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SB 454 California Senate · 2015-2016 Regular Session

Water quality: oil and gas: exempted aquifer.

Summary
Existing federal law prohibits certain oil and gas well activities that affect underground sources of drinking water unless those sources are located in an exempted aquifer. Existing federal law authorizes a state delegated with the responsibility of regulating certain wells to propose that an aquifer or a portion of an aquifer be an exempted aquifer and authorizes the United States Environmental Protection Agency to approve the proposal if the aquifer or a portion of the aquifer meets certain criteria. Under existing federal law, the authority to regulate those wells in California is delegated to the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources in the Department of Conservation. This bill would prohibit the division from submitting a proposal for an aquifer exemption to the United States Environmental Protection Agency unless the division and the State Water Resources Control Board concur in writing that the aquifer meets specified conditions.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2015
Committee Review
Jun 2015
Senate Passage
Jun 2015
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 25, 2015 Last action Feb 1, 2016
Floor votes · Senate Jun 4, 2015

How they voted

34–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Jun 4, 2015
D Democratic24
23 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican11
11 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
3
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Jun 4, 2015
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0-1)
senate
Jun 2, 2015
Upper · Passed
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
upper
Jun 1, 2015
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1154.) (May 28).
upper
Apr 30, 2015
Committee
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 858.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Apr 29, 2015
Committee
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 821.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
upper
Apr 21, 2015
Committee
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
upper
Apr 16, 2015
Committee
Re-referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.Q.
upper
Apr 6, 2015
Committee
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
upper
Mar 5, 2015
Committee
Referred to Com. on RLS.
upper
Feb 25, 2015
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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