AB 1900
This page last reviewed November 5, 2014
Background
AB 1900, authored by Assemblyman Mike Gatto and chaptered into law on September 27, 2012 (Chapter 602, Statutes of 2012), requires the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to develop standards for constituents in biogas to protect human health and pipeline integrity and safety.In support of the CPUC standards development efforts, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and the Air Resources Board (ARB), in consultation with other State agencies, are to undertake certain actions.Specifically, OEHHA is tasked with compiling a list of constituents of concern (constituents) found in biogas that could pose a health risk and that are at levels that significantly exceed the concentrations of those constituents in natural gas.OEHHA is also to determine health protective levels for these constituents. ARB is tasked with developing realistic exposure scenarios and identifying the associated health risk to utility workers and gas end users; determining the concentrations of these constituents in biogas necessary to protect public health; and identifying monitoring, testing, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements necessary to ensure that health protective levels are maintainedCARB-OEHHA Final Report to CPUC
- Transmittal Memo from ARB-OEHHA to CPUC, dated May 15, 2013
- Staff Report: "Recommendations to the California Public Utilities Commission Regarding Health Protective Standards for the Injection of Biogas into the Common Carrier Pipeline" and Appendices A-C (portions of Appendices B & C are posted below)
Contact Information
- General Questions and Monitoring, Reporting and Record-keeping Recommendations: Paul Milkey at 916-327-2957.
- Exposure Analysis and Test Methods and Exposure Analysis and Health Risk Calculator: Ryan Huft at 916-327-5784.
- Constituents of Concern and Health Protective Levels: Dr. Andy Salmon (OEHHA) at 510-622-3191 or Ken Kloc (OEHHA) at 510-622-3148.
Previous Related Materials:
May 1, 2013 - CARB-OEHHA Presentation
for Second CPUC Public Workshop for Rulemaking 13-02-008 on
May 2, 2013
April 24, 2013 - CARB-OEHHA Presentation for Second Biomethane Standards and Monitoring Discussion on April 25, 2013
April 9, 2013 - CARB-OEHHA Presentation for Biomethane Standards and Monitoring Discussion on April 10, 2013
March 25, 2013 - CARB-OEHHA Presentation for CPUC Initial Public Workshop for Rulemaking 13-02-008 on March 27, 2013
December 21, 2012 - Update on Activities to Support Development of Biomethane Standards
April 24, 2013 - CARB-OEHHA Presentation for Second Biomethane Standards and Monitoring Discussion on April 25, 2013
April 9, 2013 - CARB-OEHHA Presentation for Biomethane Standards and Monitoring Discussion on April 10, 2013
March 25, 2013 - CARB-OEHHA Presentation for CPUC Initial Public Workshop for Rulemaking 13-02-008 on March 27, 2013
December 21, 2012 - Update on Activities to Support Development of Biomethane Standards
