Bill Text: CA AB1270 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Natural gas plants: methane monitoring systems and reporting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2022-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1270 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB1270-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 18, 2021 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Luz Rivas |
February 19, 2021 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Under existing law, the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources in the Department of Conservation regulates the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil and gas wells in the state. Existing law requires the division, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, to determine and adopt by regulation what constitutes a reportable leak from a gas storage well and the timeframe for reporting that leak. Existing law requires the division, if a leak from a gas storage well cannot be controlled within 48 hours, to post information about the leak on its internet website and provide regular updates to the public until the leak is stopped.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to require pipeline operators, storage facilities, and production facilities to report natural gas leaks to the State
Air Resources Board and for the public to be notified.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 42705.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:42705.7.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following definitions:SEC. 2.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to require pipeline operators, storage facilities, and production facilities to report natural gas leaks to the State Air Resources Board and for the public to be notified.