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CA Pub Res Code § 2812 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 2 - GEOLOGY, MINES AND MINING|CHAPTER 12 - Earthquake Preparedness|Section 2812.

2812.  (a) The projects authorized by this chapter shall promote voluntary actions by local jurisdictions, volunteer agencies and associations, and private organizations which address all aspects of seismic safety, including, but not limited to, mitigation, public information and education, response, and recovery planning.(b) The projects may do all of the following:(1) Provide planning and technical assistance for developing and implementing earthquake hazard mitigation and loss prevention programs that reduce earthquake vulnerability.(2) Provide planning and technical assistance to improve regional, local, community, corporate, and public and private school preparedness.(3) Provide planning and technical assistance to local jurisdictions to improve regional and local agencies’ response capabilities for predicted and unpredicted earthquakes.(4) Participate with local, regional, state, and federal agencies, councils of government, and private organizations in providing education and training workshops and conferences on comprehensive earthquake preparedness.(5) Promote innovative approaches by local jurisdictions in the areas of public education and individual, community, and private-sector preparedness.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1115, Sec. 2.)
CA Pub Res Code § 2814 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 2 - GEOLOGY, MINES AND MINING|CHAPTER 12 - Earthquake Preparedness|Section 2814.

2814.  The earthquake preparedness activities established under this chapter shall be carried out by the Office of Emergency Services. The commission and Office of Emergency Services shall work together and use appropriate scientific information and recommendations provided by the survey. Other arrangements to coordinate the activities established by this chapter shall be made, through mutual agreement, by the commission and the Office of Emergency Services. A local advisory board shall be established to provide advice and guidance on project activities in the Counties of San Diego, Imperial, and Santa Barbara.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 521, Sec. 50. (SB 809) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Pub Res Code § 2815 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 2 - GEOLOGY, MINES AND MINING|CHAPTER 12 - Earthquake Preparedness|Section 2815.

2815.  The Office of Emergency Services may enter into agreements with local, regional, and federal agencies, councils of government, and private organizations and contractors, and may receive and expend funds provided by those entities in support of comprehensive earthquake preparedness programs authorized by this chapter. The commission and Office of Emergency Services shall seek assistance from appropriate federal agencies.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 478. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 2 - Wasting of Natural Gas|Section 3500.

3500.  All persons, firms, corporations, and associations are prohibited from wilfully permitting natural gas wastefully to escape into the atmosphere.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 2 - Wasting of Natural Gas|Section 3501.

3501.  Any person, firm, corporation, or association who digs, drills, excavates, constructs, or owns, or controls a well from which natural gas flows shall, upon the abandonment of the well, cap or otherwise close the mouth of or entrance to the well in such a manner as to prevent the unnecessary or wasteful escape of natural gas into the atmosphere.No person, firm, corporation, or association who owns or controls land in which such a well is situated shall wilfully permit natural gas flowing from the well wastefully or unnecessarily to escape into the atmosphere.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 2 - Wasting of Natural Gas|Section 3502.

3502.  Any person, firm, corporation, or association who wilfully violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 2 - Wasting of Natural Gas|Section 3503.

3503.  Each day during which natural gas is wilfully allowed wastefully or unnecessarily to escape into the atmosphere is a separate and distinct violation of this chapter.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3600 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 3 - Spacing of Wells and Community Leases|Section 3600.

3600.  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any well hereafter drilled for oil or gas, or hereafter drilled and permitted to produce oil or gas, which is located within 100 feet of an outer boundary of the parcel of land on which the well is situated, or within 100 feet of a public street or road or highway dedicated prior to the commencement of drilling of the well, or within 150 feet of either a well being drilled or a well theretofore drilled which is producing oil or gas or a well which has been drilled and is not producing but which is capable of producing oil or gas, is a public nuisance.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1559.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3601 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 3 - Spacing of Wells and Community Leases|Section 3601.

3601.  Where several contiguous parcels of land in one or different ownerships are operated as a single oil or gas lease or operating unit, the term “outer boundary line” means the outer boundary line of the lands included in the lease or unit. In determining the contiguity of any such parcels of land, no street, road or alley lying within the lease or unit shall be deemed to interrupt such contiguity.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1559.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3602 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 3 - Spacing of Wells and Community Leases|Section 3602.

3602.  Where a parcel of land contains one acre or more, but is less than 250 feet in width, there may be drilled on the parcel of land not more than one well to each acre of the area if the surface location of any well or wells is so placed as to be as far from the lateral boundary lines of the parcel of land as the configuration of the surface and the existing improvements thereon will permit.(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1218.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3602.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 3 - Spacing of Wells and Community Leases|Section 3602.1.

3602.1.  Where a parcel of land contains one acre or more and the hydrocarbons to be developed are too heavy or viscous to produce by normal means, and the supervisor so determines, the supervisor may approve proposals to drill wells at whatever locations he deems advisable for the purpose of the proper development of such hydrocarbons by the application of pressure, heat or other means for the reduction of oil viscosity, and such wells shall not be classed as public nuisances after approval by the supervisor.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1218.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3602.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 3 - Spacing of Wells and Community Leases|Section 3602.2.

3602.2.  In determining the area of parcels of land for the purposes of this chapter, the area of the oil and gas mineral estate shall be used exclusively.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 405.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3603 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 3 - Spacing of Wells and Community Leases|Section 3603.

3603.  For the purposes of this chapter, an alley which intersects or lies within any block or other subdivision unit is not a public street or road.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1559.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3604 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 3 - Spacing of Wells and Community Leases|Section 3604.

3604.  Each day in which the drilling of any well is carried on, or on which it is permitted to produce oil or gas in violation of this chapter is a separate nuisance.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1559.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3605 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 3 - Spacing of Wells and Community Leases|Section 3605.

3605.  The provisions of this chapter do not apply to any field producing oil or gas on August 14, 1931.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1559.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3606 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 3 - Spacing of Wells and Community Leases|Section 3606.

3606.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, where a parcel of land contains one acre or more and where all or substantially all of the surface of such parcel of land is unavailable for the surface location of oil or gas wells, there may be drilled or produced not more than one well into each acre of such parcel of land, and the surface location of such well may be located upon property which may or may not contain one acre or more of surface area, and the property upon the surface of which the surface location of such well may be located may or may not be contiguous to such parcel of land; provided:1. No operator shall construct or maintain any derrick within 150 feet of any other derrick, then standing, of such operator unless approved in advance by the supervisor who may, in granting such approval, attach such conditions as are reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.2. The surface location of such well, as measured from the center of the hole, shall be not less than 25 feet from an outer boundary of the surface of the property upon which such well is located, and shall be not less than 25 feet from any dedicated public street, road or highway which is so dedicated and in such public use at the time of the commencement of drilling of such well.3. The producing interval of such well shall be not less than 75 feet from an outer boundary of the parcel of land into which such producing interval is drilled, and the producing interval of such well shall be not less than 150 feet, as measured horizontally in the same zone, from the producing interval of any other well which is producing or capable of producing oil or gas. If the parcel of land qualified to be drilled under this section is less than 150 feet in width, the producing interval of such well shall be as far from the lateral boundary lines of the property as is practicable.To enforce the provisions of this section, the supervisor may require, at the time supervisor gives approval of notice of intention to drill, redrill or deepen, that a subsurface directional survey be made for such well, and that a plat of said directional survey be filed with the supervisor within fifteen (15) days of completion.(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1514.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3606.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 3 - Spacing of Wells and Community Leases|Section 3606.1.

3606.1.  The 150-foot restriction in Sections 3600 and elsewhere in this chapter shall apply only to wells drilled and producing from the same zone or pool; provided, however, that the well density shall not exceed one well per acre unless the supervisor shall determine that more than one zone or pool underlies the property and that it is not practical to produce from all of such zones or pools from a single well per acre and that such other zones or pools are being drained by offset wells. In such cases only, a maximum density of two wells per acre may be approved. These exceptions to the general spacing rule shall apply also to properties qualifying under Sections 3602 and 3606.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 925.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3607 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 3 - Spacing of Wells and Community Leases|Section 3607.

3607.  The prohibition set forth in Section 3600 against drilling within 100 feet of any public street or highway shall not apply in the case of any street or highway which is opened through a field in which drilling was commenced prior to the opening of the street or highway.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1559.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3608.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 3 - Spacing of Wells and Community Leases|Section 3608.1.

3608.1.  The owner or operator of any leasehold, into which land has been included under the provisions of Section 3608, shall cause to be recorded an appropriate quitclaim to such land in the proper county recorder’s office when such leasehold has been terminated.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 405.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3609 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 3 - Spacing of Wells and Community Leases|Section 3609.

3609.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, if the supervisor determines, pursuant to rules and regulations and after a public hearing, that the development of a pool discovered after the effective date of this section for the production of oil and gas, or either, requires the adoption of a well-spacing pattern other than that specified in Sections 3600 to 3608.1, inclusive, in order to prevent waste and to increase the ultimate economic recovery of oil or gas, he may adopt a well-spacing plan to apply to the surface and subsurface of a designated pool. Such plan shall be applicable to all wells thereafter drilled or redrilled into such pool. Such plan may include a requirement that, as a prerequisite to approval to drill or redrill a well, all or certain specified parcels of land shall be included in a pooling or unit agreement. The supervisor may provide in the rules and regulations for mandatory pooling agreements in connection with the well-spacing order.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 864.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3700 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 4 - Geothermal Resources|Section 3700.

3700.  It is hereby found and determined that the people of the State of California have a direct and primary interest in the development of geothermal resources, and that the State of California, through the authority vested in the State Oil and Gas Supervisor, should exercise its power and jurisdiction to require that wells for the discovery and production of geothermal resources be drilled, operated, maintained and abandoned in such manner as to safeguard life, health, property, and the public welfare, and to encourage maximum economic recovery.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1398.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3701 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 4 - Geothermal Resources|Section 3701.

3701.  For the purposes of this chapter, “geothermal resources” shall mean geothermal resources as defined in Section 6903 of this code.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1398.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3702 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 4 - Geothermal Resources|Section 3702.

3702.  For the purposes of this chapter, “geothermal resources area” means the same general surface area which is underlaid, or reasonably appears to be underlaid, by geothermal resources.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1213.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3703 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 4 - Geothermal Resources|Section 3703.

3703.  “Well” means any well for the discovery of geothermal resources or any well on lands producing geothermal resources or reasonably presumed to contain geothermal resources, or any special well, converted producing well or reactivated or converted abandoned well employed for reinjecting geothermal resources or the residue thereof.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1398.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3703.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 4 - Geothermal Resources|Section 3703.1.

3703.1.  “Low-temperature geothermal resources” are fluids that have value by virtue of the heat contained therein and have a temperature that is not more than the boiling point of water at the altitude of occurrence.(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1077, Sec. 11.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3704 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 4 - Geothermal Resources|Section 3704.

3704.  “Department”, in reference to the government of this state, means the Department of Conservation.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1483.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3705 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 4 - Geothermal Resources|Section 3705.

3705.  “Division,” in reference to the government of this state, means the Geologic Energy Management Division in the Department of Conservation.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 771, Sec. 16. (AB 1057) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3706 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 4 - Geothermal Resources|Section 3706.

3706.  “Director” means the Director of Conservation.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1483.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3707 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 4 - Geothermal Resources|Section 3707.

3707.  “Supervisor” means the State Oil and Gas Supervisor.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1483.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3708 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 4 - Geothermal Resources|Section 3708.

3708.  “Person” includes any individual, firm, association, corporation, or any other group or combination acting as a unit.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1483.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3709 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 4 - Geothermal Resources|Section 3709.

3709.  “Operator” means any person drilling, maintaining, operating, pumping, or in control of any well.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1483.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3710 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 4 - Geothermal Resources|Section 3710.

3710.  “Owner” includes “operator” when any well is operated or has been operated or is about to be operated by any person other than the owner.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1483.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3711 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 4 - Geothermal Resources|Section 3711.

3711.  “Operator” includes “owner” when any well is or has been or is about to be operated by or under the direction of the owner.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1483.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3712 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 4 - Geothermal Resources|Section 3712.

3712.  This chapter 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 which may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including the authority to adopt rules and regulations.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 999, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3714 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 4 - Geothermal Resources|Section 3714.

3714.  The State Oil and Gas Supervisor shall so supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance and abandonment of geothermal resources wells as to encourage the greatest ultimate economic recovery of geothermal resources, to prevent damage to life, health, property, and natural resources, and to prevent damage to, and waste from, the underground geothermal deposits, and to prevent damage to underground and surface waters suitable for irrigation or domestic purposes by reason of the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of geothermal resources wells.(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 117.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3714.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 4 - Geothermal Resources|Section 3714.5.

3714.5.  The supervisor, pursuant to regulation, shall designate geothermal resources areas and may exclude from the operation of this chapter certain wells within such geothermal resources areas when there is no probability of encountering geothermal resources.(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1102.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3715 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 4 - Geothermal Resources|Section 3715.

3715.  The supervisor shall also supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells so as to permit the owners or operators of such wells to utilize all methods and practices known to the industry for the purpose of increasing the ultimate recovery of geothermal resources and which, in the opinion of the supervisor, are suitable for such purpose in each proposed case. In order to further the elimination of waste by increasing the recovery of geothermal resources it is hereby declared as a policy of this state that the grant in a geothermal resources lease or contract to a lessee or operator of the right or power, in substance, to explore for and remove all geothermal resources from any lands in the State of California, in the absence of an express provision to the contrary contained in such lease or contract, is deemed to allow the lessee or contractor or his successors or assigns, to do what a prudent operator using reasonable diligence would do, having in mind the best interest of the lessor, lessee and the state, in producing and removing geothermal resources; provided, however, nothing contained in this section imposes a legal duty upon such lessee or contractor, his successors or assigns, to conduct such operations.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1398.)
CA Pub Res Code § 3715.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 3 - OIL AND GAS|CHAPTER 4 - Geothermal Resources|Section 3715.5.

3715.5.  For the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (commencing with Section 21000), the division shall be the lead agency as defined in Section 21067 for all geothermal exploratory projects as defined in Section 21065.5. The division shall complete all its responsibilities pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, including public and agency review and approval or disapproval of the project, within 135 days of the receipt of the application for such project. The division may delegate its lead agency responsibility under this section to a county which has adopted a geothermal element, as defined in Section 25133, for its general plan. Any such delegation shall provide that the county complete its lead agency responsibility under this section within 135 days of the receipt of the application for such project. The provisions of this section shall not apply to geothermal exploratory projects as defined in Section 21065.5 where, prior to January 1, 1979, preparation of an environmental impact report for such project has begun or an application for such project which will require preparation of an environmental impact report has been filed.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1271.)