Okla. Stat. tit. 2 § 20-60

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 20-60 - Exceeding animal unit capacity - Criteria - Notice

A. A concentrated animal feeding operation may exceed its animal unit capacity if:

1. A diseased or potentially diseased animal exists at the operation; or

2. A diseased or potentially diseased animal is in the next destination for the production line for the operation; and

3. The owner of the concentrated animal feeding operation has reasonable cause to believe an animal has or may have any disease causing:

a. a public health emergency,

b. a substantial and imminent economic hardship to the owner, or

c. a substantial and imminent threat to the animal population of the state, or

4. The State Board of Agriculture issues an order establishing temporary restrictions, a quarantine, or a quarantine zone restricting the movement of persons, livestock, machinery, and personal property out of a concentrated animal feeding operation.

B. In no case shall an animal unit capacity be exceeded for more than five (5) days following a confirmatory test indicating that either the animal is diseased or is not diseased. A confirmatory test shall be performed within twenty (20) days of discovery that a diseased or potentially diseased animal exists at the operation.

C. The owner of a concentrated animal feeding operation shall provide written notification to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry upon discovery of a diseased or potentially diseased animal pursuant to subsection A of this section that may result in the animal unit capacity being exceeded.

D. The notice shall:

1. Identify the concentrated animal feeding operation that may exceed its animal unit capacity; and

2. Include an estimate of the number of animals exceeding the animal unit capacity at the concentrated animal feeding operation.

Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 20-60

Added by Laws 2007 , HB 1796, c. 31, § 47, eff. 11/1/2007.