§ 27A-2-5-102. Purpose - Definitions - Administrative agency - Rules and regulations - Air Quality Council - Chief of Air Quality Service - Complaints and investigations - Hearings - Variances - Violations - Penalties - Cooperation among agencies.

It is the purpose of the Oklahoma Clean Air Act to provide the means to achieve and maintain atmospheric purity necessary for the protection and enjoyment of human, plant or animal life and property in this state consistent with and limited by generally accepted social standards and requirements, desired employment and industrial development, area conditions, and the availability of economic and feasible controls.

Added by Laws 1967, c. 80, § 2, emerg. eff. April 18, 1967.  Amended by Laws 1971, c. 347, § 1, operative July 1, 1971; Laws 1975, c. 333, § 1, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975; Laws 1978, c. 62, § 1.  Renumbered from Title 63, § 2002 by Laws 1978, c. 62, § 2.  Amended by Laws 1981, c. 186, § 1, emerg. eff. May 20, 1981; Laws 1983, c. 333, § 22, emerg. eff. June 29, 1983; Laws 1985, c. 178, § 44, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 1992, c. 215, § 1, emerg. eff. May 15, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 145, § 39, eff. July 1, 1993.  Renumbered from Title 63, § 1-1802 by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993.