HB 1386 Summary

• Creates the Oklahoma Land Application Act requiring oil and gas operators to use real-time computer-controlled discharge systems when applying deleterious substances to land sites.

• Discharge systems must record discharge rate and vehicle speed, and map property boundaries and discharge areas using GPS in real time to ensure cumulative waste application does not exceed Commission-established parameters.

• Loading rates for waste applications shall be determined by pre-job soil testing from the application site combined with waste characterization at the time of application.

• Each land application site may only receive deleterious substances from a single well, and operators must submit proof of adequate soil capacity before reusing sites previously treated with water-based drilling fluids.

• Corporation Commission shall promulgate rules establishing pre- and post-application testing requirements; act becomes effective November 1, 2015.