The Oklahoma Water Resources Board shall promulgate such rules as may be necessary for determining the eligibility and priority of entities for water quality projects in order to receive loans made pursuant to the federal Water Quality Act of 1987 and from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loan Account. At a minimum, such rules shall:

1. Ensure the fair and equitable prioritization of entities eligible for loans made pursuant to the provisions of this act;

2. Be in conformance with applicable provisions of Oklahoma's Water Quality Standards, the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code, and the federal Water Quality Act of 1987;

3. Require that to be approved, an applicant needs or will need the water quality project loan to comply with rules promulgated by the Environmental Quality Board pursuant to the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code, or the Conservation Commission, whichever has jurisdiction; and

4. Require the water quality project to:

a.be designed to halt or prevent the pollution of the waters of this state and comply with Oklahoma's Water Quality Standards,

b.meet the Board's established environmental review criteria as provided for by the federal Water Quality Act of 1987,

c.comply with minimum standards of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Chapter 26, Title 33, United States Code, or any similar or successor statute, and

d.meet any other consideration deemed necessary by the Board.

Added by Laws 1988, c. 202, § 6, operative July 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 328, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2002, c. 322, § 6, emerg. eff. May 30, 2002.