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OK SB744
Bill
AI Summary
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Authorizes the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to establish a program permitting land owners to apply water-based drilling fluids and associated solid waste from oil or natural gas exploration to appropriate land.
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Requires land application use of real-time, computer-controlled discharge systems with specified parameters, capable of recording discharge rate, vehicle speed, and other data; systems must map property boundaries and track discharge areas using Global Positioning System data in real-time.
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Mandates loading rates be determined by pretesting soils from the discharge property combined with waste characterization at time of application, and limits each disposal site to waste from a single well.
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Requires land owners seeking authorization for subsequent waste application to first prove to the Commission that soil levels of previously utilized land are suitable for additional application.
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Authorizes the Corporation Commission to promulgate rules, including pretesting and posttesting soil requirements, and implement fees necessary to cover permitting costs; effective November 1, 2015.
Legislative Description
Oil and gas; authorizing Corporation Commission to establish program to land apply oil and gas drilling wastes. Effective date.
Last Action
Title stricken
2/19/2015