Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-47.3

The Corporation Commission shall have the power and duty to:

1. Establish, administer, and enforce safety standards for the

design, construction, maintenance, and operation of all

transportation systems for hazardous liquid;

2. Advise, consult, and cooperate with other agencies of this

state, the federal government, other states, interstate agencies,

political subdivisions, and industries, as may be necessary for the

discharge of the duties of the Commission pursuant to the provisions

of the Hazardous Liquid Transportation System Safety Act;

3. Accept and administer loans and grants from the federal

government and from other sources, public or private, for

implementing the provisions of the Hazardous Liquid Transportation

System Safety Act;

4. Adopt, modify, repeal, promulgate, and enforce rules

implementing or effectuating the powers and duties of the Commission

pursuant to the provisions of the Hazardous Liquid Transportation

System Safety Act, provided such rules and regulations shall not

exceed those found in 49 CFR, Part 195, as provided for by P.L. 96-

129; provided that, the Commission shall not promulgate, enforce or

interpret any rule or regulation unless such rule, regulation or

interpretation shall be consistent with and no more restrictive than

the applicable rules, regulations and interpretations of the United

States Secretary of Transportation; provided further that, the

Commission shall not apply or enforce any interpretation of its

rules against any operator for any practice, policy or conduct that

complies with a written procedure to minimize the hazard resulting

from a hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline emergency when

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that procedure has been annually updated and approved by the United

States Secretary of Transportation;

5. Make periodic investigations and inspections of hazardous

liquid transportation systems to ensure compliance with the

provisions of the Hazardous Liquid Transportation System Safety Act

and rules promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the provisions

of the Hazardous Liquid Transportation System Safety Act;

6. Require the submission of plans, specifications, and other

data relative to hazardous liquid transportation systems, and review

said plans, specifications, and other data. All data filed as

confidential shall be maintained as confidential and shall not be

subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act. Only

authorized Commission employees may access such confidential data;

7. Approve or disapprove written safety plans for the

inspection and maintenance of said transportation systems;

8. Require reports from all persons operating or owning a

hazardous liquid transportation system;

9. Require the maintenance of records relating to the operation

of hazardous liquid transportation systems;

10. Institute or cause to be instituted any necessary legal

proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction for an injunction

or other appropriate relief to enforce the provisions of the

Hazardous Liquid Transportation System Safety Act; and

11. Exercise all incidental powers which are necessary and

proper to perform the duties of the Commission pursuant to the

provisions of the Hazardous Liquid Transportation System Safety Act.