{"code":"PRC","codeName":"Public Resources Code","section":"3501","citation":"Pub. Resources Code, § 3501","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 2. Wasting of Natural Gas [3500. - 3503.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/division-3/chapter-2"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Any person, firm, corporation, or association who digs, drills, excavates, constructs, or owns, or controls a well from which natural gas flows shall, upon the abandonment of the well, cap or otherwise close the mouth of or entrance to the well in such a manner as to prevent the unnecessary or wasteful escape of natural gas into the atmosphere.</p><p>No person, firm, corporation, or association who owns or controls land in which such a well is situated shall wilfully permit natural gas flowing from the well wastefully or unnecessarily to escape into the atmosphere.</p>","text":"Any person, firm, corporation, or association who digs, drills, excavates, constructs, or owns, or controls a well from which natural gas flows shall, upon the abandonment of the well, cap or otherwise close the mouth of or entrance to the well in such a manner as to prevent the unnecessary or wasteful escape of natural gas into the atmosphere. No person, firm, corporation, or association who owns or controls land in which such a well is situated shall wilfully permit natural gas flowing from the well wastefully or unnecessarily to escape into the atmosphere.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/wasting-of-natural-gas-3501","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}