Bill Text: CA SB995 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Well standards.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Assembly without further action. [SB995 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB995-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 995	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 1, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 31, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pavley

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2016

   An act to add Sections 232 and 13801.5 to the Water Code, relating
to water quality.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 995, as amended, Pavley. Well standards.
   Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to
investigate and survey conditions of damage to quality of underground
waters that are, or may be, caused by improperly constructed,
abandoned, or defective wells. Existing law requires the department
to report to the appropriate California regional water quality
control board its recommendations for minimum standards for well
construction in any particular locality in which it deems regulation
necessary to protection of quality of underground water.
   This bill, on or before January 1, 2019, would require the
department to update well standards for water wells, monitoring
wells, and cathodic protection wells based on existing knowledge and
to submit these standards to the State Water Resources Control Board.

   Existing law requires the state board to adopt a model water well,
cathodic protection well, and monitoring well drilling and
abandonment ordinance implementing prescribed standards of the
department.
   This bill would require the state board to revise the model
ordinance upon the receipt of the standards from the department.
   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 232 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   232.  On or before January 1, 2019, the department shall update
the well standards contained in Bulletin 74-81 and Bulletin 74-90 for
water wells, monitoring wells, and cathodic protection wells based
on existing knowledge and submit the standards to the board.
  SEC. 2.  Section 13801.5 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   13801.5.  Upon the receipt of standards from the department
pursuant to Section 232, the state board shall revise the model
 water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring well
drilling and abandonment ordinance   ordinance,
implementing water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring
well drilling and abandonment standards,  adopted pursuant to
Section 13801.