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27A OK Stat § 27A-3-3-411 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-3-3-411. "Operation and maintenance" or "operate and maintain" - Interpretation.

|A. Oklahoma has a large number of preventive and control measures and works of improvement that are operated and maintained by conservation districts and their assigns throughout the state. These preventive and control measures and works of improvement include, but are not limited to, flood control dams, erosion control practices, and channels constructed with the assistance of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through USDA’s watershed programs. |B. Pursuant to the Conservation District Act, the phrase “operation and maintenance” or “operate and maintain” as used in a variety of contractual documents, easements, statutes, rules, and other legal authority by the conservation districts and their assigns shall be interpreted to:1. Encompass the terms repair, modification, alteration, rehabilitation, upkeep, upgrade, improvement, construction, reconstruction, decommission, and inspection; and2. Benefit the state and conservation districts.Added by Laws 2008, c. 110, § 10, emerg. eff. May 2, 2008.
27A OK Stat § 27A-3-3-412 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-3-3-412. Operation and maintenance of structures for flood control.

|Except as otherwise provided by state or federal law, a conservation district’s responsibility for the operation and maintenance of any structure for the purpose of flood control pursuant to any contractual, statutory, regulatory or other legal authority or obligation, shall not be deemed to include maintaining, protecting or improving the quality of any soil, air, groundwater or surface water or biota affected by, near or comprising any part of the structure, including any water, soil or sediment pooled, impounded or diverted by the structure, including but not limited to, monitoring, limiting, or abating or otherwise controlling or eliminating any point source or nonpoint source pollution or any other biological, chemical, radiological or physical contamination by any source or mechanism. |Added by Laws 2008, c. 110, § 11, emerg. eff. May 2, 2008.
27A OK Stat § 27A-3-3-413 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-3-3-413. Directors' participation in health or dental insurance plans.

|Directors of a conservation district may elect to participate in the health or dental insurance plan offered by the conservation district to its employees as provided for in the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Act. The conservation district director shall pay the full cost of the insurance premium for the coverage at the rate prescribed by and pursuant to the terms and conditions of the health or dental plan. |Added by Laws 2008, c. 110, § 12, emerg. eff. May 2, 2008.
27A OK Stat § 27A-3-3-414 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-3-3-414. Transfer of employee service time.

|A conservation district employee who transfers to a state agency shall not lose the service time the employee has accrued for the purposes of calculating longevity benefits and leave benefits. |Added by Laws 2008, c. 110, § 9, emerg. eff. May 2, 2008.
27A OK Stat § 27A-3-3-501 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-3-3-501. Creation of program - Purpose.

|A. The Oklahoma Conservation Commission is hereby authorized to establish and administer the Oklahoma Conservation Commission Municipal Infrastructure Cost-Share Program as funds become available and otherwise appropriated. The Oklahoma Conservation Commission Municipal Infrastructure Cost-Share Program shall provide monies to eligible communities and rural water districts for the purpose of implementing conservation or best management practices on such eligible land pursuant to priority watershed work or Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) work, or watershed rehabilitation or watershed operation and maintenance work in accordance to rules promulgated by the Commission. |B. The Commission shall promulgate rules as necessary to implement the provisions of this act.Added by Laws 2008, c. 167, § 1, eff. July 1, 2008.
27A OK Stat § 27A-3-3-502 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-3-3-502. Revolving fund.

|A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Conservation Commission to be designated the "Oklahoma Conservation Commission Municipal Infrastructure Cost-Share Revolving Fund". |B. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma Conservation Commission in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursements, donations, industry contributions, state appropriations, funds allocated by federal agencies for cost-share programs and such other monies specifically designated for the Oklahoma Conservation Commission Municipal Infrastructure Cost-Share Program. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Commission for the Municipal Infrastructure Conservation Cost-Share Program; and interest attributable to investment of money in the Oklahoma Conservation Commission Municipal Infrastructure Cost-Share Revolving Fund.C. All donations or other proceeds received by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to be credited to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission Municipal Infrastructure Cost-Share Revolving Fund. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.D. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Conservation Commission for the purpose of matching municipal or rural water district funds for the rehabilitation of watershed dams and for the Conservation Cost-Share Program and the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program pursuant to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission Municipal Infrastructure Cost-Share Program.E. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.F. No more than five percent (5%) of the monies in the fund shall be used for the payment of administrative expenses, salary or any other continuing obligation of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission.Added by Laws 2008, c. 167, § 2, eff. July 1, 2008. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 114.
27A OK Stat § 27A-3-4-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-3-4-101. Short title – Legislative findings and intent.

|A. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Carbon Sequestration Enhancement Act". |B. The Oklahoma Legislature finds that:1. Increasing levels of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere have led to growing interest in national and international forums for implementing measures to slow and reverse the buildup of such atmospheric constituents. These measures may include, but are not limited to, the establishment of systems of trading in carbon dioxide credits or adoption of practices, technologies, or other measures which decrease the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and improve air quality;2. Carbon sequestration practices have great potential to increase carbon sequestration and help offset the impact of carbon dioxide emissions on carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere; and3. It is in the interest of the citizens of this state that the Oklahoma Conservation Commission document and quantify carbon sequestration associated with carbon sequestration practices.C. It is the intent of the Legislature that such efforts to document and quantify carbon sequestration associated with carbon sequestration practices will enhance the ability of the state's landowners, well owners and mineral owners to participate in any system of carbon dioxide emissions marketing or trading that may be developed in the future.D. For purposes of this act, “carbon sequestration practices” and “carbon capture and storage practices” shall mean and include:1. Improved agricultural practices, including, but not limited to, decreasing soil tillage, planting and managing vegetation, growing agricultural crops or managing any existing vegetated area;2. Improved natural resources conservation practices, including, but not limited to, vegetation, revegetation, forestation, afforestation and reforestation on rangeland and other agricultural and nonagricultural lands;3. Practices involving the capture and sequestration or storage of carbon dioxide emissions through carbon dioxide injection in producing oil or gas wells, abandoned oil or gas wells, or other wells;4. Other improved methods of stewardship for the natural resources of Oklahoma; and5. Other methods of sequestering, displacing or avoiding carbon dioxide emissions approved by the Oklahoma Conservation Commission.Added by Laws 2001, c. 81, § 1, emerg. eff. April 16, 2001. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 221, § 1, emerg. eff. May 20, 2003; Laws 2011, c. 264, § 2.
27A OK Stat § 27A-3-4-102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-3-4-102. Oklahoma Conservation Commission - Duties.

|The Oklahoma Conservation Commission shall: |1. Encourage the production of educational and advisory materials regarding carbon sequestration and storage and the opportunities to participate in any system of carbon dioxide emissions trading or marketing that may be developed in the future; and2. Identify areas of research needed to better understand and quantify carbon sequestration and storage involved in carbon sequestration practices within the state.Added by Laws 2001, c. 81, § 2, emerg. eff. April 16, 2001. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 273, § 1, emerg. eff. May 20, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 221, § 2, emerg. eff. May 20, 2003; Laws 2011, c. 264, § 3.
27A OK Stat § 27A-3-4-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-3-4-103. Acceptance of public and private funds.

|The Oklahoma Conservation Commission may apply for and accept grants, gifts, or other sources of public and private funds to carry out the purposes of the Oklahoma Carbon Sequestration Enhancement Act. |Added by Laws 2001, c. 81, § 3, emerg. eff. April 16, 2001. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 221, § 3, emerg. eff. May 20, 2003; Laws 2011, c. 264, § 4.
27A OK Stat § 27A-3-4-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-3-4-104. Carbon Sequestration Assessment Cash Fund.

|The "Carbon Sequestration Assessment Cash Fund" is hereby created. The fund shall be used by the Oklahoma Conservation Commission to carry out the Oklahoma Carbon Sequestration Enhancement Act. The State Treasurer shall credit to the fund any money appropriated to the fund by the Legislature and any money received as gifts, grants, or other contributions from public or private sources obtained for the purposes of the Oklahoma Carbon Sequestration Enhancement Act. |Added by Laws 2001, c. 81, § 4, emerg. eff. April 16, 2001.
27A OK Stat § 27A-3-5-103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-3-5-103. Agency jurisdiction.

|A. The Corporation Commission shall be the "Agency" for, and shall have exclusive jurisdiction over CO2 sequestration facilities involving, and injection of CO2 for carbon sequestration into, oil reservoirs, gas reservoirs, coal-bed methane reservoirs, and mineral brine reservoirs. The Commission shall have such jurisdiction regardless of whether such CO2 sequestration facility or other injection of carbon dioxide involves enhanced oil or gas recovery. |B. The Department of Environmental Quality shall be the "Agency" for, and shall have exclusive jurisdiction over CO2 sequestration facilities involving, and injection of CO2 for carbon sequestration into all reservoirs other than those described in subsection A of this section, which shall include, but not be limited to, deep saline formations, unmineable coal seams where methane is not produced, basalt reservoirs, salt domes, and non-mineral bearing shales.Added by Laws 2009, c. 429, § 3, emerg. eff. June 1, 2009.
27A OK Stat § 27A-3-5-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-3-5-105. Carbon dioxide property rights - Obligations relieved - Jurisdiction.

|A. Unless otherwise expressly provided by a contract, bill of sale, deed, mortgage, deed of trust, or other legally binding document or by other law, carbon dioxide injected into a CO2 sequestration facility is considered to be the personal property of the facility owner. |B. Absent a final judgment of willful abandonment rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction, or a regulatory determination of willful abandonment, carbon dioxide injected into a CO2 sequestration facility is not considered to be the property of the owner of the surface or mineral estate in the land encompassing the geographic boundary of the CO2 sequestration facility, or any person claiming under the owner of the surface or mineral estate.C. The facility operator, with permission of the facility owner, may produce, take, extract or reduce to possession any carbon dioxide injected, stored or sequestered in a CO2 sequestration facility. In the event an operator informs the Commission that it intends to conduct enhanced oil or gas recovery operations on a compulsory unit formed pursuant to Section 287.1 et seq. of Title 52 of the Oklahoma statutes, or its predecessor unitization act, then during the time that such unit is in operation, such operator shall be relieved of any obligation to either:1. Plug and abandon any injection or production well within such unit that is intended to be used in such enhanced oil or gas recovery operations, unless required by the Commission pursuant to Section 53 of Title 17 of the Oklahoma Statutes; or2. Remove any surface equipment that is associated with any such well and intended to be used in such enhanced oil or gas recovery operations, or both.D. The Agency having jurisdiction over the injection of carbon dioxide under this act shall also have jurisdiction over a facility operator that produces, takes, extracts or reduces to possession any injected, stored or sequestered carbon dioxide in a CO2 sequestration facility.Added by Laws 2009, c. 429, § 5, emerg. eff. June 1, 2009.
27A OK Stat § 27A-3-5-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-3-5-106. Construction of act.

|A. Nothing in this act shall supersede the provisions of the Oklahoma Carbon Sequestration Enhancement Act, Section 3-4-101 et seq. of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes. |B. Nothing in this act shall alter the incidents of ownership, or other rights, of the owners of the mineral estate or adversely affect enhanced oil or gas recovery efforts in the state.C. Any right granted to a facility operator pursuant to this act shall be without prejudice to the rights of any surface owner or mineral owner, including working interest and royalty owner, of the land encompassed within the defined geographic boundary of the CO2 sequestration facility, as established by the Agency, to drill or bore through the approved reservoir in a manner as shall comply with orders, rules and regulations issued for the purpose of protecting the approved reservoir against the escape of CO2. For purposes of this subsection, the Agency with jurisdiction under other state law for regulating the well being drilled or bored through the approved reservoir is the Agency having jurisdiction to adopt orders and rules for such well in order to protect the CO2 sequestration facility, regardless of which Agency has jurisdiction to permit the CO2 sequestration facility pursuant to Section 3 of this act. If the Agency with jurisdiction under other state law for regulating the well being drilled or bored through the approved reservoir is not the Agency that has jurisdiction to permit the CO2 sequestration facility pursuant to Section 3 of this act, then the former shall promptly notify the latter in writing of the receipt of an application for the drilling or boring of such a well and shall consider all timely submitted comments of the latter in approving, denying, or setting conditions for the well being drilled or bored. The additional cost of complying with such orders, rules or regulations in order to protect the CO2 sequestration facility shall be borne by the facility operator.D. Nothing in this act shall grant a private operator the right of condemnation or eminent domain for any purpose.Added by Laws 2009, c. 429, § 6, emerg. eff. June 1, 2009.
27A OK Stat § 27A-4-1-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-4-1-101. Short title - Purpose.

|A. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Emergency Response Act". |B. The purpose of the Oklahoma Emergency Response Act is to:1. Provide a rapid, coordinated and effective network for response to dangerous substances incidents or events necessary to protect the public health and safety and the environment of this state, and to preserve property;2. Provide direction and information to responders for the management of dangerous substances incidents or events;3. Reduce duplication of effort between local, county and state entities; and4. Organize, prepare and coordinate all state available manpower, materials, supplies, equipment, facilities and services necessary for dangerous substances response.Added by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 238, eff. July 1, 1993.
27A OK Stat § 27A-4-1-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-4-1-104. Liability for release of dangerous substance - Construction of act.

|The provisions of the Oklahoma Emergency Response Act shall not be construed to effect or remove the liability of the person who owns the dangerous substance for injury or damages incurred as a result of the release of the dangerous substance. |Added by Laws 1998, c. 207, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
27A OK Stat § 27A-4-1-105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-4-1-105. Release of dangerous substance requiring protective action - Entry upon public or private property - Records or reports of incidents or events - Administrative warrants - Contempt.

|A. During or after a release of a dangerous substance and as part of any required cleanup operations or remediation requirements, any duly authorized representative of the first responder, the contact agency, the Department of Civil Emergency Management or the Department of Environmental Quality shall have the authority to enter upon any private or public property for the purpose of responding to and stabilizing an incident or event involving a release of dangerous substances requiring protective action measures. |B. 1. The contact agency or the Department of Environmental Quality, as applicable, may require the establishment and maintenance of records and reports relating to the incident or event.2. Copies of such records or reports shall be submitted to the requesting agency.3. Any authorized representative of the contact agency or the Department of Environmental Quality, as applicable, shall be allowed access and may examine such records or reports.C. 1. A contact agency or the Department of Environmental Quality may apply to and obtain from a judge of the district court, an order authorizing an administrative warrant or other warrant to enforce access to premises for the purpose of responding to and stabilizing an incident or event involving releases of dangerous substances requiring protective action measures or for the purpose of examining records or reports relating thereto.2. Failure to obey an administrative warrant or other warrant of the district court may be punished by the district court as a contempt of court.Added by Laws 1998, c. 207, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
27A OK Stat § 27A-4-1-106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-4-1-106. Prosecution of violations - Actions for injunctive relief - Jurisdiction - Penalties.

|A. The Attorney General or the district attorney of the county where the release occurs may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction for the prosecution of a violation of the Oklahoma Emergency Response Act by the responsible party. |B. 1. Any action for injunctive relief to redress or restrain a violation of the Oklahoma Emergency Response Act by such responsible party may be brought by the district attorney of the county where the release occurred, as applicable, the contact agency, or the Attorney General or the Department of Environmental Quality on behalf of the State of Oklahoma.2. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General or district attorney, if so requested, to bring such actions.C. The court shall have jurisdiction to determine such action and to grant the necessary or appropriate relief including, but not limited to, mandatory or prohibitive injunctive relief and interim equitable relief, and for inhibiting emergency response to an incident, punitive damages.D. A responsible party who violates any of the provisions of, or who fails to perform any duty imposed by, the Oklahoma Emergency Response Act shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished by a fine of not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) and not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per day for each violation. Each day or part of a day upon which such violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.Added by Laws 1998, c. 207, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
27A OK Stat § 27A-4-1-107 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-4-1-107. Board of Health - Authority to adopt rules and requirements.

|The State Board of Health is authorized to adopt such rules and requirements as it deems necessary to establish adaptive standards of care where an extreme emergency exists as defined in the Oklahoma Emergency Response Act. |Added by Laws 2012, c. 39, § 1.
27A OK Stat § 27A-4-2-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-4-2-101. Short title.

|This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Hazardous Materials Planning and Notification Act". |Added by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 241, eff. July 1, 1993.
27A OK Stat § 27A-4-2-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources|§27A-4-2-104. Member agencies - Annual budgets.

|Each member agency, in cooperation with the Oklahoma Hazardous Material Emergency Response Commission, shall prepare an annual budget for the implementation and administration of its respective Commission responsibilities, and submit the same as an inclusion in its agency budget to the Oklahoma Legislature for appropriations to cover the costs of performance of the requirements of the Oklahoma Hazardous Materials Planning and Notification Act. |Added by Laws 1991, c. 292, § 4, eff. July 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 244, eff. July 1, 1993. Renumbered from Title 63, § 689.1B by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993.