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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 ...
Elimination of OEHHA will have a very minor impact on the budget problems because of several reasons: (1) OEHHA's budget is very small (1/500th of 1% of the General Fund, or 1/50,000th) compared to the state deficit; $8.3 million of OEHHA's budget is general fund (2) about half of OEHHA's budget is funded by special funds (e.g. Proposition 65 ...
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.
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 ...
The nonprofit California Council on Science and Technology estimates that of more than 100,000 active and idle oil wells in the state, some 5,540 are orphaned. Cleaning them up could cost the ...
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 industry’s decision came after negotiations with a state lawmaker who introduced a bill that would severely penalize oil producers. Gov. Gavin Newsom also backed an expensive, high-profile ...
A California law that bans drilling new oil wells near places like homes and schools will take effect after the oil industry on Thursday withdrew a referendum from the November ballot asking ...