Energy, Minerals & Compliance

1. Buellflat Deep Mining Project

   The project request is for a revision to Reclamation Plan for an existing mining operation.

2. Coastal Resources Mitigation Fund

   The County established the Coastal Resource Enhancement Fund (Fund) in 1987 to help mitigate significant impacts of offshore oil and gas development to coastal aesthetics, coastal recreation, coastal tourism, and environmentally sensitive coastal resources.

3. ExxonMobil Interim Trucking for SYU Phased Restart

   The Project would initiate the phased restart of the existing ExxonMobil Santa Ynez Unit (SYU) facilities by trucking limited crude oil production to receiver sites in Santa Maria and Maricopa, as a temporary solution to transport crude oil to a refinery destination until a pipeline alternative becomes available.

4. Gordon Sand Mine Reclamation Plan Amendment

   Gordon Sand Company is requesting approval of a Reclamation Plan Amendment and Coastal Development Permit to extend existing mining operations at the Guadalupe sand mine 100 years to March 1, 2115.

5. Plains Valve Upgrade Project

   This project would replace the existing, and currently emptied, purged, and idled, 123.4-mile pipeline system known as Lines 901 and 903.

6. SoCal Gas Line 80 Abandonment Demolition

   This project will remove and abandon portions of SoCal Gas Company's Line 80.

7. Strauss Wind Energy Project

   Stauss Wind, LLC, an affiliate of BayWa r.e. Wind, LLC, proposes to construct and operate a 98.14 megawatt (MW) wind energy project, the Strauss Wind Energy Project (SWEP), south of the City of Lompoc.

8. Sentinel Peak Truck Rack Project

   Sentinel Peak Resources proposes to install a new truck loading rack within the existing Lompoc Oil and Gas Plant located at 3902 Rucker Road in Lompoc to export crude oil produced from the Lompoc Oil Field to Coalinga by truck. Up to six truck trips (twelve one-way trips) would occur daily, and a maximum of ten truck trips (twenty one-way trips) would occur under special circumstances. No increase in the throughput of oil, water, or gas is proposed