BILL NUMBER: AB 1501	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 20, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Rendon

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Article 9.5 (commencing with Section 42100) to
Chapter 3 of Part 4 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, and
to add  Section   Sections  3160.5 
and 3270.5  to the Public Resources Code, relating to oil and
gas.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1501, as amended, Rendon.  Well stimulation treatments:
emissions.   Well stimulation treatments: production
facilities: emissions. 
   (1) Existing law authorizes the Division of Oil, Gas, and
Geothermal Resources in the Department of Conservation to regulate
the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of oil and gas
wells in the state  as well as the operation, maintenance, and
removal or abandonment of tanks and facilities attendant to oil and
gas production  . Existing law generally vests the State Air
Resources Board with the primary responsibility for the control of
vehicular air pollution, and air pollution control and air quality
management districts with the primary responsibility for the control
of air pollution from all sources other than vehicular sources.
   This bill would require an air district to establish an emission
standard for methane from a well stimulation treatment, as defined,
 or a production facility, as defined,  and to issue a
permit  or other regulatory document  to an owner or
operator to enforce that standard. The bill also would require the
emission standard to include  requirements on the owner or
operator to monitor the well stimulation treatment for methane leaks.
  specified components.  By adding to the duties
of air districts, this bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
   This bill would require the state board or an air district, as
appropriate, to install monitoring stations near any site approved by
the division for a well stimulation treatment  or a production
facility  , as specified. By adding to the duties of air
districts, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
   (2) Existing law makes a violation of any rule, regulation, or
order of the state board or an air district a misdemeanor. By
expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Article 9.5 (commencing with Section 42100) is added to
Chapter 3 of Part 4 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, to
read:

      Article 9.5.  Well Stimulation Treatments  and Production
Facilities 


   42100.  For purposes of this article, "well stimulation treatment"
has the same meaning as in Section 3157 of the Public Resources
Code. 
    42100.    For purposes of this article, the
following terms have the following meanings:  
   (a) "Production facility" has the same meaning as in Section 3010
of the Public Resources Code.  
   (b) "Well stimulation treatment" has the same meaning as in
Section 3157 of the Public Resources Code. 
   42105.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a district shall do
both of the following:
   (1) Establish an emission standard for methane from a well
stimulation treatment  and a production facility  .
   (2) Issue a permit  or other regulatory document  to an
owner or operator to enforce the standard adopted pursuant to
paragraph (1). 
   (b) The emission standard adopted pursuant to subdivision (a)
shall include requirements on the owner or operator to monitor the
well stimulation treatment for methane leaks.  
   (b) The emission standard adopted pursuant to subdivision (a)
shall include both of the following:  
   (1) Requirements on the owner or operator to monitor the well
stimulation treatment and the production facility for methane leaks,
as defined by the district.  
   (2) A consideration of the effects of a well stimulation treatment
or a production facility on adjacent vulnerable populations,
including, but not limited to, school-age children and the elderly.

  SEC. 2.  Section 3160.5 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   3160.5.  The State Air Resources Board or an air pollution control
or air quality management district, as appropriate, shall install
monitoring stations near any site approved by the division for a well
stimulation treatment. A monitoring station shall be equipped to
monitor for all of the following:
   (a) Acetaldehyde.
   (b) Acetone.
   (c) Alpha-Pinene. 
   (d) Dichlorodifluoromethane.  
   (e) 
    (d)  Ethanol. 
   (f) 
    (e)  Ethyl acetate. 
   (g) 
    (f)  Isobutane. 
   (h) 
    (g)  Isoprene. 
   (i) 
    (h)  Methane. 
   (j) 
    (i)  N-Heptane. 
   (k) 
    (j)  N-Hexane. 
   (l) 
    (k)  Propane. 
   (m) 
    (l)  Toluene. 
   (n) Trichlorofluoromethane. 
   SEC. 3.    Section 3270.5 is added to the  
Public Resources Code  , to read:  
   3270.5.  The State Air Resources Board or an air pollution control
or air quality management district, as appropriate, shall install
monitoring stations near any site approved by the division for a
production facility. A monitoring station shall be equipped to
monitor for all of the following:
   (a) Acetaldehyde.
   (b) Acetone.
   (c) Alpha-Pinene.
   (d) Ethanol.
   (e) Ethyl acetate.
   (f) Isobutane.
   (g) Isoprene.
   (h) Methane.
   (i) N-Heptane.
   (j) N-Hexane.
   (k) Propane.
   (l) Toluene. 
   SEC. 3.   SEC. 4.   No reimbursement is
required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the
California Constitution because a local agency or school district has
the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments
sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by
this act or because costs that may be incurred by a local agency or
school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime
or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the
penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section
17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime
within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.