651773_Group_CSLC_OG
5 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2016101008
Lead Agency
California State Lands Commission
(SLC)
Document Title
651773_Group_CSLC_OG
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
1/31/2025
Document Description
Lead Agency Project Title: Final Environmental Impact Report for the Becker and Legacy
Wells Abandonment and Remediation Project and Addendum
Date Certified: 8/17/2017 (FEIR); 2/28/2020 (Addendum)
The proposed permitting activity, the Legacy Wells Abandonment project, includes the permanent re-abandonment of one leaking and one possibly leaking legacy oil wells located in Summerland Oil Field in the intertidal zone offshore Summerland, Santa Barbara County. The intertidal well re-abandonment approach for wells A and B will implement the following key exterior well abandonment procedures: 1) exposing the leaking wellhead, 2) driving steel pipe pile over the well to encapsulate the leaking wellhead, and 3) sealing the well using cement and a welded steel plate. The Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) identified a potentially significant impact under air quality even with the implementation of Mitigation Measures AQ-1 and AQ-2 in the FEIR due to pollutant emissions within the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) jurisdiction from barge operations. However, as the permitting activity would not use marine barges and no emissions would occur within the SCAQMD, the permitting activity would not produce the significant and unavoidable impacts identified in the FEIR.
The project activity being permitted by the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) is within the scope of the FEIR for the Becker and Legacy Wells Abandonment and Remediation Project and Addendum.
CalGEM, as the CEQA Responsible Agency, approved permits for California State Lands Commission to re-abandon the wells listed below, in the Summerland Oil Field in Santa Barbara County.
API # Well Name Latitude Longitude
0428321588 Summerland Beach Legacy 34.42000700 -119.60409000
Unknown Well B
0428321587 Summerland Beach Legacy 34.42000300 -119.60410500
Unknown Well A
Contact Information
Name
Greg Chittick
Agency Name
Department of Conservation, Geologic Energy Management Division
Job Title
CEQA Program Contractor
Contact Types
Responsible Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Peter Regan
Agency Name
State Lands Commission
Job Title
Agent
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Santa Barbara
Regions
Countywide
Township
04N
Range
26W
Section
21
Base
SB
Other Location Info
Summerland Oil Field
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
Department of Conservation, Geologic Energy Management Division
Approving Agency Role
Responsible Agency
Approved On
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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