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SB-1319 Oil imports: air quality emissions data.(2021-2022)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.
 It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission monitor foreign countries that export oil to California and identify on its internet website which of those countries have demonstrated human rights abuses, as documented by the United States Department of State or by human rights organizations, and which of those countries have lower environmental standards for the production of oil than California.

SEC. 2.

 Section 39619.9 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

39619.9.
 (a) The state board shall annually produce an assessment of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transportation of oil in California. The assessment shall be made available on the board’s internet website. The assessment shall include all of the following:
(1) An estimate of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transportation of oil in this state for oil imported into the state during the previous year broken down by the country of origin.
(2) An estimate of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transportation of oil in this state for oil produced within the state during the previous year.
(3) A description of the methodology and assumptions used to produce the assessment.
(4) A citation or link to the data used to produce the assessment.
(b) The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission shall annually provide data collected pursuant to Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 25350) of Division 15 of the Public Resources Code to the state board for the purposes of the assessment required pursuant to subdivision (a).

SEC. 3.

 Section 3118 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:

3118.
 The division shall provide a link on its internet website to air quality emissions data associated with the transportation of oil imported into the state.