Section 3351.

(a) A hearing shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code only in an appeal from an order in the following circumstances:

(1) Issued pursuant to a Section 3237 finding that the operator's wells are deserted and should be plugged and abandoned.

(2) Imposing civil penalties totaling more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

(3) Rescinding an injection project approval for a project that has already commenced.

(4) Imposing a life-of-well bond or a life-of-production facility bond.

(b) An order issued pursuant to Section 3225 shall satisfy the requirement of Section 11503 of the Government Code that an accusation be filed.

(c) For an appeal of an order that is not described in subdivision (a), a hearing shall be conducted by the director in accordance with Sections 3352 and 3353.

(d) For an appeal of an order that is described in subdivision (a) and is also an emergency order for remedial work or to cease and desist operations, a hearing shall be conducted by the director in accordance with Sections 3352 and 3353 for the limited purpose of considering the emergency order for remedial work or to cease and desist operations. All other penalties and requirements imposed by the order shall be considered at a hearing provided in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 264, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2011.)