Bill Text: CA AB669 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 669 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Oil and gas: drilling.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - Died on inactive file. [AB669 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB669-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 669	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 17, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Stone
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Williams)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Sections 3108, 3203, and 3227 of the Public
Resources Code, relating to oil and gas.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 669, as amended, Stone. Oil and gas: drilling.
   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. The State Oil and Gas Supervisor supervises the drilling,
operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells and the operation,
maintenance, and removal or abandonment of tanks and facilities
related to oil and gas production within an oil and gas field
regarding safety and environmental damage. Existing law further
requires a person who acquires the right to operate a well or
production facility, whether by purchase, transfer, assignment,
conveyance, exchange, or other disposition, to meet specific
requirements before drilling operations.
   This bill would additionally require the operator prior to
drilling, redrilling, or deepening operations to submit proof to the
supervisor that the applicable regional water quality control board
has approved the disposal method and location of wastewater disposal
for the well.
   Existing law requires the supervisor, on or before the first day
of October of each year, to make public a report on specified
information. Existing law requires an operator of a well, on or
before the end of each month, to file with the supervisor a statement
for the last preceding calendar month detailing specified
information.
   This bill would additionally require the supervisor to include
information on the origin and total amount of freshwater used in each
county for the production of oil and gas production, the disposal of
wastewater from oil and gas production in each county, and the well
casing failures in each county. The bill would additionally require
the operator of a well to include in the statement information on the
origin and total amount of freshwater used in each well  or in
each oil field if the operator has multiple wells within the oil
field,  and the disposal of wastewater.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 3108 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   3108.  (a) On or before the first day of October of each year the
supervisor shall make public, for the benefit of all interested
persons, a report in writing showing:
   (1) The total amounts of oil and gas produced in each county in
the state during the previous calendar year.
   (2) The total cost of the division for the previous fiscal year.
   (3) The total amount delinquent and uncollected from any
assessments or charges levied pursuant to this chapter.
   (4) The origin and total amount of freshwater used in each county
for oil and gas production during the previous calendar year.
   (5) The surface and underground destinations and total amount of
disposed wastewater from oil and gas production in each county during
the previous calendar year.
   (6) The total number of well casing failures in each county, the
exact location of these wells, the reason for the failures, and at
what point the failures occurred, such as during well completion,
well stimulation, or well production, during the previous calendar
year.
   (b) The report shall also include other information as the
supervisor deems advisable.
  SEC. 2.  Section 3203 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   3203.  (a) The operator of a well, before commencing the work of
drilling the well, shall file with the supervisor or the district
deputy a written notice of intention to commence drilling. Drilling
shall not commence until approval is given by the supervisor or the
district deputy. If the supervisor or the district deputy fails to
give the operator written response to the notice within 10 working
days from the date of receipt, that failure shall be considered as an
approval of the notice and the notice, for the purposes and intents
of this chapter, shall be deemed a written report of the supervisor.
If operations have not commenced within one year of receipt of the
notice, the notice shall be deemed canceled. The notice shall contain
the pertinent data the supervisor requires on printed forms supplied
by the division or on other forms acceptable to the supervisor. The
supervisor may require other pertinent information to supplement the
notice.
   (b) After the completion of any well, this section also applies as
far as may be, to the deepening or redrilling of the well, any
operation involving the plugging of the well, or any operations
permanently altering in any manner the casing of the well. The number
or designation of any well, and the number or designation specified
for any well in a notice filed as required by this section, shall not
be changed without first obtaining a written consent of the
supervisor.
   (c) If an operator has failed to comply with an order of the
supervisor, the supervisor may deny approval of proposed well
operations until the operator brings its existing well operations
into compliance with the order. If an operator has failed to pay a
civil penalty, remedy a violation that it is required to remedy to
the satisfaction of the supervisor pursuant to an order issued under
Section 3236.5, or to pay any charges assessed under Article 7
(commencing with Section 3400), the supervisor may deny approval to
the operator's proposed well operations until the operator pays the
civil penalty, remedies the violation to the satisfaction of the
supervisor, or pays the charges assessed under Article 7 (commencing
with Section 3400).
   (d) Prior to the approval of the commencement of any drilling,
redrilling, or deepening of a well, the operator shall submit written
proof to the supervisor that the applicable regional water quality
control board has approved the disposal method and location of
 disposal of  the  wastewater, including,
but not limited to, produced water and flowback,  
wastewater  for the well.
  SEC. 3.  Section 3227 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   3227.  (a) The owner of a well shall file with the supervisor, on
or before the last day of each month, for the last preceding calendar
month, a statement, in the form designated by the supervisor,
showing all of the following:
   (1) The amount of oil and gas produced from each well during the
period indicated, together with the gravity of the oil, the amount of
water produced from each well, estimated in accordance with methods
approved by the supervisor, and the number of days during which fluid
was produced from each well.
   (2) The number of wells drilling, producing, injecting, or idle,
that are owned or operated by the person.
   (3) What disposition was made of the gas produced from each field,
including the names of persons, if any, to whom the gas was
delivered, and any other information regarding the gas and its
disposition that the supervisor may require.
   (4)  What disposition was made of the water produced from
each field, and the   The  amount of fluid or gas
injected into each well used for enhanced recovery, underground
storage of hydrocarbons,  or waste water disposal 
and any other information regarding those wells that the supervisor
may require.
   (5) The total amount of  wastewater, including, but not
limited to, produced water and flowback,   wastewater
 generated per well, the amount of wastewater disposed per
disposition type, and the location of each disposition site.
   (6) The origin and total amount of freshwater used in each well
 or in each oil field if the operator has multiple wells within
the oil field  .
   (b) An operator that produces oil by the application of mining or
other unconventional techniques shall file a report with the
supervisor, on or before March 1 of each year, showing the amount of
oil produced by those techniques in the preceding calendar year.
   (c) Upon request and making a satisfactory showing therefor, a
longer filing period may be established by the supervisor for any
particular owner or operator.