§ 3200 An owner or operator of a well or production facility shall designate …
§ 3201 (a) The operator of a well or production facility shall notify …
§ 3202 (a) A person who acquires the right to operate a well or …
§ 3203 (a) The operator of any well, before commencing the work of …
§ 3203.5 (a) The division shall require a copy of the local land use …
§ 3204 (a) An operator who, on or after January 1, 2018, engages in the …
§ 3205 (a) An operator who engages in the drilling, redrilling, …
§ 3205.1 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 3204 and 3205, a person who engages …
§ 3205.2 (a) Notwithstanding Section 3204, any person who engages in the …
§ 3205.3 (a) The division may require an operator filing an individual …
§ 3205.5 In lieu of the indemnity bond required by Sections 3204, 3205, …
§ 3205.6 Before July 1, 2020, the supervisor shall do all of the …
§ 3205.7 (a) (1) Commencing July 1, 2022, the division shall begin …
§ 3205.8 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this …
§ 3206 (a) The operator of any idle well shall do either of the …
§ 3206.1 (a) By June 1, 2018, the division shall review, evaluate, and …
§ 3206.2 (a) (1) The division, in consultation with the State Air …
§ 3206.3 (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government …
§ 3206.5 (a) Any city or county may request from the supervisor a list of …
§ 3207 (a) Any individual or blanket indemnity bond issued in …
§ 3208 (a) For the purposes of Sections 3206 and 3207, a well is …
§ 3208.1 (a) To prevent, as far as possible, damage to life, health, and …
§ 3209 The provisions of Section 3207 as to termination and cancellation …
§ 3210 The owner or operator of any well shall keep, or cause to be kept, a …
§ 3211 The log shall show the character and depth of the formation passed …
§ 3212 The core record shall show the depth, character, and fluid content of …
§ 3213 (a) The history shall show the location and amount of …
§ 3214 The log shall be kept in the local office of the owner or operator, …
§ 3215 (a) Within 60 days after the date of cessation of drilling, …
§ 3216 The owner or operator of any well, or his local agent, shall file …
§ 3219 Any person engaged in operating any oil or gas well wherein high …
§ 3219.5 (a) On or before July 1, 2001, the Department of Conservation …
§ 3220 The owner or operator of any well on lands producing or reasonably …
§ 3222 The owner or operator of any well shall, at the request of the …
§ 3223 The district deputy or an inspector designated by the supervisor may …
§ 3224 The supervisor shall order those tests or remedial work as in the …
§ 3224.5 (a) After making a determination, based upon a site inspection, …
§ 3225 (a) An order of the supervisor or a district deputy issued …
§ 3226 (a) Within 30 days after service of an order pursuant to …
§ 3226.3 The division shall annually provide to the State Water Resources …
§ 3227 (a) The owner of any well shall file with the supervisor, on or …
§ 3227.5 The supervisor shall compile from statements filed pursuant to …
§ 3227.6 As used in Sections 3227 and 3227.5, the following terms have the …
§ 3228 Before abandoning any well in accordance with methods approved by the …
§ 3229 Before commencing any work to abandon a well, the owner or operator …
§ 3230 The notice of intention to abandon shall contain the following …
§ 3232 The supervisor or the district deputy shall, within 10 days after the …
§ 3233 (a) The division may develop field rules which establish …
§ 3234 (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all …
§ 3235 (a) The supervisor may upon their own initiative or shall upon …
§ 3236 (a) An owner or operator, or employee thereof, who refuses to …
§ 3236.2 (a) (1) Upon referral by the supervisor, a person who …
§ 3236.3 (a) When the supervisor determines that a person has engaged in, …
§ 3236.5 (a) A person who violates this chapter or a regulation …
§ 3236.6 The supervisor, or the supervisor’s designee, may recover from the …
§ 3237 (a) (1) The supervisor or district deputy may order the …
§ 3238 (a) For oil and gas produced in this state from a well that …

Terms Used In California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 3 > Chapter 1 > Article 4 - Regulation of Operations

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • board: means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 20
  • Circumstantial evidence: All evidence except eyewitness testimony.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • County: includes "city and county. See California Public Resources Code 14
  • County: includes city and county. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 15
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) Source: OCC
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Person: includes any person, firm, partnership, general partner of a partnership, limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership, association, corporation, company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust, or organization of any kind. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 19
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • public prosecutor: means a district attorney, a city attorney, a county counsel, or any other city or county prosecutor. See California Public Resources Code 3236
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.