SCH Number 2013081079

Project Info

Title

Second Supplemental Recirculated Environmental Impact Report (SSREIR) for Revisions to Title 19- Kern County Zoning Ordinance (2024) focused on oil and gas

Description

The proposed project is the preparation of Second Supplemental Recirculated EIR (SSREIR) for reconsideration of Revisions to Title 19 of the Kern County Zoning Ordinance (2020 A) for local permitting for oil and gas focused on Chapter 19.98 (Oil and Gas Production). On November 9, 2015, the Kern County Board of Supervisors approved amendments to Title 19 of the Kern County Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 19.98 (Oil and Gas Production) and related sections of the Kern County Zoning Ordinance to address oil and gas exploration and operation activities within the proposed project area in greater detail. The Board of Supervisors also certified an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) analyzing the impacts of the amendments, and the implementation of future oil and gas development activities expected to be undertaken pursuant to the amended Ordinance in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). In response to continued litigation, the Board of Supervisors certified on March 8, 2021, a Final Supplemental Recirculated Environmental Impact Report (SREIR) and adopted a Revised Ordinance. Various parties sued to challenge the decision and on March 7, 2024, the Appellate Court issued a second opinion directing the County to continue to suspend permitting under the ordinance and to correct three CEQA violations… before certifying the revised environmental impact report as complete and approving such an ordinance. The purpose of this SSREIR is to provide analysis to address the CEQA issues found by the Appellate Court decision and provide compliance for CEQA for the reconsideration by the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors of the Zoning Ordinance revisions focused on oil and gas local permitting.

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