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CA SB1030
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends the California Pipeline Safety Act to authorize the State Fire Marshal to require pipeline owners/operators to establish and maintain records, make reports, and provide information reasonably necessary for hazardous liquid pipeline safety compliance and enforcement.
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Expands the definition of "pipeline" by removing the exemption for crude oil pipelines that operate by gravity or at stress levels of 20 percent or less of minimum yield strength, subjecting these additional pipelines to state regulation.
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Authorizes the State Fire Marshal to disclose pipeline records and information to state and federal officials for purposes of implementing pipeline safety laws and regulations, including the federal Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979.
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Removes specific pressure test result requirements and repeals obsolete provisions regarding compliance schedules and cathodic protection installation deadlines.
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Eliminates funding and contingency provisions for the State Fire Marshal's centralized database of intrastate pipeline information, making the database requirement unconditional.
Legislative Description
Pipeline safety: records.
Last Action
Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Bloom.
8/30/2022