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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 -1- 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: micki 06:��W� 6 City Administrator -2- 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 r City Clerk and ex-o l cl o er of the City Council of-, the City of Huntington Beach, ,California