SECTION 155:30-9-2. Fees

  An applicant filing an application under this subchapter shall pay the following fees and expenses:

(1)   Field verification fee. Thirty dollars ($30.00) per hour charged for time spent in the field verifying the offset, including travel time to and from the offset location. An applicant may indicate on the application a request to be contacted prior to verification and to be told the estimated amount of time that will be needed to conduct verification.

(2)   Field verification expenses. The government rate in effect on the date of travel will be charged to cover travel or lodging costs incurred during travel associated with field verification. An applicant may indicate on the application a request to be contacted prior to verification and to be told the estimated amount of time that will be needed to conduct verification.

(3)   Document verification fee. Fifty dollars ($50.00) per hour assessed for the in-office review of documents and preparation of reports that record whether carbon sequestration has occurred.

(4)   State certification fee. Ten cents ($.10) per metric ton of carbon dioxide for each ton under and including fifty thousand (50,000) metric tons, and three cents ($.03) per metric ton of carbon dioxide for each ton over fifty thousand (50,000) tons, is assessed for the preparation and issuance of a certificate and report evidencing that carbon sequestration occurred and was verified by the Oklahoma Conservation Commission or other state approved verifier not to exceed $10,000 per application. The applicant will be invoiced this fee per application after the Commission has verified the carbon offset.

[Source: (For information about related emergency rules, see Editor’s Note at beginning of Chapter); Added at 26 Ok Reg 1388, eff 7-1-09]