An act relating to oil and gas, the official text

1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

3 HOUSE BILL 3571            By: Wolfley

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to oil and gas; requiring certain

    notification of violation; requiring correction of

8   violation within certain time frame; authorizing

    Corporation Commission to order operations to cease

9   if not corrected within certain time frame;

    authorizing Commission to make certain compliance

10  determination before operations resume; stating other

    applicable penalties shall not be limited; providing

11  for codification; and providing an effective date.

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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

15  SECTION 1.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 320.3 of Title 52, unless there

17 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

18  A. If an oil or gas well, production facility, storage

19 facility, processing facility, compressor station, pipeline, or any

20 oil and gas related facility located within three hundred (300) feet

21 of a residence is determined to be in violation of any applicable

22 statute, rule, permit condition, or order by either the Department

23 of Environmental Quality or the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the

24 operating company shall be notified in writing of the violation.

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1 Upon receipt of written notice of violation, the operating company

2 shall have one hundred twenty (120) days to fully correct the

3 violation and achieve compliance, unless a shorter period is

4 required due to an imminent threat to public health, safety, or the

5 environment. If the violation is not fully corrected within the

6 one-hundred-twenty-day period, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission

7 shall order operations to cease until the violation is corrected and

8 compliance is verified. Operations shall not resume until the

9 Oklahoma Corporation Commission determines that the violation has

10 been fully corrected and that continued operation will not pose a

11 risk to public health, safety, or the environment.

12  B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or

13 restrict any other enforcement authority, penalty, or remedy

14 available to the state under existing law.

15  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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17  60-2-15309      JBH  12/30/25

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