{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-3-5-108","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-3-5-108","heading":"Certificate of completion of injection operations —","body":"Duties and obligations — Monitoring responsibility.\n\nA. 1. Not earlier than fifty (50) years after cessation of\n\ninjection of a CO stream into a CO sequestration facility or a CO\n\n2 2 2\n\nstorage unit as a part of a CO sequestration facility, or following\n\n2\n\nthe end of any other time frame established on a site-specific basis\n\nby Corporation Commission order, the Corporation Commission shall\n\nissue a certificate of completion of injection operations, if the\n\noperator proves that:\n\na. the reservoir is reasonably expected to retain\n\nmechanical integrity,\n\nb. the CO will reasonably remain emplaced,\n\n2\n\nc. the CO sequestration facility or the CO storage unit\n\n2 2\n\nas a part of a CO sequestration facility does not pose\n\n2\n\nan endangerment to underground sources of drinking\n\nwater, or to public health or public safety,\n\nd. the current storage facility operator has complied\n\nwith all applicable regulations related to post-\n\ninjection monitoring and the issuance of the\n\ncertificate of completion of injection operations, and\n\ne. the CO sequestration facility or the CO storage unit\n\n2 2\n\nas a part of a CO sequestration facility has been\n\n2\n\nclosed in accordance with all applicable requirements\n\nrelated to the site closure plan submitted with the\n\noriginal application or the most current amended site\n\nclosure plan.\n\n2. Upon issuance of a certificate of completion of injection\n\noperations, ownership of the remaining project, including the stored\n\ncarbon dioxide, shall transfer to the state.\n\n3. Upon issuance of a certificate of completion of injection\n\noperations, the operator of such facility or unit, all owners of\n\ncarbon dioxide stored in such facility or unit, and all owners\n\notherwise having any interest in such facility or unit shall be\n\nreleased from any and all future obligations relating to the\n\nfacility and any and all liability associated with or related to\n\nthat facility or unit which arises after the issuance of the\n\ncertificate of completion of injection operations.\n\nB. The release from duties or obligations under paragraph 3 of\n\nsubsection A of this section shall not apply to:\n\n1. A current or former owner or operator of a CO sequestration\n\n2\n\nfacility or a CO storage unit as a part of a CO sequestration\n\n2 2\n\nfacility when such duties or obligations arise from that owner or\n\noperator’s noncompliance with applicable underground injection\n\ncontrol laws and regulations prior to issuance of the certificate;\n\nor\n\n2. Any owner or operator of a CO sequestration facility or a\n\n2\n\nCO storage unit as a part of a CO sequestration facility if it is\n\n2 2\n\ndemonstrated that such owner or operator intentionally and knowingly\n\nconcealed or misrepresented material facts related to the mechanical\n\nintegrity of the storage facility or the chemical composition of any\n\ninjected carbon dioxide.\n\nC. Continued monitoring of the site, including remediation of\n\nany well leakage, shall become the principal responsibility of the\n\nCorporation Commission.\n\nD. 1. The Corporation Commission may levy fees to implement\n\nthe provisions of this section in a form and schedule to be\n\ndeveloped by the Oil and Gas Conservation Division of the\n\nCorporation Commission for each ton of carbon dioxide injected into\n\na CO sequestration facility or a CO storage unit as a part of a CO\n\n2 2 2\n\nsequestration facility.\n\n2. At the end of each fiscal year, the Corporation Commission\n\nmay redetermine the fees collected based upon the estimated cost of\n\nadministering and enforcing the provisions of this act for the\n\nupcoming year, divided by the tonnage of carbon dioxide expected to\n\nbe injected during the upcoming year.\n\n3. The total fee assessed shall be sufficient to assure a\n\nbalance in the Class VI Carbon Sequestration Storage Facility\n\nRevolving Fund not to exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00)\nlected based upon the estimated cost of\n\nadministering and enforcing the provisions of this act for the\n\nupcoming year, divided by the tonnage of carbon dioxide expected to\n\nbe injected during the upcoming year.\n\n3. The total fee assessed shall be sufficient to assure a\n\nbalance in the Class VI Carbon Sequestration Storage Facility\n\nRevolving Fund not to exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00)\n\nfor a given CO sequestration facility or CO storage unit; provided,\n\n2 2\n\nhowever, the total fee for any one operator in the Class VI Carbon\n\nSequestration Storage Facility Revolving Fund at the beginning of\n\neach fiscal year shall not be in excess of Ten Million Dollars\n\n($10,000,000.00) regardless of the number of such facilities or\n\nunits operated by such operator. Any amount received by the\n\nCorporation Commission that exceeds the annual balance required\n\nunder this subsection shall be deposited into the fund, but\n\nappropriate credits shall be given against future fees for the\n\nstorage facility. The Corporation Commission shall promulgate rules\n\nregarding the form and manner for fee amount and payment method.","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":"97973e7a1a9b4857d2d4f328737874bf6dc36963f2fc730eef802fc2e95a8181","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-3-5-107","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-3-5-109"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}