A. Any permit application received by the Department on or after July 1, 1993, for a discharge permit, a municipal or industrial wastewater construction or treatment permit or a public water supply permit shall include or provide for a sludge management plan if the applicant proposes the beneficial use of such sludge or wastewater through land application.

B. Any permittee proposing the land application of wastewater or sludge under the terms of an existing Department issued municipal or industrial construction or wastewater treatment permit, a discharge permit or a water supply permit, must receive the Department's approval on a sludge management plan. Adding a sludge management land application plan to an existing individual industrial discharge permit or an industrial wastewater treatment permit issued by the Department shall require the major modification of the existing permit. For purposes of this section, permits issued by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and the State Department of Health prior to June 30, 1993 shall be deemed issued by the Department upon the transfer of such permits to the Department effective July 1, 1993.

C. Sludge management plans for the land application of sludge or wastewater which have been approved by the Department may be modified or amended by the Department pursuant to rules promulgated by the Board.

D. Any use or final disposition of sludge other than land application shall require the approval of the Department pursuant to rules promulgated by the Board.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 324, § 27, eff. July 1, 1993.