BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: May 4, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
AB
2912 (Committee on Natural Resources) - As Introduced March 15,
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This committee bill provides conforming and other nonsubstantive
technical changes relating to oil spills.
FISCAL EFFECT:
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No additional state costs.
COMMENTS:
Purpose. SB 861 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review),
Chapter 35, Statutes of 2014, expanded the oil spill
preparedness and response program to cover all state surface
waters at risk of oil spills from any source, including vessels,
pipelines, production facilities, and rail.
This expansion provided critical administrative funding for
preparedness, spill response, and continued coordination with
local, state, and federal government, along with industry and
non-governmental organizations. SB 861 authorized the extension
of the successful marine oil spill preparedness and response
program to apply to facilities handling or transporting oil
where a spill could impact inland surface waters; thus making
the program statewide.
This bill makes corrections to create consistency in the code
for this expansion. This bill also moves the definition of
"response efforts" to the definition section of the Act.
Analysis Prepared by:Jennifer Galehouse / APPR. / (916)
319-2081
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