Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-230.2: Legislative intent

A. The Legislature finds:

1. That the volume of hazardous and nonhazardous materials

transported by motor carriers within this state is substantial and

the need exists to improve the enforcement of safety related aspects

of motor carrier transportation for both interstate and intrastate

motor carriers which is consistent with federal standards and

regulations.

2. That hazardous materials are essential for various

industrial, commercial, and other purposes, that their

transportation is a necessary incident to their use, and that the

transportation is required for the economic prosperity of the people

of the State of Oklahoma.

3. That the highway movement of hazardous and nonhazardous

materials poses a substantial danger to the health and safety of the

citizens of this state unless such materials are handled and

transported in a safe and prudent manner.

4. That it is in the public interest and within the police

power of the state to provide for the regulation of the safety

related aspects of motor carrier transportation and the handling and

transportation of hazardous materials.

B. It is therefore declared to be the policy of the State of

Oklahoma to provide regulatory and enforcement authority to the

Oklahoma Department of Public Safety to improve safety related

aspects of motor carrier transportation and to protect the people

against the risk to life and property inherent in the transportation

of property, including hazardous materials, over highways and the

handling and storage incidental thereto, by keeping such risk to a

minimum consistent with technical feasibility and economic

reasonableness and to provide uniform regulation of intrastate

transportation of property, including hazardous materials,

consistent with federal regulation of interstate transportation.

C. It is not the intent of the Legislature to regulate the

movement of hazardous materials in such quantities that would not

pose a substantial danger to the public health and safety, and the

Department may provide for exemptions as provided for in federal

regulations for farm use, and other appropriate exemptions

consistent with federal regulations.