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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 620 By: Jett
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to biosolids; defining terms;
7 directing certain entity to disclose biosolid use for
8 certain product labeling; establishing label
8 requirements; requiring disclosure at point of
9 purchase for certain agriculture products; directing
9 certain entity to disclose biosolid use on certain
10 property with signage; requiring signage be public;
10 requiring certain disclosure in conjunction with
11 certain sale or lease; directing Department of
11 Environmental Quality to publish certain information
12 on certain website; directing Department to provide
12 notice to certain businesses within certain distance
13 by certain date; providing for codification; and
13 providing an effective date.
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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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17 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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18 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2-6-502 of Title 27A, unless
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19 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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20 A. As used in this section:
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21 1. "Agritourism activity" means agritourism activity as defined
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22 pursuant to Section 5-15 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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23 2. "Biosolid" means sludge, perfluoroalkyl, and any
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24 polyfluoroalkyl substance;
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1 3. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Quality;
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2 4. "Product" shall include, but not be limited to, compost
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3 material, fertilizer, soil amendment, topsoil replacement, and
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4 mulch; and
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5 5. "Sludge" means sludge as defined pursuant to Section 2-10-
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6 401 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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7 B. 1. Any person, business, or entity authorized to commence
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8 industrial, municipal, and commercial operations in this state shall
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9 disclose the use of biosolids when labeling products for sale and
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10 distribution.
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11 2. Any product under this subsection that is sold or
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12 distributed in this state shall have clear and distinct labeling
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13 disclosing that the product, either in its production or in its
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14 composition, includes biosolids generated from an industrial,
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15 municipal, or commercial wastewater treatment plant or sludge.
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16 3. Full disclosure shall be given to any consumer who purchases
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17 an agricultural crop or vegetative material for any agricultural
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18 purpose if the crop or material was grown at a location in this
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19 state where biosolids have been permitted to be applied or spread.
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20 C. 1. Any person, business, or entity authorized to commence
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21 industrial, municipal, and commercial operations in this state shall
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22 disclose the use of biosolids by placing signage on any property
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23 where such operations take place and where biosolids are utilized.
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24 Such signage shall be in an area that is visible to the public.
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1 2. Prior to the sale or lease of any property described under
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2 this subsection, public access to the land shall be restricted for
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3 one year following the land application of biosolids as required in
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4 40 C.F.R., Part 503.
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5 3. Any property under this subsection that is sold or leased
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6 shall include a disclosure stating that the subject property was
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7 used as a biosolids application site.
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8 4. The Department shall publish and update annually a map of
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9 biosolid land application property sites on a publicly available
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10 website. All sites permitted to apply biosolids shall be labeled
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11 with the date of each land application and the names of the
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12 landowner and lessor, if applicable. Records shall be kept in
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13 perpetuity.
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14 D. The Department shall, in consultation with the Oklahoma
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15 Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, provide written
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16 notice to businesses conducting agritourism activities of any
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17 biosolid land application taking place within a four-mile radius of
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18 the business. Notice shall be transmitted at least sixty (60) days
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19 prior to land application.
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20 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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