HB97 Alabama 2022 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Oil and Gas Board, underground gas storage facilities, regulation, gas further defined to include abandonment of underground storage facilities, performance bonds, fees by board, Secs. 9-17-150, 9-17-151 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, the State Oil and Gas Board regulates underground storage facilities for natural gas and certain other hydrocarbons not defined as oil</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would amend the definition of gas for the purpose of the regulation of underground storage facilities by the board to include carbon oxides, ammonia, hydrogen, nitrogen, and noble gases</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also specify the authority of the board to regulate underground storage facilities, including requiring a bond to insure the performance of any duties relating to an underground storage facility</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also authorize the board to adopt rules providing fees to defray the expenses of the board in regulating underground storage operations</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to the State Oil and Gas Board; to amend Sections 9-17-150 and 9-17-151 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to further define gas to include certain additional gases for the purpose of regulation of underground storage facilities by the board; to further specify the authority of the board to regulate the operation and abandonment of underground storage facilities, including the authority to require a bond to insure the performance of any duties relating to an underground storage facility; and to authorize the board to adopt rules providing fees to defray the expenses of the board in regulating underground storage facilities. </p>

Subjects

Oil and Gas Board, State