{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-308","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-308","heading":"Permits - Registration - Fees - Inspection - Financial","body":"responsibility coverage.\n\nA. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, no\n\nstorage tank system or facility shall be operated without a permit\n\nfrom the Corporation Commission.\n\n2. A storage tank system is not required to be permitted if the\n\ntank system:\n\na. does not contain or has not contained a regulated\n\nsubstance, or\n\nb. has been permanently closed or has not been in\n\noperation since January 1, 1974.\n\nB. No person shall deposit a regulated substance into a storage\n\ntank system unless the system is operating pursuant to a permit\n\nissued by the Commission.\n\nC. Any person who sells a storage tank system shall notify the\n\nowner or operator, or both, of the permit requirements of the\n\nOklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act, Section 301 et\n\nseq. of this title.\n\nD. A storage tank registration form must be provided to and\n\napproved by the Commission before a permit is issued. In addition\n\nto other information requested by the Commission, the registration\n\nform shall include the type of financial responsibility coverage\n\nutilized to comply with the requirements of the Oklahoma Petroleum\n\nStorage Tank Consolidation Act and by rule of the Commission and the\n\ntype of leak detection method employed.\n\nE. 1. Permits shall be issued by the Commission for a period\n\nnot to exceed one (1) year.\n\n2. Any permit issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma\n\nPetroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act may be transferred subject\n\nto rules promulgated by the Commission and only upon approval by the\n\nCommission.\n\n3. Any permittee subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma\n\nPetroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act shall be deemed to have\n\ngiven consent to any duly authorized employee or agent of the\n\nCommission to access, enter, inspect or monitor, the tank system or\n\nfacility in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Petroleum\n\nStorage Tank Consolidation Act. Refusal to allow such access,\n\nentry, or inspection may constitute grounds for the denial,\n\nnonrenewal, suspension, or revocation of a permit. Upon refusal of\n\naccess, entry, inspection, sampling or copying pursuant to this\n\nsection, the Director may make application for and obtain an\n\nadministrative warrant or an order from the Commission after notice\n\nand hearing to allow such entry, inspection, testing, sampling or\n\ncopying.\n\n4. The owner or operator of a storage tank system shall display\n\nthe permit in a conspicuous location or manner easily visible to any\n\nperson depositing a regulated substance into a storage tank system\n\neven after normal business hours.\n\nF. Any permit fee collected pursuant to the Oklahoma Petroleum\n\nStorage Tank Consolidation Act shall be deposited in the Corporation\n\nCommission Storage Tank Revolving Fund.\n\nG. The Commission may deny approval of a storage tank\n\nregistration, or refuse to reissue, suspend or revoke a permit\n\nissued pursuant to the Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank Consolidation\n\nAct if the Commission finds, after notice and a hearing pursuant to\n\nSection 311 of this title that the applicant or permittee has:\n\n1. Fraudulently or deceptively obtained or attempted to obtain\n\na permit;\n\n2. Failed to comply with any order of the Commission, provision\n\nor requirement of this act or any rules promulgated by the\n\nCommission in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma\n\nPetroleum Storage Tank Consolidation Act; or\n\n3. Not maintained in effect, the financial responsibility\n\nrequirements established by subsection H of this section and by\n\nrules of the Commission.\n\nH. Any person owning or operating a storage tank system\n\ncontaining a regulated substance who is not otherwise exempted by\n\nlaw or rule of the Commission shall obtain and have in effect\n\nfinancial responsibility coverage for taking corrective action and\n\nfor compensating third parties for physical injury and property\nnts established by subsection H of this section and by\n\nrules of the Commission.\n\nH. Any person owning or operating a storage tank system\n\ncontaining a regulated substance who is not otherwise exempted by\n\nlaw or rule of the Commission shall obtain and have in effect\n\nfinancial responsibility coverage for taking corrective action and\n\nfor compensating third parties for physical injury and property\n\ndamage caused by releases arising from operating storage tank\n\nsystems. The requirement for financial responsibility coverage\n\nspecified by this subsection shall not be more stringent than is\n\nrequired by the federal Environmental Protection Agency for storage\n\ntank systems of equal type, age, and classification.","path":["OK Code","Title 17"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os17.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"1d04edd2636fe18a59b89e817a5b8c5f4e915e11fe2f1a6f4697526bd1c94e9d","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-307","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-308.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}