In a September 23, 2020, executive order, Governor Gavin Newsom provided that California would work "to end the issuance of new hydraulic fracturing permits by 2024." Exec. Order N-79-20, at 2. As previously reported in Vol. XXXVII, No. 4 (2020) of this Newsletter, the order also tasked the California Department of Conservation's Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) (formerly DOGGR) with proposing "a significantly strengthened, stringent, science-based health and safety draft rule that protects communities and workers from the impacts of oil extraction activities by December 31, 2020." Id. at 4. The timeline for CalGEM's draft public health regulations-which were initially intended to be released by December 2020 in compliance with the Governor's order-was extended to spring 2021. See CalGEM, "Draft Regulations Update" (Dec. 31,2020).
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