Opinion No. (1979)

Dear Director Edmison,

The Attorney General has received your letter wherein you ask, in effect, the following question:

Does 82 O.S. 934(1) (1974) require that federal grant monies disbursedunder 33 U.S.C.A. 1288 first pass through the Pollution ControlCoordinating Board before being distributed to the various sub-stateplanning districts designated to conduct area-wide water qualitymanagement planning?

As you have noted in your letter, certain sub-state planning districts (A.C.O.G., I.N.C.O.G., and ARKHOMA Regional Planning Commission) have been designated by the Governor pursuant to the…