Environmental & Energy
May 26, 2023
County oil well ban preempted by state law, attorney argues
Theodore J. Boutrous told the state Supreme Court that while Monterey County can impose zoning restrictions on oil drilling, it cannot ban specific oil and gas drilling activities.
An attorney for Chevron Corp. and a host of other oil and gas companies told state Supreme Court justices Thursday that a Monterey County initiative banning new oil wells and wastewater injection is preempted by the state’s public resources code.
Theodore J. Boutrous, a Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner who represents the oil and other resource companies as well as an elementary school district, told the court that while Monterey Cou...
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