Amended IN Assembly June 20, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Joint Resolution No. 24Introduced by Assembly Member Nguyen(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chen, Choi, and Davies)January 14, 2022Relative to oil spills. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAJR 24, as amended, Nguyen. Oil spills: unified command centers: location.This measure would request that the United States government locate unified command centers based on proximity and access to oil spills to make the unified command centers easily accessible to local agencies and local governments directly affected by the oil spill.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Bill TextWHEREAS, The Orange County Oil Spill occurred October 2, 2021, releasing 144,000 25,000 gallons of crude oil into the coastal waters of the City of Huntington Beach and surrounding cities; andWHEREAS, A unified command center was established in the City of Long Beach with the United States Coast Guard acting as the lead agency to respond to the oil spill; andWHEREAS, The National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan establishes the unified command structure for managing responses to discharges through coordinated personnel and resources of the federal government, the state government, and the responsible party pursuant to Section 300.135(d) of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations; andWHEREAS, Establishing unified command centers in a location that enables federal, state, and local agencies and officials to solve and address the oil spill is customary; andWHEREAS, Unified command centers should be located based on proximity and access to oil spills and should be easily accessible to local agencies and local governments directly affected by the oil spill; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of California, jointly, That the Legislature requests that the United States government locate unified command centers based on proximity and access to oil spills to make the unified command centers easily accessible to local agencies and local governments directly affected by the oil spill; and be it furtherResolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader of the Senate, to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States, and to the author for appropriate distribution. Amended IN Assembly June 20, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Joint Resolution No. 24Introduced by Assembly Member Nguyen(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chen, Choi, and Davies)January 14, 2022Relative to oil spills. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAJR 24, as amended, Nguyen. Oil spills: unified command centers: location.This measure would request that the United States government locate unified command centers based on proximity and access to oil spills to make the unified command centers easily accessible to local agencies and local governments directly affected by the oil spill.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Amended IN Assembly June 20, 2022 Amended IN Assembly June 20, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Joint Resolution No. 24 Introduced by Assembly Member Nguyen(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chen, Choi, and Davies)January 14, 2022 Introduced by Assembly Member Nguyen(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chen, Choi, and Davies) January 14, 2022 Relative to oil spills. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AJR 24, as amended, Nguyen. Oil spills: unified command centers: location. This measure would request that the United States government locate unified command centers based on proximity and access to oil spills to make the unified command centers easily accessible to local agencies and local governments directly affected by the oil spill. This measure would request that the United States government locate unified command centers based on proximity and access to oil spills to make the unified command centers easily accessible to local agencies and local governments directly affected by the oil spill. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text WHEREAS, The Orange County Oil Spill occurred October 2, 2021, releasing 144,000 25,000 gallons of crude oil into the coastal waters of the City of Huntington Beach and surrounding cities; and WHEREAS, A unified command center was established in the City of Long Beach with the United States Coast Guard acting as the lead agency to respond to the oil spill; and WHEREAS, The National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan establishes the unified command structure for managing responses to discharges through coordinated personnel and resources of the federal government, the state government, and the responsible party pursuant to Section 300.135(d) of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and WHEREAS, Establishing unified command centers in a location that enables federal, state, and local agencies and officials to solve and address the oil spill is customary; and WHEREAS, Unified command centers should be located based on proximity and access to oil spills and should be easily accessible to local agencies and local governments directly affected by the oil spill; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of California, jointly, That the Legislature requests that the United States government locate unified command centers based on proximity and access to oil spills to make the unified command centers easily accessible to local agencies and local governments directly affected by the oil spill; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader of the Senate, to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States, and to the author for appropriate distribution.