Bill Text: CA AB3230 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 3230 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Oil and gas: well stimulation treatments: cyclic steaming: surface expressions: civil penalties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-17 - Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. [AB3230 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB3230-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 3230

Introduced by Assembly Member Friedman

February 21, 2020

An act to add Section 3242 to the Public Resources Code, relating to oil and gas.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 3230, as introduced, Friedman. Oil and gas: abandoned wells: hazard determination.

Existing law requires the State Oil and Gas Supervisor to supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil and gas wells, as provided. Existing law requires the supervisor, in cooperation with appropriate state and local agencies, to both (1) conduct a study of abandoned oil and gas wells located in those areas of the state with substantial potential for methane and other hazardous gas accumulations in order to determine the location, the extent of methane gas and other hazardous gas accumulations, and potential hazards from the abandoned wells, and (2) develop a strategy for extracting existing accumulations of methane gas and other hazardous gas from abandoned oil and gas wells in high-risk areas identified by the supervisor in order to protect the health and safety of the public.

This bill would require the Geologic Energy Management Division to review the study and strategy and determine if any of the oil and gas wells identified continue to pose a hazard.

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

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

SECTION 1.

Section 3242 is added to the Public Resources Code, immediately following Section 3241, to read:

3242.

The division shall review the study conducted pursuant to Section 3240 and the strategy developed pursuant to Section 3241 and determine if any of the oil and gas wells identified continue to pose a hazard.