A.  Any person in possession of crude petroleum oil or any sediment, water or brine produced in association with the production of oil or gas, or both, for transportation by motor vehicle from or to storage, disposal, processing, or refining shall possess specific documentation required by regulation of the secretary of the Department of Public Safety which substantiates his right to be in possession of the estimated volume of crude petroleum oil carried in that vehicle.  The regulation shall require the documentation to include:

(1)  The identity of the operator and the location of the lease from which originated the crude petroleum oil or any sediment, water, or brine produced in association with the production of oil or gas, or both, if it is purportedly being transported from a lease; and

(2)  The identity of the operator of and the location of the storage facility from which or to which the crude petroleum oil or any sediment, water or brine produced in association with the production of oil or gas, or both, is being transported; and

(3)  The identity of the operator of and the location of the disposal, processing, or refining facility to which the crude petroleum oil or any sediment, water, or brine produced in association with the production of oil or gas, or both, is being transported; and

(4)  The estimated percentage of crude petroleum oil in the sediment, water, or brine produced in association with the production of oil or gas, or both, which is being transported; or

(5)  The volume of crude petroleum oil being transported; and

(6)  Any additional information the secretary finds necessary or appropriate.  

B.  Any common carrier transporting oil field equipment, defined as any oil or gas equipment necessary for or incidental to the drilling, production, or maintenance of an oil or gas well, shall possess specific documentation required by regulation of the secretary which substantiates his right to be transporting the equipment.  Such regulation shall require the documentation to include:

(1)  The equipment owner’s name and address;

(2)  The point of origin for transporting and the destination;

(3)  The name and address of the transporter, if different from the owner;

(4)  A brief description of the equipment being transported, including identification marks or numbers if they exist.  

Added by Acts 1982, No. 550, §1.