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          SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                             Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
                            2015 - 2016  Regular  Session

          AB 864 (Williams) - Oil spill response: environmentally and  
          ecologically sensitive areas.
          
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          |Version: August 17, 2015        |Policy Vote: N.R. & W. 8 - 1    |
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          |Urgency: No                     |Mandate: Yes                    |
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          |Hearing Date: August 27, 2015   |Consultant: Marie Liu           |
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          *********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE ***********
             The following information is revised to reflect amendments 
                     adopted by the committee on August 27, 2015


          Bill  
          Summary:  AB 864 would require pipelines to have the best  
          achievable technology to reduce the amount of oil released in an  
          oil spill to protect state waters and wildlife.


          Fiscal  
          Impact:  
           Initial costs of $1.69 million followed by $1.37 million  
            annually ongoing to the California Hazardous Liquid Pipeline  
            Safety Fund (special) for the Office of the State Fire Marshal  
            (SFM) to develop and implement regulations on best achievable  
            technology. 
           Unknown ongoing costs, likely in the mid-hundreds of thousands  
            to the Oil Spill Prevention and Administration Fund (special)  
            for the Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response to advise  
            operators on best achievable technology, evaluate contingency  







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            plans, and develop required regulations.
           Unknown costs to the California Hazardous Liquid Pipeline  
            Safety Fund (special) and the Oil Spill Prevention and  
            Administration Fund (special) for the SFM and OSPR to  
            coordinate, potentially under a memorandum of understanding.


          Author  
          Amendments:  
           Extend the deadlines for the interstate pipeline requirements  
            by six months
           Specifies that OSPR and the SFM define "near" for interstate  
            and intrastate pipelines, respectively
           Require the SFM determine best achievable technology for  
            interstate pipelines


          Committee  
          Amendments:  
           Establish a January 1, 2018 deadline for compliance with the  
            bill's requirements for new intrastate pipelines
           Clarify that the retrofit plan for intrastate pipelines plan  
            for the upgrade of all intrastate pipelines by 2020.


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