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17 OK Stat § 17-348.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-348.4. Enforcement by Petroleum Storage Tank Division.

|The Petroleum Storage Tank Division of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall enforce the provisions of Sections 348 through 348.9 of this title by certification, inspections, chemical analysis or any other appropriate methods. All samples for inspection or analysis shall be taken from stocks in this state or intended for sale in this state, or the Corporation Commission through its agents shall require the manufacturer or distributor applying for a permit for antifreeze sale to supply a certified analysis of the antifreeze with the permit application. The Corporation Commission, through its agents, shall have free access by legal means during business hours to all places of business, buildings, vehicles, cars and vessels used in the manufacture, transportation, sale or storage of any antifreeze, and it may open by legal means a box, carton, parcel, or package containing or supposed to contain any antifreeze and may take therefrom samples for analysis. |Added by Laws 2018, c. 27, § 52, eff. Nov. 1, 2018. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 82, § 19, eff. July 1, 2019.
17 OK Stat § 17-348.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-348.5. Authority to promulgate rules.

|The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall have the authority to promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to promptly and effectively enforce the provisions of Sections 348 through 348.9 of this title. |Added by Laws 2018, c. 27, § 53, eff. Nov. 1, 2018. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 82, § 20, eff. July 1, 2019.
17 OK Stat § 17-348.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-348.6. List of brands and trademarks of antifreeze permitted.

|The Petroleum Storage Tank Division of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission may furnish upon request a list of the brands and trademarks of antifreeze permitted and permit numbers issued by the Corporation Commission during the calendar year which have been found to be in accord with Sections 348 through 348.9 of this title. |Added by Laws 2018, c. 27, § 54, eff. Nov. 1, 2018. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 82, § 21, eff. July 1, 2019.
17 OK Stat § 17-348.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-348.7. Advertising of antifreeze – Restricted statements.

|No advertising literature relating to any antifreeze sold or to be sold in this state shall contain any statement that the antifreeze advertised for sale has been approved by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission unless the antifreeze has been permitted by the Corporation Commission and found to meet the standards of the Corporation Commission and not to be in violation of Sections 348 through 348.9 of this title, in which event such statement together with the permit number of the wholesaler or distributor may be contained in any labeling and advertising literature where such brand or trademark or antifreeze is being advertised for sale. |Added by Laws 2018, c. 27, § 55, eff. Nov. 1, 2018. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 82, § 22, eff. July 1, 2019.
17 OK Stat § 17-348.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-348.8. Fees deposited to credit of Corporation Commission Revolving Fund.

|All fees collected by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission under the provisions of Sections 348 through 348.9 of this title shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to the credit of the Corporation Commission Revolving Fund. |Added by Laws 2018, c. 27, § 56, eff. Nov. 1, 2018. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 82, § 23, eff. July 1, 2019.
17 OK Stat § 17-348.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-348.9. Violations - Penalties.

|Any person or persons violating the provisions of Sections 348 through 348.9 of this title shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment for ninety (90) days or both for each offense. In addition thereto, the Corporation Commission is hereby authorized to punish any person or persons violating the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to Sections 348 through 348.9 of this title for contempt, and any person found guilty of violating the rules and regulations of the Corporation Commission adopted pursuant to Sections 348 through 348.9 of this title may be fined any amount not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense. |Added by Laws 2018, c. 27, § 57, eff. Nov. 1, 2018. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 82, § 24, eff. July 1, 2019.
17 OK Stat § 17-500 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-500. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Brine Development Act". |Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-501 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-501. Purpose.

|The Legislature finds that it is desirable and necessary to authorize and provide for unitized management, operation, and further development of brine and associated solution gas, to the end that a greater ultimate recovery of brine and solution gas may be had, waste prevented, and the correlative rights of owners therein be protected. It is further found to be in the public interest to foster, encourage and promote the development and production in the State of Oklahoma of brine and solution gas and to authorize and provide for the operation and development of unitized brine and solution gas properties, and to authorize the Commission to regulate brine and solution gas production. |Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-502 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-502. Definitions.

|As used in this act: |1. "Commission" shall mean the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma;2. "Person" shall include any individual, partnership, corporation or association of whatever character;3. "Common source of supply" shall include that area which is underlain, or which from geological or other scientific data, or from drilling operations, or other evidence, appears to be underlain by a common accumulation of brine; provided, that, if any such area is underlain or appears from geologic or other scientific data, or from drilling operations, or from other evidence to be underlain by more than one common accumulation of brine separated from each other by a strata of earth and not connected with each other, then such area, as to each said common accumulation of brine, shall be deemed a separate common source of supply;4. "Brine" shall mean subterranean saltwater and all of its constituent parts and chemical substances therein contained, including, but not limited to bromine, magnesium, potassium, lithium, boron, chlorine, iodine, calcium, strontium, sodium, sulphur, barium or other chemical substances produced with or separated from such saltwater. Brine produced as an incident to the production of oil or gas, unless such brine is saved or sold for the purposes of removing chemical substances therefrom, shall not be considered brine for the purposes of this act. Gas, whether found in solution or otherwise, shall not be included within the meaning of the term "brine";5. "Brine owner" shall mean any person entitled to share in the proceeds from the sale of brine production;6. "Solution gas" shall mean all gas produced from brine wells from the brine common source of supply within the unit area;7. "Solution gas owner" shall mean any person entitled to share in the proceeds from the sale of solution gas;8. "Owner" or "owners", unless a more specific term is used, shall mean any person or entity who qualifies as either a brine owner or a solution gas owner;9. "Operator" shall mean a person who has the right to drill into and produce from any brine common source of supply and to appropriate that production, either for himself, or for himself and others, and is authorized by the Commission to drill;10. "Effluent" shall mean the liquid remaining after extraction of the chemical substances from brine;11. "Brine production unit" or "unit" shall mean each separate specific area of land so designated by order of the Commission for production of brine and associated solution gas and the injection of effluent;12. "Injection well" shall mean a well authorized by the Commission for the injection of effluent or other solutions; and13. "Manufacture" shall mean the complete process of drilling, completing, equipping and operating production and injection wells and of extracting and packaging brine.Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-503 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-503. Corporation Commission - Jurisdiction - Rules and regulations - Exceptions.

|A. The Corporation Commission is hereby vested with jurisdiction over: |1. The drilling for and production of brine for commercial purposes;2. Class V injection wells used for the injection or disposal of mineral brines as defined in the federal Safe Drinking Water Act and 40 CFR Part 146; and3. Class V wells used to inject spent brine into the same formation from which it was withdrawn after extraction of halogens or their salts as defined in 40 CFR Part 146.B. The Commission may promulgate such rules:1. As are reasonably necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, including rules governing the drilling of production, injection or disposal wells and the injection of effluent into underground formations; and2. To ensure that the drilling, casing and plugging of wells is done in such a manner as to prevent the escape of brine and effluent from one formation to another and to prevent the pollution of fresh water supplies throughout the state.C. The Oklahoma Brine Development Act shall not apply to nor shall the Corporation Commission have jurisdiction over Class I, III, IV or V wells regulated by the Department of Environmental Quality pursuant to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act and 40 CFR Parts 144 through 148, inclusive, and the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Act.Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 364, § 3, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000.
17 OK Stat § 17-504 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-504. Utilization of brine rights - Application - Solution gas owners as respondents.

|A. A party desiring to unitize brine rights shall file with the Corporation Commission an application setting forth a description of the proposed unit area with a map or plat thereof attached. The application shall allege the existence of the facts required to be found by the Commission as provided in Section 7 of this act. The application shall set forth the name and address of each brine owner within the area affected by the application. Each such person shall be a respondent to the application. In an application to enlarge the unit area, brine owners within the existing unit and brine owners in the area to be added to the unit shall be respondents to the application. |B. In the event the brine sought to be unitized is found in association with solution gas, the application shall set forth the name and address of each solution gas owner within the area affected by the application. Each such person shall be a respondent to the application. In an application to enlarge the unit area, solution gas owners within the existing unit and solution gas owners in the area to be added to the unit shall be respondents to the application.C. Every application to establish a brine unit shall have attached thereto a recommended plan of unitization applicable to the proposed unit area.Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-505 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-505. Unitization of brine rights - Notice of application.

|Notice of the filing of an application to create a unit or to increase or decrease the size of the unit area, along with a copy of the application, shall be mailed to each respondent to the application whose address is known, or whose address can be found with reasonable diligence, at least twenty (20) days prior to the date set for hearing. In addition, notice shall be given at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of said hearing by one publication in some newspaper of general circulation printed in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, and by one publication at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the hearing in some newspaper of general circulation printed in each county in which the lands embraced within the application are situated. In addition, such additional notice shall be given as is required by the rules and regulations of the Commission. |Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-506 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-506. Commission's findings - Evidence required - Orders.

|A. If, after proper application and notice, the Commission in its hearing shall find by substantial evidence that: |1. There exists a common source of supply or prospective common source of supply for brine;2. Unitized management, operation and further development of the common source of supply for brine is reasonably necessary in order to effectively develop the brine common source of supply;3. Unitized operation as applied to such common source of supply is feasible and will prevent waste and, with reasonable probability, will result in greater ultimate recovery of brine and its constituent parts;4. Such unitization is for the common good and will result in the general advantage of the owners of the brine rights within the common source of supply; and5. The creation of a unit will accomplish one or more of the following:a.avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells,b.prevent waste,c.protect correlative rights, ord.increase the ultimate recovery from the common source of supply and unit covered by the application,the Commission shall make a finding to that effect and enter an order creating the unit, and requiring unitized operation of the prospective common source of supply or portion thereof described in the order.B. If the Commission in its hearing shall find by substantial evidence that:1. Solution gas exists within the common source of supply or prospective common source of supply;2. The production of brine is impossible or impractical without also producing the solution gas; and3. The unitization of the brine common source of supply is impractical or impossible without also unitizing the associated solution gas,the Commission shall make a finding to that effect and shall further provide in its order for the unitization of the solution gas within the unit area.C. Orders of the Commission entered pursuant to Section 87.1 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes establishing drilling and spacing units for the production of oil, gas or oil and gas shall not be applicable to the drilling of wells and production of solution gas from a unit established by an order issued pursuant to this act.Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-507 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-507. Delineation of unit area - Allocation of production.

|The order of the Commission shall define the area of the common source of supply or portion thereof to be included within the unit area. Each unit and unit area shall be limited to all or a portion of a single common source of supply. |Brine owners within the unit shall share in the production of brine in the proportion that their acreage bears to total acreage within the unit, unless the Commission, after notice and hearing, shall provide for another method in the unit plan. Solution gas owners within the unit shall share in production of solution gas in the proportion that their acreage bears to total acreage in the unit, unless the Commission, after notice and hearing, shall provide for another method in the unit plan.Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-509 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-509. Amendment and modification of property rights and obligations - Distribution of production.

|Property rights, leases, contracts and all other obligations shall be regarded as amended and modified to the extent necessary to conform to the provisions and requirements of this act and to any valid and applicable plan of unitization of the Commission made and adopted pursuant hereto, but not otherwise. |Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to require a transfer to, or to cause a vesting in, the unit of title to the separately owned tracts or leases within the unit area other than the right to use and operate the same to the extent set out in the plan of unitization. All property, whether real or personal, which the unit may in any way acquire or possess shall be held or possessed by the operator for the account and as agent of the several owners of the right to drill for and produce brine and shall be the property of such owners, subject, however, to the right of the operator to the possession, management, use or disposal of the same in the proper conduct of its affairs, and subject to any lien the operator may have thereon to secure the payment of unit expenses.The production allocated to each separately owned tract within the unit, and only that amount, regardless of the well or wells in the unit area from which it may be produced and regardless of whether it be more or less than the amount of production from the well or wells, if any, on any such separately owned tract, shall for all intents, uses and purposes be regarded and considered as production from such separately owned tract.Except as may be otherwise authorized in this act, or in the plan of unitization approved by the Commission, such production shall be distributed among or the proceeds thereof paid to the several persons entitled to share in production from such separately owned tract in the same manner that they would have participated in the production or proceeds thereof from such separately owned tract had not said unit been organized.Operations carried on under the plan of unitization shall be regarded as a fulfillment of and compliance with all of the provisions of the brine or solution gas leases or other contracts upon lands included within the unit area insofar as said leases or contracts may relate to the common source of supply or portion thereof included within the unit. Wells drilled on or operated on any part of the unit area, no matter where located, shall be regarded as wells drilled on each separately owned tract within the unit area.Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-510 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-510. Increase or decrease of unit area size.

|A. The Commission shall have jurisdiction to increase the size of an existing unit area where it is shown, upon proper application, notice and hearing that: |1. Land adjacent to the existing unit is underlain by the same common source of supply as that found within the unit area; and2. Inclusion of the additional land will either:a.increase unit efficiency, orb.result in greater ultimate recovery of brine, orc.prevent waste; and3. Inclusion of the additional land is fair, just and reasonable, both to parties owning brine interests in the additional land and to parties owning interests in the existing unit; and4. The requirements of Section 9 of this act have been met.B. The Commission shall have jurisdiction to decrease the size of an existing unit where it is shown, upon proper application, notice and hearing, that the land to be excluded is of no value to the unit because:1. It is not underlain by the common source of supply; and2. Its presence does not contribute to more efficient unit operations, by providing the site for an injection well or wells, or by assisting in the conduct of waterflood operations, or by otherwise increasing unit efficiency; and3. Exclusion of the land is fair, just and reasonable.Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-511 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-511. Liability of owner or lessee - Liens.

|The obligation or liability of the lessee or other owners of rights in the several separately owned tracts for payment of unit expense shall at all times be several and not joint. At no time shall a lessee or other owner of rights in a separately owned tract be chargeable with, directly or indirectly, more than the amount apportioned to its interest in such separately owned tract pursuant to the plan of unitization. |Subject to such reasonable limitations as may be set out in the plan of unitization, the operator shall have a first and prior lien upon the leasehold estate in and to each separately owned tract and the interest of the owners therein in and to the unit production and equipment in possession of the unit, to secure the payment of unit expense charged to such separately owned tract.Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-512 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-512. Appeal from orders.

|Any person aggrieved by any order of the Commission may appeal therefrom to the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma upon the same conditions, within the same time, and in the same manner as is provided in Sections 84-135, inclusive, of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or any amendments thereto, for the taking of appeals from orders of the Commission. |Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-513 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-513. Participation in plans by state and local land management boards.

|The Commissioners of the Land Office, or other proper board or officers of the state having control and management of state lands, and the proper board or officer of any political, municipal or other subdivision or agency of the state, are hereby authorized on behalf of the state or of such political, municipal or other subdivision or agency hereof, to act with respect to land or brine rights subject to the control and management of such respective body, board or officer, to participate in any plan or program of unitization approved pursuant to this act. |Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-514 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-514. Taxation of unit production or sale proceeds.

|Neither the unit production nor proceeds from the sale thereof shall be treated, regarded or taxed as income or profits to the unit. Instead, such receipts shall be the income of the several persons to whom same are payable under the plan of unitization. To the extent the unit may receive or disburse any receipts it shall only do so as a common administrative agent of the persons to whom the same are payable. |Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-515 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-515. Purchasing priority of solution gas.

|If at any time the Commission has designated priorities for the purchasing of gas from oil and gas wells pursuant to its regulatory power, the solution gas associated with the production of brine from any brine well, whether or not within a unit created pursuant to this act, shall be deemed to have a classification equal to the highest priority designated by the Commission. |Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
17 OK Stat § 17-516 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-516. Pre-existing brine, solution gas or brine and solution gas units - Effect of Act.

|Sections 2 through 16 of this act shall not have any effect on any existing brine, solution gas or brine and solution gas units which have been created voluntarily or by a judicial decree to the extent such unit was established as of the date of this act. Any existing brine or brine and solution gas unit may be expanded using the provisions of this act. |Added by Laws 1990, c. 255, § 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.