Tranquillion Ridge Oil and Gas Development Project
County EIR#: 06EIR-00000-00005
State Clearinghouse #: 2006021055
Prepared For
County of Santa Barbara
Planning & Development
Prepared By
Agoura
Hills, CA
Volume I - Main Document
Environmental Impact Report
- ES.1 Introduction
- ES.2 Proposed
Project
- ES.3 Description of
Project Alternatives
- ES.4 Environmental
Setting (i.e., Baseline) Determination
- ES.5 Impacts of the
Proposed Project and Alternatives
- ES.6 Environmentally
Superior Alternative
- Figure ES-1
Proposed Project Location
- 1.1 Overview of the
Proposed Project
- 1.2 Objectives of
the Project
- 1.3 Agency Use of
the EIR
- 1.4 EIR Contents
- Figure 1-1
Proposed Project Location
- 2.1 General
Background
- 2.2 Proposed
Project Description
- 2.3 Current Point
Pedernales Project Operations
- 2.4 References
- Figure 2-1
Proposed Project Location
- Figure 2-2
Proposed Tranquillon Ridge Drilling Map
- Figure 2-3
Estimated Oil Production for the
Tranquillion Ridge Field
- Figure 2-4
ConocoPhillips Pipeline System
- Figure 2-5
Proposed Tranquillion Ridge Field
Drilling Schedule
- Figure 2-6
Point Pedernales Total Production Fluids
(1987-2006)
- Figure 2-7
LOGP Block Flow Diagram
- Figure 2-8
Platform Irene to LOGP 20-inch Oil Emulsion Pipeline Elevation Profile
- 3.1 CEQA
Alternative Analysis Overview
- 3.2 No Project
Alternative
- 3.3 Alternative
Drilling/Production Locations
- 3.4 Alternative
Processing Locations
- 3.5 Alternative Oil
Emulsion Transportation
- 3.6 Alternative
Power Line Routes to Valve Site #2
- 3.7 Alternative
Drill Muds and Cuttings Disposal
- 3.8 Summary of
Alternatives Selected for Further Analysis
- Figure 3-1 T-R Alternatives Locations
- Figure 3-2
VAFB Onshore Alternative
- Figure 3-3
Pipeline Scenario 1
- Figure 3-4
Pipeline Scenario 2
- Figure 3-5
Pipeline Scenario 3
- Figure 3-6
Pipeline Scenario 4
- Figure 3-7
Pipeline Scenario 5
- Figure 3-8
Pipeline Scenario 6
- Figure 3-9
Vandenberg Onshore Alternative, Power
Line Scenario 1
- Figure 3-10
Alternate Power Line Routes
- 4.1 CEQA Cumulative
Analysis Overview
- 4.2 Federal
Offshore Energy Projects – Reasonably Foreseeable Projects
- 4.3 State Offshore
Energy Projects – Reasonably Foreseeable Projects
- 4.4 Onshore
Development Projects
- 4.5 References
- Figure 4-1 Potential Energy Development Projects
Located in Federal OCS Waters
- Figure 4-2 Potential
State
Offshore Oil and Gas Development Projects
- Figure 4-3 Location of Cumulative Residential, Commercial, and
Industrial Projects -Northern Lompoc
Area
- Figure 4-4 Incorporated
City of Lompoc
Cumulative
- Figure 4-5
Orcutt/Santa Maria Cumulative
- Figure 5.1-1 MMS OSRA Probabilities (5) of
Oil Spill Impact for Platform Irene and Pipeline
- Figure 5.1-2a Sour Gas Pipeline
Injury and Fatality Hazard Zones (West)
- Figure 5.1-2b Sour Gas Pipeline
Injury and Fatality Hazard Zones (East)
- Figure 5.1-3 Fatality FN Curves: Current
Conditions
- Figure 5.1-4 Injury FN Curves: Current
Conditions
- Figure 5.1-5 Fatality FN Curves: Proposed
Conditions
- Figure 5.1-6 Injury FN Curves: Proposed
Conditions
- Figure 5.4-1 Photograph of Pipeline Route
Crossing Small Drainage Feature Near Basin 4
- Figure 5.4-2 Example of a Catchment Basin
(Basin 1) Adjacent to Onshore Portion of the Pipeline Route
- Figure 5.5-1 Seasonal Abundance of Pinnipeds
in Waters of Central and Northern California
- Figure 5.5-2 Intertidal Zonation of a Rocky
Shore in Southern California
- Figure 5.6-1 Location of Oceanographic
Studies Conducted Near Platform Irene
- Figure 5.6-2 Time-lagged Correlation of
Velocity from Near-Surface Moored Current Meters and from Surface
Drifters along the Central
Coast
- Figure 5.6-3 Wind Stress Recorded at Buoy
46023 near Platform Irene
- Figure 5.6-4 Distribution of Trace Metal
Concentrations in Mussels Collected in the Study Region Compared to
Statewide Levels
- Figure 5.7-1 Location and Yield from Kelp
Beds in Southern California (CDFG, 2000)
- Figure 5.11-1 Fire Station Locations and
Emergency Response Facilities
- Figure 5.11-2 Fire Protection Equipment - Lompoc Oil and Gas
Plant
- Figure 5.11-3a Fire Protection Equipment - Platform
Irene Production Deck
- Figure 5.11-3b Fire Protection Equipment -
Platform Irene Drill Deck
- Figure
5.13-1 Map of View Positions for the Photos
- Figure
5.13-2 Platform Irene and Coastline (View Position 1)
- Figure
5.13-3 View of Surf Substation (View Position 2)
- Figure 5.13-4 View of Santa Ynez River from Ocean Avenue
Near Ocean Beach Park
(View Position 3)
- Figure 5.13-5 View of
Santa Ynez River and Hills from Valve Site #2 (View Position 4)
- Figure 5.13-6 Route 246 to
Valve Site #2 (View Position 5)
- Figure 5.13-7 View from Ocean Avenue
near 13th Street
and Renwick Road
(View Position 6)
- Figure 5.13-8 View of Pipeline Bridge Near Catchment Basin 4
(View Position 7)
- Figure 5.13-9 View with
LOGP in Background (View Position 8)
- Figure 5.13-10 View of LOGP
at Night (View Position 8)
- Figure 5.13-11 View of LOGP from Harris Grade Road
(View Position 9)
- Figure 5.16-1 California
50 m Wind Resources Map (NREL, DOE)
- Figure 5.16-2 Power Curve
for the GE 1.5 MW Series of Wind Turbines
- Figure 5.16-3 Flow Diagram
for Heat Recovery from Exhaust Gases for use in Heater
- 6.1 Comparison
Methodology
- 6.2 Comparison of
the Proposed Project to the No Project Alternative
- 6.3 Comparison of
Proposed Project to Other Alternatives
- 6.4 Environmentally
Superior Alternative
- 7.1 Removal of an
Impediment to Growth
- 7.2 Economic Growth
- 7.3 Precedent
Setting Action
- 7.4 Development of
Open Space
- 7.5 Conclusion
Volume
II - Appendices