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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2678
Author: Ridley-Thomas (D), et al.
Amended: 8/30/14 in Senate
Vote: 27 - Urgency
PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT
SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE : 7-0, 8/30/14 (Pursuant
to Senate Rule 29.10)
AYES: Hill, Gaines, Fuller, Hancock, Jackson, Leno, Pavley
SUBJECT : Oil spills: oil spill prevention and response
SOURCE : California Resources Agency
DIGEST : This bill states legislative intent that the Board of
Equalization (BOE) shall only collect the fee on crude oil or
petroleum products upon first delivery to a refinery or marine
terminal, as described, and not upon subsequent movement of that
same oil or products derived after that first delivery; and
provides that the BOE is not prohibited from determining the
appropriate collection point at the marine terminal or refinery.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1.Requires, under the Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill
Prevention and
Response Act (Act), the administrator for oil spill response,
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acting at the direction of the Governor, to implement
activities relating to oil spill response, including emergency
drills and preparedness, and oil spill containment and
cleanup, and to represent the state in any coordinated
response efforts with the federal government.
2.Requires the administrator to adopt and implement regulations
and deems the adoption of certain regulations by the
administrator to be an emergency.
3.Requires an oil spill contingency plan to, at a minimum,
include certain requirements, among which is a requirement to
describe the strategies for the protection of environmentally
sensitive areas.
4.Requires an oil spill contingency plan for a facility to
include provisions detailing locations of environmentally
sensitive areas requiring special protection.
5.Imposes an for oil spill response in an amount determined by
the administrator to be sufficient to implement oil spill
prevention activities, but not to exceed $0.065 per barrel of
crude oil or petroleum products. The fee is deposited into
the Oil Spill Prevention and Administration Fund in the State
Treasury and monies in the Fund are available, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, for specified purposes.
6.Requires the oil spill prevention and administration fee to be
imposed upon a person owning crude oil at the time that the
crude oil is received at a marine terminal by specified modes
of delivery from within or outside the state.
This bill:
1.Describes the intent of the Legislature to only collect the
fee on crude oil or petroleum products upon first delivery to
a refinery or marine terminal.
2.States that nothing in this bill shall prohibit the BOE from
determining the appropriate collection point.
3.Contains an urgency clause and would therefore take effect
immediately.
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FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
Unknown with latest amendments.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/29/14)
California Resources Agency (source)
RM:e 8/29/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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