# Conference **Citation:** OAC 165:20-13-16 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Oklahoma Corporation Commission **Effective:** Not stated **Published:** Not stated (a) A request for conference in response to a notice of probable violation issued under 165:20- 12 1313 must be accompanied by a statement of the issues which the respondent intends to raise at the conference. The issues may relate to the alleged violations, new information, or the required correcti ## Document text (a) A request for conference in response to a notice of probable violation issued under 165:20- 12 1313 must be accompanied by a statement of the issues which the respondent intends to raise at the conference. The issues may relate to the alleged violations, new information, or the required corrective action. (b) The conference is conducted informally without strict adherence to the Commission's Rules of Practice, OAC 165:5. The respondent may submit any relevant information and materials on his behalf. He may also examine the complaints against him. No detailed record of the conference is prepared. (c) At the outset of the conference, the complaints shall be presented by the Manager of Pipeline Safety or his designee. The respondent may examine and respond to or rebut the complaints. (d) After the presentation of the complaints, the respondent may offer facts, statements, explanations, documents, testimony, or other items which are relevant to the issues under consideration. (e) At the close of the respondent's presentation, the Manager of Pipeline Safety may present or allow the presentation of any Pipeline Safety Department rebuttal information. The respondent may then respond to that information. (f) The respondent may also request an opportunity to submit further written material for inclusion in the case file. The Manager of Pipeline Safety shall allow a reasonable time for submission of the material and shall specify the date by which it must be submitted. (g) After submission of all material during and after the conference, the Manager of Pipeline Safety shall determine if further Commission enforcement action is necessary. PART 5. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ## Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ok-occ-oac-165-20` - SHA-256: `921376cf6d7b4401f590946761f16f6c9305d1ef8e4e5ba7e67350be30d26a00` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T10:53:57.691Z - Exported: 2026-08-24T06:50:52.852Z - Document slug: `ok-oac-165-20-13-16` ### Source metadata ```json { "jurisdiction": "US-OK", "chapter": "OAC 165:20", "subject": "enforcement", "exactScope": "This corpus contains every current section in the Oklahoma Corporation Commission's dedicated OAC 165:20 Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety compilation: 47 current sections. It inventories 19 revoked and two reserved sections without making them searchable.", "excludedScope": "It does not claim all Oklahoma pipeline law. Statutes outside the direct authority check, federal text, Commission orders and dockets, pending rules, forms, tariffs, utility service and rates, oil-and-gas conservation, environmental permits, siting, rights-of-way, local law, and incorporated material are excluded. OAC 165:20-5-41, 7-3, and Subchapter 17 damage-prevention obligations remain included because they are current sections of the bounded chapter, but are classified in metadata as adjacent to operational pipeline safety.", "applicabilityCaveat": "Oklahoma and PHMSA identify the Commission's certified role as inspection and enforcement for intrastate gas and hazardous-liquid pipelines; PHMSA retains interstate enforcement. OAC 165:20 separately limits gas, hazardous-liquid, underground natural gas storage, drug-testing, enforcement, construction, and damage-prevention provisions. Inclusion does not establish that a provision applies to a particular operator, commodity, gathering line, storage facility, or interstate facility.", "incorporationCaveat": "OAC 165:20-5-21, 6-1, 7-1, and 11-1 adopt federal Parts 191, 192, 195, and 199 with all amendments and appendices, a dynamic formulation whose legal operation must be verified. Effective August 1, 2026, sections 5-41 and 7-3 also omit the former January 1, 2020 date from their adoption of the Oklahoma damage-prevention statute. The connector records the current wording but does not infer the timing or legal effect of future source amendments.", "publicationCaveat": "The OCC compilation is expressly unofficial; only the Oklahoma Secretary of State supplies official OAC copies. The OCC current-rules page identifies Chapter 20 effective August 1, 2026 as its current convenience copy, and that compilation identifies Oklahoma Register Volume 43, Number 21 and RM2025-000005 changes. Users must verify official SOS text and any later effective action.", "rights": "Official Oklahoma and federal government materials are archived with attribution and byte-level hashes. Public availability does not resolve rights in seals, site presentation, forms, linked documents, incorporated federal compilations, or third-party standards; downstream redistribution requires separate review.", "rightsReviewRequired": true, "sourceNote": null, "references": [ { "citation": "OAC 165:5", "referenceType": "oklahoma-administrative-code", "url": "https://www.oklahoma.gov/occ/rules/current-rules.html" } ], "federalIncorporationMode": null, "region": "OK" } ```