California- Oil & Gas

摘要

Signed into law on September 20,2013, Senate Bill 4 (SB 4), 2013 Cal. Legis. Serv. ch. 313, amended California's statutes to comprehensively regulate well stimulation treatments. See Cal. Pub. Res. Code §§ 3150-3161, 3213, 3215, 3236.5, 3401; Cal. Water Code § 10783. In 2014, the State adopted interim regula tions developed by the California Division of Oil, Gas & Geother-mal Resources (DOGGR) pursuant to SB 4, and later adopted revised interim regulations. See Vol. XXXI, No. 1 (2014); Vol. XXXI, No. 3 (2014) of this Newsletter. The interim regulations govern until permanent regulations are adopted and become effective.