text: A person who violates subdivision (c) of Section 71216 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 491, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2004.)

chapter: 5. Civil and Criminal Penalties and Liability


kind: section

code: PRC

text: If a federal program and regulations similar to the program and regulations developed pursuant to this division are established and implemented, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature within eight months of the implementation of the federal program. The report shall compare the federal program with the program described in this division and make a finding as to the federal program’s relative effectiveness in preventing the introduction of marine invasive species from vessels visiting California. The commission shall recommend repeal of the program described in this division only if it finds that the federal program is equally or more effective at implementing and funding effective controls on the release of aquatic invasive species into the waters of the state than the program described in this division.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 292, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2007.)

division: 36. MARINE INVASIVE SPECIES ACT

chapter: 6. Repeal

path: 36. MARINE INVASIVE SPECIES ACT > 6. Repeal


text:
(a) The California Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the following agencies, shall examine ways to improve public and worker safety through enhanced oversight of refineries and to strengthen emergency preparedness in anticipation of any future refinery incident, and shall facilitate coordination among these agencies to protect the public, fence line communities, and refinery workers from risks associated with refinery operations throughout the state:

(1) The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.

(2) The California Environmental Protection Agency.

(3) The State Air Resources Board.

(4) The Department of Toxic Substances Control.

(5) The State Water Resources Control Board.

(6) The Department of Industrial Relations.

(7) The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal-OSHA).

(8) The State Department of Public Health.

(9) The Emergency Medical Services Authority.

(10) The Office of the State Fire Marshal.

(11) Certified unified program agencies in areas with refineries.

(12) Local air districts in areas with refineries.

(13) The United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9.

(b) Local agencies and the United States Environmental Protection Agency may elect to participate in the efforts provided for in this section at their option.

(c) (1) The California Environmental Protection Agency shall convene at least two public meetings annually to provide members of the public with current information on refinery safety and to receive information from the public regarding health and safety concerns associated with refinery operations.

(2) The California Environmental Protection Agency shall request representatives from each agency listed in subdivision (a) to attend the public meetings convened pursuant to this subdivision.

(3) Meetings convened pursuant to this subdivision shall be held in geographically distinct locations in areas where a refinery is located.

(d) The provisions of this section shall be carried out by agency personnel within the scope of their existing duties.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 590, Sec. 1. (AB 1649) Effective January 1, 2018. Note: Sections 71200 through 71271 are located in Division 36, which follows Section 71424.)

division: 34. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

part: 3.8. REFINERY SAFETY

path: 34. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION > 4. Environmental Protection Indicators for California > 3.8. REFINERY SAFETY


text:
(a) For purposes of this part, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) “Department” means the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.

(2) “Office” means the Office of Education and the Environment of the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, as established pursuant to this section.

(3) “Program” means the statewide environmental education program prescribed in this part.

(b) The Office of Education and the Environment previously established in the California Environmental Protection Agency is hereby established in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. The office shall dedicate its effort to implementing the statewide environmental education program prescribed pursuant to this part, including the integrated waste educational requirements specified in paragraph (9) of subdivision (b) of Section 71301. The office, through staffing and resources, shall give a high priority to implementing the statewide environmental education program.

(c) The office, under the direction of the department, in cooperation with the State Department of Education and the State Board of Education, shall develop and implement a unified education strategy on the environment for elementary and secondary schools in the state. The office shall develop a unified education strategy to do all of the following:

(1) Coordinate instructional resources and strategies for providing active pupil participation with onsite conservation efforts.

(2) Promote service-learning opportunities between schools and local communities.

(3) Assess the impact to participating pupils of the unified education strategy on pupil achievement and resource conservation.

(d) The State Department of Education and the State Board of Education, in cooperation with the department, shall develop and implement to the extent feasible, a teacher training and implementation plan, to guide the implementation of the unified education strategy, for the education of pupils, faculty, and administrators on the importance of integrating environmental concepts and programs in schools throughout the state. The strategy shall project the phased implementation of elementary, middle, and high school programs.

(e) In implementing this part, the office may hold public meetings to receive and respond to comments from affected state agencies, stakeholders, and the public regarding the development of resources and materials pursuant to this part.

(f) In implementing this part, the office shall coordinate with other agencies and groups with expertise in education and the environment.

(g) Any instructional materials developed pursuant to this part shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 60000) of Part 33 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, including, but not limited to, reviews for legal and social compliance before the materials may be used in elementary or secondary public schools.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 356, Sec. 36. (SB 96) Effective September 26, 2013.)

part: 4. STATEWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

path: 34. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION > 4. Environmental Protection Indicators for California > 4. STATEWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION


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(a) As part of the unified education strategy specified in subdivision (c) of Section 71300, the office, in cooperation with the Secretary for Environmental Protection, the Natural Resources Agency, the State Department of Education, and the State Board of Education, shall develop environmental principles and concepts for elementary and secondary school pupils.

(b) (1) The environmental principles and concepts may be updated every four years beginning July 1, 2008, by the office, in cooperation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Board of Education, the California Environmental Protection Agency, and the Natural Resources Agency, pursuant to the process set forth in paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) When updating or amending the environmental principles and concepts, the office shall ensure that the environmental principles and concepts are based on current scientific and technical knowledge, and shall solicit and coordinate input from the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and other executive branch agencies and departments, nongovernmental science and education consultants and organizations with the relevant scientific and technical knowledge, and currently employed, credentialed, public school classroom teachers with experience in education related to the environment. A majority of the individuals consulted to review proposed updates or amendments to the environmental principles and concepts shall be credentialed, current public school elementary or secondary classroom teachers with experience in education related to the environment.

(3) When updating the environmental principles and concepts, the office shall hold a minimum of two public meetings in order for the public to provide input on the modifications. The public meetings required by this subdivision shall be held pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).

(c) The environmental principles and concepts shall be aligned to the academic content standards adopted by the State Board of Education in the subjects of English language arts, science, history-social science, health, and, to the extent practicable, mathematics, and shall not conflict with any academic content standards. The environmental principles and concepts shall be used to do all of the following:

(1) To direct state agencies that include environmental education components for elementary and secondary education in regulatory decisions or enforcement actions.

(2) To align state agency environmental education programs and materials that are developed for elementary and secondary education.

(3) For provision, by the office, of technical assistance to state agencies involved in the integration of the environmental principles and concepts in programs they operate, and in the integration of the environmental principles and concepts into state curriculum standards, frameworks, and instructional materials pursuant to Section 51227.3 of the Education Code.

(d) The environmental principles and concepts shall include, but not be limited to, concepts relating to the following topics:

(1) Air.

(2) Climate change.

(3) Energy.

(4) Environmental justice.

(5) Environmental sustainability.

(6) Fish and wildlife resources.

(7) Forestry.

(8) Integrated pest management.

(9) Oceans.

(10) Pollution prevention.

(11) Public health and the environment.

(12) Resource conservation, waste reduction, and recycling.

(13) Toxics and hazardous waste.

(14) Water.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 374, Sec. 5. (SB 720) Effective January 1, 2019.)

chapter: 4. Environmental Protection Indicators for California


text:
(a) Using the education principles for the environment required to be developed pursuant to Section 71301, the office, in cooperation with the Secretary for Environmental Protection, the Natural Resources Agency, the State Department of Education, and the State Board of Education, shall develop a model environmental curriculum that incorporates these education principles for the environment. The model curriculum shall be aligned with applicable State Board of Education adopted academic content standards in science, mathematics, English/language arts, and history/social sciences, to the extent that any of those content areas are addressed in the model curriculum.

(b) The model curriculum shall be submitted to the Instructional Quality Commission for review. The commission shall submit its recommendation to the Secretary for Environmental Protection and to the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency.

(1) The Secretary for Environmental Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall review and comment on the model curriculum.

(2) The model curriculum along with the comments by the Secretary for Environmental Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall be submitted to the State Board of Education for its approval.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 356, Sec. 38. (SB 96) Effective September 26, 2013.)


text:
(a) As determined appropriate by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Department of Education shall incorporate into publications that provide examples of curriculum resources for teacher use, those materials developed by the office that provide information on the education principles for the environment developed pursuant to Section 71300.

(b) If the Superintendent of Public Instruction determines that materials developed by the office that provide information on the education principles for the environment are not appropriate for inclusion in publications that provide examples of curriculum resources for teacher use, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall collaborate with the office to make the changes necessary to ensure that the materials are included in that information.

(c) Pursuant to Section 71302, the department shall coordinate with the Secretary for Environmental Protection, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Department of Education, and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to facilitate use of the model environmental curriculum by elementary and secondary schools to the extent that funds are available for this purpose.

(d) The department, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Department of Education, and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency may collaborate with other federal, state, and local entities, and nongovernmental entities including nonprofit organizations, associations, businesses, individuals, and private entities, and may enter into interagency agreements, memoranda of understanding, and contracts to ensure implementation of this part.

(e) The department shall make the model curriculum available electronically on the department’s Internet Web site. The State Department of Education shall make readily identifiable on its Internet Web site a link to the department’s Internet Web site containing the curriculum.

(f) The State Department of Education, to the extent feasible and to the extent that funds are available for this purpose, shall encourage the development and use of instructional materials and active pupil participation in campus and community environmental education programs. To the extent feasible, the environmental education programs should be considered in the development and promotion of after school programs for elementary and secondary school pupils and state and local professional development activities to provide teachers with content background and resources to assist in teaching about the environment.

(g) The State Department of Education shall explore implementation of this section from its baseline resources dedicated to this purpose and if funding is not available from that source, then funding may be provided to the department, pursuant to appropriation by the Legislature, under Section 71305.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 356, Sec. 39. (SB 96) Effective September 26, 2013.)


text:
(a) The office, in coordination with the Secretary for Environmental Protection, shall be responsible for the statewide coordination of regulatory administrative decisions that require the development or encourage the promotion of environmental education for elementary and secondary school pupils.

(b) All California Environmental Protection Agency or Natural Resources Agency boards, departments, or offices that take regulatory actions or take enforcement actions requiring the development of, or encouraging the promotion of, environmental education for elementary and secondary school pupils shall, prior to adoption or approval of the action, seek comments on the action from the office in order to promote consistency with this part and cross-media coordination.

(c) The office shall coordinate with all state agencies to develop and distribute environmental education materials.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 356, Sec. 40. (SB 96) Effective September 26, 2013.)


text:
(a) The Environmental Education Account is hereby established within the State Treasury. Moneys in the account may, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be expended by the department for the purposes of this part. The Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery shall administer this part, including, but not limited to, the account.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the department may accept and receive federal, state, and local funds and contributions of funds from a public or private organization or individual. The account may also receive proceeds from a judgment, settlement, fine, penalty, or other mechanism, in state or federal court, when the funds are contributed or the judgment specifies that the proceeds are to be used for the purposes of this part. The account may receive those funds, contributions, or proceeds from judgments, that are specifically designated for use for environmental education purposes. Private contributors shall not have the authority to further influence or direct the use of their contributions.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency that requires the development of, or encourages the promotion of, environmental education for elementary and secondary school pupils, may contribute to the account.

(d) The department shall immediately deposit any funds contributed pursuant to subdivision (b) into the account.

(e) The Legislature finds and declares that the maintenance of the account is of the utmost importance to the state and that it is essential that any moneys in the account be used solely for the purposes authorized in this section and not be used, loaned, or transferred for any other purposes. Further, state agencies that promote environmental education for elementary and secondary school pupils will benefit from the environmental curriculum adopted pursuant to this part and should provide equitable and balanced support for the program.

history: (History: Amended (as added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 718, Sec. 23) by Stats. 2013, Ch. 356, Sec. 41. (SB 96) Effective September 26, 2013.)


text:
(a) The Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, through the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program established pursuant to Part 4.5 (commencing with Section 71350), shall develop the California Climate Change Assessment, in coordination with the Natural Resources Agency, the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, and the Strategic Growth Council, and in consultation with partner public agencies designated by the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation. The Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation may also contract with outside entities, including public universities, research institutions, organizations that serve vulnerable communities, and other technical experts to produce the assessment.

(b) The Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation shall complete the assessment no less frequently than every five years, and may release components of the assessment on a rolling basis as they become available.

(c) The Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation shall consider research from independent, scientifically peer-reviewed panels, financial reports, and other relevant and reasonably accessible data.

(d) For purposes of this part, “vulnerable communities” has the same meaning as the definition of “vulnerable communities” adopted by the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program Technical Advisory Council in the most up-to-date “Defining Vulnerable Communities in the Context of Climate Adaptation” resource guide published by the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 20, Sec. 40. (AB 137) Effective June 30, 2025.)

path: 34. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION > 4. Environmental Protection Indicators for California > 4.4. California Climate Change Assessment


text:
The California Climate Change Assessment shall provide an integrated suite of products that report the impacts and risks of climate change, based on the best available science, and identify potential solutions to inform legislative policy. These products shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(a) Downscaled climate projections that assess climate change impacts throughout the state, including at regional and local levels, for near-term, medium-term, and long-term timescales, and under varied emissions scenarios, as appropriate and supported by the availability of the data, as determined by the Office of Planning and Research.

(b) A set of research reports that examine, but need not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) How climate change will affect built systems, natural systems, and social systems, including the welfare of vulnerable communities, and the potential fiscal and economic impacts of these effects in California.

(2) Identification of potential climate adaptation and mitigation responses, including their costs and benefits.

(c) Regionally specific reports that can inform regional and local vulnerability assessments, adaptation planning, and community resilience efforts.

(d) Reports on issues of statewide significance, including, but not limited to, environmental justice considerations, impacts on the systems identified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), and the unique risks posed to, and research and monitoring approaches used by, tribal communities.

(e) Decision-support tools for planners, decisionmakers, and others, including organizations that serve vulnerable communities, that allow for actionable application of assessment research findings. To the extent data is available, this shall include guidance regarding assessment of the financial and economic costs and benefits of adaptation decisions.

(f) Examples of best practices for planning for future climate conditions and approaches to building adaptation and resilience, while also meeting established greenhouse gas emission reduction goals.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 136, Sec. 1. (SB 1320) Effective January 1, 2021.)

part: 4.4. California Climate Change Assessment


text:
(a) The Office of Planning and Research shall engage with regional and local governments, tribes, vulnerable communities, businesses, and members of the public, as necessary, in determining the scope of the assessment.

(b) All final assessment products shall be posted on or accessible through a state internet website in an accessible format.

(c) Upon completion of the assessment, the Office of Planning and Research shall make accessible to the Department of Finance for purposes of assessing liabilities in the state budget, and to regional and local governments, tribes, and vulnerable communities, the contents and application of the assessment, including the downscaled projections specified in subdivision (a) of Section 71341 and the decision-support tools specified in subdivision (e) of Section 71341.

(d) Development of the assessment shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.


text:
(a) The implementation of this part is contingent upon an appropriation of funds by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute for purposes of this part.

(b) (1) The Office of Planning and Research may receive and accept gifts, donations, contributions, or bequests of money from public, nonprofit, or philanthropic sources for purposes of this part.

(2) The expenditure of all moneys received for purposes of this part shall be subject to an appropriation by the Legislature.


text: For purposes of this part, “office” means the Office of Planning and Research.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 606, Sec. 1. (SB 246) Effective January 1, 2016.)

path: 34. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION > 4. Environmental Protection Indicators for California > 4.5. Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program


text:
The Legislature finds and declares:

(a) The state has been a leader in climate mitigation efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Now, and in the coming years, it is critical for California and the global community to continue and intensify those efforts in order to avoid the most severe impacts from a changing climate. However, because the global climate system changes slowly, impacts are ongoing and will inevitably worsen. In order to address the challenges posed by a changing climate, the state must invest in building resiliency and strengthening adaptation efforts at the state, regional, and local levels using the best-available science.

(b) A principle of the state’s adaptation strategy document, Safeguarding California, is to prioritize actions that not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also help the state prepare for climate change impacts. Improved coordination, implementation, and integration of adaptation planning efforts and funding in the state’s climate policies can directly protect the state’s infrastructure, communities, environmental quality, public health, safety and security, natural resources, and economy from the unavoidable impacts of climate change for decades to come.

(c) In order to have a cohesive and comprehensive response to climate change impacts, the state must have integrated planning with coordinated strategies across state, regional, and local governments and agencies.

(d) The office is established as the comprehensive state planning agency that shall engage in the formulation, evaluation, and updating of long-range goals for factors that shape statewide development patterns and significantly influence the quality of the state’s environment, in addition to assisting state, regional, and local agencies in a variety of research and planning efforts, pursuant to Section 65040 of the Government Code. Therefore, the office is well-positioned to work with regional and local entities across the state, coordinating with state climate adaptation strategies.

(e) It is the intent of the Legislature, therefore, that adaptation strategies to build resiliency to the risks and impacts from climate change be integrated in state policies, projects, and permitting processes, and that the office serve as a coordinating body for adaptation projects and goals across California.

part: 4.5. Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program


text:
The Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program is hereby established to be administered by the office. No later than January 1, 2017, the Director of State Planning and Research shall establish the program to coordinate regional and local efforts with state climate adaptation strategies to adapt to the impacts of climate change with, to the extent feasible, an emphasis on climate equity considerations across sectors and regions and strategies that benefit both greenhouse gas emissions reductions and adaptation efforts, in order to facilitate the development of holistic, complimentary strategies for adapting to climate change impacts. In order to achieve these goals, the program shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(a) Working with and coordinating local and regional efforts for climate adaptation and resilience, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) Developing tools and guidance.

(2) Promoting and coordinating state agency support for local and regional efforts.

(3) Informing state-led programs, including state planning processes, grant programs, and guideline development, to better reflect the goals, efforts, and challenges faced by local and regional entities pursuing adaptation, preparedness, and resilience. This should occur through regular coordination between the office, the Climate Action Team, which was established by Executive Order S-3-05, the Strategic Growth Council, and other state agencies, including, but not limited to, the Office of Emergency Services, the California Environmental Protection Agency, the Natural Resources Agency, the Transportation Agency, the State Department of Public Health, and the Department of Food and Agriculture.

(b) Assisting the Office of Emergency Services and other relevant state agencies with coordinating regular reviews and updates, as needed, to the Adaptation Planning Guide, pursuant to Section 71356, and maintaining a copy of the guide, or an electronic link to a copy of the guide posted, at a minimum, on the state’s Climate Change Portal and the office’s Internet Web site.

(c) Coordinating and maintaining the state’s clearinghouse for climate adaptation information, pursuant to Section 71360.

(d) Conducting regular meetings with the advisory council established pursuant to Section 71358 in order to have technical support, as well as expertise and advice from regional and local experts working in climate adaptation throughout the research and planning processes, as described in this section.


text:
(a) Within one year of an update to the Safeguarding California Plan, the Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with the Natural Resources Agency, the office, and relevant public and private entities, shall review and update, as necessary, the Adaptation Planning Guide to provide tools and guidance to regional and local governments and agencies in creating and implementing climate adaptation and community resiliency plans and projects. An Adaptation Planning Guide update shall be informed by the climate adaptation clearinghouse established pursuant to Section 71360 and the scientific assessments and recommendations in the most recent update of the Safeguarding California Plan. An Adaptation Planning Guide update shall consider the nexus between climate adaptation, community resiliency, public safety, and security, provide information and planning support for assessing climate vulnerabilities across impact sectors and regions and developing adaptation strategies that can be tailored to meet local needs, and include, at a minimum, all of the following:

(1) Guidance for coordinating adaptation planning activities among state and local governments and regional collaboratives.

(2) Adaptation planning guidance and strategies for natural hazards exacerbated by climate change.

(3) Guidance for conducting vulnerability assessments and identifying risk reduction strategies for communities.

(4) Identification of climate impact regions and descriptions of climate impacts to be considered for each region.

(5) Assistance with the interpretation of climate science as it relates to local and regional impacts.

(b) As part of updating the Adaptation Planning Guide, the Office of Emergency Services, in consultation with the office and, as needed, with the advisory council created pursuant to Section 71358, shall hold public meetings in the northern, southern, and central regions of the state to obtain input from the public and leaders in local and regional climate preparedness.


text:
(a) An advisory council to the office is hereby established. The advisory council shall be comprised of members from a range of disciplines, in order to provide scientific and technical support, and from regional and local governments and entities. The advisory council shall support the office’s goals, as identified in this part, to facilitate coordination among state, regional, and local agency efforts to adapt to the impacts of climate change.

(b) Members of the advisory council shall have expertise in the intersection of climate change and areas that include, but need not be limited to, any of the following:

(1) Public health.

(2) Environmental quality.

(3) Environmental justice.

(4) Agriculture.

(5) Transportation and housing.

(6) Energy.

(7) Natural resources and water.

(8) Planning.

(9) Recycling and waste management.

(10) Local or regional government.

(11) Tribal issues.

(12) Emergency services and public safety.

(c) The advisory council shall meet with the office as needed, but not less than three times a year.


text:
(a) (1) The office shall coordinate with appropriate entities, including state, regional, or local agencies, to establish a clearinghouse for climate adaptation information for use by state, regional, and local entities.

(2) The clearinghouse shall be a centralized source of information that provides available climate data to guide decisionmakers at state, regional, and local levels when planning for and implementing climate adaptation projects to promote resiliency to climate change. The clearinghouse may include, but is not limited to, any of the following:

(A) A collection of the best-available resources that may include projections and models, vulnerability assessments, and downscaled data for climate change impacts throughout the state, when available, at statewide, regional, and local levels for both near-term and longer term timescales, including year 2050 and year 2100 projections. Climate change impacts may include, but are not limited to, impacts to public health, natural resources, environmental quality, and infrastructure.

(B) Tools that allow for the visualization or identification of regional and local impacts across the state and that integrate best-available data on vulnerable populations and infrastructure.

(C) A library of relevant white papers, case studies, research articles, and climate adaptation best practices that are searchable by relevance to region, locality, and sector.

(D) Information concerning funding opportunities for adaptation research, planning, and projects.

(E) Regionally prioritized best-practice adaptation projects that, as appropriate, integrate efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the state.

(b) The clearinghouse shall be regularly updated.


text:
(a) On or before July 1, 2026, and every three years thereafter, the office and the Natural Resources Agency, in consultation with relevant state agencies and to be integrated into the climate adaptation strategy developed pursuant to Section 71153, shall update the Extreme Heat Action Plan to promote comprehensive, coordinated, and effective state and local government action on extreme heat. Updates to the Extreme Heat Action Plan shall include all of the following:

(1) Review of relevant actions and grants that state agencies have undertaken to mitigate extreme heat and implement the Extreme Heat Action Plan, including, but not limited to, an in-depth review of select programs and actions, including, but not limited to, the ICARP Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Grant Program, as described in Item 0650-101-0001 of the Budget Act of 2022, projects that use cool and reflective surfaces, and efforts to address extreme heat on California’s school campuses.

(2) A description of the resources, budget allocations, expenditures, and staff dedicated to addressing extreme heat.

(3) A review of state programs that address extreme heat to identify potential gaps or unmet needs in the state’s approach and that includes recommendations on ways to improve policies, programs, and interagency coordination.

(4) Recommendations on additional measures to protect vulnerable populations, such as pupils and students, from the impacts of extreme heat, including, but not limited to, community cooling strategies.

(b) The Extreme Heat Action Plan and subsequent updates shall be posted on the office’s and the Natural Resources Agency’s internet websites and, notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, shall be provided to the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature.

(c) For purposes of this section, “Extreme Heat Action Plan” means the April 2022 plan entitled “Protecting Californians From Extreme Heat: A State Action Plan to Build Community Resilience.”

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 387, Sec. 2. (SB 306) Effective January 1, 2024.)


text:
(a) (1) To advance the goals of Item 0540-101-3228 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2018, the Natural Resources Agency and the California Environmental Protection Agency may jointly develop and submit to the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, a plan for forest and watershed restoration investments for the drainages that supply the Oroville, Shasta, and Trinity Reservoirs.

(2) The spatially explicit plan authorized under paragraph (1) is intended to establish a comprehensive understanding of restoration needs and prioritize investment opportunities that will improve watershed function and resilience, water quality and supply reliability, forest carbon stores, wildlife habitat, and climate adaptation.

(b) Those agencies may jointly develop and propose to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature a pilot project for the coordinated, multiagency permitting of watershed restoration activities in the watersheds described in subdivision (a), as outlined in subdivision (c) of Section 108.5 of the Water Code.

(c) The Headwaters Restoration Account is hereby established in the General Fund. Funds may be deposited into the account and used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes of this section.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 638, Sec. 5. (AB 2551) Effective January 1, 2019.)

part: 4.7. Forest and Watershed Restoration

path: 34. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION > 4. Environmental Protection Indicators for California > 4.7. Forest and Watershed Restoration


text:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all of the following shall occur:

(1) The California Environmental Protection Agency shall work with its partners on the Climate Action Team to develop heat reduction strategies that include urban forestry, cool roofs, and sustainable or cool pavements.

(2) The California Environmental Protection Agency shall develop a definition for the urban heat island effect. The definition shall include the extent and severity of an urban heat island effect index for California cities such that the cities can have a quantifiable goal for heat reduction.

(3) In support of this effort, the Department of Transportation shall work with the California Environmental Protection Agency and other stakeholders on sustainable or cool pavement technologies and research.

(b) Upon completion of a definition for an urban heat island effect index, the Department of Transportation shall develop a standard specification for sustainable or cool pavements that can be used to reduce the urban heat island effect index.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 667, Sec. 3. (AB 296) Effective January 1, 2013.)

part: 5. URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT

path: 34. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION > 4. Environmental Protection Indicators for California > 5. URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT


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(a) For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Agency” means the California Environmental Protection Agency.

(2) “Disadvantaged community” means a community identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.

(3) “Extreme heat” means increasing temperatures or other meteorological conditions that could result in any of the following:

(A) Extreme heat wave.

(B) Heat health event.

(C) Heat watch, warning, or advisory from the National Weather Service, the Office of Emergency Services, or a county health officer.

(D) A proclamation of a state of emergency by the Governor pursuant to Section 8625 of the Government Code.

(4) “ICARP” means the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program, established pursuant to Section 71354, at the Office of Planning and Research.

(5) “Vulnerable community” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 71340.

(b) On or before January 1, 2025, the agency, in coordination with the ICARP, the State Department of Public Health, and the Department of Insurance, shall develop a statewide extreme heat ranking system to be based upon, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Available meteorological data from government and academic sources, including maximum temperature, minimum temperature, and duration of extreme heat events.

(2) Information and data on health impacts of heat established through best available science or data from past heat and extreme heat events, including available mortality and morbidity information.

(3) Measures of extreme heat severity, including the severity of the outcome of extreme heat on human health.

(4) Locally relevant information, such as urban heat island effects, or cooling effects from urban tree canopies or other cooling measures.

(5) Comments and suggestions obtained from public input received at a minimum of one public workshop, as appropriate.

(c) The statewide extreme heat ranking system shall include all of the following:

(1) Recommendations on thresholds or triggers for public policies that reduce the risk of extreme heat impacts and prioritize reducing the impacts of extreme heat to human health.

(2) Recommendations for metrics to measure the short-term and long-term impacts of extreme heat on human health.

(3) A consideration of the information reported by the Department of Insurance, including the results of the study prepared pursuant to subdivision (f).

(d) The statewide extreme heat ranking system shall be adaptable for use at locally relevant scales.

(e) After the statewide extreme heat ranking system is finalized, the ICARP shall do all of the following:

(1) Develop, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, the State Department of Public Health, the Department of Insurance, and other state agencies, and with input from local governments, local health departments, tribal organizations, labor organizations, environmental organizations, and community groups from disadvantaged and vulnerable communities, a public communication plan for the statewide extreme heat ranking system with a focus on strategies that target communications to populations that are most at risk of public health and emergency impacts from extreme heat events, including, but not limited to, the most vulnerable populations. The communication plan shall include both of the following:

(A) Outreach plans for reaching diverse and vulnerable populations.

(B) Recommendations for targeted communications by local governments that include the use of culturally appropriate materials translated into multiple languages based on the common languages spoken in the locality.

(2) Recommend partnerships with local health departments and local and tribal governments, and develop statewide guidance for local and tribal governments in the preparation and planning for extreme heat events.

(3) Review the extreme heat ranking system and, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, recommend to local governments specific and locally relevant heat adaptation, preparedness, and resilience measures that could be linked to the statewide extreme heat ranking system and identify how the statewide extreme heat ranking system aligns with additional extreme heat adaptation policies pursuant to Section 71354.

(f) The Department of Insurance shall develop a study that does all of the following:

(1) Identifies past extreme heat events with differing duration, maximum temperature, humidity, and measurable health impacts.

(2) Examines the past extreme heat events identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to determine uninsured and insured economic costs, the insurance gaps among racial and socioeconomic groups that face disproportionate impacts from extreme heat, and the effectiveness of insurance coverages, including among different types of insurance policies and their costs and payouts, to prevent losses or help communities plan public health initiatives related to combating the effects of extreme heat.

(3) Identifies insurance options that will support the specific adaptation, preparedness, and resilience measures developed pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (e).

(4) Draws information from local and regional heat mitigation plans and initiatives.

(5) Incorporates local input to identify local heat risks that are or have historically been uninsured and determine the barriers encountered by local governments that are trying to use insurance or other financing tools, including, but not limited to, heat-index-triggered parametric insurance, catastrophe bonds, and resilience bonds, to fund or support heat risk mitigation or adaptation strategies.

(6) Includes recommendations for overcoming the barriers identified pursuant to paragraph (5) and details key elements of potential model local heat risk transfer mechanisms.

(g) On or before July 1, 2024, the Department of Insurance shall transmit the results of the study prepared pursuant to subdivision (f) to the agency, the ICARP, and the legislative policy committees with jurisdiction over natural resources, environmental quality, insurance, and the budget, and shall post the study on its internet website.

(h) The requirement for submitting a study imposed under subdivision (g) is inoperative on January 1, 2028, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.

(i) The agency, in coordination with the ICARP, the State Department of Public Health, and the Department of Insurance, shall periodically review and update the extreme heat ranking system, as appropriate.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 264, Sec. 2. (AB 2238) Effective January 1, 2023.)

part: 5.5. Extreme Heat

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For purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Agency” means the California Environmental Protection Agency.

(b) “The Climate Registry” means the nonprofit organization that is a successor to the California Climate Action Registry (former Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 42800) of Part 4 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, as added by Section 1 of Chapter 1018 of the Statutes of 2000).

(c) “Registry” means the water-energy nexus registry developed pursuant to this part.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 596, Sec. 1. (SB 1425) Effective January 1, 2017.)

part: 6. Water-Energy Nexus Registry

path: 34. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION > 4. Environmental Protection Indicators for California > 6. Water-Energy Nexus Registry


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(a) (1) The agency shall oversee the development of a registry for greenhouse gas emissions that result from the water-energy nexus using the best-available data.

(2) Participation in the registry shall be voluntary and open to any entity conducting business in the state. A participating entity may register its emissions, including emissions generated outside of the state, on an entitywide basis and may utilize the services of the registry.

(b) The agency may enter into a contract with a qualified nonprofit organization to do all of the following:

(1) Develop, in consultation with the agency and other relevant state agencies, the registry through a public stakeholder process, as determined by the agency. In developing the registry, the chosen qualified nonprofit organization shall consider greenhouse gas emissions accounting methodologies developed as part of programs authorized pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code).

(2) Help participating entities in the state to establish emissions baselines.

(3) Encourage voluntary actions to increase water and energy efficiency measures to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of the state’s water system.

(4) Enable participating entities to record voluntary entitywide greenhouse gas emissions reductions in a consistent format that is supported by third-party verification.

(5) Recognize, publicize, and promote participating entities making voluntary reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.

(6) Recruit broad participation in the registry from all economic sectors and regions of the state.

(7) Facilitate streamlined data reporting for relevant entities already reporting to the Climate Registry as part of its voluntary corporate greenhouse gas emissions reporting program.

(c) (1) The contract authorized pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be limited to a term of three years.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the term of the contract may be extended for one year upon the agreement of both parties to the contract.


text: Pursuant to Section 39712 of the Health and Safety Code, entities participating in the registry may qualify for financing opportunities that provide incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.


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(a) For the purposes of this part, the following definitions apply:

(1) “30x30 goal” means the goal to conserve 30 percent of California’s lands and coastal waters by 2030 established in subdivision (b) and by Executive Order No. N-82-20.

(2) “Pathways to 30x30 Report” means the report entitled “Pathways to 30x30 California: Accelerating Conservation of California’s Nature” that was issued by the Natural Resources Agency on April 22, 2022.

(b) It is the goal of the state to conserve at least 30 percent of California’s lands and coastal waters by 2030.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 392, Sec. 1. (SB 337) Effective January 1, 2024.)

part: 7. BIODIVERSITY

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In implementing the 10 pathways and specific near-term priority actions described in the Pathways to 30x30 Report to achieve the 30x30 goal, the Natural Resources Agency shall prioritize the following actions:

(a) Creating and facilitating the 30x30 Partnership, which includes the Ocean Protection Council, 30x30 Coordinating Committee, California Biodiversity Council, and California Biodiversity Network.

(b) Conducting public outreach to engage historically marginalized communities in the planning and implementation of the 30x30 goal.

(c) Identifying and promoting regional 30x30 goal efforts, including efforts that enhance equitable public access to nature.

(d) Supporting tribal engagement and leadership in implementing the 30x30 goal.

(e) Enhancing coordination between state, local, and federal agencies and departments to ensure that relevant state programs and actions are complementary to, and assist achieving, the 30x30 goal.

(f) Partnering with federal agencies to leverage strategic funding and resources in achieving the 30x30 goal.

(g) Promoting and supporting partnering state agencies and departments that acquire and steward state land, including, but not limited to, the Department of Parks and Recreation, in the acquisition of new state land and responsible stewardship of state land, as feasible.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 716, Sec. 2. (AB 2440) Effective January 1, 2025.)


text:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall prepare and submit, on or before March 31, 2024, and annually thereafter, a report to the Legislature on the progress made in the prior calendar year toward achieving the 30x30 goal. The report shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following information:

(1) The number of acres conserved in the prior calendar year and the number of acres remaining that need to be conserved to meet the 30x30 goal, including information on how that goal is conserving California’s imperiled biodiversity.

(2) A summary of the progress made in the prior calendar year to advance toward the 30x30 goal and the near-term priority actions identified in the Pathways to 30x30 Report.

(3) How and where state funding that was expended in the prior calendar year was used in furtherance of the 30x30 goal, including the amount of funding expended by each partnering state agency and department for land and water conservation, science and research, public outreach and engagement, and managing, monitoring, and restoring conserved lands and water.

(4) The progress made by the 30x30 Partnership in the prior calendar year, including by the 30x30 Coordinating Committee, California Biodiversity Council, and California Biodiversity Network.

(5) The status of, and progress made by, CA Nature, which is the suite of interactive mapping and visualization tools developed pursuant to the 30x30 goal, and other scientific research or tools developed in the prior calendar year to support the 30x30 goal.

(6) The coordination between local, state, and federal agencies in support of the 30x30 goal.

(7) The progress made in the prior calendar year to address equity as part of the 30x30 goal, including state funding invested in community engagement, planning, acquisition and restoration, equitable outdoor access, and expenditures for efforts by tribes or community-based groups.

(8) Identified barriers to implementing the 30x30 goal and recommended actions taken or needed to address those barriers.

(9) Interim benchmarks for the next calendar year to help meet the 30x30 goal and specific actions to implement the 30x30 goal.

(b) A report to be submitted pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 716, Sec. 3. (AB 2440) Effective January 1, 2025.)


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(a) The Natural Resources Agency shall develop strategies to reduce barriers and increase support for stewardship of conserved lands in order to further the findings from the Pathways to 30x30 Report, which provided that designating an area as conserved is only the beginning of effective conservation and that protected areas require ongoing stewardship and monitoring.

(b) The Natural Resources Agency shall collaborate with stakeholders, California Native American tribes, and relevant state agencies to prepare a section on stewardship as part of the 2027 annual report required pursuant to Section 71452 that shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following information:

(1) An estimate of backlogged, critical, recurring, and future stewardship needs throughout the state with associated costs. The Natural Resources Agency may use datasets, that are in existence on or before March 31, 2027, from federal, state, and local governments, California Native American tribes, private entities, and tribal landowners and managers to complete this estimate.

(2) Case studies of effective stewardship.

(3) A review of stewardship best practices for conserved lands that includes, but is not limited to, new technology and innovative practices that improve outcomes and cost-effectiveness.

(4) A valuation of the benefits of stewardship on biodiversity and ecosystem services.

(5) Identification of the ecological workforce needs for stewardship and opportunities to support workforce training.

(6) A review of the cobenefits of stewardship that includes, but is not limited to, recreation and public access, the provision of habitat and resources for wildlife, carbon sequestration, water and air purification, and climate regulation.

(7) Recommendations to increase and improve stewardship of 30x30 lands, including innovative ways to reduce barriers and increase federal, state, and local support for stewardship.

(8) Recommendations to increase ancestral land return.

(9) Recommendations to increase consultation and partnership with California Native American tribes and tribal cultural practitioners throughout the state, including, but not limited to, support for tribal stewardship activities, traditional ecological knowledge, and cultural practices.

(c) The update required pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be posted on the Natural Resources Agency’s internet website.

(d) For purposes of this section, “stewardship” includes, but is not limited to, science-based management, adaptive management, traditional ecological knowledge, and best land management practices across all land types.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 385, Sec. 1. (AB 900) Effective January 1, 2026.)


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For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project” means a carbon dioxide capture project, a carbon dioxide removal project, or a sequestration project that seeks to provide for the long-term isolation or utilization of the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through storage in a geologic formation.

(b) “Carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project operator” means a person owning or operating a carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project.

(c) “Geologic storage complex” means one or more geologic storage reservoirs and any associated facilities or infrastructure necessary to convey, inject, or store carbon dioxide streams at the site of a geologic storage reservoir.

(d) “Geologic storage reservoir” means a portion of a sedimentary geologic stratum or formation containing pore spaces, including depleted oil and gas reservoirs and saline formations, that is suitable for injection and permanent storage of carbon dioxide in the state.

(e) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency.

(f) “State board” means the State Air Resources Board.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 359, Sec. 5. (SB 905) Effective January 1, 2023.)

path: 34. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION > 4. Environmental Protection Indicators for California > 8. Carbon Dioxide Capture, Removal, or Sequestration Projects


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(a) On or before July 1, 2025, the secretary, in consultation with the state board, shall publish a framework for governing agreements regarding two or more tracts of land overlying the same geologic storage reservoir or reservoirs for purposes of managing, developing, and operating a carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project. The framework shall include recommended requirements for the submission of these agreements to, and the review, approval, or denial of these agreements by, an authorized state agency, and shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) Identification of the appropriate state agency for submission, review, and approval or denial of the agreements, including any legal authorization or delegation necessary.

(2) A requirement that agreement proponents own title to at least an undivided three-fourths of the total interests subject to the proposed agreement.

(3) Standards to determine fair and reasonable compensation for owners of surface, mineral, and subsurface rights whose use of their property will be infringed upon by the geologic storage reservoir.

(4) A requirement to make a good faith offer of compensation by project proponents to the owners of surface, mineral, and subsurface rights before submission of an agreement.

(5) Standards for the provision of surface site access, to the extent reasonably necessary for postinjection monitoring.

(6) Standards for the allocation of liability related to the geologic storage reservoir, and associated injection wells, including, but not limited to, standards regarding the liability of a surface landowner who has sold or leased all interests in the geologic storage reservoir to a carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project operator.

(7) Standards for imposing sufficient financial responsibility requirements on carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project operators, including, but not limited to, the short-term costs of corrective actions, the cost of any liability associated with damage to drinking water supplies or seismic activity triggered by the geologic storage reservoir or damage to public and environmental health and safety, and long-term costs associated with well plugging and abandonment, ongoing site care and monitoring, and site closure of the geologic storage reservoir.

(8) Standards for allocating royalty payments associated with the leasing of a geologic storage reservoir.

(9) Any other requirements necessary to comply with state or federal legal or constitutional standards.

(b) In developing the framework required pursuant to subdivision (a), the secretary shall consult with appropriate state agencies, including, but not limited to, the Attorney General, the Department of Conservation, the Geologic Energy Management Division, the California Geological Survey, the State Lands Commission, the state board, and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, as well as industry and legal experts, regarding applicable legal standards. The secretary shall also review other states’ legal standards applicable to carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration projects.

(c) Before publishing the framework pursuant to subdivision (a), the secretary shall provide no less than 90 days for public comment on the framework. The secretary shall consider all comments received during this public comment period in developing the framework.

part: 8. Carbon Dioxide Capture, Removal, or Sequestration Projects


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(a) Title to any geologic storage reservoir is vested in the owner of the overlying surface estate unless it has been severed and separately conveyed.

(b) A conveyance of the surface ownership of real property shall be a conveyance of any geologic storage reservoir below the surface of the real property unless the ownership interest in the geologic storage reservoir previously has been severed from the surface ownership or is explicitly excluded in the conveyance. The ownership of a geologic storage reservoir may be conveyed in the manner provided by law for the transfer of mineral interests in real property. No agreement or instrument conveying a mineral or other interest underlying the surface shall act to convey ownership of a geologic storage reservoir unless the agreement explicitly conveys that ownership interest.

(c) (1) An instrument that transfers the rights to a geologic storage reservoir under this section shall include all of the following:

(A) A description of the scope of any right of the owner of the geologic storage reservoir to use the surface estate.

(B) A general description of the potential location of the geologic storage reservoir, including a subsurface geologic or seismic survey or a metes and bounds description of the surface overlying the geologic storage reservoir and any depths or portions of the subsurface that are excluded from the geologic storage reservoir being transferred.

(C) An allocation of legal liability from the overlying surface estate owner to the geologic storage reservoir owner consistent with the standards developed in accordance with paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 71461.

(2) The owner of a geologic storage reservoir right shall have no right to use the surface estate beyond that set out in a properly recorded instrument.

(d) Not less than 60 days before commencing development of a carbon dioxide capture, removal, and sequestration project, the carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project operator shall provide written notice of the project to each owner of a surface, subsurface, or storage reservoir estate that is adjacent to a geologic storage complex or a geologic storage reservoir that is included in the project.

(e) Each carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project operator shall record a notation on the deed to the property, or deeds to the properties, where the geologic storage complex or geologic storage reservoir is located, or any other document that is normally examined during a title search, that will notify a potential purchaser of the property, or properties, that the property has, or properties have, been used to sequester carbon dioxide, the volume of carbon dioxide sequestered, the injection zone or zones into which the carbon dioxide was injected, and the dates during which injection occurred.

(f) A carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project operator shall be liable for any damages caused by the operation of the carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project.

(g) Nothing in this section shall alter, amend, diminish, or invalidate a right to the use of a geologic storage reservoir that was acquired by contract or lease before the effective date of this part.

(h) This section is enacted for the limited purpose of facilitating the development of carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration projects.

(i) (1) This section shall remain operative only until January 1, 2033, or until seven years after the date that the state board adopts regulations pursuant to Section 39741.1. of the Health and Safety Code, whichever is sooner.

(2) This section is repealed on January 1 following the date the section becomes inoperative pursuant to paragraph (1).

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 359, Sec. 5. (SB 905) Effective January 1, 2023. Conditionally inoperative on date prescribed by its own provisions. Repealed on January 1 following the inoperative date.)


text: The State Geologist shall report seismic activity or leakage of carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project to the state board and may recommend changes in the operations of the project to the state board. The state board may require changes in operations of a carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project to ensure public and environmental health and safety, including, but not limited to, a mandatory pause in operation, if the monitoring and reporting detects increased seismicity or carbon dioxide leakage outside of the geologic storage reservoir.


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A carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project operator shall do all of the following:

(a) Maintain financial responsibility for a period of time that is sufficiently long enough to demonstrate that the risk of carbon dioxide leakage poses no material threat to public health, safety, and the environment and to achievement of net zero greenhouse gas emissions in California and that terminates no earlier than 100 years after the last date of injection of carbon dioxide into a geologic storage reservoir. The operator shall demonstrate financial responsibility by submitting a plan to the state board to cover the short- and long-term costs associated with corrective action, well plugging and abandonment, geologic storage reservoir monitoring, site care and site closure, emergency and remedial response, liability associated with seismic activity triggered by the reservoir, or loss of carbon dioxide containment by the geologic storage reservoir, and protection of drinking water quality and public and environmental health and safety through financial responsibility instruments as determined by the state board pursuant to Section 39741.5 of the Health and Safety Code, which may include, but is not limited to, bonds.

(b) Show proof to the state board that there is binding agreement among relevant parties that drilling or extraction that may penetrate the geologic storage reservoir are prohibited to ensure public and environmental health and safety for a period of time that is sufficiently long enough to demonstrate that the risk of carbon dioxide leakage poses no material threat to public health, safety, and the environment and to achievement of net zero greenhouse gas emissions in California and that terminates no earlier than 100 years after the last date of injection of carbon dioxide into a geologic storage reservoir.

(c) Create an air monitoring and mitigation plan to measure, track, and minimize potential toxic air contaminants and criteria air pollutants from the site of the carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project and submit the plan to the state board.

(d) Avoid any significant impact on residents in communities affected by a high-cumulative exposure burden caused by a potential net-increase in air, water, and soil pollution emanating from the site of the carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project in accordance with all applicable local, state, and federal laws and requirements, including requirements to use best available control technology, as defined in Section 40405 of the Health and Safety Code.

(e) Comply with Section 39741.1 of the Health and Safety Code and the regulations adopted by the state board pursuant to that section.

(f) Where avoidance of increased air pollution on site from such a project is not feasible, invest in mitigation in the community location adjacent to where the carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project is located which would be exposed to or impacted by any potential increased air pollution if mitigation measures are required pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) for the project to address significant impacts in local air pollution.


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(a) (1) An interstate pipeline subject to Part 195 (commencing with Section 195.0) of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations shall be used to transport carbon dioxide to or from a carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project only after the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has concluded the rulemaking (RIN 2137-AF60) regarding minimum federal safety standards for transportation of carbon dioxide by pipeline (Parts 190 to 199, inclusive, of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations) and the carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project operator demonstrates that the pipeline meets those standards.

(2) A pipeline, as defined in Section 51010.5 of the Government Code, shall be used to transport carbon dioxide to or from a carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project only after the State Fire Marshal adopts regulations pursuant to Section 51011.5 of the Government Code and the carbon dioxide capture, removal, or sequestration project operator demonstrates that the pipeline meets the standards in those regulations. This section shall not apply to carbon captured at a permitted facility and transported within that facility or property.

(b) The Natural Resources Agency, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, shall, no later than February 1, 2023, provide a proposal to the Legislature to establish a state framework and standards for the design, operation, siting, and maintenance of intrastate pipelines carrying carbon dioxide fluids of varying composition and phase to minimize the risk posed to public and environmental health and safety. The recommended framework shall be designed to minimize risk to public health and environmental health and safety, to the extent feasible.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 529, Sec. 12. (SB 614) Effective January 1, 2026.)


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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:

(1) The Pacific Ocean and its rich marine living resources are of great environmental, economic, aesthetic, recreational, educational, scientific, social, cultural, and historic importance to the people of California.

(2) California’s marine living resources depend on a healthy marine environment, which comprises open coastal waters as well as coastal estuaries, wetlands, rivers and streams, and lands within the coastal zone.

(3) Overfishing, coastal pollution, and other unsustainable marine activities have damaged marine fisheries, habitats, and ecosystems. Programs are needed to conserve, protect, restore, and enhance the marine resources of the state and to improve the environmental sustainability of marine-related activities and encourage those activities that are environmentally sustainable. These programs should be focused on, and coordinated with, efforts to reduce overfishing and coastal pollution and to support sustainable marine activities and improve the sustainability of all marine activities.

(4) The State of California recognizes the need to formulate its coastal and ocean resource management policies based on the best readily available scientific information and should utilize the University of California, the California State University, other institutions of higher learning, and marine science research institutions to the extent feasible to assist it in achieving that goal.

(5) The California Ocean Resources Management Act of 1990 is designed to ensure that the state’s ocean resources are managed, conserved, and enhanced in a comprehensive and coordinated manner. The California Ocean Protection Act furthered that mission by establishing the Ocean Protection Council, whose duties include coordination of state activities to protect coastal waters and ocean ecosystems, establishment of a science advisory team of distinguished scientists from a range of disciplines related to coastal and ocean resources, and contracting with the California Ocean Science Trust and other academic and nonprofit organizations to carry out scientific and educational activities consistent with that act.

(6) The ability of the state to carry out the mission of the California Ocean Protection Act is constrained by the availability of funds appropriated in the state budget.

(7) It is in the interest of the people of the state to establish an endowment, which would be independent of the state’s budget process and would impose no cost on the General Fund of the state, to provide a stable and ongoing source of funding in perpetuity to conserve, protect, restore, and enhance the marine resources of the state in a manner that is consistent with the California Ocean Protection Act.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 687, Sec. 2. (AB 2503) Effective January 1, 2011. Note: Section 71275 is located in Division 34, Part 3.8, which follows Section 71155. Sections 71300 through 71424 are located in Division 34, Parts 4 through 6.)

chapter: 1. Findings and Declarations

path: 37. CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT FOR MARINE PRESERVATION > 1. Findings and Declarations


text:
Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of this division:

(a) “Board” or “endowment board” means the Board of Directors of the California Endowment for Marine Preservation.

(b) “Endowment” means the California Endowment for Marine Preservation.

(c) “Exclusive economic zone (EEZ)” means the zone as measured from the mean high tide line seaward to 200 nautical miles as set forth in the Presidential Proclamation 5030 of March 10, 1983, in which the United States proclaimed jurisdiction over the resources of the ocean within 200 miles of the coastline.

(d) “Nonprofit organization” means any nonprofit corporation qualified to do business in California, and qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(e) “Open coastal marine resource” means those marine resources that use open coastal waters as their habitat.

(f) “Open coastal waters” means the area composed of the submerged lands of the state that are below the mean lower low water extending seaward to the boundaries of the exclusive economic zone.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 687, Sec. 2. (AB 2503) Effective January 1, 2011.)

chapter: 2. Definitions

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text: The California Endowment for Marine Preservation is hereby established. The endowment is subject to this division and to the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law (Part 2 (commencing with Section 5110) of Division 2 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code). If there is a conflict between this division and the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law, this division shall prevail.

chapter: 3. Establishment and Governance

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The endowment is governed by the Board of Directors of the California Endowment for Marine Preservation, consisting of the following members:

(a) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency.

(b) The Secretary for Environmental Protection.

(c) One member of the public appointed by the Governor.

(d) One member, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, who shall be an expert in marine fisheries from the University of California, the California State University, or other accredited university.

(e) One member, appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, who shall be from a nonprofit public interest organization with an emphasis on marine conservation or sustainable consumptive recreational activities.

division: 37. CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT FOR MARINE PRESERVATION


text: The term of office of each member of the board appointed pursuant to subdivisions (c) to (e), inclusive, of Section 71531 is six years. However, the term of office for the first board member appointed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 71531 is three years.


text: Any vacancy on the board shall be filled by the appointing authority for the remainder of the unexpired term.


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(a) The board shall conduct its initial meeting as soon as possible after incorporation.

(b) The board shall meet as often as required, but at least twice per year.

(c) Members of the board shall attend at least 50 percent of all duly convened meetings of the board in a calendar year. A member who fails to attend at least 50 percent of all duly convened meetings of the board in a calendar year forfeits membership on the board. The vacancy shall be filled pursuant to Section 71533.

(d) Members of the board shall receive no salary but members appointed pursuant to subdivisions (c) to (e), inclusive, of Section 71531 shall be paid one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each meeting and shall be reimbursed for all necessary travel expenses.

(e) The Ocean Protection Council shall provide staff services that the endowment board needs to carry out its duties pursuant to this division.


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(a) The members of the board first appointed shall serve as incorporators of the endowment and shall take whatever actions are necessary to establish the endowment pursuant to the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law (Part 2 (commencing with Section 5110) of Division 2 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code) once a majority of the board is appointed.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the endowment not be incorporated until the endowment board has received its initial notice of application from the Department of Fish and Game, pursuant to Section 6610 of the Fish and Game Code.

chapter: 5. Powers and Duties

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text: The California Endowment for Marine Preservation shall receive funds generated pursuant to the California Marine Resources Legacy Act (Article 2 (commencing with Section 6420) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 6 of the Fish and Game Code).


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(a) The purpose of the endowment is to create a permanent source of funding for projects and programs that will conserve, protect, restore, and enhance the coastal and marine resources of the state, with an emphasis on open coastal marine resources, and that will improve the sustainability of marine activities and encourage and support environmentally sustainable marine activities. To achieve this objective, the endowment board may award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations to support any or all of the following activities:

(1) Applied research, including, but not limited to, monitoring and data collection in support of projects to conserve, protect, restore, and enhance the open coastal marine resources of the state. In so doing, the board shall take maximum advantage of the scientific research expertise available from the University of California, the California State University, other institutions of higher learning, and marine science research institutions with expertise in marine resource issues. No more than 10 percent of funds awarded by the endowment in any fiscal year shall be awarded for research.

(2) Projects in open coastal waters that enhance environmentally sustainable marine activities.

(3) Projects in open coastal waters to enhance the habitat for open coastal marine life, including, but not limited to, the identification, monitoring, and protection of important ecological areas.

(4) Enforcement programs that protect, conserve, and enhance natural resources and marine habitat in and adjacent to open coastal waters, including regulating the take of open coastal marine species and monitoring of open coastal marine species and habitat with an emphasis on innovative approaches.

(5) Programs to aid in the establishment of sustainable fishing levels, including, but not limited to, ecosystem-based management of forage species, and programs to reduce or prevent habitat damage in open coastal waters.

(6) Programs to monitor catch and bycatch and to reduce bycatch in fisheries managed by the State of California and by the United States.

(7) Programs, projects, and activities that are directly related to the conservation, protection, restoration, and enhancement of coastal and marine resources of the state, with an emphasis on open coastal marine resources, and that are authorized by either paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 35650 or by Section 75060.

(b) Funds provided by the endowment are not intended, and shall not be used, to supplant funding provided through the annual budget process to support existing obligations and activities related to coastal and marine resources.

(c) The endowment board may also do all of the following:

(1) Obtain grants from, and contract with, individuals and with private, local, state, and federal agencies, organizations, and institutions.

(2) Contract with, or make grants to, conservation and educational organizations; marine institutes; aquariums and museums; institutions of higher education; and local, state, and federal agencies to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(3) Loan funds to local, state, and federal agencies, organizations, and institutions to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(d) The endowment shall create a business plan for a five-year period. The endowment shall update the plan annually.

(e) On or before February 1 each year following incorporation, the endowment shall submit a report for the preceding fiscal year to the Governor and to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature. The report shall include all of the following:

(1) The updated business plan created pursuant to subdivision (c).

(2) A comprehensive and detailed report of the endowment’s operations, activities, financial condition, and accomplishments under this section.

(3) A listing of each recipient of a grant from the endowment and the purposes and amount of that grant.

(4) A listing of any loan that the endowment has received and the plan for repaying the loan.

(5) A report of each independent audit required pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 71560.


text: Members of the board and appropriate staff shall be available to testify before appropriate committees of the Legislature.


text: The endowment shall not contribute to, or otherwise support, any political party, candidate for elective public office, or ballot measure.


text: The endowment may hire employees and may obtain legal counsel. No employee of the endowment is an employee of the State of California. No employee of the endowment is subject to Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 3512) of, or Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 3525) of, Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code. Employees of the endowment have the right to representation consistent with the federal National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 151 et seq.).


text: The endowment shall coordinate its activities with the Department of Fish and Game, the California Coastal Commission, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, the State Lands Commission, and appropriate federal agencies, including the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Minerals Management Service of the United States Department of the Interior. Nothing in this division limits the authority and responsibility of any of these agencies.


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(a) The endowment may receive charitable contributions or any sources of income that may be lawfully received, including loans from the state.

(b) The endowment shall administer any funds it receives in accordance with this division.

(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the endowment shall invest and manage any funds it receives so that the investments shall provide a source of income in perpetuity and the principal amount consisting of charitable contributions and donations, including cost savings donated pursuant to Section 6618 of the Fish and Game Code, shall not be spent. Any returns on investments made by the endowment are the only funds that shall be available for expenditure by the endowment.

(2) Ten percent of any funds received by the endowment pursuant to Section 6618 of the Fish and Game Code in a calendar year shall be allocated by the endowment board, pursuant to Section 71552, as grants for projects or programs consistent with the purpose of this chapter within 24 months of receipt of the funds. The majority of these funds shall be granted to state agencies engaged in coastal and ocean protection.

(d) The endowment shall invest and manage any funds it receives in accordance with the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law (Part 2 (commencing with Section 5110) of Division 2 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code).

(e) The accounts of the endowment shall be audited annually in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by independent certified public accountants.

(f) The financial transactions of the endowment for any fiscal year may be audited by the California State Auditor’s Office.

(g) Each recipient of assistance by grant, contract, or loan pursuant to this division shall keep records reasonably necessary to disclose fully the amount of the assistance, the disposition of the assistance, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which the assistance is given or used, the amount and nature of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and other records that will facilitate an effective audit. Each recipient of a fixed price contract awarded pursuant to competitive bidding procedures is exempt from this subdivision.

(h) The endowment, or its authorized representative, and the California State Auditor’s Office shall have access to any records necessary for the purpose of auditing and examining all funds received or expended by the recipients of assistance.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 281, Sec. 41. (SB 1395) Effective January 1, 2013.)

chapter: 6. Financial Transactions and Audits

path: 37. CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT FOR MARINE PRESERVATION > 6. Financial Transactions and Audits


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The endowment funds shall be administered and managed in accordance with all of the following:

(a) Reasonably prudent investor standards that will give the fund the capacity to achieve reasonable rates of return on investment similar to those of other prudent investors for long-term investments.

(b) Use of generally accepted accounting practices, and expenditure and investing procedures.

(c) Investment policies that are consistent with the Uniform Prudent Investor Act (Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 16045) of Chapter 1 of Part 4 of Division 9 of the Probate Code), and with the Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act (Part 7 (commencing with Section 18501) of Division 9 of the Probate Code), as applicable.


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Funds held by the endowment shall revert to the state or to another public agency or nonprofit organization approved by the state if the endowment does any of the following:

(a) Ceases operations.

(b) Is dissolved.

(c) Becomes bankrupt or insolvent.

(d) Fails to perform its fiduciary duties.


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The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:

(a) California is home to four of the 13 national marine sanctuaries. These areas support some of the world’s most diverse marine ecosystems and are home to numerous mammals, seabirds, fish, invertebrates, and plants.

(b) The protection and enhancement of the quality of the marine waters of the state and marine sanctuaries, and the protection of public health and the environment, requires that the release from large passenger vessels and oceangoing ships of hazardous waste, other waste, sewage sludge, and oily bilgewater, into the marine waters of the state and marine sanctuaries, and the release of graywater by large passenger ships into the marine waters of the state, should be prohibited.

history: (History: Amended (as amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 764, Sec. 1) by Stats. 2005, Ch. 588, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2006.)

division: 38. CALIFORNIA CLEAN COAST ACT

path: 38. CALIFORNIA CLEAN COAST ACT > 1. Findings and Declarations


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The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:

(a) To protect and enhance the quality of the marine waters of the state all of the following should be prohibited:

(1) The release of graywater or sewage by a large passenger vessel into the marine waters of the state or a marine sanctuary.

(2) The release of hazardous waste, other waste, sewage sludge, or oily bilgewater by a large passenger vessel or oceangoing ship into the marine waters of the state or a marine sanctuary.

(3) The release of graywater or sewage by an oceangoing ship into the marine waters of the state or a marine sanctuary.

(b) In response to an application from the State of California pursuant to this division, beginning March 2012, the United States Environmental Protection Agency prohibited the discharge of all sewage from large passenger vessels and large oceangoing ships, and created a No Discharge Zone along California’s 1,624-mile coastline from Mexico to Oregon and surrounding islands, the largest No Discharge Zone in the nation.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 279, Sec. 1. (SB 1360) Effective January 1, 2013.)


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(a) Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section govern this division.

(b) “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.

(c) “Commission” means the State Lands Commission.

(d) “Graywater” means drainage from dishwasher, shower, laundry, bath, and washbasin drains, but does not include drainage from toilets, urinals, hospitals, or cargo spaces.

(e) “Hazardous waste” has the meaning set forth in Section 25117 of the Health and Safety Code, but does not include sewage.

(f) “Large passenger vessel” or “vessel” means a vessel of 300 gross registered tons or greater that is engaged in the carrying of passengers for hire, excluding all of the following vessels:

(1) Vessels without berths or overnight accommodations for passengers.

(2) Noncommercial vessels, warships, vessels operated by nonprofit entities as determined by the Internal Revenue Service, and vessels operated by the state, the United States, or a foreign government.

(3) Oceangoing ships, as defined in subdivision (j).

(g) “Marine waters of the state” means waters within the area bounded by the mean high tide line to the three-mile state waters limit, from the Oregon border to the Mexican border.

(h) “Marine sanctuary” means marine waters of the state in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, or Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

(i) “Medical waste” means medical waste subject to regulation pursuant to Part 14 (commencing with Section 117600) of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code.

(j) “Oceangoing ship” means a private, commercial, government, or military vessel of 300 gross registered tons or more calling on California ports or places.

(k) “Oil” has the meaning set forth in Section 8750.

(l) “Oily bilgewater” includes bilgewater that contains used lubrication oils, oil sludge and slops, fuel and oil sludge, used oil, used fuel and fuel filters, and oily waste.

(m) “Operator” has the meaning set forth in Section 651 of the Harbors and Navigation Code.

(n) “Other waste” means photography laboratory chemicals, dry cleaning chemicals, or medical waste.

(o) “Owner” has the meaning set forth in Section 651 of the Harbors and Navigation Code.

(p) “Release” means discharging or disposing of wastes into the environment.

(q) “Sewage” has the meaning set forth in Section 775.5 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, including material that has been collected or treated through a marine sanitation device as that term is used in Section 312 of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1322) or material that is a byproduct of sewage treatment.

(r) “Sewage sludge” has the meaning set forth in Section 122.2 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(s) “Sufficient holding tank capacity” means a holding tank of sufficient capacity to contain sewage and graywater while the oceangoing ship is within the marine waters of the state.

(t) “Waste” means hazardous waste and other waste.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 176. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.)

path: 38. CALIFORNIA CLEAN COAST ACT > 2. Definitions


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(a) If the appropriate federal agencies approve an application made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 72440, or if the board determines that an application is not required, an owner or operator of a large passenger vessel or oceangoing ship shall not release, or permit anyone to release, any sewage sludge from the vessel into the marine waters of the state or a marine sanctuary.

(b) If the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency approves the application for sewage release made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 72440, or if the board determines that an application is not required, an owner or operator of an oceangoing ship with sufficient holding tank capacity shall not release, or permit anyone to release, any sewage from the vessel into the marine waters of the state or a marine sanctuary.

(c) If the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency approves the application for sewage release made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 72440, or if the board determines that an application is not required, an owner or operator of a large passenger vessel shall not release, or permit anyone to release, any sewage from the vessel into the marine waters of the state or a marine sanctuary.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 279, Sec. 3. (SB 1360) Effective January 1, 2013.)

chapter: 3. Prohibited Releases

path: 38. CALIFORNIA CLEAN COAST ACT > 3. Prohibited Releases


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(a) An owner or operator of a large passenger vessel shall not release, or permit anyone to release, from the vessel, graywater into the marine waters of the state or a marine sanctuary.

(b) An owner or operator of a large passenger vessel or oceangoing ship shall not release, or permit anyone to release, from the vessel, hazardous waste, other waste, or oily bilgewater into the marine waters of the state or a marine sanctuary.

(c) An owner or operator of an oceangoing ship with sufficient holding tank capacity shall not release, or permit anyone to release, from the vessel, graywater into the marine waters of the state or a marine sanctuary.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 279, Sec. 5. (SB 1360) Effective January 1, 2013.)


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(a) The owner or operator shall notify the California Emergency Management Agency immediately, but not longer than 30 minutes, after discovery of any of the following:

(1) A large passenger vessel release of graywater into the marine waters of the state or a marine sanctuary.

(2) A large passenger vessel release of sewage into the marine waters of the state or a marine sanctuary.

(3) A large passenger vessel or oceangoing ship release of hazardous waste, other waste, sewage sludge, or oily bilgewater into the marine waters of the state or a marine sanctuary.

(4) An oceangoing ship with sufficient holding tank capacity release of sewage or graywater into the marine waters of the state or a marine sanctuary.

(b) The owner or operator shall include all of the following in the notification required pursuant to subdivision (a):

(1) Date of the release.

(2) Time of the release.

(3) Location, by latitude and longitude, of the release.

(4) Volume of the release.

(5) Source of the release.

(6) Remedial action taken to prevent future releases.

(c) The California Emergency Management Agency shall transmit the notification required by subdivision (a) to the board and the Department of Fish and Game immediately, but not longer than 30 minutes, after receiving the notification.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 279, Sec. 6. (SB 1360) Effective January 1, 2013.)


text: An oceangoing ship with sufficient holding tank capacity and capability for transfer shall either hold on board or shall transfer sewage and graywater to a pumpout facility, if that facility is available and accessible for the oceangoing ship where the ship is docked, and shall not discharge sewage or graywater within the marine waters of the state.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 292, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2007.)