Amended
IN
Senate
April 18, 2022 |
Introduced by Senator Min |
February 09, 2022 |
This bill would require the commission to terminate all remaining oil and gas leases under its jurisdiction in tidelands and submerged lands within state waters by December 31, 2023. The bill would authorize the commission to negotiate voluntary relinquishment of a lease, before the termination, upon those terms and conditions as the commission deems necessary and advisable for the protection of the ecological, economic, and other interests of the state.
(d)Of the 11 remaining active leases in California state waters, there are only three active offshore oil and gas platforms, and all other oil and gas leases were legislatively granted to local municipalities.
(a)The commission shall terminate all remaining oil and gas leases under its jurisdiction in tidelands and submerged lands within state waters by December 31, 2023.
(b)Before the termination of a lease described in subdivision (a), the commission has full authority to negotiate voluntary relinquishment of a lease upon those terms and conditions as the commission deems necessary and advisable for the protection of the ecological, economic, and other interests of the state.
(c)Absent a relinquishment agreement providing otherwise, this section does not release lessees from their obligations to properly plug, abandon, and decommission wells, pipelines, and attendant production
facilities, or to restore the tidelands and submerged lands as required by their existing leases and current law.