HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 6134 RESOLUTION NO. 6134
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH URGING THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE
TO ADOPT LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE OIL OPERATORS TO
PROPERLY ABANDON CERTAIN COMMERCIALLY NONPRODUCTIVE
OIL AND GAS WELLS
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach resolves as
follows :
WHEREAS, there are over 92,000 oil, gas, and injection wells
located throughout thirty counties in the State of California of
which more than 40, 000 are currently idle, with over 14, 000 of these
having been idle for five years or more; and
Long-idle wells represent a significant health and safety hazard
with an increased potential for fires, explosions, fresh water
contamination, leaking gasses, and other chemical substances; and
Long-idle wells with little or no chance for future production
encumber thousands of acres of land which could be developed for
other purposes; and
There are no existing requirements which will ensure that these
will eventually be plugged, sealed, and abandoned; and
Legislation currently under consideration in the California
Legislature does not adequately address the need for abandonment of
long-idle wells by establishing reasonable requirements which will
ensure their eventual and timely abandonment;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
resolve as follows :
SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach respectfully requests that the California Legislature pass
adequate legislation which will require oil operators to properly
abandon those wells which do not produce commercial quantities of
oil or natural gas and to establish reasonable criteria to implement
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same in conjunction with a timely schedule.
SECTION 2 . That copies of this resolution be transmitted to all
members of the Huntington Beach State legislative Delegation, the
Governor and Lieutenant Governor and the Sacramento and Orange
County offices of the League of California Cities .
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of April
1990 .
Mayor
ATTEST. , APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk Z' City Attorney
INITIATED, REVIEWED, AND APPROVED:
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City Administrator
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6134
Res. No. 6134
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City
-Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day
Of April 19 90 , by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
MacAllister, Winchell, Green, Bannister, Silva
NOES: Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
Mays
NOT VOTING: Erskine
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City Clerk and ex-o l cl o er
of the City Council of-, the City
of Huntington Beach, ,California