Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

It is the purpose of this division to advance the state’s goals of reducing the levels of greenhouse gas emissions, increasing the deployment of sustainable and renewable energy sources, implementing measures that increase the efficiency of the use of energy, creating high qualit…

This division is necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, and shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 908, Sec. 1.)

(a) As used in this division, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) (A) “Advanced manufacturing” means manufacturing processes that improve existing or create entirely new materials, products, and processes through the use of science, engineering, or information technologies…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions hereinafter set forth shall govern the construction of this division. (Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1670.)

“Department,” in reference to the government of this state, means the Department of Conservation. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)

“Division,” in reference to the government of this state, means the Geologic Energy Management Division in the Department of Conservation; otherwise “division” means Division 3 (commencing with Section 3000) of the Public Resources Code. (Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 771, Sec. 8. …

“Director” means the Director of Conservation. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)

“Supervisor” means the State Oil and Gas Supervisor. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

“Person” includes any individual, firm, association, corporation, or any other group or combination acting as a unit. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

“Oil” includes petroleum, and “petroleum” includes oil. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)

“Gas” means any natural hydrocarbon gas coming from the earth. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 405.)

(a) “Well” means any oil or gas well or well for the discovery of oil or gas; any well on lands producing or reasonably presumed to contain oil or gas; any well drilled for the purpose of injecting fluids or gas for stimulating oil or gas recovery, repressuring or pressure mainte…

“Operator” means a person who, by virtue of ownership, or under the authority of a lease or any other agreement, has the right to drill, operate, maintain, or control a well or production facility. (Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 562, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2009.)

“Production facility” means any equipment attendant to oil and gas production or injection operations including, but not limited to, tanks, flowlines, headers, gathering lines, wellheads, heater treaters, pumps, valves, compressors, injection equipment, and pipelines that are not…

(a) The purposes of this division include protecting public health and safety and environmental quality, including reduction and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions associated with the development of hydrocarbon and geothermal resources in a manner that meets the energy needs …

The provisions of this division apply to any land or well situated within the boundaries of an incorporated city in which the drilling of oil wells is now or may hereafter be prohibited, until all wells therein have been abandoned as provided in this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 1…

This division shall be liberally construed to meet its purposes, and the director and the supervisor, acting with the approval of the director, shall have all powers, including the authority to adopt rules and regulations, which may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this …

“District” means an oil and gas district as provided for in Section 3100. (Added by renumbering Section 3015 by Stats. 1974, Ch. 765.)

For the purpose of implementing Section 503 of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, the supervisor may make the determinations entrusted to state agencies having regulatory jurisdiction with respect to the production of natural gas. Such determinations shall be made pursuant to pr…

For purposes of this chapter, abandoned underground personal property, including a well, of an operator shall become the property of the mineral interest owner when the operator loses the right to remove the personal property under common law or under a lease or any other agreeme…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the oil and gas industry pay for all necessary costs of plugging and abandonment and site restoration of oil and gas wells. (b) It is the intent of the legislature that, to minimize the risk that the state will be liable for costs of p…

This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Urban Waterfront Area Restoration Financing Authority Act. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1264, Sec. 1.)

The Legislature finds and declares that it is essential that the state, in cooperation with local governments, use all practical means and measures to restore, revitalize, and develop, in an economically and environmentally sound manner, the coastal and inland urban waterfront ar…

As to urban waterfront areas in the coastal zone, the purpose of this division is to carry out and make effective Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 31300) of Division 21 and, to that end, provide an economically feasible method of financing urban waterfront restoration. (Added b…

This division is necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants and shall be liberally construed to implement its purposes. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1264, Sec. 1.)

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) In 1988, Californians disposed of over 38 million tons of solid waste, an amount that is expected to grow if existing solid waste policies are continued. This amounts to more than 1,500 pounds of waste per person…

(a) The Legislature declares that the responsibility for solid waste management is a shared responsibility between the state and local governments. The state shall exercise its legal authority in a manner that ensures an effective and coordinated approach to the safe management o…

(a) As an essential part of the state’s comprehensive program for solid waste management, and for the preservation of health and safety, and the well-being of the public, the Legislature declares that it is in the public interest for the state, as sovereign, to authorize and requ…

Nothing in this division abrogates, limits, or otherwise affects the duties of the Department of Conservation under the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, Division 12.1 (commencing with Section 14500). (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1095, Sec. 22.)

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Solid waste diversion and disposal reduction require the availability of adequate solid waste processing and composting capacity. (2) The existing network of public and private solid waste processing and composting …

(a) The Legislature finds that integrated waste management plans prepared and adopted by local agencies shall conform, to the maximum extent possible to the policies and goals established under Article 1 (commencing with Section 40000) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 40050…

The Legislature hereby further finds and declares all of the following: (a) It is important to encourage state agencies to plan and implement programs that will reduce the amount of solid waste going to disposal facilities through source reduction, recycling, and composting. (b) …

(a) The following shall apply with regard to the preparation, revision, and implementation of source reduction and recycling elements pursuant to this part: (1) To determine solid waste amounts in the base year and in the first locally adopted source reduction and recycling eleme…

“Person” includes any agency of the state, county, city, district, or other local public agency, and any individual, firm, association, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 207. Effective January …

“State responsibility areas” means areas of the state in which the financial responsibility of preventing and suppressing fires has been determined by the board pursuant to Section 4125, to be primarily the responsibility of the state. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144…

“Forest fire” means a fire burning uncontrolled on lands covered wholly or in part by timber, brush, grass, grain, or other flammable vegetation. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)

“Open fire” means any fire, controlled or uncontrolled, including a campfire, burning outside of any structure, mobilehome, or living accommodation mounted on a motor vehicle. “Open fire” does not include portable lanterns designed to emit light resulting from a combustion proces…

“Campfire” means a fire which is used for cooking, personal warmth, lighting, ceremonial, or aesthetic purposes, including fires contained within outdoor fireplaces and enclosed stoves with flues or chimneys, stoves using jellied, liquid, solid, or gaseous fuels, portable barbecu…

The term “uncontrolled fire,” as used in this division, means any fire which threatens to destroy life, property, or resources and either: (1) is unattended by any person; (2) is attended by persons unable to prevent its unrestricted spread; or (3) is burning with such velocity o…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) This division requires cities and counties to divert 25 percent of all solid waste from landfills and transformation facilities by 1995 and 50 percent by 2000. As of 1990, the overall diversion rate in the state …

The Legislature further finds and declares that the health, safety, and welfare of the people of California depend upon the development, stability, and expansion of domestic markets for the postconsumer wastes and secondary wastes collected within the state. It is therefore the p…

The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Applicant” means a person, as defined in Section 40170, who applies for designation as a Recycling Market Development Zone. (b) “Postconsumer waste material” means any product generated by a business or a con…

The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Waste management unit” means the area of a solid waste landfill facility in or on which solid wastes are placed for disposal. (b) “New waste management unit” means a waste management unit which is not authori…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the enforcement agency or the board may issue an administrative order requiring the owner or operator of a solid waste facility or disposal site or a person in violation of Section 44000.5, to take corrective action as necessary to abate…

Nothing in this division affects the authority of the state water board or a regional water board to issue enforcement orders or take corrective actions with regard to solid waste facilities. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 952, Sec. 34. Effective October 16, 1995.)

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an order issued pursuant to this part or Part 4 (commencing with Section 43000) shall provide the person subject to that order with a notice of that person’s right to appeal pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 43000) and Part 6 (…