BILL NUMBER: AB 2420	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nazarian

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Section 3162 to the Public Resources Code, relating
to well stimulation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2420, as introduced, Nazarian. Well stimulation treatments:
local prohibition.
    Under existing law, the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal
Resources in the Department of Conservation regulates the drilling,
operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil and gas wells in the
state. The State Oil and Gas Supervisor supervises the drilling,
operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells and the operation,
maintenance, and removal or abandonment of tanks and facilities
related to oil and gas production within an oil and gas field
regarding safety and environmental damage. Existing law requires an
operator of a well to apply for a permit, as specified, with the
supervisor or district deputy, prior to performing a well stimulation
treatment, as defined, and prohibits the operator from either
conducting a new well stimulation treatment or repeating a well
stimulation treatment without a valid, approved permit.
   This bill would authorize a city or county to adopt and enforce a
local ordinance prohibiting well stimulation treatments.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 3162 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   3162.  Notwithstanding any provision of this article, a city or
county may adopt and enforce a local ordinance prohibiting well
stimulation treatments.