A. 1. The Board is authorized and directed to promulgate a violation points system for violating the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act which provides greater punishment for violations which are intentional and for violations which pose a greater threat to the environment.
2. The State Board of Agriculture shall have the power to suspend, revoke or not renew the license of any animal feeding operation based on the point system after a hearing, and after an administrative determination that the animal feeding operation has violated or has failed to comply with any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act, or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto.
3. The Board shall have the power and duty to reinstate any such suspended or revoked licenses, or renew the licenses, upon a satisfactory and acceptable showing and assurance that the animal feeding operation conducted animal feeding operations in conformity with, and in compliance with, the provisions of the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act and rules promulgated pursuant thereto, and that such conformity and compliance will be continuous.
B. In order to protect the public health and safety and the environment of this state, the Board, pursuant to the Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Act, may deny issuance of a license or transfer of a license to establish and operate an animal feeding operation on and after September 1, 1997, to any person or other legal entity which:
1. Is not in substantial compliance with a final agency order or any final order or judgment of a court of record secured by any state or federal agency relating to animal feeding operations; or
2. Has evidenced a reckless disregard for the protection of the public and the environment as demonstrated by a history of noncompliance with environmental laws and rules resulting in endangerment of human health or the environment.
C. Any action taken in regard to the denial, suspension or revocation of a license shall be in conformity with the rules of the Board governing Administrative Procedures and the Administrative Procedures Act.
Added by Laws 2007, c. 31, § 48, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
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