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CA AB935

Bill

Status

Failed

2/3/2020

Primary Sponsor

Robert Rivas

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Origin

State Assembly

2019-2020 Session

AI Summary

  • Defines "sensitive production facility" as a production facility located within 2,500 feet of buildings intended for human occupancy (residences, schools, hospitals, businesses), or in areas with significant threat to life/health, or with history of excess emissions or safety violations.

  • Requires the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources to review and update its existing regulations for sensitive production facilities by January 1, 2021, prioritizing reduction of volatile organic compounds, toxic air contaminants, methane, and particulate matter emissions.

  • Authorizes cities and counties, after consulting with relevant air districts, to develop and adopt air monitoring plans and require installation of continuous and periodic monitoring systems for hydrocarbon emissions from nonrefinery stationary sources.

  • Allows cities and counties to impose reasonable charges on nonrefinery hydrocarbon emission sources to cover costs of developing, adopting, implementing, and enforcing air monitoring plans and monitoring system installations.

  • Specifies that charges must comply with Article XIII C of the California Constitution and does not limit other authority of cities or counties to impose additional air monitoring requirements.

Legislative Description

Oil and gas: facilities and operations: monitoring and reporting.

Last Action

From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

2/3/2020

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources3/21/2019

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