{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-3-5-104","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-3-5-104","heading":"Memorandum of understanding - Permits - Rules -","body":"Notice requirements - Powers and duties.\n\nA. The Corporation Commission may enter into memorandums of\n\nunderstanding with any governmental entity deemed necessary to\n\naddress areas of implementation of the Oklahoma Carbon Capture and\n\nGeologic Sequestration Act that may require interagency cooperation\n\nor interaction.\n\nB. The operator of a CO2 sequestration facility shall obtain a\n\npermit pursuant to the Oklahoma Carbon Capture and Geologic\n\nSequestration Act from the Commission prior to the operation of a\n\nCO2 sequestration facility, after the Operator provides notice of\n\nthe application for such permit pursuant to subsection D of this\n\nsection, and the Commission has a hearing thereon upon request;\n\nprovided, that no permit pursuant to the Oklahoma Carbon Capture and\n\nGeologic Sequestration Act is required if the facility operator\n\nobtains permission, by permit or order, by the Commission pursuant\n\nto the rules and regulations of the state’s federally approved\n\nUnderground Injection Control program and such permission authorizes\n\ncarbon sequestration or injection of a CO2 stream underground and\n\nincorporates any additional requirements adopted pursuant to\n\nsubsection C of this section.\n\nC. To the extent not already authorized by laws governing the\n\nstate’s federally approved Underground Injection Control program,\n\nthe Commission may issue and enforce such orders, and may adopt,\n\nmodify, repeal and enforce such emergency or permanent rules,\n\nincluding establishment of appropriate and sufficient fees to cover\n\nthe cost of the program, financial sureties or bonds, and monitoring\n\nat CO2 sequestration facilities, as may be necessary, for the\n\npurpose of regulating the drilling of Class VI CO2 injection wells\n\nrelated to a CO2 sequestration facility, the injection of carbon\n\ndioxide, the operation of the CO2 sequestration facility, Class VI\n\nCO2 injection well plugging and abandonment, removal of surface\n\nbuildings and equipment of the CO2 sequestration facility and for\n\nany other purpose necessary to implement the provisions of the\n\nOklahoma Carbon Capture and Geologic Sequestration Act.\n\nD. The applicant for any permit to be issued pursuant to the\n\nOklahoma Carbon Capture and Geologic Sequestration Act shall give\n\nall surface owners and mineral owners, including working interest\n\nand royalty owners, well operators, and gas storage operators of the\n\nland to be encompassed within the defined geographic boundary of the\n\nCO2 sequestration facility as established by the Commission, and\n\nwhose addresses are known or could be known through the exercise of\n\ndue diligence, at least fifteen (15) days’ notice of the hearing by\n\nmail, return receipt requested. The applicant shall also give\n\nnotice by two publications, with one publishing at least thirty (30)\n\ndays prior to the hearing, and again at least fifteen (15) days\n\nprior to the hearing, firstly in some newspaper of general\n\ncirculation published in Oklahoma County and secondly in some\n\nnewspaper published in the county, or in each county, if there is\n\nmore than one, in which the defined geographic boundary of the CO2\n\nsequestration facility, as established by the Commission, is\n\nsituated. The applicant shall file proof of publication and an\n\naffidavit of mailing with the Commission prior to the hearing.\n\nE. In addition to all other powers and duties prescribed in the\n\nOklahoma Carbon Capture and Geologic Sequestration Act or otherwise\n\nby law, and unless otherwise specifically set forth in the Oklahoma\n\nCarbon Capture and Geologic Sequestration Act, the Commission shall\n\nhave the authority to perform any and all acts necessary to carry\n\nout the purposes and requirements of the federal Safe Drinking Water\n\nAct, as amended, relating to this state’s participation in the\n\nfederal Underground Injection Control program established under that\nand unless otherwise specifically set forth in the Oklahoma\n\nCarbon Capture and Geologic Sequestration Act, the Commission shall\n\nhave the authority to perform any and all acts necessary to carry\n\nout the purposes and requirements of the federal Safe Drinking Water\n\nAct, as amended, relating to this state’s participation in the\n\nfederal Underground Injection Control program established under that\n\nact with respect to the storage and/or sequestration of carbon\n\ndioxide.","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":"b422c75b0a759f163418a344fa2db5493a9ae795a7c37f3cb2ac373f706ecb99","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-3-5-103","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-3-5-105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}