The Department of Agriculture is hereby designated as an official environmental regulatory agency for agricultural point source and non-point source pollution within its jurisdiction as specified in subsection D of Section 1-3-101 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Department is hereby authorized and directed to seek delegation from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to administer any and all of the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) programs for agricultural point and non-point source discharges within its specified jurisdiction.

Added by Laws 1994, HB 1922, c. 289, § 2, emerg. eff. June 6, 1994.