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31	34		BILL NO. 4118 By: Hardin of the House
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40	43		An Act relating to agriculture; amending 2 O.S. 2021,
41	44		Section 10-9.7, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 239,
42	45		O.S.L. 2022 (2 O.S. S upp. 2023, Section 10 -9.7),
43	46		which relates to Nutrient Management Plans; providing
44	47		that compliance with a certain Nutrient Management
45	48		Plan shall be deemed compliant with Best Management
46	49		Practices; modifying requirements of a Nutrient
47	50		Management Plan; amending 2 O.S. 2021, Section 10 -
48	51		9.11, which relates to violations of the Oklahoma
49	52		Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act;
50	53		establishing the exclusive enforcement jurisdiction
51	54		of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
52	55		Forestry for acts or omissions relating to the
53	56		Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act;
54	57		creating a presumption that compliance with a current
55	58		Nutrient Management Plan insulates poultry growers,
56	59		operators, integrators, and waste applicators from
57	60		any private right of action or any collateral
58	61		enforcement; establishing that the Oklahoma
59	62		Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act grants
60	63		statutory immunity from nuisance liability; and
61	64		declaring an emergency.
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136		-	BILL NO. 4118 By: Hardin of the House
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147		-	An Act relating to agriculture; amending 2 O.S. 2021,
148		-	Section 10-9.7, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 239,
149		-	O.S.L. 2022 (2 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 10 -9.7),
150		-	which relates to Nutrient Management Plans; providing
151		-	that compliance with a certain Nutrient Management
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154		-	Management Plan; amending 2 O.S. 2021, Section 10 -
155		-	9.11, which relates to violations of the Oklahoma
156		-	Registered Poultry Feedi ng Operations Act;
157		-	establishing the exclusive enforcement jurisdiction
158		-	of the Oklahoma Department of Agricult ure, Food, and
159		-	Forestry for acts or omissions relating to the
160		-	Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act;
161		-	creating a presumption that compl iance with a current
162		-	Nutrient Management Plan insulates poultry growers,
163		-	operators, integrators, and waste ap plicators from
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165		-	enforcement; establishing that the Oklahoma
166		-	Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act grants
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175	69		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
176	70		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 2 O.S. 2021, Section 10 -9.7, as
177	71		amended by Section 1, Chapter 239, O.S.L. 2022 (2 O.S. Supp. 2023,
178	72		Section 10-9.7), is amended to read as follows:
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205	100		Section 10-9.7 A. All poultry feeding operations shall utilize
206	101		Best Management Practices and shall meet the conditions and
207	102		requirements established by subsection B of this section and by
208	103		rules promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture pursuant to the
209	104		Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act. Compliance with
210	105		a Nutrient Management Plan developed under subsection B of this
211	106		section shall be deemed compliant with the Best Management Practices
212	107		prescribed in this subsection, as well as the requirements of
213	108		subsection C of this section.
214	109		B. The criteria for Best Management Practices shall be
215	110		promulgated by rules by the Board and shall include, but not be
216	111		limited to, the following when developing Nutrient Management Plans :
217	112		1. There shall be no Each Nutrient Management Plan shall
218	113		contain measures designed to prevent the discharge of poultry waste
219	114		to waters of the state;
220	115		2. Stored poultry waste shall be isolated from outside surface
221	116		drainage by covers, ditches, dikes, berms, terraces , or other such
222	117		structures;
223	118		3. No Each Nutrient Management Plan shall contain measures
224	119		designed to prevent waters of the state shall come from coming into
225	120		direct contact with the poultry confined on the poultry feeding
226	121		operation; and
227	122		4. Poultry Provisions designed to ensure that poultry waste
228	123		handling, treatment, management, and removal shall:
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256	152		b. not result in the contamination of waters of the
257	153		state, and
258	154		c. conform to such other handling, treatment , and
259	155		management and removal requirements deemed necessary
260	156		by the Oklahoma Department of Agricult ure, Food, and
261	157		Forestry to implement the Oklahoma Registered Poultry
262	158		Feeding Operations Act and rules promulgated pursuant
263	159		thereto.
264	160		The rules promulgated by the Board pursuant to this section
265	161		shall provide for exceptions to the storage requirements for pou ltry
266	162		waste in emergency situations. Such exceptions shall include , but
267	163		not be limited to, allowing a contract poultry grower to take such
268	164		actions as are necessary to meet requirements imposed on a grower by
269	165		an integrator. In such situations , growers shall be required to
270	166		take all actions feasible to prevent pollution from stored poultry
271	167		waste.
272	168		C. Every poultry feeding operation shall have a Nutrient
273	169		Management Plan which shall in clude at a minimum:
274	170		1. A description of poultry waste handling procedures an d
275	171		availability of equipment and type of equipment to be used;
276	172		2. The calculations and assumptions used for determining land -
277	173		application rates if land application is applicable;
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304	201		3. All nutrient analysis data for soil and poultry waste
305	202		testing;
306	203		4. Legal description and latitude and longitude of lands to be
307	204		used by an operation for land application;
308	205		5. Land-application rates of poultry waste shall be based on
309	206		the available nitroge n and phosphorous content of the poultry waste
310	207		and shall provide controls for runoff and erosion as appropriate for
311	208		site conditions;
312	209		6. The procedures documented in the Nutrient Management Plan
313	210		shall ensure that the handling and utilization of poultry waste
314	211		complies with the following requirements:
315	212		a. adequate poultry waste storag e shall be provided
316	213		consistent with rules promulgated by the Oklahoma
317	214		Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry pursuant
318	215		to subsection B of this section,
319	216		b. poultry waste shall not be applied to land when the
320	217		ground is saturated or during rainfall even ts.
321	218		Poultry waste shall not be applied to land when the
322	219		ground is frozen except in conformance with the
323	220		Nutrient Management Plan,
324	221		c. poultry waste shall only be applied to suitable land
325	222		at appropriate times and rates. Discharge or runoff
326	223		of waste from the application site is prohibited
327	224		evidence that the Nutrient Management Plan requires
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354	252		revisions. Timing and rate of applications shall be
355	253		based on assimilation capacity of the soi l profile,
356	254		assuming usual nutrient losses, expected
357	255		precipitation, and soil c onditions, and
358	256		d. poultry waste application shall be prohibited on land
359	257		subject to excessive erosion;
360	258		7. Records shall be maintained of all poultry wastes applied on
361	259		land owned or controlled by the operator, and sold or given to other
362	260		persons:
363	261		a. if the poultry waste is sold or given to other persons
364	262		for land application or other use, the poultry feeding
365	263		operation shall maintain a log of : date of removal
366	264		from the poultry feeding o peration;, name of recipient
367	265		the poultry waste is sold or given to ;, and amount in
368	266		wet tons, dry tons or cubic yards of poultry waste
369	267		removed from the poultry feeding operation, and
370	268		b. the poultry feeding operation shall make available to
371	269		the recipient any nutrient sample analysis of the
372	270		poultry waste from that year;
373	271		8. Any analysis required by the provisions of the Oklahoma
374	272		Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act or rules promulgated
375	273		thereto shall be performed by a qualified environmental testing
376	274		laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Quality and
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403	302		approved by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
404	303		Forestry; and
405	304		9. Such other information deemed necessary by the Oklahoma
406	305		Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to administer the
407	306		provisions of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act
408	307		and rules promulgated pursuant thereto.
409	308		D. 1. The Nutrient Management Plan for new or expanding
410	309		poultry feeding operations submitted after July 1, 1998, shall be
411	310		prepared by the operator or designee of the operator.
412	311		2. After the plan is submitted to the O klahoma Department of
413	312		Agriculture, Food, and Forestry for review and approval if the
414	313		Department determines that a submitted plan needs or requires any
415	314		corrections or modifications, the Department shall return the
416	315		Nutrient Management Plan to the operator fo r corrections.
417	316		3. For a renewal, if the Department determines the Nutrient
418	317		Management Plan needs or requires corrections or modifications, the
419	318		Department shall make appropriate c orrections, approve the plan , and
420	319		notify the poultry feeding operation of the modifications.
421	320		E. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a
422	321		Nutrient Management Plan for every poultry feeding operation shall
423	322		be renewed and an updated plan shall be submitted to the Oklahoma
424	323		Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry ev ery six (6) years
425	324		from the date the initial or previous plan was submitted.
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452	352		2. The operator shall have the option to submit the renewed or
453	353		updated plan through the Department's w ebsite or a printable online
454	354		form designed by the Department.
455	355		3. A current operator may submit a one -page amendment to the
456	356		most recently submitted plan in lieu of a renewal plan through the
457	357		Department's website, if applicable. Poultry feeding operations
458	358		submitting an amendment pursuant to this subsection shall still be
459	359		subject to the soil and poultry waste testing requirements under
460	360		subsections F and G of this section. The amendment shall contain
461	361		the following statements:
462	362		a. no changes in the Department' s promulgated standards
463	363		for land application of poultry waste have occurred
464	364		since the most recently submitted Nutrient Management
465	365		Plan,
466	366		b. there has been no change to the number of poultry
467	367		housed since the most recently submitted Nutrient
468	368		Management Plan,
469	369		c. there has been no expansion in the poultry feeding
470	370		operation since the mos t recently submitted Nutrient
471	371		Management Plan, and
472	372		d. the entirety of the poultry waste is:
473	373		(1) removed off-site as provided in the poultry
474	374		feeding operation's annual report, as r equired by
475	375		subsection J of this section, and will continue
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503	404		years, or
504	405		(2) land-applied and will continue to be land -applied
505	406		for the next six (6) years.
506	407		F. Every poultry feeding operation located in a non -nutrient-
507	408		limited watershed and non -nutrient-vulnerable groundwaters shall
508	409		perform soil testing on each land -application area and poultry waste
509	410		testing at least once every three (3) years to determine:
510	411		1. Soil pH and plant -available nutrients including, at a
511	412		minimum, nitrogen, phosphorous , and potassium;
512	413		2. Poultry waste nutrient concentr ations and moisture; and
513	414		3. Application rate based upon the Department's standards for
514	415		land application for poultry waste as promulgated by rules.
515	416		G. Every poultry feeding operation located in a nutrient -
516	417		limited watershed and nutrient -vulnerable groundwater shall perform
517	418		an annual soil test on each land -application area prior to the first
518	419		application of the calendar year. Poultry waste testing shall be
519	420		performed annually prior t o the first application of the calendar
520	421		year. Soil and poultry waste testing shall be performed to
521	422		determine:
522	423		1. Soil pH and plant -available nutrients including at least
523	424		nitrogen, phosphorous , and potassium;
524	425		2. Poultry waste nutrient concentrations and moisture; and
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551	453		3. Application rate based upon the Department's standards for
552	454		land application of poultry waste as promulgated by rules.
553	455		H. 1. Soil and poultry waste analysis data shall be retained
554	456		by the poultry feeding operation for a minimum of six (6) years.
555	457		2. All soil and poultry waste analysis data shall be dated
556	458		prior to land application.
557	459		I. 1. Poultry feeding operations shall develop a plan for the
558	460		disposal of carcasses associated with normal mortality.
559	461		2. In the event there is an outbreak of a major disease or
560	462		other emergency resulting in deaths significantly higher t han normal
561	463		mortality rates, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
562	464		Forestry may approve, in writing, an alternate method of disposal of
563	465		carcasses or the storage of poul try waste during the emergency
564	466		period.
565	467		J. Every poultry feeding operation sh all file by September 1 of
566	468		each year an annual report with the Department regarding all poultry
567	469		waste removed from or land -applied by the facility for the period
568	470		from July 1 of the previous year through June 30 of that year. The
569	471		report shall contain the f ollowing information:
570	472		1. The date and amount of poultry waste removed from or land -
571	473		applied at the facility;
572	474		2. The type of poultry waste removed or land -applied, whether a
573	475		cake out, full clean out, in -house windrow or compost, poultry waste
574	476		stack shed, or other type;
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602	505		Limited Watershed where the poultry waste was produced; and
603	506		4. The location where the poultry waste is removed to:
604	507		a. if land-applied on-site, provide the following:
605	508		(1) the date of the land application,
606	509		(2) the total amount of poultry waste land -applied in
607	510		wet tons, dry tons, or cubic yards,
608	511		(3) the name, mailing address, and telephone number
609	512		of the poultry waste applicator, and
610	513		(4) the number of acres under the control of the
611	514		poultry feeding operation for land application of
612	515		poultry waste, or
613	516		b. if removed off-site, provide the following:
614	517		(1) the date of the removal off -site,
615	518		(2) the amount of poultry waste removed in wet tons,
616	519		dry tons, or cubic yards,
617	520		(3) the name, mailing address , and telephone number
618	521		of the person the poultry waste is sold or
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620	523		(4) the name, mailing address, telephone number, and
621	524		poultry waste applicator license number of t he
622	525		poultry waste applicator, if known, and
623	526		(5) the name, mailing address, and telephone number
624	527		of the hauler of the poultry waste.
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651	555		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 2 O.S. 2021, Section 10 -9.11, is
652	556		amended to read as follows:
653	557		Section 10-9.11 A. 1. Any person violating the provisions of
654	558		the Oklahoma Registered Poult ry Feeding Operations Act shall, upon
655	559		conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished by a fine
656	560		not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
657	561		2. The Attorney General or the district attorney of the
658	562		appropriate district court of Oklahoma may brin g an action in a
659	563		court of competent criminal jurisdiction for the prosecution of a
660	564		violation by any person of a provision of the Oklahoma Registered
661	565		Poultry Feeding Operations Act or any rule promulgated thereunder.
662	566		B. 1. In addition to the criminal pena lties specified by this
663	567		section, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
664	568		may:
665	569		a. assess an administrative penalty of not more than Two
666	570		Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per day of noncompliance, or
667	571		b. bring an action for injunctive relief grante d by a
668	572		district court.
669	573		2. A district court may grant injunctive relief to prevent a
670	574		violation of, or to compel compliance with, any of the provisions of
671	575		the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act or any rule
672	576		promulgated thereunder or order, re gistrations, and certificates
673	577		issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding
674	578		Operations Act.
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701	606		3. Nothing in this section shall preclude the Department from
702	607		seeking penalties in district court in the maximum amount allowed by
703	608		law. The assessment of penalties in an administrative enforcement
704	609		proceeding shall not prevent the subsequent assessment by a court of
705	610		the maximum criminal penalties for violations of the Oklahoma
706	611		Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act.
707	612		4. Any person assessed an adminis trative penalty may be
708	613		required to pay, in addition to such penalty amount and interest
709	614		thereon, attorney fees and costs associated with the collection of
710	615		such penalties.
711	616		C. 1. Any action for injunctive relief to redress or restrain
712	617		a violation by any pe rson of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding
713	618		Operations Act, or for any rule promulgated thereunder, or order
714	619		issued pursuant thereto, or recovery of any administrative penalty
715	620		assessed pursuant to the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding
716	621		Operations Act may be brought by:
717	622		a. the district attorney of the appropriate district
718	623		court of the State of Oklahoma,
719	624		b. the Attorney General on behalf of the State of
720	625		Oklahoma, or
721	626		c. the Department on behalf of the State of Oklahoma.
722	627		2. The court shall have jurisdicti on to determine the action,
723	628		and to grant the necessary or appropriate relief, including , but not
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750	656		limited to, mandatory or prohibitive injunctive relief , interim
751	657		equitable relief, and punitive damages .
752	658		3. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General and di strict
753	659		attorney if requested by the Commissioner of Agriculture to bring
754	660		such actions.
755	661		D. Except as otherwise provided by law, administrative and
756	662		civil penalties shall be paid in to the State Department of
757	663		Agriculture Regulation Revolving Fund.
758	664		E. For the purposes of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding
759	665		Operations Act, each day upon which a violation is committed or is
760	666		permitted to continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
761	667		F. Any contract poultry grower determined after notice and
762	668		opportunity for a hearing by the Department as flagrantly
763	669		disregarding Best Management Practices shall result in the
764	670		Department notifying the integrator in writing.
765	671		G. The Department shall notify all integrators of any
766	672		violations assessed against an operator who is under a contract
767	673		growing arrangement with that integrator and, upon the written
768	674		request of the integrator, notify that integrator of all violations
769	675		assessed against an operator with whom the integrator contemplates
770	676		entering into a contract.
771	677		H. In addition to oth er penalties as may be imposed by law, any
772	678		person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation or
773	679		certification form, notice or report, or who knowingly renders
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800	707		inaccurate any monitoring device or method required to be maintained
801	708		by any rule promulgated by the Board, shall, upon conviction, be
802	709		guilty of a misdemeanor and may be subject to a fine of not more
803	710		than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each such violation.
804	711		I. Land application of poultry litter in compliance with a
805	712		current Nutrient Management Plan shall not be the basis for criminal
806	713		or civil liability in Oklahoma, whether relating to that single
807	714		plan, or aggregated with the application of poultry waste pursu ant
808	715		to other Nutrient Management Plans, nor shall an administrative
809	716		violation be the basis for a criminal or civil action, nor shall any
810	717		alleged violation be the basis for any private right of action, nor
811	718		any action other than enforcement of the terms of the Nutrient
812	719		Management Plan and other sections of this title by the Oklahoma
813	720		Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. A current plan means
814	721		a plan approved by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
815	722		Forestry and not yet revoked or rescinded by the state or suspended
816	723		by a more recent plan.
817	724		1. This provision shall ap ply both directly and vicariously to
818	725		the integrator with whom a contract poultry grower contracts, as
819	726		well as to any poultry grower, operator, contractor of, or employee
820	727		for a certified poultry waste applicator or a poultry waste owner's
821	728		agent, so long as the land application is performed pursuant to and
822	729		in compliance with the current Nutrient Management Plan.
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849	757		2. Compliance with a current Nutrient Management Plan, as
850	758		determined by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
851	759		Forestry, shall create a p resumption that no violation of this
852	760		section has occurred and shall insulate the poultry grower,
853	761		integrator, and waste applicator from any private right of action
854	762		and shall constitute "express authority" for purposes of this title
855	763		and Section 4 of Title 50 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
856	764		3. Nothing in this subsection shall restrict the Oklahoma
857	765		Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry's exclusive authority
858	766		from enforcing the terms of Nutrient Management Plans or their
859	767		authority to enforce the Oklahoma Regis tered Poultry Feeding
860	768		Operations Act and the Oklahoma Certified Poultry Waste Applicators
861	769		Act.
862	770		SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
863	771		of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
864	772		declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
865	773		be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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