Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
(a)
Subject matter dockets. Subject matter dockets shall be maintained
by the Court Clerk, with identifying initials preceding the case number as
follows:
(1) General Docket (GD), which shall
consist of cases not coming within the purview of any other docket listed
below, and which shall include notices of inquiry.
(2) Conservation Docket (CD), which shall
consist of cases to prevent waste and protect or adjust the correlative rights
of parties owning interests in the common source of supply or unitized
management of a common source of supply including, but not limited to, spacing,
increased density, location exception, pooling and unitization.
(3) Consumer Services Docket (CS), which
shall consist of cases initiated by either the Director of the Consumer
Services Division against a regulated utility provider or a customer against
the customer's regulated utility provider seeking to require the regulated
utility provider to abide by approved tariffs, state statutes, Commission
rules, or Commission orders. Regulated utility provider includes public
utilities and telecommunications carriers as defined by 17 O.S. §§
41, 139.102 and 151. Disputes between a customer and an electric vehicle
charging station operator operating a public charging station, filed pursuant
to OAC 165:14, shall be filed on the Consumer Services Docket.
(4) Enforcement Docket (EN), which shall
consist of cases initiated by the Commission or any of its directors, the
Attorney General of Oklahoma, or other affected parties to find parties in
contempt of Commission rules or to require compliance of parties with
applicable statutes, rules, and Commission orders.
(5) Gas Gathering Docket (GG), which shall
consist of cases initiated for determination of reasonable fees and terms or
conditions of service related to open access to natural gas gathering systems.
(6) Motor Carrier Citation Docket
(MCC), which shall consist of cases initiated by issuance of citations by
Commission motor carrier/vehicle officers at roadside, weigh stations or
on-site, for alleged violation of state statutes, Commission rules or federal
regulations regarding the registration, licensing, certification, or operation
of motor carriers or commercial motor vehicles.
(7) Oklahoma Universal Service Fund Docket
(OSF), which for cases filed on or after January 1, 2018, shall consist of
cases relating to funding from the Oklahoma Universal Service Fund (OUSF) or
the Oklahoma Lifeline Fund (OLF), including, but not limited to, requests for
OUSF or OLF funding, submissions relating to OUSF administrative preapproval
requests and the OUSF fee assessment.
(8) Petroleum Storage Tank Docket (PSD),
which shall consist of cases initiated by the Director of the Petroleum Storage
Tank Division or other party seeking relief from Commission rules, disputing
PSD decisions regarding jurisdiction, corrective action, licensing, system
shutdown, Petroleum Storage Tank Indemnity Fund eligibility or reimbursement.
(9) Petroleum Storage Tank
Division Citation Docket (PSC), which shall consist of cases initiated by
issuance of citations by Commission fuel inspectors for alleged violation of
state statutes or Commission rules regarding operation of petroleum storage
tank systems.
(10) Pollution Docket
(PD), which shall consist of cases initiated and related to the protection of
the environment regarding oil and gas production or the disposal, injection,
remediation or storage of deleterious substances produced from oil and gas
related activities including, but not limited to, applications for injection
wells, commercial disposal wells, disposal pits and recycling.
(11) Public Utility Docket (PUD), which shall
consist of cases initiated by the Director of the Public Utility Division, a
person regulated by the Commission and subject to the provisions in OAC 165:14,
35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 56, 57, 58, 65, 70, 75, or 80, or another party with
standing concerning any matter relating to the above listed chapters.
(12) Rulemaking Docket (RM), which
shall consist of cases initiated by the Commission or any of its directors for
the promulgation, amendment, or repeal of a Commission statement or group of
related statements of general applicability and future effect that implements,
interprets or prescribes law or policy, or describes the procedure or practice
requirements of the Commission. [75 O.S. § 250.3(19) ] Formal petitions by
the public for rulemaking, pursuant to 75 O.S. § 305, as well as requests
by small businesses requesting the Commission to review its rules to determine
if the rules in question should be amended, repealed, or redrafted, pursuant to
75 O.S. § 250.10, shall be part of the General Docket. If the Commission
orders a rulemaking proceeding as a result of such petition or request, the
rulemaking proceeding shall be part of the Rulemaking Docket.
(13) State Fund Plugging Docket
(SF), which shall consist of cases initiated by the Director of
the Oil and Gas Conservation Division seeking authorization to use monies from
the Commission's Plugging Fund to plug or replug abandoned wells in the State
of Oklahoma.
(14) Transportation
Docket (TD), which shall consist of cases initiated by:
(A) an applicant protesting a Transportation
Division determination denying a motor carrier's application seeking a license,
certificate, or permit from the Transportation Division to lawfully operate as
a for-hire or private motor carrier or for a special permit or registration;
(B) an applicant protesting a
Transportation Division determination denying its registration or fuel tax
application or proposed audit assessment;
(C) an application by the Transportation
Division modifying, suspending, canceling or revoking an existing certificate,
permit, registration, or license;
(D) an application by the Transportation
Division modifying a previously issued order;
(E) an application by the Transportation
Division to effect an operational change in a transportation regulated entity;
(F) an interested party protesting
a license, certificate, permit or registration being issued or renewed;
(G) an interested party seeking to
modify, suspend, cancel, or revoke an existing certificate, permit,
registration or license or to assess penalties to a motor carrier, registrant
or licensee;
(H) a pipeline
operator seeking a pipeline acceptance;
(I) any individual, entity or railroad
seeking approval to update, open or close a railroad crossing; or
(J) any interested party seeking relief from
the Commission in transportation matters relating to its jurisdiction.
(15) "Oil and gas
dockets" as used in these Rules includes the following dockets: CD, PD, GG, SF
and oil and gas related EN docket.
(b)
Docket and case number
assignment. Everycase shall be assigned a case number by the Court
Clerk, and all documents filed in the case shall bear the case number,
including the identifying initials of the docket and year prefixes. The Court
Clerk shall:
(1) File-stamp each document
received with the date of receipt.
(2) Record every document filed in the case.
(3) Maintain a complete electronic
file of all documents filed in every case.
(c)
Improper docketing. If the
Commission, or an Administrative Law Judge, after consultation with the Court
Clerk, determines that an application has been filed on an improper docket as
set forth in (a) of this Section, the Commission shall enter an order
transferring the application to the proper docket and closing the original
case. The order transferring the application to the proper docket shall be sent
to the applicant through the ECF System, mail, or electronic mail, and the
applicant shall then be responsible for sending the order to any parties of
record not served via the ECF System.
Amended at 11 Ok Reg
3675, eff 7-11-94; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2474, eff 7-1-97; Amended at 16 Ok Reg
829, eff 1-25-99 (emergency); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2807, eff 7-15-99; Amended
at 19 Ok Reg 1939, eff 7-1-02; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2293, eff 7-15-03; Amended
at 27 Ok Reg 2098, eff 7-11-10; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 938, eff
7-1-12