California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 2 - Department of Conservation › Chapter 4 - Development, Regulation, and Conservation of Oil and Gas Resources › Subchapter 1 - Onshore Well Regulations › Article 3 - Requirements › Section 1722 - General

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) All operations
					 shall be conducted in accordance with good oilfield practice.
(b) The operator for a facility or group of
					 related facilities shall develop a spill contingency plan. Spill contingency
					 plans shall also be developed by the operator for those facilities within gas
					 fields that produce condensate at an average rate of at least one barrel per
					 day or where condensate storage volume exceeds 50 barrels. The plan(s) shall be
					 filed with the appropriate Division district office within six months of the
					 effective date of Section
					 1722.9 or within three months
					 after initial production or acquisition of a facility. Plans prepared pursuant
					 to Federal Environmental Protection Agency regulations (SPCC Plans) may fulfill
					 the provisions of this subsection if such plans are determined to be adequate
					 by the appropriate Division district deputy. If, in the judgment of the
					 Supervisor, a plan becomes outdated, the Supervisor may require that the plan
					 be updated to ensure that it addresses and applies to current conditions and
					 technology.
(c) For certain
					 critical or high-pressure wells designated by the Supervisor, a blowout
					 prevention and control plan, including provisions for the duties, training,
					 supervision, and schedules for testing equipment and performing personnel
					 drills, shall be submitted by the operator to the appropriate Division district
					 deputy for approval.
(d) Notices of
					 intention to drill, deepen, redrill, rework, or plug and abandon wells shall be
					 completed on current Division forms and submitted, in duplicate, to the
					 appropriate Division district office for approval. Such notices shall include
					 all information required on the forms, and such other pertinent data as the
					 Supervisor may require. Notices of intention and approvals will be cancelled if
					 the proposed operations have not commenced within one year of receipt of the
					 notice. However, an approval for proposed operations may be extended for one
					 year if the operator submits a supplementary notice prior to the expiration of
					 the one-year period and can show good cause for such an extension. For the
					 purpose of interpretation and enforcement of provisions of this section,
					 operations, when commenced, must be completed in a timely and orderly
					 manner.
(e) A copy of the
					 operator's notice of intention and any subsequent written approval of proposed
					 operations by the Division shall be posted at the well site throughout the
					 operations.
(f) Operators shall
					 give the appropriate Division district office sufficient advance notice of the
					 time for inspections and tests requiring the presence of Division
					 personnel.
(g) Operations approved
					 by the Division shall not deviate from the approved program without prior
					 Division approval, except in an emergency.
(h) Oil spills shall be promptly reported to
					 the California Emergency Management Agency by calling the toll-free telephone
					 number (800) 852-7550 and by contacting the agencies specified in the
					 operator's spill contingency plan.
(i) Blowouts, fires, serious accidents, and
					 significant gas or water leaks resulting from or associated with an oil or gas
					 drilling or producing operation, or related facility, shall be promptly
					 reported to the appropriate Division district office.
(j) The use of radioactive materials in wells
					 shall comply with the California Department of Health Services regulations in
					 Title 17, Division 1, Chapter 5, Subchapter 4 of the California Code of
					 Regulations. With the exception of radioactive tracers used in injection
					 surveys, the loss of radioactive materials in a well shall be promptly reported
					 to the Department of Health Services pursuant to Section
					 30350.3 of the above-referenced
					 regulations and to the appropriate Division district office.
(k) When sufficient geologic and engineering
					 information is available from previous drilling or producing operations,
					 operators may make application to the Supervisor for the establishment of field
					 rules, or the Supervisor may establish field rules or change established field
					 rules for any oil or gas field. Before establishing or changing a field rule,
					 the Supervisor shall distribute the proposed rule or change to affected persons
					 and allow at least thirty (30) days for comments from the affected persons. The
					 Supervisor shall notify affected persons in writing of the establishment or
					 change of field rules.
1. New
						section filed 2-17-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No.
						7).
2. Amendment filed 12-28-84; effective thirtieth day thereafter
						(Register 84, No. 52).
3. Amendment of subsection (b) and NOTE filed
						8-4-95; operative 9-3-95 (Register 95, No. 31).
4. Change without
						regulatory effect amending subsections (d) and (j) filed 9-3-96 pursuant to
						section 100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 96, No. 36).
5. Change without regulatory
						effect amending subsections (b) and (j) filed 2-16-2000 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2000, No. 7).
6. Amendment of subsection (j)
						filed 7-11-2006; operative 8-10-2006 (Register 2006, No. 28).
7.
						Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 12-26-2006 pursuant to
						section 100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2006, No. 52).
8. Amendment of subsections
						(b), (h) and (k) and amendment of NOTE filed 12-30-2010; operative 1-29-2011
						(Register 2010, No. 53).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  3013
						  and
						  3270,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  3106,
						  3203,
						  3208,
						  3219,
						  3222,
						  3223,
						  3224,
						  3226,
						  3229,
						  3230,
						  3270
						  and
						  3270.1,
						  Public Resources Code.