Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 10 - Oil And Gas Conservation › Subchapter 7 - Pollution Abatement › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 165:10-7-2 - Administration and enforcement of rules

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The Manager of Pollution Abatement and/or
				  the Manager of the Underground Injection Control Department shall supervise and
				  coordinate the administration and enforcement of the rules of this Subchapter
				  under the direction of the Director of Conservation and the
				  Commission.
(b) Site assessments
				  and remediation projects for petroleum and produced water pollution should
				  adhere to the general practices appearing in the Oil and Gas Conservation
				  Division's Guardian Guidance document including the Guidelines and Numerical
				  Criteria for New or Historic Produced Water/Brine Spills Appendix. Any
				  alternative plan shall be approved by the Manager of Pollution Abatement prior
				  to implementation.
(c)
Specific areas of Conservation Division jurisdiction to which Pollution
				  Abatement and/or Underground Injection Control rules apply:
(1) Field operations for geologic and
				  geophysical exploration for oil, gas and/or brine, including seismic shot
				  holes, stratigraphic test holes or other test wells.
(2) Exploration, drilling, development,
				  production or processing of oil, gas and/or mineral brine at the lease
				  site.
(3) The exploration, drilling
				  development and operation of wells used in connection with the recovery,
				  injection, or disposal of mineral brines including construction, operation,
				  maintenance, closure and abandonment of the facilities and
				  activities.
(4) Reclaiming and/or
				  recycling facilities associated with the exploration, drilling, development,
				  production or transportation of oil and/or gas (including the processing of
				  saltwater, crude oil, natural gas condensate, tank bottoms or basic sediment
				  from crude oil tanks, pipelines, pits and equipment).
(5) Underground injection control pursuant to
				  the federal Safe Drinking Water Act and 40 CFR parts 144 through 148 for Class
				  II injection wells, Class V wells used for the recovery, injection or disposal
				  or mineral brines as defined in the Oklahoma Brine Development Act.
(6) Tank farms for storage of crude oil and
				  petroleum products located outside the boundaries of refineries, petrochemical
				  manufacturing plants, natural gas liquid extraction plants, or other facilities
				  that are not subject to the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma Department of
				  Environmental Quality.
(7)
				  Construction and operation of pipelines and associated rights-of-way,
				  equipment, facilities or buildings used in the transportation of oil, gas,
				  petroleum, petroleum projects, anhydrous ammonia or mineral brine, or in the
				  treatment of oil, gas or mineral brine during the course of transportation [not
				  including pipelines in natural gas liquids extraction plants, refineries, or
				  reclaiming facilities other than those specified in OAC
				  165:10-7-2(c)(6).
(8) The handling,
				  transportation, storage and disposition of saltwater, drilling fluids, mineral
				  brines, waste oil and other deleterious substances produced from or obtained or
				  used in connection with the drilling, development, production, and operation of
				  oil and gas wells at any facility or activity specifically subject to
				  Commission jurisdiction or other oil and gas extraction facilities and
				  activities.
(9) Spills of
				  deleterious substances associated with facilities and activities specified in
				  OAC 165:10-7-2(c)(8) or otherwise associated with oil and gas extraction and
				  transportation activities.
(10)
				  Groundwater protection for activities subject to the jurisdictional areas of
				  environmental responsibility of the Commission.