Bill Text: CA AB1501 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Well stimulation treatments: production facilities: emissions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1501 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1501	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Rendon

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Article 9.5 (commencing with Section 42100) to
Chapter 3 of Part 4 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, and
to add Section 3160.5 to the Public Resources Code, relating to oil
and gas.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1501, as introduced, Rendon. Well stimulation treatments:
emissions.
   (1) Existing law authorizes the Division of Oil, Gas, and
Geothermal Resources in the Department of Conservation to regulate
the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil and gas
wells in the state. Existing law generally vests the State Air
Resources Board with the primary responsibility for the control of
vehicular air pollution, and air pollution control and air quality
management districts with the primary responsibility for the control
of air pollution from all sources other than vehicular sources.
   This bill would require an air district to establish an emission
standard for methane from a well stimulation treatment, as defined,
and to issue a permit to an owner or operator to enforce that
standard. The bill also would require the emission standard to
include requirements on the owner or operator to monitor the well
stimulation treatment for methane leaks. By adding to the duties of
air districts, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

   This bill would require the state board or an air district, as
appropriate, to install monitoring stations near any site approved by
the division for a well stimulation treatment, as specified. By
adding to the duties of air districts, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   (2) Existing law makes a violation of any rule, regulation, or
order of the state board or an air district a misdemeanor. By
expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Article 9.5 (commencing with Section 42100) is added to
Chapter 3 of Part 4 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, to
read:

      Article 9.5.  Well Stimulation Treatments


   42100.  For purposes of this article, "well stimulation treatment"
has the same meaning as in Section 3157 of the Public Resources
Code.
   42105.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a district shall do
both of the following:
   (1) Establish an emission standard for methane from a well
stimulation treatment.
   (2) Issue a permit to an owner or operator to enforce the standard
adopted pursuant to paragraph (1).
   (b) The emission standard adopted pursuant to subdivision (a)
shall include requirements on the owner or operator to monitor the
well stimulation treatment for methane leaks.
  SEC. 2.  Section 3160.5 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   3160.5.  The State Air Resources Board or an air pollution control
or air quality management district, as appropriate, shall install
monitoring stations near any site approved by the division for a well
stimulation treatment. A monitoring station shall be equipped to
monitor for all of the following:
   (a) Acetaldehyde.
   (b) Acetone.
   (c) Alpha-Pinene.
   (d) Dichlorodifluoromethane.
   (e) Ethanol.
   (f) Ethyl acetate.
   (g) Isobutane.
   (h) Isoprene.
   (i) Methane.
   (j) N-Heptane.
   (k) N-Hexane.
   (l) Propane.
   (m) Toluene.
   (n) Trichlorofluoromethane.
  SEC. 3.  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 or because costs that may be
incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred
because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a
crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or
infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government
Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.
                                            
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