{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-310","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-310","heading":"Inspections and investigations - Violations - Notice -","body":"Failure to take corrective action - Hearings - Orders.\n\nA. If upon inspection or investigation, or whenever the\n\nCorporation Commission determines that there are reasonable grounds\n\nto believe that a storage tank system owner, operator or responsible\n\nperson is in violation of the Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank\n\nConsolidation Act or of any rule promulgated pursuant thereto or of\n\nany order of the Commission, the Commission shall give written\n\nnotice or issue a Notice of Violation to the alleged violator\n\nspecifying the cause of complaint. Such notice shall require that\n\naction or corrective action be immediately initiated. The notice\n\nshall be delivered to the alleged violator in accordance with the\n\nprovisions of subsection C of this section.\n\nB. 1. If action or corrective action is not taken in response\n\nto the notice issued pursuant to subsection A of this section, the\n\nCommission shall initiate proceedings and hold a hearing to\n\ndetermine if:\n\na. the alleged violator should be found in contempt or in\n\nviolation of Commission rules, requirements, enabling\n\nstatutes, and/or Commission orders,\n\nb. any permit or license issued to the alleged violator\n\nshould be suspended, revoked or not reissued, or\n\nc. whether any other appropriate relief should be\n\ngranted.\n\n2. Notice of the hearing shall be delivered to the alleged\n\nviolator at least twenty (20) days prior to the time set for\n\nhearing. The notice shall be delivered to the alleged violator in\n\naccordance with the provisions of subsection C of this section.\n\n3. After hearing, the Commission shall make findings of fact\n\nand conclusions of law, and enter its order reflecting its decision\n\nin the matter. The order of the Commission shall become final and\n\nbinding on all parties unless appealed to the Supreme Court within\n\nthirty (30) days of the Commission's order.\n\nC. 1. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, any\n\nnotice, order, or other instrument issued by or pursuant to\n\nauthority of the Commission may be served on any person affected\n\nthereby personally, by publication, or by mailing a copy of the\n\nnotice, order, or other instrument by certified mail directed to the\n\nperson affected at the last-known post office address as shown by\n\nthe files or records of the Commission. Service shall be considered\n\ncomplete if certified mail service is returned unclaimed,\n\nundeliverable, unable to forward, vacant or refused. Proof of\n\nservice shall be made as in the case of service of a summons or by\n\npublication or may be made by the affidavit of the person who did\n\nthe mailing.\n\n2. Such proof of service shall be filed in the court clerk's\n\noffice of the Commission.\n\n3. Every certificate or affidavit of service made and filed as\n\nprovided in this section shall be prima facie evidence of the facts\n\ntherein stated. A certified copy thereof shall have like force and\n\neffect.","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":"286c18a672765a384e7e1eceb28d7d5bfb3a73520b873be439e8b7a60041270f","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-31","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-310.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}