Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
(a)
Public
notice. Public notice is necessary for remediation sites (Phase II sites
requiring remediation or cleanup). The applicant must provide public notice
that its proposal regarding the site is ready for public review. The notice
must be published one time in newspapers of general circulation published in
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, and in a newspaper of general circulation published
in each county where the lands that are the subject of the application are
located. The applicant shall also submit the notice to the Brownfield staff for
posting on the Commission's website. The notice must contain the:
(1) Name and address of the location where
the application and related documentation, including any proposed remediation
plan, may be reviewed, in addition to the days of the week and hours during
which such information may be reviewed;
(2) Applicant's name, mailing address,
telephone number, email address and contact person, as well as the Commission's
mailing address and a telephone number and email address of a contact person at
the Commission;
(3) Name, address
and legal description of the Brownfield site;
(4) Purpose of the notice;
(5) Description of the proposed cleanup,
monitored natural attenuation, institutional control, and/or other remedial
action being sought;
(6) Other
pertinent information required by Brownfield staff and rules;
(7) Other information the applicant may deem
relevant; and
(8) Time period of at
least thirty (30) days after the notice is published for the submission of
written public comments and written requests for a public meeting regarding the
site, in addition to the mailing address and e-mail address to which public
comments and requests for public meetings can be sent, the name of a contact
person and any facsimile numbers, if available. The notice must also provide
that any written public comments and requests for a public meeting are to be
sent to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Oil and Gas Conservation Division,
Brownfield Program, P.O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73152-2000 and/or
sent electronically to Brownfield staff.
(b)
Public meeting.
(1) If the Commission receives a timely
written request for a public meeting, if the Commission determines there is a
significant degree of public interest in the site remediation proposal and the
action being sought, or if the applicant chooses to have a public meeting, then
the applicant must publish notice of the date, time and address of a public
meeting at least thirty (30) days prior to the meeting in the manner described
in paragraph (a), above, and include in the notice the information appearing in
paragraphs (a)(1) through (a) (8), above.
(2) The notice must provide for a time period
of at least thirty (30) days after the notice is published for the submission
of written public comments, and that verbal comments may be made at the
meeting. The mailing address and e-mail address to which public comments can be
sent, the name of a contact person and any facsimile numbers, if available,
must also be included in the notice. The notice must also provide that any
written public comments are to be sent to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission,
Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Brownfield Program, P.O. Box 52000, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma, 73152-2000 and/or sent electronically to Brownfield
staff.
(3) The public meeting will
be held in a convenient location near the proposed Brownfield
site.
(c)
Publisher's affidavits. The applicant is required to provide to
the Brownfield staff the publisher's affidavits regarding the public notice for
comments and/or a public meeting within twenty (20) days after the date(s) of
publication;
(d)
When public
notice is not required. Applicant is not required to publish a notice
regarding those sites Brownfield staff or other appropriate Commission staff
find or concurs need no further action after staff's review of applicant's site
assessment information or which are remediated for the applicant by a
responsible party.
Added at 25 Ok Reg 2187,
eff 7-11-08