California Public Resources Code

§ 3181.5

PRC § 3181.5 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 3 · Ch. 1 · Art. 3.5

Statute text

(a)(1) The operator of a gas storage well shall provide to the division a complete chemical inventory of the materials, of any phase, that may be emitted from the gas storage well in the event of a reportable leak, as defined for purposes of Section 3183, periodically, as determined by the division, but no less than annually. For purposes of this section, material includes, but is not limited to, the composition of formation fluids, gas in the storage reservoir, wellbore-produced fluids, and all well maintenance and control materials, including well kill fluids, placed in the well. For purposes of this section, fluids include suspended or entrained solids.

(2)The division shall consider information collected pursuant to its existing regulations when determining what information satisfies the requirements of this section.

(b)Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in the event of a reportable leak, as defined for purposes of Section 3183, the operator of a gas storage well shall provide to the division the composition of well kill fluids within five days of their use in a leaking gas storage well and any updates to the information reported pursuant to subdivision (a) to ensure that it is current.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 773, Sec. 3. (SB 463) Effective January 1, 2020.