations shall be considered as active;
	7802	+	2. Occur without prior notice to the permittee or his agents or
	7803	+	employees except for necessary on -site meetings with the permittee;
	7804	+	and
	7805	+	3. Include the filing of inspection reports adequate to enforce
	7806	+	the requirements of and to carry out the terms and purposes of this
	7807	+	act.
	7808	+	C. Each permittee shall maintain in a conspicuous place at the
	7809	+	entrances to the surface coal mining and reclamation operations
	7810	+	clearly visible signs which set forth the name, business address and
	7811	+	phone number of the permittee and the permit number of the surface
	7812	+	coal mining and reclamation operations.
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	7840	+	D. Each inspector, upon detection of each violation of any
	7841	+	requirement of this act, shall immediately inform the operator in
	7842	+	writing of the violation, and shall report in writing any such
	7843	+	violation to the Department.
	7844	+	E. Copies of any records, reports, inspection materials or
	7845	+	information obtained under this act by the Department shall be made
	7846	+	immediately available for inspection by the public at central and
	7847	+	sufficient locations designated by the Department in the county,
	7848	+	multicounty and state area of mining so that they are conveniently
	7849	+	available to residents in the areas of mining, excepting such
	7850	+	information required to be kept confidential by this act.
	7851	+	SECTION 79. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 767, is
5461	7852		amended to read as follows:
5462	7853		Section 767. No employee of the Department of Mines
5463	7854		Environmental Quality or any other state employee performing any
5464	7855		function or duty under this act shall be directly or indirectly
5465	7856		interested in any mining operation, or any contract for purchase of
5466	7857		any property or construction or any work for any mining operation.
5467	7858		Any person who knowingly violates the provision of this section
5468	7859		shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction shall be
5469	7860		punished by incarceration for a period not to exceed one (1) year or
5470	7861		a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
5471		-	SECTION 45. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 768, is
	7862	+	SECTION 80. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 768, is
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5473	7891		Section 768. A. Any person who is or may be adversely affected
5474	7892		by a surface mining operation may notify the Chief Mine Inspector
5475	7893		Division Director of the Divi sion of Mines of the Department of
5476	7894		Environmental Quality or any representative of the Chief Mine
5477	7895		Inspector Division Director responsible for conducting the
5478	7896		inspection, in writing, of any violation of this act which he has
5479	7897		reason to believe exists at the surface mining site. If the person
5480	7898		who is or may be adversely affected by surface mining operations
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5508	7900		or writing kept confidential, the Department of Environmental
5509	7901		Quality shall maintain such information in confidence. The Chief
5510	7902		Mine Inspector Division Director shall, by regulation, establish
5511	7903		procedures for informal review of any refusal by a representative of
5512	7904		the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director to issue a citation with
5513	7905		respect to any such alleged violation. The Chief Mine Inspector
5514	7906		Division Director shall furnish such persons requesting the review a
5515	7907		written statement of the r easons for the Chief Mine Inspector's
5516		-	Division Director's final disposition of the case.
5517		-	B. The Chief Mine Inspector Department shall also, by
5518		-	regulation, establish procedures to ensure that adequate and
5519		-	complete inspections are made. Any such person may notify the Chief
5520		-	Mine Inspector Division Director of the Division o f Mines of any
5521		-	failure to make such in spections, after which the Chief Mine
5522		-	Inspector Division Director shall determine whether adequate and
5523		-	complete inspections have been made. The Chief Mine Inspector
	7908	+	final disposition of the case.
	7909	+	B. The Chief Mine Inspector Department of Environmental Quality
	7910	+	shall also, by regulation, establish procedures to ensure that
	7911	+	adequate and complete inspections are made. Any such person may
	7912	+	notify the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director of the Division of
	7913	+	Mines of any failure to make such in spections, after which the Chief
	7914	+	Mine Inspector Division Director shall determine whether adequate
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5524	7943		Division Director shall furnish such persons a written statement of
5525	7944		the reasons for the Chief Mine Inspector's Division Director's
5526	7945		determination that adequate and complete inspections have or have
5527	7946		not been conducted.
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	7947	+	SECTION 81. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 769, is
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5556	7949		Section 769. A. In the enforcement of a state program pursuant
5557	7950		to this act any operator who violates any permit condition or who
5558	7951		violates any other provision of this act may be assessed a civil
5559	7952		penalty by the Department of Environmental Quality except that if
5560	7953		such violation leads to the issuance of a cessation order under this
5561	7954		act, the civil penalty shall be assessed. Such penalty shall not
5562	7955		exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each violation. Each
5563	7956		day of continuing violation may be deemed a separate violation for
5564	7957		purposes of penalty assessments. In determining the amount of the
5565	7958		penalty, consideration shall be given to the operator's history of
5566	7959		previous violations at the particular surface coal mining operation;
5567	7960		the seriousness of the violation, including any irreparable harm to
5568	7961		the environment and any hazard to the health or safety of the
5569	7962		public; whether the permittee was negligent; and the demonstrated
5570	7963		good faith of the permittee charged in attempting to achieve rapid
5571	7964		compliance after notification of the violation.
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5572	7992		B. A civil penalty shall be assessed by the Department only
5573	7993		after the person charged with a violation described under subsection
5574	7994		A of this section has been given an opportunity for a public
5575	7995		hearing. Where such a public hearing has been held, the Chief Mine
5576	7996		Inspector Division Director of the Division of Mines shall make
5577	7997		findings of fact, and he or she shall issue a written d ecision as to
5578	7998		the occurrence of the violation and the amount of the penalty which
5579	7999		is warranted, incorporating, when appropriate, an order therein
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5607	8001		Mine Inspector Division Director shall consolidate such hearing s
5608	8002		with other proceedings under this act. Any hearing under this
5609	8003		section shall be of record. Where the person charged with such a
5610	8004		violation fails to avail himself of the opportunity for a public
5611	8005		hearing, a civil penalty shall be assessed by the Chief Mine
5612	8006		Inspector Division Director after the Chief Mine Inspector Division
5613	8007		Director has determined that a violation did occur, and the amount
5614	8008		of the penalty which is warranted, and has issued an order requiring
5615	8009		that the penalty be paid.
5616	8010		C. Upon the issuance of a notice or order charging that a
5617	8011		violation of this act has occurred, the Department shall inform the
5618	8012		operator within thirty (30) days of the proposed amount of said
5619	8013		penalty. The person charged with the penalty shall then have thirty
5620	8014		(30) days to pay the proposed penalty in full or, if the person
5621	8015		wishes to contest either the amount of the penalty or the fact of
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5622	8043		the violation, forward the proposed amount to the Department for
5623	8044		placement in an escrow account. If through administrative or
5624	8045		judicial review of the proposed penalty, it is determined that no
5625	8046		violation occurred, or that the amount of the penalty should be
5626	8047		reduced, the Department shall within thirty (30) days remit the
5627	8048		appropriate amount to the person, with interest at the rate of six
5628	8049		percent (6%), or at the prevailing United States Department of the
5629	8050		Treasury rate, whichever is greater. Failure to forward the money
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5657	8052		of all legal rights to contest the violation or the amount of the
5658	8053		penalty.
5659	8054		D. Civil penalties owed under this act may be recovered in a
5660	8055		civil action brought by the Attorney General at the request of the
5661	8056		Chief Mine Inspector Department of Environmental Quality in any
5662	8057		appropriate district court.
5663	8058		E. Any person who willfully and knowingly violates a condition
5664	8059		of a permit issued pursuant to this act or fails or refuses to
5665	8060		comply with any order issued under this act, or any order
5666	8061		incorporated in a final decision issued by the Chief Mine Inspector
5667	8062		Department of Environmental Quality under this act except an order
5668	8063		incorporated in a decision issued under subsection B of this
5669	8064		section, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more
5670	8065		than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or by imprisonment for not
5671	8066		more than one (1) year, or both.
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5673	8095		permit issued pursuant to this act or fails or refuses to comply
5674	8096		with any order issued under this act, or any order incorporated in a
5675	8097		final decision issued by the Chief Mine Inspector Department of
5676	8098		Environmental Quality under this act except an order incorporated in
5677	8099		a decision issued under subsection B of this section, any director,
5678	8100		officer or agent of such corporation who willfully and knowingly
5679	8101		authorized, ordered or car ried out such violation, failure or
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5707	8103		imprisonment that may be imposed upon a person under subsections A
5708	8104		and E of this section.
5709	8105		G. Whoever knowingly makes any false statement, representation
5710	8106		or certification, or knowingly fails to make any statement,
5711	8107		representation or certification in any application, record, report,
5712	8108		plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant
5713	8109		to this act or any order of or decision issued by the Department
5714	8110		under this act, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not
5715	8111		more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or by imprisonment for
5716	8112		not more than one (1) year, or both.
5717	8113		H. Any operator who fails to correct a violation for which a
5718	8114		citation has been issu ed within the period permitted for its
5719	8115		correction shall be assessed a civil penalty of not less than Seven
5720	8116		Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00) for each day during which such
5721	8117		failure or violation continues.
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5723	8146		until:
5724	8147		1. The entry of a final order by the Department after an
5725	8148		expedited hearing, as provided by Section 53 786 of this act title,
5726	8149		which ordered the suspension of the abatement requirements of the
5727	8150		citation because it was determined that the operator wil l suffer
5728	8151		irreparable loss or damage from the application of the abatement
5729	8152		requirements; or
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5757	8154		initiated by the operator in which the court orders the suspension
5758	8155		of the abatement requirements.
5759	8156		I. Any person who shall, except as permitted by law, willfully
5760	8157		resist, prevent, impede or interfere with the Chief Mine Inspector
5761	8158		Department of Environm ental Quality or any of the agents or
5762	8159		employees of the Department in the performance of duties pursuant to
5763	8160		this act shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more
5764	8161		than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment for not
5765	8162		more than one (1) year, or both.
5766		-	SECTION 47. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 775, is
	8163	+	SECTION 82. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 770, is
	8164	+	amended to read as follows:
	8165	+	Section 770. The permittee may file a request with the
	8166	+	Department of Environmental Quality for the release of all or part
	8167	+	of a performance bond or deposit. Within thirty (30) days after any
	8168	+	application for bond or deposit release has been filed with the
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	8196	+	Department, the operator shall submit a copy of an advertisement
	8197	+	placed at least once a week for four (4) successive weeks in a
	8198	+	newspaper of general circulation in the locality of the surface coal
	8199	+	mining operation. Such advertisement shall be considered part of
	8200	+	any bond release application and shall contain a notification of the
	8201	+	precise location of the land affected, the number of acres, the
	8202	+	permit and the date approved, the amount of the bond filed and the
	8203	+	portion sought to be released, and the type and appropriate dates of
	8204	+	reclamation work performed and a description of the results achieved
	8205	+	as they relate to the operator's approved reclamation plan. In
	8206	+	addition, as part of any bond release application, the applicant
	8207	+	shall submit copies of letters which he has sent to adjoining
	8208	+	property owners, local governmental bodies, planning agencies and
	8209	+	sewage and water treatment authorities or water districts in the
	8210	+	districts in which the surface coal mining and reclamation
	8211	+	activities took place, notifying them of his intention to seek
	8212	+	release from the bond.
	8213	+	SECTION 83. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 771, is
	8214	+	amended to read as follows:
	8215	+	Section 771. Upon receipt of the notification and request, the
	8216	+	Department of Environmental Quality shall within thirty (30) d ays
	8217	+	conduct an inspection and evaluation of the reclamation work
	8218	+	involved. Such evaluation shall consider, among other things, the
	8219	+	degree of difficulty to complete any remaining reclamation, whether
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	8247	+	pollution of surface and subsurface water is occurring, the
	8248	+	probability of continuance or future occurrence of such pollution,
	8249	+	and the estimated cost of abating such pollution. The Department
	8250	+	shall notify the permittee in writing of its decision to release or
	8251	+	not to release all or part of the performance bond or deposit within
	8252	+	sixty (60) days from the filing of the request, if no public hearing
	8253	+	is held and if there has been a public hearing held within thirty
	8254	+	(30) days thereafter.
	8255	+	SECTION 84. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021 , Section 772, is
	8256	+	amended to read as follows:
	8257	+	Section 772. A. The Department of Environmental Quality may
	8258	+	release in whole or in part the bond or deposit if the Department is
	8259	+	satisfied the reclamation covered by the bond or deposit or portion
	8260	+	thereof has been accomplished as required by this act according to
	8261	+	the following schedule:
	8262	+	1. When the operator completes the backfilling, regrading and
	8263	+	drainage control of a bonded area in accordance with his approved
	8264	+	reclamation plan, the re lease of sixty percent (60%) of the bond or
	8265	+	collateral for the applicable permit area;
	8266	+	2. After revegetation has be en established on the regraded
	8267	+	mined lands in accordance with the approved reclamation plan. When
	8268	+	determining the amount of bond to be rele ased after successful
	8269	+	revegetation has been established, the Department shall retain that
	8270	+	amount of bond for the rev egetated area which would be sufficient
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	8298	+	for a third party to cover the cost of reestablishing revegetation
	8299	+	and for the period specified for operator responsibility of
	8300	+	reestablishing revegetation. No part of the bond or deposit shall
	8301	+	be released under this paragraph so long as the lands to which the
	8302	+	release would be applicable are contributing suspended solids to
	8303	+	streamflow or runoff outside the permit area in excess of the
	8304	+	requirements set by law. No part of the bond shall be released
	8305	+	until soil productiv ity for prime farmlands has returned to
	8306	+	equivalent levels of yield as nonmined land of the same soil type in
	8307	+	the surrounding area under equi valent management practices as
	8308	+	determined from the soil survey. When a silt dam is to be retained
	8309	+	as a permanent impoundment, the remaining portion of bond may be
	8310	+	released under this paragraph so long as provisions for sound future
	8311	+	maintenance by the oper ator or the landowner have been made with the
	8312	+	Department; and
	8313	+	3. When the operator has completed successfully all s urface
	8314	+	coal mining and reclamation activities, the release of the remaining
	8315	+	portion of the bond, but not before the expiration of the period
	8316	+	specified for operator responsibility. No bond shall be fully
	8317	+	released until all reclamation requirements of this act are fully
	8318	+	met.
	8319	+	B. If the Department disapproves the application for release of
	8320	+	the bond or portion thereof, the Department shall notify the
	8321	+	permittee in writing, stating the reasons for disapproval and
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	8349	+	recommending corrective actions necessary to secu re said release and
	8350	+	allowing opportunity for a public hearing.
	8351	+	C. In order to protect areas affected by surface coal mining
	8352	+	activities and the surface effects of underground coal mines, no oil
	8353	+	or gas drilling activities shall be commenced or continued in any
	8354	+	mine permit area while the reclamation bond or any portion thereof
	8355	+	remains in effect, without the written approval of the Director.
	8356	+	The Department shall issue rules and regulations establishing
	8357	+	criteria and conditions for the approval of the Director u nder this
	8358	+	subsection.
	8359	+	SECTION 85. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 773, is
	8360	+	amended to read as follows:
	8361	+	Section 773. A. When any application for total or partial bond
	8362	+	release is filed with the Department of Environmental Quality, the
	8363	+	Department shall notify any municipality in which a surface coal
	8364	+	mining operation is located by certified mail at least thirty (30)
	8365	+	days prior to the release of all or a portion of the bond.
	8366	+	B. Any person with a valid legal interest which might be
	8367	+	adversely affected by release of the bond or the responsible
	8368	+	administration officer of any federal, state or local governmental
	8369	+	agency which has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with
	8370	+	respect to any environmental, social or economic impact involved in
	8371	+	the operation, or is authorized to develop and enforce environmental
	8372	+	standards with respect to such operations, shall have the right to
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	8400	+	file written objections to the proposed release from bond to the
	8401	+	Department within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the
	8402	+	above notice. If written objections are filed and a hearing
	8403	+	requested, the Department shall inform all the interested parties of
	8404	+	the time and place of the hearing, and hold a public hearing in the
	8405	+	locality of the surface coal mining operation proposed for bond
	8406	+	release within thirty (30) days of the request for such heari ng.
	8407	+	The date, time and location of such public hearings shall be
	8408	+	advertised as frequently as possible by the Department in each issue
	8409	+	of a newspaper of general circulation in the locality for two (2)
	8410	+	consecutive weeks, and shall hold a public hearing in t he locality
	8411	+	of the surface coal mining operation proposed for bond release or at
	8412	+	the State Capitol Building at the option of the objector within
	8413	+	thirty (30) days of the request for such hearing.
	8414	+	C. Without prejudice to the rights of the objectors, to the
	8415	+	rights of applicant, or to the responsibilities of the Department
	8416	+	pursuant to this section, the Department may establish an informal
	8417	+	conference to resolve such written objections.
	8418	+	D. For the purpose of such hearing the Department shall have
	8419	+	the authority, pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, and is
	8420	+	hereby empowered to administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, or written
	8421	+	or printed materials, compel the attendance of witnesses, or
	8422	+	production of the materials, and take evidence including but not
	8423	+	limited to inspections of the land affected and other surface coal
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	8451	+	mining operations carried on by the applicant in the general
	8452	+	vicinity. A verbatim record of each public hearing required by this
	8453	+	act shall be made, and a transcript made available on the motion of
	8454	+	any party or by order of the Department.
	8455	+	SECTION 86. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 774, is
	8456	+	amended to read as follows:
	8457	+	Section 774. A. Except as provided in subsection B of this
	8458	+	section, any person having an interest which is or may be adversely
	8459	+	affected may commence a civil action on his or her own behalf to
	8460	+	compel compliance with this act:
	8461	+	1. Against any governmental instrumentality or agency to the
	8462	+	extent permitted by the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of
	8463	+	the United States which is alleged to be in violation of the
	8464	+	provisions of this act or of any rule, regulation, order or permit
	8465	+	issued pursuant thereto, or against any other person who is alleged
	8466	+	to be in violation of any rule, regulation, order or permit issued
	8467	+	pursuant to this act; or
	8468	+	2. Against the Department of Environmental Quality to the
	8469	+	extent permitted by the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of
	8470	+	the United States where there is alleged a failure of the Department
	8471	+	to perform any act or duty under this act which is not discretionary
	8472	+	with the Department.
	8473	+	B. No action may be commenced :
	8474	+	1. Under paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section:
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	8502	+	a. prior to sixty (60) days after the plaintiff has given
	8503	+	notice in writing of the violation to the Department,
	8504	+	and to any alleged violator, or
	8505	+	b. if the Department has commenced and is diligently
	8506	+	prosecuting a civil action in a court of this state to
	8507	+	require compliance with the provisions of this act, or
	8508	+	any rule, regulation, order or permit issued pursuant
	8509	+	to this act, but in any such action in a court of this
	8510	+	state any person may intervene as a mat ter of right;
	8511	+	or
	8512	+	2. Under paragraph 2 of subsection A of this section prior to
	8513	+	sixty (60) days after the plaintiff has given notice in writing of
	8514	+	such action to the Department, in such manner as the Department
	8515	+	shall by regulation prescribe, except that su ch action may be
	8516	+	brought immediately after such notification in the case where the
	8517	+	violation or order complained of constitutes an imminent threat to
	8518	+	the health or safety of the plaintiff or would immediately affect a
	8519	+	legal interest of the plaintiff.
	8520	+	C. Any action respecting a violation of this act or the
	8521	+	regulations thereunder may be brought only in the judicial district
	8522	+	in which the surface coal mining operation complained of is located.
	8523	+	In such action under this section, the Department, if not a party,
	8524	+	may intervene as a matter of right.
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	8552	+	D. The court, in issuing any final order in any action brought
	8553	+	pursuant to subsection A of this section, may award costs of
	8554	+	litigation, including attorney and expert witness fees, to any
	8555	+	party, whenever the court deter mines such award is appropriate. The
	8556	+	court may, if a temporary restraining order or preliminary
	8557	+	injunction is sought, require the filing of a bond or equivalent
	8558	+	security.
	8559	+	E. Nothing in this section shall restrict any right which any
	8560	+	person, or class of p ersons, may have under any statute or common
	8561	+	law to seek enforcement of any of the provisions of this act and the
	8562	+	regulations thereunder, or to seek any other relief including relief
	8563	+	against the Department.
	8564	+	F. Any person who is injured in his person or pr operty through
	8565	+	the violation by any operator of any rule, regulation, order or
	8566	+	permit issued pursuant to this act may bring an action for damages,
	8567	+	including reasonable attorney and expert witness fees, only in the
	8568	+	judicial district in which the surface coa l mining operation
	8569	+	complained of is located. Nothing in this subsection shall affect
	8570	+	the rights established by or limits imposed under Oklahoma Workers'
	8571	+	Compensation laws.
	8572	+	SECTION 87. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 775, is
5767	8573		amended to read as follows:
5768	8574		Section 775. Whenever the Department of Environmental Quality
5769	8575		has reason to believe that any person is in violation of any
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5770	8603		requirement of this act or any permit condition required by this
5771	8604		act, the Department shall immediately order inspection of the
5772	8605		surface coal mining operation at which the alleged violation is
5773	8606		occurring unless the information available to the Department is a
5774	8607		result of a previous inspection of such surface coal mining
5775	8608		operation. When the inspection results from information provided to
5776	8609		the Department by any person, the Department shall notify such
5777	8610		person when the inspection is proposed to be carried out and such
5778	8611		person shall be allowed to accompany the inspector during the
5779	8612		inspection.
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	8613	+	SECTION 88. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 776, is
	8614	+	amended to read as follows:
	8615	+	Section 776. If, on the basis of any inspection, the Department
	8616	+	of Environmental Quality determines that any unacceptable condition
	8617	+	or practice exists, or that any permit tee is in violation of any
	8618	+	requirement of this act or any permit condition required by this
	8619	+	act, which condition, practice or violation also creates an imminent
	8620	+	danger to the health or safety of the public, or is causing, or can
	8621	+	reasonably be expected to c ause significant, imminent environmental
	8622	+	harm to land, air or water resources, the Department shall
	8623	+	immediately order a cessation of surface coal mining and reclamation
	8624	+	operations or the portion thereof relevant to the condition,
	8625	+	practice or violation. Su ch cessation order shall remain in effect
	8626	+	until the Department determines that the condition, practice or
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	8654	+	violation has been abated, or until modified, vacated or terminated
	8655	+	by the Department. If the Department finds that the ordered
	8656	+	cessation of surface c oal mining and reclamation operations, or any
	8657	+	portion thereof, will not completely abate the imminent danger to
	8658	+	the health or safety of the public or the significant imminent
	8659	+	environmental harm to land, air or water resources, the Department
	8660	+	shall, in addition to the cessation order, impose affirmative
	8661	+	obligations on the operator requiring him to take whatever steps the
	8662	+	Department deems necessary to abate the imminent danger or the
	8663	+	significant environmental harm.
	8664	+	SECTION 89. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 777, is
	8665	+	amended to read as follows:
	8666	+	Section 777. If the Department of Environmental Quality
	8667	+	determines that any permittee is in violation of any requirement of
	8668	+	this act or any permit condition required by this act, but such
	8669	+	violation does not create an imminent danger to the health or safety
	8670	+	of the public, or cannot be reasonably expected to cause
	8671	+	significant, imminent environmental harm to land, air or water
	8672	+	resources, the Department shall issue a notice to the permittee or
	8673	+	his agent fixing a reasonable time not to exceed ninety (90) days
	8674	+	for the abatement of the violation and providing opportunity for
	8675	+	public hearing.
	8676	+	If, upon expiration of the period of time as originally fixed or
	8677	+	subsequently extended, for good cause shown and upon the written
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	8705	+	finding of the Department, the Department finds that the violation
	8706	+	has not been abated, it shall immediately order a cessation of
	8707	+	surface coal mining and reclamation o perations or the portion
	8708	+	thereof relevant to the violation. Such cessation order shall
	8709	+	remain in effect until the Department determines that the violation
	8710	+	has been abated, or until modified, vacated or terminated by the
	8711	+	Department. In the order of cessat ion issued by the Department
	8712	+	under this section, the Department shall determine the steps
	8713	+	necessary to abate the violation in the most expeditious manner
	8714	+	possible, and shall include the necessary measures to abate in the
	8715	+	order.
	8716	+	SECTION 90. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 778, is
	8717	+	amended to read as follows:
	8718	+	Section 778. If the Department of Environmental Quality
	8719	+	determines that a pattern of violations of any requirements of this
	8720	+	act exists or has existed, and if the Department also finds that
	8721	+	such violations are caused by the unwarranted or willful failure of
	8722	+	the permittee to comply with any requirements of this act, the
	8723	+	Department shall immediately issue an order to the permittee to show
	8724	+	cause as to why the permit should not be suspended or revoked and
	8725	+	shall provide opportunity for a public hearing. If a hearing is
	8726	+	requested the Department shall inform all interested parties of the
	8727	+	time and place of the hearing. Upon the permittee's failure to show
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	8755	+	cause as to why the permit should not be suspended or revoked, the
	8756	+	Department shall immediately suspend or revoke t he permit.
	8757	+	SECTION 91. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 779, is
	8758	+	amended to read as follows:
	8759	+	Section 779. Notices and orders issued pursuant to Sections 42
	8760	+	775 through 45 778 of this act title shall set forth with reasonable
	8761	+	specificity the nature of the violation and the remedial action
	8762	+	required, the period of time established for abatement, and a
	8763	+	reasonable description of the portion of the surface coal mining and
	8764	+	reclamation operation to which the notice or order applies. Each
	8765	+	notice or order issued under this section shall be given promptly to
	8766	+	the permittee or his agent by the Department of Environmental
	8767	+	Quality and all such notices and orders shall be in writing and
	8768	+	shall be signed. Any notice or order issued pursuant to this
	8769	+	section may be modified, vacated or terminated by the Department.
	8770	+	Any notice or order whic h requires cessation of mining by the
	8771	+	operator shall expire within thirty (30) days of actual notice to
	8772	+	the operator unless a public hearing is held at the site or within
	8773	+	such reasonable proximity to the site that any viewings of the site
	8774	+	can be conducted during the course of public hearing.
	8775	+	SECTION 92. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 780, is
5807	8776		amended to read as follows:
5808	8777		Section 780. A. The Attorney General, upon request of the
5809		-	Department, shall institute proceedings to recover any damages and
5810		-	expense which the Department may have sustained by reason of the
5811		-	default of the operator. Such proceedings shall be brought against
5812		-	the operator and surety either in Oklahoma County or the county in
5813		-	which the violation occurred.
	8778	+	Department of Environmental Quality, shall institute proceedings to
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	8806	+	recover any damages and expense which the Department may have
	8807	+	sustained by reason of the default of the operator. Such
	8808	+	proceedings shall be brought against th e operator and surety either
	8809	+	in Oklahoma County or the county in which the violation occurred.
5814	8810		The Department may request the Attorney General to institute a
5815	8811		civil action for relief, including a permanent or temporary
5816	8812		injunction, restraining order or any o ther appropriate order in the
5817	8813		district court for the district in which the surface coal mining and
5818	8814		reclamation operation is located or in which the permittee thereof
5819	8815		has his principal office, whenever such permittee or his or her
5820	8816		agent:
5821	8817		1. Violates or fails or r efuses to comply with any order or
5822	8818		decision issued by the Department under this act;
5823	8819		2. Interferes with, hinders or delays the Department in
5824	8820		carrying out the provisions of this act;
5825	8821		3. Refuses to admit authorized representatives of the
5826	8822		Department to the mine;
5827	8823		4. Refuses to permit inspection of the mine by authorized
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5857	8827		6. Refuses to permit access t o, and copying of, such records as
5858	8828		the Department determines necessary in carrying out the provisions
5859	8829		of this act.
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5861	8858		may be appropriate. Any relief granted by the court to enforce an
5862	8859		order under paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section shall
5863	8860		continue in effect until the completion or final termination of all
5864	8861		proceedings for review of such order under this title, unless the
5865	8862		district court granting such relief sets it aside or modifies it.
5866		-	SECTION 49. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 786, is
	8863	+	SECTION 93. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 781, is
	8864	+	amended to read as follows:
	8865	+	Section 781. A. The Department of Environmental Quality shall
	8866	+	establish a planning process enabling objective decisions based upon
	8867	+	competent and scientifically sound data and information as to which,
	8868	+	if any, land areas or this state are unsuitable for all or certain
	8869	+	types of surface coal mining operations pursuant to the standards
	8870	+	set forth in this section but such designation shall not prevent the
	8871	+	mineral exploration pursuant to this act of any area so designated.
	8872	+	B. Upon petition, the Department shall designate an area as
	8873	+	unsuitable for all or certain types of surface coal mining
	8874	+	operations if the Department determines that reclamation pursuant to
	8875	+	the requirements of this act is not technologically and economically
	8876	+	feasible.
	8877	+	C. Upon petition, a surface area may be designated unsuitable
	8878	+	for certain types of surface coal mining operations if such
	8879	+	operations will:
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	8907	+	1. Be incompatible with existing state or local land use plans
	8908	+	or programs;
	8909	+	2. Affect fragile or historic lands in which such operations
	8910	+	could result in significant damage to important historic, cultural,
	8911	+	scientific and esthetic values and natural systems;
	8912	+	3. Affect renewable resource lands in which such operations
	8913	+	could result in a substantial loss or reduction of long-range
	8914	+	productivity of water supply or of food or fiber products, and such
	8915	+	lands to include aquifers and aquifer recharge areas; or
	8916	+	4. Affect natural hazard lands in which such operations could
	8917	+	substantially endanger life and property, such lands to include
	8918	+	areas subject to frequent flooding and areas of unstable geology.
	8919	+	D. Determinations of the unsuitability of land for surface coal
	8920	+	mining, as provided for in this section, shall be integrated as
	8921	+	closely as possible with present and future land use planning and
	8922	+	regulation processes at the federal, state and local levels.
	8923	+	E. The requirements of this section shall not apply to lands on
	8924	+	which surface coal mining operations were being conducted on August
	8925	+	3, 1977, or under a permit issued pursuant to this act or the Coal
	8926	+	Reclamation Act of 1978, or where substantial legal and financial
	8927	+	commitments in such operation were in existence prior to January 4,
	8928	+	1977.
	8929	+	SECTION 94. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 782, is
	8930	+	amended to read as follows :
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	8958	+	Section 782. A. Any person having an interest which is or may
	8959	+	be adversely affected shall have the right to petition the
	8960	+	Department of Environmental Quality to have an area designated as
	8961	+	unsuitable for surface coal mining operations or to have such a
	8962	+	designation terminated. Such a petition shall contain allegations
	8963	+	of facts with supporting evidence which would tend to establish the
	8964	+	allegations. Within ten (1 0) months after receipt of the petition
	8965	+	the Department shall hold a public hearing in the locality of the
	8966	+	affected area, after appropriate notice and publication of the date,
	8967	+	time and location of such hearing. After a person having an
	8968	+	interest which is or may be adversely affected has filed a petition
	8969	+	and before the hearing, as required by this section, any per son may
	8970	+	intervene by filing allegations of facts with supporting evidence
	8971	+	which would tend to establish the allegations. Within sixty (60)
	8972	+	days after such hearing, the Department shall issue and furnish to
	8973	+	the petitioner and any other party to the hearing , a written
	8974	+	decision regarding the petition, and the reasons therefor. In the
	8975	+	event that all the petitioners stipulate agreement prior to the
	8976	+	requested hearing, and withdraw their request, such hearing need not
	8977	+	be held.
	8978	+	B. Prior to designating any land a reas as unsuitable for
	8979	+	surface coal mining operations, the Department shall prepare a
	8980	+	detailed statement on the potential coal resources of the area , the
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	9009	+	environment, the economy and the supply of coal.
	9010	+	SECTION 95. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 783, is
	9011	+	amended to read as follows:
	9012	+	Section 783. After August 3, 1977, and subject to valid
	9013	+	existing rights, no surface coal mining operations exce pt those
	9014	+	which existed on August 3, 1977, shall b e permitted:
	9015	+	1. Within one hundred (100) feet of the outside right-of-way
	9016	+	line of any public road, except where mi ne access roads or haulage
	9017	+	roads join such right-of-way line and except that the Department of
	9018	+	Environmental Quality may permit such roads to be relocated or the
	9019	+	area affected to lie within one hundred (100) feet of such road, if
	9020	+	after public notice and op portunity for public hearing in the
	9021	+	locality a written finding is made that the interests of the public
	9022	+	and the landowners affected thereby w ill be protected;
	9023	+	2. Within three hundred (300) feet from any occupied dwelling,
	9024	+	unless waived by the owner thereof, nor within three hundred (300)
	9025	+	feet of any public building, school, church, community or
	9026	+	institutional building, public park, or within on e hundred (100)
	9027	+	feet of a cemetery;
	9028	+	3. Within twenty-five (25) feet plus one and one-half (1 1/2)
	9029	+	times the depth of the surface cut from the property line of an
	9030	+	adjacent property owner, if the surface cut removes and does not
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	9059	+	the operator and the adjacent property owner; or
	9060	+	4. On any land prohibited by federal law.
	9061	+	SECTION 96. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 784, is
	9062	+	amended to read as follows:
	9063	+	Section 784. The Department of Environmental Quality shall have
	9064	+	the authority to enter into cooperative agreem ents with the United
	9065	+	States Secretary of the Interior to provide for departmental
	9066	+	regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations on
	9067	+	federal lands within Oklahoma.
	9068	+	SECTION 97. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 786, is
5867	9069		amended to read as follows:
5868	9070		Section 786. A. A permittee issued a notice or order by the
5869		-	Department pursuant to the provisions of ~~this act or any person~~
5870		-	having an interest which is or may be ~~adversely affected by such~~
5871		-	notice or order or by any modific ation, ~~vacation or term ination of~~
5872		-	such notice or order, may apply to the ~~Chief Mine Inspector~~
5873		-	~~Executive~~ Director of the ~~Department~~ of ~~Environme ntal Quality~~ for
	9071	+	Department of Environmental Quality pursuant to the provisions of
	9072	+	this act or any person having an interest which is or may be
	9073	+	adversely affected by such notice or order or by any modific ation,
	9074	+	vacation or termination of such notice or order, may apply to the
	9075	+	Chief Mine Inspector Division Director of the Division of Mines for
5874	9076		review of the notice or order within thirty (30) days of receipt
5875	9077		thereof or within thirty (30) day s of its modification, vac ation or
5876	9078		termination. Upon rece ipt of such application, the Chief Mine
5877		-	Inspector ~~Executive~~ Director shall cause such investigation to be
	9079	+	Inspector Division Director shall cause such investigation to be
5878	9080		made as it deems appropriate. Such investigation shall provide an
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5906	9109		the person having an interest which is or may be adversely affected,
5907	9110		to enable the applicant or such person to present information
5908	9111		relating to the issuance and continuance of such notice or order or
5909	9112		the modification, vacation or te rmination thereof. The fi ling of an
5910	9113		application for review under this subsection s hall not operate as a
5911	9114		stay of any order or notice.
5912	9115		The permittee and other interested persons shall be given
5913	9116		written notice of the time and place of the hearing at least fiv e
5914	9117		(5) days prior thereto. Any such hearing shall be of record.
5915	9118		B. Upon receiving the report of such investigation, the Chief
5916		-	Mine Inspector ~~Executive~~ Director shall make findings of fact, and
	9119	+	Mine Inspector Division Director shall make findings of fact, and
5917	9120		shall issue a written decision, incorporating therein an order
5918	9121		vacating, affirming, modifying or termin ating the notice or order,
5919	9122		or the modification, vacation or t ermination of such notice or order
5920	9123		complained of and incorporate his findings therein. Where the
5921	9124		application for review concerns an order for cessation of surface
5922	9125		coal mining and reclamation ope rations issued pursuant to the
5923		-	provisions of this title, the Chief Mine Inspector Executive
5924		-	Director shall issue the written decision within thirty (30) days of
5925		-	the receipt of the application for review, unless temporary relief
5926		-	has been granted by the Chief Mine Inspector Executive Director
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	9126	+	provisions of this title, the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director
	9127	+	shall issue the written decision within thirty (30) days of the
	9128	+	receipt of the application for review, unless temporary relief has
	9129	+	been granted by the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director pursuant
	9130	+	to this section or by the court .
5954	9131		C. Pending completion of the investigation and hearing required
5955	9132		by this section, the applicant may file with the Chief Mine
5956		-	Inspector Executive Director a written request that the Chief Mine
5957		-	Inspector Executive Director grant temporary relief from any no tice
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	9160	+	Inspector Division Director a written request that the Chief Mine
	9161	+	Inspector Division Director grant temporary relief from any no tice
5958	9162		or order issued together with a detailed statement giving reasons
5959		-	for granting such relief. The Chief Mine Inspector ~~Executive~~
	9163	+	for granting such relief. The Chief Mine Inspector Division
5960	9164		Director shall issue an order or decision granting or denying such
5961	9165		relief expeditiously. Where the applicant requests relief from an
5962	9166		order for cessation of coal mining and reclamation operations, the
5963	9167		order or decision on such a request shall be issued within five (5)
5964		-	days of its receipt. The Chief Mine Inspector Executive Director
5965		-	may grant such relief, under such conditions as it may prescribe,
5966		-	if:
	9168	+	days of its receipt. The Chief Mine Inspector Division Director may
	9169	+	grant such relief, under such conditions as it may prescribe, if:
5967	9170		1. A hearing has been held in the locality o f the permit area
5968	9171		on the request for temporary relief in which all parties were given
5969	9172		an opportunity to be heard;
5970	9173		2. The applicant shows that there is substantial likelihood
5971		-	that the findings of the Chief Mine Inspector ~~Executive~~ Director
5972		-	~~will~~ be favorable to him; and
	9174	+	that the findings of the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director will
	9175	+	be favorable to him; and
5973	9176		3. Such relief will not adversely affect the health or safety
5974	9177		of the public or cause significant, imminent environmental harm to
5975	9178		land, air or water resources.
5976	9179		D. Following the issuance of an order to sh ow cause as to why a
5977	9180		permit should not be suspended or revoked, the Chief Mine Inspector
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	9181	+	Division Director shall hold a public hearing after giving written
6005	9182		notice of the time, place and date. Any such hearing shal l be of
6006	9183		record. Within sixty (60) days following the public hearing, the
6007		-	Chief Mine Inspector Executive Director shall issue and furnish to
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6008	9212		the permittee and all o ther parties to the hearing a written
6009	9213		decision, and the reasons therefor, concerning suspension or
6010		-	revocation of the permit. If the Chief Mine Inspector ~~Executive~~
	9214	+	revocation of the permit. If the Chief Mine Inspector Division
6011	9215		Director revokes the permit, the permittee shall immediately cease
6012	9216		surface coal mining o perations on the permit area and shall complete
6013	9217		reclamation within a period specified by the Chief Mine Inspector
6014		-	~~Executive~~ Director, or the Chief Mine Inspector ~~Executive~~ Director
	9218	+	Division Director, or the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director
6015	9219		shall declare as forfeited the performance bonds for the operation.
6016	9220		E. Whenever an order is issued under this se ction, or as a
6017	9221		result of any administrative proceeding under this act, at the
6018	9222		request of any person, a sum equal to the aggregate amount of all
6019	9223		costs and expenses, including attorney fees, as dete rmined by the
6020		-	Chief Mine Inspector ~~Executive~~ Director to have been reasonably
	9224	+	Chief Mine Inspector Division Director to have been reasonably
6021	9225		incurred by such person for or in connection with his participation
6022	9226		in such proceedings, including any judicial review of agency
6023	9227		actions, may be assessed against any party or the Department as the
6024	9228		court, resulting from judicial review or the Chief Mine Inspector
6025		-	~~Executive~~ Director, resulting from administrative proceedings, deems
	9229	+	Division Director, resulting from administrative proceedings, deems
6026	9230		proper.
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	9231	+	SECTION 98. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 787, is
6054	9232		amended to read as follows:
6055	9233		Section 787. Any order or other action of the Department of
6056		-	Environmental Quality or the Chief Mine Inspector Executive Director
6057		-	shall be appealable when entered, as provided in Sections Section
6058		-	318 et seq. of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
6059		-	SECTION 51. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 852, is
	9234	+	Environmental Quality or the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director
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	9262	+	of the Division of Mines shall be appealable when entered, as
	9263	+	provided in Sections Section 318 et seq. of Title 75 of th e Oklahoma
	9264	+	Statutes.
	9265	+	SECTION 99. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 789, is
	9266	+	amended to read as follows:
	9267	+	Section 789. The Department of Environmental Quality shall
	9268	+	adopt and promulgate all necessary rules and regulations including
	9269	+	rules and regulation s for hearings and appeals, subject to the
	9270	+	provisions of this act and the Administrative Procedures Act, for
	9271	+	the implementation of this act. Provided, the Department shall
	9272	+	coordinate its regulations with the Office of Surface Mining to
	9273	+	ensure consistency i n regulatory actions and that state
	9274	+	interpretations of the law and regulations are not more restrictive
	9275	+	than those of the Office of Surface Mining.
	9276	+	SECTION 100. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 790, is
	9277	+	amended to read as follows:
	9278	+	Section 790. If any provisions of this act are required by the
	9279	+	Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-87) and
	9280	+	any section, clause or phrase of that Act on which this act is based
	9281	+	is declared unconstitutional or invalid by a court having
	9282	+	jurisdiction over the State of Oklahoma, the Department of
	9283	+	Environmental Quality may suspend the enforce ment of that provision
	9284	+	of this act for up to twelve (12) months, and shall immediately
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	9312	+	notify the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of
	9313	+	the House of Representatives.
	9314	+	SECTION 101. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 791, is
	9315	+	amended to read as follows:
	9316	+	Section 791. In compliance with all federal laws, rules and
	9317	+	regulations, the Department of Environmental Quality shall take any
	9318	+	such action as it shall deem necessary to make such compliance. The
	9319	+	Department shall make every effort to obtain full reimbursement from
	9320	+	the Director of the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation for the
	9321	+	costs of performing its duties under this act.
	9322	+	SECTION 102. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 791.1, is
	9323	+	amended to read as follows:
	9324	+	Section 791.1 In order to encourage advances in mining and
	9325	+	reclamation practices or to allow post-mining land use for
	9326	+	industrial, commercial, r esidential or public us e (including
	9327	+	recreation facilities), the Department of Environmental Quality with
	9328	+	approval by the Secretary of the Interior may authorize departures
	9329	+	in individual cases on an experimental basis from the environmental
	9330	+	protection performance standards promul gated under Sections 746
	9331	+	through paragraph 2 of Section 760 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma
	9332	+	Statutes. Such practices may be authorized if:
	9333	+	1. The experimental practices are potentially more or at least
	9334	+	as environmentally protective, dur ing and after mining op erations,
	9335	+	as those required by promulgated standards;
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	9363	+	2. The mining operations approved for particular land use or
	9364	+	other purposes are not larger or more numerous than necessary to
	9365	+	determine the effectiveness and economic feasibility of the
	9366	+	experimental practices; and
	9367	+	3. The experimental practices do not reduce the protection
	9368	+	afforded public health and safety below that provided by promulgated
	9369	+	standards.
	9370	+	SECTION 103. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 792, is
	9371	+	amended to read as follows:
	9372	+	Section 792. The Department of Environmental Quality is
	9373	+	authorized to call upon the expertise of all state agencies in the
	9374	+	implementation of this act. All state agencies shall provide any
	9375	+	assistance as available on the request of the Department.
	9376	+	SECTION 104. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 793, is
	9377	+	amended to read as follows:
	9378	+	Section 793. During any action under which the Office of
	9379	+	Surface Mining, Department of the Interior, assumes responsibility
	9380	+	for the inspection and enforcement of surface coal mining and
	9381	+	reclamation activities in the State of Oklahoma under the authority
	9382	+	granted by 30 U.S.C. 1271, the Department of Environmental Quality
	9383	+	may inspect such surface coal mining and reclamation activities on a
	9384	+	less frequent basis than required under Section 766 of Title 45 of
	9385	+	the Oklahoma Statutes this title until full authority for inspection
	9386	+	and enforcement is regained from the Office of Surface Mining.
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	9414	+	SECTION 105. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 852, is
6060	9415		amended to read as follows:
6061	9416		Section 852. The Governor shall be, ex officio, this state's
6062	9417		member of the Interstate Mining Compact as established by Article V
6063	9418		of the Compact. Provided, that whenever the Governor shall deem it
6064	9419		advisable to do so, he may appoint an alternate to serve in his
6065	9420		stead and thereafter such alternate shall serve at the pleasure of
6066	9421		the Governor. An executed counterpart of each letter of appointment
6067	9422		by the Governor shall be filed with the Secretary of the Commission
6068	9423		Department of Environmental Quality.
6069		-	SECTION 52. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, ~~Section~~ 901, is
	9424	+	SECTION 106. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, S ection 901, is
6070	9425		amended to read as follows:
6071	9426		Section 901. As used in this act:
6072	9427		1. "Active workings" means any place in a mine where miners are
6073	9428		normally required to work or travel;
6074	9429		2. "American table of distances" means the 1971 edition of "The
6075	9430		American Table of Distances for Storage of Explosives" published by
6076	9431		the Institute of Makers of Explosives;
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6103	9432		3. "ANFO" means ammonium nitrate fuel oil mixtures;
6104	9433		4. "Approved" means tested and accepted for a specific purpose
6105	9434		by a nationally reco gnized safety agency;
6106	9435		5. "Barricaded" means obstructed to restrict the passage of
6107	9436		persons, vehicles or flying materials;
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6108	9464		6. "Berm" means a pile or mound of material capable of
6109	9465		restraining a vehicle; also a shelf, ledge or material placed to
6110	9466		contain loose slope material;
6111	9467		7. "Blasting agent" means a cap insensitive chemical
6112	9468		composition or mixture consisting of fuel and oxidizer and no
6113	9469		explosive ingredient but which can be made to detonate when
6114	9470		initiated with a high strength explosive primer;
6115	9471		8. "Blasting area" means the area near blasting operations in
6116	9472		which concussion or flying material can reasonably be expected to
6117	9473		cause injury;
6118	9474		9. "Blasting cap" means a detonator containing a charge of
6119	9475		detonating compound which is ignited by electric current or the
6120	9476		spark of a fuse and is used for detonating explosives;
6121	9477		10. "Blasting circuit" means electric current used to fire
6122	9478		electric detonators or to ignite an igniter cord by means of an
6123	9479		electric starter;
6124	9480		11. "Box-type magazine" means a small, portable magazine used
6125	9481		to store limited quantities of explosives or detonators for short
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6152	9482		periods of time in locations at the mine which are convenient to the
6153	9483		blasting sites at which they will be used;
6154	9484		12. "Capped fuse" means a length of safety fuse to which a
6155	9485		detonator has been attached;
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6156	9513		13. "Capped primer" means a package or cartridge of explosives
6157	9514		which is specifically designed to transmit detonation to other
6158	9515		explosives and which contains a detonator;
6159	9516		14. "Certified person" means an individual who has
6160	9517		satisfactorily passed the required State Department of Environmental
6161	9518		Quality Mining Board examination, thereby earning a certificate of
6162	9519		competency which will allow him to work in a particular position for
6163	9520		which certification is necessary;
6164	9521		15. "Combustible" means capable of being ignited and consumed
6165	9522		by fire;
6166	9523		16. "Commercial mine" means any mine from which the product is
6167	9524		mined for sale, exchange or commercial use. Except as the context
6168	9525		requires otherwise, this act applies only to commercial mines;
6169	9526		17. "Company official" means a member of the company
6170	9527		supervisory or technical staff;
6171	9528		18. "Department" means the State of Oklahoma Department of
6172	9529		Mines Environmental Quality;
6173	9530		19. "Detonator" means a device containing a small detonating
6174	9531		charge that is used for detonating an explosive including, but not
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6201	9532		limited to, blasting caps, exploders, electric detonators and delay
6202	9533		electric blasting caps;
6203	9534		20. "Distribution box" means a portable apparatus with an
6204	9535		enclosure through which an electric circuit is carried to one (1) or
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6205	9563		more cables from a single incoming feedline, each cab le circuit
6206	9564		being connected through individual overcurrent protective devices;
6207	9565		21. "Electric blasting cap" means a blasting cap designed for
6208	9566		and capable of being initiated by means of an electric current;
6209	9567		22. "Electric grounding" means to connect with the ground to
6210	9568		make the earth part of the circuit;
6211	9569		23. "Employee" means a person who works for wages or salary in
6212	9570		the service of an employer;
6213	9571		24. "Employer" means a person or organization employing one (1)
6214	9572		or more persons to work for wages or salary;
6215	9573		25. "Explosive" means any chemical compound, mixture or device,
6216	9574		the primary or common purpose of which is to function by explosion.
6217	9575		Explosives include, but are not limited to, black powder, dynamite,
6218	9576		nitroglycerin, fulminate and ammonium nitrate;
6219	9577		26. "Face" or "wall" means that part of any mine where
6220	9578		excavating is progressing or was last done;
6221	9579		27. "Flammable" means capable of being easily ignited and of
6222	9580		burning rapidly as defined by the National Fire Protection
6223	9581		Association;
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6250	9582		28. "Highway" means any public road or travelway used by the
6251	9583		general public;
6252	9584		29. "Igniter cord" means a fuse, cordlike in appearance, which
6253	9585		burns progressively along its length with an external flame at the
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6254	9613		zone of burning and is used for lighting a series of safety fuses in
6255	9614		the desired sequence;
6256	9615		30. "Inhabited building" means a building regularly occupied in
6257	9616		whole or in part as a habitation for human beings, or any church,
6258	9617		schoolhouse, railroad station, store, factory or other structure
6259	9618		where people are accustomed to assemble, except any building or
6260	9619		structure occupied in connection with the manufacture,
6261	9620		transportation, storage or use of explosives;
6262	9621		31. "Inspector" means a mine inspector in the employ of the
6263	9622		State of Oklahoma;
6264	9623		32. "Magazine" means a storage place for explosives or
6265	9624		detonators;
6266	9625		33. "Major electrical installation" means an assemblage of
6267	9626		stationary electrical equipment for the generation, transmiss ion,
6268	9627		distribution or conversion of electric power;
6269	9628		34. "Misfire" means the complete or partial failure of a
6270	9629		blasting charge to ex plode as planned;
6271	9630		35. "Overburden" means material of any nature, consolidated or
6272	9631		unconsolidated, that overlies a deposit of u seful materials or ores
6273	9632		that are to be mined;
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6301	9634		operator or agent, re ceiver or trustee operating any clay, coal or
6302	9635		copper mine;
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6303	9663		37. "Primer" or "booster" means a package or cartridge of
6304	9664		explosives designed specifically to transmit detonation to other
6305	9665		explosives but which does not contain a detonator;
6306	9666		38. "Reverse-current protection" means a method or device used
6307	9667		on direct-current circuits of equipment to prevent the flow of
6308	9668		current in the revers e direction;
6309	9669		39. "Roll protection" means a framework or safety canopy to
6310	9670		protect the vehicle operator if equipment should overtur n;
6311	9671		40. "Safety can" means an approved container of not over five
6312	9672		(5) gallons capacity having a spring-closing lid and a spout cover;
6313	9673		41. "Safety fuse" means a train of powder enclosed in cotton,
6314	9674		jute yarn and waterproofing compounds which burns at a unif orm rate.
6315	9675		It is used for firing a cap containing the detonating compound which
6316	9676		in turn sets off the explosive charge;
6317	9677		42. "Safety switch" means a sectionalizing switch that also
6318	9678		provides shunt protection in blasting circuits between the blasting
6319	9679		switch and the shot area;
6320	9680		43. "Scaling" means removal of insecure material from a face or
6321	9681		highwall;
6322	9682		44. "Secondary safety connection " means a second connection
6323	9683		between a conveyance and rope, intended to prevent the conveyance
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6352	9713		45. "Semiconductive hose" means hose having an electrical
6353	9714		resistance of not less than five thousand (5,000) ohms per foot and
6354	9715		not more than two (2) megohms for its total length, used in
6355	9716		pneumatic placement of blasting ag ents in boreholes;
6356	9717		46. "Sprung hole" means a blasting hole chambered or enlarged
6357	9718		to take an increased charge of explosives;
6358	9719		47. "Stemming" means the inert material, and the placing of
6359	9720		such material, on top of any charge of explosives;
6360	9721		48. "Stray current" means that portion of a total electric
6361	9722		current that flows through paths other than the intended circuit;
6362	9723		49. "Strip or surface pit" means the excavation in which
6363	9724		superincumbent strata are removed exposing the natural deposit so it
6364	9725		may be excavated and l oaded by hand or by mechanical equipment in
6365	9726		open working. Strip or surface pits shall be subject to such mining
6366	9727		laws of the State of Oklahoma as apply to them, and such operations
6367	9728		shall comply with recommendations for safety of employees made by
6368	9729		the Chief Mine Inspector Department of Environmental Quality;
6369	9730		50. "Substantial construction" means construction of such
6370	9731		strength, material and workmanship that the object will withstand
6371	9732		all reasonable shock, wear, usage and deterioration to which it will
6372	9733		normally be subjected;
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6400	9735		qualifications to normally meet a given purpose, occasion,
6401	9736		condition, function or cir cumstance;
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6402	9764		52. "Travelway" means a passage, walk or way regularly used and
6403	9765		designated for persons to go from one place to another while at
6404	9766		work;
6405	9767		53. Voltage:
6406	9768		a. "low voltage" means up to and including 660 volts,
6407	9769		b. "medium voltage" means from 661 to 1,000 volts, and
6408	9770		c. "high voltage" means more than 1,000 volts;
6409	9771		54. "Wet drilling" means the continuous application of water to
6410	9772		the back or bottom of the drill holes while drilling; and
6411	9773		55. "Working place" means any place in or about a mine where
6412	9774		work is being performed.
6413		-	SECTION 53. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 902, is
	9775	+	SECTION 107. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 902, is
6414	9776		amended to read as follows:
6415	9777		Section 902. It shall be unlawful for any person in the State
6416	9778		of Oklahoma to act as superintendent, mine foreman o r shot-firer
6417	9779		without first having obtained a certificate of competency from the
6418	9780		State Mining Board as herein provided for Department of
6419	9781		Environmental Quality pursuant to this section.
6420	9782		The examination given by the State Mining Board Department to an
6421	9783		applicant for a certificate of c ompetency as superintendent, mine
6422	9784		foreman or shot-firer shall include a written or oral or written and
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6450	9786		requirements of the mining laws of Oklahoma.
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6451	9814		Each applicant shall hold a first-aid certificate issued to him
6452	9815		within two (2) years previous to the date of the examination by an
6453	9816		organization recognized by the State Mining Board Department.
6454	9817		Certificates of competency for the positions enumerated shall be
6455	9818		granted to persons who have given the Chief Executive Officer of the
6456	9819		Board Department satisfactory evidence of their ability to perform
6457	9820		the duties of the positions applied for and who have obtained the
6458	9821		necessary grades as determined by the Board Department for
6459	9822		respective positions. In determining the grade of each applicant,
6460	9823		due respect shall be given to the applicant's previous experience
6461	9824		and record of service which shall have equal weight with the oral or
6462	9825		written examination given to test the practical and technical
6463	9826		knowledge of the applicant for th e certificate of competency being
6464	9827		sought. Provided, however, successful completion of the course of
6465	9828		instruction provided by the Oklahoma Miner Training Institute (OMTI)
6466	9829		or other courses of instruction provided by other training
6467	9830		facilities and approved by t he Board Department shall be considered
6468	9831		as having met this examination requirement.
6469		-	SECTION 54. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 903, is
	9832	+	SECTION 108. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 903, is
6470	9833		amended to read as follows:
6471	9834		Section 903. Certifications provided for in this act shall be
6472		-	issued under the signature and seal of the State Mining Board by the
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6499	9836		Department of Environmental Quality; such certificates shall bear
6500	9837		the date of issuance, full name, age and years of experience of
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6501	9865		recipient and shall designate the posi tion for which the recipient
6502	9866		is certified by the Board Department. Provided that all persons
6503	9867		making applications to the State Mining Board Department for
6504	9868		certificates of competency as mine superintendent, mine foreman or
6505	9869		shot-firer shall accompany said application with a fee of Two
6506	9870		Dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) as a fee for such examination and
6507	9871		shall pay an additional fee of Two Dollars and fifty cents ($2.50)
6508	9872		when said certificate is issued.
6509		-	SECTION 55. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 904, is
	9873	+	SECTION 109. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 904, is
6510	9874		amended to read as follows:
6511	9875		Section 904. The Secretary of the Board Department of
6512	9876		Environmental Quality shall maintain a record of the names,
6513	9877		addresses and other pertinent information of all persons to whom
6514	9878		certificates are issued. Certificates of competency, when issued as
6515	9879		provided for herein, shall entitle the holders thereof to accept and
6516	9880		discharge the duties for which said certificates declare them
6517	9881		qualified.
6518		-	SECTION 56. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 905, is
	9882	+	SECTION 110. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 905, is
6519	9883		amended to read as follows:
6520	9884		Section 905. The State Mining Board Department of Environmental
6521	9885		Quality shall have power to revoke any certificates, by it granted,
6522	9886		because of incompetency, intoxication or other sufficient cause,;
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6550	9915		ten (10) days written notice from the Board Department and shall
6551	9916		have opportunity to be heard by it in his or her own behalf.
6552		-	SECTION 57. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 906, is
	9917	+	SECTION 111. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 906, is
6553	9918		amended to read as follows:
6554	9919		Section 906. The Secretary of the Board Department of
6555	9920		Environmental Quality may, upon the recommendation of at least two
6556	9921		(2) other members of the Board, issue a temporary permit to an
6557	9922		applicant for a certificate for mine foreman or shot-firer. Said
6558	9923		temporary permit shall be valid only until the next meeting of the
6559	9924		Board or not to exceed thirty-one (31) days.
6560		-	SECTION 58. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 907, is
	9925	+	SECTION 112. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 907, is
6561	9926		amended to read as follows:
6562	9927		Section 907. It shall be the duty of the Department of Mines
6563	9928		Environmental Quality to enter into and examine thoroughly each and
6564	9929		every active strip or surface mine in the state four to six times
6565	9930		annually and in response to compliance concerns to see that the
6566	9931		provisions of this act are observed and strictly carried out. Mines
6567	9932		with resident safety engineers supplying the Department with monthly
6568	9933		self-monitoring reports shall be inspected a minimum of twice a
6569	9934		year. The Chief Mine Inspector or assistant inspectors, or both,
6570	9935		Inspectors of the Depart ment of Environmental Quality may enter,
6571	9936		inspect and examine any strip or surface pit and the works and
6572	9937		machinery belonging thereto at all times, either by night or by day.
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6600	9966		accompany the inspector during the state inspection of the mine.
6601	9967		After each inspection the inspector shall make a report in
6602	9968		triplicate of the condition of the mine with recommendations and
6603	9969		orders. One copy shall be placed on file in the office of the Chief
6604	9970		Mine Inspector Division Director of the Divisio n of Mines, one copy
6605	9971		shall remain with the inspector, and one copy shall be given to the
6606	9972		operator who shall post it in a conspicuous place available for
6607	9973		public inspection where it can be read and wher e it shall remain
6608	9974		until the next state inspection repor t is issued. Within thirty
6609	9975		(30) days after receiving the report of the inspector in which any
6610	9976		important recommendations are made, the owner shall send a report to
6611	9977		the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director stating what steps have
6612	9978		been taken to comply with the recommendations.
6613		-	SECTION 59. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 911, is
	9979	+	SECTION 113. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 911, is
6614	9980		amended to read as follows:
6615	9981		Section 911. A. Rules and procedures for storage of explosives
6616	9982		shall be as follows:
6617	9983		1. Detonators and other cap-sensitive high explosives shall be
6618	9984		stored in magazines pro vided for that purpose. Blasting agents may
6619	9985		be stored in van-type trailers, provided they are well-ventilated,
6620	9986		kept clean and free of extraneous material that could create a fire
6621	9987		hazard;
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6649	9989		detonators and for explosives;
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6650	10017		3. Detonators shall not be stored in the same magazine with
6651	10018		explosives or blasting agents;
6652	10019		4. Blasting agents, safety fuse or detonating cord may be
6653	10020		stored with explosives, but blasting agents must be kept physically
6654	10021		separated from the fuse, detonating cord and explosives;
6655	10022		5. Magazines shall be:
6656	10023		a. located in accordance with the current American Table
6657	10024		of Distances for Storage of Explosives,
6658	10025		b. detached structures located away f rom power lines,
6659	10026		fuel storage area and other possible s ources of fire,
6660	10027		c. constructed substantially of noncombustible material
6661	10028		or covered with fire-resistant material,
6662	10029		d. reasonably bullet-resistant,
6663	10030		e. electrically bonded and grounded if constructed of
6664	10031		metal,
6665	10032		f. made of nonsparking materials on the inside, in cluding
6666	10033		floors,
6667	10034		g. provided with adequate and effectively screened
6668	10035		ventilation openings near the floor and ceiling,
6669	10036		h. kept securely locked when unattended,
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6697	10038		bullet passing through the face of a sign wi ll not
6698	10039		strike the magazine,
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6699	10067		j. used exclusively for storage of blasting agents,
6700	10068		explosives, or detonators and kept free of all
6701	10069		extraneous materials,
6702	10070		k. kept clean and dry in the interior, and in good
6703	10071		repair, and
6704	10072		l. unheated, unless heated in a manner that does not
6705	10073		create a fire or explosion hazard. Electrical heating
6706	10074		devices shall not be used inside a magazine;
6707	10075		6. Only permissible lights, worn or carried, shall be used
6708	10076		inside magazines;
6709	10077		7. Areas surrounding magazines not less than twenty-five (25)
6710	10078		feet in all directions shall be kept free of rubbish and other
6711	10079		combustibles;
6712	10080		8. Smoking and open flames shall not be permitted within
6713	10081		twenty-five (25) feet of explosives and detonator storage magazines;
6714	10082		9. Cases of explosives shall be stored in such a manner a s to
6715	10083		assure the use of the oldest stock first;
6716	10084		10. Ammonium nitrate fuel oil mixtures shall be physically
6717	10085		separated from dynamite stored in the same magazine and in such a
6718	10086		manner that oil does not con taminate the dynamite; and
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6746	10088		sides nor in stacks over six (6) feet high.
6747	10089		B. Rules and procedures as follows shall be complied with in
6748	10090		the transportation of explosives:
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6749	10118		1. Explosives and detonator s shall be transported in separate
6750	10119		vehicles unless sepa rated by four (4) inches of hardwood or the
6751	10120		equivalent;
6752	10121		2. Self-propelled vehicles used to transport explosives or
6753	10122		detonators shall be equipped with suitable fire extinguishers and
6754	10123		marked with proper warning signs;
6755	10124		3. When vehicles containing explosives or detonators are
6756	10125		parked, the brakes shall be set, the motive power shut off when not
6757	10126		in use, and if parked on an incline, the vehicle shall be blocked
6758	10127		securely against rolling;
6759	10128		4. Vehicles containing explosives or detonators shall not be
6760	10129		left unattended except in blasting areas where loading or charging
6761	10130		is in progress;
6762	10131		5. Vehicles containing explosives or detonators shall not be
6763	10132		taken to a repair garage or shop for any purpose;
6764	10133		6. Vehicles used to t ransport explosives or detonators shall be
6765	10134		maintained in good condition and shall be operated at a safe speed
6766	10135		and in accordance with recognized safe operating practices;
6767	10136		7. Vehicles used to transport explosives other than Ammonium
6768	10137		Nitrate Fuel Oil (ANFO) mixtures shall have substantially
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6795	10138		constructed bodies, n o sparking metal exposed in the cargo space,
6796	10139		and the explosives shall not be piled higher than the side or end
6797	10140		enclosures;
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6798	10168		8. Explosives shall be transported at times and over routes
6799	10169		that endanger a minimum number of persons;
6800	10170		9. Other materials or suppli es shall not be placed on or in the
6801	10171		cargo space of a conveyance containing explosives or detonators;
6802	10172		10. No person shall smoke while transporting or handling
6803	10173		explosives or detonators;
6804	10174		11. Only the necessary attendants shall ride on or in vehicles
6805	10175		containing explosives or detonators;
6806	10176		12. Explosives shall be transported promptly without undue
6807	10177		delays in transit;
6808	10178		13. Nonconductive containers with tight-fitting covers shall be
6809	10179		used to transport or carry capped fuses and electric detonators to
6810	10180		blasting sites; and
6811	10181		14. Substantial nonconductive closed containers shall be used
6812	10182		to carry explosives to blasting sites.
6813	10183		C. Rules and procedures as follows shall be complied with in
6814	10184		the use of explosives, with the exception of persons with a valid
6815	10185		coal permit issued by the Department of Mines Environmental Quality:
6816	10186		1. Persons who use explosives, blasting agents or detonators
6817	10187		shall be certified by the Oklahoma Mining Commission Department.
6818	10188		Such persons shall unders tand the hazards involved, and trainees
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6845	10189		shall do such work only under the supervision of and in the
6846	10190		immediate presence of certified persons;
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6847	10218		2. Blasting operations shall be under the direct control of
6848	10219		certified persons designated by the operator for that purpose;
6849	10220		3. Damaged or deteriorated explosives, blasti ng agents and
6850	10221		detonators shall be disposed of in a safe manner;
6851	10222		4. Holes to be blasted shall be charged as near to blasting
6852	10223		time as practical, and such holes shall be blasted as soon as
6853	10224		practical after charging has been completed;
6854	10225		5. No person shall smok e within fifty (50) feet of explosives,
6855	10226		blasting agents or detonators;
6856	10227		6. Explosives and blasting agents shall be kept separated from
6857	10228		detonators until charging of holes is started;
6858	10229		7. Primers shall be made up at the time of charging and as
6859	10230		close to the blasting site as conditions allow;
6860	10231		8. Only wooden or other nonsparking devices shall be used to
6861	10232		punch holes in explosives cartridges;
6862	10233		9. Tamping poles shall be blunt and squared at one end and made
6863	10234		of wood or other nonsparking material;
6864	10235		10. No tamping shall be done directly on primer cartridges;
6865	10236		11. Unused explosives and detonators shall be moved to a safe
6866	10237		location as soon as charging operations are completed;
6867	10238		12. Approaches to areas in which charge d holes are awaiting
6868	10239		firing shall be guarded, or barric aded and posted, or flagged,
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6895	10240		against unauthorized entry. If blasting is done after dark, red
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6896	10268		flashing lights shall be used at the approaches to the blasting
6897	10269		area;
6898	10270		13. When a blast is about to be fire d, ample warning shall be
6899	10271		given to allow all persons to retreat to a safe place. Each mine
6900	10272		shall have a definite plan of warning signals that can be clearly
6901	10273		seen or heard by anyone in the blasting area. The operator shall
6902	10274		inform all employees at the loca l mine as to the established
6903	10275		procedure;
6904	10276		14. Enclosed blasting shelters constructed of strong materials
6905	10277		shall be provided to protect all persons endangered by flying rock
6906	10278		from blasting;
6907	10279		15. When safety fuse has been used, persons shall not return to
6908	10280		misfired holes for at least thirty (30) minutes;
6909	10281		16. When electric blasting caps have been used, persons shall
6910	10282		not return to misfired holes for at least fifteen (15) minutes.
6911	10283		Leading wires from the power source must be disconnected before
6912	10284		persons can be allow ed to return to the blasting sites;
6913	10285		17. Blasted materials shall be examined for undetonated
6914	10286		explosives after each blast and undetonated explosives found shall
6915	10287		be disposed of safely;
6916	10288		18. Misfires shall be reported to the proper supervisor and
6917	10289		shall be disposed of safely before any other work is performed in
6918	10290		the blasting area;
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6945	10318		19. Blast holes in hot-hole areas and holes that have been
6946	10319		sprung shall not be charged before tests have been made to insure
6947	10320		ensure that the heat has been dissipated to a safe level;
6948	10321		20. If explosives are suspected of burning in a hole, all
6949	10322		persons in the endangered area shall move to a safe location until
6950	10323		the danger has passed;
6951	10324		21. Holes shall not be drilled where there is danger of
6952	10325		intersecting a charge or misfired hole;
6953	10326		22. Fuses and igniters shall be stored in a cool, dry place
6954	10327		away from oils or grease;
6955	10328		23. Fuses shall not be kinked, bent sharply or handled roughly;
6956	10329		24. Fuses shall be cut and capped in safe, dry locations posted
6957	10330		with "No Smoking" signs;
6958	10331		25. Blasting caps shall be cr imped to fuses only with devices
6959	10332		designed for that spec ific purpose;
6960	10333		26. Fuses of less than forty-eight (48) inches in length shall
6961	10334		not be used for any purpose;
6962	10335		27. At least two persons shall be present when lighting fuses,
6963	10336		and no person shall light more than fifteen individual fuses. If
6964	10337		more than fifteen holes per person are to be fired, igniter cord and
6965	10338		connectors or electric blasting shall be used;
6966	10339		28. A safe interval of time shall be allowed to light a round
6967	10340		and evacuate the blasting area;
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6994	10368		29. Fuses shall be ignited with hot-wire lighters, lead
6995	10369		spitters, igniter cord or other such devices designed for this
6996	10370		purpose;
6997	10371		30. Fuses shall not be ignited before the primer and the entire
6998	10372		charge are securely in place;
6999	10373		31. Electric detonators of different bra nds shall not be used
7000	10374		in the same round;
7001	10375		32. Electric detonators shall remain shunted until they are
7002	10376		being wired into the blasting circuit. Lead lines and wired rounds
7003	10377		shall be kept shunted until immediately before blasting;
7004	10378		33. Completely wired rounds shall be tested with a blasting
7005	10379		galvanometer before con nections are made to the blasting line;
7006	10380		34. Lead wires and blasting lines shall not be strung across
7007	10381		power conductors, pipelines or within twenty (20) feet of bare power
7008	10382		lines. They shall be protecte d from sources of static or other
7009	10383		electrical contact;
7010	10384		35. Permanent blasting lines shall be properly supported,
7011	10385		insulated and kept in good repair;
7012	10386		36. Charging shall be stopped immediately when the presence of
7013	10387		static electricity or stray current is detec ted; the condition shall
7014	10388		be corrected before charging i s resumed;
7015	10389		37. Charging of holes shall be suspended and the persons
7016	10390		withdrawn to a safe location upon the approach of an electrical
7017	10391		storm;
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7044	10419		38. Safety switches and blasting switches shall be labeled,
7045	10420		encased in boxes and arranged so that the covers of the boxes cannot
7046	10421		be closed with the switches in closed position;
7047	10422		39. Blasting switches shall be locked in the open position
7048	10423		except when closed to fire the blast. Lead wires shall not be
7049	10424		connected to the blasting switch until the shot is ready to be
7050	10425		fired;
7051	10426		40. The key to a blasting switch shall be entrusted only to the
7052	10427		person designated to fire blasts;
7053	10428		41. Electric circuits from the blasting switches to the blast
7054	10429		area shall not be grounded;
7055	10430		42. At least a five-foot air gap shall be provided between the
7056	10431		blasting circuit and the power circuit;
7057	10432		43. Where electric blasting is to be performed, electric
7058	10433		circuits to equipment within twenty-five (25) feet of a hole that is
7059	10434		to be charged with an electric blasti ng cap shall be de-energized
7060	10435		before electric detonators are brought into the immediate area, or
7061	10436		the electric equipment shall be moved out of the immediate area;
7062	10437		44. Power sources shall be suitable for the number of electric
7063	10438		detonators to be fired and for the type of circuits used;
7064	10439		45. When instantaneous blas ting is performed, the double-
7065	10440		trunkline or loop system shall be used in detonating-cord blasting;
7066	10441		46. When instantaneous blasting is performed, trunklines in
7067	10442		multiple-row blasting shall make one or mo re complete loops with
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7094	10470		crossties between loops at inter vals of not over two hundred (200)
7095	10471		feet;
7096	10472		47. All detonating-cord knots shall be tight and all
7097	10473		connections shall be kept at right angles to the trunklines;
7098	10474		48. Delay connectors for firing detonating -cord shall be
7099	10475		treated and handled with the same safety p recautions as blasting
7100	10476		caps and electric detonators; and
7101	10477		49. Detonating-cord shall not be kinked, bent or otherwise
7102	10478		handled in such a manner that the train of detonation may be
7103	10479		interrupted.
7104	10480		D. Rules and procedures as follows shall be complied with in
7105	10481		dealing with sensitized ammonium nitrate blasting agents:
7106	10482		1. When sensitized ammonium nitrate mixtures and blasting
7107	10483		agents are used, the same precautions shall be taken as for high
7108	10484		explosives;
7109	10485		2. Adequate priming shall be employed to guard against
7110	10486		misfires, increased toxic fumes and poor performance;
7111	10487		3. Where pneumatic loading is employed, before any type of
7112	10488		blasting operation using blasting agents is put into effect, an
7113	10489		evaluation of the potential haza rd of static electricity shall be
7114	10490		made. Adequate steps , including the grounding of the conductive
7115	10491		parts of pneumatic loading equipment, shall be taken to eliminate
7116	10492		the hazard of static electricity before blasting agent preparation
7117	10493		is commenced;
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7144	10521		4. Pneumatic loading equipment shall not be grounded to water
7145	10522		lines, air lines, rails or other permanent electrical grounding
7146	10523		systems;
7147	10524		5. Hoses used in connection with pneumatic loading machines
7148	10525		shall be of the semiconductive type having a total resistance low
7149	10526		enough to permit the dissipation of static electricity and high
7150	10527		enough to limit the flow of stray electric currents to a safe level.
7151	10528		Wire-countered hose shall not be used because of the potential
7152	10529		hazard from stray electric currents; and
7153	10530		6. Plastic tubes sha ll not be used to protect pneumatically
7154	10531		loaded blasting agent charges against water unless a positive
7155	10532		grounding system is provided to drain electrostatic charges from the
7156	10533		holes.
7157		-	SECTION 60. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 918, is
	10534	+	SECTION 114. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 918, is
7158	10535		amended to read as follows:
7159	10536		Section 918. The following rules and procedures shall be
7160	10537		complied with in dealing with augering:
7161	10538		1. Planning:
7162	10539		before augering is done, advance planning shall be
7163	10540		made to insure ensure that no hazards shall be created
7164	10541		affecting active underground workings. Auger mine
7165	10542		workings and holes drilled shall be located so as to
7166	10543		prevent:
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7193	10571		(1) interference with the ventilation system of any
7194	10572		underground mine, and
7195	10573		(2) inundation hazards from the surface to active
7196	10574		underground workings;
7197	10575		2. Inspection:
7198	10576		a. at least fifty (50) feet on each side of highwalls
7199	10577		being drilled shall be inspected for loose material
7200	10578		before drilling or other work in the area is begun,
7201	10579		and an inspection shall be made at least once during
7202	10580		each operating shift,
7203	10581		b. when abandoned mines or abandoned parts of active
7204	10582		mines are penetrated by drilling, machinery shall be
7205	10583		stopped and tests shall be made at the collar of the
7206	10584		hole for explosive gas or oxygen or oxygen deficiency
7207	10585		by a certified person qualified to use approved
7208	10586		instruments to make such tests. If tests show the
7209	10587		presence of gas or the lack of oxygen, the equipment
7210	10588		shall not be operated until the condition has been
7211	10589		corrected;
7212	10590		3. Auger holes; persons not to enter:
7213	10591		a. no person shall enter an auger hole for any purpo se
7214	10592		without having first received permission from a
7215	10593		representative of the Oklahoma Department of Mines
7216	10594		Environmental Quality,
7217	10595
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7243	10622		b. auger machines and other related equipment on which
7244	10623		persons are required to work during drilling
7245	10624		operations shall be protected against falling material
7246	10625		from highwalls by heavy gauge screen or equivalent
7247	10626		material subject to the approval of the mine
7248	10627		inspector. The protective screen shall permit workmen
7249	10628		to keep the highwall in view at all times,
7250	10629		c. no work shall be done on the high wall in the vicinity
7251	10630		of drilling equipment while it is in operation;
7252	10631		4. Auger equipment; operation:
7253	10632		a. persons shall stay clear of the auger train while it
7254	10633		is in motion, and they shall not pass over or under
7255	10634		the auger train except where crossing faciliti es are
7256	10635		provided;,
7257	10636		b. persons must be in the clear while auger sections are
7258	10637		being swung into position,
7259	10638		c. auger operators shall not leave the controls of the
7260	10639		equipment while the auger is operating, and
7261	10640		d. when auger operations are performed after dark,
7262	10641		adequate illumination shall be provided;
7263	10642		5. Auger Holes; blocking: auger holes shall be securely
7264	10643		blocked by spoil or other suitable material before they are
7265	10644		abandoned.
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7293	10673		amended to read as follows:
7294	10674		Section 931. A. All operators of coal mining operations shall
7295	10675		pay to the Department of Mines Environmental Quality a fee of seven
7296	10676		and one-half cents ($0.075) per ton of coal produced.
7297	10677		B. All operators of noncoal mining operations shall pay to the
7298	10678		Department of Mines a fee of one and one-fourth cents ($0.0125) per
7299	10679		ton of mineral produced. For the purposes of this section,
7300	10680		"mineral" shall be defined as provided in paragraph 4 of Section 723
7301	10681		of this title.
7302	10682		C. The fees imposed by this section shall be paid no la ter than
7303	10683		thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar quarter beginning
7304	10684		the first calendar quarter after June 30, 1982.
7305	10685		D. The Department shall develop and promulgate a report form,
7306	10686		which shall be as similar as possible to the form required of
7307	10687		operators by federal law, and which shall state the amount of coal
7308	10688		or mineral produced during the calendar quarter, the method of coal
7309	10689		or mineral removal, and the type of coal or mineral. The operator
7310	10690		shall swear to the accuracy of the report before a notary publ ic,
7311	10691		who shall duly notarize the report.
7312	10692		E. All fees collected by the Department of Mines pursuant to
7313	10693		this section shall be deposited with the State Treasurer, who shall
7314	10694		credit one cent ($0.01) per ton of fees collected on coal produced
7315	10695		on or after July 1, 1988, and one-tenth of one cent ($0.001) per ton
7316	10696
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7341	10722
7342	10723		of fees collected on minerals produced on or after July 1, 1988, to
7343	10724		the Oklahoma Miner Training Institute Revolving Fund, with the
7344	10725		balance of the fees collected to be deposited in the Department of
7345	10726		Mines Environmental Quality Revolving Fund established in Section 2 -
7346	10727		3-401 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
7347		-	SECTION 62. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 938.1, is
	10728	+	SECTION 116. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 938.1, is
7348	10729		amended to read as follows:
7349	10730		Section 938.1 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a
7350	10731		revolving fund for the Oklahoma Miner Training Institute to be
7351	10732		designated the "Oklahoma Miner Training Institute Revolving Fund".
7352	10733		The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year
7353	10734		limitations, and shall consist of all monies designated by Section
7354	10735		931 of this title to be deposited in the fund. All monies accruing
7355	10736		to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be
7356	10737		budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Mining Commission Department
7357	10738		of Environmental Quality for the contract with the Board of Regents
7358	10739		of Eastern Oklahoma State College for operation of the Oklahoma
7359	10740		Miner Training Institute and associated expenses. Expenditures from
7360	10741		said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer
7361	10742		against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the
7362	10743		Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and
7363	10744		payment.
7364		-	SECTION 63. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 950, is
	10745	+	SECTION 117. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 950, is
7365	10746		amended to read as follows:
7366	10747
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7392	10774		Section 950. A. For purposes of this section, a "subject mine"
7393	10775		shall mean a mine, as defined in paragraph 2 of Section 723 of Title
7394	10776		45 of the Oklahoma Statutes, proposed for a location overlying a
7395	10777		sensitive sole source groundwater basin or subbasin, exclusive o f
7396	10778		any mine that meets at least one of the following conditions:
7397	10779		1. As of November 1, 2019, is engaged in the permitted
7398	10780		extraction of minerals from natural deposits; or
7399	10781		2. Satisfies the criteria of paragraph 1 or 2 of subsection C
7400	10782		of Section 1020.2 of Tit le 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes; or
7401	10783		3. Is not to be permitted to operate for a period of more than
7402	10784		five (5) years, with no extensions or renewals; or
7403	10785		4. The operation of which will not result in more than five (5)
7404	10786		acre-feet per year of groundwater emanati ng from a sensitive sole
7405	10787		source groundwater basin or subbasin to infiltrate its pit, as that
7406	10788		term is defined in paragraph 12 of Section 723 of Title 45 of the
7407	10789		Oklahoma Statutes this title.
7408	10790		B. Due to the inadequacy of existing technical resources,
7409	10791		analytic tools and regulatory systems for purposes of the effective
7410	10792		implementation of statutes relating to the operation of mines that
7411	10793		overlies a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or subbasin, the
7412	10794		Legislature hereby declares and establishes a moratorium on the
7413	10795		Department of Mines Environmental Quality issuing, in relation to
7414	10796		any location overlying a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or
7415	10797		subbasin or in which groundwater emanating from any sensitive sole
7416	10798
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7442	10825		source groundwater basin or subbasin may collect within a pit, as
7443	10826		defined in paragraph 12 of Section 723 of Title 45 of the Oklahoma
7444	10827		Statutes this title:
7445	10828		1. Any permit, pursuant to Section 724 of Title 45 of the
7446	10829		Oklahoma Statutes, to any subject mine;
7447	10830		2. Any amendment or revision to any existing mining permit,
7448	10831		that covers additional land which shall in clude extensions of
7449	10832		boundaries shown in the initial permit, pursuant to subsection J of
7450	10833		Section 724 of Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes, if such amendment
7451	10834		or revision would increase the acreage under such permit for that
7452	10835		mine location by more than one hun dred percent (100%) or four
7453	10836		hundred (400) acres, whichever is less, as compared to the acreage
7454	10837		under permit for that mine location prior to the effective date of
7455	10838		this act November 1, 2019; provided, however, on or after November
7456	10839		1, 2030, there shall be no limitation on an increase in acreage as
7457	10840		specified in this paragraph.
7458	10841		C. Notwithstanding the moratorium, nothing in paragraph 2 of
7459	10842		subsection B of this section shall preclude the Department of Mines
7460	10843		Environmental Quality from issuing an amendment or revision to cover
7461	10844		additional land, other change s to method or conduct of mining,
7462	10845		reclamation operations contemplated by the original permit or other
7463	10846		authorization to allow a change in mine ownership or to implement
7464	10847		bonding under a permit issued prior to the effective date of this
7465	10848		act November 1, 2019, nor shall any permit amendment or revision
7466	10849
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7491	10875
7492	10876		issued pursuant to this section be deemed to render the permitted
7493	10877		mine a subject mine for purposes of Title 27A, 45 or 82 of the
7494	10878		Oklahoma Statutes.
7495	10879		D. Notwithstanding the moratorium or any other provision of
7496	10880		law, the Department of Mines Environmental Quality shall not require
7497	10881		a permit for purposes of road or railroad construction in relation
7498	10882		to mining activities by any mine.
7499	10883		E. The moratorium shall remain in effect until such time as:
7500	10884		1. The conditions of subsection C of Section 3 of this act
7501	10885		1020.9C of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes have been satisfied;
7502	10886		and
7503	10887		2. The Department of Mines Environmental Quality promulgates
7504	10888		final rules to provide for effective interagency consultation and
7505	10889		coordination of activities among the Department, and the Oklahoma
7506	10890		Water Resources Board and the Department of Environmental Quality on
7507	10891		all administrative matters relating to the operation of mines at
7508	10892		locations that overlie a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or
7509	10893		subbasin.
7510	10894		F. The Department of Mines Environmental Quality is hereby
7511	10895		authorized and instructed to promulgate rules to implement the
7512	10896		provisions of this section.
7513	10897		G. The Department of Mines Environmental Quality is hereby
7514	10898		authorized to cooperate with federal, tribal and any other agencies
7515	10899		in this state in performing its respons ibilities under this section.
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7543	10928		amended to read as follows:
7544	10929		Section 156. A. Unless otherwise provided for by law, no state
7545	10930		board, commission, department, institution, official, or employee,
7546	10931		except the following, shall purchase any passenger automobile or bus
7547	10932		with public funds:
7548	10933		1. The Department of P ublic Safety;
7549	10934		2. The Department of Human Services;
7550	10935		3. The State Department of Rehabilitation Services;
7551	10936		4. The Department of Wildlife Conservation;
7552	10937		5. The Department of Corrections;
7553	10938		6. The State Department of Education;
7554	10939		7. The Oklahoma School of Scien ce and Mathematics;
7555	10940		8. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
7556	10941		Control;
7557	10942		9. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation;
7558	10943		10. The Transportation Commission;
7559	10944		11. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;
7560	10945		12. The State Department of Health;
7561	10946		13. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
7562	10947		Services;
7563	10948		14. The J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental
7564	10949		Disabilities;
7565	10950		15. The Military Depa rtment of the State of Oklahoma;
7566	10951
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7592	10978		16. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreat ion Department;
7593	10979		17. The Oklahoma Conservation Commission;
7594	10980		18. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board;
7595		-	19. The Department of Mines ~~Environmental Quality~~;
	10981	+	19. The Department of Mines;
7596	10982		20. The Office of Juvenile Affairs;
7597		-	21. The Oklahoma Department of Veteran Affairs;
7598		-	22. The Oklahoma Supreme Court;
7599		-	23. The District Attorneys Council and Oklahoma district
	10983	+	21. 20. The Oklahoma Department of Veteran Affairs;
	10984	+	22. 21. The Oklahoma Supreme Court;
	10985	+	23. 22. The District Attorneys Council and Oklahoma district
7600	10986		attorneys, provided adequate funding exists;
7601		-	24. The Oklahoma Boll Weevil Eradication Organization; and
7602		-	25. The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission.
	10987	+	24. 23. The Oklahoma Boll Weevil Eradication Organization; and
	10988	+	25. 24. The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission.
7603	10989		B. 1. The Oklahoma School for the Deaf a t Sulphur, the
7604	10990		Oklahoma School for the Blind at Muskogee, and any state institution
7605	10991		of higher education may purchase, own, or keep if now owned, or
7606	10992		acquire by lease or gift, and use and maintain such station wagons,
7607	10993		automobiles, trucks, or buses as are rea sonably necessary for the
7608	10994		implementation of the educational programs of said institutions.
7609	10995		2. No bus operated, owned, or used by such educational
7610	10996		institutions shall be permitted to carry any person other than
7611	10997		students, faculty mem bers, employees, or volun teers of such
7612	10998		institutions. The provisions of this section shall not be construed
7613	10999		to prohibit:
7614	11000		a. the operation of intracampus buses or buses routed
7615	11001		directly between portions of the campus of any
7616	11002
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7642	11029		institution not adjacent to each o ther, nor to
7643	11030		prohibit the collection of fares from such students,
7644	11031		faculty members, or employees of such institutions,
7645	11032		sufficient in amount to cover the reasonable cost of
7646	11033		such transportation, or
7647	11034		b. the Oklahoma School for the Blind or the Oklahoma
7648	11035		School for the Deaf from entering into agreements with
7649	11036		local public school districts pursuant to the
7650	11037		Interlocal Cooperation Act for the mutual use of the
7651	11038		schools' and the districts' vehicles. Such use may
7652	11039		include, but is not limited to, the transportation of
7653	11040		students from local school di stricts with students
7654	11041		from the Oklahoma School for the Blind or the Oklahoma
7655	11042		School for the Deaf in vehicles owned by the Oklahoma
7656	11043		School for the Blind or the Oklahoma School for the
7657	11044		Deaf when traveling to school-related activities.
7658	11045		C. The J.D. McCarty Ce nter for Children with Developmental
7659	11046		Disabilities, the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, the Oklahoma
7660	11047		Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Oklahoma Veterans Centers
7661	11048		may own and maintain such passenger vehicles as those instituti ons
7662	11049		have acquired prior t o May 1, 1981.
7663	11050		D. The use of station wagons, automobiles, and buses, other
7664	11051		than as provided for in this section, shall be permitted only upon
7665	11052		written request for such use by heads of departments of the
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7692	11080		institution, approved in wri ting by the president of said
7693	11081		institution or by some administrative official of said institution
7694	11082		authorized by the president to grant said approval. Such use shall
7695	11083		be permitted only for official institutional business or activities
7696	11084		connected therewith. S uch use shall be subject to the provisions of
7697	11085		Section 156.1 of this title forbidding personal use of such
7698	11086		vehicles, and to the penalties therein declared.
7699	11087		E. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
7700	11088		section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by
7701	11089		fine or imprisonment, or both, as provided for in Section 156.1 of
7702	11090		this title.
7703	11091		F. For the purpose of this section and Section 156.3 of this
7704	11092		title, a station wagon is classified as a passenger automobile and
7705	11093		may not be purchased s olely for the use of tran sporting property.
7706	11094		Such vehicles shall include, but not be limited to, all vehicles
7707	11095		which have no separate luggage compartment or trunk but which do not
7708	11096		have open beds, whether the same are called station wagons, vans,
7709	11097		suburbans, town and country, blazers , or any other names. All state
7710	11098		boards, commissions, departments, and institutions may own and
7711	11099		maintain station wagons purchased solely for the purpose of
7712	11100		transporting property if acquired prior to July 1, 1985.
7713	11101		G. The provisions of this section and Sect ion 156.1 of this
7714	11102		title shall not apply to public officials who are statewide elected
7715	11103		commissioners.
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7743	11132		amended to read as follows:
7744	11133		Section 24A.27 A. Any state environmental agency or public
7745	11134		utility shall keep confidential vulnerability assessments of
7746	11135		critical assets in both water and wastewater systems . State
7747	11136		environmental agencies or public utilities may use the information
7748	11137		for internal purposes or allow the information to be used for survey
7749	11138		purposes only. The state environmental agencies or public utilities
7750	11139		shall allow any public body to have access to the information for
7751	11140		purposes specifically related to the public bodies function.
7752	11141		B. For purposes of this section:
7753	11142		1. "State environmental agencies" includes the:
7754	11143		a. Oklahoma Water Resources Board,
7755	11144		b. Oklahoma Corporation Commission,
7756	11145		c. State Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
7757	11146		Forestry,
7758	11147		d. Oklahoma Conservation Commission,
7759	11148		e. Department of Wildlife Conservation, and
7760	11149		f. Department of Mines, and
7761	11150		g. Department of Environmental Quality;
7762	11151		2. "Public utility" means any individual, firm, association,
7763	11152		partnership, corporation or any combination thereof, municipal
7764	11153		corporations or their lessees, trustees and receivers, owning or
7765	11154
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7791	11181		operating for compensation in this state equipment or facilities
7792	11182		for:
7793	11183		a. producing, generating, transmitting, distributing,
7794	11184		selling or furnishing electricity,
7795	11185		b. the conveyance, transmission, reception or
7796	11186		communications over a telephone system,
7797	11187		c. transmitting directly or indirectly or distributing
7798	11188		combustible hydrocarbon natural or synthetic natural
7799	11189		gas for sale to the public, or
7800	11190		d. the transportation, delivery or furnishing of water
7801	11191		for domestic purposes or for power.
7802		-	SECTION 66. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 3022, is
	11192	+	SECTION 120. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 3022, is
7803	11193		amended to read as follows:
7804	11194		Section 3022. As used in the Elevator Safety Act:
7805	11195		1. "Agency" means the Oklahoma Department of Labor;
7806	11196		2. "Certificate of operation" means a document issued by the
7807	11197		Commissioner and affixed to an elevator that indicates that the
7808	11198		elevator has been inspected and tested and found to be in compliance
7809	11199		with all applicable standards of operation as determined by the
7810	11200		Department of Labor;
7811	11201		3. "Certificate of operation - temporary" means a document
7812	11202		issued by the Commissioner that permits temporary use of a
7813	11203		noncompliant elevator by the general public for not more than thirty
7814	11204		(30) days while minor repairs are being completed;
7815	11205
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7841	11232		4. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor or his/her
7842	11233		authorized representative;
7843	11234		5. "Chief elevator inspector" means the chief elevator
7844	11235		inspector appointed under the Elevator Safety Act;
7845	11236		6. "Deputy inspector" means an inspector appointed by the chief
7846	11237		elevator inspector subject to the approval of the Commissioner under
7847	11238		the provisions of the Elevator Safety Act;
7848	11239		7. a. "Elevator" means any device for lifting or moving
7849	11240		people, cargo, or freigh t within, or adjacent and
7850	11241		connected to, a structure or excavation, and includes
7851	11242		any escalator, power-driven stairway, moving walkway
7852	11243		or stairway chair lift.
7853	11244		b. The term "elevator" does not mean any:
7854	11245		(1) amusement ride or device subject to inspection
7855	11246		and regulation under the provisions of Section
7856	11247		460 et seq. of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
7857	11248		(2) mining equipment subject to inspection and
7858	11249		regulation by the Department of Mines
7859	11250		Environmental Quality ,
7860	11251		(3) aircraft, railroad car, boat, barge, ship, truck,
7861	11252		or other self-propelled vehicle or component
7862	11253		thereof,
7863	11254		(4) boiler grate stoker or other similar firing
7864	11255		mechanism subject to inspection under the
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7891	11283		provisions of the Oklahoma Boiler and Pressure
7892	11284		Vessel Safety Act,
7893	11285		(5) dumbwaiter, conveyor, chain or bucket hoist,
7894	11286		construction hoist or similar devices used for
7895	11287		the primary purpose of elevating or lowering
7896	11288		materials, or
7897	11289		(6) elevator, conveyance , manlift or similar device
7898	11290		in grain elevators, grain warehouses, seed
7899	11291		processing facilities, feed mills and/or flour
7900	11292		mills which is used by employees, but is not
7901	11293		accessible to or used by customers or members of
7902	11294		the general public.
7903	11295		This list is not exhaust ive;
7904	11296		8. "Elevator apprentice" means an unlicensed person registered
7905	11297		with the Department of Labor who works under the direct s upervision
7906	11298		of a licensed elevator mechanic, licensed elevator contractor, or
7907	11299		licensed elevator inspector;
7908	11300		9. "Licensed elevator contractor" means a person or business
7909	11301		entity that possesses a valid elevator contractor's license issued
7910	11302		by the Department of Labor pursuant to the provisions of the
7911	11303		Elevator Safety Act and is thus entitled to engage in the business
7912	11304		of erecting, constructi ng, installing, altering, servicing,
7913	11305		repairing, or maintaining elevators;
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7940	11333		10. "Licensed elevator inspector" means a person who possesses
7941	11334		a valid elevator inspector's license issued by the Department of
7942	11335		Labor pursuant to the provisions of the Elevator Safe ty Act and is
7943	11336		thus entitled to engage in the business of inspecting elevators;
7944	11337		11. "Licensed elevator mechanic" means a person who possesses a
7945	11338		valid elevator mechanic's license issued by the Department of Labor
7946	11339		in accordance with the provisions of the Ele vator Safety Act and is
7947	11340		thus, when employed by a licensed elevator contractor, entitled to
7948	11341		install, construct, alter, service, repair, perform electrical work
7949	11342		on, test, and maintain elevators; and
7950	11343		12. "Private residence" means a separate dwelling or a sep arate
7951	11344		apartment in a multiple dwelling that is occupied by members of a
7952	11345		single-family unit.
7953		-	SECTION 67. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 122.2, is
	11346	+	SECTION 121. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 122.2, is
7954	11347		amended to read as follows:
7955	11348		Section 122.2 The provisions of this section specify the
7956	11349		jurisdictional areas of state agencies relating to the regulation of
7957	11350		blasting and explosives. Agenc ies regulating explosives and
7958	11351		blasting are directed to cooperate and coordinate with each other as
7959	11352		necessary to carrying out the duties required to regu late
7960	11353		explosives. Agencies regulating explosives may enter into
7961	11354		interagency agreements with other state agencies and law enforcement
7962	11355		agencies of any political subdivision of this state for the purpose
7963	11356		of conducting investigations related to the regulation of explosives
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7990	11384		or criminal activity. The jurisdictional areas of responsibility
7991	11385		specified in this sectio n shall be in addition to those otherwise
7992	11386		provided by law and assigned to the specific state agency as
7993	11387		follows:
7994	11388		1. Department of Mines Environmental Quality. The Department
7995	11389		of Mines Environmental Quality shall have the following
7996	11390		jurisdictional areas relating to the regulation of blasting and
7997	11391		explosives:
7998	11392		a. the use of explosives and blasting activities for
7999	11393		surface and nonsurface mining operations pursua nt to
8000	11394		Title 45 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes,
8001	11395		b. except as otherwise provided by this part Section
8002	11396		122.1 et seq. of this title, the use of explosives and
8003	11397		blasting activities for nonmining activities, and
8004	11398		c. except as otherwise provided by this part Section
8005	11399		122.1 et seq. of this title, the regulation of the use
8006	11400		of explosives or of blasting activity not subject to
8007	11401		the specific statutory authority of another state
8008	11402		agency;
8009	11403		2. State Fire Marshal. The State Fire Marshal shall have
8010	11404		regulatory jurisdictional responsibility relating to explosives as
8011	11405		follows:
8012	11406		a. the regulation of the ma nufacture, sale,
8013	11407		transportation for hire or storage of explosives or
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8040	11435		blasting agents for resale pursuant to Division 2 of
8041	11436		the Oklahoma Explosives and Blasting Regulation Act,
8042	11437		b. the examination of buildings and premises and
8043	11438		reporting and orders authorized pursuant to Section
8044	11439		317 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and
8045	11440		c. licensure, regulation and enforcement of fire
8046	11441		extinguishers, pursuant to the Fire Extinguisher
8047	11442		Licensing Act;
8048	11443		3. The Department of Public Safety. The Department of Public
8049	11444		Safety shall have the regulatory jurisdictional responsibility
8050	11445		relating to explosives as follows:
8051	11446		a. the transportation of explosives or blasting agents
8052	11447		classified as hazardous materials pursuant to the
8053	11448		Oklahoma Motor Carrier Safety and Hazardous Materials
8054	11449		Transportation Act,
8055	11450		b. the construction or making of any explosive or
8056	11451		explosive device not subject to specific regulatory
8057	11452		authority of another state agency,
8058	11453		c. the intentional storage of any materials which are
8059	11454		intended to be used to construct or make any explosive
8060	11455		or explosive device not subject to specific regulatory
8061	11456		authority of another state agency, and
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8088	11484		d. the intentional use of any explosive or explosive
8089	11485		device in any manner not subject to specific
8090	11486		regulatory authority of another state agency.
8091	11487		Provided, nothing in this provision shall be construed to expand
8092	11488		jurisdiction of the Department of Public Safety to investigate any
8093	11489		crime occurring within the jurisdiction of another law enforcement
8094	11490		authority of any political subdivision of this state, and nothing
8095	11491		shall prohibit, limit, or restrict any law enforcement officer,
8096	11492		agency, or specialized law enforcement unit from investigating or
8097	11493		otherwise performing any duty or responsibility for crimes within
8098	11494		their respective jurisdiction relating to explosives, blasting
8099	11495		agents, or hazardous materials; and
8100	11496		4. Department of Environmental Quality. The Department of
8101	11497		Environmental Quality shall have jurisdictional responsibility
8102	11498		relating to the regulation and disposal of explosives or blasting
8103	11499		agents classified as solid or hazardous waste pursuant to the
8104	11500		Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code.
8105		-	SECTION 68. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.1, is
	11501	+	SECTION 122. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.1, is
8106	11502		amended to read as follo ws:
8107	11503		Section 123.1 A. Pursuant to the Oklahoma Explosives and
8108	11504		Blasting Regulation Act, except as otherwise provided by this part
8109	11505		Section 122.1 et seq . of this title, the Department of Mines
8110	11506		Environmental Quality shall be responsible for the administration,
8111	11507		regulation and enforcement of all blasting operations or activities,
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8138	11535		and the storage and use of all blasting agents and explosives by any
8139	11536		person, which is not located within the area of a mining operation
8140	11537		or site.
8141	11538		B. Except as otherwise provided by this part Section 122.1 et
8142	11539		seq. of this title, it shall be unlawful for any person to store or
8143	11540		use any blasting agents or explos ives, or conduct, supervise or
8144	11541		control a blasting operation in this state without first complying
8145	11542		with the provisions of the Oklahoma Explosives and Blasting
8146	11543		Regulation Act and rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Mining
8147	11544		Commission Environmental Quality Board.
8148	11545		C. Except as otherwise required by this part Section 122.1 et
8149	11546		seq. of this title, by January 1, 1996:
8150	11547		1. Any person performing blasting activity shall be certified
8151	11548		as a blaster by the Department of Mines Environmental Quality;
8152	11549		2. All blasting operations shall be conducted under the
8153	11550		direction of a certified blaster. Blaster certifi cation may be
8154	11551		obtained from the Department upon application and proof of
8155	11552		competency as determined by rules of the Department; and
8156	11553		3. Before January 1, 1996, all blasting operations and
8157	11554		activities shall be conducted by competent, experienced persons who
8158	11555		understand the hazards involved.
8159	11556		D. Any blaster certification issued by the Department shall be
8160	11557		carried by the blaster or shall be on file at the blasting area
8161	11558		during blasting operations.
8162	11559
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8188	11586		E. A blaster and at least one other person shall be present at
8189	11587		the firing of a blast.
8190		-	SECTION 69. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.2, is
	11588	+	SECTION 123. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.2, is
8191	11589		amended to read as follows:
8192	11590		Section 123.2 A. Except as otherwise provided by this part
8193	11591		Section 122.1 et seq. of this title, it is a violation to
8194	11592		manufacture, store, or use explosives or blasting agents without
8195	11593		first obtaining a permit from the Department of Mines Environmental
8196	11594		Quality.
8197	11595		B. Permits issued under this division Section 123.1 et seq. of
8198	11596		this title shall not be transferable, and shall be readily available
8199	11597		for inspection by representatives of the Department and law
8200	11598		enforcement officials.
8201	11599		C. The Department may place such restrictions and limitations
8202	11600		on permits as it deems necessary.
8203	11601		D. The Department may issue one-time or limited-time permits or
8204	11602		permits for continuous blasting operations.
8205	11603		E. 1. Permits for continuous blasting operations issued under
8206	11604		this division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title shall be valid for
8207	11605		the calendar year after the date of issue unless revoked or
8208	11606		suspended. Permits for continuous blasting operations may be
8209	11607		renewed on each issuance date and a showing of compliance with the
8210	11608		Oklahoma Explosives and Blasting Regulation Act and rules
8211	11609		promulgated thereto.
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8238	11637		2. Permits for one-time or limited-time permits shall be valid
8239	11638		only for the time specified in the permit.
8240	11639		F. Any person holding a permit issued under this division
8241	11640		Section 123.1 et seq. of this title shall keep such records as may
8242	11641		be required by the Department. Records shall be maintained for not
8243	11642		less than two (2) year s following the year in which the record is
8244	11643		made. All such records shall be open to inspection by the
8245	11644		Department or its representatives during normal business hours.
8246		-	SECTION 70. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.2A, is
	11645	+	SECTION 124. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.2A, is
8247	11646		amended to read as follows:
8248	11647		Section 123.2A A. No person shall purchase blasti ng agents or
8249	11648		explosives in this stat e without first obtaining a permit pursuant
8250	11649		to the Oklahoma Explosives and Blasting Regulation Act or without
8251	11650		first obtaining written notification from the Department of Mines
8252	11651		Environmental Quality that the person is exempt from this permit
8253	11652		requirement.
8254	11653		B. Distributors or sellers of blasting age nts or explosives
8255	11654		shall require presentation of either the permit or exemption
8256	11655		notification required in subsection A of this section before the
8257	11656		sale or transfer of blasting agents or explosives.
8258	11657		C. The Oklahoma Mining Commission Environmental Quality Board
8259	11658		shall promulgate rules to implement this section.
8260		-	SECTION 71. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.3, is
	11659	+	SECTION 125. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.3, is
8261	11660		amended to read as follows:
8262	11661
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8288	11688		Section 123.3 The Department of Environmental Quality shall
8289	11689		enforce the provisions of this division Section 123.1 et seq. of
8290	11690		this title and for such purposes shall:
8291	11691		1. Issue permits to applicants found by the Department , after
8292	11692		inspection and investigation, to be qualified for such permit under
8293	11693		the provisions of this division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title
8294	11694		and the rules promulgated by the Department;
8295	11695		2. Deny, suspend, or revoke permits upon a finding of
8296	11696		noncompliance or violation of the provisions of this division
8297	11697		Section 123.1 et seq. of this title or of the applicable rules of
8298	11698		the Department;
8299	11699		3. Hold hearings upon the application of any person aggrieved
8300	11700		by any order of the Department with respect to the denial,
8301	11701		suspension, or revocation of any permit; and
8302	11702		4. Inspect, during normal bu siness hours, any building,
8303	11703		structure, or premises subject to the provisions of this division
8304	11704		Section 123.1 et seq. of this title, and, upon the discovery of any
8305	11705		violation of this division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title or
8306	11706		the applicable rules, issue such orders as are necessary for the
8307	11707		safety of workers and the public, and, in the case of imminent
8308	11708		hazard or emergency, apply for an injunction in the appropriate
8309	11709		district court.
8310		-	SECTION 72. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, ~~Section~~ 123.4, is
	11710	+	SECTION 126. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Secti on 123.4, is
8311	11711		amended to read as follows:
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8338	11739		Section 123.4 A. The Department of Mines Environmental Quality
8339	11740		shall promulgate the necessary rules to implement the provisions of
8340	11741		this Division Section 123.1 et seq of this t itle. Rules promulgated
8341	11742		by the Department shall include but not be limited to requirements
8342	11743		for blasting plans, use of explosives, public notices, and records.
8343	11744		B. The Department of Mines Environmental Quality may establish
8344	11745		a schedule of fees to be charged for applications for or issuance of
8345	11746		new and renewed certifications and permits required pursuant to this
8346	11747		division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title. The fees shall be
8347	11748		subject to the following provisions:
8348	11749		1. The Department shall follow the procedures required by the
8349	11750		Administrative Procedures Act for promulgating rules in establishing
8350	11751		or amending any such schedule of fees;
8351	11752		2. The Department shall base its schedule of fees upon the
8352	11753		reasonable costs of operating the programs specified by this
8353	11754		division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title; and
8354	11755		3. The fees authorized by this section shall not be implemented
8355	11756		by emergency rule but shall be adopted by permanent rules, which
8356	11757		shall be submitted to the Legislature for review pursuant to Section
8357	11758		308 of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes prior to implementation.
8358		-	SECTION 73. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.5, is
	11759	+	SECTION 127. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.5, is
8359	11760		amended to read as follows:
8360	11761		Section 123.5 A. In the enforcement of the Oklahoma Explosives
8361	11762		and Blasting Regulation Act pursuant to this division Section 123.1
8362	11763
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8388	11790		et seq. of this title, any person who violates any permit condition
8389	11791		or who violates any other provision of the Oklahoma Explosives and
8390	11792		Blasting Regulation Act or rules promulgated thereto pursuant to
8391	11793		this division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title may be assessed an
8392	11794		administrative penalty by the Department. Such penalty s hall not
8393	11795		exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each violation. Each
8394	11796		day of continuing violation may be deemed a separate violation for
8395	11797		purposes of penalty assessments. In determining the amount of the
8396	11798		penalty, consideration shall be given to the p erson's history of
8397	11799		previous violations regarding explosives and blasting operation; the
8398	11800		seriousness of the violation, including any irreparable harm to the
8399	11801		environment and any hazard to the health or safety of the public;
8400	11802		whether the person was negligent; and the demonstrated good fait h of
8401	11803		the person charged in attempting to achieve rapid compliance after
8402	11804		notification of the violation.
8403	11805		B. An administrative penalty shall be assessed by the
8404	11806		Department of Environmental Quality only after the person charged
8405	11807		with a violation described under subsection A of this section has
8406	11808		been given an opportunity for a hearing pursuant to Article II of
8407	11809		the Administrative Procedures Act. Where such a hea ring has been
8408	11810		held, the Department shall make findings of fact, and shall issu e a
8409	11811		written decision as to the occurrence of the violation and the
8410	11812		amount of the penalty which is warranted, incorporating, when
8411	11813		appropriate, an order therein requiring that the penalty be paid.
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8438	11841		When appropriate, the Department shall consolidate such hear ings
8439	11842		with other proceedings under the Oklahoma Explosives and Blasting
8440	11843		Regulation Act. Any hearing under this section shall be of record.
8441	11844		Where the person charged with such a v iolation fails to avail
8442	11845		himself of the opportunity for a hearing, an administr ative penalty
8443	11846		shall be assessed by the Department after determining that a
8444	11847		violation did occur, and the amount of the penalty which is
8445	11848		warranted, and issuing an order requiring t hat the penalty be paid.
8446	11849		C. Upon the issuance of a notice or order charging t hat a
8447	11850		violation of the Oklahoma Explosives and Blasting Regulation Act has
8448	11851		occurred, the Department shall inform the operator within thirty
8449	11852		(30) days of the proposed amount of sa id penalty. The person
8450	11853		charged with the penalty shall then have thirty (30) d ays to pay the
8451	11854		proposed penalty in full or, if the person wishes to contest either
8452	11855		the amount of the penalty or the fact of the violation, forward the
8453	11856		proposed amount to the Depa rtment for placement in an escrow
8454	11857		account. If through administrative or judic ial review of the
8455	11858		proposed penalty, it is determined that no violation occurred, or
8456	11859		that the amount of the penalty should be reduced, the Department
8457	11860		shall within thirty (30) days remit the appropriate amount to the
8458	11861		person.
8459	11862		D. Administrative penalties owed under the Oklahoma E xplosives
8460	11863		and Blasting Regulation Act may be recovered in a civil action
8461	11864		brought by the Attorney General or any district attorney in the
8462	11865
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8488	11892		district in which th e violation occurred at the request of the
8489	11893		Department in the appropriate distr ict court. Such acti on, also,
8490	11894		may be brought by the Department.
8491	11895		E. Any person who willfully and knowingly violates a condition
8492	11896		of a permit issued pursuant to this division Section 123.1 et seq.
8493	11897		of this title or fails or refuses to comply with any order issued
8494	11898		under this division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title, or any
8495	11899		order incorporated in a final decision issued by t he Department
8496	11900		under this division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title, shall, upon
8497	11901		conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand
8498	11902		Dollars ($10,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than one (1)
8499	11903		year, or both.
8500	11904		F. Whenever a corporate permittee vi olates a condition of a
8501	11905		permit issued pursuant to this division Section 123.1 et seq. of
8502	11906		this title or fails or refuses to comply with any order issued under
8503	11907		this division, or any order incorporated in a final decision issued
8504	11908		by the Executive Director of the Department of Mines Environmental
8505	11909		Quality under this division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title, any
8506	11910		director, officer or agent of such corporation who willfully and
8507	11911		knowingly authorized, ordered or carried out such violation, failure
8508	11912		or refusal shall be subject to the same administrative penalties,
8509	11913		fines and imprisonment that may be imposed upon a person under
8510	11914		subsections A and E of this section.
8511	11915
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8537	11942		G. Whoever knowingly makes any false statement, representation
8538	11943		or certification, or knowingly fails to make any statement,
8539	11944		representation or certification in any application, record, report,
8540	11945		plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant
8541	11946		to this division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title or any order of
8542	11947		decision issued by the Department under this division Section 123.1
8543	11948		et seq. of this title, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine
8544	11949		of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000 .00) or by
8545	11950		imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both.
8546	11951		H. Any person who fails to correct a violation for which a
8547	11952		citation has been issued within the period permitted for its
8548	11953		correction shall be assessed an administrative penalty of not less
8549	11954		than Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00) for each day during which
8550	11955		such failure or violation continues.
8551	11956		The period permitted for corrections of violations shall not end
8552	11957		until:
8553	11958		1. The entry of a final order by the Department after an
8554	11959		expedited hearing which ordered the suspension of the abatement
8555	11960		requirements of the citation because it was determined that the
8556	11961		person will suffer irreparable loss or damage from the application
8557	11962		of the abatement requirements; or
8558	11963		2. The entry of an order by a court in any review proceedings
8559	11964		initiated by the person in which the court orders the suspension of
8560	11965		the abatement requirements.
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8587	11993		I. Any person who shall, except as permitted by law, willfully
8588	11994		resist, prevent, impede or interfere with the Department or any of
8589	11995		the agents or employees thereof in the performance of duties
8590	11996		pursuant to this division shall, upon conviction, be punished by a
8591	11997		fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by
8592	11998		imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both.
8593		-	SECTION 74. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.7, is
	11999	+	SECTION 128. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.7, is
8594	12000		amended to read as follows:
8595	12001		Section 123.7 Any fees, administrative penalties or any other
8596	12002		monies obtained by t he Department of Mines Environmental Quality
8597	12003		pursuant to the Oklahoma Explosives and Blasting Regulation Act
8598	12004		shall be deposited in the Department of Mines Environmental Quality
8599	12005		Revolving Fund established in Section 2-3-401 of Title 27A of the
8600	12006		Oklahoma Statutes and shall be expended by the Department of Mines
8601	12007		Environmental Quality for implementation and enforcement of this
8602	12008		part Section 122.1 et seq. of this title or as otherwise deemed
8603	12009		necessary by the Department for complying with its responsibilities
8604	12010		and duties according to law.
8605		-	SECTION 75. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.8, is
	12011	+	SECTION 129. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.8, is
8606	12012		amended to read as follows:
8607	12013		Section 123.8 A. 1. The provisions of the Oklahoma Explosives
8608	12014		and Blasting Regulation Act shall n ot apply to:
8609	12015		a. persons engaged in shooting wells or seismographic
8610	12016		operations for the purpose of oil or gas production,
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8637	12044		b. mining operations regulated by Title 45 27A of the
8638	12045		Oklahoma Statutes, and
8639	12046		c. persons using explosives or blasting agents for
8640	12047		noncommercial use on their own land, owned in fee or
8641	12048		by contract, for the removal of trees, rocks and dams
8642	12049		or for other normal agricultural purposes.
8643	12050		2. Any person exempted from the provisions of the Oklahoma
8644	12051		Explosives and Blasting Regulation Act pursuant to this subsection
8645	12052		shall be liable for a ll damages caused by the use of explosives, or
8646	12053		blasting agents and blasting operations, which damages shall be
8647	12054		recoverable in any court of competent jurisdiction.
8648	12055		B. In addition, the provisions of the Oklahoma Explosives and
8649	12056		Blasting Regulation Act shall not apply to:
8650	12057		1. Any municipalities or counties in this state using any
8651	12058		blasting agents, explosives or conducting, supervising or
8652	12059		controlling a blasting operation in this state. Any such
8653	12060		municipality or county shall comply with rules promulgated by the
8654	12061		Oklahoma Mining Commission Environmental Quality Board;
8655	12062		2. The Department of Transportation in the conducting,
8656	12063		supervision or controlling of any blasting operation in this state,
8657	12064		provided the Department shall comply with rules promulgated by the
8658	12065		Oklahoma Mining Commission Environmental Quality Board; and
8659	12066		3. Duly qualified and certified bomb technicians of a federally
8660	12067		accredited bomb squad of municipal, county, state, and federal law
8661	12068
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8687	12095		enforcement agencies for the transportati on, storage or disposal of
8688	12096		any explosive chemical, compound or device, when such technician is
8689	12097		performing responsibilities for the preservation of public peace,
8690	12098		safety, or criminal investigation.
8691	12099		4. Any employee of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
8692	12100		Food, and Forestry and the United States Department of Agriculture,
8693	12101		Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services who is
8694	12102		trained and certified by the United States Department of Agriculture
8695	12103		in the safe handling and use of explosive material s in the course of
8696	12104		the official duties of the employee.
8697		-	SECTION 76. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 2021, Section 2357.11, is
8698		-	amended to read as follows:
	12105	+	SECTION 130. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 2021, Section 2357.11,
	12106	+	is amended to read as follows:
8699	12107		Section 2357.11 A. For purposes of this section, the term
8700	12108		"person" means any legal business enti ty including limited and
8701	12109		general partnerships, corporatio ns, sole proprietorships, and
8702	12110		limited liability companies, but does not include individuals.
8703	12111		B. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this section, for tax
8704	12112		years beginning on or after January 1, 1993, and ending on or before
8705	12113		December 31, 2021, there shall b e allowed a credit against the tax
8706	12114		imposed by Section 1803 or Section 2355 of this title or Section 624
8707	12115		or 628 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes for every person in this
8708	12116		state furnishing water, he at, light or power to the state or its
8709	12117		citizens, or for every person in this state burning coal to generate
8710	12118
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8735	12144
8736	12145		heat, light or power for use in manufacturing operations located in
8737	12146		this state.
8738	12147		2. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1993, and
8739	12148		ending on or before December 31, 2005, and for the period of Jan uary
8740	12149		1, 2006, through June 30, 2006, the credit shall be in the amount of
8741	12150		Two Dollars ($2.00) per ton for each ton of Oklahoma-mined coal
8742	12151		purchased by such person.
8743	12152		3. For the period of July 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006,
8744	12153		and, except as provided in su bsection N of this section, for tax
8745	12154		years beginning on or after January 1, 2007, and ending on or before
8746	12155		December 31, 2021, the credit shall be in the amount of Two Dollars
8747	12156		and eighty-five cents ($2.85) per ton for each ton of Oklahoma-mined
8748	12157		coal purchased by such person.
8749	12158		4. In addition to the credit allowed pursuant to the provisions
8750	12159		of paragraph 3 of this subsection, for the period of July 1, 2006,
8751	12160		through December 31, 2006, and except as provided in subsections M
8752	12161		and N of this section, for tax years beg inning on or after January
8753	12162		1, 2007, and ending on or before December 31, 2021, there shall be
8754	12163		allowed a credit in the amount of Two Dollars and fifteen cents
8755	12164		($2.15) per ton for each ton of Oklahoma -mined coal purchased by
8756	12165		such person. The credit allowed pursuant to the provisions of this
8757	12166		paragraph may not be claimed or transferred prior to January 1,
8758	12167		2008.
8759	12168
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8785	12195		C. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1995, and
8786	12196		ending on or before December 31, 2005, and for the period beginning
8787	12197		January 1, 2006, throu gh June 30, 2006, there shall be allowed, in
8788	12198		addition to the credits allowed pursuant to subsection B of this
8789	12199		section, a credit against the tax imposed by Section 1803 or Section
8790	12200		2355 of this title o r Section 624 or 628 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma
8791	12201		Statutes for every person in this state which:
8792	12202		1. Furnishes water, heat, light or power to the state or its
8793	12203		citizens, or burns coal to generate heat, light or power for use in
8794	12204		manufacturing operations locat ed in this state; and
8795	12205		2. Purchases at least seven hundre d fifty thousand (750,000)
8796	12206		tons of Oklahoma-mined coal in the tax year.
8797	12207		The additional credit allowed pursuant to this subsection shall
8798	12208		be in the amount of Three Dollars ($3.00) per ton for each ton of
8799	12209		Oklahoma-mined coal purchased by such person.
8800	12210		D. Except as otherwise provided by this section, for tax years
8801	12211		beginning on or after January 1, 2001, and ending on or before
8802	12212		December 31, 2021, there shall be allowed a credit against the tax
8803	12213		imposed by Section 1803 or Section 2355 of this title or Section 624
8804	12214		or 628 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes for every person in this
8805	12215		state primarily engaged in mining, producing or extracting coal, and
8806	12216		holding a valid permit issued by the Oklahoma Department of Mines
8807	12217		Environmental Quality. For tax years beginning on or after January
8808	12218		1, 2001, and ending on or before December 31, 2005, and for the
8809	12219
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8834	12245
8835	12246		period beginning January 1, 2006, through June 30, 2006, the credit
8836	12247		shall be in the amount of ninety-five cents ($0.95) per ton and for
8837	12248		the period of July 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006, and for tax
8838	12249		years beginning on or after January 1, 2007, except as provided in
8839	12250		subsection N of this section, the credit shall be in the amount of
8840	12251		Five Dollars ($5.00) for each ton of coal mined, produced or
8841	12252		extracted in, on, under or through a permit in this state by such
8842	12253		person.
8843	12254		E. In addition to the credit allowed pursuant to the provisions
8844	12255		of subsection D of this section and except as otherwise provided in
8845	12256		subsection F of this section, for tax years beginning on or after
8846	12257		January 1, 2001, and ending on or before December 31, 2005, and for
8847	12258		the period of January 1, 2006, through June 30, 2006, there shall be
8848	12259		allowed a credit against the tax imposed by Section 1803 or Section
8849	12260		2355 of this title or Section 624 or 628 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma
8850	12261		Statutes for every person in th is state primarily engaged in mining,
8851	12262		producing or extracting coal, and holding a valid permit issued by
8852	12263		the Oklahoma Department of Mines Environmental Quality in the amount
8853	12264		of ninety-five cents ($0.95) per ton for each ton of coal mined,
8854	12265		produced or extracted from thin se ams in this state by such person;
8855	12266		provided, the credit shall not apply to such coal sold to any
8856	12267		consumer who purchases at least seven hundred fifty thou sand
8857	12268		(750,000) tons of Oklahoma-mined coal per year.
8858	12269
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8884	12296		F. In addition to the credit allowed pursuant to t he provisions
8885	12297		of subsection D of this section and except as otherwise provided in
8886	12298		subsection G of this section, for tax years beginning on or after
8887	12299		January 1, 2005, and ending on or before December 31, 2005, a nd for
8888	12300		the period of January 1, 2006, through J une 30, 2006, there shall be
8889	12301		allowed a credit against the tax imposed by Section 1803 or Section
8890	12302		2355 of this title or that portion of the tax imposed b y Section 624
8891	12303		or 628 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes , which is actually paid
8892	12304		to and placed into the General Revenue Fund, in the amount of
8893	12305		ninety-five cents ($0.95) per ton for each ton of coal mined,
8894	12306		produced or extracted from thin seams in this stat e by such person
8895	12307		on or after July 1, 2005.
8896	12308		G. The credits provided in subsections D and E of this secti on
8897	12309		shall not be allowed for coal mined, produced or extracted in any
8898	12310		month in which the average price of coal is Sixty-eight Dollars
8899	12311		($68.00) or more per ton, excluding freight charges, as determined
8900	12312		by the Tax Commission.
8901	12313		H. The additional credits allowe d pursuant to subsections B, C,
8902	12314		D and E of this section but not used shall be freely transferable
8903	12315		after January 1, 2002, but not later than December 31, 2013, by
8904	12316		written agreement to subsequent transferees at any time during the
8905	12317		five (5) years following th e year of qualification; provided, the
8906	12318		additional credits allowed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 4
8907	12319		of subsection B of this section but not used shall be freely
8908	12320
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8934	12347		transferable after January 1, 2008, but not later than December 31,
8935	12348		2013, by written agreement to subsequent transferees at any time
8936	12349		during the five (5) years following the year of qualification. An
8937	12350		eligible transferee shall be any taxpay er subject to the tax imposed
8938	12351		by Section 1803 or Section 2355 of this title or Section 624 or 628
8939	12352		of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The person originally allowed
8940	12353		the credit and the subsequent transferee shall jointly file a copy
8941	12354		of the written credit transfer agreement with the Tax Commission
8942	12355		within thirty (30) days of the transfer. The written agreeme nt
8943	12356		shall contain the name, address and taxpayer identification number
8944	12357		of the parties to the transfer, the amount of credit being
8945	12358		transferred, the year t he credit was originally allowed to the
8946	12359		transferring person and the tax year or years for which the cred it
8947	12360		may be claimed. The Tax Commission may promulgate rules to permit
8948	12361		verification of the validity and timeliness of a tax credit claimed
8949	12362		upon a tax return pursuant to this subsection but shall not
8950	12363		promulgate any rules which unduly restrict or hinder the t ransfers
8951	12364		of such tax credit.
8952	12365		I. The additional credit allowed pursuant to subsection F of
8953	12366		this section but not used shall be freely transferable on or after
8954	12367		July 1, 2006, but not later than December 31, 2013, by written
8955	12368		agreement to subsequent transferees at any time during the five (5)
8956	12369		years following the year of qualification. An eligible transferee
8957	12370		shall be any taxpayer subject to the tax imposed by Section 1803 or
8958	12371
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8984	12398		Section 2355 of this title or Section 624 or 628 of Title 36 of the
8985	12399		Oklahoma Statutes. The person originally allowed the credit and the
8986	12400		subsequent transferee shall jointly file a copy of the written
8987	12401		credit transfer agreement with the Tax C ommission within thirty (30)
8988	12402		days of the transfer. The w ritten agreement shall contain the name,
8989	12403		address and taxpayer identification number of the parties to the
8990	12404		transfer, the amount of credit being transferred, the year the
8991	12405		credit was originally allowed to the transferring person and the tax
8992	12406		year or years for which the credit may be claimed. The Tax
8993	12407		Commission may promulgate rules to permit verification of the
8994	12408		validity and timeliness of a tax credit claimed upon a tax return
8995	12409		pursuant to this subsection b ut shall not promulgate any rules which
8996	12410		unduly restrict or hinder the transfers of such tax credit.
8997	12411		J. Any person receiving tax credits pursuant to the provisions
8998	12412		of this section shall apply the credits against taxes payable or,
8999	12413		subject to the limitation that credits earned after December 31,
9000	12414		2013, shall not be transferred, shall transfer the credits as
9001	12415		provided in this section or, for credits earned on or after January
9002	12416		1, 2014, shall receive a refund pursuant to the provisions of
9003	12417		subsection L of this sect ion. Credits shall not be used to lower
9004	12418		the price of any Oklahoma-mined coal sold that is produced by a
9005	12419		subsidiary of the person receiving a tax credit under this section
9006	12420		to other buyers of the Oklahoma-mined coal.
9007	12421
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9033	12448		K. Except as provided by paragraph 2 of subsection L of this
9034	12449		section, the credits allowed by sub sections B, C, D, E and F of this
9035	12450		section, upon election of the taxpayer, shall be treated and may be
9036	12451		claimed as a payment of tax, a prepayment of tax or a payment of
9037	12452		estimated tax for purposes of Se ction 1803 or 2355 of this title or
9038	12453		Section 624 or 628 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
9039	12454		L. 1. With respect to credits allowed pursuant to the
9040	12455		provisions of subsections B, C, D, E and F of this section earned
9041	12456		prior to January 1, 2014, but not used in any tax year may be
9042	12457		carried over in order to each of the five (5) years following the
9043	12458		year of qualification.
9044	12459		2. With respect to credits allowed pursuant to the provisions
9045	12460		of subsections B, C, D, E and F of this section which are earned but
9046	12461		not used, based upon activity occurring on or after January 1, 2014,
9047	12462		the Oklahoma Tax Commission shall, at the taxpaye r's election,
9048	12463		refund directly to the taxpayer eighty-five percent (85%) of the
9049	12464		face amount of such credits. The direct refund of the credits
9050	12465		pursuant to this paragraph shall be available to all taxpayers,
9051	12466		including, without limitation, pass -through entities and taxpayers
9052	12467		subject to Section 2355 of this title. The amount of any direct
9053	12468		refund of credits actually received at the eighty-five percent (85%)
9054	12469		level by the taxpayer pursuant to this paragraph shall not be
9055	12470		subject to the tax imposed by Section 2355 of this title. If the
9056	12471		pass-through entity does not file a claim for a direct refund, the
9057	12472
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9083	12499		pass-through entity shall allocate the credit to one or more o f the
9084	12500		shareholders, partners or members of the pass-through entity;
9085	12501		provided, the total of all credits r efunded or allocated shall not
9086	12502		exceed the amount of the credit or refund to which the pass-through
9087	12503		entity is entitled. For the purposes of this paragra ph, "pass-
9088	12504		through entity" means a corporation that for th e applicable tax year
9089	12505		is treated as an S corpor ation under the Internal Revenue Code of
9090	12506		1986, as amended, general partnership, limited partnership, limited
9091	12507		liability partnership, trust or limited lia bility company that for
9092	12508		the applicable tax year is not ta xed as a corporation for federal
9093	12509		income tax purposes.
9094	12510		M. No credit otherwise authorized by the provisions of this
9095	12511		section may be claimed for any event, transaction, investment,
9096	12512		expenditure or other act occurring on or after July 1, 2010, for
9097	12513		which the credit would otherwise be allowable. The provisio ns of
9098	12514		this subsection shall cease to be operative on July 1, 2012.
9099	12515		Beginning July 1, 2012, the credit authorized by this section may be
9100	12516		claimed for any event, transaction, investment, expenditure or other
9101	12517		act occurring on or after July 1, 2012, according to the provisions
9102	12518		of this section.
9103	12519		N. Except as otherwise provided by this section, any credits
9104	12520		calculated pursuant to paragraphs paragraph 3 or 4 of subsection B
9105	12521		or subsection D of this section for activities occurring on or after
9106	12522
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9124	12541		18
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9131	12548
9132	12549		January 1, 2016, the amount of cr edit allowed shall be equal to
9133	12550		seventy-five percent (75%) of the amount otherwise provided.
9134	12551		O. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, the
9135	12552		total amount of credits authorized by this section used to offset
9136	12553		tax or paid as a refund shall be adju sted annually to limit the
9137	12554		annual amount of credits to Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00).
9138	12555		The Tax Commission shall annually calculate and publish a percentage
9139	12556		by which the credits authorized by this section shall be reduced so
9140	12557		the total amount of credi ts used to offset tax or paid as a refund
9141	12558		does not exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) per year. The
9142	12559		formula to be used for the percentage adjustment shall be Five
9143	12560		Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) divided by the credits claimed in
9144	12561		the second preceding year.
9145	12562		P. Pursuant to subsection O of this section, in the event the
9146	12563		total tax credits authorized by this section exceed Five Million
9147	12564		Dollars ($5,000,000.00) in any calendar year, the Tax Commission
9148	12565		shall permit any excess over Five Million Dollars ($5 ,000,000.00)
9149	12566		but shall factor such excess into the percentage adjustment formula
9150	12567		for subsequent years.
9151	12568		Q. Any credits authorized by this section not used or unable to
9152	12569		be used because of the provisions of subsection O or P of this
9153	12570		section may be carried ov er until such credits are fully used.
9154		-	SECTION 77. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 500.18, is
	12571	+	SECTION 131. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 500.18, is
9155	12572		amended to read as follows:
9156	12573
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9159	12577		3
9160	12578		4
9161	12579		5
9162	12580		6
9163	12581		7
9164	12582		8
9165	12583		9
9166	12584		10
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9181	12599
9182	12600		Section 500.18 A. Except for members of the Legislature, the
9183	12601		Governor and the Lieutenant Governor, provisions of Sections 500.1
9184	12602		through 500.18 of this title shall be mandatory for all officials
9185	12603		and employees of all departments, boards, commissions and
9186	12604		institutions of the state, regardless of the provisions of any other
9187	12605		act of the Legislature, except as provided by this section. The
9188	12606		enactment of any measure in the future providing for travel
9189	12607		reimbursement of state officers and employees on the basis of
9190	12608		"actual and necessary " expenses or in any other manner inconsistent
9191	12609		with Sections 500.1 through 500.18 of this title shall be deemed to
9192	12610		provide for reimbursement in accordance with Sections 500.1 through
9193	12611		500.18 of this title unless a contrary intent is explicitly
9194	12612		expressed in this section. Sections 500.1 through 500.18 of this
9195	12613		title shall not apply, however, to travel reimbursements made by
9196	12614		political subdivisions of this state, except as otherwise provided
9197	12615		by law.
9198	12616		B. The agencies listed below are authorized certain exceptions
9199	12617		and/or exemptions to the provisions of Sections 500.1 through 500.18
9200	12618		of this title to the extent specified:
9201	12619		1. Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry:
9202	12620		a. The actual and reasonable expenses of travel and
9203	12621		subsistence in pursuing and developing m arkets for
9204	12622		Oklahoma agricultural products incurred by the
9205	12623		Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and such employees
9206	12624
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9208	12627		2
9209	12628		3
9210	12629		4
9211	12630		5
9212	12631		6
9213	12632		7
9214	12633		8
9215	12634		9
9216	12635		10
9217	12636		11
9218	12637		12
9219	12638		13
9220	12639		14
9221	12640		15
9222	12641		16
9223	12642		17
9224	12643		18
9225	12644		19
9226	12645		20
9227	12646		21
9228	12647		22
9229	12648		23
9230	12649		24
9231	12650
9232	12651		designated by the State Board of Agriculture within
9233	12652		the marketing development programs of the Oklahoma
9234	12653		Department of Agriculture, Food, and Fores try shall be
9235	12654		reimbursed to the employee incurring such expenses.
9236	12655		Reimbursement of such expenses shall be in accordance
9237	12656		with rules adopted by the Board. Expenses claimed
9238	12657		shall, prior to reimbursement, be reviewed by the
9239	12658		Board at a regular meeting and indi vidually approved
9240	12659		or disapproved.
9241	12660		b. The actual and necessary expenses of out-of-state
9242	12661		travel and subsistence incurred by employees of the
9243	12662		Forestry Division authorized to evaluate and acquire
9244	12663		federal excess property or surplus property in other
9245	12664		states for use in its fire protection program, shall
9246	12665		be reimbursed to the employee incurring such expenses.
9247	12666		2. Department of Public Safety:
9248	12667		When traveling with the Governor or at the Governor's request,
9249	12668		personnel assigned by the Commissioner for executive security a nd
9250	12669		pilots on executive assignment shall be allowed their actual and
9251	12670		necessary traveling expenses, upon claims approved by the
9252	12671		Commissioner.
9253	12672		3. Department of Corrections:
9254	12673		The Department of Corrections shall be exempt from limitations
9255	12674		of reimbursement for r ented automobiles, as set forth in Section
9256	12675
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9258	12678		2
9259	12679		3
9260	12680		4
9261	12681		5
9262	12682		6
9263	12683		7
9264	12684		8
9265	12685		9
9266	12686		10
9267	12687		11
9268	12688		12
9269	12689		13
9270	12690		14
9271	12691		15
9272	12692		16
9273	12693		17
9274	12694		18
9275	12695		19
9276	12696		20
9277	12697		21
9278	12698		22
9279	12699		23
9280	12700		24
9281	12701
9282	12702		500.5 of this title, when the rental is by a Correctional Officer or
9283	12703		Transportation Officer for the limited purpose of transporting
9284	12704		inmates. Reimbursement for the expense shall be on the basis of
9285	12705		actual cost.
9286	12706		4. Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department:
9287	12707		The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission and Department
9288	12708		staff who promote in-state and out-of-state business for Oklahoma's
9289	12709		state-operated or state-owned parks, lodges, and golf courses and
9290	12710		the tourism and recreation industry, may be reimbursed for the
9291	12711		actual and necessary expense of travel, subsistence and
9292	12712		entertainment for this purpose. The Director of the Oklahoma
9293	12713		Tourism and Recreation Department may reimburse the Publisher of
9294	12714		Oklahoma Today magazine a nd its staff for expenses for meals and
9295	12715		other entertainment in order to gain advertising and promotion for
9296	12716		Oklahoma Today magazine.
9297	12717		5. Oklahoma Department of Commerce:
9298	12718		a. The actual and necessary expenses incurred by the
9299	12719		Director and other employees of th e Department
9300	12720		authorized by the Director for the purpose of business
9301	12721		recruitment shall be reimbursed. Reimbursement of
9302	12722		expenses shall be in accordance with rules adopted by
9303	12723		the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
9304	12724		Expenses claimed shall, prior to reimbursement, be
9305	12725
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9307	12728		2
9308	12729		3
9309	12730		4
9310	12731		5
9311	12732		6
9312	12733		7
9313	12734		8
9314	12735		9
9315	12736		10
9316	12737		11
9317	12738		12
9318	12739		13
9319	12740		14
9320	12741		15
9321	12742		16
9322	12743		17
9323	12744		18
9324	12745		19
9325	12746		20
9326	12747		21
9327	12748		22
9328	12749		23
9329	12750		24
9330	12751
9331	12752		reviewed by the Director and individually approved or
9332	12753		disapproved.
9333	12754		b. The Department, at the discretion of the Director, may
9334	12755		charter aircraft for the purposes of carrying out its
9335	12756		duties and responsibilities related to business
9336	12757		recruitment and performing the duties of the Director.
9337	12758		The cost of such charter shall be exempt from the
9338	12759		provisions of Section 500.6 of this title. Claims
9339	12760		filed with the Office of Management and Enterprise
9340	12761		Services shall bear the following certification:
9341	12762		The best interests of the citizens of Oklahoma were
9342	12763		better served in that conventional ground
9343	12764		transportation was not practical or feasible for this
9344	12765		trip, aircraft from the Department of Public Safety
9345	12766		were not available for this trip, and no other claim
9346	12767		has been or will be filed as a payment for the cost of
9347	12768		transportation in connection with this trip.
9348	12769		c. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce may reimburse the
9349	12770		Oklahoma Film and Music Office staff for the actual
9350	12771		and necessary expenses for meals and other
9351	12772		entertainment in order to promote the film and music
9352	12773		industries in this state. Reimbursement of all actual
9353	12774		and necessary expenses shall be in accordance with
9354	12775		rules adopted by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
9355	12776
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9357	12779		2
9358	12780		3
9359	12781		4
9360	12782		5
9361	12783		6
9362	12784		7
9363	12785		8
9364	12786		9
9365	12787		10
9366	12788		11
9367	12789		12
9368	12790		13
9369	12791		14
9370	12792		15
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9372	12794		17
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9374	12796		19
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9376	12798		21
9377	12799		22
9378	12800		23
9379	12801		24
9380	12802
9381	12803		6. Office of Management and Enterprise Services:
9382	12804		The actual and necessary expenses of travel and subsistence
9383	12805		incurred by the Director, any state employee approved by his or her
9384	12806		appointing authority, or state officials, for travel outside the
9385	12807		state in performance of duties related to bond financing shall be
9386	12808		reimbursed to the employee or state official incurring such
9387	12809		expenses. Reimbursement for lodging expenses shall be supported by
9388	12810		three telephone bids from hotels within a reasonable distance of the
9389	12811		activity for which the travel was approved.
9390	12812		7. Oklahoma Futures:
9391	12813		The actual and necessary expenses incurred by the members of
9392	12814		Oklahoma Futures in the performance of their duties shall be
9393	12815		reimbursed to the members incurring such expenses. Reimbursement of
9394	12816		all actual and necessary expenses shall be in accordance with rules
9395	12817		adopted by Oklahoma Futures.
9396	12818		8. Oklahoma Development Finance Authority:
9397	12819		The actual and necessary expenses incurred by the members and
9398	12820		employees of the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority in the
9399	12821		performance of their duties shall be reimbursed to the person
9400	12822		incurring such expenses. Reimbursement of all actual and necessary
9401	12823		expenses shall be in accordance with the bylaws of the Authority.
9402	12824		9. Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and
9403	12825		Technology:
9404	12826
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9406	12829		2
9407	12830		3
9408	12831		4
9409	12832		5
9410	12833		6
9411	12834		7
9412	12835		8
9413	12836		9
9414	12837		10
9415	12838		11
9416	12839		12
9417	12840		13
9418	12841		14
9419	12842		15
9420	12843		16
9421	12844		17
9422	12845		18
9423	12846		19
9424	12847		20
9425	12848		21
9426	12849		22
9427	12850		23
9428	12851		24
9429	12852
9430	12853		The actual and necessary expenses incurred b y the members and
9431	12854		employees of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and
9432	12855		Technology in the performance of their duties shall be reimbursed to
9433	12856		the person incurring such expenses. Reimbursement of all actual and
9434	12857		necessary expenses shall be in a ccordance with the bylaws of the
9435	12858		Center.
9436	12859		10. Center for International Trade Development:
9437	12860		The actual and necessary expenses of travel, lodging and
9438	12861		subsistence incurred by the Director and authorized employees of the
9439	12862		Center for International Trade Developme nt for performance of their
9440	12863		duties for the purpose of business recruitment and assistance shall
9441	12864		be reimbursed to the person incurring such expenses. Reimbursement
9442	12865		of such expenses shall be in accordance with the rules adopted by
9443	12866		the Director of the Center for International Trade Development.
9444	12867		Expenses claimed shall be reviewed and individually approved or
9445	12868		disapproved, prior to reimbursement, first by the Director, and
9446	12869		finally by either the Vice President, Business and Finance of
9447	12870		Oklahoma State University o r the President of Oklahoma State
9448	12871		University.
9449	12872		11. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation:
9450	12873		The actual and necessary expenses incurred by the Director and
9451	12874		other employees of the Bureau authorized by the Director as a result
9452	12875		of conducting investigations shal l be reimbursed to each such
9453	12876		employee incurring the expenses. Reimbursement of the expenses
9454	12877
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9456	12880		2
9457	12881		3
9458	12882		4
9459	12883		5
9460	12884		6
9461	12885		7
9462	12886		8
9463	12887		9
9464	12888		10
9465	12889		11
9466	12890		12
9467	12891		13
9468	12892		14
9469	12893		15
9470	12894		16
9471	12895		17
9472	12896		18
9473	12897		19
9474	12898		20
9475	12899		21
9476	12900		22
9477	12901		23
9478	12902		24
9479	12903
9480	12904		shall be in accordance with rules adopted by the Director of the
9481	12905		Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Prior to reimbursement,
9482	12906		expenses claimed shall be reviewe d by the Director and individually
9483	12907		approved or disapproved.
9484	12908		12. Department of Human Services:
9485	12909		a. The actual and necessary expenses of travel, lodging
9486	12910		and subsistence incurred by employees of the Legal
9487	12911		Division in the performance of their duties for the
9488	12912		purpose of representing the Department of Human
9489	12913		Services or any of its officials, employees,
9490	12914		institutions or hospitals at any proceeding including
9491	12915		depositions, held before any court, administrative
9492	12916		body or representative thereof, shall be reimbursed to
9493	12917		the employee incurring such expenses. Expenses
9494	12918		claimed shall be approved by the General Counsel and
9495	12919		the Director of Human Services prior to reimbursement.
9496	12920		b. The Department, at the discretion of the Director, may
9497	12921		charter aircraft when determined by the Directo r such
9498	12922		charter would be more practical or less expensive than
9499	12923		normal modes of transportation and when aircraft of
9500	12924		the Department of Public Safety are unavailable. The
9501	12925		costs of such charter shall be exempt from the
9502	12926		provisions of Section 500.6 of this title .
9503	12927		13. Oklahoma Health Care Authority:
9504	12928
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9506	12931		2
9507	12932		3
9508	12933		4
9509	12934		5
9510	12935		6
9511	12936		7
9512	12937		8
9513	12938		9
9514	12939		10
9515	12940		11
9516	12941		12
9517	12942		13
9518	12943		14
9519	12944		15
9520	12945		16
9521	12946		17
9522	12947		18
9523	12948		19
9524	12949		20
9525	12950		21
9526	12951		22
9527	12952		23
9528	12953		24
9529	12954
9530	12955		The actual and necessary expenses of travel, lodging and
9531	12956		subsistence incurred by employees of the Legal Division in the
9532	12957		performance of their duties for the purpose of representing the
9533	12958		Authority or any of its officials or employees, at any proceeding
9534	12959		including depositions, held before any court, administrative body or
9535	12960		representative thereof, shall be reimbursed to the employee
9536	12961		incurring such expenses. Expenses claimed shall be approved by the
9537	12962		Administrator prior to rei mbursement.
9538	12963		14. Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
9539	12964		Control:
9540	12965		The actual and necessary expenses incurred by the Director and
9541	12966		other employees of the Bureau authorized by the Director as a result
9542	12967		of conducting investigations shall be reimb ursed to each employee
9543	12968		incurring the expenses. Reimbursement of the expenses shall be in
9544	12969		accordance with rules adopted by the Director of the Oklahoma State
9545	12970		Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control. Prior to
9546	12971		reimbursement, expenses claimed shall b e reviewed by the Director
9547	12972		and individually approved or disapproved.
9548	12973		15. University Hospitals:
9549	12974		The actual and necessary expenses of travel, lodging and
9550	12975		subsistence incurred by employees of the Legal Office in the
9551	12976		performance of their duties for the purpos e of representing the
9552	12977		University Hospitals or any of its officials, employees,
9553	12978		institutions or hospitals at any proceeding including depositions,
9554	12979
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9556	12982		2
9557	12983		3
9558	12984		4
9559	12985		5
9560	12986		6
9561	12987		7
9562	12988		8
9563	12989		9
9564	12990		10
9565	12991		11
9566	12992		12
9567	12993		13
9568	12994		14
9569	12995		15
9570	12996		16
9571	12997		17
9572	12998		18
9573	12999		19
9574	13000		20
9575	13001		21
9576	13002		22
9577	13003		23
9578	13004		24
9579	13005
9580	13006		held before any court, administrative body or representative
9581	13007		thereof, shall be reimbursed to the employee incu rring such
9582	13008		expenses. Expenses shall be approved by the Chief Executive Officer
9583	13009		of the University Hospitals or by the University Hospitals
9584	13010		Authority.
9585	13011		16. Oklahoma Historical Society:
9586	13012		The actual and necessary expenses of travel, subsistence and
9587	13013		entertainment incurred by the Executive Director, Deputy Director
9588	13014		and any employees designated by the Executive Committee of the
9589	13015		Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors in pursuing and
9590	13016		developing programs and projects for the preservation and marketing
9591	13017		of Oklahoma history shall be reimbursed to the person incurring the
9592	13018		expenses. Reimbursement of expenses shall be in accordance with
9593	13019		rules adopted by the Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors.
9594	13020		Prior to reimbursement, expenses claimed shall be reviewed b y the
9595	13021		Executive Committee at a regularly scheduled meeting and each claim
9596	13022		shall be individually approved or disapproved.
9597	13023		17. The Oklahoma Department of Mines:
9598	13024		The actual and necessary expenses of travel, lodging and
9599	13025		subsistence incurred by employees of th e Department in the
9600	13026		performance of their duties for the purpose of representing the
9601	13027		Department or any of its officials or employees, at any proceeding,
9602	13028		hearing or meeting with federal agencies, boards, commissions,
9603	13029		congressional representatives, congressio nal committees or staff,
9604	13030
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9606	13033		2
9607	13034		3
9608	13035		4
9609	13036		5
9610	13037		6
9611	13038		7
9612	13039		8
9613	13040		9
9614	13041		10
9615	13042		11
9616	13043		12
9617	13044		13
9618	13045		14
9619	13046		15
9620	13047		16
9621	13048		17
9622	13049		18
9623	13050		19
9624	13051		20
9625	13052		21
9626	13053		22
9627	13054		23
9628	13055		24
9629	13056
9630	13057		shall be reimbursed to the employee incurring such expenses.
9631	13058		Expenses claimed shall be approved by the Executive Director prior
9632	13059		to reimbursement.
9633	13060		18. The Office of Attorney General:
9634	13061		The actual and necessary expenses of travel, lo dging and
9635	13062		subsistence incurred by its employees in the performance of their
9636	13063		duties for the purpose of representing the state, the Legislature,
9637	13064		any state board, agency or commission, or any employee or official
9638	13065		of the state entitled to representation, at an y proceeding including
9639	13066		depositions, held before any court, administrative body or any
9640	13067		representative thereof, and the actual and necessary expenses
9641	13068		incurred by employees as a result of conducting investigations shall
9642	13069		be reimbursed to the employee incurring the expenses. The expenses
9643	13070		shall be approved by the Attorney General prior to reimbursement.
9644	13071		19. 18. District Attorneys Council:
9645	13072		The actual and necessary expenses of travel, lodging and
9646	13073		subsistence incurred by each district attorney and other employees
9647	13074		of the district attorney authorized by the district attorney in the
9648	13075		performance of their duties for any district other than the district
9649	13076		for which they are employed for the purpose of representing the
9650	13077		state, any county, or any employee or official of the s tate entitled
9651	13078		to representation at any proceeding including depositions held
9652	13079		before any court, administrative body or any representative of a
9653	13080		court or administrative body, and the actual and necessary expenses
9654	13081
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9680	13108		incurred as a result of conducting investigati ons shall be
9681	13109		reimbursed to each employee incurring the expenses. Reimbursement
9682	13110		of the expenses shall be in accordance with rules adopted by the
9683	13111		District Attorneys Council. Prior to reimbursement, expenses
9684	13112		claimed shall be reviewed by the Council and indi vidually approved
9685	13113		or disapproved.
9686	13114		20. 19. The Department of Securities:
9687	13115		The actual and necessary expenses of travel, lodging and
9688	13116		subsistence incurred by the Administrator and other employees of the
9689	13117		Department of Securities in the performance of their duti es for the
9690	13118		purpose of representing the Department of Securities, at any
9691	13119		proceeding including depositions, held before any court,
9692	13120		administrative body or any representative thereof, conducting on-
9693	13121		site examinations, or conducting investigations, shall be reim bursed
9694	13122		to each employee incurring the expenses. The expenses shall be
9695	13123		approved by the Administrator of the Department of Securities prior
9696	13124		to reimbursement.
9697	13125		21. 20. Corporation Commission:
9698	13126		The actual and neces sary travel expenses incurred by the staff
9699	13127		of the Public Utility Division as a result of conducting audits
9700	13128		and/or reviews of utility service providers shall be reimbursed to
9701	13129		each such employee incurring the expense. Reimbursement of the
9702	13130		expenses shall be as set forth in proce dures established by the
9703	13131		appointing authority.
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9730	13159		22. 21. The Department of Human Services:
9731	13160		Employees of the Department of Human Services shall be
9732	13161		reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses o f travel,
9733	13162		lodging and subsistence incur red in the performance of their duties
9734	13163		for the purpose of escorting and transporting children or adults in
9735	13164		the care or custody of the Department:
9736	13165		a. for out-of-state visitation, care, treatment and
9737	13166		placement of a child welfare client,
9738	13167		b. for out-of-state treatment for or placement of an
9739	13168		adult protective services client,
9740	13169		c. for out-of-state treatment for or placement of a
9741	13170		resident of a state resource center, or
9742	13171		d. for out-of-state treatment for or placement of an
9743	13172		individual with a developmental disability wh o is
9744	13173		living in the community in community res idential
9745	13174		services.
9746	13175		Expenses claimed shall be approved by the appropriate Division
9747	13176		Administrator or Associate Director prior to reimbursement.
9748	13177		23. 22. The Banking Department:
9749	13178		The actual and necessary expenses of travel and lodging incurred
9750	13179		by the Commissioner and other employees of the Banking Department in
9751	13180		the performance of their duties for the Banking Department shall be
9752	13181		paid or reimbursed by the Banking Department to each em ployee
9753	13182
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9779	13209		incurring the expenses. The expenses shall be approved by the
9780	13210		Banking Commissioner prior to payment or reimbursement.
9781	13211		24. 23. Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security:
9782	13212		The actual and necessary expenses of travel, lodging, and
9783	13213		subsistence incurred by th e Oklahoma Homeland Security Directo r, as
9784	13214		a result of the duties and responsibilities of the Director, shall
9785	13215		be paid or reimbursed by the Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security.
9786	13216		25. 24. The Grand River Dam Authority:
9787	13217		The actual and necessary expenses of trav el and lodging incurred
9788	13218		by the Board of Directors and other employees of the district in the
9789	13219		performance of their duties for the Grand River Dam Authority shall
9790	13220		be paid or reimbursed by the district to each Director or employee
9791	13221		incurring the expenses. The expenses shall be approved by the
9792	13222		General Manager of the Grand River Dam Authority prior to payment or
9793	13223		reimbursement.
9794	13224		26. 25. The Native American Cultural and Educational Authority:
9795	13225		The actual and necessary expenses incurred by the Directors and
9796	13226		employees of the Native American Cultural and Educational Authority
9797	13227		in performances of duties. The expenses shal l be approved by the
9798	13228		Director prior to payment or reimbursement.
9799	13229		27. 26. Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education:
9800	13230		The actual and necessary expenses incurred by the Director and
9801	13231		other employees of the Department, a uthorized by the Director, f or
9802	13232		the purpose of business recruitment, training, and the provision of
9803	13233
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9829	13260		technical assistance shall be reimbursed. Reimbursement of expenses
9830	13261		shall be in accordance with rules adopted by the State Board of
9831	13262		Career and Technology Ed ucation. Expenses claimed, prior to the
9832	13263		reimbursement, will be reviewed by the Board and individually
9833	13264		approved or disapproved.
9834	13265		C. The agencies listed in subsection B of this section shall be
9835	13266		required to report annu ally the actual expenses excepted or exe mpted
9836	13267		from Sections 500.1 th rough 500.18 of this title to the Governor,
9837	13268		the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
9838	13269		House of Representatives. The report shall be submitted no later
9839	13270		than the first day of September following the end of e ach fiscal
9840	13271		year.
9841		-	SECTION 78. AMENDATORY 82 O.S. 2021, Section 1020.2, is
	13272	+	SECTION 132. AMENDATORY 82 O.S. 2021, Section 1020.2, is
9842	13273		amended to read as follows:
9843	13274		Section 1020.2 A. It is hereby declared to be t he public
9844	13275		policy of this state, in the interest of the agricultural stability,
9845	13276		domestic, municipal, industrial and other beneficial uses, general
9846	13277		economy, health and welfare of the state and its citizens, to
9847	13278		utilize the ground water resources of the state, and for that
9848	13279		purpose to provide reasonable regulations for the allocation for
9849	13280		reasonable use based on hydrologic surveys of fresh ground water
9850	13281		basins or subbasins to determine a restriction on the production,
9851	13282		based upon the acres overlying the ground wate r basin or subbasin.
9852	13283
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9878	13310		B. The provisions of Section 1020.1 et seq. of this title shall
9879	13311		not apply to the taking, using or disposal of salt water associated
9880	13312		with the exploration, production or recovery of oil and gas. The
9881	13313		provisions of this act shall not appl y to the taking, using or
9882	13314		disposal of water trapped in producing mines outside of a sensitive
9883	13315		sole source groundwater basin or subbasin.
9884	13316		C. Except as provided for in subsection E of this section, the
9885	13317		provisions of this act shall not apply to the taking, u sing or
9886	13318		disposal of water trapped in producing mines:
9887	13319		1. That overlie a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or
9888	13320		subbasin and have been permitted by the Oklahoma Department of Mines
9889	13321		Environmental Quality as of August 1, 2011;
9890	13322		2. That overlie a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or
9891	13323		subbasin for which an initial application for a permit shall have
9892		-	been filed with the Oklahoma Department of Mines ~~as of August 1,~~
9893		-	2011; or
	13324	+	been filed with the Oklahoma Department of Mines Environmental
	13325	+	Quality as of August 1, 2011; or
9894	13326		3. That overlie a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or
9895	13327		subbasin and for which a permit revision is approved by the Oklahoma
9896	13328		Department of Mines Environmental Quality.
9897	13329		Provided that the use of mine pit water, pursuant to a site-
9898	13330		specific water management and conservation plan prepared in
9899	13331		consultation with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, by mines that
9900	13332		are exempted from this act by the terms of this subsection and in
9901	13333		furtherance of mine operations and associated manufacturing and
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9928	13361		commercial activities on the mine site, shall be considered as
9929	13362		permitted beneficial uses for all purposes under the laws of the
9930	13363		state.
9931	13364		D. 1. Except with respect to the mines exempted from the terms
9932	13365		of this act under subsections B and C of this section, the Oklahoma
9933	13366		Water Resources Board, in coordination with the Oklahoma Department
9934	13367		of Mines Environmental Quality, shall promulgate rules for the
9935	13368		taking, using or disposal of water collecting in producing mine pits
9936	13369		and emanating from a sensitive s ole source groundwater basin or
9937	13370		subbasin.
9938	13371		2. The rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board
9939	13372		shall require, subject to a de minimis exemption to be promulgated
9940	13373		therein, the development by the mine operator of provisions relating
9941	13374		to the augmentation (a beneficial use) of stream flow or
9942	13375		groundwater, and of site-specific water manage ment and conservation
9943	13376		plans, which plans shall establish threshold hydrologic monitoring,
9944	13377		management and mitigation requirements that are based on relevant
9945	13378		hydrologic surveys and investigations of the sensitive sole source
9946	13379		groundwater basin or subbasin. S uch plans submitted to the Oklahoma
9947	13380		Water Resources Board shall be subject to the provisions of the
9948	13381		Oklahoma Open Records Act.
9949	13382		3. The rules promulgated by the Oklahom a Water Resources Board
9950	13383		shall contain provisions relating to augmentation of stream flow or
9951	13384		groundwater, or both, to offset consumptive use of groundwater
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9978	13412		collecting in the producing mine pit that emanates from a sensitive
9979	13413		sole source groundwater basin or subbasin in amounts greater than
9980	13414		the equal proportionate share of the maximum annual yield of the
9981	13415		groundwater basin or subbasin established by the Oklahoma Water
9982	13416		Resources Board that may be allocated to the owner or operator of
9983	13417		the producing mine based on groundwater rights owned or leased by
9984	13418		the owner or operator.
9985	13419		E. 1. By no later than Jan uary 1, 2013, the operator of a mine
9986	13420		that is exempted from this act by the provisions of subsection C of
9987	13421		this section shall adopt and implement a plan to monitor and r eport
9988	13422		to the Board the accumulation and disposition of pit water during
9989	13423		the previous calendar year. The operator shall also file with the
9990	13424		Board interim quarterly reports containing information about the
9991	13425		accumulation and disposition of pit water during the previous
9992	13426		quarter. The first interim quarterly report for calendar year 2013
9993	13427		shall be sent to the Board by June 30, 2013, and the annual report
9994	13428		for the calendar year 2013 shall be sent to the Board by March 31,
9995	13429		2014. Thereafter, the annual report for eac h calendar year shall be
9996	13430		sent to the Board by March 31st of the following year. The
9997	13431		monitoring plan will provide for the measurement or reasonable
9998	13432		estimation of groundwater and surface water volumes, separately
9999	13433		stated, entering the pit, of the water diver ted from the pit, of the
10000	13434		disposition of the water from the pit, and of the consumptive us e,
10001	13435		as defined in this section, of the mine pit water by the mine
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10028	13463		operator. The reports received by the Board will be subject to the
10029	13464		provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act. If an operator of a
10030	13465		mine that is exempted from this act by the provisions of subsection
10031	13466		C of this section fails to timely submit an interim quarterly report
10032	13467		or annual report, the exemption of subsection C of this section
10033	13468		shall no longer apply to the mine and the rules promulgated pursuant
10034	13469		to subsection D of this section shall become applicable, pr ovided
10035	13470		that such rules shall contain provisions to allow the operator to
10036	13471		show cause why the exemption contained in subsection C of this
10037	13472		section should continue to apply.
10038	13473		2. If, at any time after March 31, 2015, the amount of
10039	13474		groundwater from the pit (plus amounts of groundwater from permitted
10040	13475		wells, if any) consumptively used in the preceding twelve (12)
10041	13476		months by the mine operator at a mine described in paragraph 1 of
10042	13477		this subsection exceeds the annual amount that is equivalent to the
10043	13478		equal proportionate share of the maximum annual yield of the
10044	13479		groundwater basin or subbasin that could be allocated to the owner
10045	13480		or operator of the producing mine based on groundwater rights owned
10046	13481		or leased by the owner or operator, then the exemption of subsection
10047	13482		C of this section shall no longer apply and the provisions of
10048	13483		subsection D of this section shall become applicable to the mine
10049	13484		unless the mine operator submits a site-specific water management
10050	13485		and conservation plan demonstrating, to the satisfaction of the
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10077	13513		Board, that such consumptive use of groundwater in amounts greater
10078	13514		than the equivalent equal proportionate share either is:
10079	13515		a. offset by augmentation of stream water flow or
10080	13516		augmentation of groundwater by recharge, or
10081	13517		b. not likely to reduce the natural flow of springs o r
10082	13518		streams emanating from a sensitive sole source
10083	13519		groundwater basin or subbasin, or
10084	13520		c. satisfied by the owner or operator acquiring
10085	13521		sufficient groundwater rights within ninety (90) days
10086	13522		of the reported exceedance.
10087	13523		The plan submitted to the Board will be sub ject to the provisions of
10088	13524		the Oklahoma Open Records Act. If the exemption of subsection C of
10089	13525		this section no longer applies, the rules promulgated by the
10090	13526		Oklahoma Water Resources Board pursuant to subsection D of this
10091	13527		section shall provide a period of at least ninety (90) days to come
10092	13528		into compliance.
10093	13529		3. If an operator of a mine that is exempt pursuant to
10094	13530		subsection C of this section operates in compliance with a site-
10095	13531		specific water management and conservation plan that complies with
10096	13532		rules promulgated by the Board pursuant to subsection D of this
10097	13533		section, the Board cannot otherwise require the operator of such
10098	13534		mine to take an action or refrain from taking an action that would
10099	13535		effectively prohibit any mining operation or practice that is
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10126	13563		otherwise allowed by the Oklahoma Department of Mines Environmental
10127	13564		Quality.
10128	13565		F. For purposes of this section, "consumptive use" or
10129	13566		"consumptively used" means diversion of water from a mine pit that
10130	13567		is not returned to the groundwater basin or subbasin, or to a mine
10131	13568		pit or holding basin, or to a definite stream, or to the land
10132	13569		surface from which surface runoff flows into a mine pit. The term
10133	13570		"consumptive use" includes the estimated moisture content driven off
10134	13571		or carried away with the mined material transported off the mining
10135	13572		site, plus the amount of evaporation from the mine pit that exceeds
10136	13573		the amount of direct precipitation and surface runoff into the mine
10137	13574		pit, plus any amounts for other proposed beneficial uses off the
10138	13575		mining site.
10139	13576		G. Augmentation of stream flow or groundwat er, pursuant to a
10140	13577		site-specific water management and conservation plan prepared in
10141	13578		consultation with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, shall be
10142	13579		considered a beneficial use and not waste, and shall not count
10143	13580		against permitted surface water or groundwater usage, provided that
10144	13581		taking, using or disposal of water from a producing mine for stream
10145	13582		augmentation pursuant to a site-specific water management and
10146	13583		conservation plan prepared in consultation with the Oklahoma Water
10147	13584		Resources Board, may be claimed in ann ual water use reports as a
10148	13585		beneficial use for purposes of the maintenance of the right to use
10149	13586		surface water under any permit applicable to such mine. The mine
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10176	13614		pit shall be considered a diversion point authorized by the surface
10177	13615		water use permit issued to t he mine operator whenever there is
10178	13616		consumptive use of surface water or the surface water is used for
10179	13617		stream augmentation.
10180		-	SECTION 79. AMENDATORY 82 O.S. 2021, Section 1020.9C, is
10181		-	amended to read as follows:
	13618	+	SECTION 133. AMENDATORY 82 O.S. 2021, Section 1020.9C,
	13619	+	is amended to read as follows:
10182	13620		Section 1020.9C A. For the purposes of this section, a
10183	13621		"subject mine" shall mean a mine, as defined in paragraph 2 of
10184	13622		Section 723 of Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes, that overlies a
10185	13623		sensitive sole source groundwater basin or subbasin, exclusive of
10186	13624		any mine that meets at least one of the following conditions:
10187	13625		1. As of November 1, 2019, was engaged in the permitted
10188	13626		extraction of minerals from natural deposits; or
10189	13627		2. Satisfies the criteria of paragraph 1 or 2 of subsection C
10190	13628		of Section 1020.2 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title;
10191	13629		or
10192	13630		3. Is not to be permitted to operate for a period of more than
10193	13631		five (5) years, with no extensions or renewals; or
10194	13632		4. The operation of which will not result in more than five (5)
10195	13633		acre-feet per year of groundwater emanating from a sensitive sole
10196	13634		source groundwater basin or subbasin to infiltrate its pit, as that
10197	13635		term is defined in paragraph 12 of Section 723 of Title 45 of the
10198	13636		Oklahoma Statutes.
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10225	13664		B. Due to the inadequacy of existing technical resources,
10226	13665		analytic tools and regulatory systems for purposes of the effective
10227	13666		implementation of statutes relating to the operation of mines that
10228	13667		may affect sensitive sole source groundwater basins or subbasins,
10229	13668		the Legislature hereby declares and establishes a moratorium on the
10230	13669		following actions:
10231	13670		1. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall not issue any
10232	13671		permit or other administrative authorization for the appropriation,
10233	13672		diversion, withdrawal or removal of water from or for the
10234	13673		dewatering, in part or in full, of a pit, as defined in paragraph 12
10235	13674		of Section 723 of Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes, of a subject
10236	13675		mine; and
10237	13676		2. The Board shall not issue, allocate or recognize, pursuant
10238	13677		to subsection D of Section 1020.2 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma
10239	13678		Statutes this title, Section 785:30-15-5 of the Oklahoma
10240	13679		Administrative Code or any other provision of law, any offset to the
10241	13680		consumptive use of water of a subject mine where such offset is
10242	13681		based on a claimed augmentation of stream flow or groundwater.
10243	13682		C. The moratorium shall be in effect until such time as the
10244	13683		Board, working in coordination with the Department of Environmental
10245	13684		Quality, the Department of Mines, and East Central University and in
10246	13685		cooperation with federal and tribal governmental agencies with
10247	13686		interests in a subject mine that overlies a sensitive sole source
10248	13687		groundwater basin or subbasin:
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10275	13715		1. Completes the Enhanced Monitoring and Evaluation of
10276	13716		Hydrologic Trends for the Eastern Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer, South-
10277	13717		Central Oklahoma and, based thereon, develops modeling and other
10278	13718		technical tools capable of accurately measuring and projecting, as a
10279	13719		matter both of incremental and cumulative effect, whether a proposed
10280	13720		withdrawal of groundwater from a sensitive sole source groundwater
10281	13721		basin or subbasin would degrade or interfere with springs and
10282	13722		streams emanating therefrom;
10283	13723		2. Promulgates final rules to integrate the use of such studies
10284	13724		and tools to administrative implementation of:
10285	13725		a. waste, degradation and interference analyses required
10286	13726		by subparagraphs c and d of paragraph 1 and
10287	13727		subparagraphs c and d of paragraph 2 of subsection A
10288	13728		of Section 1020.9 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes
10289	13729		this title,
10290	13730		b. uniform minimum standards and requirements for the
10291	13731		development of, and annual reporting regarding
10292	13732		compliance with, site-specific water management and
10293	13733		conservation plans pursuant to Section 1020.2 of Title
10294	13734		82 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title, with
10295	13735		particular regard to methodologies for calculating
10296	13736		amounts claimed in consumptive use of water and any
10297	13737		claimed augmentation of stream flow or groundwater,
10298	13738		and
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10325	13766		c. consultation, review and approval of such site-
10326	13767		specific water management and conservation plans, with
10327	13768		specific provisions for making such consultations,
10328	13769		reviews and approvals subject to Article 2 of the
10329	13770		Administrative Procedures Act; and
10330	13771		3. Promulgates final rules to provide for effective interagency
10331	13772		consultation and coordination of activities among the Board, the
10332	13773		Department of Mines and the Department of Environmental Quality on
10333	13774		all administrative matters relating to the operation of mines at
10334	13775		locations that overlie a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or
10335	13776		subbasin.
10336	13777		D. The Board is hereby authorized and instructed to promulgate
10337	13778		rules to implement the provisions of this section.
10338	13779		E. The Board is hereby authorized to cooperate with federal,
10339	13780		tribal and any other agency in this state in performing its
10340	13781		responsibilities under this section.
10341		-	SECTION 80. REPEALER 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 1, 1b, 3.1,
10342		-	31, 32, 41, 46, and 938, are hereby repealed.
10343		-	SECTION 81. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1.2, as
10344		-	amended by Section 9 of this act, s hall be recodified as Section
10345		-	3001.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unl ess there is
10346		-	created a duplication in numbering.
10347		-	SECTION 82. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1.3, as
10348		-	amended by Section 10 of this act, shall be reco dified as Section
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10375		-	3001.2 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
10376		-	created a duplication in numbering.
10377		-	SECTION 83. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1.4, as
10378		-	amended by Section 11 of this act, shall be recodified as Se ction
10379		-	3001.3 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
10380		-	created a duplication in numbering.
10381		-	SECTION 84. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S . 2021, Section 1.5, as
10382		-	amended by Section 12 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10383		-	3001.4 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
10384		-	created a duplication i n numbering.
10385		-	SECTION 85. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sect ion 1a, as
10386		-	amended by Section 13 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10387		-	3001.5 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
10388		-	created a duplication in numbering.
10389		-	SECTION 86. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1c, as
10390		-	amended by Section 14 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10391		-	3001.6 of Title 27A of the Oklah oma Statutes, unless there is
10392		-	created a duplication in numbering.
10393		-	SECTION 87. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1d, as
10394		-	amended by Section 15 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10395		-	3001.7 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
10396		-	created a duplication in numbering.
10397		-	SECTION 88. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1e, as
10398		-	amended by Section 1 6 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
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10425		-	3001.8 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
10426		-	created a duplication in numbering.
10427		-	SECTION 89. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1f, as
10428		-	amended by Section 1 7 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10429		-	3001.9 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
10430		-	created a duplication in numbering.
10431		-	SECTION 90. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 2, as
10432		-	amended by Section 18 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10433		-	3002 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10434		-	a duplication in numbering.
10435		-	SECTION 91. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sect ion 3, as
10436		-	amended by Section 19 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10437		-	3003 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10438		-	a duplication in numbering.
10439		-	SECTION 92. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 5, as
10440		-	amended by Section 20 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10441		-	3005 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10442		-	a duplication in numbering.
10443		-	SECTION 93. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 6, as
10444		-	amended by Section 2 1 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10445		-	3006 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Sta tutes, unless there is created
10446		-	a duplication in numbering.
10447		-	SECTION 94. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 34, as
10448		-	amended by Section 23 of this act, shall be recodifie d as Section
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10475		-	3034 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10476		-	a duplication in numbering.
10477		-	SECTION 95. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 44, as
10478		-	amended by Section 24 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10479		-	3044 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10480		-	a duplication in numbering.
10481		-	SECTION 96. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sec tion 45, as
10482		-	amended by Section 25 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10483		-	3045 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10484		-	a duplication in numbering.
10485		-	SECTION 97. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 46.1,
10486		-	as amended by Section 26 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10487		-	3046.1 of Title 27A of the Okl ahoma Statutes, unless there is
10488		-	created a duplication in numbering.
10489		-	SECTION 98. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 48, as
10490		-	amended by Section 27 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10491		-	3048 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10492		-	a duplication in numbering .
10493		-	SECTION 99. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 723, as
10494		-	amended by Section 28 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10495		-	3723 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10496		-	a duplication in numbering.
10497		-	SECTION 100. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 724,
10498		-	as amended by Section 29 of this act, shall b e recodified as Section
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10526		-	a duplication in numbering.
10527		-	SECTION 101. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S . 2021, Section 725,
10528		-	as amended by Section 30 of this act, shall be recodified a s Section
10529		-	3725 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10530		-	a duplication in numbering.
10531		-	SECTION 102. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sectio n 727,
10532		-	as amended by Section 31 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10533		-	3727 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10534		-	a duplication in numbering.
10535		-	SECTION 103. RECODIFICATION 45 O .S. 2021, Section 728,
10536		-	as amended by Section 32 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10537		-	3728 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10538		-	a duplication in numbering.
10539		-	SECTION 104. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sect ion 729,
10540		-	as amended by Section 33 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10541		-	3729 of Title 27A of the Oklahom a Statutes, unless there is created
10542		-	a duplication in numbering.
10543		-	SECTION 105. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 731,
10544		-	as amended by Section 34 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10545		-	3731 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, un less there is created
10546		-	a duplication in numbering.
10547		-	SECTION 106. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 732,
10548		-	as amended by Section 35 of this act, shall be re codified as Section
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10576		-	a duplication in numbering.
10577		-	SECTION 107. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2 021, Section 733,
10578		-	as amended by Section 36 of this act, shall be recodified as Se ction
10579		-	3733 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10580		-	a duplication in numbering.
10581		-	SECTION 108. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 7 34,
10582		-	as amended by Section 37 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10583		-	3734 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10584		-	a duplication in num bering.
10585		-	SECTION 109. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 735,
10586		-	as amended by Section 38 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10587		-	3735 of Title 27A of t he Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10588		-	a duplication in numbering.
10589		-	SECTION 110. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 738,
10590		-	as amended by Section 39 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10591		-	3738 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma St atutes, unless there is created
10592		-	a duplication in numbering.
10593		-	SECTION 111. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 742.1,
10594		-	as amended by Section 40 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10595		-	3742.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, un less there is
10596		-	created a duplication in numbering.
10597		-	SECTION 112. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 742.2,
10598		-	as amended by Section 41 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
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10626		-	created a duplication in numbering.
10627		-	SECTION 113. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.1,
10628		-	as amended by Section 42 of this act, shall be recodifie d as Section
10629		-	3745.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma St atutes, unless there is
10630		-	created a duplication in numbering.
10631		-	SECTION 114. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 753,
10632		-	as amended by Section 43 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10633		-	3753 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10634		-	a duplication in numbering.
10635		-	SECTION 115. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 767,
10636		-	as amended by Section 44 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10637		-	3767 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10638		-	a duplication in numbering.
10639		-	SECTION 116. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021 , Section 768,
10640		-	as amended by Section 45 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10641		-	3768 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Stat utes, unless there is created
10642		-	a duplication in number ing.
10643		-	SECTION 117. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 769,
10644		-	as amended by Section 46 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10645		-	3769 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless t here is created
10646		-	a duplication in numbering.
10647		-	SECTION 118. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 775,
10648		-	as amended by Section 47 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
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10674		-
10675		-	3775 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is create d
10676		-	a duplication in numbering.
10677		-	SECTION 119. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 780,
10678		-	as amended by Section 48 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10679		-	3780 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10680		-	a duplication in numbering.
10681		-	SECTION 120. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 786,
10682		-	as amended by Section 49 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10683		-	3786 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10684		-	a duplication in numbering.
10685		-	SECTION 121. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 787,
10686		-	as amended by Section 50 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10687		-	3787 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10688		-	a duplication in numbering.
10689		-	SECTION 122. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 852,
10690		-	as amended by Section 51 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10691		-	3852 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10692		-	a duplication in numbering.
10693		-	SECTION 123. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sectio n 901,
10694		-	as amended by Section 52 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10695		-	3901 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10696		-	a duplication in numbering.
10697		-	SECTION 124. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 902,
10698		-	as amended by Section 53 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
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10724		-
10725		-	3902 of Title 27A of the O klahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10726		-	a duplication in numbering.
10727		-	SECTION 125. RECODIFICATION 45 O .S. 2021, Section 903,
10728		-	as amended by Section 54 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10729		-	3903 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statu tes, unless there is created
10730		-	a duplication in numbering.
10731		-	SECTION 126. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sect ion 904,
10732		-	as amended by Section 55 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10733		-	3904 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless t here is created
10734		-	a duplication in numbering.
10735		-	SECTION 127. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 905,
10736		-	as amended by Section 56 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10737		-	3905 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is creat ed
10738		-	a duplication in numbering.
10739		-	SECTION 128. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 906,
10740		-	as amended by Section 57 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10741		-	3906 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10742		-	a duplication in numbering.
10743		-	SECTION 129. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 907,
10744		-	as amended by Section 58 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10745		-	3907 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10746		-	a duplication in number ing.
10747		-	SECTION 130. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 911,
10748		-	as amended by Section 59 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
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10774		-
10775		-	3911 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10776		-	a duplication in numbering.
10777		-	SECTION 131. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 918,
10778		-	as amended by Section 60 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10779		-	3918 of Title 27A of the Ok lahoma Statutes, unless there is created
10780		-	a duplication in numbering.
10781		-	SECTION 132. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 931,
10782		-	as amended by Section 61 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10783		-	3931 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statut es, unless there is created
10784		-	a duplication in numbering.
10785		-	SECTION 133. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 20 21, Section 938.1,
10786		-	as amended by Section 62 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10787		-	3938.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unles s there is
10788		-	created a duplication in numbering.
10789		-	SECTION 134. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sectio n 950,
10790		-	as amended by Section 63 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
10791		-	3950 of Title 27A of the Oklah oma Statutes, unless there is cr eated
10792		-	a duplication in numbering.
10793		-	SECTION 135. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S . 2021, Section 1g,
10794		-	shall be recodified as Section 3001g of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
10795		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
10796		-	SECTION 136. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 8,
10797		-	shall be recodified as Section 3008 of Title 27A of the Oklah oma
10798		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
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10825		-	SECTION 137. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 9.1 ,
10826		-	shall be recodified as Section 30 09.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
10827		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplicatio n in numbering.
10828		-	SECTION 138. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sectio n 21.1,
10829		-	shall be recodified as Section 3021.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
10830		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
10831		-	SECTION 139. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 33,
10832		-	shall be recodified as Section 3033 of Title 27A of th e Oklahoma
10833		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
10834		-	SECTION 140. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 37 ,
10835		-	shall be recodified as Section 3037 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
10836		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplica tion in numbering.
10837		-	SECTION 141. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021 , Section 40,
10838		-	shall be recodified as Section 30 40 of Title 27A of the Oklahom a
10839		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
10840		-	SECTION 142. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 43,
10841		-	shall be recodified as Section 3043 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
10842		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
10843		-	SECTION 143. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021 , Sections 411,
10844		-	412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, and 419, shall be recodified as
10845		-	Sections 3411, 3412, 3413, 3414, 3415, 3416, 3417, 3418 , and 3419 of
10846		-	Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statu tes, unless there is created a
10847		-	duplication in numbering.
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10874		-	SECTION 144. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 421,
10875		-	shall be recodified as Section 3421 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
10876		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in number ing.
10877		-	SECTION 145. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 423
10878		-	and 424, shall be recodified as Sections 3423 and 3424 of Title 27A
10879		-	of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless the re is created a duplication in
10880		-	numbering.
10881		-	SECTION 146. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 430,
10882		-	shall be recodified as Section 3430 of Title 27A of the O klahoma
10883		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
10884		-	SECTION 147. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 434,
10885		-	435, 436, and 437, shall be recodified as Sections 3434, 3435, 3436,
10886		-	and 3437 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma S tatutes, unless there is
10887		-	created a duplication in numbering.
10888		-	SECTION 148. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 441
10889		-	and 442, shall be recodified as Sections 3441 and 3442 of Title 27A
10890		-	of the Oklahoma Statutes, u nless there is created a duplication in
10891		-	numbering.
10892		-	SECTION 149. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 477
10893		-	and 478, shall be recodified as Sections 3477 and 3478 of Title 27A
10894		-	of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in
10895		-	numbering.
10896		-	SECTION 150. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2 021, Sections 501,
10897		-	502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514,
10898		-
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10923		-
10924		-	515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, and 525, shall be
10925		-	recodified as Sections 3501, 3502, 3503, 3504, 350 5, 3506, 3507,
10926		-	3508, 3509, 3510, 3511, 3512, 3513, 3514, 3515, 3516, 3517, 3518,
10927		-	3519, 3520, 3521, 3522, 3523, 3524 , and 3525 of Title 27A of the
10928		-	Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in
10929		-	numbering.
10930		-	SECTION 151. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 527,
10931		-	shall be recodified as Section 3527 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
10932		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
10933		-	SECTION 152. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 528.1 ,
10934		-	shall be recodified as Section 3528.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
10935		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
10936		-	SECTION 153. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 528.2,
10937		-	shall be recodified as Section 3528.2 of Title 27A of the Ok lahoma
10938		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in nu mbering.
10939		-	SECTION 154. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 528.3 ,
10940		-	shall be recodified as Section 3528.3 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
10941		-	Statutes, unless there is created a dupli cation in numbering.
10942		-	SECTION 155. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 529,
10943		-	shall be recodified as Section 3529 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
10944		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
10945		-	SECTION 156. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 580,
10946		-	shall be recodified as Section 3580 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
10947		-	Statutes, unless there is created a dup lication in numbering.
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10974		-	SECTION 157. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 603,
10975		-	shall be recodified as Section 3603 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
10976		-	Statutes, unless there is created a d uplication in numbering.
10977		-	SECTION 158. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 604,
10978		-	shall be recodified as Section 3604 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
10979		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
10980		-	SECTION 159. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 612 ,
10981		-	shall be recodified as Section 3612 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
10982		-	Statutes, unless there is crea ted a duplication in numbering.
10983		-	SECTION 160. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 614,
10984		-	615, and 616, shall be recodified as Section s 3614, 3615, and 3616
10985		-	of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a
10986		-	duplication in numbering.
10987		-	SECTION 161. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 721
10988		-	and 722, shall be recodified as Sections 3721 and 3722 of Title 27A
10989		-	of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in
10990		-	numbering.
10991		-	SECTION 162. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 726,
10992		-	shall be recodified as Section 3726 of Title 27A of the Oklaho ma
10993		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplicat ion in numbering.
10994		-	SECTION 163. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 730 ,
10995		-	shall be recodified as Section 373 0 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
10996		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
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11023		-	SECTION 164. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 736
11024		-	and 737, shall be recodified as Sections 3736 and 3737 of Title 27A
11025		-	of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in
11026		-	numbering.
11027		-	SECTION 165. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sec tions
11028		-	740.1, 740.2, 740.3, 740.4, 740.5, 740.6, and 740.7, shall be
11029		-	recodified as Sections 3740.1, 3 740.2, 3740.3, 3740.4, 3740.5,
11030		-	3740.6, and 3740.7 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless
11031		-	there is created a duplication in numbering.
11032		-	SECTION 166. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 744
11033		-	and 745, shall be recodified as Sections 3744 and 3745 of Title 27A
11034		-	of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in
11035		-	numbering.
11036		-	SECTION 167. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.2,
11037		-	shall be recodified as Section 3745.2 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11038		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplic ation in numbering.
11039		-	SECTION 168. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.3,
11040		-	shall be recodified as Section 3745.3 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11041		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in n umbering.
11042		-	SECTION 169. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.4,
11043		-	shall be recodified as Section 3745.4 of Title 2 7A of the Oklahoma
11044		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
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11071		-	SECTION 170. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.5,
11072		-	shall be recodified as Section 3745.5 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11073		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplicatio n in numbering.
11074		-	SECTION 171. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.6,
11075		-	shall be recodified as Section 3745.6 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11076		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11077		-	SECTION 172. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.7,
11078		-	shall be recodified as Section 3745.7 of Title 27A of the O klahoma
11079		-	Statutes, unless there is created a d uplication in numbering.
11080		-	SECTION 173. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.8,
11081		-	shall be recodified as Section 3745.8 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11082		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11083		-	SECTION 174. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.9,
11084		-	shall be recodified as Section 3745.9 of Title 27 A of the Oklahoma
11085		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11086		-	SECTION 175. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
11087		-	745.10, shall be recodified as Section 3745.10 of Title 27A of the
11088		-	Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is cr eated a duplication in
11089		-	numbering.
11090		-	SECTION 176. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
11091		-	745.11, shall be recodified as Section 3745.11 of Title 27A of the
11092		-	Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a d uplication in
11093		-	numbering.
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11120		-	SECTION 177. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
11121		-	745.12, shall be recodified as Section 3745.12 of Title 27A of the
11122		-	Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a duplicati on in
11123		-	numbering.
11124		-	SECTION 178. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
11125		-	745.13, shall be recodified as Section 3745.13 of Title 27A of the
11126		-	Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in
11127		-	numbering.
11128		-	SECTION 179. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
11129		-	745.14, shall be recodified as S ection 3745.14 of Title 27A of the
11130		-	Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in
11131		-	numbering.
11132		-	SECTION 180. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
11133		-	745.15, shall be recodified as Section 3745.15 of Title 27A of the
11134		-	Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in
11135		-	numbering.
11136		-	SECTION 181. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
11137		-	745.16.1, shall be recodified as Section 3745.16.1 of Title 27A of
11138		-	the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a duplicat ion in
11139		-	numbering.
11140		-	SECTION 182. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
11141		-	745.17, shall be recodified as Section 3745.17 of Title 27A of the
11142		-	Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in
11143		-	numbering.
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11170		-	SECTION 183. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
11171		-	745.18, shall be recodified as Section 3745.18 of Title 27A of the
11172		-	Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in
11173		-	numbering.
11174		-	SECTION 184. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
11175		-	745.19, shall be recodified as Section 3745.19 of Title 27A of the
11176		-	Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is create d a duplication in
11177		-	numbering.
11178		-	SECTION 185. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
11179		-	745.20, shall be recodified as S ection 3745.20 of Title 27A of the
11180		-	Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in
11181		-	numbering.
11182		-	SECTION 186. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
11183		-	745.21, shall be recodified as Section 3745.21 of Title 27A of the
11184		-	Oklahoma Statutes, unless t here is created a duplication in
11185		-	numbering.
11186		-	SECTION 187. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
11187		-	745.22, shall be recodified as Section 3745.22 of Title 27A of the
11188		-	Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in
11189		-	numbering.
11190		-	SECTION 188. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 746,
11191		-	shall be recodified as Section 3746 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11192		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
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11219		-	SECTION 189. RECODIFICATION 45 O .S. 2021, Sections 747,
11220		-	748, 749, and 750, shall be recodified as Sect ions 3747, 3748, 3749,
11221		-	and 3750 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless ther e is
11222		-	created a duplication in numbering.
11223		-	SECTION 190. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 751,
11224		-	shall be recodified as Section 3751 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11225		-	Statutes, unless there is c reated a duplication in numbering.
11226		-	SECTION 191. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 752,
11227		-	shall be recodified as Section 3752 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11228		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11229		-	SECTION 192. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 754,
11230		-	shall be recodified as Section 3754 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11231		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11232		-	SECTION 193. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Secti on 754.1,
11233		-	shall be recodified as Section 3754.1 of Title 27A of the Oklah oma
11234		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11235		-	SECTION 194. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 754.2,
11236		-	shall be recodified as Section 3754.2 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11237		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11238		-	SECTION 195. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2 021, Section 755,
11239		-	shall be recodified as Section 3755 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11240		-	Statutes, unless the re is created a duplication in numbering.
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11267		-	SECTION 196. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 756,
11268		-	shall be recodified as Section 3756 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11269		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11270		-	SECTION 197. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 757,
11271		-	shall be recodified as Section 3 757 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11272		-	Statutes, unless ther e is created a duplication in numbering.
11273		-	SECTION 198. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, S ection 760,
11274		-	shall be recodified as Section 3760 of Title 2 7A of the Oklahoma
11275		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11276		-	SECTION 199. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 760.1,
11277		-	shall be recodified as Section 3760.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11278		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11279		-	SECTION 200. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2 021, Section 760.2,
11280		-	shall be recodified as Section 3760.2 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11281		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11282		-	SECTION 201. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 761 ,
11283		-	shall be recodified as Sec tion 3761 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11284		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11285		-	SECTION 202. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 765,
11286		-	shall be recodified as Section 3765 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11287		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11288		-	SECTION 203. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 202 1, Section 766,
11289		-	shall be recodified as Section 3766 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11290		-	Statutes, unless there is cre ated a duplication in numbering.
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11317		-	SECTION 204. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 770,
11318		-	shall be recodified as Section 3770 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11319		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11320		-	SECTION 205. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 771,
11321		-	shall be recodified as Section 3771 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11322		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11323		-	SECTION 206. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 772,
11324		-	shall be recodified as Section 377 2 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11325		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11326		-	SECTION 207. RECODIFICATION 4 5 O.S. 2021, Section 773,
11327		-	shall be recodified as Section 3773 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11328		-	Statutes, unless ther e is created a duplication in numbering.
11329		-	SECTION 208. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, S ection 774,
11330		-	shall be recodified as Section 3774 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11331		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11332		-	SECTION 209. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 776,
11333		-	shall be recodified as Section 3776 of T itle 27A of the Oklahoma
11334		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11335		-	SECTION 210. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 777,
11336		-	shall be recodified as Section 3777 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11337		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11338		-	SECTION 211. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 778,
11339		-	shall be recodified as Section 3778 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11340		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
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11367		-	SECTION 212. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 779,
11368		-	shall be recodified as Section 3779 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11369		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11370		-	SECTION 213. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Secti on 781,
11371		-	shall be recodified as Section 3781 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11372		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11373		-	SECTION 214. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 782,
11374		-	shall be recodified as Section 3782 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11375		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11376		-	SECTION 215. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sec tion 783,
11377		-	shall be recodified as Section 3783 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11378		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11379		-	SECTION 216. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 784,
11380		-	shall be recodified as Section 3784 of Tit le 27A of the Oklahoma
11381		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11382		-	SECTION 217. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 785 ,
11383		-	shall be recodified as Section 3785 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11384		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11385		-	SECTION 218. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, S ection 788,
11386		-	shall be recodified as Section 3788 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11387		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11388		-	SECTION 219. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 789,
11389		-	shall be recodified as Section 3789 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11390		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
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11417		-	SECTION 220. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 790,
11418		-	shall be recodified as Section 3790 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11419		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11420		-	SECTION 221. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 791,
11421		-	shall be recodified as Section 3791 of Title 2 7A of the Oklahoma
11422		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11423		-	SECTION 222. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 791.1,
11424		-	shall be recodified as Section 3791.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11425		-	Statutes, unless there is cre ated a duplication in numbering.
11426		-	SECTION 223. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 792,
11427		-	shall be recodified as Section 3792 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11428		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11429		-	SECTION 224. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 793,
11430		-	shall be recodified as Section 3793 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11431		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11432		-	SECTION 225. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 851,
11433		-	shall be recodified as Section 3851 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11434		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11435		-	SECTION 226. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 853,
11436		-	shall be recodified as Section 3853 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11437		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11438		-	SECTION 227. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 908,
11439		-	909, and 910, shall be recodified a s Sections 3908, 3909 , and 3910
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11466		-	of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a
11467		-	duplication in numbering.
11468		-	SECTION 228. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section s 912,
11469		-	913, 914, 915, 916, and 917, shall be recodified as Sections 3912,
11470		-	3913, 3914, 3915, 3916 and 3917 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11471		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11472		-	SECTION 229. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021 , Section 919,
11473		-	shall be recodified as Section 3919 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11474		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11475		-	SECTION 230. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 932,
11476		-	933, 934, 935, 936, and 937, shall be recodified as Sections 3932,
11477		-	3933, 3934, 3935, 3936 , and 3937 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11478		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11479		-	SECTION 231. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 939,
11480		-	shall be recodified as Sectio n 3939 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11481		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numberi ng.
11482		-	SECTION 232. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 939.1,
11483		-	shall be recodified as Section 3939.1 of Titl e 27A of the Oklahoma
11484		-	Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
11485		-	SECTION 233. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 940,
11486		-	shall be recodified as Section 3940 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
11487		-	Statutes, unless there is crea ted a duplication in numbering. ”
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11515		-	Passed the Senate the 28th day of April, 2022.
11516		-
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11519		-	Presiding Officer of the Senate
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11522		-	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of ________ __,
11523		-	2022.
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11528		-	of Representatives
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11555		-	ENGROSSED HOUSE
11556		-	BILL NO. 3884 By: McCall of the House
11557		-
11558		-	and
11559		-
11560		-	Treat of the Senate
11561		-
11562		-
11563		-
11564		-
11565		-	An Act relating to the Department of Environmental
11566		-	Quality; creating Division of Mines; consolidating
11567		-	the Department of Mines into the Department of
11568		-	Environmental Quality; defining term; requiring
11569		-	transfer of certain papers, records, and property by
11570		-	certain date; transferring certain functions, powers,
11571		-	duties, and obligations; transferring certain rules,
11572		-	regulations, acts, orders, determinations , and
11573		-	decisions; detailing the transfer of certain
11574		-	employees; requiring certain coordination; amending
11575		-	27A O.S. 2021, Sections 1-1-201, 1-3-101, 2-1-102, 2-
11576		-	3-110, 2-6-111, 4-1-102, which relate to definitions,
11577		-	state environmental agencies, sale of headquarters
11578		-	building, permitting moratorium; deleting references
11579		-	to consolidated agency ; modifying certain agency
11580		-	responsibilities; amending 29 O.S. 2021, Section 7 -
11581		-	401a, which relates to violations caus ing death of
11582		-	fish or wildlife; modifying definition; amending 45
11583		-	O.S. 2021, Sections 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1a, 1b, 1c,
11584		-	1d, 1e, 1f, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 31, 34, 41, 44, 45, 46,
11585		-	46.1, 48, 723, 724, 725, 727, 728, 729, 7 31, 732,
11586		-	733, 734, 735, 738, 742.1, 742.2, 7 45.1, 745.2,
11587		-	745.3, 745.4, 745.5, 745.6, 745.8, 745.9, 745.10,
11588		-	745.11, 745.12, 745.13, 745.14, 745.15, 745.16.1,
11589		-	745.17, 745.19, 745.21, 745.22, 751, 752, 753, 754,
11590		-	754.1, 754.2, 755, 756, 757, 760, 760.1, 760.2 , 765,
11591		-	766, 767, 768, 769, 770, 7 71, 772, 773, 774, 775,
11592		-	776, 777, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782, 783, 784, 786,
11593		-	787, 789, 790, 791, 7 91.1, 792, 793, 852, 901, 902,
11594		-	903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 911, 918, 931, 938.1, and
11595		-	950, which relate to the violations of board order,
11596		-	hearings, inspections, rules and regulations, powers
11597		-	and duties, Chief Mine Inspector, Oklahoma Miner
11598		-	Training Institute, certificates of competency,
11599		-	issuance of certificates, tempora ry permits; annual
11600		-	reports, examinations of mines, disputes, special
11601		-	counsel, study of mining laws, market studies, acid
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11628		-	mine drainage, borrow pit drainage, permits;
11629		-	procedure for reclaiming land, inspections, bonds,
11630		-	violations, maps, legal assistance , sand and gravel,
11631		-	judicial review, Coal Reclamation Act of 1979, term
11632		-	of permits, termination of permits , renewal of
11633		-	permits, reclamation plan, performance bond, criteria
11634		-	for approval of permit, schedule of notices
11635		-	violations, revision of permits, exploration
11636		-	regulations, notice, objections to application for
11637		-	permit, findings, temporary relief , appeals, small
11638		-	operator assistance program, applications, augering,
11639		-	surface mining, reclamation efforts, disturbances to
11640		-	hydrologic balance, wast e piles, explosives,
11641		-	reestablishment of native flora, spoil material ,
11642		-	performance standards, steep slo pe mining, soil
11643		-	restoration, mine operators, suspension of
11644		-	underground mining, application to surface
11645		-	operations, data collection, right of entry,
11646		-	conflicts of interest, reports of violations, civil
11647		-	penalties, release of per formance bond, civil
11648		-	actions, conditions or prac tices in violation,
11649		-	abatement of violation, suspension or revocation,
11650		-	notices and orders, actions for damages, land
11651		-	unsuitable for surface mining, peti tions, limitations
11652		-	on surface mining, cooperative agreements, review of
11653		-	notices or orders, appeals of o rders, rules and
11654		-	regulations, unconstitutionality of certain act,
11655		-	federal rules and regulations, alte rnative
11656		-	reclamation practices, assistance of state agencies,
11657		-	federal inspection, Governor as ex officio member,
11658		-	certificates of compete ncy, certification of
11659		-	applicants, records, revocation of certificates,
11660		-	inspection and examination of strip and surface
11661		-	mines, explosives, operator's fees, creation of
11662		-	revolving fund, and moratoriums on certain permits;
11663		-	deleting references to consolidated Department;
11664		-	modifying agency responsibilities; defining terms;
11665		-	amending 47 O.S. 2021, Section 156, which relates to
11666		-	purchase of passenger automobiles or buses with
11667		-	public funds; deleting reference to consolidated
11668		-	agency; amending 51 O.S. 2021, Section 24A.27, which
11669		-	relates to confidentiality of vulnerability
11670		-	assessments of critical assets; deleting reference to
11671		-	consolidated agency; amending 59 O.S. 2021, Section
11672		-	3022, which relates to defin itions; modifying agency
11673		-	reference; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Sections 122.2,
11674		-	123.1, 123.2, 123.2A, 123.3, 123.4, 123.5, 123.7, and
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11702		-	responsibility for blasting operations or activities,
11703		-	permits; modifying agency references; rules, fees,
11704		-	violations, deposit of monies, exemptions; modifying
11705		-	agency references; amending 68 O.S. 2021, Section
11706		-	2357.11, which relates to tax credit; modifying
11707		-	agency references; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section
11708		-	500.18, which relates to exemptions; deleting
11709		-	consolidated agency exemption; amending 82 O.S. 2021,
11710		-	Sections 1020.2 and 1020.9C, which relate to
11711		-	declaration of policy and moratorium on actions
11712		-	related to the operation of certain mines; modifying
11713		-	agency references; deleting references to
11714		-	consolidated agency; repealing 45 O.S. 2021, Sections
11715		-	1, 3.1, 32 and 938, which relate to the Okl ahoma
11716		-	Mining Commission, appointments, and Department of
11717		-	Mines Revolving Fund; providing for codification;
11718		-	providing for recodification; providing an effective
11719		-	date; and declaring an emergency.
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11725		-	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHO MA:
11726		-	SECTION 234. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
11727		-	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3001 of Title 27A, unless there
11728		-	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
11729		-	A. There is hereby created within the Department of
11730		-	Environmental Quality a Division of Mines, which shall fulfill the
11731		-	role of the Department of Mines created by Section 25 of Article 6
11732		-	of the Oklahoma Constitution.
11733		-	B. The Department of Mines is hereby consolidated into th e
11734		-	Department of Environmental Quality as the Division of Mines
11735		-	described in subsection A of this section . The Executive Director
11736		-	of the Department of Environmental Quality shall assume all
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11763		-	executive-level responsibilities formerly belonging to the
11764		-	Department of Mines. The Executive Director of the Department of
11765		-	Environmental Quality shall function as and possess the powers of
11766		-	the agency director for the consolidated agency as enumerated by
11767		-	existing statute. For the purposes of this s ection the term
11768		-	"consolidated agency" shall mean the Department of Mines. Any funds
11769		-	appropriated to, in the possession of, or allocated to the
11770		-	consolidated agency shall be deemed to be funds of the Department of
11771		-	Environmental Quality.
11772		-	C. The Executive Director of the Department of Environmental
11773		-	Quality shall cause the personnel of the consolidated agency to
11774		-	deliver to the Department of Environmen tal Quality all books,
11775		-	papers, records, and property of the consolidated agency within
11776		-	ninety (90) days after the effective date of this act .
11777		-	D. All functions, powers, duties, and obligations previously
11778		-	assigned to the consolidated agenc y are hereby transferred to the
11779		-	Department of Environmental Quality.
11780		-	E. All rules, regulations, acts, orders, determinations, and
11781		-	decisions of the consolidated agency pertaining to the functions and
11782		-	powers herein transferred and assigned to the Department of
11783		-	Environmental Quality, in force at the time of such transfer ,
11784		-	assignment, assumption , or devolution shall continue in force and
11785		-	effect as rules, regulations, acts, orders, de terminations, and
11786		-	decisions of the consolidated agency until duly modified or
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11814		-	law.
11815		-	F. All personnel of the consolidated agency whose duties are
11816		-	transferred under this act shall be transferre d to the Department of
11817		-	Environmental Quality at the discretion of the Executive Director.
11818		-	Personnel transferred pursuant to the provisions of thi s section
11819		-	shall not be required to accept a lesser salary than presently
11820		-	received. Personnel transferred shall be placed within the
11821		-	classification level in which they meet qualifications without an
11822		-	entrance exam. All such persons transferred shall retain seniority,
11823		-	leave, sick and annual time earned, and any retirement benefits
11824		-	which have accrued during their ten ure with the consolidated agency.
11825		-	The transfer of personnel among the agencies shall be coordi nated
11826		-	with the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
11827		-	SECTION 235. AMENDATORY 27A O.S. 2021, Section 1-1-201,
11828		-	is amended to read as follows:
11829		-	Section 1-1-201. As used in the Oklahoma Environmental Quality
11830		-	Act:
11831		-	1. "Clean Water Act" means the federal Water Pollution Control
11832		-	Act, 33 U.S.C., Section 1251 et seq., as amended;
11833		-	2. "Discharge" includes but is not limited to a discharge of a
11834		-	pollutant, and means any addition of any pollutant to waters of the
11835		-	state from any point sour ce;
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11862		-	3. "Environment" includes the air, land, wildlife, and waters
11863		-	of the state;
11864		-	4. "Federal Safe Drinking Water Act" means the federal law at
11865		-	42 U.S.C., Section 300 et seq., as amended;
11866		-	5. "Groundwater protection agencies" include the:
11867		-	a. Oklahoma Water Resources Board,
11868		-	b. Oklahoma Corporation Commission,
11869		-	c. State Oklahoma Department of Agriculture , Food, and
11870		-	Forestry,
11871		-	d. Department of Environmental Quality, and
11872		-	e. Conservation Commission, and
11873		-	f. Department of Mines;
11874		-	6. "Nonpoint source" means the contamination of the environment
11875		-	with a pollutant for which the specific point of origin may not be
11876		-	well defined and includes but is not l imited to agricultural stor m
11877		-	water runoff and return flows from irrigated agriculture;
11878		-	7. "N.P.D.E.S." or "National Pollutant Disch arge Elimination
11879		-	System" means the system for the issuance of permits under the
11880		-	Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S. C., Section 1251 et
11881		-	seq., as amended;
11882		-	8. "Point source" means any discernible, confined and discrete
11883		-	conveyance or outlet including but not limited to any pipe, ditch,
11884		-	channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure container, rolling
11885		-	stock or vessel or other floating craft from w hich pollutants are or
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11912		-	may be discharged into waters of the state. The term "point source"
11913		-	shall not include agricultural storm water runoff and return flows
11914		-	from irrigated agriculture;
11915		-	9. "Pollutant" includes but is not limite d to dredged spoil,
11916		-	solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge,
11917		-	munitions, chemical wastes, biological materia ls, radioactive
11918		-	materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar
11919		-	dirt and industrial, municipal, and agri business waste;
11920		-	10. "Pollution" means the presence in the environment of any
11921		-	substance, contaminant or pollutant, or any other alte ration of the
11922		-	physical, chemical or biological properties of the environment or
11923		-	the release of any liquid, gaseous or solid substance into the
11924		-	environment in quantities which are or will likely create a nuisance
11925		-	or which render or will likely render the en vironment harmful or
11926		-	detrimental or injurious to public health, safety or welfare, or to
11927		-	domestic, commercial, industrial, a gricultural, recreational, or
11928		-	other legitimate beneficial uses, or to livestock, wild animals,
11929		-	birds, fish or other aquatic life, or to property;
11930		-	11. "Source" means any and all points of origin of any wastes,
11931		-	pollutants or contaminants whether publicly or privately owned or
11932		-	operated;
11933		-	12. "State agencies with limited environmental
11934		-	responsibilities" means:
11935		-	a. the Department of Public S afety,
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11962		-	b. the Department of Labor, and
11963		-	c. the Oklahoma Department of Civil Emergency Management;
11964		-	13. "State environmental agency " includes the:
11965		-	a. Oklahoma Water Resources Board,
11966		-	b. Oklahoma Corporation Commission,
11967		-	c. State Oklahoma Department of Agricult ure, Food, and
11968		-	Forestry,
11969		-	d. Oklahoma Conservation Commissi on,
11970		-	e. Department of Wildlife Conservation, and
11971		-	f. Department of Mines, and
11972		-	g. Department of Environment al Quality;
11973		-	14. "Storm water" means rain water runoff, snow melt runoff,
11974		-	and surface runoff and drainage;
11975		-	15. "Total maximum daily load " means the sum of individual
11976		-	wasteload allocations (W.L.A.) for point sources, safety, reserves,
11977		-	and loads from nonpoi nt sources and natural back grounds;
11978		-	16. "Waste" means any liquid, gaseous or solid or semi-solid
11979		-	substance, or thermal component, whether domestic, mun icipal,
11980		-	commercial, agricultural or industrial in origin, which may pollute
11981		-	or contaminate or tend to po llute or contaminate, any a ir, land or
11982		-	waters of the state;
11983		-	17. "Wastewater" includes any substance, including sewage, that
11984		-	contains any discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals,
11985		-	or pollutants or contaminating chemicals or other contaminating
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12012		-	wastes from domestic, munic ipal, commercial, industrial,
12013		-	agricultural, manufacturing or other forms of industry;
12014		-	18. "Wastewater treatment " means any method, technique or
12015		-	process used to remove pollutants from wastewater or sludge to the
12016		-	extent that the wastewater or sludge may be reused, discharged into
12017		-	waters of the state or otherwise disposed and includes, but is not
12018		-	limited to, the utilization of mec hanized works, surface
12019		-	impoundments and lagoons, aeration, evaporation, best management
12020		-	practices (BMPs), buffer strips, crop remov al or trapping,
12021		-	constructed wetlands, digesters or other devices or methods.
12022		-	"Treatment" also means any method, technique or process used in the
12023		-	purification of drinking water;
12024		-	19. "Wastewater treatment system " means treatment works and all
12025		-	related pipelines or conduits, pumping stations and force mains, and
12026		-	all other appurtenances and devices used for collecting, treating,
12027		-	conducting or discharging wastewater;
12028		-	20. "Waters of the state" means all streams, lakes, ponds,
12029		-	marshes, watercourses, waterways, w ells, springs, irrigation
12030		-	systems, drainage systems, storm sewers and all other bodies or
12031		-	accumulations of water, surface and underground, natural or
12032		-	artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow
12033		-	through, or border upon this state or any portion thereof, and shall
12034		-	include under all circumstances the waters of the United States
12035		-	which are contained within the bou ndaries of, flow through or border
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12062		-	upon this state or any portion thereof. Provided, waste treatment
12063		-	systems, including treatment ponds or lagoons designed to meet
12064		-	federal and state requirements other than cooling ponds as defined
12065		-	in the Clean Water Act o r rules promulgated thereto and prior
12066		-	converted cropland are not waters of the state ; and
12067		-	21. "Wellhead protection area" means the surface and subsurface
12068		-	area surrounding a water well or wellfield supplying a public water
12069		-	system that defines the extent of the area from which water is
12070		-	supplied to such water well or wellfield.
12071		-	SECTION 236. AMENDATORY 27A O.S. 2021, Section 1-3-101,
12072		-	is amended to read as follows:
12073		-	Section 1-3-101. A. The provisions of this section specify the
12074		-	jurisdictional areas of responsibility for each state environmental
12075		-	agency and state agencies with limited environmental responsibility.
12076		-	The jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility specified
12077		-	in this section shall be in addition to those otherwise pro vided by
12078		-	law and assigned to the specific state environmental agency;
12079		-	provided that any rule, inte ragency agreement or executive or der
12080		-	enacted or entered into prior to the effective date of this section
12081		-	which conflicts with the assignment of jurisdictional environmental
12082		-	responsibilities specified by this section is hereby superseded.
12083		-	The provisions of this subsection shall not nullif y any financial
12084		-	obligation arising from services rendered pursuant to any
12085		-	interagency agreement or executive order entered in to prior to July
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12112		-	1, 1993, nor nullify any obligations or agreements with private
12113		-	persons or parties entered into with any state env ironmental agency
12114		-	before July 1, 1993.
12115		-	B. Department of Environmental Quality. The Department of
12116		-	Environmental Quality shal l have the following jurisdictional areas
12117		-	of environmental responsibility:
12118		-	1. All point source di scharges of pollutants and storm water to
12119		-	waters of the state which originate from municipal, industrial,
12120		-	commercial, mining, transportation and utilities, co nstruction,
12121		-	trade, real estate and finance, services, public administration,
12122		-	manufacturing and oth er sources, facilities and activi ties, except
12123		-	as provided in subsections D and E of this section;
12124		-	2. All nonpoint source discharges and pollution except as
12125		-	provided in subsections D, E and F of this section;
12126		-	3. Technical lead agency for point source, non point source and
12127		-	storm water pollution control programs funded under Section 106 of
12128		-	the federal Clean Water Act, for areas within the Department 's
12129		-	jurisdiction as provided in this subsection;
12130		-	4. Surface water and groundwater quality and protection and
12131		-	water quality certifications;
12132		-	5. Waterworks and wastewater works operator certification;
12133		-	6. Public and private water supplies;
12134		-	7. Underground injection contro l pursuant to the federal Safe
12135		-	Drinking Water Act and 40 CFR Parts 144 through 148, except for:
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12162		-	a. Class II injection wells,
12163		-	b. Class V injection wells utilized in the remediation of
12164		-	groundwater associated with underground or aboveground
12165		-	storage tanks regulated by the Corporation Commission,
12166		-	c. those wells used for the recovery, injection or
12167		-	disposal of mineral brines as defined in th e Oklahoma
12168		-	Brine Development Act regulated by the Commission, and
12169		-	d. any aspect of any CO2 sequestration facility,
12170		-	including any associated CO2 injection well, over
12171		-	which the Commission is given jurisdiction pursuant to
12172		-	the Oklahoma Carbon Capture and Geol ogic Sequestration
12173		-	Act;
12174		-	8. Notwithstanding any other provision in this section or other
12175		-	environmental jurisdiction statute, sole and exclusive jurisdiction
12176		-	for air quality under the federal Clean Air Act and applicable sta te
12177		-	law, except for indoor air qua lity and asbestos as regulated for
12178		-	worker safety by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act and
12179		-	by Chapter 11 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
12180		-	9. Hazardous waste and solid waste, including industrial,
12181		-	commercial and municipal waste;
12182		-	10. Superfund responsibilities of the state under the
12183		-	Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
12184		-	of 1980 and amendments thereto, except the planning requirements of
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12211		-	Title III of the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of
12212		-	1986;
12213		-	11. Radioactive waste and all regulatory activities for the use
12214		-	of atomic energy and sources of radiation except for electronic
12215		-	products used for diagnosis by diagnostic x-ray facilities and
12216		-	electronic products used for bomb d etection by public safety bomb
12217		-	squads within law enforcement agencies of this state or within law
12218		-	enforcement agencies of any political subdivision of this st ate;
12219		-	12. Water, waste, and wastewater treatment systems including,
12220		-	but not limited to, septic tan ks or other public or private was te
12221		-	disposal systems;
12222		-	13. Emergency response as specified by law;
12223		-	14. Environmental laboratory services and laboratory
12224		-	certification;
12225		-	15. Hazardous substances other than branding, package and
12226		-	labeling requirements;
12227		-	16. Freshwater wellhead protection;
12228		-	17. Groundwater protection for activities subject to the
12229		-	jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility of the
12230		-	Department;
12231		-	18. Utilization and enforcement of Oklahoma Water Quality
12232		-	Standards and implementation documen ts;
12233		-	19. Environmental regulation of any entity or activity, and the
12234		-	prevention, control and abatement of any pollution, not subject to
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12261		-	the specific statutory authority of another state environmental
12262		-	agency;
12263		-	20. Development and maintenance of a computeriz ed information
12264		-	system relating to water quality pursuant to Section 1-4-107 of this
12265		-	title;
12266		-	21. Development and promulgation of a Water Quality Standards
12267		-	Implementation Plan pursuant to Section 1-1-202 of this title for
12268		-	its jurisdictional area of environme ntal responsibility; and
12269		-	22. Development and utilization of policies and requirements
12270		-	necessary for the implementation of Oklahoma Groundwater Quality
12271		-	Standards to the extent that the implementation of such standards
12272		-	are within the scope of the Department 's jurisdiction, including but
12273		-	not limited to the establishment of points of compliance when
12274		-	warranted.
12275		-	C. Oklahoma Water Resources Board. The Oklahoma Wate r
12276		-	Resources Board shall have the following jurisdictional areas of
12277		-	environmental responsibility:
12278		-	1. Water quantity including, but not limited to, water rights,
12279		-	surface water and underground water, planning, and interstate stream
12280		-	compacts;
12281		-	2. Weather modification;
12282		-	3. Dam safety;
12283		-	4. Flood plain management;
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12310		-	5. State water/wastewater loans and grants revolving fund and
12311		-	other related financial aid programs;
12312		-	6. Administration of the federal State Revolving Fund Program
12313		-	including, but not limited to, making application for and receiving
12314		-	capitalization grant awards, wastewater prioritization for funding,
12315		-	technical project reviews, enviro nmental review process, and
12316		-	financial review and administration;
12317		-	7. Water well drillers/pump installers licensing;
12318		-	8. Technical lead agency for clean lakes eligible for funding
12319		-	under Section 314 of the federal Clean Water Act or other applicable
12320		-	sections of the federal Clean Water Act or other subsequent state
12321		-	and federal clean lakes programs; administration of a state program
12322		-	for assessing, monitoring, studying and restoring Oklahoma lakes
12323		-	with administration to include, but not be limited to, receipt an d
12324		-	expenditure of funds from federal, state and private sources for
12325		-	clean lakes and implementation of a volunteer monitoring p rogram to
12326		-	assess and monitor state water resources, provided such funds from
12327		-	federal Clean Water A ct sources are administered and d isbursed by
12328		-	the Office of the Secretary of Environment;
12329		-	9. Except as set forth in paragraph 22 of subsection B of this
12330		-	section, statewide water quality standards and their accompanying
12331		-	use support assessment protocols, ant i-degradation policy and
12332		-	implementation, and policies generally affecting Oklahoma Water
12333		-	Quality Standards application and implementation including but not
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12360		-	limited to mixing zones, low flows and variances or any modification
12361		-	or change thereof pursuant to S ection 1085.30 of Title 82 of the
12362		-	Oklahoma Statutes;
12363		-	10. Groundwater protection for activities subject to the
12364		-	jurisdictional areas of environmental responsib ility of the Board;
12365		-	11. Development and promulgation of a Water Quality Standards
12366		-	Implementation Plan pursuant to Section 1-1-202 of this title for
12367		-	its jurisdictional area of environmental responsibility;
12368		-	12. Development of classifications and identifica tion of
12369		-	permitted uses of groundwater, in recognized water rights, and
12370		-	associated groundwater rech arge areas;
12371		-	13. Establishment an d implementation of a statewide beneficial
12372		-	use monitoring program for waters of the state in coordination with
12373		-	the other state environmental agencies;
12374		-	14. Coordination with other state environmental agencies and
12375		-	other public entities of water resource inv estigations conducted by
12376		-	the federal United States Geological Survey for water quality and
12377		-	quantity monitoring in the state; and
12378		-	15. Development and submission of a report concerning the
12379		-	status of water quality monitoring in this state pursuant to Section
12380		-	1-1-202 of this title.
12381		-	D. Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.
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12408		-	1. The Oklahoma Department of Agricultur e, Food, and Forestry
12409		-	shall have the following jurisdictional areas of environmental
12410		-	responsibility except as provided in paragraph 2 of this subsection:
12411		-	a. point source discharges and nonpoint source runoff
12412		-	from agricultural crop production, agricultural
12413		-	services, livestock production, silviculture, feed
12414		-	yards, livestock markets and animal waste,
12415		-	b. pesticide control,
12416		-	c. forestry and nurseries,
12417		-	d. fertilizer,
12418		-	e. facilities which store grain, feed, seed, fertilizer
12419		-	and agricultural chemicals,
12420		-	f. dairy waste and wastewater associated with milk
12421		-	production facilities,
12422		-	g. groundwater protection for activiti es subject to the
12423		-	jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility
12424		-	of the Department,
12425		-	h. utilization and enforcement of Oklahoma Water Quality
12426		-	Standards and implementation documents,
12427		-	i. development and promulgation of a Water Quality
12428		-	Standards Implementation Plan pursuant to Section 1 -1-
12429		-	202 of this title for its jurisdictional areas of
12430		-	environmental responsibility, and
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12457		-	j. storm water discharges for activiti es subject to the
12458		-	jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility
12459		-	of the Department.
12460		-	2. In addition to the jurisdictional are as of environmental
12461		-	responsibility specified in subsection B of this section, the
12462		-	Department of Environmental Quality shall h ave environmental
12463		-	jurisdiction over:
12464		-	a. (1) commercial manufacturers of fertilizers, grain
12465		-	and feed products, and chemicals, and ov er
12466		-	manufacturing of food and kindred products,
12467		-	tobacco, paper, lumber, wood, textile mill and
12468		-	other agricultural products,
12469		-	(2) slaughterhouses, but not including feedlots at
12470		-	these facilities, and
12471		-	(3) aquaculture and fish ha tcheries,
12472		-	including, but not limi ted to, discharges of
12473		-	pollutants and storm water to waters of the state,
12474		-	surface impoundments and land application of wastes
12475		-	and sludge, and other pollution originating at these
12476		-	facilities, and
12477		-	b. facilities which store gra in, feed, seed, fertilizer,
12478		-	and agricultural chemicals that are required by
12479		-	federal NPDES regulations to obtain a permit for storm
12480		-	water discharges shall only be subject to the
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12507		-	jurisdiction of the Department of Environmental
12508		-	Quality with respect to such st orm water discharges.
12509		-	E. Corporation Commission.
12510		-	1. The Corporation Commission is hereby vested with exclusive
12511		-	jurisdiction, power and authority, and it sha ll be its duty to
12512		-	promulgate and enforce rules, and issue and enforce orders governing
12513		-	and regulating:
12514		-	a. the conservation of oil a nd gas,
12515		-	b. field operations for geologic and geophysical
12516		-	exploration for oil, gas and brine, including seismic
12517		-	survey wells, stratigraphic test wells and core test
12518		-	wells,
12519		-	c. the exploration, drilling, development, producing or
12520		-	processing for oil and gas on the lease site,
12521		-	d. the exploration, drilling, development, production and
12522		-	operation of wells used in connection with the
12523		-	recovery, injection or disposal of mineral brines,
12524		-	e. reclaiming facilities only for the processing o f salt
12525		-	water, crude oil, natural gas condensate and tank
12526		-	bottoms or basic sediment from crude oil tanks,
12527		-	pipelines, pits and equipment associated with the
12528		-	exploration, drilling, development, producing or
12529		-	transportation of oil or gas,
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12556		-	f. underground injection control pursuant to the federa l
12557		-	Safe Drinking Water Act and 40 CFR Parts 144 through
12558		-	148, of:
12559		-	(1) Class II injection wells,
12560		-	(2) Class V injection wells uti lized in the
12561		-	remediation of groundwater associated with
12562		-	underground or aboveground storage tanks
12563		-	regulated by the Commission,
12564		-	(3) those wells used for the recovery, injection or
12565		-	disposal of mineral brines as defined in the
12566		-	Oklahoma Brine Development Act, a nd
12567		-	(4) any aspect of any CO2 sequestration facility,
12568		-	including any associated CO2 injection well, over
12569		-	which the Commission is give n jurisdiction
12570		-	pursuant to the Oklahoma Carbon Capture and
12571		-	Geologic Sequestration Act.
12572		-	Any substance that the United States E nvironmental
12573		-	Protection Agency allows to be injected into a Class
12574		-	II well may continue to be so in jected,
12575		-	g. tank farms for storage of crude oil and petroleum
12576		-	products which are located outside the boundaries of
12577		-	refineries, petrochemical manufacturing plan ts,
12578		-	natural gas liquid extraction plants, or other
12579		-	facilities which are subject to the jurisdictio n of
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12606		-	the Department of Environmen tal Quality with regard to
12607		-	point source discharges,
12608		-	h. the construction and operation of pipelines and
12609		-	associated rights-of-way, equipment, facilities or
12610		-	buildings used in the transportation of oil, gas,
12611		-	petroleum, petroleum products, anhydrous ammonia or
12612		-	mineral brine, or in the treatment of oil, gas or
12613		-	mineral brine during the course of transportation but
12614		-	not including line pi pes in any:
12615		-	(1) natural gas liquids extraction plant,
12616		-	(2) refinery,
12617		-	(3) reclaiming facility other than for those
12618		-	specified within subparagraph e of this
12619		-	subsection,
12620		-	(4) mineral brine processing plant, and
12621		-	(5) petrochemical manufacturing plant,
12622		-	i. the handling, transportation, storage and disposition
12623		-	of saltwater, mineral brines, waste oil and other
12624		-	deleterious substances produced from or obtained or
12625		-	used in connection with the drilling, development,
12626		-	producing and operating of oil and gas wells, at:
12627		-	(1) any facility or activity specifically listed in
12628		-	paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection as being
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12655		-	subject to the jurisdiction of the Commi ssion,
12656		-	and
12657		-	(2) other oil and gas extraction facilities and
12658		-	activities,
12659		-	j. spills of deleterious substances associated with
12660		-	facilities and activities specified in paragraph 1 of
12661		-	this subsection or associated with other oil a nd gas
12662		-	extraction facilities and activities,
12663		-	k. subsurface storage of oil, natural gas and liquefied
12664		-	petroleum gas in geologic strata,
12665		-	l. groundwater protecti on for activities subject to the
12666		-	jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility
12667		-	of the Commission,
12668		-	m. utilization and enforce ment of Oklahoma Water Quality
12669		-	Standards and implementation documents, and
12670		-	n. development and promulgation of a Water Quality
12671		-	Standards Implementation Plan pursuant to Section 1-1-
12672		-	202 of this title for its jurisdictional ar eas of
12673		-	environmental responsibili ty.
12674		-	2. The exclusive jurisdiction, power and authority of the
12675		-	Commission shall also extend to the construction, operation,
12676		-	maintenance, site remediation, closure and abandonment of the
12677		-	facilities and activities described i n paragraph 1 of this
12678		-	subsection.
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12705		-	3. When a deleterious substance from a Commission-regulated
12706		-	facility or activity enters a point source discharge of polluta nts
12707		-	or storm water from a facility or activity regulated by the
12708		-	Department of Environmental Qualit y, the Department shall have sole
12709		-	jurisdiction over the point source discharge of the commingled
12710		-	pollutants and storm water from the two facilities or activit ies
12711		-	insofar as Department-regulated facilities and activities are
12712		-	concerned.
12713		-	4. The Commission an d the Department of Environmental Quality
12714		-	are hereby authorized to obtain authorization from the Environmental
12715		-	Protection Agency to administer, within their r espective
12716		-	jurisdictions, any and all programs regulating oil and gas
12717		-	discharges into the waters of this state. For purposes of the
12718		-	federal Clean Water Act, any facility or activity which is subject
12719		-	to the jurisdiction of the Commission pursuant to paragra ph 1 of
12720		-	this subsection and any other oil and gas extraction facility or
12721		-	activity which requires a permit for the discharge of a po llutant or
12722		-	storm water to waters of the United States shall be subject to the
12723		-	direct jurisdiction and permitting authority of the Oklahoma agency
12724		-	having received delegation of this program from the Environmental
12725		-	Protection Agency.
12726		-	5. The Commission shall have jurisdiction over:
12727		-	a. underground storage tanks that contain antifreeze,
12728		-	motor oil, motor fuel, gasoline, kerosene, dies el, or
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12755		-	aviation fuel and that are not located at refineries
12756		-	or at the upstream or intermediate shi pment points of
12757		-	pipeline operations, including, but not limited to,
12758		-	tanks from which these materials are dispensed into
12759		-	vehicles, or tanks used in wholesale o r bulk
12760		-	distribution activities, as well as leaks from pumps,
12761		-	hoses, dispensers, and other ancillar y equipment
12762		-	associated with the t anks, whether above the ground or
12763		-	below; provided, that any point source discharge of a
12764		-	pollutant to waters of the United Sta tes during site
12765		-	remediation or the off-site disposal of contaminated
12766		-	soil, media, or debris shall be regulated by the
12767		-	Department of Environmental Quality,
12768		-	b. aboveground storage tanks that contain antifreeze,
12769		-	motor oil, motor fuel, gasoline, kerosene, dies el, or
12770		-	aviation fuel and that are not located at refineries
12771		-	or at the upstream or intermediate shi pment points of
12772		-	pipeline operations including, but not limited to,
12773		-	tanks from which these materials are dispensed into
12774		-	vehicles, or tanks used in wholesale or bulk
12775		-	distribution activities, as well as leaks from pumps,
12776		-	hoses, dispensers, and other ancillary equipment
12777		-	associated with the ta nks, whether above the ground or
12778		-	below; provided, that any point source discharge of a
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12805		-	pollutant to waters of the United Stat es during site
12806		-	remediation or the off-site disposal of contaminated
12807		-	soil, media, or debris shall b e regulated by the
12808		-	Department of Environmental Quality, and
12809		-	c. the Petroleum Storage Tank Release Environmental
12810		-	Cleanup Indemnity Fund, the Oklahoma Petroleum Storage
12811		-	Tank Release Indemnity Program, and the Oklahoma
12812		-	Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust F und.
12813		-	6. The Department of Enviro nmental Quality shall have sole
12814		-	jurisdiction to regulate the transportation, discharge or release of
12815		-	deleterious substances o r solid or hazardous waste or other
12816		-	pollutants from rolling stock and rail facilities. The Depart ment
12817		-	of Environmental Quality sha ll not have any jurisdiction with
12818		-	respect to pipeline transportation of carbon dioxide.
12819		-	7. The Department of Environmental Q uality shall have sole
12820		-	environmental jurisdiction for point and nonpoint source discharges
12821		-	of pollutants and storm water to waters of the state from:
12822		-	a. refineries, petrochemical manufacturing plants and
12823		-	natural gas liquid extraction plants,
12824		-	b. manufacturing of equipment and products related to oil
12825		-	and gas,
12826		-	c. bulk terminals, aboveground and undergroun d storage
12827		-	tanks not subject to th e jurisdiction of the
12828		-	Commission pursuant to this subsection, and
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12855		-	d. other facilities, activities and sources not subject
12856		-	to the jurisdiction of the Commission or the Oklahoma
12857		-	Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry a s
12858		-	specified by this section.
12859		-	8. The Department of Environmental Quality shall have sole
12860		-	environmental jurisdiction to regulate air emissions from all
12861		-	facilities and sources subject to operating permit requirements
12862		-	under Title V of the federal Clean Air Ac t as amended.
12863		-	F. Oklahoma Conservation Commission. The Oklahoma Conservation
12864		-	Commission shall have the following jurisdictional areas of
12865		-	environmental responsibility:
12866		-	1. Soil conservation, erosion control and nonpoint source
12867		-	management except as otherwi se provided by law;
12868		-	2. Monitoring, evaluation and assessment of waters to determine
12869		-	the condition of streams and rivers being impacted by nonpoint
12870		-	source pollution. In carrying out this area of responsibility, the
12871		-	Oklahoma Conservation Commission shall s erve as the technical lead
12872		-	agency for nonpoint source categories as defined in Section 319 of
12873		-	the federal Clean Water Act or other subsequent federal or state
12874		-	nonpoint source programs, except for activities related to
12875		-	industrial and municipal storm water o r as otherwise provided by
12876		-	state law;
12877		-	3. Wetlands strategy;
12878		-	4. Abandoned mine reclamation;
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12905		-	5. Cost-share program for land use activities;
12906		-	6. Assessment and conservation plan development and
12907		-	implementation in watersheds of clean lakes, as specified by l aw;
12908		-	7. Complaint data management ;
12909		-	8. Coordination of environmental and natural resources
12910		-	education;
12911		-	9. Federal upstream flood control program;
12912		-	10. Groundwater protection for activities subject to the
12913		-	jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility of the
12914		-	Commission;
12915		-	11. Development and promulgation of a Water Quality Standards
12916		-	Implementation Plan pursuant to Section 1-1-202 of this title for
12917		-	its jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility;
12918		-	12. Utilization of Oklahoma Water Quality Standa rds and
12919		-	Implementation documents; and
12920		-	13. Verification and certification of carbon sequestration
12921		-	pursuant to the Oklahoma Carbon Sequestration Enhancement Ac t. This
12922		-	responsibility shall not be superseded by the Oklahoma Carbon
12923		-	Capture and Geologic Seques tration Act.
12924		-	G. Department of Mines Environmental Quality. The Department
12925		-	of Mines Environmental Quality shall also have the following
12926		-	jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility:
12927		-	1. Mining regulation;
12928		-	2. Mining reclamati on of active mines;
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12955		-	3. Groundwater protection for activities subject to the
12956		-	jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibility of the
12957		-	Commission; and
12958		-	4. Development and promulg ation of a Water Quality Standards
12959		-	Implementation Plan pursuant to Section 1 -1-202 of this title for
12960		-	its jurisdictional areas of re sponsibility.
12961		-	H. Department of Wildlife Conservation. The Department of
12962		-	Wildlife Conservation shall have the following juri sdictional areas
12963		-	of environmental responsibilities:
12964		-	1. Investigating wildli fe kills;
12965		-	2. Wildlife protection and seeking wildlife damage claims; and
12966		-	3. Development and promulgation of a Water Quality Standards
12967		-	Implementation Plan pursuant to Section 1 -1-202 of this title for
12968		-	its jurisdictional areas of environmental responsibili ty.
12969		-	I. Department of Public Safety. The Department of Public
12970		-	Safety shall have the following jurisdictional areas of
12971		-	environmental responsibilities:
12972		-	1. Hazardous waste, substanc es and material transportation
12973		-	inspections as authorized by the Hazardous Ma terials Transportation
12974		-	Act; and
12975		-	2. Inspection and audit activities of hazardous waste and
12976		-	materials carriers and handlers as authorized by the Hazardous
12977		-	Materials Transportation A ct.
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13004		-	J. Department of Labor. The Department of Labor shall have the
13005		-	following jurisdictional area s of environmental responsibility :
13006		-	1. Regulation of asbestos in the workplace pursuant to Chapter
13007		-	11 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
13008		-	2. Asbestos monitoring in public and private buildings; and
13009		-	3. Indoor air quality as regulat ed under the authority of the
13010		-	Oklahoma Occupational Hea lth and Safety Standards Act, except for
13011		-	those indoor air quality issues specifically authorized to be
13012		-	regulated by another a gency.
13013		-	Such programs shall be a function of the Department's
13014		-	occupational safety and health jurisd iction.
13015		-	K. Oklahoma Department o f Emergency Management. The Oklahoma
13016		-	Department of Emergency Management shall have the following
13017		-	jurisdictional areas of env ironmental responsibilities:
13018		-	1. Coordination of all emergency resources and activities
13019		-	relating to threats to citizens' lives and property pursuant to the
13020		-	Oklahoma Emergency Resources Management Act of 1967;
13021		-	2. Administer and enforce the planning require ments of Title
13022		-	III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 19 86 and
13023		-	develop such other emergency operations plans that will enable the
13024		-	state to prepare for, respond to, recover from and mitigate
13025		-	potential environmental emergencies and disast ers pursuant to the
13026		-	Oklahoma Hazardous Materials Planning and Notification A ct;
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13053		-	3. Administer and conduct periodic exercises of em ergency
13054		-	operations plans provided for in this subsection pursuant to the
13055		-	Oklahoma Emergency Resources Management Act of 1967;
13056		-	4. Administer and facilitate hazardous materials training for
13057		-	state and local emergency planners and first responders pursuant to
13058		-	the Oklahoma Emergency Resources Management Act of 1967; and
13059		-	5. Maintain a computerized emergency information system
13060		-	allowing state and local access to information regarding hazardous
13061		-	materials' location, quantity and pot ential threat.
13062		-	SECTION 237. AMENDATORY 27A O.S. 2021, Section 2-1-102,
13063		-	is amended to read as follows:
13064		-	Section 2-1-102. As used in the Oklahoma Environmental Quality
13065		-	Code:
13066		-	1. "Administrative hearing " means an individual proceeding,
13067		-	held by the Department when auth orized by the provisions of this
13068		-	Code and conducted pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act,
13069		-	this Code and rules promul gated thereunder, for a purpose specified
13070		-	by this Code. "Administrative hearing" includes "administrative
13071		-	permit hearing", "enforcement hearing" and "administrative
13072		-	enforcement hearing" within the context of this Code. An
13073		-	"administrative hearing " shall be a quasi-judicial proceeding;
13074		-	2. "Administrative Procedures Act " means the Oklahoma
13075		-	Administrative Procedures Act;
13076		-	3. "Board" means the Environmental Quality Board;
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13103		-	4. "Code" means Chapter 2 of this title;
13104		-	5. "Department" means the Department of Envir onmental Quality;
13105		-	6. "Enforcement hearing" means an individual p roceeding
13106		-	conducted pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, this Code
13107		-	and rules promulgated thereunder, for the purpose of enforcing the
13108		-	provisions of this Code, rules promulgated ther eunder and orders,
13109		-	permits or licenses issued pursuant thereto. The term
13110		-	"administrative hearing" shall mean the same as "enforcement
13111		-	hearing" when held for enforcement purposes. An "enforcement
13112		-	hearing" shall be a quasi-judicial proceeding;
13113		-	7. "Environment" includes the air, land, wildlife, and waters
13114		-	of the state;
13115		-	8. "Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the
13116		-	Department of Environmental Quality;
13117		-	9. "Industrial wastewater treatment permit" shall mean permits
13118		-	issued by the Department afte r July 1, 1993, under Section 2-6-501
13119		-	of Title 27A of the Oklahom a Statutes this title, and waste disposal
13120		-	permits issued on or before June 30 , 1993, by the Oklahoma Water
13121		-	Resources Board for land application of industrial waste or surface
13122		-	impoundments or disposal sy stems for industrial waste or wastewater;
13123		-	10. "Nonpoint source" means the contaminatio n of the
13124		-	environment with a pollutant for wh ich the specific point of origin
13125		-	may not be well defined;
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13152		-	11. "Person" means an individual, association, partnership,
13153		-	firm, company, public trust, corporation, joint-stock company,
13154		-	trust, estate, municipality, s tate or federal agency, other
13155		-	governmental entity, any other legal entity or an agent, employee,
13156		-	representative, assignee or successor thereof;
13157		-	12. "Pollution" means the presence in the environment of any
13158		-	substance, contaminant or po llutant, or any other alteration of the
13159		-	physical, chemical or biol ogical properties of the environment or
13160		-	the release of any liquid, gaseous or solid substance into the
13161		-	environment in quantit ies which are or will likely create a nuisance
13162		-	or which render or will likely render th e environment harmful or
13163		-	detrimental or injurious to public health, safety or welfare, or to
13164		-	domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or
13165		-	other legitimate beneficial uses, or to livestock, wild animals,
13166		-	birds, fish or other aquatic life , or to property;
13167		-	13. "Public meeting" means a formal public forum, held by the
13168		-	Department when authorized by the provisions of this Code, and
13169		-	conducted by a presiding officer pursuant to the requirements of
13170		-	this Code and rules promu lgated thereunder, at which an opportunity
13171		-	is provided for the pre sentation of oral and written views within
13172		-	reasonable time limits as determined by the presiding officer.
13173		-	Views expressed at a "public meeting" shall be limited to the topic
13174		-	or topics specified by this Code for such meeting. "Public meeting"
13175		-	shall mean a "public hearing" when held pursuant to requirements of
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13202		-	the Code of Federal Regulations or the Oklahoma Pollutant Discharge
13203		-	Elimination System Act, and shall be synonymous with "formal public
13204		-	meeting" and "informal public meeting" as used within the contex t of
13205		-	this Code and rules promulgated thereunder. A "public meeting"
13206		-	shall not be a quasi-judicial proceeding;
13207		-	14. "State environmental agency" includes the:
13208		-	a. Oklahoma Water Resources Boa rd,
13209		-	b. Oklahoma Corporation Commission,
13210		-	c. State Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
13211		-	Forestry,
13212		-	d. Oklahoma Conservation Commission,
13213		-	e. Department of Wildlife Conservation,
13214		-	f. Department of Mines,
13215		-	g. Department of Public Safety,
13216		-	h. g. Department of Labor,
13217		-	i. h. Department of Enviro nmental Quality, and
13218		-	j. i. Oklahoma Department of Civil Emergency Management; and
13219		-	15. "Waters of the state" means all streams, lakes, ponds,
13220		-	marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, ir rigation
13221		-	systems, drainage systems, storm sewers and all other bodies or
13222		-	accumulations of water, surface and underground, natural o r
13223		-	artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow
13224		-	through, or border upon this state or any portion thereof, and shall
13225		-	include under all circumstances the waters of the United States
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13252		-	which are contained within the boundaries of, flow throug h or border
13253		-	upon this state or any portion thereof.
13254		-	SECTION 238. AMENDATORY 27A O.S. 2021, Section 2 -3-110,
13255		-	is amended to read as follows:
13256		-	Section 2-3-110. A. The Department of Environmental Quality
13257		-	Executive Director shall submit an application to the Speaker of the
13258		-	House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate
13259		-	for the sale of the headquarters building and connected
13260		-	appurtenances of the Department located at 707 N. Robinson in
13261		-	downtown Oklahoma City. The Commissioners of the Land Office shall
13262		-	be responsible for the sale of the building. The funds from the
13263		-	sale of the building sh all be deposited in the Commissioners of the
13264		-	Land Office Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 1011 of Title
13265		-	64 of the Oklahoma Statutes. However, the sale of the building
13266		-	shall not proceed if the Commissioners of the Land Office determine
13267		-	the proceeds offered for the building are not financially
13268		-	sufficient.
13269		-	B. The Department of Environmental Quality, Oklahoma Tourism
13270		-	and Recreation Department, State Department of Health, Oklahoma Tax
13271		-	Commission, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, and Oklahoma Department
13272		-	of Labor and Department of Mines , in addition to the other powers
13273		-	and duties vested by Oklahoma law, shall be authorized to relocate
13274		-	agency offices to a site in Oklahoma County including but not
13275		-	limited to buildings or units, as defined by the Unit Owner ship
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13302		-	Estate Act provided in Section 503 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma
13303		-	Statutes, owned by the Commissioners of the Land Office.
13304		-	C. The new office location or locations shall be occupied by
13305		-	the Department of Environmental Quality, Oklahoma Tourism and
13306		-	Recreation Department, State Department of Health, Oklah oma Tax
13307		-	Commission, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, and Oklahoma Department
13308		-	of Labor and Department of Mines and shall consist of sufficient
13309		-	square footage to accommodate staff offices, program areas, staff
13310		-	conference areas, records and computer areas, gen eral storage areas,
13311		-	security equipment storage areas, main room, reception areas and
13312		-	other necessary areas for operation of the state agencies.
13313		-	D. The Department of Environmental Quality, Oklahoma Tourism
13314		-	and Recreation Department, State Department of Hea lth, Oklahoma Tax
13315		-	Commission, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, and Oklahoma Department
13316		-	of Labor and Department of Mines are authorized to purchase real
13317		-	estate including but not limited to buildings or units, for no more
13318		-	than appraised value or, in the alter native, the Executive Director
13319		-	of the Department of Environmental Quality, Executive Director of
13320		-	the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, Oklahoma Tax
13321		-	Commission, Oklahoma Water Resources Board , and Commissioner of
13322		-	Labor and Oklahoma Mining Commissi on are authorized to enter into a
13323		-	lease-purchase agreement for the acquisition of such buildings or
13324		-	units from the person or entity that will develop or build the
13325		-	buildings or units. In order to maintain th e value of the purchased
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13352		-	or lease-purchase property, each state agency identified in this
13353		-	section may establish a Capital Account Fund for the purpose of
13354		-	paying any proportionate share of common area maintenance, repair
13355		-	and maintenance of agency unit(s), f ixtures and appliances contained
13356		-	therein, improvements and betterments for agency unit(s) and all
13357		-	required maintenance and repair work. The fund shall be a
13358		-	continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall
13359		-	consist of monies transferred fr om the agency's standard
13360		-	appropriations. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are
13361		-	hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the agency
13362		-	for the purpose described in this section. For the purposes of the
13363		-	purchase or build-out of the new office location, the state agencies
13364		-	identified in this section are hereby exempted from the requirements
13365		-	of the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974 as provided in
13366		-	Sections 101 through 139 of Title 61 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The
13367		-	state agencies identified in this section shall, either individuall y
13368		-	or through the Commissioners of the Land Office, be required to
13369		-	collect multiple bids from qualified contractors for the build-out
13370		-	of new office locations.
13371		-	SECTION 239. AMENDATORY 27A O.S. 2021, Section 2-6-111,
13372		-	is amended to read as follows:
13373		-	Section 2-6-111. A. For purposes of this section, a "subject
13374		-	mine" shall mean a mine, as defined in paragraph 2 of Section 723 of
13375		-	Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes, proposed for a location overlying
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13402		-	a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or subbasin, exclusive of
13403		-	any mine that meets at least one of the following conditions:
13404		-	1. As of November 1, 2019, is engaged in the permitted
13405		-	extraction of minerals from natural deposits; or
13406		-	2. Satisfies the criteria of paragraph 1 or 2 of subsection C
13407		-	of Section 1020.2 of Title 82 o f the Oklahoma Statutes; or
13408		-	3. Is not to be permitted to operate for a period of more than
13409		-	five (5) years, with no extensions or renewals; or
13410		-	4. The operation of which will not result in more than five (5)
13411		-	acre-feet per year of groundwater emanating from a sensitive sole
13412		-	source groundwater basin or subbasin to infiltrate its pit, as that
13413		-	term is defined in paragraph 12 of Section 723 of Title 45 of the
13414		-	Oklahoma Statutes.
13415		-	B. Due to the inadequacy of existing technical resources,
13416		-	analytic tools and regulat ory systems for purposes of the effective
13417		-	implementation of statutes relating to the operation of mines that
13418		-	overlies a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or subbasin, the
13419		-	Legislature hereby declares and establishes a moratorium on the
13420		-	Department of Environmental Quality permitting of any discharge from
13421		-	a subject mine to streams fed or supported by water emanating from
13422		-	sensitive sole source groundwater basins or subbasins.
13423		-	C. The moratorium shall remain in effect until such time as:
13424		-	1. The conditions of subsection C of Section 3 1020.9C of this
13425		-	act Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes have been satisfied; and
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13453		-	rules to provide for effective interagency consultation and
13454		-	coordination of activities among the Departm ent, and the Oklahoma
13455		-	Water Resources Board and the Department of Mines on all
13456		-	administrative matters relating to the operation of mines at
13457		-	locations that overlie a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or
13458		-	subbasin.
13459		-	D. Notwithstanding the moratorium, th e Department of
13460		-	Environmental Quality may issue any new permits, permit
13461		-	modifications, permit amendments, permit revisions or permit
13462		-	renewals necessary to maintain compliance or remedy id entified
13463		-	compliance issues pursuant to Title 27A of the Oklahoma Stat utes
13464		-	this title to operators of any mines lawfully engaged in mining, as
13465		-	defined in paragraph 3 of Section 723 of Title 45 of the Oklahoma
13466		-	Statutes.
13467		-	E. The Department of Environmental Quality is he reby authorized
13468		-	and instructed to promulgate rules to impl ement the provisions of
13469		-	this section.
13470		-	F. The Department of Environmental Quality is hereby authorized
13471		-	to cooperate with federal, tribal and any other agency in this state
13472		-	in performing its responsi bilities under this section.
13473		-	SECTION 240. AMENDATORY 27A O.S. 2021, Section 4 -1-102,
13474		-	is amended to read as follows:
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13501		-	Section 4-1-102. For purposes of the Oklahoma Emergency
13502		-	Response Act:
13503		-	1. "State environmental agency " includes:
13504		-	a. the Oklahoma Water Resources Board,
13505		-	b. the Corporation Commission,
13506		-	c. the State Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food,
13507		-	and Forestry,
13508		-	d. the Oklahoma Conservation Commission,
13509		-	e. the Department of Wildlife Conservation,
13510		-	f. the Department of Mines and Mining,
13511		-	g. the Department of Public Sa fety,
13512		-	h. g. the Department of Labor,
13513		-	i. h. the Department of Env ironmental Quality, and
13514		-	j. i. the Oklahoma Department of Civil Emergency Management;
13515		-	2. "Lead official" means the person designated by the contact
13516		-	agency to be the official in charge of the on -site management of the
13517		-	emergency;
13518		-	3. "Emergency" means a sudden and un foreseeable occurrence or
13519		-	condition either as to its onset or as to its extent, of such
13520		-	severity or magnitude that immediate emergency response o r action is
13521		-	necessary to preserve the health and s afety of the public or
13522		-	environment or to preserve property;
13523		-	4. "Dangerous substance" means explosives, gases, flammable
13524		-	liquids and solids, poisons, radioactive materials, hazardous
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13551		-	materials, deleterious substances, oil, or other substance or
13552		-	material in a quantity or form capable of posing an unreasonable
13553		-	risk to public health and safety, property or to the environment;
13554		-	5. "Release" means a leakage, seepage, discharge, emission or
13555		-	escaping of a dangerous substance into the environment of the state;
13556		-	6. "Extreme emergency" means any emergency which requires
13557		-	immediate protective actions;
13558		-	7. "Protective actions" are those steps deemed necessary by
13559		-	first responders to an extreme emergency to preserve the hea lth and
13560		-	safety of the emergency responders, the pu blic and the protection of
13561		-	the environment and property durin g an incident involving the
13562		-	release of a dangerous substance. Protective actions include but
13563		-	are not limited to area isolation, evacuation, dilu tion, cooling,
13564		-	encapsulation, chemical treatment a nd diking;
13565		-	8. "First responder" means the first person to ar rive at the
13566		-	scene of an incident involving the release of a dangerous substance
13567		-	who has the authority by virtue of that person 's position as a local
13568		-	law enforcement officer, peace officer, fire p rotection officer or
13569		-	Oklahoma Highway Patrol Officer or other law enforcement officer;
13570		-	9. "Contact agency" means a municipality, fire department or
13571		-	the Oklahoma Highway Patrol as determined by the location of an
13572		-	incident as follows:
13573		-	Location Contact Agency
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13602		-	b. Outside corporate Closest Municipal
13603		-	limits on private property Fire Department
13604		-	c. Outside corporate limits Oklahoma Highway
13605		-	on federal/state highway, Patrol;
13606		-	public property, county road,
13607		-	or a railroad;
13608		-	10. "Responsible party" means any person who owned, operated,
13609		-	or otherwise controlled activities at the facility at the time the
13610		-	incident or event involving releases of dangerous substances
13611		-	requiring protective actions occurred; and
13612		-	11. "Facility" means:
13613		-	a. any building, structure, installation, eq uipment, pipe
13614		-	or pipeline, including any pipe into a sewer or
13615		-	publicly owned treatment works, well, pit, pond,
13616		-	lagoon, impoundment, ditch, landfi ll, storage
13617		-	container, motor vehicle, rolling stoc k, or aircraft,
13618		-	or
13619		-	b. any site or area where a hazardous subs tance has been
13620		-	deposited, stored, disposed of, or placed, or
13621		-	otherwise came to be located, or
13622		-	c. any vessel, including every description of water craft
13623		-	or other artificial conveyance used, or capa ble of
13624		-	being used, as a means of transportation on water.
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13651		-	SECTION 241. AMENDATORY 29 O.S. 2021, Section 7-401a, is
13652		-	amended to read as follows:
13653		-	Section 7-401a. A. Any person, firm o r corporation who
13654		-	violates any provision of or fails to perfo rm any duty imposed by a
13655		-	state environmental regulatory agency pursuant to the Oklahoma
13656		-	Statutes or rules promulgated thereto, which violation causes the
13657		-	death of fish or other wildlife, shall in addition to the penalties
13658		-	provided by law be liable to pay t he state an amount equal to the
13659		-	sum of money reasonably necessary to restock such waters. Su ch
13660		-	liability shall include replacement cost of fish killed, based on
13661		-	the most recent fish values as of ficially published by the American
13662		-	Fishery Society, Southern Division, all other costs required for
13663		-	such restocking, including but not limited to shipment and handling,
13664		-	or replenish such wildlife and all cost incurred in investigating,
13665		-	locating or establis hing the responsible person, firm or corporation
13666		-	as determined by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission.
13667		-	B. Such amount may be recovered by a sta te environmental
13668		-	regulatory agency on behalf of the state in a civil action brought
13669		-	in the district court with all such monies being provided to the
13670		-	Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission. The Oklahoma Wildlife
13671		-	Conservation Commission shall reimburse t he state environmental
13672		-	regulatory agency issuing the violation for all expenses incurred.
13673		-	C. For purposes of this section, a "state environmental
13674		-	regulatory agency" is defined as the State Oklahoma Department of
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13701		-	Agriculture, Food, and Forestry , the Oklahoma Corporation
13702		-	Commission, the Department of Environmental Quality, the Department
13703		-	of Mines and the Department of Public Safety.
13704		-	SECTION 242. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1.2, is
13705		-	amended to read as follows:
13706		-	Section 1.2 A. Whenever the Board Department of Environmental
13707		-	Quality determines there are reasonable grounds to believe there has
13708		-	been a violation of any order of the Board Department adopted
13709		-	pursuant to Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title, it shall
13710		-	give written notice to the alleged violator specifying the cause of
13711		-	the complaint. Such notice shall require that the matters
13712		-	complained of be corrected within a specified time or that the
13713		-	alleged violator appear before the Board Department at a time and
13714		-	place specified in the notice to answer the charges. The notice
13715		-	shall be delivered to the alleged violator in accordance with the
13716		-	provisions of subsection C of this section not less than twenty (20)
13717		-	days before the time set for the hearing.
13718		-	B. The Board Department shall afford the alleged violator an
13719		-	opportunity for a hearing in conformity with the Administrative
13720		-	Procedures Act. On the basis of the evidence produced at the
13721		-	hearing, the Board Department shall make findings of f act and
13722		-	conclusions of law and enter an order thereon. The Board Department
13723		-	shall give written notice of such order to the alleged violator.
13724		-	The order of the Board Department shall become final and bindin g on
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13751		-	all parties unless a ppealed to the district court within thirty (30)
13752		-	days after notice of such order has been sent to the parties.
13753		-	C. Any notice, order or other instrument issued by the Board
13754		-	Department pursuant to this section may be served either p ersonally,
13755		-	by publication, or by mailing a copy by registered mail directed to
13756		-	the alleged violator at his last -known address as shown by the files
13757		-	or records of the Board Department. Proof of such service shall be
13758		-	filed in the office of the Board Department.
13759		-	D. Unless otherwise specified by law, any pe rson who violates
13760		-	any of the provisions of Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes this
13761		-	title or who violates any order or determination of the Board
13762		-	Department promulgated pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a
13763		-	misdemeanor and in addition thereto may be enjoined from continuing
13764		-	such violation. Each day upon which such violation occurs shall
13765		-	constitute a separate violation.
13766		-	The Attorney General, on the request of the Board Department,
13767		-	shall bring an action against any person violating any order or
13768		-	determination of the Board Department adopted pursuant to Title 45
13769		-	of the Oklahoma Stat utes this title.
13770		-	SECTION 243. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1.3, is
13771		-	amended to read as follows:
13772		-	Section 1.3 A. All hearings required by the Board Department
13773		-	of Environmental Quality may be conducted by the Board Department
13774		-	itself at a regular or special meeting of the Board Department or
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13801		-	the Board Department may designate hearing officers who shall ha ve
13802		-	the power and author ity to conduct such hea rings in the name of the
13803		-	Board Department at any time and place.
13804		-	B. Any person aggrieved b y a final order or other final
13805		-	determination of the Board Department may, or the Attorney General
13806		-	on behalf of the stat e may, petition for a judicial review for
13807		-	rehearing, reopening or reconsideration of the matter, as provided
13808		-	for in Section 317 of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
13809		-	SECTION 244. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1.4, is
13810		-	amended to read as follows:
13811		-	Section 1.4 The Chief Mine Inspector Executive Director of the
13812		-	Department of Environment al Quality or his or her duly authorized
13813		-	representative shall have the power to enter at reasonable times
13814		-	upon any private or public property for the purpose of inspecting
13815		-	and investigating conditions relating to the health and safety of
13816		-	anyone employed in a mine in thi s state or to carry out its duties
13817		-	as required by this title.
13818		-	The Board Department of Environmental Quality may require the
13819		-	maintenance of records relating to mining. Copi es of such records
13820		-	shall be submitted to the Board Department on request.
13821		-	SECTION 245. AMENDATORY 45 O. S. 2021, Section 1.5, is
13822		-	amended to read as follows:
13823		-	Section 1.5 The Board Department of Environmental Quality shall
13824		-	adopt within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the effective date
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13851		-	of this act October 11, 1982, rules and regulations governing
13852		-	ventilation, underground haulage, hoisting operations, explosives,
13853		-	and such other regulations it may deem necessary to protect the
13854		-	health and safety of persons employed in the mines of this state.
13855		-	SECTION 246. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Sect ion 1a, is
13856		-	amended to read as follows:
13857		-	Section 1a. A. The Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of
13858		-	Environmental Quality shall be the policy-determining agency for the
13859		-	Department Division of Mines and shall determine the broad plans and
13860		-	programs for the accomplishment of duties and responsibilities
13861		-	vested by law in said Commission, the Chief Mine Inspector
13862		-	Department and the Department Division of Mines, and may in the
13863		-	absence of an appointed Chief Mine Inspector, fix the duties and
13864		-	responsibilities of personnel employed by the Department Division of
13865		-	Mines including, in the absence of an appointed Chief Mine
13866		-	Inspector, the Division Director of the Department Division of
13867		-	Mines. It The Department shall have the authority to de legate to
13868		-	its chairman, to one or more agents or employees, such powers and
13869		-	duties as it may deem proper. Each member of the Commission shall
13870		-	be reimbursed for actual and necessary travel expenses neces sarily
13871		-	incurred in the discharge of official duties a s provided in the
13872		-	State Travel Reimbursement Act.
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13899		-	B. In addition to other powers and duties specified by law, the
13900		-	Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of Environmental Quali ty shall
13901		-	have the power and duty to:
13902		-	1. Acquire by gift, devise, purchase or oth erwise, absolutely
13903		-	or in trust, and to hold and, unless otherwise restricted by the
13904		-	terms of the gift or devise, any real property or real estate or
13905		-	other interest therein as may be necessary in carrying into effect
13906		-	the purpose of this act .; and
13907		-	2. Enter into contracts and to execute all instruments
13908		-	necessary to fulfill its duties, respecting the protection,
13909		-	preservation, maintenance and operation of such buildings and sites
13910		-	as it may select.
13911		-	SECTION 247. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Sectio n 1b, is
13912		-	amended to read as follows:
13913		-	Section 1b. The chief executive officer of the Department
13914		-	Division of Mines shall be the Chief Mine Inspector Division
13915		-	Director. In the absence of an appointed Chief Mine Inspector the
13916		-	chief executive officer shall be the Director who shall be appointed
13917		-	by the Oklahoma Mining Commission and who shall serve at the
13918		-	pleasure of said Commission and fix his or her duties an d
13919		-	compensation. The Division Director shall be chosen with regard to
13920		-	his or her knowledge, training, experience and ability in
13921		-	administering the functions of the Department Division of Mines. No
13922		-	person shall be appointed Division Director who has not been a
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13949		-	resident and a qualified elector of this state for a period of a t
13950		-	least three (3) years pr eceding appointment. The term "Chief Mine
13951		-	Inspector" appearing in the Oklahoma Statutes shall mean the
13952		-	"Division Director of the Division of Mines".
13953		-	SECTION 248. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1c, is
13954		-	amended to read as follows:
13955		-	Section 1c. Subject to the polic ies, rules and regulations of
13956		-	the Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of Environmental Quality,
13957		-	the Executive Director of the Department of Envir onmental Quality
13958		-	shall:
13959		-	1. Be responsible for organizing the Department Division of
13960		-	Mines in a manner efficiently to achieve the objectives of the
13961		-	Commission Department with regard to the Division;
13962		-	2. Prepare and submit plans for administering the progr ams of
13963		-	the Commission Department administered by the Division;
13964		-	3. Prepare a personnel schedule, employ personnel, define
13965		-	duties, appoint technicians and consultants, and fix salar ies or
13966		-	compensation, upon approval by the Commission Department; and
13967		-	4. Administer all policies formulated and adopted by the
13968		-	Commission Department for implementation by the Divisi on.
13969		-	SECTION 249. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1 d, is
13970		-	amended to read as follows:
13971		-	Section 1d. A. The Division Director of the Department
13972		-	Division of Mines with the approval of the Commission Department of
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13999		-	Environmental Quality shall have and is authorized to exercise the
14000		-	following duties:
14001		-	1. To appoint a miner certification advisory council or other
14002		-	such advisory council as m ay be required to accomplish government
14003		-	functions; and
14004		-	2. To provide assis tance, advice and counsel to the Commission
14005		-	Department when requested.
14006		-	B. Any advisory councils sha ll meet at such times and places as
14007		-	the members may deem most convenient for the transaction of
14008		-	business. A majority of such councils shall constitute a qu orum.
14009		-	Each member of such councils shall be reimbursed for actual and
14010		-	necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties with
14011		-	approval of the Division Director and the Commission Department as
14012		-	provided in the State Travel Re imbursement Act.
14013		-	SECTION 250. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1e, is
14014		-	amended to read as follows:
14015		-	Section 1e. A. There is hereby established the Oklahoma Miner
14016		-	Training Institute. The Oklahoma Miner Training Insti tute shall
14017		-	administer miner safety training pr ograms and economic development
14018		-	programs to assist the mining industry in this state.
14019		-	B. The Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of Environmental
14020		-	Quality shall contract with the Board of Regents of Eastern O klahoma
14021		-	State College in Wilburton for facilities, facult y and services
14022		-	necessary for the operation of the Institute including, but not
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14049		-	limited to, the services of a Director of the Institute and for t he
14050		-	development of appropriate curriculum and other serv ices to be
14051		-	offered by the Institute. The Regents of East ern Oklahoma State
14052		-	College shall appoint a Director for the Oklahoma Miner Tra ining
14053		-	Institute.
14054		-	C. The Director of the Oklahoma Miner Training I nstitute shall
14055		-	have knowledge, training, experience and ability consistent with the
14056		-	functions of the Oklahoma Mi ner Training Institute. Further, the
14057		-	Director shall have been a resident and a qualified elector of this
14058		-	state for a period of at least three ( 3) years prior to his
14059		-	selection as Director.
14060		-	D. The Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of Environmental
14061		-	Quality shall act in an advisory capacity concerning the operations
14062		-	of the Oklahoma Miner Training Institute.
14063		-	SECTION 251. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1f, is
14064		-	amended to read as follows:
14065		-	Section 1f. The Oklahoma Miner Training Institute shall:
14066		-	1. Conduct miner safety training programs consistent with the
14067		-	needs of the mining industry within this state and the training
14068		-	requirements of the Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of
14069		-	Environmental Quality;
14070		-	2. Assist and cooperate with the Oklahoma Mining Commission
14071		-	Department of Environmental Quality by conducting examinations of
14072		-	students of the Oklahoma Miner Training Institute applying for
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14099		-	certificates of competency issued by the Oklahoma Mining Commission
14100		-	Department; and
14101		-	3. Assist the Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of
14102		-	Environmental Quality in developing ways to expand existing markets
14103		-	and create new markets for coal and noncoal mini ng operations and to
14104		-	further the economic development of the mining ind ustry.
14105		-	SECTION 252. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 2, is
14106		-	amended to read as follows:
14107		-	Section 2. A. No person shall act as a mine superintendent,
14108		-	mine foreman, fire boss, shot-firer, certified surface bla ster,
14109		-	hoisting engineer or miner without first having obtained a
14110		-	certificate of competency from the Oklahoma Mining Commission
14111		-	Department of Environmental Quality. No person shall employ such
14112		-	mine superintendent, mine foreman, fire boss, shot-firer, certified
14113		-	surface blaster, hoisting e ngineer or miner who does not hold such
14114		-	certificate. Any person who violates the provisions of this
14115		-	subsection, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than One
14116		-	Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) or be imprisoned in the
14117		-	county jail for a term not more than six (6) months, or both.
14118		-	B. The examination for a certificate of competency as mine
14119		-	superintendent, mine foreman, fire boss, shot-firer, certified
14120		-	surface blaster or hoisting engineer shall be administered by only
14121		-	employees or advisors of the De partment of Mines who also hold equal
14122		-	or higher certificates of competency. The examination shall be
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14150		-	requirements of the coal mining laws of this state.
14151		-	Each applicant for mine superintende nt, mine foreman, fire boss,
14152		-	certified surface blaster, hoisting engineer or shot-firer shall
14153		-	hold a first-aid certificate issued within one (1) year prior to the
14154		-	date of the examination of the Department by an organization
14155		-	recognized by the Oklahoma Mining Commission Department.
14156		-	C. The Department shall hold monthly examinations for
14157		-	certificates of competency as underground miners. Applicants for
14158		-	such certificate may be gra nted a temporary permit by the Commission
14159		-	Department until an examination is held b y the Department in the
14160		-	region in which the applicant resides. Applicants must successfully
14161		-	answer a written or oral examination pertaining to such requirements
14162		-	and qualifications of underground miners as are determined nec essary
14163		-	by the Commission Department.
14164		-	D. Certificates of competenc y shall be granted by the Oklahoma
14165		-	Mining Commission Department to persons who have given the
14166		-	Department satisfactory evidence of their abi lity to perform the
14167		-	duties and skills as are requir ed for the Council. Previous
14168		-	experience and record of service of the applicant shall have equal
14169		-	weight with the examination.
14170		-	E. The minimum experience necessary for certificates of
14171		-	competency are as follo ws:
14172		-	1. Shot-firer - 1 year's practical underground
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14200		-	2. Certified surface blaster - 1 year's practical
14201		-	experience.
14202		-	3. Hoisting engineer - 1 year's practical
14203		-	hoisting experience.
14204		-	4. Fire boss - 2 years' practical underground
14205		-	experience.
14206		-	5. Mine foreman - 3 years' practical underground
14207		-	experience.
14208		-	6. Superintendent - 5 years' practical underground
14209		-	experience.
14210		-	7. Practical miner - 1 year's practical experience
14211		-	as a miner or the equivalent
14212		-	experience as defined by the
14213		-	Commission Department.
14214		-	Provided that the underground experience requirement for mine
14215		-	foreman and the superin tendent shall not apply to those positions in
14216		-	surface mining.
14217		-	F. A student who has completed an acc redited two-year or four-
14218		-	year mining program shall be credited one (1) ye ar of experience
14219		-	toward a fire boss, mine foreman o r superintendent certification.
14220		-	SECTION 253. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 3, is
14221		-	amended to read as follows:
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14248		-	Section 3. The Chief Mine Inspector Division Director of the
14249		-	Division of Mines within the Department of Environmental Quality
14250		-	shall be a citizen of the United State s and shall have been a
14251		-	resident of the State of Oklahoma for the three (3) years prior to
14252		-	his or her appointment to office. In addition, the Chief Mine
14253		-	Inspector Division Director shall have had eight (8) ye ars' actual
14254		-	experience as a practical miner. For the purposes of t his section
14255		-	employment as an inspector for the Department Division of Mines
14256		-	shall be considered practical mining experience . The Chief Mine
14257		-	Inspector Division Director shall be appointed by the Governor by
14258		-	and with the consent of the Senate for a term of four (4) years to
14259		-	run concurrently with the term of the Governor. At any time that
14260		-	such office becomes vacant, the Governor shall appoint with the
14261		-	consent of the Senate a successor to complete the unfinished term of
14262		-	office Executive Director of the Department of Environmental Quality
14263		-	and shall serve at the pleasure of th e Executive Director and may be
14264		-	removed or replaced without cause. Compensat ion for the Division
14265		-	Director shall be determined by the Executive Director.
14266		-	The Executive Director of the Department of Environmental
14267		-	Quality may appoint a Deputy Division Direct or. The Deputy Chief
14268		-	Mine Inspector Division Director shall possess the same residency
14269		-	requirements necessary for the Chief Mine Inspector Division
14270		-	Director. The Deputy Chief Mine Inspector shall be appointed by and
14271		-	shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and Division Director
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14299		-	Deputy shall be determined by the Executive Director. The Deputy
14300		-	shall be under the direction of the Chief Mine Inspector Division
14301		-	Director. The Deputy Chief Mine Inspector Division Director shall
14302		-	assume all of the duties and responsibilities of the Chief Mine
14303		-	Inspector Division Director in the absence of the Chief Mine
14304		-	Inspector Division Director.
14305		-	The assistant mine Mine inspectors shall be appointed by and at
14306		-	all times be under the direction of the Chief Mine Inspector
14307		-	Division Director. The assistant mine inspectors appointed to
14308		-	inspect underground mining opera tions shall have a minimum of three
14309		-	(3) years' practical mining experience, and shall have obtained as a
14310		-	minimum a certificate of competency as a mine foreman.
14311		-	SECTION 254. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 5, is
14312		-	amended to read as follows:
14313		-	Section 5. Certifications required by this title shall be
14314		-	issued under the signature and seal of the Oklahoma Mining
14315		-	Commission Department of Environmental Quality. Such certificates
14316		-	shall bear the date of issua nce, full name and age of the recipient
14317		-	and shall designate the position for which the recipient is
14318		-	certified by the Commission Division of Mines. Applications for
14319		-	certificates of competency shall be accompanied with the following
14320		-	fees:
14321		-	1. Superintendent $20.00
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14349		-	3. Fire boss 10.00
14350		-	4. Shot-firer 10.00
14351		-	5. Certified surface blaster 10.00
14352		-	6. Hoisting engineer 10.00
14353		-	7. Practical miner 5.00
14354		-	SECTION 255. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Sect ion 6, is
14355		-	amended to read as follows:
14356		-	Section 6. The Secretary of the Oklahoma Mining Commission
14357		-	Department of Environmental Quality shall make a record of the names
14358		-	and addresses of all persons to whom certifi cates are issued.
14359		-	Certificates of competency when issued as provided for herein, shall
14360		-	entitle the holders ther eof to accept and discharge the duties for
14361		-	which said certificates declare them qualified.
14362		-	The Division Director shall advise the Oklahoma Mining
14363		-	Commission Department of Environmental Quality as far in advance as
14364		-	possible the date and place of an examination to be held by the
14365		-	Department, and shall, as soon as examination is completed, furnish
14366		-	the Commission Department a list of the names of all persons who
14367		-	took the examination and persons successfully completing said
14368		-	examination shall be duly notified.
14369		-	SECTION 256. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 8, is
14370		-	amended to read as follows:
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14397		-	Section 8. The Secretary of the Board Division Director of the
14398		-	Division of Mines may, upon the recommendati on of at least two other
14399		-	members of the Board, issue a temporary permit to an applicant for a
14400		-	certificate for mine foreman, fire boss, shot-firer or hoisting
14401		-	engineer. Said temporary permit shall be valid only until next
14402		-	meeting of the Board or not to exc eed thirty-one (31) days.
14403		-	SECTION 257. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 31, is
14404		-	amended to read as follows:
14405		-	Section 31. On or before the first day of August of each year,
14406		-	the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director of the Division of Mines
14407		-	shall submit to the Governor Department of Environmental Quality a
14408		-	report on the various systems of mining practiced in the state,
14409		-	methods of mine ventilation, type of machinery employed, and such
14410		-	other matters as may pertain to the general welfare of the public,
14411		-	miners and others connected with mining.
14412		-	SECTION 258. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 34, is
14413		-	amended to read as follows:
14414		-	Section 34. The Chief Mine Inspector Division Director of the
14415		-	Division of Mines shall have an office at the seat of government in
14416		-	which he or she shall keep the maps and plans of all mines in the
14417		-	state and all records, correspondence, papers, apparatus and other
14418		-	property belonging to the state pertaining to his or her office.
14419		-	All such property shall be kept in accessible and convenient form,
14420		-	in a fire proof vault convenient to his or her office and furnished
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14448		-	property. The Chief Mine Inspector Division Director shall not
14449		-	permit such maps, plans, records and papers to be removed from his
14450		-	or her office.
14451		-	SECTION 259. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 41, is
14452		-	amended to read as follows:
14453		-	Section 41. In case of dispute between operators and miners on
14454		-	the proper interpretation of rules, regulations, a nd laws in
14455		-	relation to mines and subjects relating thereto and providing for
14456		-	the health and safety of persons employed therein, and the dispute
14457		-	is filed in formal written form with the Department of Mines
14458		-	Environmental Quality, the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director of
14459		-	the Division of Mines shall call request a meeting of the Mining
14460		-	Environmental Quality Board to review the dispute. An opinion of
14461		-	the proper interpretation of the disputed rule, regulation, or law,
14462		-	concurred in by a majority of the Mining Board, shall be binding
14463		-	upon the mining department Division of Mines to enforce, and the
14464		-	operators and miners must abide by the opinion unless the opinion of
14465		-	the Mining Board is at variance with an opinion of interpretation by
14466		-	the Attorney General of the intent of the rule, regulation, or law.
14467		-	In case the opinion of the Attorney General is at variance with the
14468		-	opinion of the Mining Board, then all parties must abide by the
14469		-	opinion of the Attorney General, except that all parties shall have
14470		-	recourse to courts of this state.
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14497		-	In case operators or miners shall file formal written charges
14498		-	with the Department of Mines Environmental Quality that any law or
14499		-	laws in relation to mining and subjects relating thereto and
14500		-	providing for the health and safety of persons employed therein ha ve
14501		-	been violated, the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director shall call
14502		-	the parties involved before the Mining Board Department to hear the
14503		-	evidence for and the defense against said charges. By majority vote
14504		-	the charges are valid an d true.
14505		-	SECTION 260. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 44, is
14506		-	amended to read as follows:
14507		-	Section 44. If the Attorney General shall seek redress on
14508		-	behalf of the state as provided for in the Administrative Procedures
14509		-	Act, the Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of Environmental
14510		-	Quality is empowered to appoint a special counsel for such
14511		-	proceedings.
14512		-	SECTION 261. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 45, is
14513		-	amended to read as follows:
14514		-	Section 45. In addition to its other powers, the Oklahoma
14515		-	Mining Commission Department of Environmental Quality is authorized
14516		-	and directed, within the limits of funds available to it, to engage
14517		-	in a continuing study of the mining laws of this state, and of
14518		-	changes therein required in order to carry out to the greatest
14519		-	practicable extent the policies, goals, objectives and
14520		-	recommendations of the Commission Department, and to make
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14547		-	recommendations and prepare proposed legislation for such purposes.
14548		-	Such recommendations and propo sed legislation shall, as they are
14549		-	completed, be filed with the President Pro Tempore of the Senat e and
14550		-	the Speaker of the Hou se of Representatives.
14551		-	SECTION 262. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 46, is
14552		-	amended to read as follows:
14553		-	Section 46. The Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of
14554		-	Environmental Quality is authorized and directed, within the limits
14555		-	of funds available to it, to study ways to expand existing markets
14556		-	and create new markets for Oklahoma coal and other mineral s, to
14557		-	study the impact of sulfur emission standards on burning of
14558		-	Oklahoma-mined coal, and to make recommendations to the Governor and
14559		-	Legislature for such purposes in a current and updated report by
14560		-	February 1, 1988.
14561		-	SECTION 263. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 46.1, is
14562		-	amended to read as follows:
14563		-	Section 46.1 The Department of Environmental Quality, in
14564		-	cooperation with the Department of Mines is authorized and directed,
14565		-	within the limits of federal funds available to the Departm ent of
14566		-	Environmental Quality or any funds available to the Department of
14567		-	Mines, to study ways to remediate acid mine drainage produced from
14568		-	abandoned coal mines within this state, which the Legislature hereby
14569		-	finds to be a significant water pollution and w ater quality problem.
14570		-	The Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Mines
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14598		-	government agencies, and educational institutions, which address
14599		-	acid mine drainage.
14600		-	Any local, state, and educational institution w ithin this state
14601		-	implementing water quality projects which pertain to acid mine
14602		-	drainage shall coordinate and cooperate with the Department of
14603		-	Environmental Quality and the Department of Mines to implement the
14604		-	provisions of this section. The Department of Environmental Quality
14605		-	and the Department of Mines shall make every effort to obtain full
14606		-	cooperation and coordination from any federal agency which
14607		-	implements any project pertaining to acid mine drainage.
14608		-	SECTION 264. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 48, is
14609		-	amended to read as follows:
14610		-	Section 48. The Oklahoma Department of Mines Department of
14611		-	Environmental Quality shall have jurisdiction over only those borrow
14612		-	pits which are located on property permitted as commercial mining
14613		-	operations pursuant to Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title.
14614		-	SECTION 265. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 723, is
14615		-	amended to read as follows:
14616		-	Section 723. Whenever used or referred to in Sections 722
14617		-	through 738 of this title, unless a different meaning clearly
14618		-	appears from the context:
14619		-	1. "Overburden" means all of the earth and other materials
14620		-	which lie above natural deposits of minerals, and also means such
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14647		-	earth and other materials disturbed from their natural state in the
14648		-	process of surface mining;
14649		-	2. "Mine" means an underground or surface excavation and
14650		-	development with or without shafts, slopes, drifts or tunnels for
14651		-	the extraction of minerals, with hoisting or haulage equipment and
14652		-	appliances for the extraction thereof, and shall embrace any and all
14653		-	of the land or property of the plant, and the surface and
14654		-	underground, that contribute directly or indirectly to the mining
14655		-	properties, concentration or handling of minerals;
14656		-	3. "Mining" means the extraction of minerals from natural
14657		-	deposits by any method or process;
14658		-	4. "Minerals" means asphalt, clay, copper, granite, gravel,
14659		-	gypsum, lead, marble, salt, sand, shale, stone, tripoli, volcanic
14660		-	ash and zinc, or any other substance commonly recognized as a
14661		-	mineral, and includes ores or rock containing any such substances,
14662		-	but excludes oil, gas and any other mineral found naturally in a
14663		-	liquid or gaseous state;
14664		-	5. "Underground mining" means those mining operations carried
14665		-	out beneath the surface by means of shafts, slopes, tunnels or other
14666		-	openings leading to the mineral being mined and the extraction of
14667		-	the mineral through such shafts, slopes, tunnels or their openings;
14668		-	6. "Surface mining" means those mining operations carried out
14669		-	on the surface, including strip mining, auger mining, quarrying,
14670		-	dredging, pumping, or the use of hydraulic methods.
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14697		-	Surface mining shall not include excavation or removal of shale,
14698		-	sand, gravel, clay, rock or other materials in remote areas by an
14699		-	owner or holder of a possessory interest in land for the primary
14700		-	purpose of construction or maintenance of access roads to or on such
14701		-	landowner's property. Surface mining shall not include excavations
14702		-	or grading conducted for forming, on-site road construction or other
14703		-	on-site construction, or the extraction of minerals other than
14704		-	anthracite and bituminous coal by a landowner for noncommercial use
14705		-	from land owned or leased by the landowner; nor mining for
14706		-	commercial purposes conducted under a Limited Use Permit issued by
14707		-	the Department of Environmental Quality; nor the extraction of sand,
14708		-	gravel, rock, stone, earth or fill from borrow pits for highway
14709		-	construction purposes, so long as such work is performed under a
14710		-	bond, contract and specifications which substantially provide for
14711		-	and require reclamation of the area affected; nor to the handling,
14712		-	processing or storage of slag on the premises of a manufacturer as a
14713		-	part of the manufacturing process. Surface mining shall not include
14714		-	the surface mining of coal or the surface effects of underground
14715		-	coal mining;
14716		-	7. "Strip mining" means those mining operations carried out by
14717		-	removing the overburden lying above natural deposits of minerals,
14718		-	and mining directly from such natural deposits thereby exposed, but
14719		-	excludes auger mining, quarrying, dredging, pumping or the use of
14720		-	hydraulic methods;
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14748		-	suitable for any uses or purposes consistent with those enumerated
14749		-	in Section 722 of this title, and to avoid, minimize or correct
14750		-	adverse environmental effects of mining operations;
14751		-	9. "Box cut" means the first open cut in strip mining which
14752		-	results in the placing of overburden on unmined land adjacent to the
14753		-	initial pit and outside the area to be mined;
14754		-	10. "Consolidated material" means material of sufficient
14755		-	hardness or ability to resist weathering and to inhibit erosion or
14756		-	sloughing;
14757		-	11. "Operator" means any person, partnership, firm or
14758		-	corporation engaged in and controlling a mining operation;
14759		-	12. "Pit" means a tract of land from which overburden or
14760		-	minerals have been or are being removed in the process of surface
14761		-	mining;
14762		-	13. "Affected land" means the area of land from which
14763		-	overburden shall have been removed, or upon which overburden or
14764		-	refuse has been deposited, or both;
14765		-	14. "Refuse" means all waste material directly connected with
14766		-	the production, cleaning or preparation of minerals which have been
14767		-	mined by either underground or surface mining method;
14768		-	15. "Ridge" means a lengthened elevation of overburden created
14769		-	in the surface mining process;
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14797		-	the surface mining process;
14798		-	17. "Department" means the office of the Chief Mine Inspector,
14799		-	herein called the Department of Mines and Mining Environmental
14800		-	Quality, or such department, bureau or commission as may lawfully
14801		-	succeed to the powers and duties of such department;
14802		-	18. "Division Director" means the Chief Mine Inspector of the
14803		-	State of Oklahoma Division Director of the Division of Mines of the
14804		-	Department of Environmenta l Quality or such officer, bureau or
14805		-	commission as may lawfully succeed to the powers and duties of such
14806		-	Chief Mine Inspector Division Director;
14807		-	19. "Borrow pit" means the one-time or intermittent extraction
14808		-	of sand, gravel, rock, stone, earth or fill in its natural state,
14809		-	not being mechanically altered to affect its size for government-
14810		-	financed construction purposes. Such work shall be performed under
14811		-	a bond, contract and specifications which s ubstantially provide for
14812		-	and require reclamation of the affected area; and
14813		-	20. "Dimension stone quarry" means a site where natural stone
14814		-	used as building material is excavated and the stones are selected,
14815		-	trimmed, or cut to specified shapes or sizes.
14816		-	SECTION 266. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 724, is
14817		-	amended to read as follows:
14818		-	Section 724. A. It shall be unlawful for any operator to
14819		-	engage in any mining operations in this state without first
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14846		-	obtaining a permit or a Limited Use Permit from the Department of
14847		-	Mines Environmental Quality for each separate mining operation. The
14848		-	Department shall determine what constitutes a separate mining
14849		-	operation by rules promulgated under the Mining Lands Reclamation
14850		-	Act.
14851		-	B. Any operator desiring to engage in limited mining ac tivity
14852		-	may apply for a Limited Use Permit for those mining oper ations not
14853		-	eligible for a surface mining permit. Application for such permit
14854		-	shall be made upon forms furnished by the Department. The form
14855		-	shall contain a description of the tract or tracts of land and shall
14856		-	include the section, township, range and coun ty in which the land is
14857		-	located. A map shall be attached to the application which
14858		-	accurately outlines and locates the tract of land. A statement that
14859		-	the applicant has the right and power by legal estate owned to mine
14860		-	the land so described shall be inclu ded with the application. In
14861		-	addition, the following conditions and requirements shall apply to
14862		-	Limited Use Permits:
14863		-	1. The maximum acreage shall be restricted to two (2) acres;
14864		-	2. The term of a Limited Use Permit shall not exceed twelve
14865		-	(12) months from the date of issuance;
14866		-	3. A Limited Use Permit shall not carry a right of successive
14867		-	renewal;
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14895		-	Section 725 of this title within s ix (6) months following the
14896		-	expiration of the permit term;
14897		-	5. A three-thousand-five-hundred-dollar reclamation bond must
14898		-	be filed with the Department prior to issuance of the permit;
14899		-	6. Failure to reclaim the site disturbance within the permitted
14900		-	time frame or revocation of the Limited Use Permit will be cause for
14901		-	bond forfeiture or other action as may be ordered by the Department;
14902		-	7. The use of processing equipment shall not be approved for a
14903		-	Limited Use Permit;
14904		-	8. The use of explosives shall not be ap proved under a Limited
14905		-	Use Permit;
14906		-	9. A processing fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) shall
14907		-	accompany the application for a Limited Use Permit; and
14908		-	10. Mining production shall be reported and paid as required by
14909		-	Section 931 of this title.
14910		-	If the above listed conditions and requirements are met, the
14911		-	Department may issue a Limited Use Permit which shall not be subject
14912		-	to the notice and publication requirements as otherwise required by
14913		-	this section.
14914		-	C. 1. Any operator desiring to engage in surface mining shall
14915		-	make written application to the Department for a permit.
14916		-	Application for such permit shall be made upon a form furnished by
14917		-	the Department. The form shall contain a description of the tract
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14945		-	by surface mining by the operator. The description s hall include
14946		-	the section, township, range and county in which the land is located
14947		-	and shall otherwise describe the land with sufficient certainty so
14948		-	that it may be located and distinguished fro m other lands.
14949		-	2. Transmission lines shall be plotted on a loc ation map
14950		-	submitted with the application. A statement that the operator has
14951		-	the right and power by legal estate owned to mine by surface mining
14952		-	the land so described shall be included with the application.
14953		-	D. 1. Any operator desiring to engage in underg round mining
14954		-	shall make written application to the Department for a permit.
14955		-	Application for such permit shall be made upon a form furnished by
14956		-	the Department. The form shall contain a descrip tion of the tract
14957		-	or tracts of land to be used as refuse dispos al areas. The
14958		-	description shall include the section, township, range and county in
14959		-	which the land is located and shall otherwise describe the land with
14960		-	sufficient certainty so that it may be l ocated and distinguished
14961		-	from other lands.
14962		-	2. A statement that the applicant has the right and power by
14963		-	legal estate owned to use the land so described as a refuse disposal
14964		-	area shall be included with the application.
14965		-	E. Each application for a permit und er subsections C and D of
14966		-	this section shall be accompanied by a plan of reclamation of the
14967		-	affected land that meets the requirements of the Mining Lands
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14994		-	Reclamation Act. The application shall set forth the proposed use
14995		-	to be made of the affected land, th e grading to be accomplished, the
14996		-	type of revegetation, and sha ll include the approximate time of
14997		-	grading and initial revegetation effort.
14998		-	F. Each application for a permit under subsections C and D of
14999		-	this section shall be accompanied by the bond or secur ity meeting
15000		-	the requirements of Section 728 of this title, or proof that such
15001		-	bond or security is still in effect, and a fee of One Hundred
15002		-	Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00) for each permit year, payable at the
15003		-	rate of One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.0 0) per year on the
15004		-	anniversary date of the year in which the pe rmit or permit renewal
15005		-	was issued. All application fees shall be submitted to the State
15006		-	Treasurer, who shall deposit them in the Department of Mines
15007		-	Environmental Quality Revolving Fund established in Section 2 -3-401
15008		-	of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
15009		-	G. 1. Upon the receipt o f such application, bond or security
15010		-	and fee due from the operator, the Department may issue a permit to
15011		-	the applicant which shall entitle the applicant to engage in mining
15012		-	on the land therein described in accordance with the rules
15013		-	promulgated by the Depar tment, for the life expectancy of the
15014		-	operation unless the operator is in violation of any state statute
15015		-	or rule of the Department in which case the Department shall take
15016		-	appropriate action against the operator.
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15044		-	filed prior to the expiration of the existing permit in accordance
15045		-	with the rules promulgated by the Department.
15046		-	3. No permit shall be issued except upon proper application and
15047		-	public hearing, if requested.
15048		-	H. 1. a. Upon filing the application with the Department, the
15049		-	applicant shall place an advertisement in a newspaper
15050		-	of general circulation in the vicinity of the mining
15051		-	operation, containing such information as is required
15052		-	by the Department, at least once a week for four (4)
15053		-	consecutive weeks.
15054		-	b. The advertisement shall contain, at a minimum, the
15055		-	following:
15056		-	(1) the name and business address of the applicant,
15057		-	(2) a description which clearly shows or describes
15058		-	the precise location and boundaries of the
15059		-	proposed permit area and is suffic ient to enable
15060		-	local residents to readily identify the proposed
15061		-	permit area. It may include towns, bodies of
15062		-	water, local landmarks, and any other information
15063		-	which would identify the location,
15064		-	(3) the location where a copy of the application is
15065		-	available for public inspection,
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15092		-	(4) the name and address of the Department where
15093		-	written comments, objections, or requests for
15094		-	informal conferences on the application may be
15095		-	submitted pursuant to subsection P of this
15096		-	section,
15097		-	(5) if an applicant seeks a permit to mine which
15098		-	includes relocation or closing of a public road,
15099		-	a copy of the county resolution pertaining to the
15100		-	affected county road, and
15101		-	(6) such other information as is required by the
15102		-	Department.
15103		-	2. Any property owner or resident of an occupied dwelling who
15104		-	may be adversely affected located within one (1) mile of the mining
15105		-	operation shall have the right to protest the issuance of a permit
15106		-	and request a public hearing.
15107		-	3. The Department shall notify the surface owners of any
15108		-	hearings in connection with a pplications or permits in the same
15109		-	manner as the operator is notified.
15110		-	4. Such protests must be received by the Department within
15111		-	fourteen (14) days after the date of publication of the newspaper
15112		-	advertisement. If a public hearing is requested, the Depar tment
15113		-	shall then hold an informal hearing in the vicinity of the proposed
15114		-	mining.
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15142		-	Department shall determine whether to issue or deny the permit, and
15143		-	shall notify all parties of its decision.
15144		-	6. Any decision regarding the issuance of a permit under this
15145		-	section shall be appealable when entered, as provided in the
15146		-	Administrative Procedures Act.
15147		-	I. Each application for a new operation shall contain, where
15148		-	applicable, a list of all other licenses and per mits needed by the
15149		-	applicant to conduct the proposed mining operation. This list shall
15150		-	identify each license and permit by:
15151		-	1. Type of permit or license;
15152		-	2. Name and address of issuing authority;
15153		-	3. Identification number or a copy of the application fo r
15154		-	permits or licenses or, if issued, a copy of the permit or license;
15155		-	and
15156		-	4. If a decision has been made, the date of approval or
15157		-	disapproval by each issuing authority.
15158		-	An existing operation which does not have on file a list of the
15159		-	applicable licenses or permits with the Department on the date of
15160		-	enactment of this act shall not be out of compliance with the
15161		-	provisions of this section. Any renewal of an existing permit or
15162		-	expansion or amendment to an existing operation upon time of
15163		-	application shall submi t a copy of all approved licenses and permits
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15191		-	Identifications of all permits and licenses shall include local
15192		-	government agencies with jurisdiction over or an interest in the
15193		-	area of the proposed mining operation including, but not limited to,
15194		-	planning agencies, water and sewer authorities; and all state and
15195		-	federal government agencies with authority to issue permits and
15196		-	licenses applicable to the proposed mining operation, including all
15197		-	state environmental agencie s, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.
15198		-	Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service
15199		-	district office, and federal fish and wildlife agencies.
15200		-	J. An operator desiring to have such operator's permit amended
15201		-	to cover additional land may fil e an amended application with the
15202		-	Department. Upon receipt of the amended application, and such
15203		-	additional bond as may be required under the provisions of the
15204		-	Mining Lands Reclamation Act, the Department shall issue an
15205		-	amendment to the original permit cov ering the additional land
15206		-	described in the amended application, without the payment of any
15207		-	additional fee.
15208		-	K. An operator may withdraw any land covered by a permit,
15209		-	deleting affected land therefrom, by notifying the Department, in
15210		-	which case the penalty o f the bond or security filed by such
15211		-	operator pursuant to the provisions of the Mining Lands Reclamation
15212		-	Act shall be reduced proportionately.
15213		-	L. Permits issued to an operator may be transferable to another
15214		-	operator, provided the new operator can demonstr ate to the
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15241		-	Department, prior to the transfer of ownership, that conditions and
15242		-	obligations required for the permit will be met and the new operator
15243		-	has submitted a performance bond or other guarantee, or has obtained
15244		-	the bond coverage of the original permi ttee.
15245		-	M. The perimeter of the permit area shall be clearly marked by
15246		-	durable and recognizable markers or by other means approved by the
15247		-	Department.
15248		-	N. The Department shall determine the blasting distance to
15249		-	transmission lines by rule.
15250		-	O. 1. If any mining operations where blasting is required
15251		-	occur within the limits of a municipality with a population in
15252		-	excess of three hundred thousand (300,000) according to the latest
15253		-	Federal Decennial Census or within the limits of a municipality
15254		-	within a county with a population in excess of three hundred
15255		-	thousand (300,000) according to the latest Federal Decennial Census,
15256		-	the application for a permit pursuant to subsections C and D of this
15257		-	section shall be accompanied by proof that the operator is in full
15258		-	compliance with all applicable regulations of the municipality.
15259		-	Certified copies of any required municipal permits and any other
15260		-	required written municipal approvals shall be attached to the
15261		-	application when submitted to the Department. No mining permit
15262		-	shall be issued by the Department unless the applicant first
15263		-	complies with the requirements of this subsection. A municipality
15264		-	is not required to reconsider requests denied by the municipality
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15292		-	has been a material change in the application.
15293		-	2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this subsection shall not
15294		-	apply to existing permitted operations, revisions or amendments
15295		-	thereto, or any application on file with the Department prior to May
15296		-	25, 2005. In additi on, the provisions of paragraph 1 of this
15297		-	subsection shall not apply to any future operation on property
15298		-	directly adjacent to property on which a permitted operation is
15299		-	located, provided that the operation is permitted and the adjacent
15300		-	property is owned or leased by the operator on the effective date of
15301		-	this act. For purposes of this subsection, properties separated by
15302		-	a public road shall be considered to be adjacent.
15303		-	P. Within a reasonable time, as established by the Department,
15304		-	written comments or objec tions on permit or bond release
15305		-	applications may be submitted to the Department by public entities
15306		-	including but not limited to the local soil conservation district,
15307		-	with respect to the effects of the proposed mining operations on the
15308		-	environment.
15309		-	Q. Any person having an interest in or who is or may be
15310		-	adversely affected by the decision on a permit or bond release
15311		-	application, or any federal, state or local agency, shall have the
15312		-	right to request in writing that the Department hold an informal
15313		-	conference a formal hearing on the application. The Department
15314		-	shall hold the informal conference formal hearing within a
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15341		-	reasonable time following the receipt of the written request at a
15342		-	location in the vicinity of the proposed or active surface mining or
15343		-	reclamation operation.
15344		-	SECTION 267. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 72 5, is
15345		-	amended to read as follows:
15346		-	Section 725. A. All affected land other than lands affected by
15347		-	coal mining operations shall be recl aimed as provided in this
15348		-	section.
15349		-	B. The operator shall determine which parts of the affected
15350		-	land shall be reclaimed for forest, pasture, crop, horticultural,
15351		-	homesite, recreational, industrial or other use including food,
15352		-	shelter and ground cover for w ildlife.
15353		-	C. All ridges and peaks of overburden created by surface mining
15354		-	shall be graded to a rolling topography traversable by machines or
15355		-	equipment customarily used in connection with the use to be made of
15356		-	the land after reclamation, but such slopes nee d not be reduced to
15357		-	less than the original grade of the area prior to mining, and the
15358		-	slope of the ridge of overburden resulting from a box cut need not
15359		-	be reduced to less than twenty-five degrees (25°) from horizontal.
15360		-	Surface mining operations conducted in the flood plains of streams
15361		-	and rivers and subject to periodic flooding shall be exempt from the
15362		-	grading requirements of this section.
15363		-	D. The operator may construct earth dams to form lakes in pits
15364		-	resulting from surface mining operations, provided tha t the
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15391		-	formation of lakes shall not interfere with other mining operations
15392		-	or damage property of others.
15393		-	E. The operator shall cover the exposed face of a mineral seam,
15394		-	where significant concentrations of acid-forming materials are
15395		-	present, to a depth of n ot less than three (3) feet with earth that
15396		-	will support plant life or with a permanent water impoundment.
15397		-	F. The operator shall grade down the banks of any pits or
15398		-	depressions created by the removal of sand or gravel by surface
15399		-	mining to a degree of slop e determined by the Department, which
15400		-	shall give due consideration to the natural topography of the land
15401		-	affected and adjacent lands, the composition of such banks and the
15402		-	most beneficial use of the pits and depressions comprising the
15403		-	affected land after r eclamation. If the pits or depressions are
15404		-	deeper than ten (10) feet, the operator may elect to bench the
15405		-	highwall, provided that such benches are not in excess of ten (10)
15406		-	feet in height.
15407		-	G. All affected land except that which is to be covered with
15408		-	water or used for homesites or industrial purposes shall be
15409		-	revegetated by the planting of seeds, plants, trees, shrubs or other
15410		-	plantings appropriate to the use to be made of the land as
15411		-	determined by the operator. No planting of any kind shall be
15412		-	required on any affected land so long as the chemical and physical
15413		-	characteristics of the soil of such affected land are toxic,
15414		-	deficient in plant nutrients or composed of sand, gravel, shale or
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15442		-	Department may prescribe by rules and regulations the required
15443		-	density of such plantings, and may make replanting requirements.
15444		-	H. Except where prevented by weather conditions, all grading
15445		-	shall be completed within one (1) year after mining of the affected
15446		-	land has been completed. Initial seeding or planting shall be made
15447		-	at the first appropriate time following completion of grading. If
15448		-	the operator is unable to acquire sufficient planting stock of
15449		-	desired species from state nurseries, or acquire such specie s
15450		-	elsewhere at comparable prices the Department of Environmental
15451		-	Quality shall grant the operator an extension of time until planting
15452		-	stock is available to plant such land as originally planned.
15453		-	I. In any noncoal mining operation where the type and amount of
15454		-	material removed precludes the filling of the quarry, the Department
15455		-	of Mines shall prescribe necessary measures for the protection of
15456		-	the public and animal life.
15457		-	SECTION 268. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 727, is
15458		-	amended to read as foll ows:
15459		-	Section 727. The Department of Environmental Quality, or its
15460		-	accredited representatives, may enter upon the lands of the operator
15461		-	at all reasonable times, for the purpose of inspection, to determine
15462		-	whether the provisions of thi s act have been complied with.
15463		-	SECTION 269. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 728, is
15464		-	amended to read as follows:
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15491		-	Section 728. A. Any bond required to be filed with the
15492		-	Department of Environmental Quality by the operator shall be in such
15493		-	form as the Division Director prescribes, payable to the State of
15494		-	Oklahoma, conditioned that the operator shall faithfully perform all
15495		-	requirements of the Mining Lands Reclamation Act and comply with all
15496		-	rules of the Department made in accordance with the provisions of
15497		-	the Mining Lands Reclamation Act. Such bond shall be signed by the
15498		-	operator as principal, and by a good and sufficient corporate
15499		-	surety, licensed to do business in the state, as surety.
15500		-	B. The penal sum of such b ond shall be determined by the
15501		-	Department and shall depend on the performance requirements of the
15502		-	approved permit. The minimum bond shall be Two Thousand Dollars
15503		-	($2,000.00).
15504		-	In determining the amount of the bond, the Department shall take
15505		-	into consideration the character and nature of the overburden, the
15506		-	future suitable use of the land involved and the cost of reclamation
15507		-	to be required.
15508		-	C. A bond shall not be cancelable by the surety except after
15509		-	not less than ninety (90) days' prior written notice to t he
15510		-	Department. Bonds may be continued in effect from year to year, and
15511		-	a new bond need not be provided for each permit application. A
15512		-	single bond may cover all of the operator's mining operations in the
15513		-	state. The penalty of the bond or amount of cash a nd securities, as
15514		-	provided in subsection E of this section, shall be increased or
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15541		-	reduced from time to time as provided in the Mining Lands
15542		-	Reclamation Act.
15543		-	D. If the license to do business in the state of any surety
15544		-	upon a bond filed with the Department pursuant to the Mining Lands
15545		-	Reclamation Act shall be suspended or revoked, the operator, within
15546		-	thirty (30) days after receiving notice from the Department, shall
15547		-	substitute for such surety a good and sufficient corporate surety
15548		-	licensed to do business in the state. Upon failure of the operator
15549		-	to make substitution of surety as required, the Department shall
15550		-	have the right to suspend the permit of the operator to conduct
15551		-	operations upon the land described in such permit until such
15552		-	substitution has been ma de.
15553		-	E. In lieu of such bond, the operator may deposit cash
15554		-	government securities, Certificates of Deposit or an irrevocable
15555		-	letter of credit with the Department in an amount equal to that of
15556		-	the required bond on conditions as prescribed by the Department. In
15557		-	the discretion of the Department surety bond requirements may also
15558		-	be fulfilled by using existing reclaimed areas, in excess of
15559		-	cumulative permit or mined acres, that have been completed under the
15560		-	jurisdiction of the Mining Lands Reclamation Act and a pproved by the
15561		-	Department.
15562		-	F. Such bond or security shall remain in effect until the mined
15563		-	acres have been reclaimed, approved and released by the Department.
15564		-	If the Department determines that grading has been satisfactorily
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15591		-	completed pursuant to the Min ing Lands Reclamation Act, the
15592		-	Department may release up to eighty percent (80%) of the penal sum
15593		-	of the bond filed for each acre of land graded. The remaining
15594		-	portion of the bond shall continue in effect until the completion of
15595		-	the requirements pursuant to Section 725 of this title.
15596		-	SECTION 270. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 729, is
15597		-	amended to read as follows:
15598		-	Section 729. The Department of Mines Environmental Quality
15599		-	shall notify the operator and the surety in writing of any claimed
15600		-	violation of the provisions of the Mining Lands Reclamation Act or
15601		-	the rules of the Department. If the alleged violation is discovered
15602		-	as a result of a citizen complaint and the person claiming the
15603		-	violation states in writing the desire that the source of the
15604		-	complaint be kept confidential, t he Department shall maintain such
15605		-	information in confidence. If the operator denies the alleged
15606		-	violation, the Department shall hold a hearing on said charges.
15607		-	Said hearing shall be held not less than thirty (30) days from the
15608		-	notice of hearing.
15609		-	At such hearing the operator shall have the right to present
15610		-	evidence in opposition to the claimed violation.
15611		-	If upon such hearing the Department shall determine that a
15612		-	violation has occurred, the Department shall make detailed findings
15613		-	of fact and conclusions of law. The surety, if applicable, may
15614		-	perform for the operator.
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15641		-	If the operator or surety, if applicable, fails to perform the
15642		-	corrective work required by the Department or fails to properly
15643		-	perform said work, the Department may initiate permit revocation
15644		-	and/or bond forfeiture proceedings. After successful collection of
15645		-	the security required by Section 728 of this title, the Department
15646		-	shall contract for the work to be done consistent with all state
15647		-	requirements. The Department shall not issue any permits to an
15648		-	operator who has failed to perform such corrective work, or has
15649		-	defaulted with respect to the bond or other security required by
15650		-	Section 728 of this title, until such obligations are met by the
15651		-	operator or his surety or agent, as determined by the D epartment.
15652		-	If the Department determines that an entity or individual has
15653		-	mined without a permit in violation of Section 724 of this title,
15654		-	the Department shall assess a fine of up to Ten Thousand Dollars
15655		-	($10,000.00) against the entity, individuals, or age nts of said
15656		-	entity. Any agent is jointly and severally liable with its
15657		-	principal for such violation and any resulting fines.
15658		-	The Department may pursue civil action for relief, including a
15659		-	permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or any other
15660		-	appropriate order in the district court for the district in which
15661		-	the illegal mining operation is located, in which the entity,
15662		-	individuals, or agents of said entity, have their principal offices,
15663		-	or in Oklahoma County, to enforce any Department action aga inst the
15664		-	entity, individual, or agents. Further, the Department shall be
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15691		-	entitled to recover penalties or fines assessed for mining without a
15692		-	permit from the entity, individuals or agents conducting said mining
15693		-	in violation of this title. The Department shall also be entitled
15694		-	to reasonable attorneys fees incurred in enforcing this provision.
15695		-	All monies collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in
15696		-	the Department of Mines Environmental Quality Revolving Fund.
15697		-	In order to fully inform affected surface owners who have filed
15698		-	a complaint of any alleged violations affecting the surface estate
15699		-	by an operator, the Department shall:
15700		-	1. Provide by mail to the affected surface owners who have
15701		-	filed a complaint, a copy of any alleged violations affecting the
15702		-	surface estate issued to the operator within five (5) days after
15703		-	such violation is cited;
15704		-	2. Notify the surface owners who have filed a complaint of any
15705		-	hearings in connection to alleged violations affecting the surface
15706		-	estate in the same manner and at the same time as the operator; and
15707		-	3. Provide surface owners who have filed a complaint with
15708		-	complete information on the disposition of all violations affecting
15709		-	the surface estate cited at the same time the operator is notified.
15710		-	SECTION 271. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 731, is
15711		-	amended to read as follows:
15712		-	Section 731. The operator shall submit to the Department of
15713		-	Environmental Quality, no later than September 1 following the end
15714		-	of each permit year, a map in a form appr oved by the Department
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15742		-	and county, with such other description as will identify the land
15743		-	which the operator has affected by mining during such permit year
15744		-	and has completed mining operatio ns thereon, with a legend u pon such
15745		-	map showing the number of acres of affected land. Such map shall
15746		-	also show in acres the extent of the reclamation accomplished on the
15747		-	affected land, including grading and revegetation efforts, as of the
15748		-	end of the permit year, and shall show by a ppropriate designation
15749		-	any deviation from the plan of reclamation filed under subsection
15750		-	(c) E of Section 724 of this title and the reasons therefor.
15751		-	Whenever an operator shall have completed all requirements under
15752		-	the provisions of this act as to any affect ed land, he shall notify
15753		-	the Department thereof. If the Department determines that the
15754		-	operator has completed reclamation requirements and achieved results
15755		-	appropriate to the use for which the area was reclaimed, the
15756		-	Department shall release the operator from further obligations
15757		-	regarding such affected land and the penalty of the bond shall be
15758		-	reduced proportionately.
15759		-	SECTION 272. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 732, is
15760		-	amended to read as follows:
15761		-	Section 732. In addition to the duties and powers conferred on
15762		-	the Department of Environmental Quality in other provisions of this
15763		-	act, the Department shall have au thority and power to:
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15790		-	(a) 1. Adopt and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations
15791		-	respecting the administration of this act and in conformity
15792		-	therewith and the Administrative Procedures Act.;
15793		-	(b) 2. Order, after hearing, the revocation of any permit
15794		-	issued hereunder for violation of this act.;
15795		-	(c) 3. Cause to be instituted, in any court of competent
15796		-	jurisdiction, legal proceedings for injunctive or other appropriate
15797		-	relief to enforce this act.;
15798		-	(d) 4. Make investigations and inspections which are neces sary
15799		-	or appropriate to insure compliance with this act.;
15800		-	(e) 5. Collect and disseminate information relating to
15801		-	reclamation of affected lands.; and
15802		-	(f) 6. Request the assistance of any federal or state agency
15803		-	for technical advice or any other type of assistance deemed
15804		-	necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.
15805		-	SECTION 273. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 733, is
15806		-	amended to read as follows:
15807		-	Section 733. At the request of the De partment of Environmental
15808		-	Quality, the Attorney General shall provide such legal assistance as
15809		-	may be needed in interpreting, enforcing and carrying out the
15810		-	provisions of this act including, but not limited to, institution of
15811		-	and prosecuting legal actions and proceedings for injunctive relief
15812		-	and this improvement shall include the provis ions of Section 17
15813		-	hereof 737 of this title.
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15841		-	amended to read as follows:
15842		-	Section 734. Any act authorized to be done by the Department of
15843		-	Environmental Quality related to mining may be performed by the
15844		-	Chief Mine Inspector Division Director of the Division of Mines , or
15845		-	an assistant designated by him or her.
15846		-	SECTION 275. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 735, is
15847		-	amended to read as follows:
15848		-	Section 735. The Department of Environmental Quality is
15849		-	designated as the agency to make safety inspections in sand, sand
15850		-	and gravel, and in quarrying operations. Any person required by
15851		-	this act to have a permit who engages in mining without a valid
15852		-	permit therefor issued pursuant to this act is guilty of a
15853		-	misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than
15854		-	Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars
15855		-	($1,000.00). Each day of operation without the permit required by
15856		-	this act shall be deemed a separate violation.
15857		-	SECTION 276. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 738, is
15858		-	amended to read as follows:
15859		-	Section 738. All final decisions and orders of the Department
15860		-	of Environmental Quality shall be subject to judicial review of the
15861		-	acts of administrative agencies.
15862		-	SECTION 277. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 742.1, is
15863		-	amended to read as follows:
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15890		-	Section 742.1 This act shall be known and may be cited as the
15891		-	"Coal Reclamation Act of 1979".
15892		-	It is the intent of the Oklahoma Legislature that th e Coal
15893		-	Reclamation Act of 1978, Sections 742 Section 742.1 et seq. of Title
15894		-	45 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and this Coal Reclamation Act of 1979,
15895		-	be read together as the law regulating the reclamation of lands
15896		-	affected by surface coal mining operations and the surface effects
15897		-	of underground coal mining, to bring Oklahoma into compliance with
15898		-	Public Law 95-87, the "Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
15899		-	1977".
15900		-	The provisions of the Mining Lands Reclamation Act, Sections 721
15901		-	through 728 of Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall not apply to
15902		-	surface coal mining operations or the surface effects of underground
15903		-	coal mining operations.
15904		-	The Oklahoma Legislature finds and declares that coal mining
15905		-	operations presently contribute significantly to the nation's energy
15906		-	requirements, that Oklahoma's coal production is part of those
15907		-	energy requirements, and that the cooperative effort established by
15908		-	this act is necessary to prevent or mitigate adverse environmental
15909		-	effects of all surface mining operations.
15910		-	It is the purpose of this act to protect the rights of surface
15911		-	owners and the environment, and to require reclamation of lands
15912		-	affected by surface and underground coal mining in a manner
15913		-	compatible with the social, environmental and aesthetic needs of
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15941		-	operations should not be conducted. It is the intent of the
15942		-	Legislature to insure the existence of an expanding and economically
15943		-	healthy coal mining industry and that there be public participation
15944		-	in the development of rules and regulations appropriate to the State
15945		-	of Oklahoma and that the Department of Mines Environmental Quality
15946		-	exercise the full reach of its powers to insure the protection of
15947		-	the public interest through the effective control of surface mining
15948		-	operations.
15949		-	SECTION 278. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 742.2, is
15950		-	amended to read as follows:
15951		-	Section 742.2 As used in this act:
15952		-	1. "Acid drainage" means water with a pH of less than 6.0
15953		-	Standard Units and in which total acidity exceeds total alkalinity,
15954		-	discharged from active, inactive, or abandoned mines and from areas
15955		-	affected by surface coal mining and reclamation operations.;
15956		-	2. "Acid-forming materials" means earth materials that contain
15957		-	sulfide minerals or other materials which, if exposed to air, water,
15958		-	or weathering processes, will result in the formation of acids that
15959		-	may create acid drainage.;
15960		-	3. "Adjacent area" means land located outside the affected
15961		-	area, permit area, or mine plan area, depending on the context in
15962		-	which "adjacent area" is used, where air, surface or ground water,
15963		-	fish, wildlife, vegetation or other resources protected by this act
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15990		-	may be adversely impacted by surface coal mining and r eclamation
15991		-	operations.;
15992		-	4. "Affected area" means, with respect to surface mining
15993		-	activities, any land or water upon or in which those activities are
15994		-	conducted or located. With respect to underground mining
15995		-	activities, "affected area" means any water or s urface land upon or
15996		-	in which those activities are conducted or located, and land or
15997		-	water which is located above underground mine workings.;
15998		-	5. "Approximate original contour" means that surface
15999		-	configuration achieved by backfilling and grading of the mine d areas
16000		-	so that the reclaimed area, including any terracing or access roads,
16001		-	closely resembles the general surface configuration of the land
16002		-	prior to mining and blends into and complements the drainage pattern
16003		-	of the surrounding terrain, with all highwalls , spoil piles and coal
16004		-	refuse piles eliminated. Water impoundments may be permitted where
16005		-	the regulatory authority determines that they are in compliance with
16006		-	Section 745.18 of this title and applicable rules and regulations.;
16007		-	6. "Aquifer" means a zone, stratum, or group of strata confined
16008		-	or unconfined, including perched conditions, that can store and
16009		-	transmit water in sufficient quantities for a specific use.;
16010		-	7. "Auger mining" means a method of mining coal at a cliff or
16011		-	highwall by drilling holes laterally into an exposed coal seam from
16012		-	the highwall and transporting the coal along an auger bit to the
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16041		-	results in the placing of overburden on unmined land adjacent to the
16042		-	initial pit and outside the area to be min ed.;
16043		-	9. "Coal exploration" means the gathering of surface or
16044		-	subsurface geologic, physical, or chemical data by mapping,
16045		-	trenching, drilling, geophysical or other techniques necessary to
16046		-	determine the quality and quantity of overburden and coal of an area
16047		-	and the gathering of environmental data to establish the conditions
16048		-	of the area beginning before surface coal mining and reclamation
16049		-	operations.;
16050		-	10. "Coal processing plant" means a collection of facilities
16051		-	where run-of-the-mine coal is prepared for market by chemical or
16052		-	physical processing, and separated from its impurities. The
16053		-	processing plant may consist of, but not be limited to, the
16054		-	following support facilities: loading facilities; storage and
16055		-	stockpile facilities; shed, shops and other buildings; w ater
16056		-	treatment and water storage facilities; settling basins and
16057		-	impoundments; coal processing and other waste disposal areas; roads,
16058		-	railroads and other transport facilities; and utilities.;
16059		-	11. "Consolidated material" means material of sufficient
16060		-	hardness or ability to resist weathering and to inhibit erosion or
16061		-	sloughing.;
16062		-	12. "Department" means the office of the Chief Mine Inspector
16063		-	Department of Environmental Quality and Division of Mines housed
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16090		-	therein, including all employees, agents, deputies, and
16091		-	representatives of the De partment, herein called the Department of
16092		-	Mines and Mining Environmental Quality, or such department, bureau
16093		-	or commission as may lawfully succeed to the powers and duties of
16094		-	such department, having primary responsibility for administering all
16095		-	titles of the Surface Mining Law.;
16096		-	13. "Division Director" means the Chief Mine Inspector Division
16097		-	Director of the State of Oklahoma Division of Mines of the
16098		-	Department of Environmental Quality or such officer, bureau or
16099		-	commission as may lawfully succeed to the powers and duties of such
16100		-	Chief Mine Inspector Division Director or such employee, agent,
16101		-	deputy or representative of the Chief Mine Inspector Division
16102		-	Director as shall be designated by the Chief Mine Inspector Division
16103		-	Director to perform any actions required by this act.;
16104		-	14. "Disturbed area" means an area where vegetation, topsoil,
16105		-	or overburden is removed by surface coal mining operations or upon
16106		-	which topsoil, spoil, coal processing waste or noncoal waste is
16107		-	placed. Those areas are "disturbed" until reclamation of those
16108		-	areas is complete and the bond or other assurance of performance is
16109		-	released.;
16110		-	15. "Diversion" means a channel, embankment, or other manmade
16111		-	structure constructed for the purpose of diverting the flow of water
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16140		-	surface coal mining and reclamation are completed and
16141		-	which has been approved for retention by the
16142		-	Department and other appropriate state and fe deral
16143		-	agencies,
16144		-	b. Temporary diversion means a diversion which is used
16145		-	during coal exploration or surface coal min ing and
16146		-	reclamation operations, and not approved by the
16147		-	Department to remain after reclamation as part of the
16148		-	approved postmining land use.;
16149		-	16. "Ephemeral stream" means a stream which flows only in
16150		-	direct response to precipitation in the immediate watersh ed or in
16151		-	response to the melting of snow and ice, and which has a channel
16152		-	bottom that is always above the local water table.;
16153		-	17. "Ground water" means subsurface water that fills available
16154		-	openings in rock or soil materials such that they may be considered
16155		-	water-saturated.;
16156		-	18. "Head-of-hollow fill" means a fill structure consisting of
16157		-	any material, other than coal processing waste and organi c material,
16158		-	placed in the uppermost reaches of a hollow where side slopes of the
16159		-	existing hollow measured at the stee pest point are greater than
16160		-	twenty (20) degrees or the average slope of the profile of the
16161		-	hollow from the toe of the fill to the top of th e fill is greater
16162		-	than ten (10) degrees. In fills with less than two hundred fifty
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16190		-	mining, the top surface of the fill will be at the elevation of the
16191		-	coal seam. In all other head-of-hollow fills, the top surface of
16192		-	the fill, when completed, is at approximately the same elevation as
16193		-	the adjacent ridge line, and no significant area of natural drainage
16194		-	occurs above the fill draining into the fill area.;
16195		-	19. "Highwall" means the face of exp osed overburden and coal in
16196		-	an open cut of a surface or for entry to an underground coal mine.;
16197		-	20. "Hydrologic balance" means the relationship between the
16198		-	quality and quantity of inflow to, outflow from and storage in a
16199		-	hydrologic unit such as a drainage basin, aquifer, soil zone, lake,
16200		-	or reservoir. It encompasses the quantity and quality relationships
16201		-	between precipitation, runoff, evaporation, and the change in ground
16202		-	and surface water storage.;
16203		-	21. "Hydrologic regime" means the entire state of water
16204		-	movement in a given area. It is a function of the climate, and
16205		-	includes the phenomena by which water first occurs as a tmospheric
16206		-	water vapor, passes into a liquid or solid form and falls as
16207		-	precipitation, moves along or into the ground surface, and retur ns
16208		-	to the atmosphere as vapor by means of evaporation and
16209		-	transpiration.;
16210		-	22. "Imminent danger to the health and safety of the public"
16211		-	means the existence of any condition or practice, or any violation
16212		-	of a permit or other requirements of this act in a su rface coal
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16240		-	violation could reasonably be expected to caus e substantial physical
16241		-	harm to persons outside the permit area before such condition,
16242		-	practice, or violation can be abated. A reasonab le expectation of
16243		-	death or serious injury before abatement exists if a rational
16244		-	person, subjected to the same condition o r practice giving rise to
16245		-	the peril, would not expose oneself to the danger during the time
16246		-	necessary for abatement.;
16247		-	23. "Impoundment" means a closed basin, naturally formed or
16248		-	artificially built, which is dammed or excavated for the retention
16249		-	of water, sediment, or waste.;
16250		-	24. "In situ processes" means activities conducted on the
16251		-	surface or underground in connection with in-place distillation,
16252		-	retorting, leaching, or other chemical or physical processing of
16253		-	coal, to include, but not be limited to, in situ gasification, in
16254		-	situ leaching, slurry mining, solution mining, bore hole mining and
16255		-	fluid recovery mining.;
16256		-	25. "Intermittent stream" means a stream or reach of a stream
16257		-	that drains a watershed of at least one (1) square mile, or a stream
16258		-	or reach of a stream that is below the local water table for at
16259		-	least some part of the year, and obtains its flow from both surface
16260		-	runoff and ground water discharge.;
16261		-	26. "Operator" means any person, partnership, firm or
16262		-	corporation engaged in coal mining who removes or intends to remove
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16289		-	more than two hundred fifty (250) tons from the earth within twelve
16290		-	(12) consecutive months in any one location.;
16291		-	27. "Other minerals" means clay, stone, sand, gravel,
16292		-	metalliferous and nonmetalliferous ores, and any other solid
16293		-	material or substances of commercial value excavated in solid form
16294		-	from natural deposits on or in the earth, exclusive of coal and
16295		-	those minerals which occur naturally in liquid or gaseous form.;
16296		-	28. "Overburden" means all of the earth and other materials,
16297		-	excluding topsoil, which lie above natural deposits of coal and
16298		-	other minerals, and also means such earth and other materials
16299		-	disturbed from their natural state in the process of surface
16300		-	mining.;
16301		-	29. "Peak" means an upward projecting point of overburden
16302		-	created in the surface mining process.;
16303		-	30. "Perennial stream" means a stream or part of a stream that
16304		-	flows continuously during all of the calendar year as a result of
16305		-	groundwater discharge or surface runoff.;
16306		-	31. "Performance bond" means the indemnity instrument in a sum
16307		-	certain, supported by a surety's guarantee, pledge of collateral or
16308		-	other acceptable contractual guarantee, by which the permit
16309		-	applicant assures faithful performance of all the applicable permit
16310		-	requirements of this act and the rules and regulat ions promulgated
16311		-	thereunder.;
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16339		-	reclamation operations issued by the Department pursuant to state
16340		-	law.;
16341		-	33. "Permit area" means the area, including all natural and
16342		-	human resources, included wit hin the boundaries specified in a
16343		-	permit, whether or not the areas will be impacted by surface coal
16344		-	mining and reclamation operations, which are designated on the
16345		-	approved maps submitted by the applicant with his permit application
16346		-	and covered by the perfo rmance and reclamation bonds as required.;
16347		-	34. "Permittee" means a person holding a "permit" to conduct
16348		-	surface coal mining and reclamation operations issued by the
16349		-	Department pursuant to state law.;
16350		-	35. "Pit" means a tract of land from which overburden or
16351		-	minerals have been or are being removed in the process of surface
16352		-	mining.;
16353		-	36. "Prime farmland" means lands which meet the criteria of the
16354		-	Department, which shall prescribe criteria at least as stringent as
16355		-	criteria prescribed by the United States Secr etary of Agriculture on
16356		-	the basis of such factors as moisture availability, temperature
16357		-	regime, chemical balance, permeability, surface layer composition,
16358		-	susceptibility to flooding, and erosion characteristics, and which
16359		-	historically have been used for in tensive agricultural purposes.;
16360		-	37. "Reclamation" means, through the process of backfilling,
16361		-	regrading, topsoil replacement, reutilization, and revegetation
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16388		-	activities, the bringing back of land to its approximate original
16389		-	contours and configuration, and resulting in an equal or better land
16390		-	use category, and shall be consistent with the existing surrounding
16391		-	environment.;
16392		-	38. "Reference areas" means land units of varying size and
16393		-	shape identified and maintained under appropriate management for the
16394		-	purpose of measuring ground cover, productivity and species
16395		-	diversity that are produced naturally or by crop production methods
16396		-	approved by the Department. Reference areas must be representative
16397		-	of geology, soils, slope, aspect and vegetation in the permit area.;
16398		-	39. "Refuse" means all waste material directly connected with
16399		-	the production, cleaning or preparation of coal or other minerals
16400		-	which have been mined by either underground or surface mining
16401		-	method.;
16402		-	40. "Regulatory authority" means the Department of Mines and
16403		-	Mining. Environmental Quality;
16404		-	41. "Ridge" means a lengthened elevation of overburden created
16405		-	in the surface mining process.;
16406		-	42. "Significant, imminent environmental harm to land, air or
16407		-	water resources" is determined as follows:
16408		-	a. An environmental harm is any adverse impact on land,
16409		-	air, or water resources, including but not limited to,
16410		-	plant and animal life,
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16438		-	practice or violation exists which:
16439		-	(1) is causing such harm or,
16440		-	(2) may reasonably be expected to cause such harm at
16441		-	any time before the end of the reasonable
16442		-	abatement time that would be set under Section
16443		-	775 of this title,
16444		-	c. An environmental harm is significant if that harm is
16445		-	appreciable and not immediately reparable.;
16446		-	43. "Slope" means average inclination of a surface, measured
16447		-	from the horizontal; normally expressed as a unit of vertical
16448		-	distance to a given number of units of horizontal distance (e.g.,
16449		-	one unit vertical (1v) to five units horizontal (5h) = 11.3
16450		-	degrees).;
16451		-	44. "Soil horizons" means contrasting layers of soil lying one
16452		-	below the other, parallel or near parallel to the land surface.
16453		-	Soil horizons are differentiated on the basis of field
16454		-	characteristics and laboratory data. The three (3) major soil
16455		-	horizons are:
16456		-	a. "A horizon". The uppermost layer in the soil profile
16457		-	often called the surface soil. It is the part of the
16458		-	soil in which organic matter is most abundant and
16459		-	where leaching of soluble or suspended particles is
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16488		-	horizon and often called the subsoil. This middle
16489		-	layer commonly contains more clay, iron or aluminum
16490		-	than the A or C horizons, and
16491		-	c. "C horizon". The deepest layer of the soil profile.
16492		-	It consists of loose material or weathered rock that
16493		-	is relatively unaffected by biologic activity.;
16494		-	45. "Spoil" means displaced overburden.;
16495		-	46. "Strip mining" means those mining operations carried out by
16496		-	removing the overburden lying above natural deposits of coal and
16497		-	other minerals, and mining directly from such natural deposits
16498		-	thereby exposed, but excludes auger mining, quarrying, dredging,
16499		-	pumping or the use of hydraulic methods.;
16500		-	47. "Substantially disturb" means, for purposes of coal
16501		-	exploration, to significantly impact upon land, air or water
16502		-	resources by such activities as blasting, mechanical excavation of
16503		-	land, drilling or altering coal or water exploratory holes or wells,
16504		-	construction or creation of roads and other access routes, and the
16505		-	placement of structures, excavated earth or other debris upon the
16506		-	surface of land.;
16507		-	48. "Surface coal mining and reclamation operations" means
16508		-	surface mining operations and all activities necessary and incident
16509		-	to the reclamation of such operations.;
16510		-	49. "Surface coal mining operations" means:
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16537		-	a. Activities conducted on the surface of lands in
16538		-	connection with a surface coal mine or surface
16539		-	operations and surface impacts incident to an
16540		-	underground coal mine. Such activities include
16541		-	excavation for the purpose of obtaining coal,
16542		-	including such common methods as contour, strip,
16543		-	auger, mountaintop removal, box cut, open pit, and
16544		-	area mining, the uses of explosives and blasting, in
16545		-	situ distillation or retorting, leachi ng or other
16546		-	chemical or physical processing, and the cleaning,
16547		-	concentrating, or other processing or preparation,
16548		-	loading of coal at or near the mine site. Such
16549		-	activities do not include the extraction of coal
16550		-	incidental to the extraction of other mineral s where
16551		-	coal does not exceed sixteen and two-thirds percent
16552		-	(16 2/3%) of the tonnage of minerals removed for the
16553		-	purposes of commercial use or sale or coal
16554		-	exploration, subject to Section 745.11 of this title,
16555		-	and
16556		-	b. The areas upon which such activities oc cur or where
16557		-	such activities disturb the natural land surface.
16558		-	Such areas shall also include any adjacent land, the
16559		-	use of which is incidental to any such activities, all
16560		-	lands affected by the construction of new roads or
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16587		-	improvement or use of existing ro ads to gain access to
16588		-	the site of such activities and for haulage and
16589		-	excavations, workings, impoundments, dams, ventilation
16590		-	shafts, entryways, refuse banks, dumps, stockpiles,
16591		-	overburden piles, spoil banks, culm banks, tailings,
16592		-	holes or depressions, repa ir areas, storage areas,
16593		-	processing areas, shipping areas and other areas upon
16594		-	which are sited structures, facilities, or other
16595		-	property or materials on the surface, resulting from
16596		-	or incident to such activities.;
16597		-	50. "Surface water" means water, either f lowing or standing, on
16598		-	the surface of the earth.;
16599		-	51. "Topsoil" means the "A" soil horizon, which is the
16600		-	uppermost layer of the three (3) major soil horizons.;
16601		-	52. "Underground mining activities" means a combination of:
16602		-	a. surface operations incident to underground extraction
16603		-	of coal or in situ processing, such as construction,
16604		-	use, maintenance, and reclamation of ro ads, above-
16605		-	ground repair areas, storage areas, processing areas,
16606		-	shipping areas, areas upon which are sited support
16607		-	facilities including hois t and ventilating ducts,
16608		-	areas utilized for the disposal and storage of waste,
16609		-	and areas on which materials inciden t to underground
16610		-	mining operations are placed, and
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16638		-	construction, operation, and reclamation of shafts,
16639		-	adits, underground support facilities, in situ
16640		-	processing, and underground mining, hauling, storage,
16641		-	and blasting, and
16642		-	c. the areas in which activities enumerated above occur
16643		-	or where such activities disturb the natural land
16644		-	surface.;
16645		-	53. "Unwarranted failure to comply" means the failure of a
16646		-	permittee to prevent the occurrence of any violation of his permit
16647		-	or any requirement of this act due to indifference, lack of
16648		-	diligence, or lack of reasonable care, or the failure to abate any
16649		-	violation of such permit or the act due to indifference, lack of
16650		-	diligence, or lack of reasonable care.; and
16651		-	54. "Water table" means the upper surface of a zone of
16652		-	saturation, where the body of ground water is not confined by an
16653		-	overlying impermeable zone.
16654		-	SECTION 279. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.1, is
16655		-	amended to read as follows :
16656		-	Section 745.1 A. It shall be unlawful for any operator to
16657		-	engage in any mining operations in this state without first
16658		-	obtaining from the Department of Environmental Quality a permit to
16659		-	do so for each separate mining operation. The Department shall
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16686		-	determine what constitutes a separate mining operation by rules and
16687		-	regulations promulgated under the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979.
16688		-	B. Any operator desiring to engage in surface mining eight (8)
16689		-	months after the appr oval of Oklahoma's regulatory program by the
16690		-	United States Secretary of the Interior shall make written
16691		-	application to the Department for a permit within two (2) months
16692		-	after the approval of the state program. Before the approval of the
16693		-	Oklahoma program by the Secretary of the Interior, the requirements
16694		-	of the Coal Reclamation Act of 1978 shall continue to apply to all
16695		-	permits for coal mining covered by the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979.
16696		-	Application for such permit shall be made upon a form furnished by
16697		-	the Department, which form shall require all pertinent information
16698		-	including, but not limited to, all information required by federal
16699		-	law and regulations.
16700		-	C. Any operator desiring to engage in undergr ound mining shall
16701		-	make written application to the Department for a permit within two
16702		-	(2) months after approval of the state program. Application for
16703		-	such permit shall be made upon a form furnished by the Department,
16704		-	which form shall require all pertinent information including, but
16705		-	not limited to, all information require d by federal law and
16706		-	regulations for underground coal mining, taking into account the
16707		-	distinct differences between surface coal mining and underground
16708		-	coal mining.
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16735		-	D. Each application for a permit under subsections B and C of
16736		-	this section shall be accompa nied by a plan for the reclamation of
16737		-	the affected land that meets the requirements of the Coal
16738		-	Reclamation Act of 1979.
16739		-	E. Each application for a permit or permit renewal under
16740		-	subsections B and C of this section shall be accompanied by a fee of
16741		-	Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each permit year, payable at the
16742		-	rate of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per year on the anniversary
16743		-	date of the year in which the permit or permit renewal was issued.
16744		-	Such fee shall be deposited in the Department of Mines Environmental
16745		-	Quality Revolving Fund established in Section 2 -3-401 of Title 27A
16746		-	of the Oklahoma Statutes and used to offset the cost of reviewing,
16747		-	administering and enforcing such permit issued pursuant to a state
16748		-	or federal program. Once mining operations have permanently
16749		-	terminated, no furthe r permit fee shall be required of the operator.
16750		-	F. The provisions of the Coal Reclamation Act of 1979 shall not
16751		-	apply to the extraction of coal by a landowner for his own
16752		-	noncommercial use from land owned or leased by him, or the
16753		-	extraction of coal as an incidental part of federal, state or local
16754		-	government-financed highway or other construction under regulations
16755		-	established by the Department.
16756		-	SECTION 280. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.2, is
16757		-	amended to read as follows:
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16784		-	Section 745.2 All permits issued pursuant to the requirements
16785		-	of this act shall be issued for a term not to exceed five (5) years.
16786		-	A successor in interest to a permittee who applies for a new permit
16787		-	within thirty (30) days of succeeding to such interest and who is
16788		-	able to obtain the bond coverage of the original permittee may, upon
16789		-	payment of a fee of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to the Department
16790		-	of Environmental Quality, continue surface coal mining and
16791		-	reclamation operations according to the approved mining and
16792		-	reclamation plan of the original permittee until such successor's
16793		-	application is granted or denied.
16794		-	SECTION 281. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.3, is
16795		-	amended to read as follows:
16796		-	Section 745.3 A permit shall terminate if the permittee has not
16797		-	commenced the surface coal mining operations covered by such permit
16798		-	within three (3) years of the issuan ce of the permit. The
16799		-	Department of Environmental Quality may grant reasonable extensions
16800		-	of time upon a showing and a finding by the Department that such
16801		-	extensions are necessary by reason of litigation precluding such
16802		-	commencement or threatening substa ntial economic loss to the
16803		-	permittee, or by reason of conditio ns beyond the control and without
16804		-	the fault or negligence of the p ermittee; provided, further that
16805		-	with respect to coal to be mined for use in a synthetic fuel
16806		-	facility or specific major electri c generating facility, the
16807		-	permittee shall be deemed to have commenced surface mining
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16835		-	generating facility is initiated.
16836		-	SECTION 282. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.4, is
16837		-	amended to read as follows:
16838		-	Section 745.4 Any valid permit issued pursuant to this act
16839		-	shall carry with it the right of successive renewal with respect to
16840		-	areas within the boundaries of the existing permit. The holders of
16841		-	the permit may apply for renewal and such renewal shall be issued,
16842		-	provided that on application for renewal the burden shall be on the
16843		-	opponents of renewal, subsequent to fulfillment of the public notice
16844		-	requirements of Sections 15 745.12 and 17 745.14 of this act title
16845		-	unless it is established that and written findings by the Department
16846		-	of Environmental Quality are made declaring:
16847		-	1. The terms and conditions of the exist ing permit are not
16848		-	being satisfactorily met;
16849		-	2. The present surface coal mining and reclamation operation is
16850		-	not in compliance with the environmental protection standards of
16851		-	this act and the state program;
16852		-	3. The renewal requested substantially jeopardiz es the
16853		-	operator's continuing responsibility on existing permit areas;
16854		-	4. The operator has not provided evidence that the performance
16855		-	bond in effect for said operation will continue in full force and
16856		-	effect for any renewal requested in such application as well as any
16857		-	additional bond the Department might require; or
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16885		-	the Department has not been provided. Prior to the approval of any
16886		-	renewal of permit the Department shall provide notice to the
16887		-	appropriate public authorities.
16888		-	If an application for renewal of a valid permit includes a
16889		-	proposal to extend the mining operation beyond the boundaries
16890		-	authorized in the existing permit, the portion of the application
16891		-	for renewal of a valid permit which addre sses any new land areas
16892		-	shall be subject to the full standards applicable to new
16893		-	applications under this act.
16894		-	Any permit renewal shall be for a term not to exceed the period
16895		-	of the original permit established by this act. Application for
16896		-	permit renewal shall be made at least one hundred twenty (120) days
16897		-	prior to the expiration of the valid permit.
16898		-	SECTION 283. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.5, is
16899		-	amended to read as follow s:
16900		-	Section 745.5 A. Each applicant for a permit shall be required
16901		-	to submit to the Department of Environmental Quality as part of the
16902		-	permit application a reclamation plan which shall meet the
16903		-	requirements of this act. E ach reclamation plan submitted as part
16904		-	of a permit application shall include, in the degree of detail
16905		-	necessary to demonstrate that reclamation required can be
16906		-	accomplished, a statement of:
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16933		-	1. The identification of the lands subject to surface coal
16934		-	mining operations over the estimated life of those operations and
16935		-	the size, sequence and timing of the subareas for which it is
16936		-	anticipated that individual permits for mining will be sought;
16937		-	2. The condition of the land to be covered by the permit prior
16938		-	to any mining including:
16939		-	a. the uses existing at the time of the application, and
16940		-	if the land has a history of previous mining, the uses
16941		-	which preceded any mining,
16942		-	b. the capability of the land prior to any mining to
16943		-	support a variety of uses giving consideration to soil
16944		-	and foundation characteristics, topography, vegetative
16945		-	cover and, if applicable, a soil survey, and
16946		-	c. the productivity of the land prior to mining,
16947		-	including appropriate classification as prime
16948		-	farmlands, as well as the average yield of food,
16949		-	fiber, forage or wood products from such lands
16950		-	obtained under high levels of management;
16951		-	3. The use which is proposed to be made of the land following
16952		-	reclamation, including a discussion of the utility and capacity of
16953		-	the reclaimed land to support a variety of alternative uses and the
16954		-	relationship of such use to existing land use policies and plans,
16955		-	and the comments of any owner of the surface, state and local
16956		-	governments or agencies thereof which would have to initiate,
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16983		-	implement, approve or authorize the p roposed use of the land
16984		-	following reclamation;
16985		-	4. A detailed description of how the proposed postmining land
16986		-	use is to be achieved and the necessary support activities which may
16987		-	be needed to achieve the proposed land use;
16988		-	5. The engineering techniques pr oposed to be used in mining and
16989		-	reclamation and a description of the major equipment; a plan for the
16990		-	control of surface water drainage and of water accumulation; a plan,
16991		-	where appropriate, for backfilling, soil stabilization, and
16992		-	compacting, grading and ap propriate revegetation; a plan for soil
16993		-	reconstruction, replacement and stabilization; an estimate of the
16994		-	cost per acre of the reclamation, including a statement as to how
16995		-	the permittee plans to comply with each of the requirements of
16996		-	Oklahoma mining recla mation law;
16997		-	6. The consideration which has been given to maximize the
16998		-	utilization and conservation of the solid fuel resource being
16999		-	recovered so that reaffecting the land in the future can be
17000		-	minimized;
17001		-	7. A detailed estimated timetable for the accomplis hment of
17002		-	each major step in the reclamation plan;
17003		-	8. The consideration which has been given to making the surface
17004		-	mining and reclamation operations consistent with surface owner
17005		-	plans, and applicable state and local land use plans and programs;
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17033		-	water quality laws and regulations and any applicable health and
17034		-	safety standards;
17035		-	10. The consideration which has been given to developing the
17036		-	reclamation plan in a manner consistent with local physical
17037		-	environmental, and climatological conditions;
17038		-	11. All lands, interests in lands, or options on such interests
17039		-	held by the applicant or pending bids on interests in lands by the
17040		-	applicant, which lands are contiguous to the area to be covered by
17041		-	the permit;
17042		-	12. The results of test boring which the applicant has made at
17043		-	the area to be covered by the permit, or other equivalent
17044		-	information and data, including the location of subsurface water,
17045		-	and an analysis of the chemical properties including acid-forming
17046		-	properties of the coal and other minerals and overburden.
17047		-	Information which pertains only to the analysis of the chemical and
17048		-	physical properties of the coal shall be kept confidential and not
17049		-	made a matter of public record. Information regarding mineral or
17050		-	elemental contents which are potentially toxic in the environment
17051		-	shall be a part of the public record;
17052		-	13. A detailed description of the measures to be taken during
17053		-	the mining and reclamation process to assure the protection of:
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17081		-	on- and off-site, from adverse effects of the mining
17082		-	and reclamation process,
17083		-	b. the rights of present users to such water, and
17084		-	c. the quantity of surface and ground water systems, both
17085		-	on- and off-site, from adverse effects of the mining
17086		-	and reclamation process or to provide alternative
17087		-	sources of water where such protection of quantity
17088		-	cannot be assured; and
17089		-	14. Such other requirements as the Department shall prescribe
17090		-	by regulations.
17091		-	B. Any information required by this section which is not on
17092		-	public file pursuant to state law shall be held in confidence by the
17093		-	Department. Information which pertains only to the chemical and
17094		-	physical properties of the coal, except those properties which are
17095		-	potentially toxic in the environment, shall be kept confidential and
17096		-	not made a matter of public record.
17097		-	SECTION 284. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.6, is
17098		-	amended to read as follows:
17099		-	Section 745.6 A. After a surface coal mining and reclamation
17100		-	permit application has been approved but before such a permit is
17101		-	issued, the applicant shall file with the Department of
17102		-	Environmental Quality, on a form prescribed and furnished by the
17103		-	Department, a bond for performance payable to the state, and
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17130		-	conditional upon faithful performance of all the require ments of law
17131		-	and the permit. Such bond shall be signed by the operator as
17132		-	principal, and by a good and sufficient corporate surety licensed to
17133		-	do business in the state. The bond shall cover that area of land
17134		-	within the permit area upon which the operator will initiate and
17135		-	conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations within the
17136		-	initial term of the permit. Bonding will occur in one-year
17137		-	increments for the life of the permit and shall cover that segment
17138		-	of the permit area to be affected during the increment. As one-year
17139		-	increments of surface coal mining and reclamation operations are to
17140		-	be initiated and conducted within the permit area, the permittee
17141		-	shall file with the Department an additional bond or bonds to cover
17142		-	such increments in accordance w ith this section.
17143		-	B. The amount of the bond required for each bonded area shall
17144		-	depend upon the reclamation requirements of the approved permit, and
17145		-	shall reflect the probable difficulty of reclamation and giving
17146		-	consideration to such factors as topograph y, geology of the site,
17147		-	hydrology, and revegetation potential, and shall be determined by
17148		-	the Department. The amount of the bond for coal mining shall be
17149		-	sufficient to assure the completion of the reclamation plan if the
17150		-	work had to be performed by the De partment in the event of
17151		-	forfeiture, and in no case shall the bond for the entire area under
17152		-	one permit be less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) unless the
17153		-	permit area is less than sixty-seven (67) acres, in which case a
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17180		-	minimum bond of fifteen perce nt (15%) of the total original bond
17181		-	shall be maintained until completion of the reclamation.
17182		-	Liability under a surface coal mining bond shall be for the
17183		-	duration of the surface coal mining and reclamation operation and
17184		-	for a period coincident with the oper ator's responsibility for
17185		-	revegetation requirements. The bond shall be executed by the
17186		-	operator and a corporate surety licensed to do business in Oklahoma,
17187		-	except that the operator may elect to deposit cash, negotiable bonds
17188		-	of the United States Governmen t or of Oklahoma, negotiable
17189		-	certificates of deposit of any bank organized or transacting
17190		-	business in the United States, Certificates of Deposit or
17191		-	irrevocable letters of credit from a bank or lending institution
17192		-	licensed to do business in the State of Okl ahoma. The cash deposit
17193		-	or market value of such securities shall be equal to or greater than
17194		-	the amount of the bond required for the bonded area.
17195		-	C. A bond shall not be cancelable by the surety except after
17196		-	not less than ninety (90) days' prior written notice to the
17197		-	Department and the arrangement of a replacement bond suitable to the
17198		-	Department. Bonds may be continued in effect from year to year, and
17199		-	a new bond need not be provided for each permit year. The penalty
17200		-	of the bond or amount of cash and secu rities, as provided in
17201		-	subsection B of this section, shall be increased or reduced from
17202		-	time to time as affected land acreages are increased or decreased or
17203		-	when the cost of future reclamation changes.
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17230		-	D. If the license to do business in the state of any surety
17231		-	upon a bond filed with the Department pursuant to the Coal
17232		-	Reclamation Act of 1979 shall be suspended or revoked, the operator,
17233		-	within thirty (30) days after receiving notice thereof from the
17234		-	Department, shall substitute for such surety a good and sufficien t
17235		-	corporate surety licensed to do business in the state. Upon failure
17236		-	of the operator to make substitution of surety as provided in this
17237		-	section, the Department shall have the right to suspend the permit
17238		-	of the operator to conduct operations upon the land described in
17239		-	such permit until such substitution has been made.
17240		-	E. The Department may accept the bond of the applicant itself
17241		-	without separate surety when the applicant demonstrates to the
17242		-	satisfaction of the Department the existence of a suitable agent to
17243		-	receive service of process, and a history of financial solvency and
17244		-	continuous operation sufficient for authorization to self-insure or
17245		-	bond such amount.
17246		-	F. Such bond or security shall remain in effect until the mined
17247		-	acres have been reclaimed, approve d and released by the Department.
17248		-	SECTION 285. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.8, is
17249		-	amended to read as follows:
17250		-	Section 745.8 No permit or revision application shall be
17251		-	approved unless the application affirmatively demonstrates and the
17252		-	Department of Environmental Quality finds in writing, on the basis
17253		-	of the information set forth in the application or from information
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17280		-	otherwise available, which will be documented in the approval and
17281		-	made available to the applicant, that:
17282		-	1. The permit application is accurate and complete a nd that all
17283		-	the requirements of this act have been complied with;
17284		-	2. The applicant has demonstrated that reclamation as required
17285		-	by this act can be accomplished under the reclamation plan contained
17286		-	in the permit application;
17287		-	3. The assessment of the prob able cumulative impact of all
17288		-	anticipated mining in the area on the hydrologic balance has been
17289		-	made by the Department and the proposed operation has been designed
17290		-	to prevent material damage to hydrologic b alance outside the permit
17291		-	area;
17292		-	4. The area proposed to be mined is not included within an area
17293		-	designated unsuitable for surface coal mining, or is not within an
17294		-	area under study for such designation unless the operator
17295		-	demonstrates he has made substanti al legal and financial commitments
17296		-	to the operation prior to January 1, 1977; and
17297		-	5. In cases when the private coal or other mineral estate has
17298		-	been severed from the private surface estate, the applicant has
17299		-	submitted to the Department:
17300		-	a. the written consent of the surface owner to the
17301		-	extraction of coal by surface mining methods, or
17302		-	b. a conveyance that expressly grants or reserves the
17303		-	right to extract the coal by surface mining methods.
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17330		-	If the conveyance does not expressly grant the right to extract
17331		-	coal by surface mining methods, the surface-subsurface legal
17332		-	relationship shall be determined in accordance with state law.
17333		-	Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the Department
17334		-	to adjudicate property rights disputes.
17335		-	SECTION 286. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.9, is
17336		-	amended to read as follows:
17337		-	Section 745.9 The applicant shall file with his permit
17338		-	application a schedule listing all notices of violations of this act
17339		-	and any law, rule or regulation of the United States, or of any
17340		-	department or agency in the United States, pertaining to air or
17341		-	water environmental protection incurred by the applicant in
17342		-	connection with any surface coal mining operation during the three-
17343		-	year period prior to the date of application. The schedule shall
17344		-	also indicate the final resolution of any such notice of violation.
17345		-	When the schedule or other information available to the Department
17346		-	of Environmental Quality indicates that any surface coal mining
17347		-	operation owned or controlled by the applicant is currently in
17348		-	violation of this act or such other laws referred to in this
17349		-	section, the permit shall not be issued until the applicant submits
17350		-	proof that such violation has been corrected or is in the process of
17351		-	being corrected to the satisfaction of the regulatory authority
17352		-	which has jurisdiction over such violation. No permit shall be
17353		-	issued to an applicant after a finding by the Department, after
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17380		-	opportunity for hearing, that the applicant or the operator
17381		-	specified in the application, controls or has controlled mining
17382		-	operations with a demonstrated pattern of willful violations of this
17383		-	act or the laws of another state or the United States regulating
17384		-	surface coal mining operations of such nature and duration with such
17385		-	resulting irreparable damage to the environment as to indicate an
17386		-	intent not to comply with the provisions of this act.
17387		-	SECTION 287. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.10, is
17388		-	amended to read as follows:
17389		-	Section 745.10 A. 1. During the term of the permit the
17390		-	permittee may submit an application for a revision of the permit,
17391		-	together with a revised reclamation plan, to the Department of
17392		-	Environmental Quality. The Department shall promulgate by rule a
17393		-	definition of a major revision and a minor revision. The fees for
17394		-	an application for a revision shall be:
17395		-	Major revision ................... $250.00
17396		-	Minor revision ................... $100.00
17397		-	Said fee shall be owing and due upon the Department's completion of
17398		-	action upon the application and said fee shall be paid in full p rior
17399		-	to the issuance of any revised permit and the Department shall issue
17400		-	said revised permit no later than five (5) days after payment. The
17401		-	fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the
17402		-	Department of Mines Environmental Quality Revolving Fund.
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17430		-	approved unless the Department finds that reclamation as required by
17431		-	this act can be accomplished under the revised reclamation p lan.
17432		-	The revision shall be approved or disapproved within a reasonable
17433		-	period of time. The Department shall establish guidelines for a
17434		-	determination of the scale or extent of a revision request for which
17435		-	all permit application information requirements and procedures,
17436		-	including notice and hearings, shall apply. Any revisions which
17437		-	propose significant alterations in the reclamation plan shall, at a
17438		-	minimum, be subject to notice and hearing requirements.
17439		-	3. Any extensions to the area covered by the permit e xcept
17440		-	incidental boundary revisions shall be made by application for
17441		-	another permit.
17442		-	B. The Department shall, within a time limit prescribed in
17443		-	regulations, review outstanding permits and may require reasonable
17444		-	revision or modification of the permit provi sions during the term of
17445		-	such permit. Such revision or modification shall be ba sed upon a
17446		-	written finding and subject to notice and hearing requirements
17447		-	established by the Department.
17448		-	SECTION 288. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.11, is
17449		-	amended to read as follows:
17450		-	Section 745.11 A. Coal exploration operations which
17451		-	substantially disturb the natural land surface shall be conducted in
17452		-	accordance with exploration regulations issue d by the Department of
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17479		-	Environmental Quality. Such regulations shall include, at a
17480		-	minimum:
17481		-	1. The requirement that prior to conducting any exploration
17482		-	under this section, any person shall file with the Department notice
17483		-	of intention to explore, and such notice shall include a description
17484		-	of the exploration area and the period of supposed explor ation; and
17485		-	2. Provisions for reclamation, in accordance with the surface
17486		-	coal mining operations performance standards of this act, of all
17487		-	lands disturbed in explo ration, including excavations, roads, drill
17488		-	holes and the removal of necessary facilities and equipment.
17489		-	B. Information submitted to the Department pursuant to this
17490		-	subsection which is designated in writing as confidential,
17491		-	concerning trade secrets or pri vileged commercial or financial
17492		-	information which relates to the competitive rights of the pe rson or
17493		-	entity intended to explore the described area, shall not be
17494		-	available for public examination.
17495		-	C. No operator shall remove more than two hundred fifty (250 )
17496		-	tons of coal pursuant to an exploration permit without the specific
17497		-	written approval of the Department.
17498		-	D. Any person violating this section shall be subject to the
17499		-	penalty provisions of this act.
17500		-	SECTION 289. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.12, is
17501		-	amended to read as follows:
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17529		-	a surface coal mining and reclamation permit, or revision of an
17530		-	existing permit, the applicant shall submit to the Department of
17531		-	Environmental Quality a copy of his advertisement of the ownership,
17532		-	precise location and boundaries of the land to be affected. At the
17533		-	time of submission such advertisement shall be placed by the
17534		-	applicant in a local newspaper of general circulation in the
17535		-	locality of the proposed surface mine at least once a w eek for four
17536		-	(4) consecutive weeks. The Department shall not ify various local
17537		-	governmental bodies, planning agencies, sewage and water treatment
17538		-	authorities and water companies in the locality in which the
17539		-	proposed surface mining will take place notifying them of the
17540		-	operator's intention to surface mine a particula rly described tract
17541		-	of land and indicating the application's permit number and where a
17542		-	copy of the proposed mining and reclamation plan may be inspected.
17543		-	These local bodies, agencies, authoritie s or companies may submit
17544		-	written comments within a reasonabl e period established b y the
17545		-	Department on the mining applications with respect to the effect of
17546		-	the proposed operation on the environment which are within their
17547		-	areas of responsibility. Such com ments shall immediately be
17548		-	transmitted to the applicant by th e Department and shall be made
17549		-	available to the public at the same locations as are the mining
17550		-	applications.
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17578		-	amended to read as follows:
17579		-	Section 745.13 A. Any person having an interest which is or
17580		-	may be adversely affected, or the chief administrative officer of
17581		-	any federal, state or local governmental agency or authority, shall
17582		-	have the right to file written objectio ns to the application for a
17583		-	permit with the Department within thirty (30) days after the last
17584		-	publication of the notice. Such objections shall immediately be
17585		-	transmitted to the applicant by the Department of Environmental
17586		-	Quality and shall be made availab le to the public. If written
17587		-	objections are filed and an informal conference requested, the
17588		-	Department shall then hold an informal conference in the locality of
17589		-	the proposed mining. The date, time and location of such informal
17590		-	conference shall be adverti sed by the Department in a newspaper of
17591		-	general circulation in the locality at least two (2) weeks prior to
17592		-	the scheduled conference date. The Department may arrange with the
17593		-	applicant, upon request by any party to the application process,
17594		-	access to the proposed mining area for the purpose of gathering
17595		-	information relevant to the proceeding. An electronic or
17596		-	stenographic record shall be made of the conference proceeding,
17597		-	unless waived by all parties. Such record shall be maintained and
17598		-	shall be accessible to the parties until final release of the
17599		-	applicant's performance bond. In the event all parties requesting
17600		-	the informal conference stipulate agreement prior to the requested
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17627		-	informal conference and withdraw their requests, such informal
17628		-	conference need not be held.
17629		-	B. Where the lands included in an application for a permit are
17630		-	the subject of a federal coal lease in connection with which
17631		-	hearings were held and determinations were made under the Mineral
17632		-	Lands Leasing Act, as amended, 30 U.S.C. 201a, such hearings shall
17633		-	be deemed as to the matters covered to satisfy the requirements of
17634		-	this section and Section 17 745.14 of this act title and such
17635		-	determinations shall be deemed to be a part of the record and
17636		-	conclusive for purposes of this section and Section 17 745.14 of
17637		-	this act title.
17638		-	SECTION 291. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.14, is
17639		-	amended to read as follows:
17640		-	Section 745.14 A. If an informal conference has been held, the
17641		-	Department of Environmental Quality shall issue and furnish the
17642		-	applicant and persons who are parties to the administrative
17643		-	proceedings with the written finding of the Department, granting or
17644		-	denying the permit in whole or in part and stating the reasons
17645		-	therefor, within the sixty (60) days of the hearings in the informal
17646		-	conference.
17647		-	B. If no informal conference has been held, the Department
17648		-	shall notify the applicant for a permit within a reasonable time,
17649		-	whether the application has been approved or disapproved in whole or
17650		-	in part.
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17677		-	C. If the application is approved, the permit shall be issued.
17678		-	If the application is disapprove d, specific reasons shall be set
17679		-	forth in the notification. Within thirty (30) day s after the
17680		-	applicant is notified of the final decision of the Department on the
17681		-	permit application, the applicant or any person with an interest
17682		-	which is or may be adversel y affected may request a hearing on the
17683		-	reasons for the final determination. The D epartment shall hold a
17684		-	hearing within thirty (30) days of such request and provide
17685		-	notification to all interested parties at the time that the
17686		-	applicant is so notified. Suc h hearing shall be of record,
17687		-	adjudicatory in nature and no person who presided at an informal
17688		-	conference shall either preside at the hearing or participate in
17689		-	this decision or in any administrative appeal. Within thirty (30)
17690		-	days after the hearing the De partment shall issue and furnish the
17691		-	applicant, and all persons who participated in the hearing, with the
17692		-	written decision of the Department granting or denying the permit in
17693		-	whole or in part and stating the reasons.
17694		-	SECTION 292. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.15, is
17695		-	amended to read as follows:
17696		-	Section 745.15 When a hearing is requested pursuant to this
17697		-	act, the Department of Environmental Quality may, under such
17698		-	conditions as it may prescribe, grant such temporary relief as it
17699		-	deems appropriate pending fin al determination of the proceedings if:
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17727		-	an opportunity to be heard on a request for temporary relief;
17728		-	2. The person requesting such relief shows that there is a
17729		-	substantial likelihood that he will prevail on the merits of the
17730		-	final determination of the proceeding; and
17731		-	3. Such relief will not adversely affect the public health or
17732		-	safety or cause significant imminent environmental harm to land, air
17733		-	or water resources.
17734		-	For the purpose of this an d every hearing authorized by this
17735		-	act, the Department may, pursuant to the Administrative Procedures
17736		-	Act, administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, or written or printed
17737		-	materials, compel attendance of the witnesses, or production of the
17738		-	materials, and take e vidence including, but not limited to, site
17739		-	inspections of the land to be affected and other surface coal mining
17740		-	operations carried on by the applicant in the general vicinity of
17741		-	the proposed operation. A verbatim record of each public hearing
17742		-	required by this act shall be made, and a transcript made available
17743		-	on the motion of any party or by order of the Department.
17744		-	Any applicant or any person with an interest which is or may be
17745		-	adversely affected who has participated in the application process
17746		-	as an objector, and who is aggrieved by the decision of the
17747		-	Department, or if the Department fails to act within the time limits
17748		-	specified in this act, shall have the right to appeal as provided by
17749		-	Section 53 786 of this act title.
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17776		-	SECTION 293. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.16.1,
17777		-	is amended to read as follows:
17778		-	Section 745.16.1 The Department of Environmental Quality shall
17779		-	operate a small operator assistance program to the extent required
17780		-	by federal law, and shall provide such services as are necessary to
17781		-	comply with the permanent regulatory program. The Department is
17782		-	authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Secretary
17783		-	of the Interior regarding distribution of funds for the small
17784		-	operator assistance program.
17785		-	SECTION 294. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.17, is
17786		-	amended to read as follo ws:
17787		-	Section 745.17 A. Each applicant for a surface coal mining and
17788		-	reclamation permit shall file a copy of his applica tion for public
17789		-	inspection with the recorder at the courthouse of the county or an
17790		-	appropriate public office approved by the Department of
17791		-	Environmental Quality where the mining is proposed to occur, except
17792		-	for that information pertaining to the coal seam itself.
17793		-	B. Each applicant for a permit shall be required to submit to
17794		-	the Department as part of the permit application a certificate
17795		-	issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in the
17796		-	United States certifying that the applicant has a public l iability
17797		-	insurance policy in force for the surface mining and reclamation
17798		-	operations for which such permit is sought, or evidence that t he
17799		-	applicant has satisfied other state or federal self-insurance
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17827		-	property damage protection in an amount adequate to compensate any
17828		-	persons damaged as a result of surface coal mining and recl amation
17829		-	operations including use of explosives and entitled to compensation
17830		-	under the applicable provisions of state law . Such policy shall be
17831		-	maintained in full force and effect during the terms of the permit
17832		-	or any renewal, including the length of all r eclamation operations.
17833		-	C. Each applicant for a surface coal mining and reclamation
17834		-	permit shall submit to the Departmen t as part of the permit
17835		-	application a blasting plan which shall outline the procedures and
17836		-	standards by which the operator will meet the provisions of law.
17837		-	SECTION 295. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.19, is
17838		-	amended to read as follows:
17839		-	Section 745.19 The operator shall conduct any augering
17840		-	operation associated with surface mining in a manner to maximize
17841		-	recoverability of coal and other mineral reserves remaining after
17842		-	the operation and reclamation are complete, and seal all auger holes
17843		-	with an impervious and noncombustib le material in order to prevent
17844		-	drainage except where the Department of Environmental Quality
17845		-	determines that the resulting impoundment of water in such auger
17846		-	holes may create a hazard to the environment or the public health or
17847		-	safety. The Department may prohibit augering if necessary to
17848		-	maximize the utilization recoverability or conservation of the solid
17849		-	fuel resources or to protect against adverse water quality impacts.
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17877		-	amended to read as follows:
17878		-	Section 745.21 The operator shall refrain from surface coal
17879		-	mining within five hundred (500) feet from activ e and abandoned
17880		-	underground mines in order to prevent breakthroughs and to protect
17881		-	health or safety of miners. The De partment of Environmental Quality
17882		-	shall permit an operat or to mine near, through or partially through
17883		-	an abandoned underground mine or clo ser to an active underground
17884		-	mine if the nature, timing and sequencing of the approximate
17885		-	coincidence of specific surface mine activities with specific
17886		-	underground mine activ ities will result in improved resource
17887		-	recovery, improved land use category abatement of water pollution,
17888		-	or elimination of hazards to the health and safety of underground
17889		-	miners and the public.
17890		-	SECTION 297. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.22, is
17891		-	amended to read as follows:
17892		-	Section 745.22 The operator shall insure ensure that all
17893		-	reclamation efforts proceed in an environmentally sou nd manner and
17894		-	as contemporaneously as practicable with the surface coal mining
17895		-	operations. Where the applicant proposes to combine surface mining
17896		-	operations with underground mining operations to assure maximum
17897		-	practical recovery of the coal and other mine ral resources, the
17898		-	Department of Environmental Quality may grant a variance for
17899		-	specific areas within the reclamation plan from the requirement that
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17927		-	permit underground mining operations pri or to reclamation:
17928		-	1. If the Department finds in writing that:
17929		-	a. the applicant has presented, as part of the permit
17930		-	application, specific, feasible plans for the proposed
17931		-	underground mining operations,
17932		-	b. the proposed underground mining operations are
17933		-	necessary or desirable to assure maximum practical
17934		-	recovery of the coal and other mineral resources and
17935		-	will avoid multiple disturbance of the surface,
17936		-	c. the applicant has satisfactorily demonstrated that the
17937		-	plan for the underground mining operations co nforms to
17938		-	requirements for underground mining in the
17939		-	jurisdiction and that permits necessary for the
17940		-	underground mining operations have been issued,
17941		-	d. the areas proposed for the variance have been shown by
17942		-	the applicant to be necessary for the implementi ng of
17943		-	the proposed underground mining operations,
17944		-	e. no substantial adverse environmental damage, either
17945		-	on-site or off-site, will result from the delay in
17946		-	completion of reclamation as required by this act, and
17947		-	f. provisions for the off-site storage of spoil will
17948		-	comply with the requirements of this act;
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17976		-	promulgated specific regulations to govern the granting of such
17977		-	variances in accordance w ith the provisions of federal law, and has
17978		-	imposed such additional requirements as he deems necessary;
17979		-	3. If variances granted under the provisions of this section
17980		-	are to be reviewed by the Department not more than three (3) years
17981		-	from the date of issuanc e of the permit; and
17982		-	4. If liability under the bond filed by the applicant with the
17983		-	Department shall be for the duration of the underground mining
17984		-	operations and until the requirements of this act have been fully
17985		-	complied with.
17986		-	SECTION 298. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 751, is
17987		-	amended to read as follows:
17988		-	Section 751. The operator shall minimize the disturbances to
17989		-	the prevailing hydrologic balance, at the mine site and in
17990		-	associated offsite areas, and to the quality and quantity of water
17991		-	in surface and ground water systems both during and after surface
17992		-	coal mining operations and during reclamation by:
17993		-	1. Avoiding acid or other toxic mine drainage by such measures
17994		-	as, but not limited to:
17995		-	a. preventing or removing water from contact with toxic
17996		-	producing deposits,
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18024		-	adversely affects downstream water upon being released
18025		-	to water courses, and
18026		-	c. casing, sealing, or otherwise managing boreholes,
18027		-	shafts, and wells and keeping acid or other toxic
18028		-	drainage from entering ground and surface waters;
18029		-	2. a. Conducting surface coal mining operations so as to
18030		-	prevent, to the extent possible using the best
18031		-	technology currently available, additional
18032		-	contributions of suspended solids to streamflow, or
18033		-	runoff outside the permit area, but in no event shall
18034		-	contributions be in excess o f requirements set by
18035		-	applicable state or federal law, and
18036		-	b. constructing any siltation structures pursuant to this
18037		-	paragraph prior to commencement of surface coal mining
18038		-	operations. Such structures shall be certified by a
18039		-	qualified registered engineer to be constructed as
18040		-	designed and as approved in the reclamation plan;
18041		-	3. Cleaning out and removing temporary or large settling ponds
18042		-	or other siltation structures from drainways after disturbed areas
18043		-	are revegetated and stabilized, and depositing the sil t and debris
18044		-	at a site and in a manner approved by the Department;
18045		-	4. Restoring recharge capacity of the mined area to approximate
18046		-	premining conditions;
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18074		-	requiring the discharge of water from mine s;
18075		-	6. Preserving throughout the mining and reclamation process the
18076		-	essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley floors in the arid
18077		-	and semiarid areas of the country; and
18078		-	7. Such other actions as the Department of Environmental
18079		-	Quality may prescribe.
18080		-	SECTION 299. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 752, is
18081		-	amended to read as follows:
18082		-	Section 752. The operator shall design, locate, construct,
18083		-	operate, maintain, enlarge, modify and remove or abandon, in
18084		-	accordance with the standards and criteria developed by the
18085		-	Department of Environmental Quality, all existing and new coal mine
18086		-	waste piles consisting of mine wastes, tailings, coal processing
18087		-	wastes, or other liquid and solid wastes, and used either
18088		-	temporarily or permanently as dams or embankments.
18089		-	SECTION 300. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 753, is
18090		-	amended to read as follows:
18091		-	Section 753. A. The operator shall insure ensure that
18092		-	explosives are used only in accordance with existing state and
18093		-	federal law and the regulations promulgated by the Department of
18094		-	Environmental Quality, which shall require:
18095		-	1. Adequate advance writte n notice to local governments and
18096		-	residents who might be affected by the use of such explosives by
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18123		-	publication of the planned blasting schedule in a newspaper of
18124		-	general circulation in the locality, and by mailing a copy of the
18125		-	proposed blasting schedule t o every resident living within one-half
18126		-	(1/2) mile of the proposed blasting site and by providing daily
18127		-	notice to resident/occupiers in such areas prior to any blasting;
18128		-	2. Maintaining for a period of at least three (3) years and
18129		-	making available for publ ic inspection upon request a log detailing
18130		-	the location of the blasts, the pattern and depth of the drill
18131		-	holes, the amount of explosives used per hole, and the order and
18132		-	length of delay in the blasts;
18133		-	3. Limiting the type of explosives and detonating equ ipment,
18134		-	the size, the timing and frequency of blasts based upon the physical
18135		-	conditions of the site so as to prevent injury to persons, damage to
18136		-	public and private property outside the permit area, adverse impacts
18137		-	on any underground mine, and change in th e course, channel, or
18138		-	availability of ground or surface water outside the permit area;
18139		-	4. All blasting operations be conducted by trained and
18140		-	competent persons as certified by the Department;
18141		-	5. Upon the request of a resident or owner of a man-made
18142		-	dwelling or structure within one-half (1/2) mile of any portion of
18143		-	the permitted area the applicant or permittee shall conduct a pre-
18144		-	blasting survey of such structures and submit the survey to the
18145		-	Department and a copy to the resident or owner making the reques t.
18146		-	The area of the survey shall be decided by the Department; and
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18174		-	a. for blasting operations using electronic-blasting
18175		-	detonators, a "loaded hole" is defined as one that
18176		-	contains explosives or blasting agents with a p rimer
18177		-	where the hole has been stemmed and has a short length
18178		-	of connecting wire sticking out but does not have a
18179		-	firing device connected,
18180		-	b. for blasting operations not using electronic
18181		-	detonators, a hole with explosives and a blasting cap
18182		-	is considered a "loaded and charged hole",
18183		-	c. for blasting operations using electronic-blasting
18184		-	detonators, a "charged hole" is defined as one that
18185		-	contains explosives or blasting agents with a primer
18186		-	where the hole has been tamped with a short length of
18187		-	connecting device sticking out and it does have a
18188		-	firing device connected,
18189		-	d. "blasting site" is defined as the area within fifty
18190		-	(50) feet, or any alternative distance provided in the
18191		-	blasting plan of the approved permit on file, of any
18192		-	holes loaded with explosives, blast ing agents or
18193		-	detonators,
18194		-	e. "blasting area" is defined as the area where flying
18195		-	rock may be considered dangerous, which shall be
18196		-	determined by the certified blaster.
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18223		-	B. Rules and procedures for the use of explosives are as
18224		-	follows:
18225		-	1. Persons who use ex plosives, blasting agents or detonators
18226		-	shall be certified by the Oklahoma Mining Commission Department of
18227		-	Environmental Quality. Such persons shall understand the hazards
18228		-	involved, and trainees shall do such work only under the supervision
18229		-	of and in the immediate presence of certified persons;
18230		-	2. Blasting operations shall be under the direct control of
18231		-	certified persons designated by the operator for that purpose;
18232		-	3. Damaged or deteriorated explosives, blasting agents and
18233		-	detonators shall be disposed of in a safe manner;
18234		-	4. For blasting operations using electronic blasting
18235		-	detonators, loaded holes shall be charged as near to blasting time
18236		-	as practical and in compliance with the known physical limitations
18237		-	and properties of the specific blasting materials and equipment
18238		-	specified by the manufacturer. Unless authorized by the appropriate
18239		-	regulatory authority, loaded holes shall be detonated within sixty
18240		-	(60) days from the date of loading;
18241		-	5. No person shall smoke within fifty (50) feet of explosives,
18242		-	blasting agents or detonators;
18243		-	6. Only wooden or other nonsparking devices shall be used to
18244		-	punch holes in explosives cartridges;
18245		-	7. Tamping poles shall be blunt and squared at one end and made
18246		-	of wood or other nonsparking material;
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18274		-	9. During the loading of holes, only the work activities
18275		-	associated with the explosives operation will be permitted in the
18276		-	blasting site;
18277		-	10. During charging and firing, only the work activities
18278		-	associated with the explo sives operation will be permitted in the
18279		-	blasting area;
18280		-	11. Unused explosives and detonators shall be moved to a safe
18281		-	location as soon as charging operations are completed;
18282		-	12. Approaches to areas in which charged holes are awaiting
18283		-	firing shall be guard ed or barricaded and posted or flagged against
18284		-	unauthorized entry;
18285		-	13. When a blast is about to be fired, ample warning shall be
18286		-	given to allow all persons to retreat to a safe place. Each mine
18287		-	shall have a definite plan of warning signals that can be cl early
18288		-	seen or heard by anyone in the blasting area. The operator shall
18289		-	inform all employees at the local mine as to the established
18290		-	procedure;
18291		-	14. Enclosed blasting shelters constructed of strong materials
18292		-	shall be provided to protect all persons endange red by flying rock
18293		-	from blasting;
18294		-	15. When safety fuse has been used, persons shall not return to
18295		-	misfired holes for at least thirty (30) minutes;
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18323		-	not return to misfired holes for at least fif teen (15) minutes.
18324		-	Leading wires from the power source must be disconnected before
18325		-	persons can be allowed to return to the blasting sites;
18326		-	17. Blasted materials shall be examined for undetonated
18327		-	explosives after each blast and undetonated explosives foun d shall
18328		-	be disposed of safely;
18329		-	18. Misfires shall be reported to the proper supervisor and
18330		-	shall be disposed of safely before any other work is performed in
18331		-	the blasting area;
18332		-	19. Blast holes in hot-hole areas and holes that have been
18333		-	sprung shall not be charged before tests have been made to insure
18334		-	ensure that the heat has been dissipated to a safe level;
18335		-	20. If explosives are suspected of burning in a hole, all
18336		-	persons in the endangered area shall move to a safe location until
18337		-	the danger has passed;
18338		-	21. Holes shall not be drilled where there is danger of
18339		-	intersecting a charge or misfired hole;
18340		-	22. Fuses and igniters shall be stored in a cool, dry place
18341		-	away from oils or grease;
18342		-	23. Fuses shall not be kinked, bent sharply or handled roughly;
18343		-	24. Fuses shall be cut and capped in safe, dry locations posted
18344		-	with "No Smoking" signs;
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18372		-	designed for that specific purpose;
18373		-	26. Fuses of less than forty-eight (48) inches in length shall
18374		-	not be used for any purpose;
18375		-	27. At least two persons shall be present when lighting fuses,
18376		-	and no person shall light more than fifteen individual fuses. If
18377		-	more than fifteen holes per person are to be fired, igniter cord and
18378		-	connectors or electric blasting shall be used;
18379		-	28. A safe interval of time shall be allowed to light a round
18380		-	and evacuate the blasting area;
18381		-	29. Fuses shall be ignited with hot-wire lighters, lead
18382		-	spitters, igniter cord or other such devices designed for this
18383		-	purpose;
18384		-	30. Fuses shall not be ignited before the primer and the entire
18385		-	charge are securely in place;
18386		-	31. Electric detonators of different brands shall not be used
18387		-	in the same round;
18388		-	32. Electric detonators shall remain shunted until they are
18389		-	being wired into the blasting circuit. Lead lines and wired rounds
18390		-	shall be kept shunted until immediately before blasting;
18391		-	33. Completely wired rounds shall be tested with a blasting
18392		-	galvanometer before connections are made to the blasting line;
18393		-	34. Lead wires and blasting lines shall not be strung across
18394		-	power conductors, pipelines or within twenty (20) feet of bare power
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18421		-	lines. They shall be protected from sources of static or other
18422		-	electrical contact;
18423		-	35. Permanent blasting lines shall be properly supported,
18424		-	insulated and kept in good repair;
18425		-	36. Charging shall be stopped immediately when the presence of
18426		-	static electricity or stray current is detected; the condition shall
18427		-	be corrected before charging is resumed;
18428		-	37. Charging of holes shall be suspended and the persons
18429		-	withdrawn to a safe location upon the approach of an electrical
18430		-	storm;
18431		-	38. Safety switches and blasting switches shall be labeled,
18432		-	encased in boxes and arranged so that the covers of the boxes cannot
18433		-	be closed with the switches in closed position;
18434		-	39. Blasting switches shall be locked in the open position
18435		-	except when closed to fire the blast. Lead wires shall not be
18436		-	connected to the blasting switch until the shot is ready to be
18437		-	fired;
18438		-	40. The key to a blasting switch shall be entrusted only to the
18439		-	person designated to fire blasts;
18440		-	41. Electric circuits from the blasting switches to the blast
18441		-	area shall not be grounded;
18442		-	42. At least a five-foot air gap shall be provided between the
18443		-	blasting circuit and the power circuit;
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18471		-	circuits to equipment within twenty-five (25) feet of a hole that is
18472		-	to be charged with an electric blasting cap shall be de-energized
18473		-	before electric detonators are brought into the immediate area, or
18474		-	the electric equipment shall be moved out of the immediate area;
18475		-	44. Power sources shall be suitable for the number of electric
18476		-	detonators to be fired and for the type of circuits used;
18477		-	45. When instantaneous blasting is performed, the double-
18478		-	trunkline or loop system shall be used in detonating-cord blasting;
18479		-	46. When instantaneous blasting is performed, trunklines in
18480		-	multiple-row blasting shall make one or more complete loops with
18481		-	crossties between loops at intervals of not over two hundred (200)
18482		-	feet;
18483		-	47. All detonating-cord knots shall be tight and all
18484		-	connections shall be kept at right angles to the trunklines;
18485		-	48. Delay connectors for firing detonating-cord shall be
18486		-	treated and handled with the same safety precautions as blasting
18487		-	caps and electric detonators; and
18488		-	49. Detonating-cord shall not be kinked, bent or otherwise
18489		-	handled in such a manner that the train of detonation may be
18490		-	interrupted.
18491		-	SECTION 301. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 754, is
18492		-	amended to read as follows:
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18520		-	areas and all other lands affected, a diverse, effective and
18521		-	permanent vegetative cover of the same seasonal variety native to
18522		-	the area of land to be affected and capable of self-regeneration and
18523		-	plant succession at least equal in extent of cover to the natural
18524		-	vegetation of the area; except, that introduced species may be used
18525		-	in the revegetation process where desirable and necessary to achieve
18526		-	the approved postmining land use plan.
18527		-	B. The operator shall assume the responsibility for successful
18528		-	revegetation for a period of five (5) full years after the last year
18529		-	of augmented seeding, fertilizing, irrigation or other work in order
18530		-	to assure compliance with this section. In those areas or regions
18531		-	of Oklahoma, where the annual average precipitation is twenty-six
18532		-	(26) inches or less as determined by the most recent National
18533		-	Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Annual Summary of
18534		-	Climatological Data for Oklahoma, then the operator's assumption of
18535		-	responsibility and liability will extend for a period of ten (10)
18536		-	full years after the last year of augmented seeding, fertilizing,
18537		-	irrigation or other work. When the Department of Environmental
18538		-	Quality approves a long-term intensive agricultural postmining land
18539		-	use, the applicable five- or ten-year period of responsibility for
18540		-	revegetation shall commence at the date of initial planting for such
18541		-	long-term intensive agricultural postmining land use. When the
18542		-	Department issues a written finding approving a long-term,
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18570		-	and reclamation plan, the Department may grant exception to the
18571		-	provisions of subsection A of this section.
18572		-	SECTION 302. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 754.1, is
18573		-	amended to read as follows :
18574		-	Section 754.1 The operator shall place all excess spoil
18575		-	material resulting from coal surface mining and reclamation
18576		-	activities in such a manner that:
18577		-	1. Spoil is transported and placed in a controlled manner in
18578		-	position for concurrent compaction and in such a way to assure mass
18579		-	stability and to prevent mass movement;
18580		-	2. The areas of disposal are within the bonded permit areas and
18581		-	all organic matter shall be removed immediately prior to spoil
18582		-	placement;
18583		-	3. Appropriate surface and internal drainage systems and
18584		-	diversion ditches are used so as to prevent spoil erosion and
18585		-	movement;
18586		-	4. The disposal area does not contain springs, natural water
18587		-	courses or wet weather seeps unless lateral drains are constructed
18588		-	from the wet areas to the main underdrains in such a manner that
18589		-	filtration of the water into the spoil pile will be prevented;
18590		-	5. If placed on a slope, the spoil is placed upon the most
18591		-	moderate slope among those upon which, in the judgment of the
18592		-	Department of Environmental Quality, the spoil could be placed in
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18620		-	placed, where possible, upon, or above, a natural terrace, bench, or
18621		-	berm, if such placement provides additional stability and prevents
18622		-	mass movement;
18623		-	6. Where the toe of the spoil rests on a downslope, a rock toe
18624		-	buttress, of sufficient size to prevent mass movement, is
18625		-	constructed;
18626		-	7. The final configuration is compatible with the nat ural
18627		-	drainage pattern and surroundings and suitable for intended uses;
18628		-	8. Design of the spoil disposal area is certified by a
18629		-	qualified registered professional engineer in conformance with
18630		-	professional standards; and
18631		-	9. All other provisions of this act a re met.
18632		-	SECTION 303. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 754.2, is
18633		-	amended to read as follows:
18634		-	Section 754.2 The operator shall also fulfill the following
18635		-	performance standards:
18636		-	1. Conduct surface coal mining operations so as to maximize the
18637		-	utilization and conservation of the solid fuel resource being
18638		-	recovered so that reaffecting the land in the future through surface
18639		-	coal mining can be mini mized;
18640		-	2. Stabilize and protect all surface areas including spoil
18641		-	piles affected by the surface coal mining and reclamation operation
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18669		-	pollution;
18670		-	3. Restore the topsoil or the best available subso il which is
18671		-	best able to support vegetation;
18672		-	4. Insure Ensure that all debris, acid-forming materials, toxic
18673		-	materials, or materials constituting a fire hazard are treated or
18674		-	buried and compacted or otherwise disposed of in a manner designed
18675		-	to prevent contamina tion of ground or surface waters and that
18676		-	contingency plans are developed to prevent sustained combustion;
18677		-	5. Insure Ensure that the construction, maintenance and
18678		-	postmining conditions of access roads into and across the site of
18679		-	operations will control or preven t erosion and siltation, pollution
18680		-	of water, damage to fi sh or wildlife or their habitat, or public or
18681		-	private property;
18682		-	6. Refrain from the construction of roads or other access ways
18683		-	up a stream bed or drainage channel or in such proximity to such
18684		-	channel so as to seriously alter the normal flow of water;
18685		-	7. Protect off-site areas from slides or damage occurring
18686		-	during the surface coal mining and reclamation operations, and not
18687		-	deposit spoil material or locate any part of the operations or waste
18688		-	accumulations outside the permit area;
18689		-	8. To the extent possible using the best technology currently
18690		-	available, minimize disturbances and adverse impacts of the
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18718		-	achieve enhancement of such resourc es where practicable;
18719		-	9. Provide for an undisturbed natu ral barrier beginning at the
18720		-	elevation of the lowest coal seam to be mined and extending from the
18721		-	outslope for such distance as the Department of Environmental
18722		-	Quality shall determine shall be retained in place as a barrier to
18723		-	slides and erosion; and
18724		-	10. Meet such other criteria as are necessary to achieve
18725		-	reclamation in accordance with the purposes of this act, taking into
18726		-	consideration the physical, climatological, and other
18727		-	characteristics of the site.
18728		-	SECTION 304. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 755, is
18729		-	amended to read as follows:
18730		-	Section 755. The following performance standards shall be
18731		-	applicable to steep slope surface coal mining and shall be in
18732		-	addition to those general performance standards required by this
18733		-	act. These provisions shall not apply to those situations in which
18734		-	an operator is mining on flat or gently rolling terrain, on which an
18735		-	occasional steep slope is encountered through which the mining
18736		-	operation is to proceed, leaving a plain or predominantly flat area.
18737		-	1. The operator shall insure ensure that when performing
18738		-	surface coal mining on steep slopes, no debris, abandoned or
18739		-	disabled equipment, spoil material, or waste mineral matter be
18740		-	placed on the downslope below the bench or mining cut;
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18768		-	to cover completely the highwall and return the site to the
18769		-	appropriate original co ntour, which material will maintain stability
18770		-	following mining and reclamation;
18771		-	3. The operator may not disturb land above the top of the
18772		-	highwall unless the Department of Environmental Quality finds that
18773		-	such disturbance will facilitate compliance with t he environmental
18774		-	protection standards of this act. The land disturbed above the
18775		-	highwall shall be limited to that amount necessary to facilitate
18776		-	said compliance; and
18777		-	4. For the purposes of this section, the term steep slope is
18778		-	any slope above twenty (20) degrees or such lesser slope as may be
18779		-	defined by the Department after consideration of soil, climate and
18780		-	other characteristics of a region or state.
18781		-	SECTION 305. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 756, is
18782		-	amended to read as follows:
18783		-	Section 756. A. Where a surface coal mining operation will
18784		-	remove an entire coal seam or seams running through the upper
18785		-	fraction of a mountain, ridge or hill by removing all of the
18786		-	overburden and creating a level plateau or a gently rolling contour
18787		-	with no highwalls remaining and which will be capable of supporting
18788		-	postmining uses in accordance with the requirements of this section,
18789		-	such operation shall require that:
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18817		-	associated with it are retained in place as a barrier to slides and
18818		-	erosion;
18819		-	2. The reclaimed area is stable;
18820		-	3. The resulting plateau or rolling contour drains inward from
18821		-	the outslopes except at specified points;
18822		-	4. No damage will be done to natural watercourses;
18823		-	5. Spoil will be placed on the mountaintop bench as is
18824		-	necessary to achieve the planned postmining land use; and
18825		-	6. Stability of the spoil retained on the mountaintop is
18826		-	insured and meets the other requirements of this act.
18827		-	Such operation shall not be required to restore the original
18828		-	contour as provided in Section 747 of this title.
18829		-	B. In cases where an industrial, commercial, agricultural,
18830		-	residential or public facility, including recreational facilities,
18831		-	use is proposed as the postmining use of the affected land, the
18832		-	Department of Environmental Quality may grant a permit for a surface
18833		-	mining operation of the nature described in this section if:
18834		-	1. The proposed postmining land use is deemed to constitute an
18835		-	equal or better economic or public use of the affected land, as
18836		-	compared with premining use after consultation with the appropriate
18837		-	land use planning agencies;
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18865		-	postmining land use and appropriate assurances that such use will
18866		-	be:
18867		-	a. compatible with adjacent land uses,
18868		-	b. obtainable according to data regarding expected need
18869		-	and market,
18870		-	c. assured of investment in necessary public facilities,
18871		-	d. supported by commitments from public agencies where
18872		-	appropriate,
18873		-	e. practicable with respect to private financial
18874		-	capability for completion of the proposed use,
18875		-	f. planned pursuant to a schedule attach ed to the
18876		-	reclamation plan so as to integrate the mining
18877		-	operation and reclamation with the postmining land
18878		-	use, and
18879		-	g. designed by a registered engineer in conformance with
18880		-	professional standards established to assure the
18881		-	stability, drainage, and configu ration necessary for
18882		-	the intended use of the site;
18883		-	3. The proposed use would be consistent with adjacent land
18884		-	uses, and existing state and local land use plans and programs;
18885		-	4. The Department provides the governing body of the unit of
18886		-	general-purpose government in which the land is located and any
18887		-	state or federal agency which the Department, in its discretion,
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18915		-	of not more than sixty (60) days to review and comment on the
18916		-	proposed use;
18917		-	5. All other requirements of this act will be met.
18918		-	SECTION 306. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 757, is
18919		-	amended to read as follows:
18920		-	Section 757. If the area proposed to be mined contains prime
18921		-	farmland, the Department of Environmental Quality shall, after
18922		-	consultation with the United States Secretary of Agricultu re, and
18923		-	pursuant to regulations issued by the United States Secretary of the
18924		-	Interior with the concurrence of the United States Secretary of
18925		-	Agriculture, grant a permit to mine on prime farmland if the
18926		-	Department finds in writing that the operator has the technological
18927		-	capability to restore such mined area, within a reasonable time, to
18928		-	equivalent or higher levels of yield as non-mined prime farmland in
18929		-	the surrounding area under equivalent levels of management and can
18930		-	meet the soil reconstruction standards. The requirements of this
18931		-	section shall apply to all permits issued after August 3, 1977.
18932		-	Nothing in this section shall apply to any permit issued prior
18933		-	to August 3, 1977, or to any revisions or renewals thereof, or to
18934		-	any existing surface mining operation s for which a permit was issued
18935		-	prior to August 3, 1977.
18936		-	1. The operator shall be required to segregate the A horizon of
18937		-	the natural soil, except where it can be shown that other available
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18965		-	capacity; and if not utilized immediately, stockpile this material
18966		-	separately from other spoil, and provide needed protection from wind
18967		-	and water erosion or contamination by other acid or toxic material;
18968		-	2. Segregate the B horizon of the natural soil, o r underlying C
18969		-	horizons or other strata, or a combination of such horizons or other
18970		-	strata that are shown to be both texturally and chemically suitable
18971		-	for plant growth and that can be shown to be equally or more
18972		-	favorable for plant growth than the B horiz on, in sufficient
18973		-	quantities to create in the regraded final soil a root zone of
18974		-	comparable depth and quality to that which existed in the natural
18975		-	soil; and if not utilized immediately, stockpile this material
18976		-	separately from other spoil, and provide neede d protection from wind
18977		-	and water erosion or contamination by other acid or toxic material;
18978		-	3. Replace and regrade the root zone material described in
18979		-	paragraph 2 above of this section with proper compaction and uniform
18980		-	depth over the regraded spoil material; and
18981		-	4. Redistribute and grade in a uniform manner the surface soil
18982		-	horizon described in paragraph 1 of this section.
18983		-	SECTION 307. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 760, is
18984		-	amended to read as follow s:
18985		-	Section 760. Each permit issued relating to underground coal
18986		-	mining shall require the operator to:
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19013		-	1. Adopt measures consistent with known technology in order to
19014		-	prevent subsidence causing material damage to the extent
19015		-	technologically and economically feasible. The operator shall
19016		-	maximize mine stability and maintain the value and reasonably
19017		-	foreseeable use of surface lands, except in those instances when the
19018		-	mining technology used requires planned subsidence in a predictable
19019		-	and controlled manner. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed
19020		-	to prohibit the standard method of room and pillar mining;
19021		-	2. Seal all portals, entryways, drifts, shafts or other
19022		-	openings between the surface and underground mine working when no
19023		-	longer needed for the conduct of the mining operations;
19024		-	3. Fill or seal exploratory holes no longer necessary for
19025		-	mining, maximizing to the extent technologically and economically
19026		-	feasible the return of mine and processing waste, tailings and any
19027		-	other waste incident to the mining operation, to the mine workings
19028		-	or excavations;
19029		-	4. Stabilize, with respect to surface disposal of mine wastes,
19030		-	tailings, coal processing wastes and other wastes in areas other
19031		-	than the mine workings or excavations, all waste piles created by
19032		-	the permittee from current operations through construction in
19033		-	compacted layers including the use of incombustible and impervious
19034		-	materials if necessary. The operator shall assure that the leachate
19035		-	will not degrade below water quality standards established pursuant
19036		-	to applicable federal and state law surface or ground waters. The
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19063		-	operator shall assure that the final contour of the waste
19064		-	accumulation will be compatible with natural surroundings and that
19065		-	the site is stabilized and revegetated according to the provisions
19066		-	of this section;
19067		-	5. Design, locate, construct, operate, maintain, enlarge,
19068		-	modify and remove or abandon all existing and new coal mine waste
19069		-	piles consisting of mine wastes, tailings, coal processing wastes,
19070		-	or other liquid and solid wastes, and used either temporarily or
19071		-	permanently as dams or embankments as required by the Department of
19072		-	Environmental Quality;
19073		-	6. Establish on regraded areas and all other lands affected, a
19074		-	diverse and permanent vegetative cover capable of self-regeneration
19075		-	and plant succession and at least equal in extent of cover to the
19076		-	natural vegetation of the area;
19077		-	7. Protect offsite areas from damages which may result from
19078		-	such mining operations;
19079		-	8. Eliminate fire hazards and otherwise eliminate conditions
19080		-	which constitute a hazard to the public health and safety;
19081		-	9. Minimize the disturbances of the prevailing hydrologic
19082		-	balance at the minesite and in associated offsite areas and to the
19083		-	quantity of water in surface ground water systems both during and
19084		-	after coal mining operations and during reclamation by:
19085		-	a. avoiding acid or other toxic mine drainage by such
19086		-	measures as, but not limited to:
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19113		-	(1) preventing or removing water from contact with
19114		-	toxic producing deposits,
19115		-	(2) treating drainage to reduce toxic content which
19116		-	adversely affects downstream water upon being
19117		-	released to watercourses, and
19118		-	(3) casing, sealing or otherwise managing boreholes,
19119		-	shafts and wells to keep acid or other toxic
19120		-	drainage from entering ground and surface waters,
19121		-	and
19122		-	b. conducting surface coal mining operations so as to
19123		-	prevent, to the extent possible using the best
19124		-	technology currently available, additional
19125		-	contributions of suspended solids to streamflow or
19126		-	runoff outside the permit area. In no event shall
19127		-	such contributions be in excess of requirements set by
19128		-	applicable state or federal law. The operator shall
19129		-	avoid channel deepening or enlargement in operations
19130		-	requiring the discharge of water from mines;
19131		-	10. Operate, with respect to other surface impacts not
19132		-	specified in this section, including the construction of new roads
19133		-	or the improvement or use of existing roads to gain access to the
19134		-	site of such activities and for haulage, repair areas, storage
19135		-	areas, processing areas, shipping areas and other areas upon which
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19164		-	accordance with the standards established under this title for such
19165		-	effects which result from surface coal mining operations. The
19166		-	Department shall make such modifications in the requirements imposed
19167		-	by this paragraph as are necessary to accommodate the distinct
19168		-	difference between surface and underground coal mining;
19169		-	11. Minimize, to the extent possible using the best technology
19170		-	currently available, disturbances and adverse impacts of the
19171		-	operation on fish, wildlife and related environmental values and
19172		-	achieve enhancement of such resources where practicable; and
19173		-	12. Locate openings for all new drift mines working acid-
19174		-	producing or iron-producing coal seams in such a manner as to
19175		-	prevent a gravity discharge of water from the mine.
19176		-	SECTION 308. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 760.1, is
19177		-	amended to read as follows:
19178		-	Section 760.1 In order to protect the stability of the land,
19179		-	the Department of Environmental Quality shall suspend underground
19180		-	coal mining under urbanized areas, cities, towns and communities and
19181		-	adjacent to industrial or commercial buildings, major impoundments
19182		-	or permanent streams if it finds imminent danger to inhabitants of
19183		-	the urbanized areas, cities, towns and communities.
19184		-	SECTION 309. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 760.2, is
19185		-	amended to read as follows:
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19213		-	bonds, inspections and enforcement, public review, and
19214		-	administrative and judicial review shall be applicable to surface
19215		-	operations and surface impacts incident to an underground coal mine
19216		-	with such modifications to the permit application requirements,
19217		-	permit approval or denial procedures, and bond requirements as are
19218		-	necessary to accommodate the distinct difference between surface and
19219		-	underground coal mining. The Department of Environmental Quality
19220		-	shall adopt such modifications.
19221		-	SECTION 310. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 765, is
19222		-	amended to read as follows:
19223		-	Section 765. A. The Department of Environmental Quality shall
19224		-	require any permittee to establish and maintain appropriate records,
19225		-	make monthly reports to the Department, install, use and maintain
19226		-	any necessary monitoring equipment or methods, evaluate results in
19227		-	accordance with such methods, at such locations, intervals and in
19228		-	such manner as the Department shall prescribe, and provide such
19229		-	other information relative to surface coal mining and reclamation
19230		-	operations as the Department deems reasonable and necessary.
19231		-	B. For those surface coal mining and reclamation operations
19232		-	which remove or disturb strata that serve as aquifers which
19233		-	significantly insure ensure the hydrologic balance of water use
19234		-	either on or off the mining site, the Department shall specify:
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19262		-	surface drainage above and below the minesite as well as in the
19263		-	potential zone of influence;
19264		-	2. Monitoring sites to record level, amount and samples of
19265		-	ground water and aquifers potentially affected by the mining and
19266		-	also directly below the lowermost (deepest) coal seam to be mined;
19267		-	3. Records of well logs and borehole data to be maintained; and
19268		-	4. Monitoring sites to record precipitation.
19269		-	The monitoring data collection and analysis required by this
19270		-	section shall be conducted according to standards and procedures set
19271		-	forth by the Department in order to assure their reliability and
19272		-	validity.
19273		-	SECTION 311. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 766, is
19274		-	amended to read as follows:
19275		-	Section 766. A. The representatives of the Department of
19276		-	Environmental Quality may enter upon the lands of the operator at
19277		-	all times deemed reasonable and necessary by the Department without
19278		-	advance notice and upon presentation of appro priate credentials for
19279		-	the purpose of inspection, to determine whether the provisions of
19280		-	this act have been complied with, and may at reasonable times, and
19281		-	without delay, have access to and copy any records, inspect any
19282		-	monitoring equipment or method of op eration required under this act.
19283		-	B. The inspections by the Department shall:
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19310		-	1. Occur on an irregular basis averaging at least one partial
19311		-	inspection per month for each active surface coal mining and
19312		-	reclamation operation covered by permit. Partial insp ections on
19313		-	each inactive surface coal mining and reclamation operation covered
19314		-	by permit shall be conducted as necessary to ensure the effective
19315		-	enforcement of this act. At least one complete inspection shall be
19316		-	conducted per calendar quarter on each acti ve and inactive surface
19317		-	coal mining and reclamation operation covered by permit.
19318		-	For the purpose of this section, an inactive surface coal mining
19319		-	and reclamation operation is defined as those operations which have
19320		-	obtained at least a sixty percent (60%) bo nd release pursuant to
19321		-	paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 772 of this title. All other
19322		-	surface coal mining operations shall be considered as active;
19323		-	2. Occur without prior notice to the permittee or his agents or
19324		-	employees except for necessary on -site meetings with the permittee;
19325		-	and
19326		-	3. Include the filing of inspection reports adequate to enforce
19327		-	the requirements of and to carry out the terms and purposes of this
19328		-	act.
19329		-	C. Each permittee shall maintain in a conspicuous place at the
19330		-	entrances to the surface coal mining and reclamation operations
19331		-	clearly visible signs which set forth the name, business address and
19332		-	phone number of the permittee and the permit number of the surface
19333		-	coal mining and reclamation operations.
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19361		-	requirement of this act, shall immediately inform the operator in
19362		-	writing of the violation, and shall report in writing any such
19363		-	violation to the Department.
19364		-	E. Copies of any records, reports, inspection materials or
19365		-	information obtained under this act by the Department shall be made
19366		-	immediately available for inspection by the public at central and
19367		-	sufficient locations designated by the Department in the county,
19368		-	multicounty and state area of mining so that they are conveniently
19369		-	available to residents in the areas of mining, excepting such
19370		-	information required to be kept confidential by this act.
19371		-	SECTION 312. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 767, is
19372		-	amended to read as follows:
19373		-	Section 767. No employee of the Department of Mines
19374		-	Environmental Quality or any other state employee performing any
19375		-	function or duty under this act shall be directly or indirectly
19376		-	interested in any mining operation, or any contract for purchase of
19377		-	any property or construction or any work for any mining operation.
19378		-	Any person who knowingly violates the provision of this section
19379		-	shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction shall be
19380		-	punished by incarceration for a period not to exceed one (1) year or
19381		-	a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
19382		-	SECTION 313. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 768, is
19383		-	amended to read as follows:
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19410		-	Section 768. A. Any person who is or may be adversely affected
19411		-	by a surface mining operation may notify the Chief Mine Inspector
19412		-	Division Director of the Divi sion of Mines of the Department of
19413		-	Environmental Quality or any representative of the Chief Mine
19414		-	Inspector Division Director responsible for conducting the
19415		-	inspection, in writing, of any violation of this act which he has
19416		-	reason to believe exists at the surface mining site. If the person
19417		-	who is or may be adversely affec ted by surface mining operations
19418		-	states in such writing that he desires the source of the complaint
19419		-	or writing kept confidential, the Department of Environmental
19420		-	Quality shall maintain such information in confidence. The Chief
19421		-	Mine Inspector Division Director shall, by regulation, establish
19422		-	procedures for informal review of any refusal by a representative of
19423		-	the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director to issue a citation with
19424		-	respect to any such alleged violation. The Chief Mine Inspector
19425		-	Division Director shall furnish such persons requesting the review a
19426		-	written statement of the r easons for the Chief Mine Inspector's
19427		-	final disposition of the case.
19428		-	B. The Chief Mine Inspector Department of Environmental Quality
19429		-	shall also, by regulation, establish procedures to ensure that
19430		-	adequate and complete inspections are made. Any such person may
19431		-	notify the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director of the Division of
19432		-	Mines of any failure to make such in spections, after which the Chief
19433		-	Mine Inspector Division Director shall determine whether adequate
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19461		-	Division Director shall furnish such persons a written statement of
19462		-	the reasons for the Chief Mine Inspector's Division Director's
19463		-	determination that adequate and complete inspections have or have
19464		-	not been conducted.
19465		-	SECTION 314. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 769, is
19466		-	amended to read as follows:
19467		-	Section 769. A. In the enforcement of a state program pursuant
19468		-	to this act any operator who violates any permit condition or who
19469		-	violates any other provision of this act may be assessed a civil
19470		-	penalty by the Department of Environmental Quality except that if
19471		-	such violation leads to the issuance of a cessation order under this
19472		-	act, the civil penalty shall be assessed. Such penalty shall not
19473		-	exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each violation. Each
19474		-	day of continuing violation may be deemed a separate violation for
19475		-	purposes of penalty assessments. In determining the amount of the
19476		-	penalty, consideration shall be given to the operator's history of
19477		-	previous violations at the particular surface coal mining operation;
19478		-	the seriousness of the violation, including any irreparable harm to
19479		-	the environment and any hazard to the health or safety of t he
19480		-	public; whether the permittee was negligent; and the demonstrated
19481		-	good faith of the permittee charged in attempting to achieve rapid
19482		-	compliance after notification of the violation.
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19510		-	after the person charged with a violation described under subsection
19511		-	A of this section has been given an opportunity for a public
19512		-	hearing. Where such a public hearing has been held, the Chief Mine
19513		-	Inspector Division Director of the Division of Mines shall make
19514		-	findings of fact, and he or she shall issue a written d ecision as to
19515		-	the occurrence of the violation and the amount of the penalty which
19516		-	is warranted, incorporating, when appropriate, an order therein
19517		-	requiring that the penalty be paid. When appropriate, the Chief
19518		-	Mine Inspector Division Director shall consolidate such hearing s
19519		-	with other proceedings under this act. Any hearing under this
19520		-	section shall be of record. Where the person charged with such a
19521		-	violation fails to avail himself of the opportunity for a public
19522		-	hearing, a civil penalty shall be assessed by the Chief Mine
19523		-	Inspector Division Director after the Chief Mine Inspector Division
19524		-	Director has determined that a violation did occur, and the amount
19525		-	of the penalty which is warranted, and has issued an order requiring
19526		-	that the penalty be paid.
19527		-	C. Upon the issuance of a notice or order charging that a
19528		-	violation of this act has occurred, the Department shall inform the
19529		-	operator within thirty (30) days of the proposed amount of said
19530		-	penalty. The person charged with the penalty shall then have thirty
19531		-	(30) days to pay the proposed penalty in full or, if the person
19532		-	wishes to contest either the amount of the penalty or the fact of
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19560		-	placement in an escrow account. If through administrative or
19561		-	judicial review of the proposed penalty, it is determined that no
19562		-	violation occurred, or that the amount of the penalty should be
19563		-	reduced, the Department shall within thirty (30) days remit the
19564		-	appropriate amount to the person, with interest at the rate of six
19565		-	percent (6%), or at the prevailing United States Department of the
19566		-	Treasury rate, whichever is greater. Failure to forward the money
19567		-	to the Department within thirty (30) days shall result in a waiver
19568		-	of all legal rights to contest the violation or the amount of the
19569		-	penalty.
19570		-	D. Civil penalties owed under this act may be recovered in a
19571		-	civil action brought by the Attorney General at the request of the
19572		-	Chief Mine Inspector Department of Environmental Quality in any
19573		-	appropriate district court.
19574		-	E. Any person who willfully and knowingly violates a condition
19575		-	of a permit issued pursuant to this act or fails or refuses to
19576		-	comply with any order issued under this act, or any order
19577		-	incorporated in a final decision issued by the Chief Mine Inspector
19578		-	Department of Environmental Quality under this act except an order
19579		-	incorporated in a decision issued under subsection B of this
19580		-	section, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more
19581		-	than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or by imprisonment for not
19582		-	more than one (1) year, or both.
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19610		-	permit issued pursuant to this act or fails or refuses to comply
19611		-	with any order issued under this act, or any order incorporated in a
19612		-	final decision issued by the Chief Mine Inspector Department of
19613		-	Environmental Quality under this act except an order incorporated in
19614		-	a decision issued under subsection B of this section, any director,
19615		-	officer or agent of such corporation who willfully and knowingly
19616		-	authorized, ordered or car ried out such violation, failure or
19617		-	refusal shall be subject to the same civil penalties, fines and
19618		-	imprisonment that may be imposed upon a person under subsections A
19619		-	and E of this section.
19620		-	G. Whoever knowingly makes any false statement, representation
19621		-	or certification, or knowingly fails to make any statement,
19622		-	representation or certification in any application, record, report,
19623		-	plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant
19624		-	to this act or any order of or decision issued by the Department
19625		-	under this act, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not
19626		-	more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or by imprisonment for
19627		-	not more than one (1) year, or both.
19628		-	H. Any operator who fails to correct a violation for which a
19629		-	citation has been issu ed within the period permitted for its
19630		-	correction shall be assessed a civil penalty of not less than Seven
19631		-	Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00) for each day during which such
19632		-	failure or violation continues.
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19660		-	until:
19661		-	1. The entry of a final order by the Department after an
19662		-	expedited hearing, as provided by Section 53 786 of this act title,
19663		-	which ordered the suspension of the abatement requirements of the
19664		-	citation because it was determined that the operator wil l suffer
19665		-	irreparable loss or damage from the application of the abatement
19666		-	requirements; or
19667		-	2. The entry of an order by a court in any review proceedings
19668		-	initiated by the operator in which the court orders the suspension
19669		-	of the abatement requirements.
19670		-	I. Any person who shall, except as permitted by law, willfully
19671		-	resist, prevent, impede or interfere with the Chief Mine Inspector
19672		-	Department of Environm ental Quality or any of the agents or
19673		-	employees of the Department in the performance of duties pursuant to
19674		-	this act shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more
19675		-	than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment for not
19676		-	more than one (1) year, or both.
19677		-	SECTION 315. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 770, is
19678		-	amended to read as follows:
19679		-	Section 770. The permittee may file a request with the
19680		-	Department of Environmental Quality for the release of all or part
19681		-	of a performance bond or deposit. Within thirty (30) d ays after any
19682		-	application for bond or deposit release has been filed with the
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19709		-	Department, the operator shall submit a copy of an advertisement
19710		-	placed at least once a week for four (4) successive weeks in a
19711		-	newspaper of general circulation in the locality o f the surface coal
19712		-	mining operation. Such advertisement shall be considered part of
19713		-	any bond release application and shall contain a notification of the
19714		-	precise location of the land affected, the number of acres, the
19715		-	permit and the date approved, the amoun t of the bond filed and the
19716		-	portion sought to be released, and the type and appropriate dates of
19717		-	reclamation work performed and a description of the results achieved
19718		-	as they relate to the operator's approved reclamation plan. In
19719		-	addition, as part of any b ond release application, the applicant
19720		-	shall submit copies of letters which he has sent to adjoining
19721		-	property owners, local governmental bodies, planning agencies and
19722		-	sewage and water treatment authorities or water districts in the
19723		-	districts in which the s urface coal mining and reclamation
19724		-	activities took place, notifying them of his intention to seek
19725		-	release from the bond.
19726		-	SECTION 316. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 771, is
19727		-	amended to read as follows:
19728		-	Section 771. Upon receipt of the notification and request, the
19729		-	Department of Environmental Quality shall within thirty (30) d ays
19730		-	conduct an inspection and evaluation of the reclamation work
19731		-	involved. Such evaluation shall consider, among other things, the
19732		-	degree of difficulty to complete any remaining reclamation, whether
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19760		-	probability of continuance or future occurrence of such pollution,
19761		-	and the estimated cost of abating such pollution. The Department
19762		-	shall notify the permittee in writing of its decision to release or
19763		-	not to release all or part of the performance bond or deposit within
19764		-	sixty (60) days from the filing of the request, if no public hearing
19765		-	is held and if there has been a public hearing held within thirty
19766		-	(30) days thereafter.
19767		-	SECTION 317. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021 , Section 772, is
19768		-	amended to read as follows:
19769		-	Section 772. A. The Department of Environmental Quality may
19770		-	release in whole or in part the bond or deposit if the Department is
19771		-	satisfied the reclamation covered by the bond or deposit or portion
19772		-	thereof has been accomplished as required by this act according to
19773		-	the following schedule:
19774		-	1. When the operator completes the backfilling, regrading and
19775		-	drainage control of a bonded area in accordance with his approved
19776		-	reclamation plan, the re lease of sixty percent (60%) of the bond or
19777		-	collateral for the applicable permit area;
19778		-	2. After revegetation has be en established on the regraded
19779		-	mined lands in accordance with the approved reclamation plan. When
19780		-	determining the amount of bond to be rele ased after successful
19781		-	revegetation has been established, the Department shall retain that
19782		-	amount of bond for the rev egetated area which would be sufficient
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19810		-	and for the period specified for operator responsibility of
19811		-	reestablishing revegetation. No part of the bond or deposit shall
19812		-	be released under this paragraph so long as the lands to which the
19813		-	release would be applicable are contributing suspended solids to
19814		-	streamflow or runoff outside the permit area in excess of the
19815		-	requirements set by law. No part of the bond shall be released
19816		-	until soil productiv ity for prime farmlands has returned to
19817		-	equivalent levels of yield as nonmined land of the same soil type in
19818		-	the surrounding area under equi valent management practices as
19819		-	determined from the soil survey. When a silt dam is to be retained
19820		-	as a permanent impoundment, the remaining portion of bond may be
19821		-	released under this paragraph so long as provisions for sound future
19822		-	maintenance by the oper ator or the landowner have been made with the
19823		-	Department; and
19824		-	3. When the operator has completed successfully all s urface
19825		-	coal mining and reclamation activities, the release of the remaining
19826		-	portion of the bond, but not before the expiration of the period
19827		-	specified for operator responsibility. No bond shall be fully
19828		-	released until all reclamation requirements of this act are fully
19829		-	met.
19830		-	B. If the Department disapproves the application for release of
19831		-	the bond or portion thereof, the Department shall notify the
19832		-	permittee in writing, stating the reasons for disapproval and
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19860		-	allowing opportunity for a public hearing.
19861		-	C. In order to protect areas affected by surface coal mining
19862		-	activities and the surface effects of underground coal mines, no oil
19863		-	or gas drilling activities shall be commenced or continued in any
19864		-	mine permit area while the reclamation bond or any portion thereof
19865		-	remains in effect, without the written approval of the Director.
19866		-	The Department shall issue rules and regulations establishing
19867		-	criteria and conditions for the approval of the Director u nder this
19868		-	subsection.
19869		-	SECTION 318. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 773, is
19870		-	amended to read as follows:
19871		-	Section 773. A. When any application for total or partial bond
19872		-	release is filed with the Department of Environmental Quality, the
19873		-	Department shall notify any municipality in which a surface coal
19874		-	mining operation is located by certified mail at least thirty (30)
19875		-	days prior to the release of all or a portion of the bond.
19876		-	B. Any person with a valid legal interest which might be
19877		-	adversely affected by release of the bond or the responsible
19878		-	administration officer o f any federal, state or local governmental
19879		-	agency which has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with
19880		-	respect to any environmental, social or economic impact involved in
19881		-	the operation, or is authorized to develop and enforce environmental
19882		-	standards with respect to such operations, shall have the right to
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19910		-	Department within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the
19911		-	above notice. If written objections are filed and a hearing
19912		-	requested, the Department shall inform all the interested parties of
19913		-	the time and place of the hearing, and hold a public hearing in the
19914		-	locality of the surface coal mining operation proposed for bond
19915		-	release within thirty (30) days of the request for such hearin g.
19916		-	The date, time and location of such public hearings shall be
19917		-	advertised as frequently as possible by the Department in each issue
19918		-	of a newspaper of general circulation in the locality for two (2)
19919		-	consecutive weeks, and shall hold a public hearing in the locality
19920		-	of the surface coal mining operation proposed for bond release or at
19921		-	the State Capitol Building at the option of the objector within
19922		-	thirty (30) days of the request for such hearing.
19923		-	C. Without prejudice to the rights of the objectors, to the
19924		-	rights of applicant, or to the responsibilities of the Department
19925		-	pursuant to this section, the Department may establish an informal
19926		-	conference to resolve such written objections.
19927		-	D. For the purpose of such hearing the Department shall have
19928		-	the authority, pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, and is
19929		-	hereby empowered to administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, or written
19930		-	or printed materials, compel the attendance of witnesses, or
19931		-	production of the materials, and take evidence including but not
19932		-	limited to inspections of the land affected and other surface coal
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19960		-	vicinity. A verbatim record of each public hearing required by this
19961		-	act shall be made, and a transcript made available on the motion of
19962		-	any party or by order of the Department.
19963		-	SECTION 319. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 774, is
19964		-	amended to read as follows:
19965		-	Section 774. A. Except as provided in subsection B of this
19966		-	section, any person having an interest which is or may be adversely
19967		-	affected may commence a civil action on his or her own behalf to
19968		-	compel compliance with this act:
19969		-	1. Against any governmental instrumentality or agency to the
19970		-	extent permitted by the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of
19971		-	the United States which is alleged to be in violation of the
19972		-	provisions of this act or of any rule, regulation, order or permit
19973		-	issued pursuant thereto, or against any other person who is alleged
19974		-	to be in violation of any rule, regulation, order or permit issued
19975		-	pursuant to this act; or
19976		-	2. Against the Department of Environmental Quality to the
19977		-	extent permitted by the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of
19978		-	the United States where there is alleged a failure of the Department
19979		-	to perform any act or duty under this act which is not discretionary
19980		-	with the Department.
19981		-	B. No action may be commenced :
19982		-	1. Under paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section:
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20010		-	notice in writing of the violation to the Department,
20011		-	and to any alleged violator, or
20012		-	b. if the Department has commenced and is diligently
20013		-	prosecuting a civil action in a court of this state to
20014		-	require compliance with the provisions of this act, or
20015		-	any rule, regulation, order or permit issued pursuant
20016		-	to this act, but in any such action in a court of this
20017		-	state any person may intervene as a mat ter of right;
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20019		-	2. Under paragraph 2 of subsection A of this section prior to
20020		-	sixty (60) days after the plaintiff has given notice in writing of
20021		-	such action to the Department, in such manner as the Department
20022		-	shall by regulation prescribe, except that su ch action may be
20023		-	brought immediately after such notification in the case where the
20024		-	violation or order complained of constitutes an imminent threat to
20025		-	the health or safety of the plaintiff or would immediately affect a
20026		-	legal interest of the plaintiff.
20027		-	C. Any action respecting a violation of this act or the
20028		-	regulations thereunder may be brought only in the judicial district
20029		-	in which the surface coal mining operation complained of is located.
20030		-	In such action under this section, the Department, if not a party,
20031		-	may intervene as a matter of right.
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20059		-	pursuant to subsection A of this section, may award costs of
20060		-	litigation, including attorney and expert witness fees, to any
20061		-	party, whenever the court deter mines such award is appropriate. The
20062		-	court may, if a temporary restraining order or preliminary
20063		-	injunction is sought, require the filing of a bond or equivalent
20064		-	security.
20065		-	E. Nothing in this section shall restrict any right which any
20066		-	person, or class of p ersons, may have under any statute or common
20067		-	law to seek enforcement of any of the provisions of this act and the
20068		-	regulations thereunder, or to seek any other relief including relief
20069		-	against the Department.
20070		-	F. Any person who is injured in his person or pr operty through
20071		-	the violation by any operator of any rule, regulation, order or
20072		-	permit issued pursuant to this act may bring an action for damages,
20073		-	including reasonable attorney and expert witness fees, only in the
20074		-	judicial district in which the surface coa l mining operation
20075		-	complained of is located. Nothing in this subsection shall affect
20076		-	the rights established by or limits imposed under Oklahoma Workers'
20077		-	Compensation laws.
20078		-	SECTION 320. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 775, is
20079		-	amended to read as follows:
20080		-	Section 775. Whenever the Department of Environmental Quality
20081		-	has reason to believe that any person is in violation of any
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20108		-	requirement of this act or any pe rmit condition required by this
20109		-	act, the Department shall immediately order inspection of the
20110		-	surface coal mining operation at which the alleged violation is
20111		-	occurring unless the information available to the Department is a
20112		-	result of a previous inspection of such surface coal mining
20113		-	operation. When the inspection results from information provided to
20114		-	the Department by any person, the Department shall notify such
20115		-	person when the inspection is proposed to be carried out and such
20116		-	person shall be allowed to acc ompany the inspector during the
20117		-	inspection.
20118		-	SECTION 321. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 776, is
20119		-	amended to read as follows:
20120		-	Section 776. If, on the basis of any inspection, the Department
20121		-	of Environmental Quality determines that any unacceptable condition
20122		-	or practice exists, or that any permit tee is in violation of any
20123		-	requirement of this act or any permit condition required by this
20124		-	act, which condition, practice or violation also creates an imminent
20125		-	danger to the health or safety of the public, or is causing, or can
20126		-	reasonably be expected to c ause significant, imminent environmental
20127		-	harm to land, air or water resources, the Department shall
20128		-	immediately order a cessation of surface coal mining and reclamation
20129		-	operations or the portion thereof relevant to the condition,
20130		-	practice or violation. Su ch cessation order shall remain in effect
20131		-	until the Department determines that the condition, practice or
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20158		-	violation has been abated, or until modified, vacated or terminated
20159		-	by the Department. If the Department finds that the ordered
20160		-	cessation of surface c oal mining and reclamation operations, or any
20161		-	portion thereof, will not completely abate the imminent danger to
20162		-	the health or safety of the public or the significant imminent
20163		-	environmental harm to land, air or water resources, the Department
20164		-	shall, in addition to the cessation order, impose affirmative
20165		-	obligations on the operator requiring him to take whatever steps the
20166		-	Department deems necessary to abate the imminent danger or the
20167		-	significant environmental harm.
20168		-	SECTION 322. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 777, is
20169		-	amended to read as follows:
20170		-	Section 777. If the Department of Environmental Quality
20171		-	determines that any permittee is in violation of any requirement of
20172		-	this act or any permit condition required by this act, but such
20173		-	violation does not create an imminent danger to the health or safety
20174		-	of the public, or cannot be reasonably expected to cause
20175		-	significant, imminent environmental harm to land, air or water
20176		-	resources, the Department shall issue a notice to the permittee or
20177		-	his agent fixing a reasonable time not to exceed ninety (90) days
20178		-	for the abatement of the violation and providing opportunity for
20179		-	public hearing.
20180		-	If, upon expiration of the period of time as originally fixed or
20181		-	subsequently extended, for good cause shown and upon the written
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20209		-	has not been abated, it shall immediately order a cessation of
20210		-	surface coal mining and reclamation o perations or the portion
20211		-	thereof relevant to the violation. Such cessation order shall
20212		-	remain in effect until the Department determines that the violation
20213		-	has been abated, or until modified, vacated or terminated by the
20214		-	Department. In the order of cessat ion issued by the Department
20215		-	under this section, the Department shall determine the steps
20216		-	necessary to abate the violation in the most expeditious manner
20217		-	possible, and shall include the necessary measures to abate in the
20218		-	order.
20219		-	SECTION 323. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 778, is
20220		-	amended to read as follows:
20221		-	Section 778. If the Department of Environmental Quality
20222		-	determines that a pattern of violations of any requirements of this
20223		-	act exists or has existed, and if the Department also find s that
20224		-	such violations are caused by the unwarranted or willful failure of
20225		-	the permittee to comply with any requirements of this act, the
20226		-	Department shall immediately issue an order to the permittee to show
20227		-	cause as to why the permit should not be suspende d or revoked and
20228		-	shall provide opportunity for a public hearing. If a hearing is
20229		-	requested the Department shall inform all interested parties of the
20230		-	time and place of the hearing. Upon the permittee's failure to show
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20258		-	Department shall immediately suspend or revoke t he permit.
20259		-	SECTION 324. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 779, is
20260		-	amended to read as follows:
20261		-	Section 779. Notices and orders issued pursuant to Sections 42
20262		-	775 through 45 778 of this act title shall set forth with reasonable
20263		-	specificity the nature of the violation and the remedial action
20264		-	required, the period of time established for abatement, and a
20265		-	reasonable description of the portion of the surface coal min ing and
20266		-	reclamation operation to which the notice or order applies. Each
20267		-	notice or order issued under this section shall be given promptly to
20268		-	the permittee or his agent by the Department of Environmental
20269		-	Quality and all such notices and orders shall be in writing and
20270		-	shall be signed. Any notice or order issued pursuant to this
20271		-	section may be modified, vacated or terminated by the Department.
20272		-	Any notice or order whic h requires cessation of mining by the
20273		-	operator shall expire within thirty (30) days of actu al notice to
20274		-	the operator unless a public hearing is held at the site or within
20275		-	such reasonable proximity to the site that any viewings of the site
20276		-	can be conducted during the course of public hearing.
20277		-	SECTION 325. AMENDATORY 45 O.S . 2021, Section 780, is
20278		-	amended to read as follows:
20279		-	Section 780. A. The Attorney General, upon request of the
20280		-	Department of Environmental Quality, shall institute proceedings to
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20307		-	recover any damages and expense which the Department may have
20308		-	sustained by reason of the default of the operator. Such
20309		-	proceedings shall be brought against th e operator and surety either
20310		-	in Oklahoma County or the county in which the violation occurred.
20311		-	The Department may request the Attorney General to institute a
20312		-	civil action for relief, including a permanent or temporary
20313		-	injunction, restraining order or any o ther appropriate order in the
20314		-	district court for the district in which the surface coal mining and
20315		-	reclamation operation is located or in which the permittee thereof
20316		-	has his principal office, whenever such permittee or his or her
20317		-	agent:
20318		-	1. Violates or fails or r efuses to comply with any order or
20319		-	decision issued by the Department under this act;
20320		-	2. Interferes with, hinders or delays the Department in
20321		-	carrying out the provisions of this act;
20322		-	3. Refuses to admit authorized representatives of the
20323		-	Department to the mine;
20324		-	4. Refuses to permit inspection of the mine by authorized
20325		-	representatives of the Department;
20326		-	5. Refuses to furnish any information or report requested by
20327		-	the Department in furtherance of the provisions of this act; or
20328		-	6. Refuses to permit access t o, and copying of, such records as
20329		-	the Department determines necessary in carrying out the provisions
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20358		-	may be appropriate. Any relief granted by the court to enforce an
20359		-	order under paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section shall
20360		-	continue in effect until the completion or final termination of all
20361		-	proceedings for review of such order under this title, unless the
20362		-	district court granting such relief sets it aside or modifies it.
20363		-	SECTION 326. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 781, is
20364		-	amended to read as follows:
20365		-	Section 781. A. The Department of Environmental Quality shall
20366		-	establish a planning process enabling objective decisions based upon
20367		-	competent and scientifically sound data and information as to which,
20368		-	if any, land areas or this state are unsuitable for all or certain
20369		-	types of surface coal mining operations pursuant to the standards
20370		-	set forth in this section but such designation shall not prevent the
20371		-	mineral exploration pursuant to this act of any area so designated.
20372		-	B. Upon petition, the Department shall designate an area as
20373		-	unsuitable for all or certain types of surf ace coal mining
20374		-	operations if the Department determines that reclamation pursuant to
20375		-	the requirements of this act is not technologically and economically
20376		-	feasible.
20377		-	C. Upon petition, a surface area may be designated unsuitable
20378		-	for certain types of surface coal mining operations if such
20379		-	operations will:
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20407		-	or programs;
20408		-	2. Affect fragile or historic lands in which such operations
20409		-	could result in significant damage to important historic, cultural,
20410		-	scientific and esthetic values and natural systems;
20411		-	3. Affect renewable resource lands in which such operations
20412		-	could result in a substantial loss or reduction of long-range
20413		-	productivity of water supply or of food or fiber products, and such
20414		-	lands to include aquifers and aquifer recharge areas; or
20415		-	4. Affect natural hazard lands in which such operations could
20416		-	substantially endanger life and property, such lands to include
20417		-	areas subject to frequent flooding and areas of unstable geology.
20418		-	D. Determinations o f the unsuitability of land for surface coal
20419		-	mining, as provided for in this section, shall be integrated as
20420		-	closely as possible with present and future land use planning and
20421		-	regulation processes at the federal, state and local levels.
20422		-	E. The requirements of this section shall not apply to lands on
20423		-	which surface coal mining operations were being conducted on August
20424		-	3, 1977, or under a permit issued pursuant to this act or the Coal
20425		-	Reclamation Act of 1978, or where substantial legal and financial
20426		-	commitments in such operation were in existence prior to January 4,
20427		-	1977.
20428		-	SECTION 327. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 782, is
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20456		-	Section 782. A. Any person having an interest which is or may
20457		-	be adversely affected shall have the right to petition the
20458		-	Department of Environmental Quality to have an area designated as
20459		-	unsuitable for surface coal mining operations or to have such a
20460		-	designation terminated. Such a petition shall contain allegations
20461		-	of facts with supporting evidence which would tend to establish the
20462		-	allegations. Within ten (1 0) months after receipt of the petition
20463		-	the Department shall hold a public hearing in the locality of the
20464		-	affected area, after appropriate notice and publication of the date,
20465		-	time and location of such hearing. After a person having an
20466		-	interest which is or may be adversely affected has filed a petition
20467		-	and before the hearing, as required by this section, any per son may
20468		-	intervene by filing allegations of facts with supporting evidence
20469		-	which would tend to establish the allegations. Within sixty (60)
20470		-	days after such hearing, the Department shall issue and furnish to
20471		-	the petitioner and any other party to the hearing , a written
20472		-	decision regarding the petition, and the reasons therefor. In the
20473		-	event that all the petitioners stipulate agreement prior to the
20474		-	requested hearing, and withdraw their request, such hearing need not
20475		-	be held.
20476		-	B. Prior to designating any land a reas as unsuitable for
20477		-	surface coal mining operations, the Department shall prepare a
20478		-	detailed statement on the potential coal resources of the area , the
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20506		-	environment, the economy and the supply of coal.
20507		-	SECTION 328. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 783, is
20508		-	amended to read as follows:
20509		-	Section 783. After August 3, 1977, and subject to valid
20510		-	existing rights, no surface coal mining operations exce pt those
20511		-	which existed on August 3, 1977, shall be permitted:
20512		-	1. Within one hundred (100) feet of the outside right-of-way
20513		-	line of any public road, except where mi ne access roads or haulage
20514		-	roads join such right-of-way line and except that the Department of
20515		-	Environmental Quality may permit such roads to be relocated or the
20516		-	area affected to lie within one hundred (100) feet of such road, if
20517		-	after public notice and op portunity for public hearing in the
20518		-	locality a written finding is made that the interests of the public
20519		-	and the landowners affected thereby will be protected;
20520		-	2. Within three hundred (300) feet from any occupied dwelling,
20521		-	unless waived by the owner thereof, nor within three hundred (300)
20522		-	feet of any public building, school, church, community or
20523		-	institutional building, public park, or within one hundred (100)
20524		-	feet of a cemetery;
20525		-	3. Within twenty-five (25) feet plus one and one-half (1 1/2)
20526		-	times the depth of the surface cut from the property line of an
20527		-	adjacent property owner, if the surface cut removes and does not
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20554		-	replace lateral support, unless there is written agreement between
20555		-	the operator and the adjacent property owner; or
20556		-	4. On any land prohibited by federal law.
20557		-	SECTION 329. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 784, is
20558		-	amended to read as follows:
20559		-	Section 784. The Department of Environmental Quality shall have
20560		-	the authority to enter into cooperative agreem ents with the United
20561		-	States Secretary of the Interior to provide for departmental
20562		-	regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations on
20563		-	federal lands within Oklahoma.
20564		-	SECTION 330. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 786, is
20565		-	amended to read as follows:
20566		-	Section 786. A. A permittee issued a notice or order by the
20567		-	Department of Environmental Quality pursuant to the provisions of
20568		-	this act or any person having an interest which is or may be
20569		-	adversely affected by such notice or order or by any modific ation,
20570		-	vacation or termination of such notice or order, may apply to the
20571		-	Chief Mine Inspector Division Director of the Division of Mines for
20572		-	review of the notice or order within thirty (30) days of receipt
20573		-	thereof or within thirty (30) day s of its modification, vac ation or
20574		-	termination. Upon rece ipt of such application, the Chief Mine
20575		-	Inspector Division Director shall cause such investigation to be
20576		-	made as it deems appropriate. Such investigation shall provide an
20577		-	opportunity for a public hearing, at the req uest of the applicant or
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20605		-	to enable the applicant or such person to present information
20606		-	relating to the issuance and continuance of such notice or order or
20607		-	the modification, vacation or te rmination thereof. The fi ling of an
20608		-	application for review under this subsection s hall not operate as a
20609		-	stay of any order or notice.
20610		-	The permittee and other interested persons shall be given
20611		-	written notice of the time and place of the hearing at least fiv e
20612		-	(5) days prior thereto. Any such hearing shall be of record.
20613		-	B. Upon receiving the report of such investigation, the Chief
20614		-	Mine Inspector Division Director shall make findings of fact, and
20615		-	shall issue a written decision, incorporating therein an order
20616		-	vacating, affirming, modifying or termin ating the notice or order,
20617		-	or the modification, vacation or t ermination of such notice or order
20618		-	complained of and incorporate his findings therein. Where the
20619		-	application for review concerns an order for cessation of surface
20620		-	coal mining and reclamation ope rations issued pursuant to the
20621		-	provisions of this title, the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director
20622		-	shall issue the written decision within thirty (30) days of the
20623		-	receipt of the application for review, unless temporary relief has
20624		-	been granted by the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director pursuant
20625		-	to this section or by the court .
20626		-	C. Pending completion of the investigation and hearing required
20627		-	by this section, the applicant may file with the Chief Mine
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20654		-	Inspector Division Director a written request that the Chief Mine
20655		-	Inspector Division Director grant temporary relief from any no tice
20656		-	or order issued togethe r with a detailed statement giving reasons
20657		-	for granting such relief. The Chief Mine Inspector Division
20658		-	Director shall issue an order or decision granting or denying such
20659		-	relief expeditiously. Where the applicant requests relief from an
20660		-	order for cessation of coal mining and reclamation operations, the
20661		-	order or decision on such a request shall be issued within five (5)
20662		-	days of its receipt. The Chief Mine Inspector Division Director may
20663		-	grant such relief, under such conditions as it may prescribe, if:
20664		-	1. A hearing has been held in the locality of th e permit area
20665		-	on the request for temporary relief in which all parties were given
20666		-	an opportunity to be heard;
20667		-	2. The applicant shows that there is substantial likelihood
20668		-	that the findings of the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director will
20669		-	be favorable to him; and
20670		-	3. Such relief will not adversely affect the health or safety
20671		-	of the public or cause significant, imminent environmental harm to
20672		-	land, air or water resources.
20673		-	D. Following the issuance of an order to show cause as to why a
20674		-	permit should not be suspended or revoked, the Chief Mine Inspector
20675		-	Division Director shall hold a public hearing after giving written
20676		-	notice of the time, place and date. Any such hearing shal l be of
20677		-	record. Within sixty (60) days following the public hearing, the
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20705		-	the permittee and all o ther parties to the hearing a written
20706		-	decision, and the reasons therefor, concerning suspension or
20707		-	revocation of the permit. If the Chief Mine Inspector Division
20708		-	Director revokes the permit, the permittee shall immediately cease
20709		-	surface coal mining o perations on the permit area and shall complete
20710		-	reclamation within a period specified by the Chief Mine Inspector
20711		-	Division Director, or the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director
20712		-	shall declare as forfeited the performance bonds for the operation.
20713		-	E. Whenever an order is issued under this se ction, or as a
20714		-	result of any administrative proceeding under this act, at the
20715		-	request of any person, a sum equal to the aggregate amount of all
20716		-	costs and expenses, including attorney fees, as dete rmined by the
20717		-	Chief Mine Inspector Division Director to have been reasonably
20718		-	incurred by such person for or in connection with his participation
20719		-	in such proceedings, including any judicial review of agency
20720		-	actions, may be assessed against any party or the Department as the
20721		-	court, resulting from judicial review or the Chief Mine Inspector
20722		-	Division Director, resulting from administrative proceedings, deems
20723		-	proper.
20724		-	SECTION 331. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 787, is
20725		-	amended to read as follows:
20726		-	Section 787. Any order or other action of the Department of
20727		-	Environmental Quality or the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director
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20754		-	of the Division of Mine s shall be appealable when entered, as
20755		-	provided in Sections Section 318 et seq. of Title 75 of th e Oklahoma
20756		-	Statutes.
20757		-	SECTION 332. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 789, is
20758		-	amended to read as follows:
20759		-	Section 789. The Department of Environmental Quality shall
20760		-	adopt and promulgate all necessary rules and regulations including
20761		-	rules and regulation s for hearings and appeals, subject to the
20762		-	provisions of this act and the Administrative Procedures Act, for
20763		-	the implementation of this act. Provided, the Department shall
20764		-	coordinate its regulations with the Office of Surface Mining to
20765		-	ensure consistency i n regulatory actions and that state
20766		-	interpretations of the law and regulations are not more restrictive
20767		-	than those of the Office of Surface Mining.
20768		-	SECTION 333. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 790, is
20769		-	amended to read as follows:
20770		-	Section 790. If any provisions of this act are required by the
20771		-	Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-87) and
20772		-	any section, clause or phrase of that Act on which this act is based
20773		-	is declared unconstitutional or invalid by a court having
20774		-	jurisdiction over the State of Oklahoma, the Department of
20775		-	Environmental Quality may suspend the enforce ment of that provision
20776		-	of this act for up to twelve (12) months, and shall immediately
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20804		-	the House of Representatives.
20805		-	SECTION 334. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 791, is
20806		-	amended to read as follows:
20807		-	Section 791. In compliance with all federal laws, rules and
20808		-	regulations, the Department of Environmental Quality shall take any
20809		-	such action as it shall deem necessary to make such compliance. The
20810		-	Department shall make every effort to obtain full reimbursement from
20811		-	the Director of the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation for the
20812		-	costs of performing its duties under this act.
20813		-	SECTION 335. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 791.1, is
20814		-	amended to read as follows:
20815		-	Section 791.1 In order to encourage advances in mining and
20816		-	reclamation practices or to allow post-mining land use for
20817		-	industrial, commercial, r esidential or public us e (including
20818		-	recreation facilities), the Department of Environmental Quality with
20819		-	approval by the Secretary of the Interior may authorize departures
20820		-	in individual cases on an experimental basis from the environmental
20821		-	protection performance standards promul gated under Sections 746
20822		-	through paragraph 2 of Section 760 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma
20823		-	Statutes. Such practices may be authorized if:
20824		-	1. The experimental practices are potentially more or at least
20825		-	as environmentally protective, dur ing and after mining op erations,
20826		-	as those required by promulgated standards;
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20854		-	other purposes are not larger or more numerous than necessary to
20855		-	determine the effectiveness and economic feasibility of the
20856		-	experimental practices; and
20857		-	3. The experimental practices do not reduce the protection
20858		-	afforded public health and safety below that provided by promulgated
20859		-	standards.
20860		-	SECTION 336. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 792, is
20861		-	amended to read as follows:
20862		-	Section 792. The Department of Environmental Quality is
20863		-	authorized to call upon the expertise of all state agencies in the
20864		-	implementation of this act. All state agencies shall provide any
20865		-	assistance as available on the request of the Department.
20866		-	SECTION 337. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 793, is
20867		-	amended to read as follows:
20868		-	Section 793. During any action under which the Office of
20869		-	Surface Mining, Department of the Interior, assumes responsibility
20870		-	for the inspection and enforcement of surface coal mining and
20871		-	reclamation activities in the State of Oklahoma under the authority
20872		-	granted by 30 U.S.C. 1271, the Department of Environmental Quality
20873		-	may inspect such surface coal mining and reclamation activities on a
20874		-	less frequent basis than required under Section 766 of Title 45 of
20875		-	the Oklahoma Statutes this title until full authority for inspection
20876		-	and enforcement is regained from the Office of Surface Mining.
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20904		-	amended to read as follows:
20905		-	Section 852. The Governor shall be, ex officio, this state's
20906		-	member of the Interstate Mining Compact as established by Article V
20907		-	of the Compact. Provided, that whenever the Governor shall deem it
20908		-	advisable to do so, he may appoint an alternate to serve in his
20909		-	stead and thereafter such alternate shall serve at the pleasure of
20910		-	the Governor. An executed counterpart of each letter of appointment
20911		-	by the Governor shall be filed with the Secretary of the Commission
20912		-	Department of Environmental Quality.
20913		-	SECTION 339. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, S ection 901, is
20914		-	amended to read as follows:
20915		-	Section 901. As used in this act:
20916		-	1. "Active workings" means any place in a mine where miners are
20917		-	normally required to work or travel;
20918		-	2. "American table of distances" means the 1971 edition of "The
20919		-	American Table of Distances for Storage of Explosives" published by
20920		-	the Institute of Makers of Explosives;
20921		-	3. "ANFO" means ammonium nitrate fuel oil mixtures;
20922		-	4. "Approved" means tested and accepted for a specific purpose
20923		-	by a nationally reco gnized safety agency;
20924		-	5. "Barricaded" means obstructed to restrict the passage of
20925		-	persons, vehicles or flying materials;
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20952		-	6. "Berm" means a pile or mound of material capable of
20953		-	restraining a vehicle; also a shelf, ledge or material placed to
20954		-	contain loose slope material;
20955		-	7. "Blasting agent" means a cap insensitive chemical
20956		-	composition or mixture consisting of fuel and oxidizer and no
20957		-	explosive ingredient but which can be made to detonate when
20958		-	initiated with a high strength explosive primer;
20959		-	8. "Blasting area" means the area near blasting operations in
20960		-	which concussion or flying material can reasonably be expected to
20961		-	cause injury;
20962		-	9. "Blasting cap" means a detonator containing a charge of
20963		-	detonating compound which is ignited by electric current or the
20964		-	spark of a fuse and is used for detonating explosives;
20965		-	10. "Blasting circuit" means electric current used to fire
20966		-	electric detonators or to ignite an igniter cord by means of an
20967		-	electric starter;
20968		-	11. "Box-type magazine" means a small, portable magazine used
20969		-	to store limited quantities of explosives or detonators for short
20970		-	periods of time in locations at the mine which are convenient to the
20971		-	blasting sites at which they will be used;
20972		-	12. "Capped fuse" means a length of safety fuse to which a
20973		-	detonator has been attached;
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21001		-	which is specifically designed to transmit detonation to other
21002		-	explosives and which contains a detonator;
21003		-	14. "Certified person" means an individual who has
21004		-	satisfactorily passed the required State Department of Environmental
21005		-	Quality Mining Board examination, thereby earning a certificate of
21006		-	competency which will allow him to work in a particular position for
21007		-	which certification is necessary;
21008		-	15. "Combustible" means capable of being ignited and consumed
21009		-	by fire;
21010		-	16. "Commercial mine" means any mine from which the product is
21011		-	mined for sale, exchange or commercial use. Except as the context
21012		-	requires otherwise, this act applies only to commercial mines;
21013		-	17. "Company official" means a member of the company
21014		-	supervisory or technical staff;
21015		-	18. "Department" means the State of Oklahoma Department of
21016		-	Mines Environmental Quality;
21017		-	19. "Detonator" means a device containing a small detonating
21018		-	charge that is used for detonating an explosive including, but not
21019		-	limited to, blasting caps, exploders, electric detonators and delay
21020		-	electric blasting caps;
21021		-	20. "Distribution box" means a portable apparatus with an
21022		-	enclosure through which an electric circuit is carried to one (1) or
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21049		-	more cables from a single incoming feedline, each cab le circuit
21050		-	being connected through individual overcurrent protective devices;
21051		-	21. "Electric blasting cap" means a blasting cap designed for
21052		-	and capable of being initiated by means of an electric current;
21053		-	22. "Electric grounding" means to connect with the ground to
21054		-	make the earth part of the circuit;
21055		-	23. "Employee" means a person who works for wages or salary in
21056		-	the service of an employer;
21057		-	24. "Employer" means a person or organization employing one (1)
21058		-	or more persons to work for wages or salary;
21059		-	25. "Explosive" means any chemical compound, mixture or device,
21060		-	the primary or common purpose of which is to function by explosion.
21061		-	Explosives include, but are not limited to, black powder, dynamite,
21062		-	nitroglycerin, fulminate and ammonium nitrate;
21063		-	26. "Face" or "wall" means that part of any mine where
21064		-	excavating is progressing or was last done;
21065		-	27. "Flammable" means capable of being easily ignited and of
21066		-	burning rapidly as defined by the National Fire Protection
21067		-	Association;
21068		-	28. "Highway" means any public road or travelway used by the
21069		-	general public;
21070		-	29. "Igniter cord" means a fuse, cordlike in appearance, which
21071		-	burns progressively along its length with an external flame at the
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21098		-	zone of burning and is used for lighting a series of safety fuses in
21099		-	the desired sequence;
21100		-	30. "Inhabited building" means a building regularly occupied in
21101		-	whole or in part as a habitation for human beings, or any church,
21102		-	schoolhouse, railroad station, store, factory or other structure
21103		-	where people are accustomed to assemble, except any building or
21104		-	structure occupied in connection with the manufacture,
21105		-	transportation, storage or use of explosives;
21106		-	31. "Inspector" means a mine inspector in the employ of the
21107		-	State of Oklahoma;
21108		-	32. "Magazine" means a storage place for explosives or
21109		-	detonators;
21110		-	33. "Major electrical installation" means an assemblage of
21111		-	stationary electrical equipment for the generation, transmiss ion,
21112		-	distribution or conversion of electric power;
21113		-	34. "Misfire" means the complete or partial failure of a
21114		-	blasting charge to ex plode as planned;
21115		-	35. "Overburden" means material of any nature, consolidated or
21116		-	unconsolidated, that overlies a deposit of u seful materials or ores
21117		-	that are to be mined;
21118		-	36. "Owner" means the owner, lessee, manager, superintendent,
21119		-	operator or agent, re ceiver or trustee operating any clay, coal or
21120		-	copper mine;
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21148		-	explosives designed specifically to transmit detonation to other
21149		-	explosives but which does not contain a detonator;
21150		-	38. "Reverse-current protection" means a method or device used
21151		-	on direct-current circuits of equipment to prevent the flow of
21152		-	current in the revers e direction;
21153		-	39. "Roll protection" means a framework or safety canopy to
21154		-	protect the vehicle operator if equipment should overtur n;
21155		-	40. "Safety can" means an approved container of not over five
21156		-	(5) gallons capacity having a spring-closing lid and a spout cover;
21157		-	41. "Safety fuse" means a train of powder enclosed in cotton,
21158		-	jute yarn and waterproofing compounds which burns at a unif orm rate.
21159		-	It is used for firing a cap containing the detonating compound which
21160		-	in turn sets off the explosive charge;
21161		-	42. "Safety switch" means a sectionalizing switch that also
21162		-	provides shunt protection in blasting circuits between the blasting
21163		-	switch and the shot area;
21164		-	43. "Scaling" means removal of insecure material from a face or
21165		-	highwall;
21166		-	44. "Secondary safety connection " means a second connection
21167		-	between a conveyance and rope, intended to prevent the conveyance
21168		-	from running away or falling in the e vent the primary connection
21169		-	fails;
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21197		-	resistance of not less than five thousand (5,000) ohms per foot and
21198		-	not more than two (2) megohms for its total length, used in
21199		-	pneumatic placement of blasting ag ents in boreholes;
21200		-	46. "Sprung hole" means a blasting hole chambered or enlarged
21201		-	to take an increased charge of explosives;
21202		-	47. "Stemming" means the inert material, and the placing of
21203		-	such material, on top of any charge of explosives;
21204		-	48. "Stray current" means that portion of a total electric
21205		-	current that flows through paths other than the intended circuit;
21206		-	49. "Strip or surface pit" means the excavation in which
21207		-	superincumbent strata are removed exposing the natural deposit so it
21208		-	may be excavated and l oaded by hand or by mechanical equipment in
21209		-	open working. Strip or surface pits shall be subject to such mining
21210		-	laws of the State of Oklahoma as apply to them, and such operations
21211		-	shall comply with recommendations for safety of employees made by
21212		-	the Chief Mine Inspector Department of Environmental Quality;
21213		-	50. "Substantial construction" means construction of such
21214		-	strength, material and workmanship that the object will withstand
21215		-	all reasonable shock, wear, usage and deterioration to which it will
21216		-	normally be subjected;
21217		-	51. "Suitable" means that which fits and has the qualities or
21218		-	qualifications to normally meet a given purpose, occasion,
21219		-	condition, function or cir cumstance;
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21247		-	designated for persons to go from one place to another while at
21248		-	work;
21249		-	53. Voltage:
21250		-	a. "low voltage" means up to and including 660 volts,
21251		-	b. "medium voltage" means from 661 to 1,000 volts, and
21252		-	c. "high voltage" means more than 1,000 volts;
21253		-	54. "Wet drilling" means the continuous application of water to
21254		-	the back or bottom of the drill holes while drilling; and
21255		-	55. "Working place" means any place in or about a mine where
21256		-	work is being performed.
21257		-	SECTION 340. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 902, is
21258		-	amended to read as follows:
21259		-	Section 902. It shall be unlawful for any person in the State
21260		-	of Oklahoma to act as superintendent, mine foreman o r shot-firer
21261		-	without first having obtained a certificate of competency from the
21262		-	State Mining Board as herein provided for Department of
21263		-	Environmental Quality pursuant to this section.
21264		-	The examination given by the State Mining Board Department to an
21265		-	applicant for a certificate of c ompetency as superintendent, mine
21266		-	foreman or shot-firer shall include a written or oral or written and
21267		-	oral examination to determine that he fully understands the
21268		-	requirements of the mining laws of Oklahoma.
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21295		-	Each applicant shall hold a first-aid certificate issued to him
21296		-	within two (2) years previous to the date of the examination by an
21297		-	organization recognized by the State Mining Board Department.
21298		-	Certificates of competency for the positions enumerated shall be
21299		-	granted to persons who have given the Chief Executive Officer of the
21300		-	Board Department satisfactory evidence of their ability to perform
21301		-	the duties of the positions applied for and who have obtained the
21302		-	necessary grades as determined by the Board Department for
21303		-	respective positions. In determining the grade of each applicant,
21304		-	due respect shall be given to the applicant's previous experience
21305		-	and record of service which shall have equal weight with the oral or
21306		-	written examination given to test the practical and technical
21307		-	knowledge of the applicant for th e certificate of competency being
21308		-	sought. Provided, however, successful completion of the course of
21309		-	instruction provided by the Oklahoma Miner Training Institute (OMTI)
21310		-	or other courses of instruction provided by other training
21311		-	facilities and approved by t he Board Department shall be considered
21312		-	as having met this examination requirement.
21313		-	SECTION 341. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 903, is
21314		-	amended to read as follows:
21315		-	Section 903. Certifications provided for in this act shall be
21316		-	issued under the signature and seal of the State Mining Board
21317		-	Department of Environmental Quality; such certificates shall bear
21318		-	the date of issuance, full name, age and years of experience of
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21345		-	recipient and shall designate the posi tion for which the recipient
21346		-	is certified by the Board Department. Provided that all persons
21347		-	making applications to the State Mining Board Department for
21348		-	certificates of competency as mine superintendent, mine foreman or
21349		-	shot-firer shall accompany said application with a fee of Two
21350		-	Dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) as a fee for such examination and
21351		-	shall pay an additional fee of Two Dollars and fifty cents ($2.50)
21352		-	when said certificate is issued.
21353		-	SECTION 342. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 904, is
21354		-	amended to read as follows:
21355		-	Section 904. The Secretary of the Board Department of
21356		-	Environmental Quality shall maintain a record of the names,
21357		-	addresses and other pertinent information of all persons to whom
21358		-	certificates are issued. Certificates of competency, when issued as
21359		-	provided for herein, shall entitle the holders thereof to accept and
21360		-	discharge the duties for which said certificates declare them
21361		-	qualified.
21362		-	SECTION 343. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 905, is
21363		-	amended to read as follows:
21364		-	Section 905. The State Mining Board Department of Environmental
21365		-	Quality shall have power to revoke any certificates, by it granted,
21366		-	because of incompetency, intoxication or other sufficient cause,;
21367		-	provided that any person against whom charges are made shall have
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21394		-	ten (10) days written notice from the Board Department and shall
21395		-	have opportunity to be heard by it in his or her own behalf.
21396		-	SECTION 344. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 906, is
21397		-	amended to read as follows:
21398		-	Section 906. The Secretary of the Board Department of
21399		-	Environmental Quality may, upon the recommendation of at least two
21400		-	(2) other members of the Board, issue a temporary permit to an
21401		-	applicant for a certificate for mine foreman or shot-firer. Said
21402		-	temporary permit shall be valid only until the next meeting of the
21403		-	Board or not to exceed thirty-one (31) days.
21404		-	SECTION 345. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 907, is
21405		-	amended to read as follows:
21406		-	Section 907. It shall be the duty of the Department of Mines
21407		-	Environmental Quality to enter into and examine thoroughly each and
21408		-	every active strip or surface mine in the state four to six times
21409		-	annually and in response to compliance concerns to see that the
21410		-	provisions of this act are observed and strictly carried out. Mines
21411		-	with resident safety engineers supplying the Department with monthly
21412		-	self-monitoring reports shall be inspected a minimum of twice a
21413		-	year. The Chief Mine Inspector or assistant inspectors, or both,
21414		-	Inspectors of the Depart ment of Environmental Quality may enter,
21415		-	inspect and examine any strip or surface pit and the works and
21416		-	machinery belonging thereto at all times, either by night or by day.
21417		-	The owner and the employees may each designate a person who shall
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21444		-	accompany the inspector during the state inspection of the mine.
21445		-	After each inspection the inspector shall make a report in
21446		-	triplicate of the condition of the mine with recommendations and
21447		-	orders. One copy shall be placed on file in the office of the Chief
21448		-	Mine Inspector Division Director of the Divisio n of Mines, one copy
21449		-	shall remain with the inspector, and one copy shall be given to the
21450		-	operator who shall post it in a conspicuous place available for
21451		-	public inspection where it can be read and wher e it shall remain
21452		-	until the next state inspection repor t is issued. Within thirty
21453		-	(30) days after receiving the report of the inspector in which any
21454		-	important recommendations are made, the owner shall send a report to
21455		-	the Chief Mine Inspector Division Director stating what steps have
21456		-	been taken to comply with the recommendations.
21457		-	SECTION 346. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 911, is
21458		-	amended to read as follows:
21459		-	Section 911. A. Rules and procedures for storage of explosives
21460		-	shall be as follows:
21461		-	1. Detonators and other cap-sensitive high explosives shall be
21462		-	stored in magazines pro vided for that purpose. Blasting agents may
21463		-	be stored in van-type trailers, provided they are well-ventilated,
21464		-	kept clean and free of extraneous material that could create a fire
21465		-	hazard;
21466		-	2. Separate magazines shall be provided for the storage of
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21495		-	explosives or blasting agents;
21496		-	4. Blasting agents, safety fuse or detonating cord may be
21497		-	stored with explosives, but blasting agents must be kept physically
21498		-	separated from the fuse, detonating cord and explosives;
21499		-	5. Magazines shall be:
21500		-	a. located in accordance with the current American Table
21501		-	of Distances for Storage of Explosives,
21502		-	b. detached structures located away f rom power lines,
21503		-	fuel storage area and other possible s ources of fire,
21504		-	c. constructed substantially of noncombustible material
21505		-	or covered with fire-resistant material,
21506		-	d. reasonably bullet-resistant,
21507		-	e. electrically bonded and grounded if constructed of
21508		-	metal,
21509		-	f. made of nonsparking materials on the inside, in cluding
21510		-	floors,
21511		-	g. provided with adequate and effectively screened
21512		-	ventilation openings near the floor and ceiling,
21513		-	h. kept securely locked when unattended,
21514		-	i. posted with suitable danger signs so loca ted that a
21515		-	bullet passing through the face of a sign wi ll not
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21543		-	j. used exclusively for storage of blasting agents,
21544		-	explosives, or detonators and kept free of all
21545		-	extraneous materials,
21546		-	k. kept clean and dry in the interior, and in good
21547		-	repair, and
21548		-	l. unheated, unless heated in a manner that does not
21549		-	create a fire or explosion hazard. Electrical heating
21550		-	devices shall not be used inside a magazine;
21551		-	6. Only permissible lights, worn or carried, shall be used
21552		-	inside magazines;
21553		-	7. Areas surrounding magazines not less than twenty-five (25)
21554		-	feet in all directions shall be kept free of rubbish and other
21555		-	combustibles;
21556		-	8. Smoking and open flames shall not be permitted within
21557		-	twenty-five (25) feet of explosives and detonator storage magazines;
21558		-	9. Cases of explosives shall be stored in such a manner a s to
21559		-	assure the use of the oldest stock first;
21560		-	10. Ammonium nitrate fuel oil mixtures shall be physically
21561		-	separated from dynamite stored in the same magazine and in such a
21562		-	manner that oil does not con taminate the dynamite; and
21563		-	11. Cases of explosives sha ll not be stored on case ends or
21564		-	sides nor in stacks over six (6) feet high.
21565		-	B. Rules and procedures as follows shall be complied with in
21566		-	the transportation of explosives:
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21593		-	1. Explosives and detonator s shall be transported in separate
21594		-	vehicles unless sepa rated by four (4) inches of hardwood or the
21595		-	equivalent;
21596		-	2. Self-propelled vehicles used to transport explosives or
21597		-	detonators shall be equipped with suitable fire extinguishers and
21598		-	marked with proper warning signs;
21599		-	3. When vehicles containing explosives or detonators are
21600		-	parked, the brakes shall be set, the motive power shut off when not
21601		-	in use, and if parked on an incline, the vehicle shall be blocked
21602		-	securely against rolling;
21603		-	4. Vehicles containing explosives or detonators shall not be
21604		-	left unattended except in blasting areas where loading or charging
21605		-	is in progress;
21606		-	5. Vehicles containing explosives or detonators shall not be
21607		-	taken to a repair garage or shop for any purpose;
21608		-	6. Vehicles used to t ransport explosives or detonators shall be
21609		-	maintained in good condition and shall be operated at a safe speed
21610		-	and in accordance with recognized safe operating practices;
21611		-	7. Vehicles used to transport explosives other than Ammonium
21612		-	Nitrate Fuel Oil (ANFO) mixtures shall have substantially
21613		-	constructed bodies, n o sparking metal exposed in the cargo space,
21614		-	and the explosives shall not be piled higher than the side or end
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21643		-	that endanger a minimum number of persons;
21644		-	9. Other materials or suppli es shall not be placed on or in the
21645		-	cargo space of a conveyance containing explosives or detonators;
21646		-	10. No person shall smoke while transporting or handling
21647		-	explosives or detonators;
21648		-	11. Only the necessary attendants shall ride on or in vehicles
21649		-	containing explosives or detonators;
21650		-	12. Explosives shall be transported promptly without undue
21651		-	delays in transit;
21652		-	13. Nonconductive containers with tight-fitting covers shall be
21653		-	used to transport or carry capped fuses and electric detonators to
21654		-	blasting sites; and
21655		-	14. Substantial nonconductive closed containers shall be used
21656		-	to carry explosives to blasting sites.
21657		-	C. Rules and procedures as follows shall be complied with in
21658		-	the use of explosives, with the exception of persons with a valid
21659		-	coal permit issued by the Department of Mines Environmental Quality:
21660		-	1. Persons who use explosives, blasting agents or detonators
21661		-	shall be certified by the Oklahoma Mining Commission Department.
21662		-	Such persons shall unders tand the hazards involved, and trainees
21663		-	shall do such work only under the supervision of and in the
21664		-	immediate presence of certified persons;
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21692		-	certified persons designated by the operator for that purpose;
21693		-	3. Damaged or deteriorated explosives, blasti ng agents and
21694		-	detonators shall be disposed of in a safe manner;
21695		-	4. Holes to be blasted shall be charged as near to blasting
21696		-	time as practical, and such holes shall be blasted as soon as
21697		-	practical after charging has been completed;
21698		-	5. No person shall smok e within fifty (50) feet of explosives,
21699		-	blasting agents or detonators;
21700		-	6. Explosives and blasting agents shall be kept separated from
21701		-	detonators until charging of holes is started;
21702		-	7. Primers shall be made up at the time of charging and as
21703		-	close to the blasting site as conditions allow;
21704		-	8. Only wooden or other nonsparking devices shall be used to
21705		-	punch holes in explosives cartridges;
21706		-	9. Tamping poles shall be blunt and squared at one end and made
21707		-	of wood or other nonsparking material;
21708		-	10. No tamping shall be done directly on primer cartridges;
21709		-	11. Unused explosives and detonators shall be moved to a safe
21710		-	location as soon as charging operations are completed;
21711		-	12. Approaches to areas in which charge d holes are awaiting
21712		-	firing shall be guarded, or barric aded and posted, or flagged,
21713		-	against unauthorized entry. If blasting is done after dark, red
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21740		-	flashing lights shall be used at the approaches to the blasting
21741		-	area;
21742		-	13. When a blast is about to be fire d, ample warning shall be
21743		-	given to allow all persons to retreat to a safe place. Each mine
21744		-	shall have a definite plan of warning signals that can be clearly
21745		-	seen or heard by anyone in the blasting area. The operator shall
21746		-	inform all employees at the loca l mine as to the established
21747		-	procedure;
21748		-	14. Enclosed blasting shelters constructed of strong materials
21749		-	shall be provided to protect all persons endangered by flying rock
21750		-	from blasting;
21751		-	15. When safety fuse has been used, persons shall not return to
21752		-	misfired holes for at least thirty (30) minutes;
21753		-	16. When electric blasting caps have been used, persons shall
21754		-	not return to misfired holes for at least fifteen (15) minutes.
21755		-	Leading wires from the power source must be disconnected before
21756		-	persons can be allow ed to return to the blasting sites;
21757		-	17. Blasted materials shall be examined for undetonated
21758		-	explosives after each blast and undetonated explosives found shall
21759		-	be disposed of safely;
21760		-	18. Misfires shall be reported to the proper supervisor and
21761		-	shall be disposed of safely before any other work is performed in
21762		-	the blasting area;
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21790		-	sprung shall not be charged before tests have been made to insure
21791		-	ensure that the heat has been dissipated to a safe level;
21792		-	20. If explosives are suspected of burning in a hole, all
21793		-	persons in the endangered area shall move to a safe location until
21794		-	the danger has passed;
21795		-	21. Holes shall not be drilled where there is danger of
21796		-	intersecting a charge or misfired hole;
21797		-	22. Fuses and igniters shall be stored in a cool, dry place
21798		-	away from oils or grease;
21799		-	23. Fuses shall not be kinked, bent sharply or handled roughly;
21800		-	24. Fuses shall be cut and capped in safe, dry locations posted
21801		-	with "No Smoking" signs;
21802		-	25. Blasting caps shall be cr imped to fuses only with devices
21803		-	designed for that spec ific purpose;
21804		-	26. Fuses of less than forty-eight (48) inches in length shall
21805		-	not be used for any purpose;
21806		-	27. At least two persons shall be present when lighting fuses,
21807		-	and no person shall light more than fifteen individual fuses. If
21808		-	more than fifteen holes per person are to be fired, igniter cord and
21809		-	connectors or electric blasting shall be used;
21810		-	28. A safe interval of time shall be allowed to light a round
21811		-	and evacuate the blasting area;
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21838		-	29. Fuses shall be ignited with hot-wire lighters, lead
21839		-	spitters, igniter cord or other such devices designed for this
21840		-	purpose;
21841		-	30. Fuses shall not be ignited before the primer and the entire
21842		-	charge are securely in place;
21843		-	31. Electric detonators of different bra nds shall not be used
21844		-	in the same round;
21845		-	32. Electric detonators shall remain shunted until they are
21846		-	being wired into the blasting circuit. Lead lines and wired rounds
21847		-	shall be kept shunted until immediately before blasting;
21848		-	33. Completely wired rounds shall be tested with a blasting
21849		-	galvanometer before con nections are made to the blasting line;
21850		-	34. Lead wires and blasting lines shall not be strung across
21851		-	power conductors, pipelines or within twenty (20) feet of bare power
21852		-	lines. They shall be protecte d from sources of static or other
21853		-	electrical contact;
21854		-	35. Permanent blasting lines shall be properly supported,
21855		-	insulated and kept in good repair;
21856		-	36. Charging shall be stopped immediately when the presence of
21857		-	static electricity or stray current is detec ted; the condition shall
21858		-	be corrected before charging i s resumed;
21859		-	37. Charging of holes shall be suspended and the persons
21860		-	withdrawn to a safe location upon the approach of an electrical
21861		-	storm;
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21889		-	encased in boxes and arranged so that the covers of the boxes cannot
21890		-	be closed with the switches in closed position;
21891		-	39. Blasting switches shall be locked in the open position
21892		-	except when closed to fire the blast. Lead wires shall not be
21893		-	connected to the blasting switch until the shot is ready to be
21894		-	fired;
21895		-	40. The key to a blasting switch shall be entrusted only to the
21896		-	person designated to fire blasts;
21897		-	41. Electric circuits from the blasting switches to the blast
21898		-	area shall not be grounded;
21899		-	42. At least a five-foot air gap shall be provided between the
21900		-	blasting circuit and the power circuit;
21901		-	43. Where electric blasting is to be performed, electric
21902		-	circuits to equipment within twenty-five (25) feet of a hole that is
21903		-	to be charged with an electric blasti ng cap shall be de-energized
21904		-	before electric detonators are brought into the immediate area, or
21905		-	the electric equipment shall be moved out of the immediate area;
21906		-	44. Power sources shall be suitable for the number of electric
21907		-	detonators to be fired and for the type of circuits used;
21908		-	45. When instantaneous blas ting is performed, the double-
21909		-	trunkline or loop system shall be used in detonating-cord blasting;
21910		-	46. When instantaneous blasting is performed, trunklines in
21911		-	multiple-row blasting shall make one or mo re complete loops with
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21938		-	crossties between loops at inter vals of not over two hundred (200)
21939		-	feet;
21940		-	47. All detonating-cord knots shall be tight and all
21941		-	connections shall be kept at right angles to the trunklines;
21942		-	48. Delay connectors for firing detonating -cord shall be
21943		-	treated and handled with the same safety p recautions as blasting
21944		-	caps and electric detonators; and
21945		-	49. Detonating-cord shall not be kinked, bent or otherwise
21946		-	handled in such a manner that the train of detonation may be
21947		-	interrupted.
21948		-	D. Rules and procedures as follows shall be complied with in
21949		-	dealing with sensitized ammonium nitrate blasting agents:
21950		-	1. When sensitized ammonium nitrate mixtures and blasting
21951		-	agents are used, the same precautions shall be taken as for high
21952		-	explosives;
21953		-	2. Adequate priming shall be employed to guard against
21954		-	misfires, increased toxic fumes and poor performance;
21955		-	3. Where pneumatic loading is employed, before any type of
21956		-	blasting operation using blasting agents is put into effect, an
21957		-	evaluation of the potential haza rd of static electricity shall be
21958		-	made. Adequate steps , including the grounding of the conductive
21959		-	parts of pneumatic loading equipment, shall be taken to eliminate
21960		-	the hazard of static electricity before blasting agent preparation
21961		-	is commenced;
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21989		-	lines, air lines, rails or other permanent electrical grounding
21990		-	systems;
21991		-	5. Hoses used in connection with pneumatic loading machines
21992		-	shall be of the semiconductive type having a total resistance low
21993		-	enough to permit the dissipation of static electricity and high
21994		-	enough to limit the flow of stray electric currents to a safe level.
21995		-	Wire-countered hose shall not be used because of the potential
21996		-	hazard from stray electric currents; and
21997		-	6. Plastic tubes sha ll not be used to protect pneumatically
21998		-	loaded blasting agent charges against water unless a positive
21999		-	grounding system is provided to drain electrostatic charges from the
22000		-	holes.
22001		-	SECTION 347. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 918, is
22002		-	amended to read as follows:
22003		-	Section 918. The following rules and procedures shall be
22004		-	complied with in dealing with augering:
22005		-	1. Planning:
22006		-	before augering is done, advance planning shall be
22007		-	made to insure ensure that no hazards shall be created
22008		-	affecting active underground workings. Auger mine
22009		-	workings and holes drilled shall be located so as to
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22037		-	(1) interference with the ventilation system of any
22038		-	underground mine, and
22039		-	(2) inundation hazards from the surface to active
22040		-	underground workings;
22041		-	2. Inspection:
22042		-	a. at least fifty (50) feet on each side of highwalls
22043		-	being drilled shall be inspected for loose material
22044		-	before drilling or other work in the area is begun,
22045		-	and an inspection shall be made at least once during
22046		-	each operating shift,
22047		-	b. when abandoned mines or abandoned parts of active
22048		-	mines are penetrated by drilling, machinery shall be
22049		-	stopped and tests shall be made at the collar of the
22050		-	hole for explosive gas or oxygen or oxygen deficiency
22051		-	by a certified person qualified to use approved
22052		-	instruments to make such tests. If tests show the
22053		-	presence of gas or the lack of oxygen, the equipment
22054		-	shall not be operated until the condition has been
22055		-	corrected;
22056		-	3. Auger holes; persons not to enter:
22057		-	a. no person shall enter an auger hole for any purpo se
22058		-	without having first received permission from a
22059		-	representative of the Oklahoma Department of Mines
22060		-	Environmental Quality,
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22088		-	persons are required to work during drilling
22089		-	operations shall be protected against falling material
22090		-	from highwalls by heavy gauge screen or equivalent
22091		-	material subject to the approval of the mine
22092		-	inspector. The protective screen shall permit workmen
22093		-	to keep the highwall in view at all times,
22094		-	c. no work shall be done on the high wall in the vicinity
22095		-	of drilling equipment while it is in operation;
22096		-	4. Auger equipment; operation:
22097		-	a. persons shall stay clear of the auger train while it
22098		-	is in motion, and they shall not pass over or under
22099		-	the auger train except where crossing faciliti es are
22100		-	provided;,
22101		-	b. persons must be in the clear while auger sections are
22102		-	being swung into position,
22103		-	c. auger operators shall not leave the controls of the
22104		-	equipment while the auger is operating, and
22105		-	d. when auger operations are performed after dark,
22106		-	adequate illumination shall be provided;
22107		-	5. Auger Holes; blocking: auger holes shall be securely
22108		-	blocked by spoil or other suitable material before they are
22109		-	abandoned.
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22137		-	amended to read as follows:
22138		-	Section 931. A. All operators of coal mining operations shall
22139		-	pay to the Department of Mines Environmental Quality a fee of seven
22140		-	and one-half cents ($0.075) per ton of coal produced.
22141		-	B. All operators of noncoal mining operations shall pay to the
22142		-	Department of Mines a fee of one and one-fourth cents ($0.0125) per
22143		-	ton of mineral produced. For the purposes of this section,
22144		-	"mineral" shall be defined as provided in paragraph 4 of Section 723
22145		-	of this title.
22146		-	C. The fees imposed by this section shall be paid no la ter than
22147		-	thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar quarter beginning
22148		-	the first calendar quarter after June 30, 1982.
22149		-	D. The Department shall develop and promulgate a report form,
22150		-	which shall be as similar as possible to the form required of
22151		-	operators by federal law, and which shall state the amount of coal
22152		-	or mineral produced during the calendar quarter, the method of coal
22153		-	or mineral removal, and the type of coal or mineral. The operator
22154		-	shall swear to the accuracy of the report before a notary publ ic,
22155		-	who shall duly notarize the report.
22156		-	E. All fees collected by the Department of Mines pursuant to
22157		-	this section shall be deposited with the State Treasurer, who shall
22158		-	credit one cent ($0.01) per ton of fees collected on coal produced
22159		-	on or after July 1, 1988, and one-tenth of one cent ($0.001) per ton
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22186		-	of fees collected on minerals produced on or after July 1, 1988, to
22187		-	the Oklahoma Miner Training Institute Revolving Fund, with the
22188		-	balance of the fees collected to be deposited in the Department of
22189		-	Mines Environmental Quality Revolving Fund established in Section 2 -
22190		-	3-401 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
22191		-	SECTION 349. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 938.1, is
22192		-	amended to read as follows:
22193		-	Section 938.1 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a
22194		-	revolving fund for the Oklahoma Miner Training Institute to be
22195		-	designated the "Oklahoma Miner Training Institute Revolving Fund".
22196		-	The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year
22197		-	limitations, and shall consist of all monies designated by Section
22198		-	931 of this title to be deposited in the fund. All monies accruing
22199		-	to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be
22200		-	budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Mining Commission Department
22201		-	of Environmental Quality for the contract with the Board of Regents
22202		-	of Eastern Oklahoma State College for operation of the Oklahoma
22203		-	Miner Training Institute and associated expenses. Expenditures from
22204		-	said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer
22205		-	against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the
22206		-	Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and
22207		-	payment.
22208		-	SECTION 350. AMENDATORY 45 O.S. 2021, Section 950, is
22209		-	amended to read as follows:
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22236		-	Section 950. A. For purposes of this section, a "subject mine"
22237		-	shall mean a mine, as defined in paragraph 2 of Section 723 of Title
22238		-	45 of the Oklahoma Statutes, proposed for a location overlying a
22239		-	sensitive sole source groundwater basin or subbasin, exclusive o f
22240		-	any mine that meets at least one of the following conditions:
22241		-	1. As of November 1, 2019, is engaged in the permitted
22242		-	extraction of minerals from natural deposits; or
22243		-	2. Satisfies the criteria of paragraph 1 or 2 of subsection C
22244		-	of Section 1020.2 of Tit le 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes; or
22245		-	3. Is not to be permitted to operate for a period of more than
22246		-	five (5) years, with no extensions or renewals; or
22247		-	4. The operation of which will not result in more than five (5)
22248		-	acre-feet per year of groundwater emanati ng from a sensitive sole
22249		-	source groundwater basin or subbasin to infiltrate its pit, as that
22250		-	term is defined in paragraph 12 of Section 723 of Title 45 of the
22251		-	Oklahoma Statutes this title.
22252		-	B. Due to the inadequacy of existing technical resources,
22253		-	analytic tools and regulatory systems for purposes of the effective
22254		-	implementation of statutes relating to the operation of mines that
22255		-	overlies a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or subbasin, the
22256		-	Legislature hereby declares and establishes a moratorium on the
22257		-	Department of Mines Environmental Quality issuing, in relation to
22258		-	any location overlying a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or
22259		-	subbasin or in which groundwater emanating from any sensitive sole
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22286		-	source groundwater basin or subbasin may collect within a pit, as
22287		-	defined in paragraph 12 of Section 723 of Title 45 of the Oklahoma
22288		-	Statutes this title:
22289		-	1. Any permit, pursuant to Section 724 of Title 45 of the
22290		-	Oklahoma Statutes, to any subject mine;
22291		-	2. Any amendment or revision to any existing mining permit,
22292		-	that covers additional land which shall in clude extensions of
22293		-	boundaries shown in the initial permit, pursuant to subsection J of
22294		-	Section 724 of Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes, if such amendment
22295		-	or revision would increase the acreage under such permit for that
22296		-	mine location by more than one hun dred percent (100%) or four
22297		-	hundred (400) acres, whichever is less, as compared to the acreage
22298		-	under permit for that mine location prior to the effective date of
22299		-	this act November 1, 2019; provided, however, on or after November
22300		-	1, 2030, there shall be no limitation on an increase in acreage as
22301		-	specified in this paragraph.
22302		-	C. Notwithstanding the moratorium, nothing in paragraph 2 of
22303		-	subsection B of this section shall preclude the Department of Mines
22304		-	Environmental Quality from issuing an amendment or revision to cover
22305		-	additional land, other change s to method or conduct of mining,
22306		-	reclamation operations contemplated by the original permit or other
22307		-	authorization to allow a change in mine ownership or to implement
22308		-	bonding under a permit issued prior to the effective date of this
22309		-	act November 1, 2019, nor shall any permit amendment or revision
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22336		-	issued pursuant to this section be deemed to render the permitted
22337		-	mine a subject mine for purposes of Title 27A, 45 or 82 of the
22338		-	Oklahoma Statutes.
22339		-	D. Notwithstanding the moratorium or any other provision of
22340		-	law, the Department of Mines Environmental Quality shall not require
22341		-	a permit for purposes of road or railroad construction in relation
22342		-	to mining activities by any mine.
22343		-	E. The moratorium shall remain in effect until such time as:
22344		-	1. The conditions of subsection C of Section 3 of this act
22345		-	1020.9C of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes have been satisfied;
22346		-	and
22347		-	2. The Department of Mines Environmental Quality promulgates
22348		-	final rules to provide for effective interagency consultation and
22349		-	coordination of activities among the Department, and the Oklahoma
22350		-	Water Resources Boar d and the Department of Environmental Quality on
22351		-	all administrative matters relating to the operation of mines at
22352		-	locations that overlie a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or
22353		-	subbasin.
22354		-	F. The Department of Mines Environmental Quality is hereby
22355		-	authorized and instructed to promulgate rules to implement the
22356		-	provisions of this section.
22357		-	G. The Department of Mines Environmental Quality is hereby
22358		-	authorized to cooperate with federal, tribal and any other agencies
22359		-	in this state in performing its responsib ilities under this section.
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22387		-	amended to read as follows:
22388		-	Section 156. A. Unless otherwise provided for by law, no state
22389		-	board, commission, department, institution, official, or employee,
22390		-	except the following, shall purchase any passenger automobile or bus
22391		-	with public funds:
22392		-	1. The Department of P ublic Safety;
22393		-	2. The Department of Human Services;
22394		-	3. The State Department of Rehabilitation Services;
22395		-	4. The Department of Wildlife Conservation;
22396		-	5. The Department of Corrections;
22397		-	6. The State Department of Education;
22398		-	7. The Oklahoma School of Scien ce and Mathematics;
22399		-	8. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
22400		-	Control;
22401		-	9. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation;
22402		-	10. The Transportation Commission;
22403		-	11. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;
22404		-	12. The State Department of Health;
22405		-	13. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
22406		-	Services;
22407		-	14. The J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental
22408		-	Disabilities;
22409		-	15. The Military Depa rtment of the State of Oklahoma;
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22437		-	17. The Oklahoma Conservation Commission;
22438		-	18. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board;
22439		-	19. The Department of Mines;
22440		-	20. The Office of Juvenile Affairs;
22441		-	21. 20. The Oklahoma Department of Veteran Affairs;
22442		-	22. 21. The Oklahoma Supreme Court;
22443		-	23. 22. The District Attorneys Council and Oklahoma district
22444		-	attorneys, provided adequate funding exists;
22445		-	24. 23. The Oklahoma Boll Weevil Eradication Organization; and
22446		-	25. 24. The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission.
22447		-	B. 1. The Oklahoma School for the Deaf a t Sulphur, the
22448		-	Oklahoma School for the Blind at Muskogee, and any state institution
22449		-	of higher education may purchase, own, or keep if now owned, or
22450		-	acquire by lease or gift, and use and maintain such station wagons,
22451		-	automobiles, trucks, or buses as are rea sonably necessary for the
22452		-	implementation of the educational programs of said institutions.
22453		-	2. No bus operated, owned, or used by such educational
22454		-	institutions shall be permitted to carry any person other than
22455		-	students, faculty mem bers, employees, or volun teers of such
22456		-	institutions. The provisions of this section shall not be construed
22457		-	to prohibit:
22458		-	a. the operation of intracampus buses or buses routed
22459		-	directly between portions of the campus of any
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22486		-	institution not adjacent to each o ther, nor to
22487		-	prohibit the collection of fares from such students,
22488		-	faculty members, or employees of such institutions,
22489		-	sufficient in amount to cover the reasonable cost of
22490		-	such transportation, or
22491		-	b. the Oklahoma School for the Blind or the Oklahoma
22492		-	School for the Deaf from entering into agreements with
22493		-	local public school districts pursuant to the
22494		-	Interlocal Cooperation Act for the mutual use of the
22495		-	schools' and the districts' vehicles. Such use may
22496		-	include, but is not limited to, the transportation of
22497		-	students from local school di stricts with students
22498		-	from the Oklahoma School for the Blind or the Oklahoma
22499		-	School for the Deaf in vehicles owned by the Oklahoma
22500		-	School for the Blind or the Oklahoma School for the
22501		-	Deaf when traveling to school-related activities.
22502		-	C. The J.D. McCarty Ce nter for Children with Developmental
22503		-	Disabilities, the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, the Oklahoma
22504		-	Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Oklahoma Veterans Centers
22505		-	may own and maintain such passenger vehicles as those instituti ons
22506		-	have acquired prior t o May 1, 1981.
22507		-	D. The use of station wagons, automobiles, and buses, other
22508		-	than as provided for in this section, shall be permitted only upon
22509		-	written request for such use by heads of departments of the
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22536		-	institution, approved in wri ting by the president of said
22537		-	institution or by some administrative official of said institution
22538		-	authorized by the president to grant said approval. Such use shall
22539		-	be permitted only for official institutional business or activities
22540		-	connected therewith. S uch use shall be subject to the provisions of
22541		-	Section 156.1 of this title forbidding personal use of such
22542		-	vehicles, and to the penalties therein declared.
22543		-	E. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
22544		-	section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by
22545		-	fine or imprisonment, or both, as provided for in Section 156.1 of
22546		-	this title.
22547		-	F. For the purpose of this section and Section 156.3 of this
22548		-	title, a station wagon is classified as a passenger automobile and
22549		-	may not be purchased s olely for the use of tran sporting property.
22550		-	Such vehicles shall include, but not be limited to, all vehicles
22551		-	which have no separate luggage compartment or trunk but which do not
22552		-	have open beds, whether the same are called station wagons, vans,
22553		-	suburbans, town and country, blazers , or any other names. All state
22554		-	boards, commissions, departments, and institutions may own and
22555		-	maintain station wagons purchased solely for the purpose of
22556		-	transporting property if acquired prior to July 1, 1985.
22557		-	G. The provisions of this section and Sect ion 156.1 of this
22558		-	title shall not apply to public officials who are statewide elected
22559		-	commissioners.
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22587		-	amended to read as follows:
22588		-	Section 24A.27 A. Any state environmental agency or public
22589		-	utility shall keep confidential vulnerability assessments of
22590		-	critical assets in both water and wastewater systems. State
22591		-	environmental agencies or public utilities may use the information
22592		-	for internal purposes or allow the information to be used for survey
22593		-	purposes only. The state environmental agencies or public utilities
22594		-	shall allow any public body to have access t o the information for
22595		-	purposes specifically related to the public bodies function.
22596		-	B. For purposes of this section:
22597		-	1. "State environmental agencies" includes the:
22598		-	a. Oklahoma Water Resources Board,
22599		-	b. Oklahoma Corporation Commission,
22600		-	c. State Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
22601		-	Forestry,
22602		-	d. Oklahoma Conservation Commission,
22603		-	e. Department of Wildlife Conservation, and
22604		-	f. Department of Mines, and
22605		-	g. Department of Environmental Quality;
22606		-	2. "Public utility" means any individual, firm, association,
22607		-	partnership, corporation or any combination thereof, municipal
22608		-	corporations or their lessees, trustees and receivers, owning or
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22635		-	operating for compensation in this state equipment or facilities
22636		-	for:
22637		-	a. producing, generating, transmitting, distributing,
22638		-	selling or furnishing electricity,
22639		-	b. the conveyance, transmission, reception or
22640		-	communications over a telephone system,
22641		-	c. transmitting directly or indirectly or distributing
22642		-	combustible hydrocarbon natural or synthetic natural
22643		-	gas for sale to the public, or
22644		-	d. the transportation, delivery or furnishing of water
22645		-	for domestic purposes or for power.
22646		-	SECTION 353. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 3022, is
22647		-	amended to read as follows:
22648		-	Section 3022. As used in the Elevator Safety Act:
22649		-	1. "Agency" means the Oklahoma Department of Labor;
22650		-	2. "Certificate of operation" means a document issued by the
22651		-	Commissioner and affixed to an elevator that indicates that the
22652		-	elevator has been inspected and tested and found to be in compliance
22653		-	with all applicable standards of operation as determined by the
22654		-	Department of Labor;
22655		-	3. "Certificate of operation - temporary" means a document
22656		-	issued by the Commissioner that permits temporary use of a
22657		-	noncompliant elevator by the general public for not more than thirty
22658		-	(30) days while minor repairs are being completed;
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22685		-	4. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor or his/her
22686		-	authorized representative;
22687		-	5. "Chief elevator inspector" means the chief elevator
22688		-	inspector appointed under the Elevator Safety Act;
22689		-	6. "Deputy inspector" means an inspector appointed by the chief
22690		-	elevator inspector subject to the approval of the Commissioner under
22691		-	the provisions of the Elevator Safety Act;
22692		-	7. a. "Elevator" means any device for lifting or moving
22693		-	people, cargo, or freigh t within, or adjacent and
22694		-	connected to, a structure or excavation, and includes
22695		-	any escalator, power-driven stairway, moving walkway
22696		-	or stairway chair lift.
22697		-	b. The term "elevator" does not mean any:
22698		-	(1) amusement ride or device subject to inspection
22699		-	and regulation under the provisions of Section
22700		-	460 et seq. of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
22701		-	(2) mining equipment subject to inspection and
22702		-	regulation by the Department of Mines
22703		-	Environmental Quality ,
22704		-	(3) aircraft, railroad car, boat, barge, ship, truck,
22705		-	or other self-propelled vehicle or component
22706		-	thereof,
22707		-	(4) boiler grate stoker or other similar firing
22708		-	mechanism subject to inspection under the
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22736		-	Vessel Safety Act,
22737		-	(5) dumbwaiter, conveyor, chain or bucket hoist,
22738		-	construction hoist or similar devices used for
22739		-	the primary purpose of elevating or lowering
22740		-	materials, or
22741		-	(6) elevator, conveyance , manlift or similar device
22742		-	in grain elevators, grain warehouses, seed
22743		-	processing facilities, feed mills and/or flour
22744		-	mills which is used by employees, but is not
22745		-	accessible to or used by customers or members of
22746		-	the general public.
22747		-	This list is not exhaust ive;
22748		-	8. "Elevator apprentice" means an unlicensed person registered
22749		-	with the Department of Labor who works under the direct s upervision
22750		-	of a licensed elevator mechanic, licensed elevator contractor, or
22751		-	licensed elevator inspector;
22752		-	9. "Licensed elevator contractor" means a person or business
22753		-	entity that possesses a valid elevator contractor's license issued
22754		-	by the Department of Labor pursuant to the provisions of the
22755		-	Elevator Safety Act and is thus entitled to engage in the business
22756		-	of erecting, constructi ng, installing, altering, servicing,
22757		-	repairing, or maintaining elevators;
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22785		-	a valid elevator inspector's license issued by the Department of
22786		-	Labor pursuant to the provisions of the Elevator Safe ty Act and is
22787		-	thus entitled to engage in the business of inspecting elevators;
22788		-	11. "Licensed elevator mechanic" means a person who possesses a
22789		-	valid elevator mechanic's license issued by the Department of Labor
22790		-	in accordance with the provisions of the Ele vator Safety Act and is
22791		-	thus, when employed by a licensed elevator contractor, entitled to
22792		-	install, construct, alter, service, repair, perform electrical work
22793		-	on, test, and maintain elevators; and
22794		-	12. "Private residence" means a separate dwelling or a sep arate
22795		-	apartment in a multiple dwelling that is occupied by members of a
22796		-	single-family unit.
22797		-	SECTION 354. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 122.2, is
22798		-	amended to read as follows:
22799		-	Section 122.2 The provisions of this section specify the
22800		-	jurisdictional areas of state agencies relating to the regulation of
22801		-	blasting and explosives. Agencies regulating explosives and
22802		-	blasting are directed to cooperate and coordinate with each other as
22803		-	necessary to carrying out the duties required to regu late
22804		-	explosives. Agencies regulating explosives may enter into
22805		-	interagency agreements with other state agencies and law enforcement
22806		-	agencies of any political subdivision of this state for the purpose
22807		-	of conducting investigations related to the regulation of explosives
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22834		-	or criminal activity. The jurisdictional areas of responsibility
22835		-	specified in this section shall be in addition to those otherwise
22836		-	provided by law and assigned to the specific state agency as
22837		-	follows:
22838		-	1. Department of Mines Environmental Quality. The Department
22839		-	of Mines Environmental Quality shall have the following
22840		-	jurisdictional areas relating to the regulation of blasting and
22841		-	explosives:
22842		-	a. the use of explosives and blasting activities for
22843		-	surface and nonsurface mining operations pursua nt to
22844		-	Title 45 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes,
22845		-	b. except as otherwise provided by this part Section
22846		-	122.1 et seq. of this title, the use of explosives and
22847		-	blasting activities for nonmining activities, and
22848		-	c. except as otherwise provided by this part Section
22849		-	122.1 et seq. of this title, the regulation of the use
22850		-	of explosives or of blasting activity not subject to
22851		-	the specific statutory authority of another state
22852		-	agency;
22853		-	2. State Fire Marshal. The State Fire Marshal shall have
22854		-	regulatory jurisdictional responsibility relating to explosives as
22855		-	follows:
22856		-	a. the regulation of the ma nufacture, sale,
22857		-	transportation for hire or storage of explosives or
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22884		-	blasting agents for resale pursuant to Division 2 of
22885		-	the Oklahoma Explosives and Blasting Regulation Act,
22886		-	b. the examination of buildings and premises and
22887		-	reporting and orders authorized pursuant to Section
22888		-	317 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and
22889		-	c. licensure, regulation and enforcement of fire
22890		-	extinguishers, pursuant to the Fire Extinguisher
22891		-	Licensing Act;
22892		-	3. The Department of Public Safety. The Department of Public
22893		-	Safety shall have the regulatory jurisdictional responsibility
22894		-	relating to explosives as follows:
22895		-	a. the transportation of explosives or blasting agents
22896		-	classified as hazardous materials pursuant to the
22897		-	Oklahoma Motor Carrier Safety and Hazardous Materials
22898		-	Transportation Act,
22899		-	b. the construction or making of any explosive or
22900		-	explosive device not subject to specific regulatory
22901		-	authority of another state agency,
22902		-	c. the intentional storage of any materials which are
22903		-	intended to be used to construct or make any explosive
22904		-	or explosive device not subject to specific regulatory
22905		-	authority of another state agency, and
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22933		-	device in any manner not subject to specific
22934		-	regulatory authority of another state agency.
22935		-	Provided, nothing in this provision shall be construed to expand
22936		-	jurisdiction of the Department of Public Safety to investigate any
22937		-	crime occurring within the jurisdiction of another law enforcement
22938		-	authority of any political subdivision of this state, and nothing
22939		-	shall prohibit, limit, or restrict any law enforcement officer,
22940		-	agency, or specialized law enforcement unit from investigating or
22941		-	otherwise performing any duty or responsibility for crimes within
22942		-	their respective jurisdiction relating to explosives, blasting
22943		-	agents, or hazardous materials; and
22944		-	4. Department of Environmental Quality. The Department of
22945		-	Environmental Quality shall have jurisdictional responsibility
22946		-	relating to the regulation and disposal of explosives or blasting
22947		-	agents classified as solid or hazardous waste pursuant to the
22948		-	Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code.
22949		-	SECTION 355. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.1, is
22950		-	amended to read as follo ws:
22951		-	Section 123.1 A. Pursuant to the Oklahoma Explosives and
22952		-	Blasting Regulation Act, except as otherwise provided by this part
22953		-	Section 122.1 et seq . of this title, the Department of Mines
22954		-	Environmental Quality shall be responsible for the administration,
22955		-	regulation and enforcement of all blasting operations or activities,
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22982		-	and the storage and use of all blasting agents and explosives by any
22983		-	person, which is not located within the area of a mining operation
22984		-	or site.
22985		-	B. Except as otherwise provided by this part Section 122.1 et
22986		-	seq. of this title, it shall be unlawful for any person to store or
22987		-	use any blasting agents or explosives, or conduct, supervise or
22988		-	control a blasting operation in this state without first complying
22989		-	with the provisions of the Oklahoma Explosives and Blasting
22990		-	Regulation Act and rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Mining
22991		-	Commission Environmental Quality Board.
22992		-	C. Except as otherwise required by this part Section 122.1 et
22993		-	seq. of this title, by January 1, 1996:
22994		-	1. Any person performing blasting activity shall be certified
22995		-	as a blaster by the Department of Mines Environmental Quality;
22996		-	2. All blasting operations shall be conducted under the
22997		-	direction of a certified blaster. Blaster certifi cation may be
22998		-	obtained from the Department upon application and proof of
22999		-	competency as determined by rules of the Department; and
23000		-	3. Before January 1, 1996, all blasting operations and
23001		-	activities shall be conducted by competent, experienced persons who
23002		-	understand the hazards involved.
23003		-	D. Any blaster certification issued by the Department shall be
23004		-	carried by the blaster or shall be on file at the blasting area
23005		-	during blasting operations.
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23033		-	the firing of a blast.
23034		-	SECTION 356. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.2, is
23035		-	amended to read as follows:
23036		-	Section 123.2 A. Except as otherwise provided by this part
23037		-	Section 122.1 et seq. of this title, it is a violation to
23038		-	manufacture, store, or use explosives or blasting agents without
23039		-	first obtaining a permit from the Department of Mines Environmental
23040		-	Quality.
23041		-	B. Permits issued under this division Section 123.1 et seq. of
23042		-	this title shall not be transferable, and shall be readily available
23043		-	for inspection by representatives of the Department and law
23044		-	enforcement officials.
23045		-	C. The Department may place such restrictions and limitations
23046		-	on permits as it deems necessary.
23047		-	D. The Department may issue one-time or limited-time permits or
23048		-	permits for continuous blasting operations.
23049		-	E. 1. Permits for continuous blasting operations issued under
23050		-	this division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title shall be valid for
23051		-	the calendar year after the date of issue unless revoked or
23052		-	suspended. Permits for continuous blasting operations may be
23053		-	renewed on each issuance date and a showing of compliance with the
23054		-	Oklahoma Explosives and Blasting Regulation Act and rules
23055		-	promulgated thereto.
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23082		-	2. Permits for one-time or limited-time permits shall be valid
23083		-	only for the time specified in the permit.
23084		-	F. Any person holding a permit issued under this division
23085		-	Section 123.1 et seq. of this title shall keep such records as may
23086		-	be required by the Department. Records shall be maintained for not
23087		-	less than two (2) year s following the year in which the record is
23088		-	made. All such records shall be open to inspection by the
23089		-	Department or its representatives during normal business hours.
23090		-	SECTION 357. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.2A, is
23091		-	amended to read as follows:
23092		-	Section 123.2A A. No person shall purchase blasti ng agents or
23093		-	explosives in this stat e without first obtaining a permit pursuant
23094		-	to the Oklahoma Explosives and Blasting Regulation Act or without
23095		-	first obtaining written notification from the Department of Mines
23096		-	Environmental Quality that the person is exempt from this permit
23097		-	requirement.
23098		-	B. Distributors or sellers of blasting age nts or explosives
23099		-	shall require presentation of either the permit or exemption
23100		-	notification required in subsection A of this section before the
23101		-	sale or transfer of blasting agents or explosives.
23102		-	C. The Oklahoma Mining Commission Environmental Quality Board
23103		-	shall promulgate rules to implement this section.
23104		-	SECTION 358. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.3, is
23105		-	amended to read as follows:
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23132		-	Section 123.3 The Department of Environmental Quality shall
23133		-	enforce the provisions of this division Section 123.1 et seq. of
23134		-	this title and for such purposes shall:
23135		-	1. Issue permits to applicants found by the Department , after
23136		-	inspection and investigation, to be qualified for such permit under
23137		-	the provisions of this division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title
23138		-	and the rules promulgated by the Department;
23139		-	2. Deny, suspend, or revoke permits upon a finding of
23140		-	noncompliance or violation of the provisions of this division
23141		-	Section 123.1 et seq. of this title or of the applicable rules of
23142		-	the Department;
23143		-	3. Hold hearings upon the application of any person aggrieved
23144		-	by any order of the Department with respect to the denial,
23145		-	suspension, or revocation of any permit; and
23146		-	4. Inspect, during normal bu siness hours, any building,
23147		-	structure, or premises subject to the provisions of this division
23148		-	Section 123.1 et seq. of this title, and, upon the discovery of any
23149		-	violation of this division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title or
23150		-	the applicable rules, issue such orders as are necessary for the
23151		-	safety of workers and the public, and, in the case of imminent
23152		-	hazard or emergency, apply for an injunction in the appropriate
23153		-	district court.
23154		-	SECTION 359. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Secti on 123.4, is
23155		-	amended to read as follows:
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23182		-	Section 123.4 A. The Department of Mines Environmental Quality
23183		-	shall promulgate the necessary rules to implement the provisions of
23184		-	this Division Section 123.1 et seq of this t itle. Rules promulgated
23185		-	by the Department shall include but not be limited to requirements
23186		-	for blasting plans, use of explosives, public notices, and records.
23187		-	B. The Department of Mines Environmental Quality may establish
23188		-	a schedule of fees to be charged for applications for or issuance of
23189		-	new and renewed certifications and permits required pursuant to this
23190		-	division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title. The fees shall be
23191		-	subject to the following provisions:
23192		-	1. The Department shall follow the procedures required by the
23193		-	Administrative Procedures Act for promulgating rules in establishing
23194		-	or amending any such schedule of fees;
23195		-	2. The Department shall base its schedule of fees upon the
23196		-	reasonable costs of operating the programs specified by this
23197		-	division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title; and
23198		-	3. The fees authorized by this section shall not be implemented
23199		-	by emergency rule but shall be adopted by permanent rules, which
23200		-	shall be submitted to the Legislature for review pursuant to Section
23201		-	308 of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes prior to implementation.
23202		-	SECTION 360. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.5, is
23203		-	amended to read as follows:
23204		-	Section 123.5 A. In the enforcement of the Oklahoma Explosives
23205		-	and Blasting Regulation Act pursuant to this division Section 123.1
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23233		-	or who violates any other provision of the Oklahoma Explosives and
23234		-	Blasting Regulation Act or rules promulgated thereto pursuant to
23235		-	this division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title may be assessed an
23236		-	administrative penalty by the Department. Such penalty s hall not
23237		-	exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each violation. Each
23238		-	day of continuing violation may be deemed a separate violation for
23239		-	purposes of penalty assessments. In determining the amount of the
23240		-	penalty, consideration shall be given to the p erson's history of
23241		-	previous violations regarding explosives and blasting operation; the
23242		-	seriousness of the violation, including any irreparable harm to the
23243		-	environment and any hazard to the health or safety of the public;
23244		-	whether the person was negligent; and the demonstrated good faith of
23245		-	the person charged in attempting to achieve rapid compliance after
23246		-	notification of the violation.
23247		-	B. An administrative penalty shall be assessed by the
23248		-	Department of Environmental Quality only after the person charged
23249		-	with a violation described under subsection A of this section has
23250		-	been given an opportunity for a hearing pursuant to Article II of
23251		-	the Administrative Procedures Act. Where such a hea ring has been
23252		-	held, the Department shall make findings of fact, and shall issu e a
23253		-	written decision as to the occurrence of the violation and the
23254		-	amount of the penalty which is warranted, incorporating, when
23255		-	appropriate, an order therein requiring that the penalty be paid.
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23283		-	with other proceedings under the Oklahoma Explosives and Blasting
23284		-	Regulation Act. Any hearing under this section shall be of record.
23285		-	Where the person charged with such a v iolation fails to avail
23286		-	himself of the opportunity for a hearing, an administr ative penalty
23287		-	shall be assessed by the Department after determining that a
23288		-	violation did occur, and the amount of the penalty which is
23289		-	warranted, and issuing an order requiring t hat the penalty be paid.
23290		-	C. Upon the issuance of a notice or order charging t hat a
23291		-	violation of the Oklahoma Explosives and Blasting Regulation Act has
23292		-	occurred, the Department shall inform the operator within thirty
23293		-	(30) days of the proposed amount of sa id penalty. The person
23294		-	charged with the penalty shall then have thirty (30) d ays to pay the
23295		-	proposed penalty in full or, if the person wishes to contest either
23296		-	the amount of the penalty or the fact of the violation, forward the
23297		-	proposed amount to the Depa rtment for placement in an escrow
23298		-	account. If through administrative or judic ial review of the
23299		-	proposed penalty, it is determined that no violation occurred, or
23300		-	that the amount of the penalty should be reduced, the Department
23301		-	shall within thirty (30) days remit the appropriate amount to the
23302		-	person.
23303		-	D. Administrative penalties owed under the Oklahoma Explosives
23304		-	and Blasting Regulation Act may be recovered in a civil action
23305		-	brought by the Attorney General or any district attorney in the
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23333		-	Department in the appropriate distr ict court. Such action, also,
23334		-	may be brought by the Department.
23335		-	E. Any person who willfully and knowingly violates a condition
23336		-	of a permit issued pursuant to this division Section 123.1 et seq.
23337		-	of this title or fails or refuses to comply with any order issued
23338		-	under this division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title, or any
23339		-	order incorporated in a final decision issued by t he Department
23340		-	under this division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title, shall, upon
23341		-	conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand
23342		-	Dollars ($10,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than one (1)
23343		-	year, or both.
23344		-	F. Whenever a corporate permittee vi olates a condition of a
23345		-	permit issued pursuant to this division Section 123.1 et seq. of
23346		-	this title or fails or refuses to comply with any order issued under
23347		-	this division, or any order incorporated in a final decision issued
23348		-	by the Executive Director of the Department of Mines Environmental
23349		-	Quality under this division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title, any
23350		-	director, officer or agent of such corporation who willfully and
23351		-	knowingly authorized, ordered or carried out such violation, failure
23352		-	or refusal shall be subject to the same administrative penalties,
23353		-	fines and imprisonment that may be imposed upon a person under
23354		-	subsections A and E of this section.
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23381		-	G. Whoever knowingly makes any false statement, representation
23382		-	or certification, or knowingly fails to make any statement,
23383		-	representation or certification in any application, record, report,
23384		-	plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant
23385		-	to this division Section 123.1 et seq. of this title or any order of
23386		-	decision issued by the Department under this division Section 123.1
23387		-	et seq. of this title, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine
23388		-	of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or by
23389		-	imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both.
23390		-	H. Any person who fails to correct a violation for which a
23391		-	citation has been issued within the period permitted for its
23392		-	correction shall be assessed an administrative penalty of not less
23393		-	than Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00) for each day during which
23394		-	such failure or violation continues.
23395		-	The period permitted for corrections of violations shall not end
23396		-	until:
23397		-	1. The entry of a final order by the Department after an
23398		-	expedited hearing which ordered the suspension of the abatement
23399		-	requirements of the citation because it was determined that the
23400		-	person will suffer irreparable loss or damage from the application
23401		-	of the abatement requirements; or
23402		-	2. The entry of an order by a court in any review proceedings
23403		-	initiated by the person in which the court orders the suspension of
23404		-	the abatement requirements.
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23431		-	I. Any person who shall, except as permitted by law, willfully
23432		-	resist, prevent, impede or interfere with the Department or any of
23433		-	the agents or employees thereof in the performance of duties
23434		-	pursuant to this division shall, upon conviction, be punished by a
23435		-	fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by
23436		-	imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both.
23437		-	SECTION 361. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.7, is
23438		-	amended to read as follows:
23439		-	Section 123.7 Any fees, administrative penalties or any other
23440		-	monies obtained by t he Department of Mines Environmental Quality
23441		-	pursuant to the Oklahoma Explosives and Blasting Regulation Act
23442		-	shall be deposited in the Department of Mines Environmental Quality
23443		-	Revolving Fund established in Section 2-3-401 of Title 27A of the
23444		-	Oklahoma Statutes and shall be expended by the Department of Mines
23445		-	Environmental Quality for implementation and enforcement of this
23446		-	part Section 122.1 et seq. of this title or as otherwise deemed
23447		-	necessary by the Department for complying with its responsibilities
23448		-	and duties according to law.
23449		-	SECTION 362. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 123.8, is
23450		-	amended to read as follows:
23451		-	Section 123.8 A. 1. The provisions of the Oklahoma Explosives
23452		-	and Blasting Regulation Act shall n ot apply to:
23453		-	a. persons engaged in shooting wells or seismographic
23454		-	operations for the purpose of oil or gas production,
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23481		-	b. mining operations regulated by Title 45 27A of the
23482		-	Oklahoma Statutes, and
23483		-	c. persons using explosives or blasting agents for
23484		-	noncommercial use on their own land, owned in fee or
23485		-	by contract, for the removal of trees, rocks and dams
23486		-	or for other normal agricultural purposes.
23487		-	2. Any person exempted from the provisions of the Oklahoma
23488		-	Explosives and Blasting Regulation Act pursuant to this subsection
23489		-	shall be liable for a ll damages caused by the use of explosives, or
23490		-	blasting agents and blasting operations, which damages shall be
23491		-	recoverable in any court of competent jurisdiction.
23492		-	B. In addition, the provisions of the Oklahoma Explosives and
23493		-	Blasting Regulation Act shall not apply to:
23494		-	1. Any municipalities or counties in this state using any
23495		-	blasting agents, explosives or conducting, supervising or
23496		-	controlling a blasting operation in this state. Any such
23497		-	municipality or county shall comply with rules promulgated by the
23498		-	Oklahoma Mining Commission Environmental Quality Board;
23499		-	2. The Department of Transportation in the conducting,
23500		-	supervision or controlling of any blasting operation in this state,
23501		-	provided the Department shall comply with rules promulgated by the
23502		-	Oklahoma Mining Commission Environmental Quality Board; and
23503		-	3. Duly qualified and certified bomb technicians of a federally
23504		-	accredited bomb squad of municipal, county, state, and federal law
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23532		-	any explosive chemical, compound or device, when such technician is
23533		-	performing responsibilities for the preservation of public peace,
23534		-	safety, or criminal investigation.
23535		-	4. Any employee of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
23536		-	Food, and Forestry and the United States Department of Agriculture,
23537		-	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services who is
23538		-	trained and certified by the United States Department of Agriculture
23539		-	in the safe handling and use of explosive material s in the course of
23540		-	the official duties of the employee.
23541		-	SECTION 363. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 2021, Section 2357.11,
23542		-	is amended to read as follows:
23543		-	Section 2357.11 A. For purposes of this section, the term
23544		-	"person" means any legal business enti ty including limited and
23545		-	general partnerships, corporatio ns, sole proprietorships, and
23546		-	limited liability companies, but does not include individuals.
23547		-	B. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this section, for tax
23548		-	years beginning on or after January 1, 1993, and ending on or before
23549		-	December 31, 2021, there shall b e allowed a credit against the tax
23550		-	imposed by Section 1803 or Section 2355 of this title or Section 624
23551		-	or 628 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes for every person in this
23552		-	state furnishing water, he at, light or power to the state or its
23553		-	citizens, or for every person in this state burning coal to generate
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23581		-	this state.
23582		-	2. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1993, and
23583		-	ending on or before December 31, 2005, and for the period of Jan uary
23584		-	1, 2006, through June 30, 2006, the credit shall be in the amount of
23585		-	Two Dollars ($2.00) per ton for each ton of Oklahoma-mined coal
23586		-	purchased by such person.
23587		-	3. For the period of July 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006,
23588		-	and, except as provided in su bsection N of this section, for tax
23589		-	years beginning on or after January 1, 2007, and ending on or before
23590		-	December 31, 2021, the credit shall be in the amount of Two Dollars
23591		-	and eighty-five cents ($2.85) per ton for each ton of Oklahoma-mined
23592		-	coal purchased by such person.
23593		-	4. In addition to the credit allowed pursuant to the provisions
23594		-	of paragraph 3 of this subsection, for the period of July 1, 2006,
23595		-	through December 31, 2006, and except as provided in subsections M
23596		-	and N of this section, for tax years beg inning on or after January
23597		-	1, 2007, and ending on or before December 31, 2021, there shall be
23598		-	allowed a credit in the amount of Two Dollars and fifteen cents
23599		-	($2.15) per ton for each ton of Oklahoma -mined coal purchased by
23600		-	such person. The credit allowed pursuant to the provisions of this
23601		-	paragraph may not be claimed or transferred prior to January 1,
23602		-	2008.
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23629		-	C. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 1995, and
23630		-	ending on or before December 31, 2005, and for the period beginning
23631		-	January 1, 2006, throu gh June 30, 2006, there shall be allowed, in
23632		-	addition to the credits allowed pursuant to subsection B of this
23633		-	section, a credit against the tax imposed by Section 1803 or Section
23634		-	2355 of this title o r Section 624 or 628 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma
23635		-	Statutes for every person in this state which:
23636		-	1. Furnishes water, heat, light or power to the state or its
23637		-	citizens, or burns coal to generate heat, light or power for use in
23638		-	manufacturing operations locat ed in this state; and
23639		-	2. Purchases at least seven hundre d fifty thousand (750,000)
23640		-	tons of Oklahoma-mined coal in the tax year.
23641		-	The additional credit allowed pursuant to this subsection shall
23642		-	be in the amount of Three Dollars ($3.00) per ton for each ton of
23643		-	Oklahoma-mined coal purchased by such person.
23644		-	D. Except as otherwise provided by this section, for tax years
23645		-	beginning on or after January 1, 2001, and ending on or before
23646		-	December 31, 2021, there shall be allowed a credit against the tax
23647		-	imposed by Section 1803 or Section 2355 of this title or Section 624
23648		-	or 628 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes for every person in this
23649		-	state primarily engaged in mining, producing or extracting coal, and
23650		-	holding a valid permit issued by the Oklahoma Department of Mines
23651		-	Environmental Quality. For tax years beginning on or after January
23652		-	1, 2001, and ending on or before December 31, 2005, and for the
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23679		-	period beginning January 1, 2006, through June 30, 2006, the credit
23680		-	shall be in the amount of ninety-five cents ($0.95) per ton and for
23681		-	the period of July 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006, and for tax
23682		-	years beginning on or after January 1, 2007, except as provided in
23683		-	subsection N of this section, the credit shall be in the amount of
23684		-	Five Dollars ($5.00) for each ton of coal mined, produced or
23685		-	extracted in, on, under or through a permit in this state by such
23686		-	person.
23687		-	E. In addition to the credit allowed pursuant to the provisions
23688		-	of subsection D of this section and except as otherwise provided in
23689		-	subsection F of this section, for tax years beginning on or after
23690		-	January 1, 2001, and ending on or before December 31, 2005, and for
23691		-	the period of January 1, 2006, through June 30, 2006, there shall be
23692		-	allowed a credit against the tax imposed by Section 1803 or Section
23693		-	2355 of this title or Section 624 or 628 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma
23694		-	Statutes for every person in th is state primarily engaged in mining,
23695		-	producing or extracting coal, and holding a valid permit issued by
23696		-	the Oklahoma Department of Mines Environmental Quality in the amount
23697		-	of ninety-five cents ($0.95) per ton for each ton of coal mined,
23698		-	produced or extracted from thin seams in this state by such person;
23699		-	provided, the credit shall not apply to such coal sold to any
23700		-	consumer who purchases at least seven hundred fifty thou sand
23701		-	(750,000) tons of Oklahoma-mined coal per year.
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23729		-	of subsection D of this section and except as otherwise provided in
23730		-	subsection G of this section, for tax years beginning on or after
23731		-	January 1, 2005, and ending on or before December 31, 2005, a nd for
23732		-	the period of January 1, 2006, throug h June 30, 2006, there shall be
23733		-	allowed a credit against the tax imposed by Section 1803 or Section
23734		-	2355 of this title or that portion of the tax imposed b y Section 624
23735		-	or 628 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes , which is actually paid
23736		-	to and placed into the General Revenue Fund, in the amount of
23737		-	ninety-five cents ($0.95) per ton for each ton of coal mined,
23738		-	produced or extracted from thin seams in this stat e by such person
23739		-	on or after July 1, 2005.
23740		-	G. The credits provided in subsections D and E of this se ction
23741		-	shall not be allowed for coal mined, produced or extracted in any
23742		-	month in which the average price of coal is Sixty-eight Dollars
23743		-	($68.00) or more per ton, excluding freight charges, as determined
23744		-	by the Tax Commission.
23745		-	H. The additional credits all owed pursuant to subsections B, C,
23746		-	D and E of this section but not used shall be freely transferable
23747		-	after January 1, 2002, but not later than December 31, 2013, by
23748		-	written agreement to subsequent transferees at any time during the
23749		-	five (5) years following the year of qualification; provided, the
23750		-	additional credits allowed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 4
23751		-	of subsection B of this section but not used shall be freely
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23779		-	2013, by written agreement to subsequent transferees at any time
23780		-	during the five (5) years following the year of qualification. An
23781		-	eligible transferee shall be any taxpay er subject to the tax imposed
23782		-	by Section 1803 or Section 2355 of this title or Section 624 or 628
23783		-	of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The person originally allowed
23784		-	the credit and the subsequent transferee shall jointly file a copy
23785		-	of the written credit transfer agreement with the Tax Commission
23786		-	within thirty (30) days of the transfer. The written agre ement
23787		-	shall contain the name, address and taxpayer identification number
23788		-	of the parties to the transfer, the amount of credit being
23789		-	transferred, the year t he credit was originally allowed to the
23790		-	transferring person and the tax year or years for which the c redit
23791		-	may be claimed. The Tax Commission may promulgate rules to permit
23792		-	verification of the validity and timeliness of a tax credit claimed
23793		-	upon a tax return pursuant to this subsection but shall not
23794		-	promulgate any rules which unduly restrict or hinder th e transfers
23795		-	of such tax credit.
23796		-	I. The additional credit allowed pursuant to subsection F of
23797		-	this section but not used shall be freely transferable on or after
23798		-	July 1, 2006, but not later than December 31, 2013, by written
23799		-	agreement to subsequent transfer ees at any time during the five (5)
23800		-	years following the year of qualification. An eligible transferee
23801		-	shall be any taxpayer subject to the tax imposed by Section 1803 or
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23829		-	Oklahoma Statutes. The person originally allowed the credit and the
23830		-	subsequent transferee shall jointly file a copy of the written
23831		-	credit transfer agreement with the Tax C ommission within thirty (30)
23832		-	days of the transfer. The w ritten agreement shall contain the name,
23833		-	address and taxpayer identification number of the parties to the
23834		-	transfer, the amount of credit being transferred, the year the
23835		-	credit was originally allowed to the transferring person and the tax
23836		-	year or years for which the credit may be claimed. The Tax
23837		-	Commission may promulgate rules to permit verification of the
23838		-	validity and timeliness of a tax credit claimed upon a tax return
23839		-	pursuant to this subsection b ut shall not promulgate any rules which
23840		-	unduly restrict or hinder the transfers of such tax credit.
23841		-	J. Any person receiving tax credits pursuant to the provisions
23842		-	of this section shall apply the credits against taxes payable or,
23843		-	subject to the limitation that credits earned after December 31,
23844		-	2013, shall not be transferred, shall transfer the credits as
23845		-	provided in this section or, for credits earned on or after January
23846		-	1, 2014, shall receive a refund pursuant to the provisions of
23847		-	subsection L of this sect ion. Credits shall not be used to lower
23848		-	the price of any Oklahoma-mined coal sold that is produced b y a
23849		-	subsidiary of the person receiving a tax credit under this section
23850		-	to other buyers of the Oklahoma-mined coal.
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23877		-	K. Except as provided by paragraph 2 of subsection L of this
23878		-	section, the credits allowed by sub sections B, C, D, E and F of this
23879		-	section, upon election of the taxpayer, shall be treated and may be
23880		-	claimed as a payment of tax, a prepayment of tax or a payment of
23881		-	estimated tax for purposes of Se ction 1803 or 2355 of this title or
23882		-	Section 624 or 628 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
23883		-	L. 1. With respect to credits allowed pursuant to the
23884		-	provisions of subsections B, C, D, E and F of this section earned
23885		-	prior to January 1, 2014, but not used in any tax year may be
23886		-	carried over in order to each of the five (5) years following the
23887		-	year of qualification.
23888		-	2. With respect to credits allowed pursuant to the provisions
23889		-	of subsections B, C, D, E and F of this section which are earned but
23890		-	not used, based upon activity occurring on or after January 1, 2014,
23891		-	the Oklahoma Tax Commission shall, at the taxp ayer's election,
23892		-	refund directly to the taxpayer eighty-five percent (85%) of the
23893		-	face amount of such credits. The direct refund of the credits
23894		-	pursuant to this paragraph shall be available to all taxpayers,
23895		-	including, without limitation, pass -through entities and taxpayers
23896		-	subject to Section 2355 of this title. The amount of any direct
23897		-	refund of credits actually received at the eighty-five percent (85%)
23898		-	level by the taxpayer pursuant to this paragraph shall not be
23899		-	subject to the tax imposed by Section 23 55 of this title. If the
23900		-	pass-through entity does not file a claim for a direct refund, the
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23928		-	shareholders, partners or members of the pass-through entity;
23929		-	provided, the total of all credit s refunded or allocated shall not
23930		-	exceed the amount of the credit or refund to which the pass-through
23931		-	entity is entitled. For the purposes of this paragra ph, "pass-
23932		-	through entity" means a corporation that for th e applicable tax year
23933		-	is treated as an S cor poration under the Internal Revenue Code of
23934		-	1986, as amended, general partnership, limited partnership, limited
23935		-	liability partnership, trust or limited lia bility company that for
23936		-	the applicable tax year is not ta xed as a corporation for federal
23937		-	income tax purposes.
23938		-	M. No credit otherwise authorized by the provisions of this
23939		-	section may be claimed for any event, transaction, investment,
23940		-	expenditure or other act occurring on or after July 1, 2010, for
23941		-	which the credit would otherwise be allowable. The provi sions of
23942		-	this subsection shall cease to be operative on July 1, 2012.
23943		-	Beginning July 1, 2012, the credit authorized by this section may be
23944		-	claimed for any event, transaction, investment, expenditure or other
23945		-	act occurring on or after July 1, 2012, accordi ng to the provisions
23946		-	of this section.
23947		-	N. Except as otherwise provided by this section, any credits
23948		-	calculated pursuant to paragraphs paragraph 3 or 4 of subsection B
23949		-	or subsection D of this section for activities occurring on or after
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23976		-	January 1, 2016, the amount of credit allowed shall be equal to
23977		-	seventy-five percent (75%) of the amount otherwise provided.
23978		-	O. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, the
23979		-	total amount of credits authorized by this section used to offset
23980		-	tax or paid as a refund shall be adjusted annually to limit the
23981		-	annual amount of credits to Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00).
23982		-	The Tax Commission shall annually calculate and publish a percentage
23983		-	by which the credits authorized by this section shall be reduced so
23984		-	the total amount of credits used to offset tax or paid as a refund
23985		-	does not exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) per year. The
23986		-	formula to be used for the percentage adjustment shall be Five
23987		-	Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) divided by the credits claimed in
23988		-	the second preceding year.
23989		-	P. Pursuant to subsection O of this section, in the event the
23990		-	total tax credits authorized by this section exceed Five Million
23991		-	Dollars ($5,000,000.00) in any calendar year, the Tax Commission
23992		-	shall permit any excess over Five Millio n Dollars ($5,000,000.00)
23993		-	but shall factor such excess into the percentage adjustment formula
23994		-	for subsequent years.
23995		-	Q. Any credits authorized by this section not used or unable to
23996		-	be used because of the provisions of subsection O or P of this
23997		-	section may be carried over until such credits are fully used.
23998		-	SECTION 364. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 500.18, is
23999		-	amended to read as follows:
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24026		-	Section 500.18 A. Except for members of the Legislature, the
24027		-	Governor and the Lieutenant Governor, provisions of Sections 500.1
24028		-	through 500.18 of this title shall be mandatory for all officials
24029		-	and employees of all departments, boards, commissions and
24030		-	institutions of the state, regardless of the provisions of any other
24031		-	act of the Legislature, except as provided by this section. The
24032		-	enactment of any measure in the future providing for travel
24033		-	reimbursement of state officers and employees on the basis of
24034		-	"actual and necessary " expenses or in any other manner inconsistent
24035		-	with Sections 500.1 through 500.18 of this title shall be deemed to
24036		-	provide for reimbursement in accordance with Sections 500.1 through
24037		-	500.18 of this title unless a contrary intent is explicitly
24038		-	expressed in this section. Sections 500.1 through 500.18 of this
24039		-	title shall not apply, however, to travel reimbursements made by
24040		-	political subdivisions of this state, except as otherwise provided
24041		-	by law.
24042		-	B. The agencies listed below are authorized certain exceptions
24043		-	and/or exemptions to the provisions of Sections 500.1 through 500.18
24044		-	of this title to the extent specified:
24045		-	1. Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry:
24046		-	a. The actual and reasonable expenses of travel and
24047		-	subsistence in pursuing and developing m arkets for
24048		-	Oklahoma agricultural products incurred by the
24049		-	Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and such employees
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24076		-	designated by the State Board of Agriculture within
24077		-	the marketing development programs of the Oklahoma
24078		-	Department of Agriculture, Food, and Fores try shall be
24079		-	reimbursed to the employee incurring such expenses.
24080		-	Reimbursement of such expenses shall be in accordance
24081		-	with rules adopted by the Board. Expenses claimed
24082		-	shall, prior to reimbursement, be reviewed by the
24083		-	Board at a regular meeting and indi vidually approved
24084		-	or disapproved.
24085		-	b. The actual and necessary expenses of out-of-state
24086		-	travel and subsistence incurred by employees of the
24087		-	Forestry Division authorized to evaluate and acquire
24088		-	federal excess property or surplus property in other
24089		-	states for use in its fire protection program, shall
24090		-	be reimbursed to the employee incurring such expenses.
24091		-	2. Department of Public Safety:
24092		-	When traveling with the Governor or at the Governor's request,
24093		-	personnel assigned by the Commissioner for executive security a nd
24094		-	pilots on executive assignment shall be allowed their actual and
24095		-	necessary traveling expenses, upon claims approved by the
24096		-	Commissioner.
24097		-	3. Department of Corrections:
24098		-	The Department of Corrections shall be exempt from limitations
24099		-	of reimbursement for r ented automobiles, as set forth in Section
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24126		-	500.5 of this title, when the rental is by a Correctional Officer or
24127		-	Transportation Officer for the limited purpose of transporting
24128		-	inmates. Reimbursement for the expense shall be on the basis of
24129		-	actual cost.
24130		-	4. Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department:
24131		-	The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission and Department
24132		-	staff who promote in-state and out-of-state business for Oklahoma's
24133		-	state-operated or state-owned parks, lodges, and golf courses and
24134		-	the tourism and recreation industry, may be reimbursed for the
24135		-	actual and necessary expense of travel, subsistence and
24136		-	entertainment for this purpose. The Director of the Oklahoma
24137		-	Tourism and Recreation Department may reimburse the Publisher of
24138		-	Oklahoma Today magazine a nd its staff for expenses for meals and
24139		-	other entertainment in order to gain advertising and promotion for
24140		-	Oklahoma Today magazine.
24141		-	5. Oklahoma Department of Commerce:
24142		-	a. The actual and necessary expenses incurred by the
24143		-	Director and other employees of th e Department
24144		-	authorized by the Director for the purpose of business
24145		-	recruitment shall be reimbursed. Reimbursement of
24146		-	expenses shall be in accordance with rules adopted by
24147		-	the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
24148		-	Expenses claimed shall, prior to reimbursement, be
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24175		-	reviewed by the Director and individually approved or
24176		-	disapproved.
24177		-	b. The Department, at the discretion of the Director, may
24178		-	charter aircraft for the purposes of carrying out its
24179		-	duties and responsibilities related to business
24180		-	recruitment and performing the duties of the Director.
24181		-	The cost of such charter shall be exempt from the
24182		-	provisions of Section 500.6 of this title. Claims
24183		-	filed with the Office of Management and Enterprise
24184		-	Services shall bear the following certification:
24185		-	The best interests of the citizens of Oklahoma were
24186		-	better served in that conventional ground
24187		-	transportation was not practical or feasible for this
24188		-	trip, aircraft from the Department of Public Safety
24189		-	were not available for this trip, and no other claim
24190		-	has been or will be filed as a payment for the cost of
24191		-	transportation in connection with this trip.
24192		-	c. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce may reimburse the
24193		-	Oklahoma Film and Music Office staff for the actual
24194		-	and necessary expenses for meals and other
24195		-	entertainment in order to promote the film and music
24196		-	industries in this state. Reimbursement of all actual
24197		-	and necessary expenses shall be in accordance with
24198		-	rules adopted by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
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24225		-	6. Office of Management and Enterprise Services:
24226		-	The actual and necessary expenses of travel and subsistence
24227		-	incurred by the Director, any state employee approved by his or her
24228		-	appointing authority, or state officials, for travel outside the
24229		-	state in performance of duties related to bond financing shall be
24230		-	reimbursed to the employee or state official incurring such
24231		-	expenses. Reimbursement for lodging expenses shall be supported by
24232		-	three telephone bids from hotels within a reasonable distance of the
24233		-	activity for which the travel was approved.
24234		-	7. Oklahoma Futures:
24235		-	The actual and necessary expenses incurred by the members of
24236		-	Oklahoma Futures in the performance of their duties shall be
24237		-	reimbursed to the members incurring such expenses. Reimbursement of
24238		-	all actual and necessary expenses shall be in accordance with rules
24239		-	adopted by Oklahoma Futures.
24240		-	8. Oklahoma Development Finance Authority:
24241		-	The actual and necessary expenses incurred by the members and
24242		-	employees of the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority in the
24243		-	performance of their duties shall be reimbursed to the person
24244		-	incurring such expenses. Reimbursement of all actual and necessary
24245		-	expenses shall be in accordance with the bylaws of the Authority.
24246		-	9. Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and
24247		-	Technology:
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24274		-	The actual and necessary expenses incurred b y the members and
24275		-	employees of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and
24276		-	Technology in the performance of their duties shall be reimbursed to
24277		-	the person incurring such expenses. Reimbursement of all actual and
24278		-	necessary expenses shall be in a ccordance with the bylaws of the
24279		-	Center.
24280		-	10. Center for International Trade Development:
24281		-	The actual and necessary expenses of travel, lodging and
24282		-	subsistence incurred by the Director and authorized employees of the
24283		-	Center for International Trade Developme nt for performance of their
24284		-	duties for the purpose of business recruitment and assistance shall
24285		-	be reimbursed to the person incurring such expenses. Reimbursement
24286		-	of such expenses shall be in accordance with the rules adopted by
24287		-	the Director of the Center for International Trade Development.
24288		-	Expenses claimed shall be reviewed and individually approved or
24289		-	disapproved, prior to reimbursement, first by the Director, and
24290		-	finally by either the Vice President, Business and Finance of
24291		-	Oklahoma State University o r the President of Oklahoma State
24292		-	University.
24293		-	11. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation:
24294		-	The actual and necessary expenses incurred by the Director and
24295		-	other employees of the Bureau authorized by the Director as a result
24296		-	of conducting investigations shal l be reimbursed to each such
24297		-	employee incurring the expenses. Reimbursement of the expenses
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24324		-	shall be in accordance with rules adopted by the Director of the
24325		-	Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Prior to reimbursement,
24326		-	expenses claimed shall be reviewe d by the Director and individually
24327		-	approved or disapproved.
24328		-	12. Department of Human Services:
24329		-	a. The actual and necessary expenses of travel, lodging
24330		-	and subsistence incurred by employees of the Legal
24331		-	Division in the performance of their duties for the
24332		-	purpose of representing the Department of Human
24333		-	Services or any of its officials, employees,
24334		-	institutions or hospitals at any proceeding including
24335		-	depositions, held before any court, administrative
24336		-	body or representative thereof, shall be reimbursed to
24337		-	the employee incurring such expenses. Expenses
24338		-	claimed shall be approved by the General Counsel and
24339		-	the Director of Human Services prior to reimbursement.
24340		-	b. The Department, at the discretion of the Director, may
24341		-	charter aircraft when determined by the Directo r such
24342		-	charter would be more practical or less expensive than
24343		-	normal modes of transportation and when aircraft of
24344		-	the Department of Public Safety are unavailable. The
24345		-	costs of such charter shall be exempt from the
24346		-	provisions of Section 500.6 of this title .
24347		-	13. Oklahoma Health Care Authority:
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24374		-	The actual and necessary expenses of travel, lodging and
24375		-	subsistence incurred by employees of the Legal Division in the
24376		-	performance of their duties for the purpose of representing the
24377		-	Authority or any of its officials or employees, at any proceeding
24378		-	including depositions, held before any court, administrative body or
24379		-	representative thereof, shall be reimbursed to the employee
24380		-	incurring such expenses. Expenses claimed shall be approved by the
24381		-	Administrator prior to rei mbursement.
24382		-	14. Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
24383		-	Control:
24384		-	The actual and necessary expenses incurred by the Director and
24385		-	other employees of the Bureau authorized by the Director as a result
24386		-	of conducting investigations shall be reimb ursed to each employee
24387		-	incurring the expenses. Reimbursement of the expenses shall be in
24388		-	accordance with rules adopted by the Director of the Oklahoma State
24389		-	Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control. Prior to
24390		-	reimbursement, expenses claimed shall b e reviewed by the Director
24391		-	and individually approved or disapproved.
24392		-	15. University Hospitals:
24393		-	The actual and necessary expenses of travel, lodging and
24394		-	subsistence incurred by employees of the Legal Office in the
24395		-	performance of their duties for the purpos e of representing the
24396		-	University Hospitals or any of its officials, employees,
24397		-	institutions or hospitals at any proceeding including depositions,
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24424		-	held before any court, administrative body or representative
24425		-	thereof, shall be reimbursed to the employee incu rring such
24426		-	expenses. Expenses shall be approved by the Chief Executive Officer
24427		-	of the University Hospitals or by the University Hospitals
24428		-	Authority.
24429		-	16. Oklahoma Historical Society:
24430		-	The actual and necessary expenses of travel, subsistence and
24431		-	entertainment incurred by the Executive Director, Deputy Director
24432		-	and any employees designated by the Executive Committee of the
24433		-	Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors in pursuing and
24434		-	developing programs and projects for the preservation and marketing
24435		-	of Oklahoma history shall be reimbursed to the person incurring the
24436		-	expenses. Reimbursement of expenses shall be in accordance with
24437		-	rules adopted by the Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors.
24438		-	Prior to reimbursement, expenses claimed shall be reviewed b y the
24439		-	Executive Committee at a regularly scheduled meeting and each claim
24440		-	shall be individually approved or disapproved.
24441		-	17. The Oklahoma Department of Mines:
24442		-	The actual and necessary expenses of travel, lodging and
24443		-	subsistence incurred by employees of th e Department in the
24444		-	performance of their duties for the purpose of representing the
24445		-	Department or any of its officials or employees, at any proceeding,
24446		-	hearing or meeting with federal agencies, boards, commissions,
24447		-	congressional representatives, congressio nal committees or staff,
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24475		-	Expenses claimed shall be approved by the Executive Director prior
24476		-	to reimbursement.
24477		-	18. The Office of Attorney General:
24478		-	The actual and necessary expenses of travel, lo dging and
24479		-	subsistence incurred by its employees in the performance of their
24480		-	duties for the purpose of representing the state, the Legislature,
24481		-	any state board, agency or commission, or any employee or official
24482		-	of the state entitled to representation, at an y proceeding including
24483		-	depositions, held before any court, administrative body or any
24484		-	representative thereof, and the actual and necessary expenses
24485		-	incurred by employees as a result of conducting investigations shall
24486		-	be reimbursed to the employee incurring the expenses. The expenses
24487		-	shall be approved by the Attorney General prior to reimbursement.
24488		-	19. 18. District Attorneys Council:
24489		-	The actual and necessary expenses of travel, lodging and
24490		-	subsistence incurred by each district attorney and other employees
24491		-	of the district attorney authorized by the district attorney in the
24492		-	performance of their duties for any district other than the district
24493		-	for which they are employed for the purpose of representing the
24494		-	state, any county, or any employee or official of the s tate entitled
24495		-	to representation at any proceeding including depositions held
24496		-	before any court, administrative body or any representative of a
24497		-	court or administrative body, and the actual and necessary expenses
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24524		-	incurred as a result of conducting investigati ons shall be
24525		-	reimbursed to each employee incurring the expenses. Reimbursement
24526		-	of the expenses shall be in accordance with rules adopted by the
24527		-	District Attorneys Council. Prior to reimbursement, expenses
24528		-	claimed shall be reviewed by the Council and indi vidually approved
24529		-	or disapproved.
24530		-	20. 19. The Department of Securities:
24531		-	The actual and necessary expenses of travel, lodging and
24532		-	subsistence incurred by the Administrator and other employees of the
24533		-	Department of Securities in the performance of their duti es for the
24534		-	purpose of representing the Department of Securities, at any
24535		-	proceeding including depositions, held before any court,
24536		-	administrative body or any representative thereof, conducting on-
24537		-	site examinations, or conducting investigations, shall be reim bursed
24538		-	to each employee incurring the expenses. The expenses shall be
24539		-	approved by the Administrator of the Department of Securities prior
24540		-	to reimbursement.
24541		-	21. 20. Corporation Commission:
24542		-	The actual and neces sary travel expenses incurred by the staff
24543		-	of the Public Utility Division as a result of conducting audits
24544		-	and/or reviews of utility service providers shall be reimbursed to
24545		-	each such employee incurring the expense. Reimbursement of the
24546		-	expenses shall be as set forth in proce dures established by the
24547		-	appointing authority.
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24575		-	Employees of the Department of Human Services shall be
24576		-	reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses o f travel,
24577		-	lodging and subsistence incur red in the performance of their duties
24578		-	for the purpose of escorting and transporting children or adults in
24579		-	the care or custody of the Department:
24580		-	a. for out-of-state visitation, care, treatment and
24581		-	placement of a child welfare client,
24582		-	b. for out-of-state treatment for or placement of an
24583		-	adult protective services client,
24584		-	c. for out-of-state treatment for or placement of a
24585		-	resident of a state resource center, or
24586		-	d. for out-of-state treatment for or placement of an
24587		-	individual with a developmental disability wh o is
24588		-	living in the community in community res idential
24589		-	services.
24590		-	Expenses claimed shall be approved by the appropriate Division
24591		-	Administrator or Associate Director prior to reimbursement.
24592		-	23. 22. The Banking Department:
24593		-	The actual and necessary expenses of travel and lodging incurred
24594		-	by the Commissioner and other employees of the Banking Department in
24595		-	the performance of their duties for the Banking Department shall be
24596		-	paid or reimbursed by the Banking Department to each em ployee
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24624		-	Banking Commissioner prior to payment or reimbursement.
24625		-	24. 23. Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security:
24626		-	The actual and necessary expenses of travel, lodging, and
24627		-	subsistence incurred by th e Oklahoma Homeland Security Directo r, as
24628		-	a result of the duties and responsibilities of the Director, shall
24629		-	be paid or reimbursed by the Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security.
24630		-	25. 24. The Grand River Dam Authority:
24631		-	The actual and necessary expenses of trav el and lodging incurred
24632		-	by the Board of Directors and other employees of the district in the
24633		-	performance of their duties for the Grand River Dam Authority shall
24634		-	be paid or reimbursed by the district to each Director or employee
24635		-	incurring the expenses. The expenses shall be approved by the
24636		-	General Manager of the Grand River Dam Authority prior to payment or
24637		-	reimbursement.
24638		-	26. 25. The Native American Cultural and Educational Authority:
24639		-	The actual and necessary expenses incurred by the Directors and
24640		-	employees of the Native American Cultural and Educational Authority
24641		-	in performances of duties. The expenses shal l be approved by the
24642		-	Director prior to payment or reimbursement.
24643		-	27. 26. Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education:
24644		-	The actual and necessary expenses incurred by the Director and
24645		-	other employees of the Department, a uthorized by the Director, f or
24646		-	the purpose of business recruitment, training, and the provision of
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24673		-	technical assistance shall be reimbursed. Reimbursement of expenses
24674		-	shall be in accordance with rules adopted by the State Board of
24675		-	Career and Technology Ed ucation. Expenses claimed, prior to the
24676		-	reimbursement, will be reviewed by the Board and individually
24677		-	approved or disapproved.
24678		-	C. The agencies listed in subsection B of this section shall be
24679		-	required to report annu ally the actual expenses excepted or exe mpted
24680		-	from Sections 500.1 th rough 500.18 of this title to the Governor,
24681		-	the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
24682		-	House of Representatives. The report shall be submitted no later
24683		-	than the first day of September following the end of e ach fiscal
24684		-	year.
24685		-	SECTION 365. AMENDATORY 82 O.S. 2021, Section 1020.2, is
24686		-	amended to read as follows:
24687		-	Section 1020.2 A. It is hereby declared to be t he public
24688		-	policy of this state, in the interest of the agricultural stability,
24689		-	domestic, municipal, industrial and other beneficial uses, general
24690		-	economy, health and welfare of the state and its citizens, to
24691		-	utilize the ground water resources of the state, and for that
24692		-	purpose to provide reasonable regulations for the allocation for
24693		-	reasonable use based on hydrologic surveys of fresh ground water
24694		-	basins or subbasins to determine a restriction on the production,
24695		-	based upon the acres overlying the ground wate r basin or subbasin.
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24722		-	B. The provisions of Section 1020.1 et seq. of this title shall
24723		-	not apply to the taking, using or disposal of salt water associated
24724		-	with the exploration, production or recovery of oil and gas. The
24725		-	provisions of this act shall not appl y to the taking, using or
24726		-	disposal of water trapped in producing mines outside of a sensitive
24727		-	sole source groundwater basin or subbasin.
24728		-	C. Except as provided for in subsection E of this section, the
24729		-	provisions of this act shall not apply to the taking, u sing or
24730		-	disposal of water trapped in producing mines:
24731		-	1. That overlie a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or
24732		-	subbasin and have been permitted by the Oklahoma Department of Mines
24733		-	Environmental Quality as of August 1, 2011;
24734		-	2. That overlie a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or
24735		-	subbasin for which an initial application for a permit shall have
24736		-	been filed with the Oklahoma Department of Mines Environmental
24737		-	Quality as of August 1, 2011; or
24738		-	3. That overlie a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or
24739		-	subbasin and for which a permit revision is approved by the Oklahoma
24740		-	Department of Mines Environmental Quality.
24741		-	Provided that the use of mine pit water, pursuant to a site-
24742		-	specific water management and conservation plan prepared in
24743		-	consultation with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, by mines that
24744		-	are exempted from this act by the terms of this subsection and in
24745		-	furtherance of mine operations and associated manufacturing and
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24772		-	commercial activities on the mine site, shall be considered as
24773		-	permitted beneficial uses for all purposes under the laws of the
24774		-	state.
24775		-	D. 1. Except with respect to the mines exempted from the terms
24776		-	of this act under subsections B and C of this section, the Oklahoma
24777		-	Water Resources Board, in coordination with the Oklahoma Department
24778		-	of Mines Environmental Quality, shall promulgate rules for the
24779		-	taking, using or disposal of water collecting in producing mine pits
24780		-	and emanating from a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or
24781		-	subbasin.
24782		-	2. The rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board
24783		-	shall require, subject to a de minimis exemption to be promulgated
24784		-	therein, the development by the mine operator of provisions relating
24785		-	to the augmentation (a beneficial use) of stream flow or
24786		-	groundwater, and of site-specific water manage ment and conservation
24787		-	plans, which plans shall establish threshold hydrologic monitoring,
24788		-	management and mitigation requirements that are based on relevant
24789		-	hydrologic surveys and investigations of the sensitive sole source
24790		-	groundwater basin or subbasin. S uch plans submitted to the Oklahoma
24791		-	Water Resources Board shall be subject to the provisions of the
24792		-	Oklahoma Open Records Act.
24793		-	3. The rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board
24794		-	shall contain provisions relating to augmentation of stream flow or
24795		-	groundwater, or both, to offset consumptive use of groundwater
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24822		-	collecting in the producing mine pit that emanates from a sensitive
24823		-	sole source groundwater basin or subbasin in amounts greater than
24824		-	the equal proportionate share of the maximum annual yield of the
24825		-	groundwater basin or subbasin established by the Oklahoma Water
24826		-	Resources Board that may be allocated to the owner or operator of
24827		-	the producing mine based on groundwater rights owned or leased by
24828		-	the owner or operator.
24829		-	E. 1. By no later than Jan uary 1, 2013, the operator of a mine
24830		-	that is exempted from this act by the provisions of subsection C of
24831		-	this section shall adopt and implement a plan to monitor and report
24832		-	to the Board the accumulation and disposition of pit water during
24833		-	the previous calendar year. The operator shall also file with the
24834		-	Board interim quarterly reports containing information about the
24835		-	accumulation and disposition of pit water during the previous
24836		-	quarter. The first interim quarterly report for calendar year 2013
24837		-	shall be sent to the Board by June 30, 2013, and the annual report
24838		-	for the calendar year 2013 shall be sent to the Board by March 31,
24839		-	2014. Thereafter, the annual report for each calendar year shall be
24840		-	sent to the Board by March 31st of the following year. The
24841		-	monitoring plan will provide for the measurement or reasonable
24842		-	estimation of groundwater and surface water volumes, separately
24843		-	stated, entering the pit, of the water diverted from the pit, of the
24844		-	disposition of the water from the pit, and of the consumptive us e,
24845		-	as defined in this section, of the mine pit water by the mine
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24872		-	operator. The reports received by the Board will be subject to the
24873		-	provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act. If an operator of a
24874		-	mine that is exempted from this act by the provisions of subsection
24875		-	C of this section fails to timely submit an interim quarterly report
24876		-	or annual report, the exemption of subsection C of this section
24877		-	shall no longer apply to the mine and the rules promulgated pursuant
24878		-	to subsection D of this section shall become applicable, pr ovided
24879		-	that such rules shall contain provisions to allow the operator to
24880		-	show cause why the exemption contained in subsection C of this
24881		-	section should continue to apply.
24882		-	2. If, at any time after March 31, 2015, the amount of
24883		-	groundwater from the pit (plus amounts of groundwater from permitted
24884		-	wells, if any) consumptively used in the preceding twelve (12)
24885		-	months by the mine operator at a mine described in paragraph 1 of
24886		-	this subsection exceeds the annual amount that is equivalent to the
24887		-	equal proportionate share of the maximum annual yield of the
24888		-	groundwater basin or subbasin that could be allocated to the owner
24889		-	or operator of the producing mine based on groundwater rights owned
24890		-	or leased by the owner or operator, then the exemption of subsection
24891		-	C of this section shall no longer apply and the provisions of
24892		-	subsection D of this section shall become applicable to the mine
24893		-	unless the mine operator submits a site-specific water management
24894		-	and conservation plan demonstrating, to the satisfaction of the
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24921		-	Board, that such consumptive use of groundwater in amounts greater
24922		-	than the equivalent equal proportionate share either is:
24923		-	a. offset by augmentation of stream water flow or
24924		-	augmentation of groundwater by recharge, or
24925		-	b. not likely to reduce the natural flow of springs o r
24926		-	streams emanating from a sensitive sole source
24927		-	groundwater basin or subbasin, or
24928		-	c. satisfied by the owner or operator acquiring
24929		-	sufficient groundwater rights within ninety (90) days
24930		-	of the reported exceedance.
24931		-	The plan submitted to the Board will be sub ject to the provisions of
24932		-	the Oklahoma Open Records Act. If the exemption of subsection C of
24933		-	this section no longer applies, the rules promulgated by the
24934		-	Oklahoma Water Resources Board pursuant to subsection D of this
24935		-	section shall provide a period of at least ninety (90) days to come
24936		-	into compliance.
24937		-	3. If an operator of a mine that is exempt pursuant to
24938		-	subsection C of this section operates in compliance with a site-
24939		-	specific water management and conservation plan that complies with
24940		-	rules promulgated by the Board pursuant to subsection D of this
24941		-	section, the Board cannot otherwise require the operator of such
24942		-	mine to take an action or refrain from taking an action that would
24943		-	effectively prohibit any mining operation or practice that is
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24970		-	otherwise allowed by the Oklahoma Department of Mines Environmental
24971		-	Quality.
24972		-	F. For purposes of this section, "consumptive use" or
24973		-	"consumptively used" means diversion of water from a mine pit that
24974		-	is not returned to the groundwater basin or subbasin, or to a mine
24975		-	pit or holding basin, or to a definite stream, or to the land
24976		-	surface from which surface runoff flows into a mine pit. The term
24977		-	"consumptive use" includes the estimated moisture content driven off
24978		-	or carried away with the mined material transported off the mining
24979		-	site, plus the amount of evaporation from the mine pit that exceeds
24980		-	the amount of direct precipitation and surface runoff into the mine
24981		-	pit, plus any amounts for other proposed beneficial uses off the
24982		-	mining site.
24983		-	G. Augmentation of stream flow or groundwat er, pursuant to a
24984		-	site-specific water management and conservation plan prepared in
24985		-	consultation with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, shall be
24986		-	considered a beneficial use and not waste, and shall not count
24987		-	against permitted surface water or groundwater usage, provided that
24988		-	taking, using or disposal of water from a producing mine for stream
24989		-	augmentation pursuant to a site-specific water management and
24990		-	conservation plan prepared in consultation with the Oklahoma Water
24991		-	Resources Board, may be claimed in ann ual water use reports as a
24992		-	beneficial use for purposes of the maintenance of the right to use
24993		-	surface water under any permit applicable to such mine. The mine
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25020		-	pit shall be considered a diversion point authorized by the surface
25021		-	water use permit issued to t he mine operator whenever there is
25022		-	consumptive use of surface water or the surface water is used for
25023		-	stream augmentation.
25024		-	SECTION 366. AMENDATORY 82 O.S. 2021, Section 1020.9C,
25025		-	is amended to read as follows:
25026		-	Section 1020.9C A. For the purposes of this section, a
25027		-	"subject mine" shall mean a mine, as defined in paragraph 2 of
25028		-	Section 723 of Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes, that overlies a
25029		-	sensitive sole source groundwater basin or subbasin, exclusive of
25030		-	any mine that meets at least one of the following conditions:
25031		-	1. As of November 1, 2019, was engaged in the permitted
25032		-	extraction of minerals from natural deposits; or
25033		-	2. Satisfies the criteria of paragraph 1 or 2 of subsection C
25034		-	of Section 1020.2 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title;
25035		-	or
25036		-	3. Is not to be permitted to operate for a period of more than
25037		-	five (5) years, with no extensions or renewals; or
25038		-	4. The operation of which will not result in more than five (5)
25039		-	acre-feet per year of groundwater emanating from a sensitive sole
25040		-	source groundwater basin or subbasin to infiltrate its pit, as that
25041		-	term is defined in paragraph 12 of Section 723 of Title 45 of the
25042		-	Oklahoma Statutes.
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25069		-	B. Due to the inadequacy of existing technical resources,
25070		-	analytic tools and regulatory systems for purposes of the effective
25071		-	implementation of statutes relating to the operation of mines that
25072		-	may affect sensitive sole source groundwater basins or subbasins,
25073		-	the Legislature hereby declares and establishes a moratorium on the
25074		-	following actions:
25075		-	1. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall not issue any
25076		-	permit or other administrative authorization for the appropriation,
25077		-	diversion, withdrawal or removal of water from or for the
25078		-	dewatering, in part or in full, of a pit, as defined in paragraph 12
25079		-	of Section 723 of Title 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes, of a subject
25080		-	mine; and
25081		-	2. The Board shall not issue, allocate or recognize, pursuant
25082		-	to subsection D of Section 1020.2 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma
25083		-	Statutes this title, Section 785:30-15-5 of the Oklahoma
25084		-	Administrative Code or any other provision of law, any offset to the
25085		-	consumptive use of water of a subject mine where such offset is
25086		-	based on a claimed augmentation of stream flow or groundwater.
25087		-	C. The moratorium shall be in effect until such time as the
25088		-	Board, working in coordination with the Department of Environmental
25089		-	Quality, the Department of Mines, and East Central University and in
25090		-	cooperation with federal and tribal governmental agencies with
25091		-	interests in a subject mine that overlies a sensitive sole source
25092		-	groundwater basin or subbasin:
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25119		-	1. Completes the Enhanced Monitoring and Evaluation of
25120		-	Hydrologic Trends for the Eastern Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer, South-
25121		-	Central Oklahoma and, based thereon, develops modeling and other
25122		-	technical tools capable of accurately measuring and projecting, as a
25123		-	matter both of incremental and cumulative effect, whether a proposed
25124		-	withdrawal of groundwater from a sensitive sole source groundwater
25125		-	basin or subbasin would degrade or interfere with springs and
25126		-	streams emanating therefrom;
25127		-	2. Promulgates final rules to integrate the use of such studies
25128		-	and tools to administrative implementation of:
25129		-	a. waste, degradation and interference analyses required
25130		-	by subparagraphs c and d of paragraph 1 and
25131		-	subparagraphs c and d of paragraph 2 of subsection A
25132		-	of Section 1020.9 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes
25133		-	this title,
25134		-	b. uniform minimum standards and requirements for the
25135		-	development of, and annual reporting regarding
25136		-	compliance with, site-specific water management and
25137		-	conservation plans pursuant to Section 1020.2 of Title
25138		-	82 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title, with
25139		-	particular regard to methodologies for calculating
25140		-	amounts claimed in consumptive use of water and any
25141		-	claimed augmentation of stream flow or groundwater,
25142		-	and
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25169		-	c. consultation, review and approval of such site-
25170		-	specific water management and conservation plans, with
25171		-	specific provisions for making such consultations,
25172		-	reviews and approvals subject to Article 2 of the
25173		-	Administrative Procedures Act; and
25174		-	3. Promulgates final rules to provide for effective interagency
25175		-	consultation and coordination of activities among the Board, the
25176		-	Department of Mines and the Department of Environmental Quality on
25177		-	all administrative matters relating to the operation of mines at
25178		-	locations that overlie a sensitive sole source groundwater basin or
25179		-	subbasin.
25180		-	D. The Board is hereby authorized and instructed to promulgate
25181		-	rules to implement the provisions of this section.
25182		-	E. The Board is hereby authorized to cooperate with federal,
25183		-	tribal and any other agency in this state in performing its
25184		-	responsibilities under this section.
25185		-	SECTION 367. REPEALER 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 1, 3.1, 32,
	13782	+	SECTION 134. REPEALER 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 1, 3.1, 32,
25186	13783		and 938, are hereby repealed.
25187		-	SECTION ~~368~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1.2,
	13784	+	SECTION 135. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1.2,
25188	13785		as amended by Sectio n 9 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25189	13786		3001.2 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
25190	13787		created a duplication in numbering.
25191		-	SECTION ~~369~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1.3,
	13788	+	SECTION 136. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1.3,
25192	13789		as amended by Section 10 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25193	13790
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25218	13816
25219	13817		3001.3 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
25220	13818		created a duplication in numbering.
25221		-	SECTION ~~370~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1.4,
	13819	+	SECTION 137. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1.4,
25222	13820		as amended by Section 11 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25223	13821		3001.4 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
25224	13822		created a duplication in num bering.
25225		-	SECTION ~~371~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1.5,
	13823	+	SECTION 138. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1.5,
25226	13824		as amended by Section 12 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25227	13825		3001.5 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes , unless there is
25228	13826		created a duplication in numbering.
25229		-	SECTION ~~372~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1a, as
	13827	+	SECTION 139. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1a, as
25230	13828		amended by Section 13 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25231	13829		3001a of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25232	13830		a duplication in numbering.
25233		-	SECTION ~~373~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1b, as
	13831	+	SECTION 140. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1b, as
25234	13832		amended by Section 14 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25235	13833		3001b of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25236	13834		a duplication in numbering.
25237		-	SECTION ~~374~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1c, as
	13835	+	SECTION 141. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1c, as
25238	13836		amended by Section 15 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25239	13837		3001c of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25240	13838		a duplication in numbering.
25241		-	SECTION ~~375~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1d, as
	13839	+	SECTION 142. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1d, as
25242	13840		amended by Section 16 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25243	13841
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25268	13867
25269	13868		3001d of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Stat utes, unless there is created
25270	13869		a duplication in numbering.
25271		-	SECTION ~~376~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1e, as
	13870	+	SECTION 143. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1e, as
25272	13871		amended by Section 17 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25273	13872		3001e of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25274	13873		a duplication in numbering.
25275		-	SECTION ~~377~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1f, as
	13874	+	SECTION 144. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1f, as
25276	13875		amended by Section 18 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25277	13876		3001f of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25278	13877		a duplication in numbering.
25279		-	SECTION ~~378~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 2, as
	13878	+	SECTION 145. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 2, as
25280	13879		amended by Section 19 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25281	13880		3002 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25282	13881		a duplication in numbering.
25283		-	SECTION ~~379~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 3, as
	13882	+	SECTION 146. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 3, as
25284	13883		amended by Section 20 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25285	13884		3003 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25286	13885		a duplication in numbering.
25287		-	SECTION ~~380~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 5, as
	13886	+	SECTION 147. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 5, as
25288	13887		amended by Section 21 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25289	13888		3005 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25290	13889		a duplication in numbe ring.
25291		-	SECTION ~~381~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 6, as
	13890	+	SECTION 148. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 6, as
25292	13891		amended by Section 22 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25293	13892
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25319	13919		3006 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25320	13920		a duplication in numbering.
25321		-	SECTION ~~382~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 8, as
	13921	+	SECTION 149. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 8, as
25322	13922		amended by Section 23 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25323	13923		3008 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25324	13924		a duplication in numbering.
25325		-	SECTION ~~383~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 31, as
	13925	+	SECTION 150. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 31, as
25326	13926		amended by Section 24 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25327	13927		3031 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25328	13928		a duplication in numbering.
25329		-	SECTION ~~384~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 34, as
	13929	+	SECTION 151. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 34, as
25330	13930		amended by Section 25 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25331	13931		3034 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unle ss there is created
25332	13932		a duplication in numbering.
25333		-	SECTION ~~385~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 41, as
	13933	+	SECTION 152. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 41, as
25334	13934		amended by Section 26 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25335	13935		3041 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25336	13936		a duplication in numbering.
25337		-	SECTION ~~386~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 44, as
	13937	+	SECTION 153. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 44, as
25338	13938		amended by Section 27 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25339	13939		3044 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is create d
25340	13940		a duplication in numbering.
25341		-	SECTION ~~387~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 45, as
	13941	+	SECTION 154. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 45, as
25342	13942		amended by Section 28 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25343	13943
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25369	13970		3045 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25370	13971		a duplication in numbering.
25371		-	SECTION ~~388~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 46, as
	13972	+	SECTION 155. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 46, as
25372	13973		amended by Section 29 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25373	13974		3046 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, un less there is created
25374	13975		a duplication in numbering.
25375		-	SECTION ~~389~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 46.1,
	13976	+	SECTION 156. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 46.1,
25376	13977		as amended by Section 30 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25377	13978		3046.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless t here is
25378	13979		created a duplication in numbering.
25379		-	SECTION ~~390~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 48, as
	13980	+	SECTION 157. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 48, as
25380	13981		amended by Section 31 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25381	13982		3048 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is cr eated
25382	13983		a duplication in numbering.
25383		-	SECTION ~~391~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 723,
	13984	+	SECTION 158. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 723,
25384	13985		as amended by Section 32 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25385	13986		3723 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25386	13987		a duplication in numberi ng.
25387		-	SECTION ~~392~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 724,
	13988	+	SECTION 159. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 724,
25388	13989		as amended by Section 33 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25389	13990		3724 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25390	13991		a duplication in numbering.
25391		-	SECTION ~~393~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 725,
	13992	+	SECTION 160. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 725,
25392	13993		as amended by Section 34 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25393	13994
25394		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 3884 Page 279 1
	13995	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3884 SFLR Page 277
	13996	+	(Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1
25395	13997		2
25396	13998		3
25397	13999		4
25398	14000		5
25399	14001		6
25400	14002		7
25401	14003		8
25402	14004		9
25403	14005		10
25404	14006		11
25405	14007		12
25406	14008		13
25407	14009		14
25408	14010		15
25409	14011		16
25410	14012		17
25411	14013		18
25412	14014		19
25413	14015		20
25414	14016		21
25415	14017		22
25416	14018		23
25417	14019		24
25418	14020
25419	14021		3725 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25420	14022		a duplication in numb ering.
25421		-	SECTION ~~394~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 727,
	14023	+	SECTION 161. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 727,
25422	14024		as amended by Section 35 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25423	14025		3727 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statu tes, unless there is created
25424	14026		a duplication in numbering.
25425		-	SECTION ~~395~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 728,
	14027	+	SECTION 162. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 728,
25426	14028		as amended by Section 36 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25427	14029		3728 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless th ere is created
25428	14030		a duplication in numbering.
25429		-	SECTION ~~396~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 729,
	14031	+	SECTION 163. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 729,
25430	14032		as amended by Section 37 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25431	14033		3729 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25432	14034		a duplication in numbering.
25433		-	SECTION ~~397~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 731,
	14035	+	SECTION 164. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 731,
25434	14036		as amended by Section 38 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25435	14037		3731 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25436	14038		a duplication in numbering.
25437		-	SECTION ~~398~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 732,
	14039	+	SECTION 165. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 732,
25438	14040		as amended by Section 39 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25439	14041		3732 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25440	14042		a duplication in numbering.
25441		-	SECTION ~~399~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 733,
	14043	+	SECTION 166. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 733,
25442	14044		as amended by Section 40 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25443	14045
25444		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 3884 Page 280 1
	14046	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3884 SFLR Page 278
	14047	+	(Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1
25445	14048		2
25446	14049		3
25447	14050		4
25448	14051		5
25449	14052		6
25450	14053		7
25451	14054		8
25452	14055		9
25453	14056		10
25454	14057		11
25455	14058		12
25456	14059		13
25457	14060		14
25458	14061		15
25459	14062		16
25460	14063		17
25461	14064		18
25462	14065		19
25463	14066		20
25464	14067		21
25465	14068		22
25466	14069		23
25467	14070		24
25468	14071
25469	14072		3733 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25470	14073		a duplication in numbering.
25471		-	SECTION ~~400~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 734,
	14074	+	SECTION 167. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 734,
25472	14075		as amended by Section 41 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25473	14076		3734 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25474	14077		a duplication in numbering.
25475		-	SECTION ~~401~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 735,
	14078	+	SECTION 168. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 735,
25476	14079		as amended by Section 42 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25477	14080		3735 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25478	14081		a duplication in numbering.
25479		-	SECTION ~~402~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 738,
	14082	+	SECTION 169. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 738,
25480	14083		as amended by Section 43 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25481	14084		3738 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25482	14085		a duplication in numbering.
25483		-	SECTION ~~403~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 742.1,
	14086	+	SECTION 170. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 742.1,
25484	14087		as amended by Section 44 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25485	14088		3742.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
25486	14089		created a duplication in numbering.
25487		-	SECTION ~~404~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 742.2,
	14090	+	SECTION 171. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 742.2,
25488	14091		as amended by Section 45 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25489	14092		3742.2 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statu tes, unless there is
25490	14093		created a duplication in numbering.
25491		-	SECTION ~~405~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.1,
	14094	+	SECTION 172. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.1,
25492	14095		as amended by Section 46 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25493	14096
25494		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 3884 Page 281 1
	14097	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3884 SFLR Page 279
	14098	+	(Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1
25495	14099		2
25496	14100		3
25497	14101		4
25498	14102		5
25499	14103		6
25500	14104		7
25501	14105		8
25502	14106		9
25503	14107		10
25504	14108		11
25505	14109		12
25506	14110		13
25507	14111		14
25508	14112		15
25509	14113		16
25510	14114		17
25511	14115		18
25512	14116		19
25513	14117		20
25514	14118		21
25515	14119		22
25516	14120		23
25517	14121		24
25518	14122
25519	14123		3745.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
25520	14124		created a duplication in numbering.
25521		-	SECTION ~~406~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.2,
	14125	+	SECTION 173. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.2,
25522	14126		as amended by Section 47 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25523	14127		3745.2 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
25524	14128		created a duplication in nu mbering.
25525		-	SECTION ~~407~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.3,
	14129	+	SECTION 174. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.3,
25526	14130		as amended by Section 48 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25527	14131		3745.3 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
25528	14132		created a duplication in numbering.
25529		-	SECTION ~~408~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.4,
	14133	+	SECTION 175. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.4,
25530	14134		as amended by Section 49 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25531	14135		3745.4 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
25532	14136		created a duplication in numbering.
25533		-	SECTION ~~409~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.5,
	14137	+	SECTION 176. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.5,
25534	14138		as amended by Section 50 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25535	14139		3745.5 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Stat utes, unless there is
25536	14140		created a duplication in numbering.
25537		-	SECTION ~~410~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.6,
	14141	+	SECTION 177. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.6,
25538	14142		as amended by Section 51 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25539	14143		3745.6 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
25540	14144		created a duplication in numbering.
25541		-	SECTION ~~411~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.8,
	14145	+	SECTION 178. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.8,
25542	14146		as amended by Section 52 of this act, shall be recod ified as Section
25543	14147
25544		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 3884 Page 282 1
	14148	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3884 SFLR Page 280
	14149	+	(Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1
25545	14150		2
25546	14151		3
25547	14152		4
25548	14153		5
25549	14154		6
25550	14155		7
25551	14156		8
25552	14157		9
25553	14158		10
25554	14159		11
25555	14160		12
25556	14161		13
25557	14162		14
25558	14163		15
25559	14164		16
25560	14165		17
25561	14166		18
25562	14167		19
25563	14168		20
25564	14169		21
25565	14170		22
25566	14171		23
25567	14172		24
25568	14173
25569	14174		3745.8 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unle ss there is
25570	14175		created a duplication in numbering.
25571		-	SECTION ~~412~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.9,
	14176	+	SECTION 179. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.9,
25572	14177		as amended by Section 53 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25573	14178		3745.9 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless th ere is
25574	14179		created a duplication in numbering.
25575		-	SECTION ~~413~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
	14180	+	SECTION 180. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
25576	14181		745.10, as amended by Section 54 of this act, shall be recodified as
25577	14182		Section 3745.10 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there
25578	14183		is created a duplication in numbering.
25579		-	SECTION ~~414~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
	14184	+	SECTION 181. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
25580	14185		745.11, as amended by Section 55 of this act, shall be recodified as
25581	14186		Section 3745.11 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there
25582	14187		is created a duplication in numbering.
25583		-	SECTION ~~415~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
	14188	+	SECTION 182. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
25584	14189		745.12, as amended by Section 56 of this act, shall be recodified as
25585	14190		Section 3745.12 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there
25586	14191		is created a duplication in num bering.
25587		-	SECTION ~~416~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
	14192	+	SECTION 183. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
25588	14193		745.13, as amended by Section 57 of this act, shall be recodified as
25589	14194		Section 3745.13 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there
25590	14195		is created a duplication in number ing.
25591		-	SECTION ~~417~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
	14196	+	SECTION 184. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
25592	14197		745.14, as amended by Section 58 of this act, shall be recodified as
25593	14198
25594		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 3884 Page 283 1
	14199	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3884 SFLR Page 281
	14200	+	(Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1
25595	14201		2
25596	14202		3
25597	14203		4
25598	14204		5
25599	14205		6
25600	14206		7
25601	14207		8
25602	14208		9
25603	14209		10
25604	14210		11
25605	14211		12
25606	14212		13
25607	14213		14
25608	14214		15
25609	14215		16
25610	14216		17
25611	14217		18
25612	14218		19
25613	14219		20
25614	14220		21
25615	14221		22
25616	14222		23
25617	14223		24
25618	14224
25619	14225		Section 3745.14 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there
25620	14226		is created a duplication in numbering .
25621		-	SECTION ~~418~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
	14227	+	SECTION 185. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
25622	14228		745.15, as amended by Section 59 of this act, shall be recodified as
25623	14229		Section 3745.15 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there
25624	14230		is created a duplication in numbering.
25625		-	SECTION ~~419~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
	14231	+	SECTION 186. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
25626	14232		745.16.1, as amended by Section 60 of this act, shall be recodified
25627	14233		as Section 3745.16.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless
25628	14234		there is created a duplication in numbering.
25629		-	SECTION ~~420~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
	14235	+	SECTION 187. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
25630	14236		745.17, as amended by Section 61 of this act, shall be recodified as
25631	14237		Section 3745.17 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there
25632	14238		is created a duplication in numbering.
25633		-	SECTION ~~421~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
	14239	+	SECTION 188. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
25634	14240		745.19, as amended by Section 62 of this act, shall be recodified as
25635	14241		Section 3745.19 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there
25636	14242		is created a duplication in numbering.
25637		-	SECTION ~~422~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
	14243	+	SECTION 189. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
25638	14244		745.21, as amended by Section 63 of this act, shall be recodified as
25639	14245		Section 3745.21 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there
25640	14246		is created a duplication in numbering.
25641		-	SECTION ~~423~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
	14247	+	SECTION 190. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section
25642	14248		745.22, as amended by Section 64 of this act, shall be recodified as
25643	14249
25644		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 3884 Page 284 1
	14250	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3884 SFLR Page 282
	14251	+	(Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1
25645	14252		2
25646	14253		3
25647	14254		4
25648	14255		5
25649	14256		6
25650	14257		7
25651	14258		8
25652	14259		9
25653	14260		10
25654	14261		11
25655	14262		12
25656	14263		13
25657	14264		14
25658	14265		15
25659	14266		16
25660	14267		17
25661	14268		18
25662	14269		19
25663	14270		20
25664	14271		21
25665	14272		22
25666	14273		23
25667	14274		24
25668	14275
25669	14276		Section 3745.22 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there
25670	14277		is created a duplicati on in numbering.
25671		-	SECTION ~~424~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 751,
	14278	+	SECTION 191. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 751,
25672	14279		as amended by Section 65 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25673	14280		3751 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25674	14281		a duplication in number ing.
25675		-	SECTION ~~425~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 752,
	14282	+	SECTION 192. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 752,
25676	14283		as amended by Section 66 of this act, shall be recod ified as Section
25677	14284		3752 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25678	14285		a duplication in numbering.
25679		-	SECTION ~~426~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 753,
	14286	+	SECTION 193. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 753,
25680	14287		as amended by Section 67 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25681	14288		3753 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25682	14289		a duplication in numbering.
25683		-	SECTION ~~427~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 754,
	14290	+	SECTION 194. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 754,
25684	14291		as amended by Section 68 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25685	14292		3754 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25686	14293		a duplication in numbering.
25687		-	SECTION ~~428~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 754.1,
	14294	+	SECTION 195. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 754.1,
25688	14295		as amended by Section 69 of this act, shall be recod ified as Section
25689	14296		3754.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
25690	14297		created a duplication in numbering.
25691		-	SECTION ~~429~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 754.2,
	14298	+	SECTION 196. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 754.2,
25692	14299		as amended by Section 70 of this act, shall be recod ified as Section
25693	14300
25694		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 3884 Page 285 1
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25695	14303		2
25696	14304		3
25697	14305		4
25698	14306		5
25699	14307		6
25700	14308		7
25701	14309		8
25702	14310		9
25703	14311		10
25704	14312		11
25705	14313		12
25706	14314		13
25707	14315		14
25708	14316		15
25709	14317		16
25710	14318		17
25711	14319		18
25712	14320		19
25713	14321		20
25714	14322		21
25715	14323		22
25716	14324		23
25717	14325		24
25718	14326
25719	14327		3754.2 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statu tes, unless there is
25720	14328		created a duplication in numbering.
25721		-	SECTION ~~430~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 755,
	14329	+	SECTION 197. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 755,
25722	14330		as amended by Section 71 of this act, shall be recod ified as Section
25723	14331		3755 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unle ss there is created
25724	14332		a duplication in numbering.
25725		-	SECTION ~~431~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 756,
	14333	+	SECTION 198. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 756,
25726	14334		as amended by Section 72 of this act, shall be recod ified as Section
25727	14335		3756 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25728	14336		a duplication in numbering.
25729		-	SECTION ~~432~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 757,
	14337	+	SECTION 199. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 757,
25730	14338		as amended by Section 73 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25731	14339		3757 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is create d
25732	14340		a duplication in numberin g.
25733		-	SECTION ~~433~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 760,
	14341	+	SECTION 200. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 760,
25734	14342		as amended by Section 74 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25735	14343		3760 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, un less there is created
25736	14344		a duplication in numbering.
25737		-	SECTION ~~434~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 760.1,
	14345	+	SECTION 201. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 760.1,
25738	14346		as amended by Section 75 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25739	14347		3760.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
25740	14348		created a duplicatio n in numbering.
25741		-	SECTION ~~435~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 760.2,
	14349	+	SECTION 202. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 760.2,
25742	14350		as amended by Section 76 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25743	14351
25744		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 3884 Page 286 1
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	14353	+	(Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1
25745	14354		2
25746	14355		3
25747	14356		4
25748	14357		5
25749	14358		6
25750	14359		7
25751	14360		8
25752	14361		9
25753	14362		10
25754	14363		11
25755	14364		12
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25757	14366		14
25758	14367		15
25759	14368		16
25760	14369		17
25761	14370		18
25762	14371		19
25763	14372		20
25764	14373		21
25765	14374		22
25766	14375		23
25767	14376		24
25768	14377
25769	14378		3760.2 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless the re is
25770	14379		created a duplication in numbering.
25771		-	SECTION ~~436~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 765,
	14380	+	SECTION 203. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 765,
25772	14381		as amended by Section 77 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25773	14382		3765 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statut es, unless there is cr eated
25774	14383		a duplication in numbering.
25775		-	SECTION ~~437~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 766,
	14384	+	SECTION 204. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 766,
25776	14385		as amended by Section 78 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25777	14386		3766 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25778	14387		a duplication in numbering.
25779		-	SECTION ~~438~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 767,
	14388	+	SECTION 205. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 767,
25780	14389		as amended by Section 79 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25781	14390		3767 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25782	14391		a duplication in numbering.
25783		-	SECTION ~~439~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 768,
	14392	+	SECTION 206. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 768,
25784	14393		as amended by Section 80 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25785	14394		3768 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25786	14395		a duplication in num bering.
25787		-	SECTION ~~440~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 769,
	14396	+	SECTION 207. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 769,
25788	14397		as amended by Section 81 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25789	14398		3769 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25790	14399		a duplication in numbering.
25791		-	SECTION ~~441~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 770,
	14400	+	SECTION 208. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 770,
25792	14401		as amended by Section 82 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25793	14402
25794		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 3884 Page 287 1
	14403	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3884 SFLR Page 285
	14404	+	(Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1
25795	14405		2
25796	14406		3
25797	14407		4
25798	14408		5
25799	14409		6
25800	14410		7
25801	14411		8
25802	14412		9
25803	14413		10
25804	14414		11
25805	14415		12
25806	14416		13
25807	14417		14
25808	14418		15
25809	14419		16
25810	14420		17
25811	14421		18
25812	14422		19
25813	14423		20
25814	14424		21
25815	14425		22
25816	14426		23
25817	14427		24
25818	14428
25819	14429		3770 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is c reated
25820	14430		a duplication in numbering.
25821		-	SECTION ~~442~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 771,
	14431	+	SECTION 209. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 771,
25822	14432		as amended by Section 83 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25823	14433		3771 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25824	14434		a duplication in numbering.
25825		-	SECTION ~~443~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 772,
	14435	+	SECTION 210. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 772,
25826	14436		as amended by Section 84 of this act, shall be recod ified as Section
25827	14437		3772 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25828	14438		a duplication in numb ering.
25829		-	SECTION ~~444~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 773,
	14439	+	SECTION 211. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 773,
25830	14440		as amended by Section 85 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25831	14441		3773 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25832	14442		a duplication in numbering.
25833		-	SECTION ~~445~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 774,
	14443	+	SECTION 212. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 774,
25834	14444		as amended by Section 86 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25835	14445		3774 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25836	14446		a duplication in numbering.
25837		-	SECTION ~~446~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 775,
	14447	+	SECTION 213. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 775,
25838	14448		as amended by Section 87 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25839	14449		3775 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25840	14450		a duplication in numbering.
25841		-	SECTION ~~447~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 776,
	14451	+	SECTION 214. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 776,
25842	14452		as amended by Section 88 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25843	14453
25844		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 3884 Page 288 1
	14454	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3884 SFLR Page 286
	14455	+	(Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1
25845	14456		2
25846	14457		3
25847	14458		4
25848	14459		5
25849	14460		6
25850	14461		7
25851	14462		8
25852	14463		9
25853	14464		10
25854	14465		11
25855	14466		12
25856	14467		13
25857	14468		14
25858	14469		15
25859	14470		16
25860	14471		17
25861	14472		18
25862	14473		19
25863	14474		20
25864	14475		21
25865	14476		22
25866	14477		23
25867	14478		24
25868	14479
25869	14480		3776 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25870	14481		a duplication in numbering.
25871		-	SECTION ~~448~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 777,
	14482	+	SECTION 215. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 777,
25872	14483		as amended by Section 89 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25873	14484		3777 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25874	14485		a duplication in numbering.
25875		-	SECTION ~~449~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 778,
	14486	+	SECTION 216. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 778,
25876	14487		as amended by Section 90 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25877	14488		3778 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, un less there is created
25878	14489		a duplication in numbering.
25879		-	SECTION ~~450~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 779,
	14490	+	SECTION 217. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 779,
25880	14491		as amended by Section 91 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25881	14492		3779 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless ther e is created
25882	14493		a duplication in numbering.
25883		-	SECTION ~~451~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 780,
	14494	+	SECTION 218. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 780,
25884	14495		as amended by Section 92 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25885	14496		3780 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is crea ted
25886	14497		a duplication in numbering.
25887		-	SECTION ~~452~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 781,
	14498	+	SECTION 219. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 781,
25888	14499		as amended by Section 93 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25889	14500		3781 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25890	14501		a duplication in numbering.
25891		-	SECTION ~~453~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 782,
	14502	+	SECTION 220. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 782,
25892	14503		as amended by Section 94 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25893	14504
25894		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 3884 Page 289 1
	14505	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3884 SFLR Page 287
	14506	+	(Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1
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25900	14512		7
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25908	14520		15
25909	14521		16
25910	14522		17
25911	14523		18
25912	14524		19
25913	14525		20
25914	14526		21
25915	14527		22
25916	14528		23
25917	14529		24
25918	14530
25919	14531		3782 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25920	14532		a duplication in numbering.
25921		-	SECTION ~~454~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 783,
	14533	+	SECTION 221. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 783,
25922	14534		as amended by Section 95 of this act, shall be recod ified as Section
25923	14535		3783 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25924	14536		a duplication in numbering.
25925		-	SECTION ~~455~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 784,
	14537	+	SECTION 222. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 784,
25926	14538		as amended by Section 96 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25927	14539		3784 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25928	14540		a duplication in numbering .
25929		-	SECTION ~~456~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 786,
	14541	+	SECTION 223. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 786,
25930	14542		as amended by Section 97 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25931	14543		3786 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25932	14544		a duplication in numbering.
25933		-	SECTION ~~457~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 787,
	14545	+	SECTION 224. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 787,
25934	14546		as amended by Section 98 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25935	14547		3787 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25936	14548		a duplication in numbering.
25937		-	SECTION ~~458~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 789,
	14549	+	SECTION 225. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 789,
25938	14550		as amended by Section 99 of this act, shall be recodified as Section
25939	14551		3789 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
25940	14552		a duplication in numbering .
25941		-	SECTION ~~459~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 790,
	14553	+	SECTION 226. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 790,
25942	14554		as amended by Section 100 of this act, shall be recodified as
25943	14555
25944		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 3884 Page 290 1
	14556	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3884 SFLR Page 288
	14557	+	(Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1
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25968	14581
25969	14582		Section 3790 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
25970	14583		created a duplication in numbering.
25971		-	SECTION ~~460~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 791,
	14584	+	SECTION 227. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 791,
25972	14585		as amended by Section 101 of this act, shall be recodified as
25973	14586		Section 3791 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
25974	14587		created a duplication in numbering.
25975		-	SECTION ~~461~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 791.1,
	14588	+	SECTION 228. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 791.1,
25976	14589		as amended by Section 102 of this act, shall be recodified as
25977	14590		Section 3791.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there
25978	14591		is created a duplication in numbering.
25979		-	SECTION ~~462~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 792,
	14592	+	SECTION 229. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 792,
25980	14593		as amended by Section 103 of this act, shall be recodified as
25981	14594		Section 3792 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
25982	14595		created a duplication in numbering.
25983		-	SECTION ~~463~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 793,
	14596	+	SECTION 230. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 793,
25984	14597		as amended by Section 104 of this act, shall be recodified as
25985	14598		Section 3793 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
25986	14599		created a duplication in numbering.
25987		-	SECTION ~~464~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 852,
	14600	+	SECTION 231. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 852,
25988	14601		as amended by Section 105 of this act, shall be rec odified as
25989	14602		Section 3852 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
25990	14603		created a duplication in numbering.
25991		-	SECTION ~~465~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 901,
	14604	+	SECTION 232. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 901,
25992	14605		as amended by Section 106 of this act, shall be recodified as
25993	14606
25994		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 3884 Page 291 1
	14607	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3884 SFLR Page 289
	14608	+	(Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1
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26014	14628		21
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26017	14631		24
26018	14632
26019	14633		Section 3901 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
26020	14634		created a duplication in numbering.
26021		-	SECTION ~~466~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 902,
	14635	+	SECTION 233. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 902,
26022	14636		as amended by Section 107 of this act, shall be r ecodified as
26023	14637		Section 3902 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
26024	14638		created a duplication in numbering.
26025		-	SECTION ~~467~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 903,
	14639	+	SECTION 234. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 903,
26026	14640		as amended by Section 108 of this act, shall be recod ified as
26027	14641		Section 3903 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
26028	14642		created a duplication in numbering.
26029		-	SECTION ~~468~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 904,
	14643	+	SECTION 235. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 904,
26030	14644		as amended by Section 109 of this act, shall be recod ified as
26031	14645		Section 3904 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
26032	14646		created a duplication in numbering.
26033		-	SECTION ~~469~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 905,
	14647	+	SECTION 236. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 905,
26034	14648		as amended by Section 110 of this act, shall be recod ified as
26035	14649		Section 3905 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there i s
26036	14650		created a duplication in numbering.
26037		-	SECTION ~~470~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 906,
	14651	+	SECTION 237. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 906,
26038	14652		as amended by Section 111 of this act, shall be recodified as
26039	14653		Section 3906 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
26040	14654		created a duplication in numb ering.
26041		-	SECTION ~~471~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 907,
	14655	+	SECTION 238. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 907,
26042	14656		as amended by Section 112 of this act, shall be recodified as
26043	14657
26044		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 3884 Page 292 1
	14658	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3884 SFLR Page 290
	14659	+	(Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1
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26067	14682		24
26068	14683
26069	14684		Section 3907 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
26070	14685		created a duplication in numbering.
26071		-	SECTION ~~472~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 911,
	14686	+	SECTION 239. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 911,
26072	14687		as amended by Section 113 of this act, shall be recodified as
26073	14688		Section 3911 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, u nless there is
26074	14689		created a duplication in numbering.
26075		-	SECTION ~~473~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 918,
	14690	+	SECTION 240. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 918,
26076	14691		as amended by Section 114 of this act, shall be recodified as
26077	14692		Section 3918 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless th ere is
26078	14693		created a duplication in numbering.
26079		-	SECTION ~~474~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 931,
	14694	+	SECTION 241. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 931,
26080	14695		as amended by Section 115 of this act, shall be recodified as
26081	14696		Section 3931 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
26082	14697		created a duplication in numbering.
26083		-	SECTION ~~475~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 938.1,
	14698	+	SECTION 242. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 938.1,
26084	14699		as amended by Section 116 of this act, shall be recodified as
26085	14700		Section 3938.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there
26086	14701		is created a duplication in numbering.
26087		-	SECTION ~~476~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 950,
	14702	+	SECTION 243. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 950,
26088	14703		as amended by Section 117 of this act, shall be recodified as
26089	14704		Section 3950 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
26090	14705		created a duplication in numbering.
26091	14706
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26117		-	SECTION 477. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1g
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	14732	+
	14733	+	SECTION 244. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 1g
26118	14734		shall be recodified as Section 3001g of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26119	14735		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
26120		-	SECTION ~~478~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 9.1
	14736	+	SECTION 245. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 9.1
26121	14737		shall be recodified as Section 3009.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26122	14738		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
26123		-	SECTION ~~479~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 21.1
	14739	+	SECTION 246. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 21.1
26124	14740		shall be recodified as Section 3021.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26125	14741		Statutes, unless there is c reated a duplication in numbering.
26126		-	SECTION ~~480~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 32
	14742	+	SECTION 247. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 32
26127	14743		shall be recodified as Section 3032 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26128	14744		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
26129		-	SECTION ~~481~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 33
	14745	+	SECTION 248. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 33
26130	14746		shall be recodified as Section 3033 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26131	14747		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in nu mbering.
26132		-	SECTION ~~482~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 37
	14748	+	SECTION 249. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 37
26133	14749		shall be recodified as Section 3037 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26134	14750		Statutes, unless there is created a dupl ication in numbering.
26135		-	SECTION ~~483~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 40
	14751	+	SECTION 250. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 40
26136	14752		and 43 shall be recodified as Sections 3040 and 3043 of Title 27A of
26137	14753		the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in
26138	14754		numbering.
26139		-	SECTION ~~484~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 411,
	14755	+	SECTION 251. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 411,
26140	14756		412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418 and 419 shall be recodified as
26141	14757
26142		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 3884 Page 294 1
	14758	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3884 SFLR Page 292
	14759	+	(Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1
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26166	14783
26167	14784		Sections 3411, 3412, 3413, 3414, 3415, 3416, 3417, 3418 and 3419 of
26168	14785		Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a
26169	14786		duplication in numbering.
26170		-	SECTION ~~485~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 421
	14787	+	SECTION 252. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 421
26171	14788		shall be recodified as Section 3421 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26172	14789		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
26173		-	SECTION ~~486~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 423
	14790	+	SECTION 253. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 423
26174	14791		and 424 shall be recodified as Sections 3423 and 3424 of Title 27A
26175	14792		of the Oklahoma Statutes, unl ess there is created a duplication in
26176	14793		numbering.
26177		-	SECTION ~~487~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 430
	14794	+	SECTION 254. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 430
26178	14795		shall be recodified as Section 3430 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26179	14796		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
26180		-	SECTION ~~488~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 434,
	14797	+	SECTION 255. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 434,
26181	14798		435, 436 and 437 shall be recodified as Sections 3434, 3435, 3436
26182	14799		and 3437 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless th ere is
26183	14800		created a duplication in numbering.
26184		-	SECTION ~~489~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 441
	14801	+	SECTION 256. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 441
26185	14802		and 442 shall be recodified as Sections 3441 and 3442 of Title 27A
26186	14803		of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is creat ed a duplication in
26187	14804		numbering.
26188		-	SECTION ~~490~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 477
	14805	+	SECTION 257. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 477
26189	14806		and 478 shall be recodified as Sections 3477 and 3478 of Title 27A
26190	14807
26191		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 3884 Page 295 1
	14808	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3884 SFLR Page 293
	14809	+	(Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1
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26215	14833
26216	14834		of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in
26217	14835		numbering.
26218		-	SECTION ~~491~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 501,
	14836	+	SECTION 258. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 501,
26219	14837		502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514,
26220	14838		515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524 and 525 shall be
26221	14839		recodified as Sections 3501, 3502, 3503, 3504, 3505, 3506, 3507,
26222	14840		3508, 3509, 3510, 3511, 3512, 3513, 3514, 3515, 3516, 3517, 3518,
26223	14841		3519, 3520, 3521, 3522, 3523, 3524 and 3525 of Title 27A of the
26224	14842		Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is create d a duplication in
26225	14843		numbering.
26226		-	SECTION ~~492~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 527
	14844	+	SECTION 259. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 527
26227	14845		shall be recodified as Section 3527 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26228	14846		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
26229		-	SECTION ~~493~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 528.1
	14847	+	SECTION 260. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 528.1
26230	14848		shall be recodified as Section 3528.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26231	14849		Statutes, unless there is cre ated a duplication in numbering.
26232		-	SECTION ~~494~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 528.2
	14850	+	SECTION 261. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 528.2
26233	14851		shall be recodified as Section 3528.2 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26234	14852		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
26235		-	SECTION ~~495~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 528.3
	14853	+	SECTION 262. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 528.3
26236	14854		shall be recodified as Section 3528.3 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26237	14855		Statutes, unless there is created a duplica tion in numbering.
26238	14856
26239		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 3884 Page 296 1
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26264		-	SECTION 496. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 529
	14857	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3884 SFLR Page 294
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	14883	+	SECTION 263. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 529
26265	14884		shall be recodified as Section 3529 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26266	14885		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
26267		-	SECTION ~~497~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 580
	14886	+	SECTION 264. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 580
26268	14887		shall be recodified as Section 3580 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26269	14888		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
26270		-	SECTION ~~498~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 603
	14889	+	SECTION 265. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 603
26271	14890		and 604 shall be recodified as Sections 3603 and 3604 of Title 27A
26272	14891		of the Oklahoma Statutes, u nless there is created a duplication in
26273	14892		numbering.
26274		-	SECTION ~~499~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 612
	14893	+	SECTION 266. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 612
26275	14894		shall be recodified as Section 3612 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26276	14895		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
26277		-	SECTION ~~500~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 614,
	14896	+	SECTION 267. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 614,
26278	14897		615 and 616 shall be recodified as Sections 3614, 3615 and 3616 of
26279	14898		Title 27A of the Oklahoma Stat utes, unless there i s created a
26280	14899		duplication in numbering.
26281		-	SECTION ~~501~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 721
	14900	+	SECTION 268. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 721
26282	14901		and 722 shall be recodified as Sections 3721 and 3722 of Title 27A
26283	14902		of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a dup lication in
26284	14903		numbering.
26285		-	SECTION ~~502~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 726
	14904	+	SECTION 269. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 726
26286	14905		shall be recodified as Section 3726 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26287	14906		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
26288	14907
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26314		-	SECTION 503. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 730
	14908	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3884 SFLR Page 295
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	14934	+	SECTION 270. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 730
26315	14935		shall be recodified as Section 3730 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26316	14936		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
26317		-	SECTION ~~504~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 736
	14937	+	SECTION 271. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 736
26318	14938		and 737 shall be recodified as Sections 3736 and 3737 of Title 27A
26319	14939		of the Oklahoma Statu tes, unless there is creat ed a duplication in
26320	14940		numbering.
26321		-	SECTION ~~505~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections
	14941	+	SECTION 272. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections
26322	14942		740.1, 740.2, 740.3, 740.4, 740.5, 740.6 and 740.7 shall be
26323	14943		recodified as Sections 3740.1, 3740.2, 3740.3, 3740.4, 3740.5,
26324	14944		3740.6 and 3740.7 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless
26325	14945		there is created a duplication in numbering.
26326		-	SECTION ~~506~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 744
	14946	+	SECTION 273. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 744
26327	14947		and 745 shall be recodified as Sections 3744 and 3745 of Title 27A
26328	14948		of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in
26329	14949		numbering.
26330		-	SECTION ~~507~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.7
	14950	+	SECTION 274. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.7
26331	14951		shall be recodified as Section 3745.7 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26332	14952		Statutes, unless there is created a dup lication in numbering.
26333		-	SECTION ~~508~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.18
	14953	+	SECTION 275. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.18
26334	14954		shall be recodified as Section 3745.18 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26335	14955		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
26336	14956
26337		-	ENGR. H. B. NO. 3884 Page 298 1
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26362		-	SECTION 509. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.20
	14957	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3884 SFLR Page 296
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	14983	+	SECTION 276. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 745.20
26363	14984		shall be recodified as Section 3745.20 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26364	14985		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
26365		-	SECTION ~~510~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 746
	14986	+	SECTION 277. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 746
26366	14987		shall be recodified as Section 3746 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26367	14988		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbe ring.
26368		-	SECTION ~~511~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 747,
	14989	+	SECTION 278. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 747,
26369	14990		748, 749 and 750 shall be recodified as Sections 3747, 3748, 3749
26370	14991		and 3750 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is
26371	14992		created a duplication in numbering.
26372		-	SECTION ~~512~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 761
	14993	+	SECTION 279. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 761
26373	14994		shall be recodified as Section 3761 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26374	14995		Statutes, unless ther e is created a duplication in numbering.
26375		-	SECTION ~~513~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 785
	14996	+	SECTION 280. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 785
26376	14997		shall be recodified as Section 3785 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26377	14998		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
26378		-	SECTION ~~514~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 788
	14999	+	SECTION 281. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 788
26379	15000		shall be recodified as Section 3788 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26380	15001		Statutes, unless there is created a du plication in numbering.
26381		-	SECTION ~~515~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 851
	15002	+	SECTION 282. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 851
26382	15003		shall be recodified as Section 3851 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26383	15004		Statutes, unless there i s created a duplication in numbering.
26384	15005
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26410		-	SECTION 516. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 853
	15006	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3884 SFLR Page 297
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26411	15033		shall be recodified as Section 3853 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26412	15034		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
26413		-	SECTION ~~517~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 908,
	15035	+	SECTION 284. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 908,
26414	15036		909 and 910 shall be recodified as Sections 3908, 3909 and 3910 of
26415	15037		Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created a
26416	15038		duplication in numbering.
26417		-	SECTION ~~518~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 912,
	15039	+	SECTION 285. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 912,
26418	15040		913, 914, 915, 916 and 917 shall be recodified as Sections 3912,
26419	15041		3913, 3914, 3915, 3916 and 3917 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26420	15042		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
26421		-	SECTION ~~519~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 919
	15043	+	SECTION 286. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 919
26422	15044		shall be recodified as Section 3919 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26423	15045		Statutes, unless there is created a dup lication in numbering.
26424		-	SECTION ~~520~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 932,
	15046	+	SECTION 287. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Sections 932,
26425	15047		933, 934, 935, 936 and 937 shall be recodified as Sections 3932,
26426	15048		3933, 3934, 3935, 3936 and 3937 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26427	15049		Statutes, unless there is cr eated a duplication in numbering.
26428		-	SECTION ~~521~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 939
	15050	+	SECTION 288. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 939
26429	15051		shall be recodified as Section 3939 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26430	15052		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering .
26431		-	SECTION ~~522~~. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 939.1
	15053	+	SECTION 289. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 939.1
26432	15054		shall be recodified as Section 3939.1 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26433	15055		Statutes, unless there is created a duplicat ion in numbering.
26434	15056
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26460		-	SECTION 523. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 940
	15057	+	SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB3884 SFLR Page 298
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	15083	+	SECTION 290. RECODIFICATION 45 O.S. 2021, Section 940
26461	15084		shall be recodified as Section 3940 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma
26462	15085		Statutes, unless there is created a duplication in numbering.
26463		-	SECTION ~~524~~. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
26464		-	SECTION ~~525~~. It being immediately necessary for the
	15086	+	SECTION 291. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
	15087	+	SECTION 292. It being immediately necessary for the
26465	15088		preservation of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is
26466	15089		hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take
26467	15090		effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
26468		-	Passed the House of Representatives the 22nd day of March, 2022.
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26473		-	Presiding Officer of the House
26474		-	of Representatives
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26477		-	Passed the Senate the __ _ day of __________, 2022.
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26482		-	Presiding Officer of the Senate
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	15091	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROP RIATIONS
	15092	+	April 13, 2022 - DO PASS