Department of Environmental Quality permit requirement, exemptions.
Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 47-8
in effect§ 47-8. - Department of Environmental Quality permit requirement, exemptions.
(a) The City adopts the rules and regulations of the Department of Environmental Quality for sanitary sewer line standards as part of the minimum standards and requirements for sanitary sewer lines, subject to any additional and/or more restrictive requirements or standards adopted or established by the City.
(b) The Department of Environmental Quality has adopted rules and regulations that exempt certain sanitary sewer extensions from the requirement of having a State construction permit issued prior to construction, if the sanitary sewer system is in compliance with all Department of Environmental Quality requirements. The following categories of systems may receive the exemption: gravity sewage collection lines not larger than 12 inches in diameter. Any single submittal of a sewage collection system which includes a sewage pump station cannot be exempted from the permit requirement.
(c) The City cannot grant approval of sanitary sewer extensions to sewage treatment plants, lift stations and interceptor lines which have reached their treatment or hydraulic capacities, both routinely or during peak demand periods.
(d) All systems constructed in whole or in part with funds from United States Environmental Protection Agency and/or with other funds administered by this Department cannot be exempt from the permit requirement.
(Code 1980, § 47-6.1; Ord. No. 17478, § 1(31-48), 1-3-84)
Source: City of Oklahoma City, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/oklahoma_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OKMUCO2020_CH47SESEDI_ARTIINGE_S47-8DEENQUPEREEXFetched: 10/28/2026