Central Coast Field Office Proposed RMP Amendment and Final EIS for Oil and Gas Leasing and Development

SCH Number: 2017014001
Lead Agency: Bureau of Land Management (U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management)
Document Title: Central Coast Field Office Proposed RMP Amendment and Final EIS for Oil and Gas Leasing and Development
Document Type: FIN - Final Document
Received: 5/15/2019

Document Description: The Proposed RMPNFEIS specifies which SLM-managed public lands or subsurface Federal mineral estate would be open to future oil and gas leasing and the stipulations or restrictions that would be applied to protect resources. The Proposed RMPA and Final EIS also describes and analyzes implementation-level decisions regarding 14 leases in Monterey County and San Benito County. The Proposed RMPNFinal EIS does not authorize surface disturbance, which would be subject to additional environmental reviews for project-level activities. The Proposed RMPA/Final EIS considers six alternative approaches to oil and gas leasing and development, including a new alternative (Alternative F) that was not included in the Draft RMPA/Draft EIS (reference SCH# 2017014001) and is now identified as the agency-preferred alternative.

Contact Information: Sky Murphy
Bureau of Land Management
490 2nd Ave.
Marina, CA 93933
(831) 582-2231

Review Period Start: 5/15/2019
Review Period End: 6/14/2019
Development Type: Other (Issue 14 Fluid Mineral Leases)
Local Action: General Plan Amendment
Project Issues: Cumulative Effects Landuse Water Supply Water Quality Vegetation Toxic/Hazardous Minerals Geologic/Seismic Economics/Jobs Biological Resources Archaeologic-Historic Air Quality Aesthetic/Visual
Reviewing Agencies: Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects California Coastal Commission California Department of Parks and Recreation California Energy Commission California Public Utilities Commission Caltrans, District 5 Department of Conservation Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 4 Department of Water Resources Native American Heritage Commission Office of Historic Preservation Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 3 Resources Agency State Lands Commission State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality

Environmental Document: Fig 2-6 Preferred Alt from Appendix A (BLM 2019) PDF 3266 K Appendix M Paleontological Resources PDF 133 K Appendix L Biological Resources PDF 442 K Appendix K Technical Support Document - Air Quality PDF 17437 K Appendix J Regulatory Environment PDF 962 K Appendix I Comments and Responses to Comments PDF 32903 K Appendix H Comment Summary Report PDF 11295 K Appendix G Federal Oil and Gas Operations on Split Estate Lands PDF 232 K Appendix F Social and Economic Workshop Summary Report PDF 5324 K Appendix E Scoping Report PDF 4066 K Appendix D Best Management Practices-SOPs 032019 PDF 634 K Appendix C Central Coast Oil and Gas Stipulations and Mitigation PDF 330 K Appendix B Reasonably Foreseeable Development Scenario PDF 14215 K Appendix A Figures_compressed PDF 24937 K Appendix A Figures PDF 66320 K Central Coast Field Office Proposed RMPA Final EIS PDF 8667 K BLM PDF 177 K
NOC: noc PDF 1914 K