BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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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