Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 785 - Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Chapter 20 - Appropriation and Use of Stream Water
Subchapter 7 - Permits
Section 785:20-7-2 - Contents of regular permits
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
Every regular permit issued by the Board shall contain substantially the following:
(1) The stream system name and number;
(2) The county;
(3) Application number and date of filing;
(4) The permit number and date issued, which shall be the date the permit is issued by the Board;
(5) The name and address to whom issued;
(6) The source, amount of water in acre-feet, and maximum rate of withdrawal in gallons per minute;
(7) A legal description of the point or points of diversion to the nearest ten (10) acre subdivision of the legal description;
(8) The purpose of the diversion; and
(9) The area of use or in the case of irrigation, the number of acres to be irrigated and the legal description of same;
(10) A provision making the permit and holder thereof subject to domestic users and existing appropriators;
(11) The time within which construction shall commence and the time within which the water shall be applied to beneficial use;
(12) If an applicant's water lines are to cross a public right-of-way or another landowner's property, it shall be a condition of the permit that the applicant provide, within a reasonable time as determined by the Board, an easement, license, or other evidence that he can cross the right-of-way or another's property in order to put the water to beneficial use;
(13) If the applicant leases the land on which the water is authorized to be used for irrigation, the permit shall expire upon termination of the lease or renewals thereof unless the permit is transferred to the owner of the land within thirty (30) days of the termination of the lease, and that copies of any such lease renewals shall be filed with the Board within thirty (30) days of the effective date of such renewal;
(14) Water released for navigation purposes pursuant to project operations adopted by the United States shall not be diverted; and
(15) Any additional terms, conditions, limitations, or restrictions the Board may prescribe.
Amended at 10 Ok Reg 3281, eff 6-25-93; Amended at 11 Ok Reg 2917, eff 6-13-94; Amended at 12 Ok Reg 2617, eff 7-1-95; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 1596, eff 7-1-05
