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CA Pub Res Code § 3235 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4 - Regulation of Operations|Section 3235.

3235.  (a) The supervisor may upon their own initiative or shall upon receipt of a written complaint from a person owning land, residing, or operating wells within a radius of one mile of any well or group of wells complained against make an investigation of the well or wells involved. The supervisor shall make a written report and order, stating the work required to repair the damage complained of, or stating that no work is required.(b) A copy of the order shall be delivered to the complainant, or if more than one, to each complainant, and, if the supervisor orders the damage repaired, a copy of the order shall be delivered to each of the owners, operators, or agents having in charge the well or wells upon which the work is to be done.(c) The order shall contain a statement of the conditions sought to be remedied or repaired and a statement of the work required by the supervisor to repair the condition.(d) Service shall be made by mailing copies to the persons required under this section at the post office address given.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 727, Sec. 8. (SB 406) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3236 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4 - Regulation of Operations|Section 3236.

3236.  Any owner or operator, or employee thereof, who refuses to permit the supervisor or the district deputy, or his inspector, to inspect a well, or who willfully hinders or delays the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, and every person, whether as principal, agent, servant, employee, or otherwise, who violates, fails, neglects, or refuses to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, or who fails or neglects or refuses to furnish any report or record which may be required pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or who willfully renders a false or fraudulent report, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, for each such offense.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 336. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3238 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4 - Regulation of Operations|Section 3238.

3238.  (a) For oil and gas produced in this state from a well that qualifies under Section 3251 or that has been inactive for a period of at least the preceding five consecutive years, the rate of the charges imposed pursuant to Sections 3402 and 3403 shall be reduced to zero for a period of 10 years. The supervisor or district deputy shall not permit an operator to undertake any work on wells qualifying under Section 3251 unless the mineral rights owner consents, in writing, to the work plan.(b) An operator who undertakes any work on a well qualifying under Section 3251 shall have up to 90 days from the date the operator receives written consent from the supervisor to evaluate the well. On or before the 90 day evaluation period ends, the operator shall file with the supervisor a bond or security in an amount specified in Section 3204, 3205, or 3205.1, in accordance with the requirements of whichever of those sections is applicable to the well, if the well operations are to continue for a period in excess of the 90-day evaluation period. The conditions of the bond shall be the same as the conditions stated in Section 3204.(c) A party may plug and abandon a well that qualifies under Section 3251 by obtaining all necessary rights to the well. That party shall be subject to the requirements of this chapter as an operator of the well, file with the supervisor the appropriate bond or security in an amount specified in Section 3204, 3205, or 3205.1, and complete the abandonment. If the abandonment is not completed, the supervisor may act under Section 3226 to complete the work.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 272, Sec. 18. (AB 2729) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3240 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.1 - Abandoned Wells|Section 3240.

3240.  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 extent of methane gas and other hazardous gas accumulations, and potential hazards from the abandoned wells.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 924, Sec. 1. Effective September 24, 1985.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3241 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.1 - Abandoned Wells|Section 3241.

3241.  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 health and safety of the public. The strategy shall also provide plans for the management of methane gas and other hazardous gas from wells in high-risk areas where no accumulations are discovered in order to prevent future accumulations of methane gas and other hazardous gas.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 924, Sec. 1. Effective September 24, 1985.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3243 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.1 - Abandoned Wells|Section 3243.

3243.  (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 implementing all of the division’s authorities for collecting the amounts owed.(c) (1) To the extent feasible, the division shall use existing resources and personnel in establishing a collections unit.(2) The requirement imposed by paragraph (1) shall remain operative until January 1, 2027.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 707, Sec. 4. (AB 896) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3250 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.2 - Hazardous Wells and Facilities|Section 3250.

3250.  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 those oil and gas wells and facilities be abandoned, reabandoned, produced, or otherwise remedied to mitigate, minimize, or eliminate their danger to life, health, and natural resources.The Legislature further finds and declares that, although the abatement of such public nuisances could be accomplished by means of an exercise of the regulatory power of the state, such regulatory abatement would result in unfairness and financial hardship for certain landowners, while also resulting in benefits to the public. The Legislature, therefore, finds and declares that the expenditure of funds to abate such nuisances as provided in this article is for a public purpose and finds and declares it to be the policy of this state that the cost of carrying out such abatement be charged to this state’s producers of oil and gas as provided in Article 7 (commencing with Section 3400).(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 652, Sec. 6. (SB 724) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3251 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.2 - Hazardous Wells and Facilities|Section 3251.

3251.  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) “Decommission” has the same meaning and requirements, as applicable, as the definition established in Section 1760 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.(c) “Hazardous facility” means a production facility determined by the supervisor to be a potential danger to life, health, or natural resources and for which there is no operator determined by the supervisor to be responsible for its decommissioning under Section 3237.(d) “Hazardous well” means an oil and gas well determined by the supervisor to be a potential danger to life, health, or natural resources and for which there is no operator determined by the supervisor to be responsible for its plugging and abandonment under Section 3237.(e) “Idle-deserted well” means an oil and gas well determined by the supervisor to be deserted under Section 3237 and for which there is no operator responsible for its plugging and abandonment under Section 3237.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 652, Sec. 8. (SB 724) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3251.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.2 - Hazardous Wells and Facilities|Section 3251.5.

3251.5.  (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 the abandonment 15 or more years before the date of the supervisor’s determination that it poses such a danger.(b) Reabandonment initiated by the supervisor shall not be affected by the timeline established in this section.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1322, Sec. 2.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3252 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.2 - Hazardous Wells and Facilities|Section 3252.

3252.  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 of persons, or to the substantial balance of an ecological community.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1090.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3253 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.2 - Hazardous Wells and Facilities|Section 3253.

3253.  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 thereby.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1090.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3254 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.2 - Hazardous Wells and Facilities|Section 3254.

3254.  This article shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its purposes.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1090.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3255 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.2 - Hazardous Wells and Facilities|Section 3255.

3255.  (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 determines to be a hazardous well, an idle-deserted well, a hazardous facility, or a deserted facility:(1) Any inspection or tests necessary to determine what action, if any, would be appropriate to effectuate the purpose of this article.(2) The abandonment of the well.(3) The reabandonment of the well.(4) The redrilling and production of an existing well for purposes of remedying, mitigating, minimizing, or eliminating danger to life, health, and natural resources.(5) The drilling and production of a well for purposes of remedying, mitigating, minimizing, or eliminating danger to life, health, and natural resources.(6) The decommissioning of hazardous or deserted facilities.(7) Any other remedy or oilfield operation calculated to effectuate the purpose of this article.(b) If, pursuant to this article, the supervisor orders that any operation be carried out with respect to a hazardous well, an idle-deserted well, a hazardous facility, or a deserted facility and that operation will, by virtue of the physical occupation or destruction of all or any part of the property or the extraction of oil or gas from the property, substantially interfere with the enjoyment of the property, the supervisor may acquire, as provided in Section 3256, a minimal interest in the property as is necessary to carry out the operation. No acquisition may be made pursuant to this subdivision unless the supervisor finds and determines that the public benefits to be derived therefrom in remedying, mitigating, minimizing, or eliminating danger to life, health, and natural resources will exceed the cost of the acquisition, irrespective of the manner in which the acquisition is to be funded.(c) An order of the supervisor to carry out any of the operations listed in subdivision (a) may be appealed by the owner of the property pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 3350), except that in the case of an emergency no stay of the supervisor’s order shall accompany the appeal.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 652, Sec. 9. (SB 724) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3256 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.2 - Hazardous Wells and Facilities|Section 3256.

3256.  (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, rights-of-way, oil, gas, or other mineral rights as the supervisor determines to be required and necessary to carry out operations to effect the purpose of this article.(b) When the division cannot acquire any such necessary property or interest therein by agreement with the owner, any such property or interest therein authorized to be acquired under this article shall be acquired pursuant to provisions of the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code); except that, notwithstanding any provision thereof, the division, in the name of and for the state, may take immediate possession and use of any property required to carry out operations to effect the purpose of this article after eminent domain proceedings are first commenced according to law in a court of competent jurisdiction, and thereupon giving such security as the court in which the proceedings are pending directs to secure to the owner of the property sought to be taken immediate compensation for the taking and any damage incident thereto, including damages sustained by reason of an adjudication that there is no necessity for taking the property.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1090.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3257 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.2 - Hazardous Wells and Facilities|Section 3257.

3257.  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.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1090.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3260 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.3 - Oil and Gas Environmental Remediation Account|Section 3260.

3260.  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.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3261 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.3 - Oil and Gas Environmental Remediation Account|Section 3261.

3261.  (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 Fund.(b) Moneys in the account shall be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to plug and abandon oil and gas wells, decommission attendant facilities, or otherwise remediate sites that the supervisor determines could pose a danger to life, health, water quality, wildlife, or natural resources if there is no operator determined by the supervisor to be responsible for remediation pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 3237 or who is able to respond.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 274, Sec. 3. (AB 2756) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3262 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.3 - Oil and Gas Environmental Remediation Account|Section 3262.

3262.  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.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3270 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.4 - Regulation of Production Facilities|Section 3270.

3270.  (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.(3) Tank inspection and cleaning.(4) Valve and gauge maintenance, and secondary containment maintenance.(5) Other facility or equipment maintenance that the supervisor deems important for the proper operation of production facilities and that the supervisor determines are necessary to prevent damage to life, health, property, and natural resources; damage to underground oil and gas deposits from infiltrating water and other causes; loss of oil, gas, or reservoir energy; and damage to underground and surface waters suitable for irrigation or domestic purposes by the infiltration of, or the addition of, detrimental substances.(b) An operator who constructs, acquires, maintains, or alters an oil well or a production facility shall comply with the standards prescribed pursuant to subdivision (a).(c) In a form and at a time prescribed by the division in regulation, an operator shall notify the supervisor of the construction, alteration, or decommissioning of a production facility.(d) An operator shall maintain at the production facility’s local office records of maintenance and repair operations, tests, and inspections, and shall provide the supervisor with access to these records at all times during normal business hours and with copies of the records immediately, upon request.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 562, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3270.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.4 - Regulation of Production Facilities|Section 3270.1.

3270.1.  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.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3270.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.4 - Regulation of Production Facilities|Section 3270.2.

3270.2.  The division shall inspect production facilities to ensure compliance with the standards prescribed in the regulations promulgated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 3270.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 562, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3270.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.4 - Regulation of Production Facilities|Section 3270.3.

3270.3.  In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the supervisor, upon his or her determination or that of the district deputy that a production facility is being operated in violation of the standards prescribed in subdivision (a) of Section 3270, may issue a cease and desist order to a production facility operator requiring the operator to cease operation until the operator demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the supervisor, that the violation has been corrected.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 562, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3270.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 1 - Oil and Gas Conservation|ARTICLE 4.4 - Regulation of Production Facilities|Section 3270.4.

3270.4.  (a) In addition to the bonding requirements under Article 4 (commencing with Section 3200), for an operator with a history of violating this chapter or that has outstanding liabilities to the state associated with a well or production facility, the supervisor may require a life-of-well or life-of-production facility bond in an amount adequate to ensure all of the following:(1) The proper plugging and abandonment of each well.(2) The safe decommissioning of each production facility.(3) The financing of spill response and incident cleanup.(b) Upon the failure of an operator to properly plug and abandon a well, decommission a production facility, or perform the appropriate spill response and incident cleanup, the supervisor may levy on the bond to obtain money to pay the cost of the work.(c) The supervisor may release a life-of-production facility bond upon the satisfactory decommissioning of a production facility, or when an operator has provided another valid life-of-production facility bond.(d) The supervisor may release a life-of-well bond upon the satisfactory plugging and abandonment of all wells covered by the bond or when an operator has provided another valid life-of-well bond.(e) Whenever an operator sells, assigns, transfers, conveys, exchanges, or otherwise disposes to another operator a well or production facility that is covered by a life-of-well bond or a life-of-production facility bond, the new operator shall replace the life-of-well or life-of-production bond, as applicable, and maintain the new bond for five years before it may be released by the supervisor.(f) In lieu of the indemnity bond required by this section, the supervisor may accept a deposit given pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 995.710) of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, excluding a deposit of money, bearer bonds, or bearer notes.(g) The supervisor shall adopt regulations specifying the content, including the conditions, of the bond or other security instrument required by this section.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 562, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2009.)