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

          AB 1420 (Salas) - Oil and gas: pipelines.
          
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          |Version: August 18, 2015        |Policy Vote: N.R. & W. 9 - 0,   |
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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 1420 would require a local health officer to take  
          specified actions when there is a leak in a gas pipeline and  
          would require mechanical integrity tests of gas pipelines more  
          than 10 years old in sensitive areas every two years.


          Fiscal  
          Impact:  Ongoing costs of less than $1 million to the Oil, Gas,  
          and Geothermal Administrative Fund (special) for personnel and  
          equipment necessary to identify all pipelines in sensitive areas  
          and to perform required mechanical integrity tests as required. 


          Author  
          Amendments:
           Require that mechanical integrity tests requirements commence  







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            in 2018
           Require that operators of an active gas pipeline in a  
            sensitive area submit a map of subject pipes to the Division  
            of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources 
           Allow for testing performed for other regulatory entities to  
            be used to satisfy these requirements upon approval by the  
            supervisor


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