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The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA / ˈ s iː. k w ə /) is a California statute passed in 1970 and signed in to law by then-governor Ronald Reagan, [1] [2] shortly after the United States federal government passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), to institute a statewide policy of environmental protection.
Furthermore, the Oil Pollution Act allows for additional liability enacted by other relevant state laws. [11] Under the Oil Pollution Act, federal, tribal, state, and any other person can recover removal costs from a responsible party so long as such entity has incurred costs from carrying out oil removal activities in accordance with the Clean ...
A view of Los Angeles covered in smog. Pollution in California relates to the degree of pollution in the air, water, and land of the U.S. state of California.Pollution is defined as the addition of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or any form of energy (such as heat, sound, or radioactivity) to the environment at a faster rate than it can be dispersed, diluted, decomposed, recycled, or ...
California passed a restriction 2022 but that law has been suspended pending a referendum vote in 2024. CalGEM said it will hold a virtual public hearing on the fracking rule on Tuesday, March 26 ...
California will use the funding to plug and remediate 206 high-risk orphaned oil and gas wells and decommission 47 attendant production facilities with about 70,000 feet of associated pipelines.
This was the major statute for deep water spill incidents. It addressed oil spills, cleanup and liability at deep water oil ports. Outer Continent Shelf Lands Act Amendments (1978). [8] This act addressed oil spills, cleanup and liability structure for oil extraction facilities in federal offshore waters. Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Act of 1979. [9]
The 2004 environmental review specifically approved 125 total wells to be drilled at the Arroyo Grande oilfield. As of February, 160 had allegedly been approved, according to the lawsuit.
1947 – Los Angeles Air Pollution Control District created; first air pollution agency in the US. 1948 – Federal Water Pollution Control Act; 1955 – National Air Pollution Control Act; 1959 – California Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board created to test automobile emissions and set standards.