Tribal gaming: compact ratification.

The bill now amends Section 8670.28 (oil spill contingency plan regulations) in addition to Section 8670.37.51, and adds a new Section 51014.1 (pipeline testing requirements). This significantly broadens the bill from covering only financial responsibility certificates and pipeline restart testing to also covering the regulatory framework for all oil spill contingency plans.

New Section 8670.28 establishes detailed requirements for oil spill contingency plan regulations, including 11 minimum standards covering equipment protection, personnel training, hazard and operability studies, offsite consequence analysis, dispersant use, booming requirements for lightering operations, and service of process agents.

New Section 8670.28(a)(10)(B) requires the administrator to solicit public input on the appropriateness of reasonable worst case spill volumes for facilities, commencing January 15, 2027, and at least once every 10 years thereafter, with any revisions done through Administrative Procedure Act rulemaking.

New Section 8670.37.51(d)(2) requires the administrator to publicly post on the Office of Spill Prevention and Response website a list of all applications for certificates of financial responsibility, including applicant legal name, facility name, reasonable worst case spill volume, amount of financial responsibility demonstrated, and type of evidence furnished. Posting must occur within 7 business days of receiving an application.

New Section 51014.1 requires existing oil pipelines 6 inches or larger that have been idle, inactive, or out of service for 5+ years to pass a spike hydrostatic testing program before restart. The spike test must be at least 139 percent of maximum operating pressure and not exceed 80 percent of specific minimum yield strength, last no more than 15 minutes, and be immediately followed by a hydrostatic test held for a minimum of 8 hours.

The deadline for the first review and revision of formulas for calculating reasonable worst-case spills and financial assurances is changed from January 15, 2026 to January 15, 2027, giving the administrator an additional year before the first mandatory review.

Section 51014.1 requires all pipeline tests to be performed by a qualified testing company compliant with the chapter as determined by the State Fire Marshal, and requires the Office of the State Fire Marshal to promulgate implementing regulations.

The review process for financial responsibility formulas now explicitly requires soliciting public input and must be combined with and used to inform the parallel review under Section 8670.28(a)(10), creating a coordinated rulemaking process between the two sections.

The only differences are formatting and presentation: removal of formal enrolled-bill elements (signature lines, page numbers, 'Passed the Senate/Assembly' language) and addition of website navigation elements (search boxes, links, version history list). The operative legal text - Section 12012.125 ratifying the 2nd amendment to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians gaming compact and its CEQA exemptions - is identical in both versions.

All amendments to Government Code Section 8670.28 were removed. These provisions would have required the administrator for oil spill response to solicit public input every 10 years (starting January 15, 2027) on reasonable worst case spill volumes and revise calculation criteria accordingly.

All amendments to Government Code Section 8670.37.51 were removed. These provisions would have required public posting of certificate of financial responsibility applications within 7 business days, and periodic (every 10 years starting January 15, 2027) review of financial responsibility requirements for oil facilities.

New Government Code Section 51014.1 was removed entirely. This section would have prohibited restarting oil pipelines 6 inches or larger that had been idle for 5+ years without passing a spike hydrostatic testing program at 139% of maximum operating pressure, performed by a qualified testing company.

The no-reimbursement provision (former Section 4) was removed, which had stated that no state reimbursement was required for local agencies because the act created or modified crimes.

Added 'as defined in Section 51010.5' to the pipeline definition in new Section 8670.15, tying the term to a specific existing statutory definition rather than leaving it undefined.

Fixed garbled drafting in Section 8670.37.51(d)(2) where the Senate version had duplicated and jumbled text about the public notice and comment process for pipelines subject to testing.

Corrected a typo in the legislative digest changing 'would require require' to 'would require.'

Changed the revision label from 'REVISIONS' to 'CORRECTIONS,' indicating the Assembly treated its changes as non-substantive fixes.

Section 8670.15 now requires that the spike hydrostatic testing program be 'performed in segments to ensure every elevation point will be tested,' adding a specific methodological requirement that was not in the prior version.

Section 8670.37.51(d)(2) narrows the public notice and comment process from applying before any certificate of financial responsibility is issued under paragraph (1) to only applying 'for an oil pipeline subject to testing pursuant to Section 8670.15.' This limits public participation to pipeline restarts rather than all facility CFA issuances.

Coauthors Assembly Members Pellerin and Schultz were added to the bill heading.

Pipeline restart requirement now specifies a spike hydrostatic testing program at 100-110 percent of minimum yield strength for 30 minutes, followed by a pressure test per 49 CFR Part 195 Subpart E, rather than just requiring a generic 'hydro test.'

The requirement for a 'public process' before issuing certificates of financial responsibility is now specifically a 'public notice and comment process,' giving it a defined administrative procedure meaning.

New subsection requires the administrator to review and revise formulas for calculating reasonable worst-case spills and required financial assurances starting January 15, 2026, and at least every 10 years thereafter, through a notice and comment rulemaking procedure.

The amendment to Section 8670.9 requiring the administrator to coordinate interstate oil spill agreements with 'any other appropriate federal entities' (beyond the Coast Guard) has been removed entirely from the bill.

New Section 8670.15 prohibits existing oil pipelines that have not been in use for five or more years from being restarted without a hydro test, overriding any other law.

New subsection (d)(2) of Section 8670.37.51 requires a public process before the administrator issues a certificate of financial responsibility for a facility where a spill could impact waters of the state.

The bill now imposes a state-mandated local program (changed from 'no' to 'yes'), meaning local agencies will incur costs related to the new pipeline hydro test requirement.

A new Section 3 provides that no reimbursement is required under Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the act creates or changes a crime or infraction, exempting the state from reimbursing local agencies for mandated costs.

Fixed a duplication error in Section 8670.9(b) where 'United States Coast Guard, Guard and any other appropriate federal entities' was corrected to 'United States Coast Guard and any other appropriate federal entities.'