Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-53.1
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Removal of surface trash and debris - Rules and
Official statutory text
regulations.
A. The Corporation Commission shall prescribe and promulgate
rules and regulations to require all operators of oil and gas wells
or leases upon which oil and gas wells are located to remove all
surface trash and debris, occasioned by their operations, from the
vicinity of their operations and to keep such premises free and
clear of such trash and debris.
B. For the purposes of this act, "surface trash and debris"
means all discarded material directly connected with the drilling or
producing of or exploration for hydrocarbons including, but not
limited to, garbage, rubbish, junk or scrap.
A. The Corporation Commission shall prescribe and promulgate
rules and regulations to require all operators of oil and gas wells
or leases upon which oil and gas wells are located to remove all
surface trash and debris, occasioned by their operations, from the
vicinity of their operations and to keep such premises free and
clear of such trash and debris.
B. For the purposes of this act, "surface trash and debris"
means all discarded material directly connected with the drilling or
producing of or exploration for hydrocarbons including, but not
limited to, garbage, rubbish, junk or scrap.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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