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Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-137.1: Regulation of oil and gas activities by municipalities,

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counties, or other political subdivisions.

A municipality, county or other political subdivision may enact

reasonable ordinances, rules and regulations concerning road use,

traffic, noise and odors incidental to oil and gas operations within

its boundaries, provided such ordinances, rules and regulations are

not inconsistent with any regulation established by Title 52 of the

Oklahoma Statutes or the Corporation Commission. A municipality,

county or other political subdivision may also establish reasonable

setbacks and fencing requirements for oil and gas well site

locations as are reasonably necessary to protect the health, safety

and welfare of its citizens but may not effectively prohibit or ban

any oil and gas operations, including oil and gas exploration,

drilling, fracture stimulation, completion, production, maintenance,

plugging and abandonment, produced water disposal, secondary

recovery operations, flow and gathering lines or pipeline

infrastructure. All other regulations of oil and gas operations

shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Corporation

Commission. Provided, notwithstanding any provision of law to the

contrary, a municipality, county or other political subdivision may

enact reasonable ordinances, rules and regulations concerning

development of areas within its boundaries which have been or may be

delineated as a one-hundred-year floodplain but only to the minimum

extent necessary to maintain National Flood Insurance Program

eligibility.

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