Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 5 - Aboveground Storage Tanks › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Part 1 - GENERAL › Section 165:5-1-4 - Office location; office hours; records

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Principal office.
The principal office and mailing address of the
				  Oklahoma Corporation Commission will be posted on the Commission's
				  website.
(b)
Regional service
				  areas.
The Commission has two regional service areas described as the
				  Eastern Regional Service Area and the Western Regional Service Area. The
				  Eastern Regional Service Area shall consist of the land east of Oklahoma State
				  Highway 99. The Western Regional Service Area shall consist of the land west of
				  that highway. The establishment of these regional service areas shall not limit
				  the services available from either regional service office.
(c)
Eastern regional service
				  office.
In the Eastern Regional Service Area, the Commission maintains a
				  regional service office in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at an address listed on the
				  Commission's website.
(d)
Western regional service office.
In the western regional service
				  area, the Commission's principal office serves as the regional service
				  office.
(e)
Telephonic
				  communication service.
A system shall be maintained at the Commission to
				  provide for telephone and/or videoconference communication service for all
				  hearings.
(f)
Office
				  hours.
For each regional service office or other office described in (a)
				  through (d) of this Section, office hours shall be from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
				  each day except Saturday, Sunday, and any legal holiday proclaimed by the
				  Governor or official agency closing. Public records that are not available in
				  the ECF Systemor on the Commission's website may be viewed during regular
				  office hours. Copies of public records retained in the Court Clerk's Office may
				  be obtained from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
(g)
Exercise of Commission
				  authority.
The Commission, or any person exercising its authority, may
				  meet and exercise its official powers and functions at any location in the
				  State of Oklahoma.
(h)
Oil
				  and gas filings.
When applications for oil and gas development,
				  administrative applications, and any other related oil and gas matters are
				  filed, the Applicant may select either regional service office as the venue.
				  All filings must be made using the ECF System, unless otherwise authorized,
				  directed, or instructed by the Court Clerk, the Commission rules, the User
				  Manual, or Commission order.
(i)
Central records.
The central record of all filings with all
				  regional service offices shall be maintained in the regional service office of
				  the Corporation Commission located in Oklahoma City.
(j)
Court Clerk.
All persons
				  filing documents with the Court Clerk shall file through the ECF System, unless
				  otherwise authorized, directed, or instructed by the Court Clerk, the
				  Commission rules, the User Manual, or Commission order. Any documents
				  authorized to be filed in paper instead of through the ECF System shall be
				  filed with the Court Clerk at the Commission's principal office unless the
				  Court Clerk directs otherwise. No document will be mailed to anyone who files
				  through the ECF System or who obtains an immediate file-stamped copy, unless a
				  self-addressed postage pre-paid envelope large enough for the return of a
				  file-stamped or processed copy is provided. All documents shall be deemed
				  received upon the date file-stamped by the Court Clerkvia the ECF system or
				  manually. Filing of any document shall not be complete except upon payment of
				  all applicable fees required by law or by the rules of this Chapter. Filing of
				  any document with the Court Clerk shall be deemed filing with the
				  Secretary.
Amended at 12 Ok Reg
					 2005, eff 7-1-95; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2474, eff 7-1-97; Amended at 16 Ok Reg
					 2807, eff 7-15-99; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2299, eff 7-1-00; Amended at 19 Ok Reg
					 1939, eff 7-1-02; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2293, eff 7-15-03; Amended at 27 Ok Reg
					 2098, eff 7-11-10