California Public Resources Code

§ 3205.7

PRC § 3205.7 Effective Jan 1, 2021Div. 3 · Ch. 1 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)(1) Commencing July 1, 2022, the division shall begin requiring each operator of an oil or gas well to submit a report to the supervisor that demonstrates the operator’s total liability to plug and abandon all wells and to decommission all attendant production facilities, including any needed site remediation, pursuant to Section 3208 and Article 4.2 (commencing with Section 3250), as applicable, on a schedule determined by the supervisor.

(2)For purposes of paragraph (1), the supervisor shall set the schedule in a manner that staggers the initial reports by operators to ensure that some reporting commences on July 1, 2022, that at least one-half of required operators will have submitted their initial report by July 1, 2024, that all initial reporting is completed by July 1, 2026, and that followup reporting is required for each operator on a continual basis that is no less frequent than every five years after the initial report.

(b)The division shall develop criteria to be used by operators for estimating costs to plug and abandon wells and decommission attendant production facilities, including site remediation. The criteria shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following requirements:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 236. (SB 1371) Effective January 1, 2021.