{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-2-3-501","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-3-501","heading":"Sampling, inspecting and investigating conditions","body":"relating to pollution or damage to natural resource - Power to enter\n\n– Federal Superfund sites - Record and reports - Administrative\n\nwarrants.\n\nA. Any duly authorized representative of the Department of\n\nEnvironmental Quality shall have the power to enter at reasonable\n\ntimes upon any private or public property for the purpose of\n\nsampling, inspecting and investigating conditions relating to\n\npollution, damage to natural resources or the possible pollution of\n\nany air, land or waters of the state or the environment or relating\n\nto any other environmental or permitting responsibility authorized\n\nby law.\n\nB. If the property to be entered has been identified on the\n\nfederal National Priority List as a Superfund site or otherwise\n\nidentified for an action under the federal Comprehensive\n\nEnvironmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, 42\n\nU.S.C., Section 9601 et seq.) and the Department of Environmental\n\nQuality has been designated by the United States Environmental\n\nProtection Agency as lead agency for CERCLA activities at the site,\n\nany duly authorized representative of the Department shall have the\n\npower, in addition to the powers listed in subsection A of this\n\nsection, to enter for purposes of conducting those CERCLA activities\n\nor to prevent unreasonable interference with such activities or\n\nremedies. The Department may seek administrative or judicial\n\nremedies for any person’s refusal to allow, or interference with,\n\nentry for this purpose.\n\nC. The Department may require the establishment and maintenance\n\nof records and reports relating to any activity regulated by the\n\nDepartment. Copies of such records shall be submitted to the\n\nDepartment on request. Any authorized representative of the\n\nDepartment shall be allowed access and may examine such reports or\n\nrecords.\n\nD. The Department may apply to and obtain from a judge of the\n\ndistrict court, an order authorizing an administrative warrant to\n\nenforce access to premises for sampling, investigation, inquiry and\n\ninspection under the provisions of this Code and the rules\n\npromulgated by the Board. Failure to obey an administrative warrant\n\nof the district court may be punished by the district court as a\n\ncontempt of court.\n\nE. The Executive Director may appoint commissioned peace\n\nofficers, certified by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and\n\nTraining, to investigate environmental crimes. Peace officers who\n\nbecome employed under this section who have service credit in the\n\nOklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System may, within thirty (30)\n\ndays after becoming employed, elect to continue membership in the\n\nOklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System; otherwise they shall be\n\neligible to enroll only in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement\n\nSystem.","path":["OK Code","Title 27A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os27A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"fa5758a10a0cc0036ca53c524ce49826ee1c8656069bc703d4c30bd97f0895a1","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-2-3-404","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-2-3-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}