California Laws: Public Resources Code Sections 3200-3238
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3200
Every owner or operator of any well shall designate an agent, giving his or her address, who resides in this state, to receive and accept...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3201
The operator of any well shall notify the supervisor or the district deputy, in writing, in such form as the supervisor or the district deputy...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3202
Every person who acquires the right to operate a well, whether by purchase, transfer, assignment, conveyance, exchange, or other disposition, shall, as soon as it's...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 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...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3204
Any operator who, on or after January 1, 1999, engages in the drilling, redrilling, deepening, or in any operation permanently altering the casing, of any...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3205
Any operator who engages in the drilling, redrilling, deepening, or in any operation permanently altering the casing, of one or more wells at any time,...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3205.1
(a) Notwithstanding Sections 3204 and 3205, any person who engages in the drilling, redrilling, deepening, or in any operation permanently altering the casing, of one...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 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), shall...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3205.5
In lieu of the indemnity bond required by Sections 3204, 3205, 3205.1, 3205.2, and 3206, a deposit may, with the written approval of the supervisor,...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3206
(a) The operator of any idle well not covered by an indemnity bond provided under Section 3204, subdivision (c) of Section 3205, or subdivision (a)...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3206.5
(a) Any city or county may request from the supervisor a list of those wells within its jurisdiction which have not continuously produced oil or...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3207
Any individual or blanket indemnity bond issued in compliance with this chapter may be terminated and canceled and the surety be relieved of all obligations...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3208
For the purposes of Section 3207, a well is properly completed when it has been shown, to the satisfaction of the supervisor, that the manner...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3208.1
(a) To prevent, as far as possible, damage to life, health, and property, the supervisor or district deputy may order the reabandonment of any previously...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 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...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 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...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 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...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3212
The core record shall show the depth, character, and fluid content of cores obtained, so far as determined. ...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3213
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...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 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,...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3215
Within 60 days after the date of cessation of drilling, rework, or abandonment operations, or the date of suspension of operations, true copies of the...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 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,...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 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...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 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...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 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...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 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...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 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...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3224
The supervisor shall order such tests or remedial work as in his judgment are necessary to prevent damage to life, health, property, and natural resources;...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3225
Whenever the supervisor or a district deputy issues any written order concerning any operation, an appeal may be made from such order pursuant to the...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3226
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...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3227
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,...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 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,...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 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,...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 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...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3229
Before commencing any work to abandon any well, the owner or operator shall file with the supervisor or the district deputy a written notice of...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 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...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 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...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3233
(a) The division may develop field rules which establish volumetric thresholds for emergency reporting by the operator of oil discharges to land associated with onshore...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3234
(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all the well records, including production reports, of any owner or operator which are filed pursuant...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3235
The supervisor may upon his own initiative or shall upon receipt of a written complaint from a person owning land or operating wells within a...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3236
Any owner or operator, or employee thereof, who refuses to permit the supervisor or the district deputy, or his inspector, to inspect a well, or...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3236.5
(a) Any person who violates this chapter or any regulation implementing this chapter is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3237
(a) (1) The supervisor or district deputy may order the plugging and abandonment of a well that has been deserted whether or not any damage...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 3238
(a) For oil and gas produced in this state from a well that qualifies under Section 3251 or which has been inactive for a period...
