HB3147 Summary

• Amends 52 O.S. 2011, Section 139 to clarify jurisdiction between the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and Department of Environmental Quality regarding oil and gas operations.

• Vests the Corporation Commission with exclusive jurisdiction over oil and gas exploration, drilling, development, production, saltwater handling, injection wells, pipelines, and related facilities.

• Grants the Department of Environmental Quality sole jurisdiction over point source discharges from refineries, petrochemical plants, natural gas liquid extraction facilities, and non-oil-and-gas activities.

• Clarifies that when deleterious substances from Commission-regulated facilities enter Department-regulated point sources, the Department has sole jurisdiction over the commingled pollutants.

• Becomes effective November 1, 2014.