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Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 3251

Hazardous Wells and Facilities

Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2017
As of January 1, 2011
For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
For the purposes of this article, an oil or gas well is a “hazardous well” if the supervisor determines that the well is a potential danger to life, health, or natural resources and there is no operator determined by the supervisor to be responsible for plugging and abandoning the well under subdivision (c) of Section 3237. Also, for the purposes of this article, an oil or gas well is an “idle-deserted well” if the supervisor determines that the well is deserted under Section 3237 and there is no operator responsible for its plugging and abandonment under Section 3237.
(a) “Deserted facility” means a production facility determined by the supervisor to be deserted under Section 3237 and for which there is no operator responsible for its decommissioning under Section 3237.
(b) “Decommission” has the same meaning and requirements, as applicable, as the definition established in Section 1760 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
(c) “Hazardous facility” means a production facility determined by the supervisor to be a potential danger to life, health, or natural resources and for which there is no operator determined by the supervisor to be responsible for its decommissioning under Section 3237.
(d) “Hazardous well” means an oil and gas well determined by the supervisor to be a potential danger to life, health, or natural resources and for which there is no operator determined by the supervisor to be responsible for its plugging and abandonment under Section 3237.
(e) “Idle-deserted well” means an oil and gas well determined by the supervisor to be deserted under Section 3237 and for which there is no operator responsible for its plugging and abandonment under Section 3237.

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