ARTICLE 4. Regulation of Operations

Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.

§§ 3200–3238 · 58 sections

§ 3200 An owner or operator of a well or production facility shall designate an agent, giving his or her address, who resides in this state, to receive and accept…
§ 3201 (a) The operator of a well or production facility shall notify the supervisor or the district deputy, in writing, in the form that the supervisor or the…
§ 3202 (a) A person who acquires the right to operate a well or production facility, whether by purchase, transfer, assignment, conveyance, exchange, or other…
§ 3203 (a) The operator of any well, before commencing the work of drilling the well, shall file with the supervisor or the district deputy a written notice of…
§ 3203.5 (a) The division shall require a copy of the local land use authorization that supports the installation of a well at the time an operator submits the notice…
§ 3204 (a) An operator who, on or after January 1, 2018, engages in the drilling, redrilling, deepening, or in any operation permanently altering the casing, of a…
§ 3205 (a) An operator who engages in the drilling, redrilling, deepening, or in any operation permanently altering the casing, of 20 or more wells at any time, may…
§ 3205.1 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 3204 and 3205, a person who engages in the drilling, redrilling, or deepening, or in any operation permanently altering the…
§ 3205.2 (a) Notwithstanding Section 3204, any person who engages in the operation of a class II commercial wastewater disposal well, as defined in subdivision (d),…
§ 3205.3 (a) The division may require an operator filing an individual indemnity bond pursuant to Section 3204 or a blanket indemnity bond pursuant to Section 3205, as…
§ 3205.5 In lieu of the indemnity bond required by Sections 3204, 3205, 3205.1, 3205.2, 3205.8, and 3206, a deposit may, with the written approval of the supervisor, be…
§ 3205.6 Before July 1, 2020, the supervisor shall do all of the following: (a) Evaluate and estimate the costs associated with the decommissioning, including plugging…
§ 3205.7 (a) (1) Commencing July 1, 2022, the division shall begin requiring each operator of an oil or gas well to submit a report to the supervisor that demonstrates…
§ 3205.8 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person who acquires the right to operate a well or production facility, by purchase, transfer,…
§ 3206 (a) No later than May 1 of each year, the operator of any idle well shall do either of the following: (1) For each idle well that was an idle well at any time…
§ 3206.1 (a) By June 1, 2018, the division shall review, evaluate, and update its regulations pertaining to idle wells. The update shall include idle well testing and…
§ 3206.1.5 (a) On or before March 1, 2025, the division shall identify all low-production wells that are located in a county of the first class in an oil field that is…
§ 3206.2 (a) (1) The division, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall initiate a study to be conducted by independent experts of fugitive emissions…
§ 3206.3 (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on or before July 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the supervisor shall, in compliance with…
§ 3206.5 (a) Any city or county may request from the supervisor a list of all idle wells, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 3008, within its jurisdiction. (b)…
§ 3207 (a) Any individual or blanket indemnity bond issued in compliance with this chapter may be terminated and canceled and the surety relieved of all obligations…
§ 3208 (a) For the purposes of Sections 3206 and 3207, a well is properly abandoned when it has been shown, to the satisfaction of the supervisor, that all proper…
§ 3208.1 (a) To prevent, as far as possible, damage to life, health, and property, the supervisor or district deputy may order, or permit, the reabandonment of any…
§ 3209 The provisions of Section 3207 as to termination and cancellation shall also apply to all bonds which have been heretofore filed with the supervisor as then…
§ 3210 The owner or operator of any well shall keep, or cause to be kept, a careful and accurate log, core record, and history of the drilling of the well.
§ 3211 The log shall show the character and depth of the formation passed through or encountered in the drilling of the well. The log shall show completely the…
§ 3212 The core record shall show the depth, character, and fluid content of cores obtained, so far as determined.
§ 3213 (a) The history shall show the location and amount of sidetracked casings, tools, or other material, the depth and quantity of cement in cement plugs, the…
§ 3214 The log shall be kept in the local office of the owner or operator, and, together with the tour reports of the owner or operator, shall be subject, during…
§ 3215 (a) Within 60 days after the date of cessation of drilling, rework, well stimulation treatment, or abandonment operations, or the date of suspension of…
§ 3216 The owner or operator of any well, or his local agent, shall file with the supervisor a copy of the log, history, and core record, or any portion thereof, at…
§ 3219 Any person engaged in operating any oil or gas well wherein high pressure gas is known to exist, and any person drilling for oil or gas in any district where…
§ 3219.5 (a) On or before July 1, 2001, the Department of Conservation shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on options for ensuring the existence of blowout…
§ 3220 The owner or operator of any well on lands producing or reasonably presumed to contain oil or gas shall properly case it with water-tight and adequate casing,…
§ 3222 The owner or operator of any well shall, at the request of the supervisor, demonstrate that water from any well is not penetrating oil-bearing or gas-bearing…
§ 3223 The district deputy or an inspector designated by the supervisor may be present at the test for shutoff. If the test is personally witnessed by the district…
§ 3224 The supervisor shall order those tests or remedial work as in the supervisor’s judgment are necessary to prevent damage to life, health, property, and natural…
§ 3224.5 (a) After making a determination, based upon a site inspection, that a well poses a risk to life, health, property, or natural resources, the supervisor may…
§ 3225 (a) An order of the supervisor or a district deputy issued pursuant to this chapter shall provide a clear and concise recitation of the acts or omissions with…
§ 3226 (a) Within 30 days after service of an order pursuant to Sections 3224 and 3225, or Section 3237, or if there has been an appeal from the order to the…
§ 3226.3 The division shall annually provide to the State Water Resources Control Board and the California regional water quality control boards an inventory of all…
§ 3227 (a) The owner of any well shall file with the supervisor, on or before the last day of each month, for the last preceding calendar month, a statement, in the…
§ 3227.5 The supervisor shall compile from statements filed pursuant to Section 3227 and publish monthly statistics, within 90 days of the end of each calendar month,…
§ 3227.6 As used in Sections 3227 and 3227.5, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) “Field” means the same general surface area which is underlain, or…
§ 3228 Before abandoning any well in accordance with methods approved by the supervisor or the district deputy, and under his or her direction, the owner or operator…
§ 3229 Before commencing any work to abandon a well, the owner or operator shall file with the supervisor or the district deputy a written notice of intention to…
§ 3230 The notice of intention to abandon shall contain the following information: (a) The total depth of the well to be abandoned. (b) The complete casing record of…
§ 3232 The supervisor or the district deputy shall, within 10 days after the receipt of a written report of abandonment, furnish the owner or operator with a written…
§ 3233 (a) The division may develop field rules which establish volumetric thresholds for emergency reporting by the operator of oil discharges to land associated…
§ 3234 (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all the well records, including production reports, of any owner or operator that are filed pursuant to…
§ 3235 (a) The supervisor may upon their own initiative or shall upon receipt of a written complaint from a person owning land, residing, or operating wells within a…
§ 3236 (a) An owner or operator, or employee thereof, who refuses to permit the supervisor or the district deputy, or the district deputy’s inspector, to inspect a…
§ 3236.2 (a) (1) Upon referral by the supervisor, a person who violates this chapter or a regulation implementing this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more…
§ 3236.3 (a) When the supervisor determines that a person has engaged in, is engaged in, or is about to engage in any acts or practices that constitute or will…
§ 3236.5 (a) A person who violates this chapter or a regulation implementing this chapter is, at the supervisor’s discretion, subject to an administrative civil penalty…
§ 3236.6 The supervisor, or the supervisor’s designee, may recover from the owner or operator all response, prosecution, and enforcement costs incurred by the division…
§ 3237 (a) (1) The supervisor or district deputy may order the plugging and abandonment of a well or the decommissioning of a production facility that has been…
§ 3238 (a) For oil and gas produced in this state from a well that qualifies under Section 3251 or that has been inactive for a period of at least the preceding five…