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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 874 By: Jett
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to biosolids; defining terms;
66	66	directing certain entity to disclose bioso lid use for
67	67	certain product labeling; establis hing label
68	68	requirements; requiring disclosure at point of
69	69	purchase for certain agriculture p roducts; directing
70	70	certain entity to disclose biosolid use on certain
71	71	property with signage; requiring signage be publ ic;
72	72	requiring certain disclosure in conju nction with
73	73	certain sale or lease; directing Department of
74	74	Environmental Quality to publish certain information
75	75	on certain website; directing Department to provide
76	76	notice to certain businesses within certain distance
77	77	by certain date; providing for codification; and
78	78	providing an effective date.
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83	83	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
84	84	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be co dified
85	85	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2-6-502 of Title 27A, unless
86	86	there is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
87	87	A. As used in this act:
88	88	1. “Agritourism activity” means activity as defined pursuant to
89	89	Section 5-15 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
90	90	2. “Biosolid” means sludge, perfluoroalkyl, and any
91	91	perfluoroalkyl substance;
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143	143	3. “Department” means the Department of Environmental Quality ;
144	144	4. “Product” shall include, but not be li mited to, compost
145	145	material, fertilizer, soil amendment, topsoil replacement, and
146	146	mulch; and
147	147	5. “Sludge” means sludge as defined pursuant to Section 2-10-
148	148	401 of Title 27A of the Oklahom a Statutes.
149	149	B. 1. Any person, business, or entity authorized to commence
150	150	industrial, municipal, and commercial operations in this state shall
151	151	disclose the use of biosolids when labeling products for sale and
152	152	distribution.
153	153	2. Any product under this subsection that is sold or
154	154	distributed in this state shall have clear and distinct labeling
155	155	disclosing that the product, either in its production or in its
156	156	composition, includes biosolids generated from an industrial,
157	157	municipal, or commercial wastewater treatment plant or s ludge.
158	158	3. Full disclosure shall be given to any consumer who pur chases
159	159	an agricultural crop or vegetative material for any agricultural
160	160	purpose if the crop or material was grown at a location in this
161	161	state where biosolids have been permitted to be applied or spread .
162	162	C. 1. Any person, business, or entity au thorized to commence
163	163	industrial, municipal, and commercial operations in this state shall
164	164	disclose the use of biosolids by placing signage on any property
165	165	where such operations take place and where biosolids are utilized .
166	166	Such signage shall be in an area that is visible to the public.
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218	218	2. Prior to the sale or lease of any property described under
219	219	this subsection, public access to the lan d shall be restricted for
220	220	one year following the land application of biosolids as required in
221	221	40 C.F.R. Part 503.
222	222	3. Any property under this subsection that is sold or leased
223	223	shall include a disclosure stating that the subject property was
224	224	used as a biosolids application site.
225	225	4. The Department shall publish and update annually a map of
226	226	biosolid land application property sites on a publicly available
227	227	website. All sites permitted to apply bi osolids shall be labeled
228	228	with the date of each land application and the names of the
229	229	landowner and lessor, if applicable. Records shall be kept in
230	230	perpetuity.
231	231	D. The Department shall , in consultation with the Oklahoma
232	232	Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, provide written
233	233	notice to businesses conducting agritourism acti vities of any
234	234	biosolid land application taking place within a two-mile radius of
235	235	the business. Notice shall be transmitted at least sixty (60) days
236	236	prior to land application.
237	237	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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