§ 17-53.1. Removal of surface trash and debris - Rules and regulations.

A.  The Corporation Commission shall prescribe and promulgate rules and regulations to require all operators of oil and gas wells or leases upon which oil and gas wells are located to remove all surface trash and debris, occasioned by their operations, from the vicinity of their operations and to keep such premises free and clear of such trash and debris.

B.  For the purposes of this act, "surface trash and debris" means all discarded material directly connected with the drilling or producing of or exploration for hydrocarbons including, but not limited to, garbage, rubbish, junk or scrap.

Amended by Laws 1982, c. 205, § 1, emerg. eff. April 27, 1982.