SECTION 165:30-3-92. Pollution abatememt

(a)   All transportation by motor vehicle of deleterious substances including salt water, brines, liquid mud, acids, or any other fluids used in the drilling, completion, operation or reworking of an oil or gas well and/or any fluids generated as a by-product or resulting from the production of an oil or gas well or the operation of a disposal facility or facility where equipment is cleaned shall be conducted in such a manner that prevents any pollution to the surface of the earth or any fresh water bearing formation. Pollution of surface water or subsurface water is hereby prohibited.

(1)   This Section shall not be construed as modifying the rights, obligation or duties of any person under the law of this State, or any order, rule or regulation of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, State Department of Health, Department of Environmental Quality, Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission, State Board of Agriculture, Department of Pollution Control, Department of Public Safety or any other agency of this State with respect to the pollution of fresh water.

(2)   When a complaint is received against any person or company alleging pollution as prohibited in this Section, or field investigations by Commission staff or other regulatory agencies indicates prohibited pollution occurring, the Transportation Division shall immediately initiate such action as is necessary or appropriate to abate the pollution.

(b)   No transporters of fluids mentioned in this Section shall use an earthen pit for any storage of said fluids or the washing or otherwise cleaning of the inside of the trailer or container used to transport or store such fluids.

(c)   Any truck yard pit used for the temporary storage of fluids from washing or cleaning activities of equipment used in the transportation of fluids mentioned in this Section shall not be utilized until the 1014T permit is issued by the Commission's Oil and Gas Division as set forth in OAC 165:10.

[Source: Amended at 11 Ok Reg 3727, eff 7-11-94; Amended at 12 Ok Reg 1005, eff 1-1-95 (emergency); Amended at 12 Ok Reg 2077, eff 7-1-95; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2539, eff 7-1-97; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 2384, eff 7-1-01; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 2325, eff 7-1-06; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 951, eff 7-1-12; Amended at 32 Ok Reg 823, eff 8-27-15]