Section 6226.

(a) On or before March 1, 2012, the commission, in consultation with the Department of Conservation, shall report to the Legislature on regulatory action, pending or already taken, and statutory recommendations for the Legislature to ensure maximum safety and prevention of harm during offshore oil drilling. The report shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) A comprehensive set of requirements for offshore oil drilling rigs operating in state waters to have fully redundant and functioning safety systems to prevent a failure of a blowout preventer from causing a major oil spill.

(2) A complete description of a response plan to control a blowout and manage the accompanying discharge of hydrocarbons, including both of the following:

(A) The technology and timeline for regaining control of a well.

(B) The strategy, organization, and resources necessary to avoid harm to the environment and human health from hydrocarbons.

(3) Requirements for the use of the best available and safest technologies and practices, if the failure of equipment would have a significant effect on safety, health, or the environment.

(b) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be prepared in consideration of, but not limited to, all relevant and applicable information contained in reports and investigations related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

(c) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2016.

(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 583, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2012. Repealed as of January 1, 2016, by its own provisions.)