Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-5

- Markers - Promulgation of rules - Personnel - Expenses.

A. The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized, directed

and empowered to promulgate, adopt and enforce reasonable rules

establishing minimum state safety standards for the design,

construction, maintenance and operation of all pipelines used for

the transmission and distribution of natural gas in this state.

However, except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this

section, 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 rules, regulations and interpretations of the United States

Secretary of Transportation for pipeline transportation and pipeline

facilities. When any such transmission pipeline shall be

constructed, operated or maintained under, through and across a

highway, section-line road or improved public road or street, there

shall be erected directly above where such pipeline enters or leaves

said highway, section-line road or improved public road or street, a

suitable sign or marker stating thereon the name of the owner of

such pipeline and such other information as the Corporation

Commission may by rule direct.

B. The Commission is authorized and directed to promulgate and

enforce reasonable rules relating to an incident on a gathering

pipeline unit not subject to the U.S. Department of Transportation

Pipeline Safety Regulations, codified at 49 CFR Parts 191 and 192,

provided that such rules of the Commission are limited to the

following specified areas: telephonic notification of and a written

report about the incident which shall be consistent with and require

no more information than the rules, regulations and interpretations

issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline Safety

Regulations relating to the reporting of incidents, maps depicting

the location of the incident, and reasonable corrective measures to

the gathering pipeline unit involved in the incident.

C. For the purposes of this section:

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1. “Incident” shall have the same meaning as it is defined in

the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline Safety Regulations;

and

2. “Gathering pipeline unit” means the portion of the

nonregulated gathering pipeline involved in the incident not to

exceed one mile of pipeline.

D. If contacted by any other entity or person regarding an

incident, as defined in paragraph 1 of subsection C of this section,

the Commission may disclose to such entity or person the time, date

and location of the incident, the identity of the operator involved

in the incident, the size of the gathering pipeline involved and the

number of fatalities or injuries, if any, resulting from the

incident.

E. With the exception of the information outlined in subsection

D of this section, all reports, data, maps or other information

which the Commission may be authorized to obtain under the

provisions of this section may be filed as confidential and the

Commission shall maintain them as confidential and such records

shall not be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records

Act. Only authorized Commission employees may obtain or access such

confidential records.

F. The Corporation Commission may appoint a registered

professional engineer with actual experience in the design,

construction, maintenance or operation of natural gas pipelines, and

such other personnel as may be provided by law, to carry out the

provisions of Section 1 et seq. of this title. Such engineer shall

be furnished with personnel, supplies and equipment as may be

necessary to carry out the provisions of Section 1 et seq. of this

title. The expenses of any inspection shall be borne and paid for

by the parties laying and constructing or operating such pipelines

for the transportation or transmission of natural gas.