SECTION 165:5-1-4. Office location; office hours; records

(a)   Principal office. The principal office of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission is in the Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105. The mailing address is P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73152-2000.

(b)   Regional service areas. The Commission has two regional service areas described as the Eastern Regional Service Area and the Western Regional Service Area. The Eastern Regional Service Area shall consist of the land east of Oklahoma State Highway 99. The Western Regional Service Area shall consist of the land west of that highway. The establishment of these regional service areas shall not limit the services available from either regional service office.

(c)   Eastern regional service office. In the Eastern Regional Service Area, the Commission maintains a regional service office located at 440 South Houston, Suite 114, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74127.

(d)   Western regional service office. In the western regional service area, the Commission's principal office serves as the regional service office.

(e)   Telephonic communication service. The Judicial and Legislative Services Division shall develop and maintain a system for providing telephone and/or videoconference communication service for all hearings.

(f)   Office hours. For each regional service office or other office described in (a) through (d) of this Section, office hours shall be from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., each day except Saturday, Sunday, and any legal holiday proclaimed by the Governor or official agency closing. Public records may be viewed during regular office hours. Copies of public records may be obtained from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

(g)   Exercise of Commission authority. The Commission, or any person exercising its authority, may meet and exercise its official powers and functions at any location in the State of Oklahoma.

(h)   Oil and gas filings. Applications for oil and gas development, administrative applications, and any other related oil and gas matters may be filed in any regional service office.

(i)   Central records. The central record of all filings with all regional service offices shall be maintained in the regional service office of the Corporation Commission located in Oklahoma City.

(j)   Court Clerk. Every oil-and-gas-related document or order tendered to the Court Clerk shall be filed, deposited with, or mailed to the Court Clerk at a regional service office unless the Commission directs otherwise. All documents related to other matters shall be filed, deposited with, or mailed to the Court Clerk at the Commission's principal office unless the Commission directs otherwise. All persons filing, mailing or presenting documents, including orders, to the Court Clerk or Judicial and Legislative Services shall enclose a self-addressed postage paid envelope large enough for the return of a file-stamped or processed copy, provided that a document other than a proposed order may be hand-delivered to the Court Clerk during normal business hours without such an envelope so long as a file-stamped copy of the document is immediately obtained by the presenter. Failure to enclose a self-addressed postage paid envelope will result in a file-stamped or processed document not being returned. No document will be mailed to anyone who obtains an immediate file-stamped copy. All documents shall be deemed received upon the date file-stamped by the Court Clerk, subject to the provisions of 165:5-1-5(f). Filing of any document shall not be complete except upon payment of all applicable fees required by law or by the rules of this Chapter. Filing of any document with the Court Clerk shall be deemed filing with the Secretary.

[Source: Amended at 12 Ok Reg 2005, eff 7-1-95; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2474, eff 7-1-97; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2807, eff 7-15-99; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2299, eff 7-1-00; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1939, eff 7-1-02; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2293, eff 7-15-03; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 2098, eff 7-11-10; Amended at 34 Ok Reg 905, eff 9-11-17; Amended at 35 Ok Reg 946, eff 10-1-18; Amended at 37 Ok Reg 1082, eff 10-1-20]