Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-601.4
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Application of waste oil to streets and roads
Official statutory text
prohibited.
A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the practice
of applying waste oil to any street or road in this state is hereby
prohibited. Upon authorization of the Corporation Commission and
compliance with the provisions of this section, a board of county
commissioners of any county in this state may apply waste oil to any
street or road in the county.
B. The Corporation Commission may issue authorization for the
application of waste oil on any street or road in this state. No
authorization shall be issued except upon proper application and a
showing by the county requesting such authorization that the use of
waste oil on the street or road is necessary for the care,
maintenance, and improvement of the street or road, that such
activity is in the public interest, and that the procedure for the
application of the waste oil shall be made in such a manner so as to
protect any adjoining public or private property from damage and
made in such a manner so as to prevent the pollution of surface and
subsurface waters.
C. The Corporation Commission shall promulgate rules and
regulations which are necessary to protect, from damage, public and
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private property adjoining any street or road upon which waste oil
is to be applied and prevent the pollution of surface and subsurface
waters and which are reasonable and necessary to effectuate and
enforce the provisions of this section including but not limited to
the types of waste oil which may be used in such applications and
when the application of the waste oil shall be made. The
Corporation Commission shall supervise the application of waste oil
to ensure that such application is made in the manner required by
the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission pursuant to
this section.
D. Any person who authorizes the application of or applies
waste oil to any street or road without authorization of the
Corporation Commission or in violation of any rule or regulation of
the Corporation Commission promulgated pursuant to this section
shall be held personally liable. A proven violation of the
provisions of this section or of any rules or regulations
promulgated thereto shall be punishable, in the first instance, by a
fine not in excess of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00).
A second proven violation in any calendar year shall result in a
fine not in excess of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). A third
proven violation in any calendar year shall result in a fine not in
excess of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) and suspension of
authority for up to thirty (30) days.
E. For the purpose of this section, "waste oil" includes crude
petroleum oil or other hydrocarbons produced from or obtained or
used in connection with the drilling, development, producing and
processing of oil or any residue obtained from any oil storage
facility. The term waste oil shall not include any hydrocarbon to
which lead has been added.
A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the practice
of applying waste oil to any street or road in this state is hereby
prohibited. Upon authorization of the Corporation Commission and
compliance with the provisions of this section, a board of county
commissioners of any county in this state may apply waste oil to any
street or road in the county.
B. The Corporation Commission may issue authorization for the
application of waste oil on any street or road in this state. No
authorization shall be issued except upon proper application and a
showing by the county requesting such authorization that the use of
waste oil on the street or road is necessary for the care,
maintenance, and improvement of the street or road, that such
activity is in the public interest, and that the procedure for the
application of the waste oil shall be made in such a manner so as to
protect any adjoining public or private property from damage and
made in such a manner so as to prevent the pollution of surface and
subsurface waters.
C. The Corporation Commission shall promulgate rules and
regulations which are necessary to protect, from damage, public and
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private property adjoining any street or road upon which waste oil
is to be applied and prevent the pollution of surface and subsurface
waters and which are reasonable and necessary to effectuate and
enforce the provisions of this section including but not limited to
the types of waste oil which may be used in such applications and
when the application of the waste oil shall be made. The
Corporation Commission shall supervise the application of waste oil
to ensure that such application is made in the manner required by
the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission pursuant to
this section.
D. Any person who authorizes the application of or applies
waste oil to any street or road without authorization of the
Corporation Commission or in violation of any rule or regulation of
the Corporation Commission promulgated pursuant to this section
shall be held personally liable. A proven violation of the
provisions of this section or of any rules or regulations
promulgated thereto shall be punishable, in the first instance, by a
fine not in excess of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00).
A second proven violation in any calendar year shall result in a
fine not in excess of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). A third
proven violation in any calendar year shall result in a fine not in
excess of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) and suspension of
authority for up to thirty (30) days.
E. For the purpose of this section, "waste oil" includes crude
petroleum oil or other hydrocarbons produced from or obtained or
used in connection with the drilling, development, producing and
processing of oil or any residue obtained from any oil storage
facility. The term waste oil shall not include any hydrocarbon to
which lead has been added.
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