Bill Text: CA AB2816 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2816 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: State Air Resources Board: zero-emission incentive programs: requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-19 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2816 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB2816-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2816

Introduced by Assembly Member Ting

February 18, 2022

An act to amend Section 3183 of the Public Resources Code, relating to oil and gas.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2816, as introduced, Ting. Gas storage wells: reportable leaks: regulations.

Existing law establishes the Geologic Energy Management Division in the Department of Conservation, under the direction of the State Oil and Gas Supervisor, who is required to supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil and gas wells, as provided. 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, as defined, and the timeframe for reporting that leak. Existing law requires the division, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, to review and, if necessary, revise the regulations developed pursuant to that requirement no less than once every 10 years.

This bill would instead require the division to review and revise those regulations no less than once every 5 years.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 3183 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

3183.

(a) The division, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall determine and adopt by regulation what constitutes a reportable leak from a gas storage well and the timeframe for reporting that leak. The regulations shall require an operator to immediately report to the division a leak that poses a significant present or potential hazard to public health and safety, property, or to the environment.

(b) Until the regulations pursuant to subdivision (a) are in effect, a leak of any size from a gas storage well shall be deemed a reportable leak, and the operator shall notify the division immediately.

(c) If a leak from a gas storage well that is reported to the division pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b), as applicable, cannot be controlled within 48 hours, the division shall post information about the leak on its internet website and provide regular updates to the public until the leak is stopped.

(d) The division, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall review and, if necessary, revise the regulations developed pursuant to subdivision (a) no less than once every 10 five years.