Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-310.1
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Notice to real property owners – Access to property -
Official statutory text
Compensation.
A. 1. The Commission shall provide notice and an opportunity
for hearing to:
a. the surface owner of real property where any
corrective action is to be taken if such person is not
the owner or operator of the storage tank system, and
b. the owner of real property adjacent to the location of
the corrective action if such real property owner will
be adversely affected by the corrective action.
2. The notice shall advise such real property owner or owners
that the corrective action is to be taken and that the owner's
cooperation will be required for that action to be taken. The
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 17. Corporation Commission Page 228
Commission shall give the owner or owners of such real property, as
the case might be, an opportunity for hearing and to present
evidence on the matter.
B. 1. The Commission is vested with the adjudicative authority
to enter orders allowing a petroleum storage tank system owner,
operator or otherwise responsible person access to property not
owned by the tank owner, operator or otherwise responsible person
when necessary to investigate, remediate or perform corrective
action as the result of a release. Actions shall be brought by the
tank owner, operator or otherwise responsible person seeking access
to the property not owned by the tank owner, operator, otherwise
responsible person or by the Director of the Petroleum Storage Tank
Division.
2. An order granting access shall only be entered upon a
determination that access cannot be obtained by any other means and
that the petroleum storage tank system owner, operator or otherwise
responsible person seeking access has made a good-faith effort to
obtain access.
3. The Commission shall determine the reasonable compensation,
if any, to be paid to the owner of the property which is to be
accessed for the use of the property to investigate, remediate or
perform corrective action as the result of a release.
4. An order granting access to property shall be upon such
terms as to reasonably minimize the impact of the access upon the
owner's use of the property and to protect the rights of the
property owner.
A. 1. The Commission shall provide notice and an opportunity
for hearing to:
a. the surface owner of real property where any
corrective action is to be taken if such person is not
the owner or operator of the storage tank system, and
b. the owner of real property adjacent to the location of
the corrective action if such real property owner will
be adversely affected by the corrective action.
2. The notice shall advise such real property owner or owners
that the corrective action is to be taken and that the owner's
cooperation will be required for that action to be taken. The
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 17. Corporation Commission Page 228
Commission shall give the owner or owners of such real property, as
the case might be, an opportunity for hearing and to present
evidence on the matter.
B. 1. The Commission is vested with the adjudicative authority
to enter orders allowing a petroleum storage tank system owner,
operator or otherwise responsible person access to property not
owned by the tank owner, operator or otherwise responsible person
when necessary to investigate, remediate or perform corrective
action as the result of a release. Actions shall be brought by the
tank owner, operator or otherwise responsible person seeking access
to the property not owned by the tank owner, operator, otherwise
responsible person or by the Director of the Petroleum Storage Tank
Division.
2. An order granting access shall only be entered upon a
determination that access cannot be obtained by any other means and
that the petroleum storage tank system owner, operator or otherwise
responsible person seeking access has made a good-faith effort to
obtain access.
3. The Commission shall determine the reasonable compensation,
if any, to be paid to the owner of the property which is to be
accessed for the use of the property to investigate, remediate or
perform corrective action as the result of a release.
4. An order granting access to property shall be upon such
terms as to reasonably minimize the impact of the access upon the
owner's use of the property and to protect the rights of the
property owner.
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