2015 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources
§27A-2-7-114. New hazardous waste facilities within eight miles of corporate limits - Exemptions.

A. Except as provided in subsections B and C of this section, no permit shall be issued for the off-site disposal of hazardous waste or for the off-site treatment of hazardous waste by incinerator at a new hazardous waste facility proposed to be located within eight (8) miles of the corporate limits of an incorporated city or town. For the purposes of this section the corporate limits of an incorporated city or town shall be the corporate limits in effect on January 1 of the year the application is filed, and a new hazardous waste facility means a hazardous waste facility that was not in operation and actively treating hazardous waste by incineration or disposing of hazardous waste during the year preceding August 30, 1991. Addition of new treatment, storage or disposal units to an existing hazardous waste facility does not constitute a new facility.

B. This section shall not apply to any facility accepting hazardous waste exclusively for the purpose of conducting treatment research and design tests.

C. This section shall not apply to a proposed site located on property owned or operated by a person who also owns or operates a hazardous waste facility on contiguous property on which a hazardous waste facility was operating pursuant to a valid permit on August 30, 1991.

Added by Laws 1991, c. 173, § 13. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 403, § 35, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 145, § 97, eff. July 1, 1993. Renumbered from Title 63, § 1-2014.3 by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 373, § 20, eff. July 1, 1994.