Oklahoma § 17-301 - Short title – Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank

§ 17-301. Short title – Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank

Consolidation Act - Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Division –

Responsibilities of Division.

A. Sections 301 through 348.9 of this title shall be known and

may be cited as the "Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation

Act".

B. For the purposes of implementing the Oklahoma Petroleum

Storage Tank Consolidation Act, there is hereby recognized the

Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Program administered by the

Petroleum Storage Tank Division of the Oklahoma Corporation

Commission.

C. The Petroleum Storage Tank Division shall maintain, operate

and administer the Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Program and shall

include, but not be limited to, regulatory compliance activities,

enforcement of rules promulgated to implement regulatory programs,

technical review, development and approval of corrective action

plans and determinations that remediation of contaminated sites is

complete.

D. The Petroleum Storage Tank Division shall maintain, operate

and administer the Petroleum Storage Tank Indemnity Fund (Indemnity

Fund) and shall include, but not be limited to, processing,

reviewing and paying claims for corrective action costs resulting

from a release of regulated substances and mitigate environmental,

health and safety threats to the public. The Administrator of the

Indemnity Fund shall maintain, operate and administer the Indemnity

Fund, and process, review and pay claims to those individuals deemed

eligible for reimbursement for corrective action at eligible

petroleum release sites.

E. The Petroleum Storage Tank Division shall maintain, operate

and administer an inspection program for facilities that store or

dispense Commission-regulated substances for the purpose of

determining whether such products comply with the specifications,

requirements, rules and orders of the Corporation Commission and the

laws of the state.

F. The Petroleum Storage Tank Division shall maintain, operate

and administer a program for the regulation of antifreeze sold or

held with the intent to sell within the state for the purpose of

determining whether such products comply with the specifications,

requirements, rules and orders of the Corporation Commission and the

laws of the state.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 17. Corporation Commission

Added by Laws 1989, c. 90, § 1, emerg. eff. April 21, 1989. Amended

by Laws 1993, c. 344, § 1, emerg. eff. June 9, 1993; Laws 1998, c.

375, § 7, emerg. eff. June 9, 1998; Laws 2018, c. 27, § 1, eff. Nov.

1, 2018; Laws 2019, c. 82, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019.