BILL NUMBER: SB 682	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 13, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 28, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 25, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 11, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Rubio

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add  Sections 3011 and   Section
 3016 to the Public Resources Code, relating to public
resources.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 682, as amended, Rubio. Public resources: oil and gas:
underground injection of gas.
   Existing law establishes the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal
Resources in the Department of Conservation and provides the division
with the authority to regulate oil and gas well and production
facilities. 
   The Hazardous Waste Control Law authorizes the Department of Toxic
Substances Control to regulate the disposal of hazardous and
extremely hazardous waste. 
   This bill would authorize the division to permit the underground
injection of a gas,  including constituents stripped from
gas, that is produced in a downhole in connection with exploration,
development, or production operations for the purposes of disposal.
The bill would exempt gases that are hazardous or extremely hazardous
waste and injected underground pursuant to the above provision and
that meet 3 conditions from regulation under the Hazardous Waste
Control Law. The bill would define the term "fluid" for purposes of
oil and gas conservation provisions   as defined. The
bill would require the division to establish standards for the
permitting of gas injection  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   
  SECTION 1.    Section 3011 is added to the Public
Resources Code, to read:
   3011.  "Fluid" means any material or substance that flows or moves
whether in a semisolid, liquid, sludge, gas, or any other form or
state. 
   SEC. 2.   SECTION 1.   Section 3016 is
added to the Public Resources Code, to read:
   3016.  (a) The division shall have the authority to permit the
underground injection of a gas, as defined in Section  3004,
including the constituents stripped from gas and produced from a
downhole in connection with exploration, development, or production
operations for the purposes of disposal.   3007. 

   (b) A gas, including a constituent stripped from gas, is exempt
from regulations as hazardous or extremely hazardous waste pursuant
to Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100) of Division 20 of the
Health and Safety Code, if it satisfies all of the following:
 
   (1) Is produced from a downhole in connection with exploration,
development, or production operations.  
   (2) Is separated from the production stream as a part of the
primary field operations.  
   (3) Is managed in a closed-loop system to prevent all of the
following:  
   (A) Mixing with nonproduction wastes.  
   (B) Exposure to the surface environment.  
   (C) Transport beyond the primary field operations. 

   (4) Is reinjected underground pursuant to subdivision (a).
 
   (c) For the purposes of this section, "primary field operations"
includes activities occurring before the point where the gas is
transferred from an individual field facility or a centrally located
facility to a carrier or pipeline for transport to market. 

   (b) The division shall establish standards for the permitting of
gas injection.