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AB-3091 Oil and gas: abandoned wells.(2023-2024)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 3241 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

3241.
 The supervisor, in cooperation with appropriate state and local agencies, shall develop a strategy for extracting existing accumulations of methane gas and other hazardous gas from abandoned oil and gas wells in high-risk areas identified by the supervisor in order  to protect the health and safety of the public. The strategy shall also provide plans for the management of methane gas and other hazardous gas from wells in high-risk areas where no accumulations are discovered in order  to prevent future accumulations of methane gas and other hazardous gas.