# Pipeline assessments **Citation:** OAC 165:20-3-1 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Oklahoma Corporation Commission **Effective:** 2024-10-01 **Published:** Not stated (a) Application. Each operator of a pipeline subject to Subchapters 5 and 7 shall pay a pipeline assessment to the Commission as set forth in the provisions of this Subchapter. (b) Calculation. For purposes of this Subchapter, the pipeline assessment shall be determined as follows: (1) For gas pipel ## Document text (a) Application. Each operator of a pipeline subject to Subchapters 5 and 7 shall pay a pipeline assessment to the Commission as set forth in the provisions of this Subchapter. (b) Calculation. For purposes of this Subchapter, the pipeline assessment shall be determined as follows: (1) For gas pipeline operators required to submit an annual report pursuant to 49 CFR §§ 191.11 and 191.15. On the basis of the total number of miles of pipeline as reported on their annual report multiplied by the assessment rate of $35.00 per mile of pipeline for the fiscal year starting on July 1. (2) For hazardous liquid pipeline operators required to submit an annual report pursuant to 49 CFR § 195.49. On the basis of the total number of miles of pipeline as reported on their annual report multiplied by the assessment rate of $90.00 per mile of pipeline for the fiscal year starting on July 1. (3) For master meter operators. The annual assessment shall be $300.00. (4) The minimum annual pipeline assessment owed by an operator is $300.00. (c) Payment. (1) For purposes of payment of assessment, an assessable year shall be the period of time from the first day of July of any given calendar year to the 30th of June of the following year. (2) All operators who must pay a pipeline assessment under the provisions of this Subchapter shall pay their pipeline assessment for any given assessable year on or before the 15th of August of each assessable year. (3) Operators who purchase or acquire pipeline systems subject to a pipeline assessment are responsible for payment of the assessment. (4) All payments of assessments shall be deposited by the Commission in the "Corporation Commission Revolving Fund". [Source: Amended at 11 Ok Reg 3703, eff. 7-11-94; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2496, eff. 7-1-97; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 2376, eff 7-1-01; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 1866, eff. 7-1-08; Amended at 2 28 Ok Reg 1125, eff. 7-1-11; Amended at 36 Ok Reg 546, eff. 8-1-19; Amended at 41 Ok Reg 1783, eff 10-1-24] SUBCHAPTER 5. SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR GAS PIPELINES PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS ## Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ok-occ-oac-165-20` - SHA-256: `a737345cfe1e94df73c904bf6f530bc985a3e85558744a3e8b1c7b921a625bde` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T10:53:57.691Z - Exported: 2026-08-25T06:06:25.742Z - Document slug: `ok-oac-165-20-3-1` ### Source metadata ```json { "jurisdiction": "US-OK", "chapter": "OAC 165:20", "subject": "chapter-wide", "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": "[Source: Amended at 11 Ok Reg 3703, eff. 7-11-94; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2496, eff. 7-1-97; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 2376, eff 7-1-01; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 1866, eff. 7-1-08; Amended at 2 28 Ok Reg 1125, eff. 7-1-11; Amended at 36 Ok Reg 546, eff. 8-1-19; Amended at 41 Ok Reg 1783, eff 10-1-24]", "references": [ { "citation": "49 CFR 191.11", "referenceType": "federal_regulation", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-191/section-191.11" }, { "citation": "49 CFR 195.49", "referenceType": "federal_regulation", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-195/section-195.49" }, { "citation": "49 CFR 191.15", "referenceType": "federal_regulation", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-191/section-191.15" } ], "federalIncorporationMode": null, "region": "OK" } ```