Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 785 - Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Chapter 4 - Rules of Practice and Hearings
Subchapter 3 - Board Hearings
Section 785:4-3-3 - Types of hearings

(1) General hearings include hearings on matters of general statewide, regional or area-wide interest, concern and applicability. These matters may directly or indirectly affect interests of individual persons and may result in the adoption of rules or the issuance of orders. Examples of general hearings include hearings to determine prior groundwater rights and maximum annual ground water basin yields, and hearings on the formation of special purpose water districts and hearings on Board rules, regulations and standards. Hearings on maximum annual groundwater basin yields shall be evidentiary type hearings conducted pursuant to Article II of the APA. Hearings on Board rules, regulations and standards shall be conducted according to the requirements of the APA and other applicable laws.

(2) Individual hearings are hearings held on matters directly affecting the interests of an individual person or persons and resulting in the issuance of an Order. Examples of individual hearings include hearings on permit applications and petitions and violation hearings.