State and federal regulators say they are working on a new partnership in northeast Oklahoma after Saturday's record-tying magnitude 5.6 earthquake near Pawnee.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will follow Oklahoma Corporation Commission recommendations and shut down 17 saltwater disposal wells in southwest Osage County, EPA said in an email to the Corporation Commission on Sunday. The email did not specify when the wells would close.

The EPA's action comes after the Corporation Commission on Saturday ordered 37 wells in Pawnee, Payne and Noble counties to close by Sept. 13. The commission has no jurisdiction in Osage County, but it recommended the EPA order wells shut within an oblong area of interest that stretches over 725 square miles of Pawnee and Osage counties.

"I see the relationship with the EPA going forward very well," Michael Teague, Oklahoma secretary of energy and environment, told The Oklahoman on Tuesday. "Ron Curry, EPA's regional administrator, called us three times on Saturday and helped with getting us points of contact and everything else we need. He's been a really good partner.”