HB 3158 Summary

• Amends 17 O.S. 2011, Section 52 to grant the Corporation Commission authority to take emergency action without notice and hearing in response to emergency situations with potentially critical environmental or public safety impacts resulting from activities within its jurisdiction.

• Authorizes the Oil and Gas Conservation Division of the Corporation Commission to issue or execute administrative agreements to promptly respond to emergency situations.

• Maintains Corporation Commission's existing exclusive jurisdiction over oil and gas conservation, exploration, drilling, development, production, pipelines, storage tanks, and related facilities and activities.

• Clarifies jurisdictional boundaries between the Corporation Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality regarding pollutant discharges, point source regulation, and air emissions.

• Declares an emergency, making the act effective immediately upon passage and approval.