California- Oil & Gas

摘要

Legislature Blocks Use of State Waters for Federal Lease Operations Assembly Bill 1775 amended the California Coastal Sanctuary Act of 1994, Cal. Pub. Res. Code §§ 6240-6244, to prohibit the issuance of leases for new construction of oil- and gas-related infrastructure in state waters that are associated with federal Pacific Outer Continental Shelf leases issued after January 1, 2018. See A.B. 1775, 2018 Cal. Legis. Serv. ch. 310 (enacting Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 6245) (effective Jan. 1, 2019); see also S. 834, 2018 Cal. Legis. Serv. ch. 309 (identical companion bill).