Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-3-501: Sampling, inspecting and investigating conditions

relating to pollution or damage to natural resource - Power to enter

– Federal Superfund sites - Record and reports - Administrative

warrants.

A. Any duly authorized representative of the Department of

Environmental Quality shall have the power to enter at reasonable

times upon any private or public property for the purpose of

sampling, inspecting and investigating conditions relating to

pollution, damage to natural resources or the possible pollution of

any air, land or waters of the state or the environment or relating

to any other environmental or permitting responsibility authorized

by law.

B. If the property to be entered has been identified on the

federal National Priority List as a Superfund site or otherwise

identified for an action under the federal Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, 42

U.S.C., Section 9601 et seq.) and the Department of Environmental

Quality has been designated by the United States Environmental

Protection Agency as lead agency for CERCLA activities at the site,

any duly authorized representative of the Department shall have the

power, in addition to the powers listed in subsection A of this

section, to enter for purposes of conducting those CERCLA activities

or to prevent unreasonable interference with such activities or

remedies. The Department may seek administrative or judicial

remedies for any person’s refusal to allow, or interference with,

entry for this purpose.

C. The Department may require the establishment and maintenance

of records and reports relating to any activity regulated by the

Department. Copies of such records shall be submitted to the

Department on request. Any authorized representative of the

Department shall be allowed access and may examine such reports or

records.

D. The Department may apply to and obtain from a judge of the

district court, an order authorizing an administrative warrant to

enforce access to premises for sampling, investigation, inquiry and

inspection under the provisions of this Code and the rules

promulgated by the Board. Failure to obey an administrative warrant

of the district court may be punished by the district court as a

contempt of court.

E. The Executive Director may appoint commissioned peace

officers, certified by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and

Training, to investigate environmental crimes. Peace officers who

become employed under this section who have service credit in the

Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System may, within thirty (30)

days after becoming employed, elect to continue membership in the

Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System; otherwise they shall be

eligible to enroll only in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement

System.