{"code":"PRC","codeName":"Public Resources Code","section":"3300","citation":"Pub. Resources Code, § 3300","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. OIL AND GAS [3000. - 3865.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/division-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Oil and Gas Conservation [3000. - 3473.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/division-3/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 5. Unreasonable Waste of Gas [3300. - 3314.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/division-3/chapter-1/article-5"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The unreasonable waste of natural gas by the act, omission, sufferance, or insistence of the lessor, lessee or operator of any land containing oil or gas, or both, whether before or after the removal of gasoline from the gas, is opposed to the public interest and is unlawful. The blowing, release, or escape of gas into the air shall be prima facie evidence of unreasonable waste.</p>","text":"The unreasonable waste of natural gas by the act, omission, sufferance, or insistence of the lessor, lessee or operator of any land containing oil or gas, or both, whether before or after the removal of gasoline from the gas, is opposed to the public interest and is unlawful. The blowing, release, or escape of gas into the air shall be prima facie evidence of unreasonable waste.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/unreasonable-waste-of-gas-3300","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}