SECTION 165:5-5-1. Dockets; identifying initials

(a)   Subject matter dockets. Subject matter dockets shall be maintained by the Court Clerk, with identifying initials preceding the docket number as follows:

(1)   General Docket (GD), which shall consist of causes not coming within the purview of any other docket listed below, and which shall include notices of inquiry.

(2)   Conservation Docket (CD), which shall consist of causes to prevent waste and protect or adjust the correlative rights of parties owning interests in the common source of supply or unitized management of a common source of supply including, but not limited to, spacing, increased density, location exception, pooling and unitization.

(3)   Consumer Services Docket (CS), which shall consist of causes initiated by either the Director of the Consumer Services Division against a regulated utility provider or a customer against the customer's regulated utility provider seeking to require the regulated utility provider to abide by approved tariffs, state statutes, Commission rules, or Commission orders. Regulated utility provider includes public utilities and telecommunications carriers as defined by 17 O.S. §§ 41, 139.102 and 151.

(4)   Enforcement Docket (EN), which shall consist of causes initiated by the Commission or any of its directors, the Attorney General of Oklahoma, or other affected parties to find parties in contempt of Commission rules or to require compliance of parties with applicable statutes, rules, and Commission orders.

(5)   Gas Gathering Docket (GG), which shall consist of causes initiated for determination of reasonable fees and terms or conditions of service related to open access to natural gas gathering systems.

(6)   Motor Carrier Citation Docket (MCC), which shall consist of causes initiated by issuance of citations by Commission motor carrier/vehicle officers at roadside, weigh stations or on-site, for alleged violation of state statutes, Commission rules or federal regulations regarding the registration, licensing, certification, or operation of motor carriers or commercial motor vehicles.

(7)   Oklahoma Universal Service Fund Docket (OSF), which for causes filed on or after January 1, 2018, shall consist of causes relating to funding from the Oklahoma Universal Service Fund (OUSF) or the Oklahoma Lifeline Fund (OLF), including, but not limited to, requests for OUSF or OLF funding, submissions relating to OUSF administrative preapproval requests and the OUSF fee assessment.

(8)   Petroleum Storage Tank Docket (PSD), which shall consist of causes initiated by the Director of the Petroleum Storage Tank Division or other party seeking relief from Commission rules, disputing PSD decisions regarding jurisdiction, corrective action, licensing, system shutdown, Petroleum Storage Tank Indemnity Fund eligibility or reimbursement.

(9)   Petroleum Storage Tank Division Citation Docket (PSC), which shall consist of causes initiated by issuance of citations by Commission fuel inspectors for alleged violation of state statutes or Commission rules regarding operation of petroleum storage tank systems.

(10)   Pollution Docket (PD), which shall consist of causes initiated and related to the protection of the environment regarding oil and gas production or the disposal, injection, remediation or storage of deleterious substances produced from oil and gas related activities including, but not limited to, applications for injection wells, commercial disposal wells, disposal pits and recycling.

(11)   Public Utility Docket (PUD), which shall consist of causes initiated by the Director of the Public Utility Division, a public utility, or other party with standing concerning any matter relating to public utilities, except rulemaking and, effective January 1, 2018, the Oklahoma Universal Service Fund.

(12)   Rulemaking Docket (RM), which shall consist of causes initiated by the Commission or any of its directors for the promulgation, amendment, or repeal of a Commission statement or group of related statements of general applicability and future effect that implements, interprets or prescribes law or policy, or describes the procedure or practice requirements of the Commission. [75 Okla. Stat. § 250.3(17)] Formal petitions by the public for rulemaking shall be part of the General Docket. If the Commission orders a rulemaking proceeding as a result of such petition, the rulemaking proceeding shall be part of the Rulemaking Docket.

(13)   State Fund Plugging Docket (SF), which shall consist of causes initiated by the Director of the Oil and Gas Conservation Division seeking authorization to use monies from the Commission's Plugging Fund to plug or replug abandoned wells in the State of Oklahoma.

(14)   Transportation Docket (TD), which shall consist of causes initiated by:

(A)   an applicant protesting a Transportation Division determination denying a motor carrier's application seeking a license, certificate, or permit from the Transportation Division to lawfully operate as a for-hire or private motor carrier or for a special permit or registration;

(B)   an applicant protesting a Transportation Division determination denying its registration or fuel tax application or proposed audit assessment;

(C)   an application by the Transportation Division modifying, suspending, canceling or revoking an existing certificate, permit, registration, or license;

(D)   an application by the Transportation Division modifying a previously issued order;

(E)   an application by the Transportation Division to effect an operational change in a transportation regulated entity;

(F)   an interested party protesting a license, certificate, permit or registration being issued or renewed;

(G)   an interested party seeking to modify, suspend, cancel, or revoke an existing certificate, permit, registration or license or to assess penalties to a motor carrier, registrant or licensee;

(H)   a pipeline operator seeking a pipeline acceptance;

(I)   any individual, entity or railroad seeking approval to update, open or close a railroad crossing; or

(J)   any interested party seeking relief from the Commission in transportation matters relating to its jurisdiction.

(15)   "Oil and gas dockets" as used in these Rules includes the following dockets: CD, PD, GG, SF and oil and gas related EN docket.

(b)   Docket assignment. Every cause shall be assigned a docket number by the Court Clerk, and all documents filed in the cause shall bear the docket number, including the year prefix. The Court Clerk shall:

(1)   File-stamp each document received with the date of receipt.

(2)   Record every document filed in the cause.

(3)   Maintain a complete file of all original documents filed in every cause.

(c)   Improper docketing. If the Commission or an Administrative Law Judge, after consultation with the Court Clerk, determines that an application has been filed on an improper docket as set forth in (a) of this Section, the Commission shall enter an order transferring the application to the proper docket. The Judicial and Legislative Services shall send the order transferring the application to the proper docket to the applicant by mail, facsimile, or electronic mail, who shall be responsible for sending the order to all parties of record.

(d)   Procedural dockets. In addition to the subject matter dockets described in (a) of this Section, the Commission may, from time to time, designate procedural dockets.

(e)   For the purposes of documentation produced by the case management feature of the Electronic Filing System, individual applications or causes may be denoted as dockets and daily and weekly court calendars may be denoted as agendas.

[Source: Amended at 11 Ok Reg 3675, eff 7-11-94; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2474, eff 7-1-97; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 829, eff 1-25-99 (emergency); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2807, eff 7-15-99; 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 29 Ok Reg 938, eff 7-1-12; 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]