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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 12, 2024
SENATE BILL NO. 1424 By: Woods
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Registered Poultry
Feeding Operations Act ; amending 2 O.S. 2021, Section
10-9.5, which relates to p oultry operations;
requiring creation of online educational platform;
and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 2 O.S. 2021, Section 10 -9.5, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 10-9.5. A. The State Board of Agriculture shall
provide the necessary forms and applications for any person desiring
or required to register a poultry feeding operation or expanding
operation.
B. The application to register to operate a new or previously
unregistered poultry fee ding operation or expanding operat ion shall
contain include, at a minimum but not be limited to , the following
information:
1. Name and address of the owner and operator of the facility;
2. Name and address of the poultry feeding operation;
3. Number and type of poultry housed or confined;
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4. Name and address of the integrator whose poultry will be
raised by the poultry feeding operation;
5. A diagram or map and lega l description showing geographical
location of the facility on which the perimeters of the facility are
designated, location of waters of the state, including, but not
limited to, drainage from the facility, poultry waste storage
facilities, and land -application sites owned or leased by the
applicant or which the applicant has contracted wit h for the
application of poultry waste;
6. A copy of the Nutrient Management Plan , or proof of
application for such plan, Best Management Practices , or any other
plans authorized by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food,
and Forestry;
7. A statement of ownership.
a. If the applicant is a corporation, the name and
address of the corporation and the name and address of
each officer and registered agent of the corporation
shall be included in the application.
b. If the applicant is a partnership or ot her legal
entity, the name and address of each partner and
stockholder with an ownership interest of ten percent
(10%) or more shall be included in t he statement.
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c. The information contained in the statement of
ownership shall be public information and sh all be
available upon request from the Board;
8. The name and address of the person having day -to-day control
of the operation, if such person is not the applicant and is acting
as agent for the applicant;
9. An environmental history from the past three (3) years of
any poultry feeding operation established and operated by the
applicant or any other operation with common ownership in this state
or any other state;
10. Environmental awards or citations received or pollution
prevention or voluntary remedia tion efforts undertaken by the
applicant; and
11. Any other information or records required by the Department
for purposes of implementing the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding
Operations Act or rules promulgated pursuant thereto.
C. In addition to oth er penalties as may be imposed by law, any
person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation, or
certification in, omits material data f rom, or tampers with any
application for registration shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a
misdemeanor and may be subject to a fine of not more than Ten
Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for each such violation.
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D. The owner of a poultry feeding operation shall be
responsible for sending written notification to the Department upon
changing integrators.
E. For a transfer of registration to a new owner, the new owner
shall register the operation pursuant to the rules of the
Department.
F. 1. All operators o f poultry feeding op erations and poultry
waste applicators shall attend educational courses on poultry wast e
handling. All such operators and applicators shall attend
educational training on poultry waste management as provided by
Oklahoma State University through the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension
Service. All current and new operators and applicators shall
receive the initial nine (9) hours of training in the first year and
two (2) hours of continuing education every year until the operator
or applicator has received a tot al of nineteen (19) hours of
training. Any operator or applicator may attend more hour s than is
required, however, those hours shall not be carried forward. Upon
receiving the nineteen (19) required hours, the operator or
applicator shall be required to receive two (2) hours of continuing
education every three (3) years. The Oklahoma Coop erative Extension
Service shall develop the educational training course to aid in
certification. Curricula for the training course will include the
Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service Waste Management Facts series
and record books or their current equi valent. The Oklahoma
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Cooperative Extension Service s hall make all initial training and
continuing education available through an online platform which
shall be paid for pursuant to the provisions of the Poultry Waste
Education Revolving Fund as provided in Section 10-9.6 of this
title. Courses for poultry waste management shall include the
following topics:
a. environmental process relevant to protecting water
quality in poultry production,
b. basic handling systems to manage poultry waste from
all types of poultry operations,
c. nutrient management, includi ng sampling procedures,
application rate determination, equipment calibration,
and record-keeping systems,
d. relevant laws and rules applicable to poultry waste
management in the State of Oklahoma, and
e. any other related subject as determined by Oklahoma
State University in consultation with the Department.
2. At the completion of each course, the operator or appli cator
shall receive a certification verifying completion. The
certificates shall be ke pt on site for five (5) years.
3. Failure to obtain t he initial nine-hour training and any
continuing education as provided in this subsection shall be deemed
a violation of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations
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Act for operators and the Okla homa Poultry Waste Applicators
Certification Act for applicators.
4. All operators or ap plicators shall meet the educational
requirements of this section no later than December 31 of each year.
G. No integrator shall enter into any contract with an opera tor
of a poultry feeding operation who is not in compl iance with the
education requirements of subsection F of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RUR AL AFFAIRS
February 12, 2024 - DO PASS