CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3230Introduced by Assembly Member FriedmanFebruary 21, 2020 An act to add Section 3242 to the Public Resources Code, relating to oil and gas. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 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.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe 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.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3230Introduced by Assembly Member FriedmanFebruary 21, 2020 An act to add Section 3242 to the Public Resources Code, relating to oil and gas. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 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.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 3230
Introduced by Assembly Member FriedmanFebruary 21, 2020
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
## 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.
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.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
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.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## 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.
SECTION 1. Section 3242 is added to the Public Resources Code, immediately following Section 3241, to read:
### SECTION 1.
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.
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.
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.
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.