Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

(a) Within 72 hours of being notified of a reportable leak, pursuant to Section 3183, the supervisor shall determine if the reportable leak poses a significant present or potential hazard to public health and safety, property, or to the environment such that a relief well is nece…

The division shall perform unannounced random onsite inspections of some gas storage wells annually. The results shall be posted and available to the public on the division’s Internet Web site. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 673, Sec. 3. (SB 887) Effective January 1, 2017.)

An operator of a gas storage well shall develop and maintain a comprehensive gas storage well training and mentoring program for those employees whose job duties involve the safety of operations and maintenance of gas storage wells and associated equipment. The training program s…

On or before July 1, 2021, in response to the independent root cause analysis of the 2015 well leak at the Aliso Canyon gas storage facility prepared by Blade Energy Partners dated May 16, 2019, and ordered by the supervisor and the Public Utilities Commission, the division shall…

All materials provided to the division and approved by the supervisor to comply with Sections 3181, 3184, and 3185 shall be posted and available to the public on the Internet Web site of the division in a timely manner. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 673, Sec. 3. (SB 887) Effective J…

(a) The board shall expend funds from the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the making of grants to cities, counties, or other local agencies with responsibility for solid waste management, and for local programs to help prevent the disposal of hazardous wastes …

The board shall adopt regulations for implementation of this article, including, but not limited to, criteria for selecting grant recipients. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 656, Sec. 37. Effective October 1, 1993.)

All expenses incurred by the board in carrying out this article shall be payable from the account. No liability or obligation is imposed upon the state pursuant to this part, and the board shall not incur any liability or obligation beyond the extent to which money is provided in…

Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the board shall allocate, from the account, an amount not to exceed sixty thousand dollars ($60,000), to the Hazardous Waste Control Account, for expenditure for the 1993–94 fiscal year, to the Department of Toxic Substances Control, for the…

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of California to establish and preserve as a historical monument representative of the early gold mining days of this State that portion of the old town of Columbia in Tuolumne County whose acquisition was initiated under the pr…

To assure the accomplishment of this policy it is directed that: (a) The department shall make a survey based on historical research to determine the type and materials of construction, location, and uses of the structures which existed on the acquired area of the town of Columbi…

The Columbia Historic Park Association, a nonprofit corporation, is designated as a committee advisory to the department in the research incident to and adoption of the master plan for development and upon policies of preservation, restoration and management of Columbia Historic …

Columbia Historic State Park is a unit of the State Park System and shall be administered in accordance with the laws applying thereto subject to the provisions of this article. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 71.)

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Federal agency” means the United States Environmental Protection Agency, including Region 9 of that agency. (b) (1) “Gravity-based energy storage well” means a well that meets all of the following: (A) The well i…

(a) The supervisor, after consulting with the State Water Resources Control Board and an appropriate regional water quality control board, may authorize the conversion of not more than 250 wells for use as gravity-based energy storage wells pursuant to this article to evaluate th…

A well that has been permitted or operated as a Class II well, as defined in Section 3130, shall not be authorized for use as a gravity-based energy storage well without the written acknowledgment and authorization of the federal agency. The written acknowledgment and authorizati…

(a) For purposes of this section, “plan” means the plan required pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 3206. (b) An idle well that is authorized for use as a gravity-based energy storage well shall be identified in any plan or update to a plan. Identification of…

(a) The division shall require mechanical integrity testing before the conversion of a well to a gravity-based energy storage well, and not less than annually thereafter, that shall include, at a minimum, pressure testing. Test results and testing requirements shall be part of th…

A gravity-based energy storage well that has lost its mechanical integrity shall be plugged and abandoned within one year or scheduled for plugging and abandonment in an approved idle well management plan or related plan approved by the supervisor unless the mechanical integrity …

Except as otherwise provided in this article, a gravity-based energy storage well shall meet all requirements applicable to a well specified in this division. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 419, Sec. 1. (SB 567) Effective January 1, 2026. Repealed as of January 1, 2035, pursuant to S…

The division shall identify all wells converted to or being operated as gravity-based energy storage wells on its internet website. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 419, Sec. 1. (SB 567) Effective January 1, 2026. Repealed as of January 1, 2035, pursuant to Section 3190.9.)

(a) On or by January 1, 2033, the division, in consultation with entities operating gravity-based energy storage wells, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, the State Water Resources Control Board and regional water quality boards, the State Air Resources Board, the State …

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), this article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2035, and as of that date is repealed. (b) The authorization issued pursuant to Section 3474.2 shall terminate upon the repeal of this article. (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)…

(a) The tufa and associated sand structures at Mono Lake are a valuable geologic and scientific natural resource and are unique in North America for their beauty, abundance, diversity, and public accessibility. Their extreme fragility requires special measures for their protectio…

(a) The reserve shall be managed primarily for the purpose of protecting the tufa and associated sand structures and providing for their interpretation. The department shall designate public accessways to Mono Lake for recreational and other purposes that are not in conflict with…

(a) No provision of this article shall be construed to interfere with any reasonable use of land or other activity existing or occurring on or before January 1, 1981, within the boundary of the reserve that does not conflict with the purposes for which the reserve is established.…

Any disturbance, defacement, displacement, or other interference with any tufa or associated sand structure by any person or instrumentality is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than si…

Natural or artificially caused accretion or reliction of the waters of Mono Lake shall not be deemed contrary to the purposes of this article. (Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 670, Sec. 1.)

The supervisor, in cooperation with appropriate state and local agencies, shall 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 …

The supervisor, in cooperation with appropriate state and local agencies, shall 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…

(a) On or before July 1, 2022, the supervisor shall establish a collections unit within the division. (b) The collections unit shall be responsible for identifying persons responsible for charges under this chapter, locating assets belonging to those persons, and fully implementi…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that hazardous and certain idle-deserted oil and gas wells and hazardous and deserted facilities, as defined in this article, are public nuisances and that it is essential, in order to protect life, health, and natural resources that thos…

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Deserted facility” means a production facility determined by the supervisor to be deserted under Section 3237 and for which there is no operator responsible for its decommissioning under Section 3237. (b) “De…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 3251, a well shall be deemed a hazardous well if it has been determined by the supervisor to pose a present danger to life, health, or natural resources and has been abandoned in accordance with the requirements of the division in effect at the time of…

As used in this article, “natural resources” includes land, water, air, minerals, vegetation, wildlife, historical or aesthetic sites, or any other natural resource which, irrespective of ownership, contributes to the health, safety, welfare, or enjoyment of a substantial number …

If any provisions of this article or the application thereof in any circumstances or to any person or public agency is held invalid, the remainder of this article or the application thereof in other circumstances or to other persons or public agencies shall not be affected thereb…

This article shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its purposes. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1090.)

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the supervisor may order to be carried out, or may undertake, any of the following operations, as applicable, on any property in the vicinity of which, or on which, is located any well or facility that the supervisor deter…

(a) The division is hereby authorized to accept, and hold for and in the name of the state, by gift, exchange, purchase, negotiation, or eminent domain proceedings, any and all property or appurtenances of every kind and description thereto, including land, leases, easements, rig…

To effect the purpose of this article, the division is authorized to enter into agreements with any person, public agency, corporation, or other entity for the management or operation of property acquired or for the conduct of any operation ordered pursuant to this article. (Adde…

(a) The division shall not make expenditures from the Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Administrative Fund pursuant to this article that exceed the following sum any one fiscal year: (1) Three million dollars ($3,000,000), commencing on July 1, 2018, for the 2018–19 fiscal year, and cont…

For purposes of this article, “account” means the Oil and Gas Environmental Remediation Account established under Section 3261. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 274, Sec. 3. (AB 2756) Effective January 1, 2017.)

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, including the expenditure limitations of Section 3258, the division shall administer and manage the Oil and Gas Environmental Remediation Account, which is hereby established in the Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Administrative F…

The division may adopt regulations to implement this article. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 274, Sec. 3. (AB 2756) Effective January 1, 2017.)

(a) The division shall, by regulation, prescribe minimum facility maintenance standards for all production facilities in the state. The regulations shall include, but are not limited to, standards for all of the following: (1) Leak detection. (2) Corrosion prevention and testing.…

Within three months of its acquisition of a production facility or at the time of the initial production at its production facility, the facility operator shall file with the division a spill contingency plan. (Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 562, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2009.)