SB 237: Oil spill prevention: gasoline specifications: suspension: California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: County of Kern: transportation fuels assessment: coastal resources.

This bill aims to improve oil and gas regulations in the state. The administrator of the oil spill response program must publicly post a list of facility owners and operators who have applied for certificates of financial responsibility, including information about the facility's reasonable worst-case spill volume and financial responsibility. The administrator will also solicit public input every 10 years to review and revise criteria for calculating reasonable worst-case spill volumes and financial assurances. The bill also requires the state fire marshal to restart an idle oil pipeline that has been inactive for more than 5 years by passing a spike hydrostatic testing program. The fire marshal must post information about each test on its website. The state air resources board will suspend regulatory control periods on gasoline sales if the average retail price is projected to increas…