Bill Text: CA AB1531 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Public resources.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-08-19 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB1531 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB1531-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 26, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 18, 2021 |
Introduced by Assembly Member O’Donnell |
February 19, 2021 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares(a)Climate change is causing historic droughts, devastating wildfires, storms, extreme heat, the death of millions of trees, and billions of dollars in property damage, and is threatening human health and food supplies.
(b)California has set ambitious targets to reduce the effects of climate change by reducing carbon emissions 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.
(c)In 2018, Governor Brown issued Executive Order No. B-55-18, establishing a state goal to reach carbon neutrality by no later than 2045 and to maintain net negative greenhouse gas emissions thereafter, and directing the State Air Resources Board to work with relevant state agencies to develop a framework for implementation and accounting that tracks progress toward these goals.
(d)In 2019, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order No. N-19-19, directing that every aspect of state government redouble its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the impacts of climate change while building a sustainable, inclusive economy.
(e)California is home to a strong economic base, a skilled and trained workforce, and robust innovation capacity at its laboratories and universities.
(f)Carbon capture and storage is a clean technology pathway that is well suited for rapidly reducing emissions from economically vital sectors in California.
(g)With carbon capture and storage, these sectors could be rapidly decarbonized and continue to make major contributions to the state’s economy while helping to meet California’s near-term and midcentury climate targets.
(h)California will be unlikely to achieve its greenhouse gas emission reduction goals without deployment of carbon capture and storage. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 Celsius and the International Energy Agency World Energy Outlook find that reaching net negative emissions will require a significant amount of carbon removal.
(i)Several studies have concluded that carbon capture and storage could be an essential component of California’s emission reduction goals by midcentury and that the state will likely be unable to meet its decarbonization targets without carbon capture and storage deployment.
(j)California can deploy carbon capture and storage in the near term to abate nearly 60 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, approximately 15 percent of the state’s current emission levels.
(k)Carbon capture and storage projects would provide jobs for California’s skilled and trained workforce consistent with the state’s commitment to an equitable and just clean energy transition.
(l)Deployment of carbon capture and storage infrastructure can enable the emergence of new clean energy industries and create new jobs and
significant economic value for the state’s economy.
(m)If carbon capture and storage is to play a meaningful role in meeting the state’s 2030 emission reduction targets and 2045 carbon neutrality goals, California must consider additional and immediate actions to promote deployment of carbon capture and storage projects.
(n)The pipeline transport of carbon dioxide is a proven mature technology. In its 2005 special report on carbon capture and storage, the IPCC states that the pipeline transport of carbon dioxide operates as a mature market technology and that in the United States, over 2,500 kilometers of pipeline transport more than 40 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. Federal government data demonstrate that carbon dioxide pipelines are safe.
SEC. 2.
Section 51010 of the Government Code is amended to read:51010.
It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, that the State Fire Marshal shall exercise exclusive safety regulatory and enforcement authority over intrastate carbon dioxide and hazardous liquid pipelines and, to the extent authorized by agreement between the State Fire Marshal and the United States Secretary of Transportation, and may act as agent for the United State Secretary of Transportation to implement the federal Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. Sec.SEC. 2.SEC. 3.
Section 51010.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:51010.5.
As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply:SEC. 4.
Section 51011 of the Government Code is amended to read:51011.
(a) The State Fire Marshal shall adopt hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipeline safety regulations in compliance with the federal law relating to hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipeline safety, including, but not limited to, compliance orders, penalties, and inspection and maintenance provisions, and including amendments to those laws and regulationsThe
Notification
SEC. 5.
Section 51012 of the Government Code is amended to read:51012.
(a) The State Fire Marshal shall establish a Pipeline Safety Advisory Committee for purposes of informing local agencies and every pipeline operator of changes in applicable laws and regulations affecting the operations of pipelines and reviewing proposed hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipeline safety regulations adopted pursuant to Section 51011. The