As used in the Eucha-Spavinaw Management Act:

1. “Animal waste management plan” or “AWMP” means a written plan that includes a combination of conservation and management practices designed to protect the natural resources of the state as required by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry pursuant to the provisions of Section 10-9.7 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

2. “Application site” means any tract of land in the Eucha-Spavinaw Watershed where poultry waste is land applied;

3. “Board” means the State Board of Agriculture;

4. “City of Tulsa Case” means the federal court proceeding Case No. 01 CV0900EA(C), filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma in December, 2001;

5. “Department” means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;

6. “Eucha-Spavinaw phosphorous index (PI)” means the phosphorus assessment tool adopted by the court in the City of Tulsa Case by court order entered on February 13, 2004, developed to govern the terms and conditions under which litter may be land applied in the Eucha-Spavinaw Watershed, and includes any modifications approved and adopted by the court in that case, or as approved and adopted by the Board in accordance with its rule-making procedures. Provided however, the Board shall not amend the PI to make it less protective of the waters of the state than the PI adopted by the court in the City of Tulsa Case;

7. “Eucha-Spavinaw Watershed” means the watershed for Lakes Eucha and Spavinaw located in Delaware County and Mayes County, Oklahoma, as further defined by Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 11070206 as compiled by the United States Geological Survey, Natural Resources Conservation Services;

8. "Land application" means the spreading on, or the incorporation into, the soil mantle primarily for beneficial purposes;

9. “Poultry Act” means the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act, the Oklahoma Poultry Waste Transfer Act, and the Oklahoma Poultry Waste Applicators Certification Act, either separately or collectively;

10. “Poultry waste” means poultry excrement, poultry carcasses, feed wastes, or any other waste associated with the confinement of poultry from a poultry feeding operation; and

11. “Settlement Agreement” means the settlement agreement dated July 16, 2003, between the parties in the City of Tulsa Case.

Added by Laws 2007, c. 251, § 2, eff. July 1, 2007.