SECTION 165:10-7-4. Water quality standards

(a)   Scope. The Commission hereby adopts the State water quality standards established and promulgated by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) or its successors effective October 7, 1987, and additions and revisions as lawfully published in the Oklahoma Register effective as provided by statute. The Commission's Oil and Gas Conservation Division (Conservation Division) shall implement the water quality standards with regard to its particular jurisdictional areas as referred to in 165:10-7-2(c).

(b)   General considerations.

(1)   The primary goal of the implementation of the water quality standards in the context of a remediation project subject to Commission jurisdiction shall be the protection and/or restoration of the beneficial use of the land, the soil and any surface or subsurface waters of the State adversely impacted or impaired by pollution from a Commission regulated site or facility.

(2)   A remediation project utilizing the water quality standards shall adhere to the general practices appearing in the Conservation Division's Oklahoma Water Quality Standards Implementation Plan (WQSIP).

(3)   Where appropriate, a remediation project utilizing the water quality standards shall follow the use support assessment protocols (OWRB-OAC 785:46-7) as specified in Oklahoma Water Quality Standards Implementation Plan.

[Source: Amended at 18 Ok Reg 2370, eff 7-1-01; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2498, eff 7-11-09]