Recommissioning of Oil Production on Oil and Gas Lease PRC 421 (Venoco, Inc.)
Draft Environmental
Impact Report
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Notice of Completion
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Notice of Availability
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Cover
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Table
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Executive Summary
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1.0
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Introduction
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Description of the Proposed Project
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Alternatives
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Environment
Impacts Analysis
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4.1
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Geological
Resources
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4.2
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Safety
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4.3
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Hazardous
Materials
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4.4
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Air
Quality
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Hydrology,
Water Resources, and Water Quality
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Marine
Biological Resources
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4.7
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Land
Use, Planning, and Recreation
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4.9
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Public
Services
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4.10
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Transportation
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4.11
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Noise
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4.12
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Cultural,
Historical, and Paleontological Resources
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4.14
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Energy
and Mineral Resources
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4.15
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Environmental
Justice
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Other
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Mitigation
Monitoring Program
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Report
Preparation Sources
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References
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Acronyms
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Appendix
A - Distribution List
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Appendix
B - Notice of Preparation (NOP), Comment Letters and Responses
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Part
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Appendices
C - H
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Appendix
C - Safety
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Appendix
D - Technical Air Quality
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Appendix
E - UCSB Lease (Partial)
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Appendix
F - Best Management Practices
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Appendix
G - Pipeline Transportation Sub-Alternative Construction and Operation
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Appendix
H - Mitigation Measures from the Ellwood Marine Terminal Lease Renewal
Project Environmental Impact Report
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| Figures | ||||||
| 1-1 | Project Location | JPEG | ||||
| 1-2 | Pending Ellwood Area Oil Projects | JPEG | ||||
| 2-1 | Production History of PRC 421 | JPEG | ||||
| 2-2 | Existing Lease Boundaries in Project Vicinity | JPEG | ||||
| 2-3 | Major Components and Modified Existing Facilities | JPEG | ||||
| 2-4 | Project Components | JPEG | ||||
| 2-5 | Existing Access Road and Proposed Pipeline and Power Cable Corridor | JPEG | ||||
| 2-6 | Proposed Project Components at Piers 421-1 and 421-2 | JPEG | ||||
| 2-7 | Oil Service Vessel Routes in the Ellwood Area | JPEG | ||||
| 2-8 | Routes to San Francisco and Los Angeles | JPEG | ||||
| 3-1 | Proposed Pipeline Route | JPEG | ||||
| 3-2 | Proposed Truck Route | JPEG | ||||
| 3-3 | Cumulative Projects in California with Marine Transportation Impacts | JPEG | ||||
| 3-4 | Cumulative Residential, Commercial, Institutional, and Recreational Projects in the Ellwood Area | JPEG | ||||
| 4.1-1 | Major Oil and Gas Fields of the Santa Barbara Channel | JPEG | ||||
| 4.1-2 | Geology in the Project Area | JPEG | ||||
| 4.1-3 | Hydrocarbon Seeps in the Project Area | JPEG | ||||
| 4.2-1 | Project Facilities and Functions | JPEG | ||||
| 4.2-2 | Existing Conditions of Piers | JPEG | ||||
| 4.2-3 | Existing Condition of Caissons | JPEG | ||||
| 4.2-4 | Baseline Hazards/Risks from Ellwood Oil Production Facilities | JPEG | ||||
| 4.2-5 | Cross-section of proposed 421-2 Layout | JPEG | ||||
| 4.2-6 | Safety Impacts: Changes from Baseline Hazards/Risks | JPEG | ||||
| 4.2-7 | Estimated Oil Spill Coverage in Project Area | JPEG | ||||
| 4.2-8 | Area Contingency Plan Summary: Bell Canyon Creek | JPEG | ||||
| 4.2-9 | Area Contingency Plan Summary: Devereux Slough | JPEG | ||||
| 4.2-10 | Flow line Cross-Section Diagram | JPEG | ||||
| 4.2-11 | Conceptual Layout for EOP Onshore Oil Separation | JPEG | ||||
| 4.3-1 | Hazardous Materials Baseline Conditions | JPEG | ||||
| 4.5-1 | Ocean Current System in the Project Vicinity | JPEG | ||||
| 4.5-3 | Surface Water Resources | JPEG | ||||
| 4.6-1 | Sensitive Biological and Marine Resource Areas in Region of the Proposed Project | JPEG | ||||
| 4.6-2 | Marine Habitats in the Vicinity of the Proposed Project | JPEG | ||||
| 4.6-3 | California Department of Fish and Game Fish Blocks within the Santa Barbara Channel | JPEG | ||||
| 4.7-1 | Terrestrial Biological Resources in the Project Vicinity | JPEG | ||||
| 4.8-1 | Jurisdictional Land Use Map | JPEG | ||||
| 4.8-2 | Zoning in Project Vicinity | JPEG | ||||
| 4.8-3 | Recreational Uses in the Project Vicinity | JPEG | ||||
| 4.9-1 | Fire Protection Services in the Project Vicinity | JPEG | ||||
| 4.10-1 | Transportation Network and Average Daily Traffic Volumes in the Project Vicinity | JPEG | ||||
| 4.11-2 | Noise Monitoring Locations | JPEG | ||||
| 4.12-1 | Current View of Pier 421-2 from the Beach Showing Pedestrian Beach Access | JPEG | ||||
| 4.12-2 | Historic View of Project Site from Offshore Showing Existing Access Road, Rock Revetment, and Sandpiper Golf Course | JPEG | ||||
| 4.12-3 | Photo Simulation of Pier 421-2 after Project Implementation | JPEG | ||||
| 4.12-4 | Historic Photo (Historic Reconfiguration of Existing) | JPEG | ||||
| 4.15-1 | Census Tracts in the Vicinity of the Proposed Project | JPEG | ||||

