UIC Trio Petroleum 44800005

Summary

SCH Number
2019100174
Public Agency
California Department of Conservation (DOC)
Document Title
UIC Trio Petroleum 44800005
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/8/2019
Present Land Use
McCool Ranch Oilfield
Document Description
The project proposal is to resume cyclic steam operations in the aquifer-exempt Lombardi Sand in the McCool Ranch Oilfield located in Monterey County, California. Project elements include: 1) producing heavy oil and associated water from the exempt Lombardi Sand and; 2) cyclic steam injection into the exempt Lombardi Sand. The project is located in an existing pre-CEQA Oil Field. A Use Permit was granted by Monterey County in April 1949 for oil extraction activities. Resolution #631.

Contact Information

Name
Meri A. Meraz
Agency Name
Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency

Name
Agency Name
Trio Petroleum, LLC
Contact Types
Project Applicant

Location

Counties
Monterey

Notice of Exemption

Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Sec. 21169, 15261(b)
Reasons for Exemption
The Division has determined that the project is statutorily exempt under the Ongoing Project (14 CCR 15261(b) exemption per the CEQA Guidelines because the Division identified the McCool Ranch oil field and issued permits in this oil field pre-CEQA (prior to April 5, 1973). Additional permits issued in this developed area of the McCool Ranch oil filed are considered part of an ongoing project and exempt from further CEQA reviews.

Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Sec. 15301
Reasons for Exemption
The Division has determined that the project is categorically exempt from CEQA under the “Class 1” (14 CCR §15301) exemption per the CEQA Guidelines and per DOGGR’s regulations (14 CCR §1684.1) because the proposed activity involves resuming cyclic steam operations by using existing wells in an existing underground injection control project to produce oil. A Use Permit was granted per Resolution #631 for oil extraction activities by Monterrey County in April 1949.

Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Exceptions to Exemptions
Reasons for Exemption
The Division further finds that there are no exceptions to the otherwise-applicable categorical exemptions (PRC §21084; 14 CCR 15300.2(c)). There is no substantial evidence that there are any “unusual circumstances” associated with the proposed project that create a reasonable possibility that the activity will have a significant effect on the environment, and that there is no significant “cumulative impacts” resulting from successive projects of the same type in the same place. Therefore, this project is not subject to CEQA.

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