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CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATION FOR PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY IN, SANTA BARBAnA CO.UNTY

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Durina consideration of Calendar I~em A ~t~ach~d, th@ following ResolGtion was approved, as amende~, by a vote of 2-1:

THE CO~MISSION:

I. FINDS THAT AN EIS/.F.I,R WAS PR,EPARED fl:10 ADOPTED FOR, THIS ~ROJECT BY THE COUNTY OF SANJA BARBARi AND THE ·MIN~·~~S MANAGEMENT SERVICE ~ND rHAT THE COMMISSION ·HAS REUX~W~D ANO CQNSifJf!,RED THE ~·tJrORMAl'Il:)N ·~ONTAINED TH~REIN, ,

II. flDOPTS THE FINDINGS f;ERETO ATTACHED A'S EXHIBIT. ''E 11 IN tONN~CTI6N WITH THE PROJECT IN COMPLIANCE WI]H THE CEQA (P.R .. C. SE'.CTION 21000 ET SEQ) AND THE STATE EIR GUIDELINES.

III. FINDS THAT THE DESIGNATION OF THf CONSOLIDATED ·PIPEUlNE CORRIDOR, A~D AUTHORIZATION OF A LEA~E TO USE SOCH CORRIDOR MEETS REQUIREMENT$ WITHIN THE P.R.C. seCTION 3000 ET SEQ~ ANO THER~BY CONFORMS 'WITH PROVISIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT:

IV. FINDS THAT THE TIDE ANO SUBMERGED· 1.A~DS PRO~POSED f\OR USE AS A CONSOLIDATED PIPELINE COi~IDOR AND UNO~AL'S PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY ~ERE IDENTIFIED AS POSSESSING SIGNifI~~NT ENVIRON.~~NtAL \!ALI.Jg~, THAT' THE COMMISSION DESIGNATED THOSE LANDS UNDER CATEGO~Y II, AND THAT THE U~E PROPOSED BY UNOCAL AS CONDlTiONED SY PRO~OSED MITIGATION.MEASURES AND STIPULATIONS, IS CONSISTENT W!TH ntE USE CATEGoR·( ASSIGNED TO ·fHE PROPOSED LEASE A REA WITHIN TH~ SIGNIFICANT LANDS INVENTOR~· COMPL~TED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 6370 ET SEQ, OF THE P.R.~.

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OWNED BY, OR UNDE.R COMMON OWNERSlilP WITH APPL,tCANT WHICH ACCESS IN FACT ENABLES SUCH OIL OR GAS· TO BE ,DELIVERED TO SUBSTANTIAL REf]NING MARKETS, SUCH AS THE SAN FRANCISCO OR LOS ANGELES REFINING CENTERS; UNLES~. IN THE ALTERNATIVE, THE PIPELINE APPLICANT HAS ESTABLISHfD COMMON -CARRIER PIPELINE FACILITIES WHICH WILL MOVE SUCH OIL OR GAS TO SUCH MARKET AREAS AT PUBLISHED FAIR ANO REASONABLE RAJES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

NO PIPELINES IN THE CORRIDOR SHALL INTERFER~·WITH THE EXPl.ORATION ANO DEVELOPMENT OF OIL AND GAS RESOURCES ON THE TIDE ANO SUBMERGEq LANDS.

ALL USE~S OF THE OESIGNOTEO CORRIDOR SHA~L CONTRIBUTE TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION.FUND FOR THE PURPOSE fiF FUNDIN9 THE MITIGATION PROGRAMS , , IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMISSION IN ITS PT. CONCEPT!ON LEASE PROGRAM~ SUCH CONTRIBUTION SKAhL BE BASED ON A PER BARREL OF OIL CHARGE OF ONE CE~'T PER OA~REi. OF OIL' ALL CONTRIBUT!Ot'JS SHALL OE f>·AI'D ro AN ESCRdlVJ FUND ESi"ABLISHED B'f I/HE COMMISSION AND PAYMENTS TO CONSULTANTS AND CON1',RACTORS FOR THE MITIGATION PROGNAM SHALL BE AUTHORIZED ~¥ THE OOMMISSION OUT Of THIS ESCROW RCCOUNJ. NO PAY~ENTS w±LL a~ AUTHORIZED UNLESS AND UNTIL OFL RND GAS EXPLORATIO~-~ND DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS CO~MENCE ON fHE ~TATE'S TIDE ~ND SUBMEHqED .LANDS BETWEEN PT CONCEPTION ~ND PT. ARGUELLO. IN THE EVENT NO ~XPLORATION OR DEVELOPMENT C"vMMENCES ON THESE: STATE LANDS WITl;IIN FIFTEEN YEARS FROM NOVEMBER 21, 1965. ALL SUMS PLUS INTEREST WILL BE REFUNDED.

FIND THAT THE PURPOSE FOR WH±CH fHE co~~IDOR IS EStABLISH~D REQUIRES FREE AND OPEN MARKETA8ILITY OF OIL AND GAS PRODUCED IN THE CENTRAL ~ANTA MARIA BASIN AND THEREFORE ANY RIGHr-oF-~AY LEASE SHALL CONtAIN THE CONOfTI0NS SET fORXH ABOVE.

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THAN. THOSE ACCORDED SHIPMENTS BY UNOCAL, MOBIL OR ·g;~·EVRON, AND WI;HIOUT REQUIREMENT FOR SALE TO UNOCAL., OR, AT THE DISCRETION OF 1i.HE SHIPPER', WILL BE. DELIVERED TO ANOTHER OEHVCiRATION OR STORAGE FACILITY AS DESIGNATED BY HIM OR Tl-!E STAJE. IN· ADDITION, UNOCAL SHALL PROVIDE ACCESS TO ITS LOMPOC FACILITY SITiE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, OF $UCH SEPARATE f~CILITIES IF DESIRED BY THE STATE.

E. UNOCAL SHALL PROVIDE ACCESS ·AT PUBLISHED AND RE~SONABLE RATES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS, WI~HOUT REQUIREMENT ·FOR SALE OR. EXCHANGE TO UNOCAL, OF ANY 6fL AND GAS OWNED BY THE STATE, ITS LESSEES OR PURCHASERS FROM EI~HER OF THEk, TO PIPELINES WHICH ARE OWNED BY UNOCAL OR BY ANY CORPORATION ·OWNING, OWNED BY, OR UNDER COMMON OWNERSHI,P ~~.-tfH- UNOCAi., WHI0~ AdCE~~ I~ ~ACT ENABLES SUCW OIL OR GAS TO BE DELJV.£RED· TO SUBfrrANTIAL REFINING MAl\KE'rs: SUCH AS

' ' ,; THE SAN FRANZISCO OR LOS ANGELES REF~NIWG eENTERS, UNLESS, IN t~E AL~ERNAT!UE, UNOCAL HAS ESTA~LISHED ~OMMON CARRIER PIPELINE.FACILITIES WH±CH WILL MOU£ SUCH OIL OR GAS TO· sue~ MARKEt AREAS AT PUBLiaHED .F:AIR AND REASONABLE ·kATES, TEF?M?· -~Ml CONDITIONS.

F. NO PIPELINE IN THE CORRIDOR SHALL INfERFERE WITH THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENt OF OIL AND GAS RESOURCE~ ON THE TIDE AND SUBMERGED LANDS.

G. UNOCAL SHALL CONTRIBUTE TO AN :ENVIRONMENTAL 'MITIGATION FUiJO FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING THE MITIGATION PROGRAMS IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMISSION IN ITS PT. CONCEPTION LEASE PROGRAM. SUCH CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE BASED ON A PER BARREL OF OIL CHARGE OF ONE CENT PER BARREL OF OIL. ALL CONTRIBUTION§ SHALL BE PAID to AN ESCROW FUND ESTABLiSHED BV THE coMMiSSION AND PAYMENTS TO CONSULTANTS.AND CONTRACTORS ~0R THE MITidATION PROGRAM SHALL BE AUTHORI~ED BY THE COMMIS~ION OUT OF THIS ESCROW ACCO~~T. NO PAYMENTS WILl BE AUTHORIZED UNLESS AND UNTIL OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS COMMENCE ON ~ THE STATE• s TIDt: AND SUBMERGED LANDS~ BETwiZEN PT. CONCEPTION AND PT. ARGUELLO. IN THf. EVENT NO EXPLORATION OR DEVELOPMENT COMMENCES ON THESE STATE LANDS WITHIN FIFlEEN YEARS FROM NOVEM8ER 21, 1985. !lLL SUMS ·PLUS INTER'i::ST WILL BE REFUNDED. .

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IX. FINDS THA~ 1 .. E 'PROJECT I AS PRO:f>OSED ANO. MITIGATED I WILL NOT UNREASONABLY INJ'ERFERE WITH TME Mh;lNTENANCE OR USE OF THE LITTORAL LANDS FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES OR PROTECTIO~ 6F SHORE PROPERTIES, PURSUANT TO ~ECTION 6818 Of ·THE PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE.

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, ., BASIS FOR CONSIDERATION: Pursuant to 2 Cal. Adm. Code 2003.

APPLICANT STATUS. Applicant is not Permittee of upland.

,PREREQUISITE CONDFrIONS, FE'ES AND EXPENSE.$: F·:i":"lirig fe~ has been received.

STAl'UTORY AND OTHER REFERENCES: A. P.R.C.: Div. 6, Parts 1 and 2; Div. 13.

B. Cal. Adm. Code: Title 2, Div. 3; Title t4, Div. 6.

AB tl84; 02/05/86.

BACKGROUND:

UNOCAL, Chevron and Mobil, with UNOCAL as thE:i .pperator, aro developing an oil and gas project in Federal ~ate~s off Point Pedernales, Santa Barbara Courity. In connectio~ with that project, UNOCAL has applied to the Commissio~ for permission to install a 20 11 wet oil pipeline, an eight and three-fourths il'oh gas li11e and arl eight and three-fourths i'nch waste water lini.1 on state-owned tide and submerged lands. These lines will link the initial Platform, Ir•ne, and eventually a se~ond platform, with UNOCAL's processing plant near Lompoc. There, water will be ~emoved from the oil in preparation for shipment of oil by pipeline to UNOCAL 1 s facility at Santa Maria and then North again by pipeline to the Bay area for final refining and distribution to marke~.

Although the capacity of the ~et oil line between Platform Irene and the proces~ing facility near Lompoc is 100,000 b.d., UNOC~L estimates that peak production from its project wii1 be ~0,000 b.d. leaving a minimum excess capacity of 60,000 b~d.' for use by other ?reducers in the area. This additional

~capacity is significant as thd line must cross Vandenberg Air Force Base in order to reach: the onshore processing facility and the Air Force will allow qnly one pipeline corridor to be built across the base, and will allow the corrid6r td be disturbed only once. Therefore, all offshore producers in. the vi(~nity of the proposed pipeline must have access to it if they ~xpect to bring their oil ashore for processing. This includes all oil and gas production on the OCS and State tide and submerged lands between Point Sal and Jalama Beach, a distance of approximately 40 ,miles. ,

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Once the oiQ and gas has been treated at the processing plant there must o~ some way to get it to market. Presently, the only pipelin~ leaving Lompoc belongs to UNOCAL. Alth9ug~ its c~pacity is only 12,000 b.d. UNOCAL plans to add an additipnal pipeline north with a capacity of 80,000 b.d. It also has a ·gas ~i~~line from Lo~poc to it$ Battel's gas pl~nt iast of Santa Maria, connecting at th•t point to :ts refineries. However, UNOCAL refuses to operate any of the~e lines as co~mbn carriers, or ti> make them ~vail,ab'le t·o any oil or ga~ not owned by UNOCAL. Exxon currently has in the preliminary planning stage a 60,000 b.d. oil line from Lompoc to· Gaviota,, Thi\\ proposal curr~nt1y hafi no permits, and there is n6 g~arafitee it will be operated~ as a common carrier.

On July 25, 1985, UNO~AL's a~plica~ion for righcs~of-~ay· W~$ determined to be complete. un August 5, 1985 ~he County of Santa Barbara as lead agency, approved UNOCAL's proposed proj ec.t. Pursuant tc;> Goyernmeni; Code, .Section 659~2, th~ Commiss~on, a~ a responsible ~gency for purposes of the permit stt Jamlining ~"',o~g.q!Jres, has i80 days from August S, 1,985 1 to

·· approve or deny O~OCAL's project. Thus, th~ Commission is not yet r~.quired by l~w to act on. UNOCAL' s pipeline applicrat~on. While we are informed that the Department of the Interio~ and the rOepartment o,f the Air' Force have expressed approva~ of the project, neither agency h~s yet ~~ken final action on Re~mit is su.ance.

UNOCAL informed· the staff that because of permit .conditions placed upon jt b.y other public agencies, it needed to":insi:all the offshore por~i~n of its pipel~ne by No~ember 30; 1985. - The staff haq conducted extensive negoti~tions to accommod,te UNOCAL's time constrain± and also ensure the protection of the Strrte 1 s interests: , 1·he primary permit constraint was imposed by th~ Coastal Commiss~on to pr9tect th' m:l,.gi"'dt:j.ng Calif9rnia grey whale. e

STAFf OBJECTIVES:

The staff obj ec~i;ves have been to insure that Lessee 1 s construction and operation of these pipelines will not adversely affect the development and values of the State-owned resources in the Santa Maria Basjn. The Commission has "' previou~iy identified State t~de and submerg~d ~ands in the vicini~y as having potenti~~ fbr oil and g~s develpp~ent. If. d~u,loped, as nqt~d, the $OJ& rnearis of transpo~t availatil, will be th~se pipelines. Accordingly~ the staff has proceeded with its analysis of this project and its negotiations with UNOCAL, ~n the basis of the need to insure the open and independent access to these pipelines for transport of any oil or gas production from the State lands to onshore markets. The staff

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squght specific agreement from appli1;;;mt on the follow'.t:ng:

r. Oil or gas produced on State lands will be accepte·1 ?9 UNOCAL for transportation in the proposed pipeline •l from Platform Irens to tompoc on a non-discriminatory ba~is, on publiGhed tariff setting forth reasonable terms and· conditions, and just and r•asonabie rates, which terms, condition& and rates will be no less favorable than fhose ap~lied to shipments by owners of these pipelines,

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and with no requi~ement that the tendered oil or ga~ be , sold, exchang~d or otherwise transferred to the ownership of the pi~~line or iti owners.

UNOCAL, at ~NOCAL 1 s expAn~o, would provid' pu~ps, tankage and other fac~lities necessary for access to these oil and gas pipelines at or ·near the first onshore pump station, ~nd offshore, at such location(s~ as identified by the co~m~ssion•s eriginee~in~ staff. Thase facilities would be sized to utilize t.he full capacity of ~he pipelirres.

All ..'hipments of gas· or oil over these .pipelines to Lompo~ will be treated at the dehydration facility and ,tored dt storage facilities operate~ by UNOCAL ~t · lnmpdc, ori rates, terms ~h~ conditions for treatment or s~orage which are no less favorable than those accord~d shipments by UNOCAL, Mobil or Chevron, or, at the disr.retiori qf the shipper, will be delivered to another dehydration or ~toi:-age facility as designa~ed by him or the State. In add~tion, UNOCA~ would provide access to its Lompoc facility site for the c6nsttuction of sep,arate facilities if desi~ed by the State.

IV. Until common ca~rier ~i~eline fa~ilities are available at Lompoc for shipment of treated oil or gas to San Fran~isco, or Los· Ange,ltis markets,, any onshore pipeline own~q .or controV·!.'.ed by, UMOCAL or any compa,ny qwning, owned by, in -whb~~ of part, or und~r common , owner$hip ~ith UNOCAL which onshore pipelihe o~erate~ in the yicinity 6f the ~ipelines subject to.this lea~e br which is reasonably capable of economically feasible connection ~ith the Lompoc facility, shall transpo~t for compensation the oil or gas produced on State tide and submerged lands without discriminati6n at jutt and reasonable rates, terms and conditions, to any points to which any such onshore pipeline is reaso~ably capabl~· of transporting oil or gas.

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The effect of UNOCAL'~ refusal to allow others to transport oil through UNOCAL's onshore pipeline, is that UNOCAL controls the only means of transporting oil to market. This refusal Has adverse effects on the revenue which will accrue to the State dnd federal governmeot. Moreouer, since the State wi~~ likely recei1Je a share .of all royalty revenues accruing from fetjeral ocs parcels within the 8(9) zone, the Commission h~s an interest in insuring that th~ highest price can be obtained for such oil.

By providing the only economic means of transportation fro~ Lompoc, absent the construction of another higher cost pipeline with limit~q throughput, UNOCAL can offer to purchase oil qt ~ lower price than might be obtained if other purchasers could use UNOCAL's p~pelines. Al~o, the construction of ano~h~r expensive pipeline, ~ill mean that the costs of such a pipelin' will be factored iiitq the price purchaser.s are wil'l(ing t:o. pay for State and federal oil. This cost factor will likely re·sult in a lower overall P,rice for State and federal oil, with direct reduction in the uaiue of the leases and production ~~ere~~om and royalty oil, both State and FederaL. · ·

For cm explanation of the market controll~ing eff e'c.ts of the private pipeline system, s'e declaration of Peter Ashton attached hereto as Exhibit c.

CONSOLIDATION OF FACILITIES

The Commission has encourag~d the use of consolidate~ pipaiines and onshore proct:!~:dng facilities as a means of reducing ·environmental effects and discouraging the ~onstruction of duplicative and unnecessary facilities. (S'ee Vol. I'· Offshore Oil ~nd Gas Oevelop~ent: Southern California 1977, Prepared by lhe ocs Project Task Force, Office of Planning and Research, for the California Coastal Commission; and Public Resources

1 Code· Sectiqn 30262(b).) The s.taff .believes that the C9mmis$i·on ~J-\ _·.~ ·' s·hould designate ·a co·r..i'idor as the ~s.ole corridor for the

·~lacement of pipeiines and other fi~iiities from the central ~- Santa Maria 8asin to an onshore location near the mouth o~ the

i: ~, · i" ' Santa Ynez river. This corridor wi11 serve as .a cons.oiidated:~· ~ ·- pipeline corridor not only for UNOCA~ but any future pipeiines }\. serving this same area. Ho~ever, secondary corridors rriay be \J\. required to connect :;tate and· federal platforms to UNOCAL' s

pipeline system or other major pipelines. ,.

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Tha tide and submerged l~nds identified Fqr use by UNOCA~ are held in trust by the State ~f talifornia for the peopl' oF California to facilitatG commerce, navig~tion, and Fisheries. As the -environmc::nt~l impact report ident~\fied, pc,tential imp~cts on navigation, fisheries, and othsr environmental value~ will occur. · However, ~1uch impacts C'.an be mitigated if' specif\ic mitigation measures are imposed. 1~hese mitiga.tioris measure·~ are identified in £xhibit "E" and th~ pr-oposed miti~ation Fund fo~ the mitigation program established by the Commissi~n in its adopted Pt. q nception lease program, and included dn the finding to the ~ecommendations.

On the issue of ~ommerce, how•ver, the staff belteues that unless the o'il production, processing and transpor·tation i-s~ue.~ identi.fied previotfsly are tr·eated as a single system; the · aspects of the trC:st, which involve the promotion of cc:;mmerca· . and tran$portation of products in commerce will be substaotially i~pai~ed. UNOCAL 1 s p~o~osed pipelihe, .~~oces~ing facilities, and onshore pipeline sy~tem is designed to serve only UNOCAl 1 s propriP.tary ihterest.

In order to protect the people of the State of California's · ;1 f,l.conomic incorcsts and promote commerce, which is a component U qf the State Lan~s Commissions truYteeship of these lands, the U staff believes that conditions need to be placed on UNOCAL to " ensure that oil and gas from State lands can be transported

onshore, processed, ana moued co market.· The conditi~ns to accomplish this exercise of the Commission's trust responsibilities and protection of the public interest are

-~ontained below in the findi~gs.

Pursuant to Division 6, Chapter 4.5, Se~tion 6370, et s~q. the ·Commission id.entifil:'.d the lands proposeq1 for use as having

., significant environmental values.

And, as required 'by PRC Section 681·8, on numerous occasions, e.g., the Notice of Preparation, and the review period for the·

" Draft EIR, etc., the Department of Parks and Recreation was 0 tonsulted ahd i~s com~ents solicited as to the ~elaticinshi~ of

the proposed project to "possible inter.f&rence with the recreatiol")al use of l~nds ri ttoral 11 to the project area ..

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V FINO THAT THE FSTABLlSHMENT OF THIS CORRIDOR IS N~CESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE STATE POLICY OF CONSOLID~TING FACILITIES TO MINIMIZE LANO USE ANO ENVIRONMENTAL . IMPACTS ANO DECLARE THAT SUCH A CORR~OOR I~ ESTABLISHED

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~~ ~tm1m tMR~1m ;~~ ~~Zsmg*ig~~rt.~r~f:t;~Ms ANO OPERATION OF PIPELINES SERVING ST~ft ANO FEDERAL OFFSHORE OIL RND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN THE CENTRAL SANTA MARIA BASIN,

FINDS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS REVIEWED ANO CONSIDERED THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE FEtR (EIR 306) nNO RELATED MATERIALS Bf:fORE MAKING ITS DECISION ON THE PROPOSED PRQJECT. .

FIND THAT THE ESTA&LIS1f~ENT QF tHIS CORRIDOR IS NECESSARY TO PROT:ECT AN°Q ftR~MOTE THE PUBLIC TRUST INTEREST Of COMMERCE~ NA~IGATION AND FISHERIES UNDER WHi'CH' THESE SOYEREIGN LANDS ARE H~Uh THIS CORRIDOR WILL BE USED TO LOCATE PIPELINES SERVICING S~ATE ANO ~EDERAL OIL AND b~s DEVELOPMENT PRdJECTS. BY .. CONSbLIDAiiNd PrP~LtNE~ INto b~E COkRIDbk THE POT~NTIAL ADVERSE EFFECTS ON r·ISHERIES AND NAVIGATION WILL BE MINIMIZED. IN ORDER ro PROTECT AND FACILITATE COMMERCE, NAViGAticiN AND fISHERIE~ All APPLICANYS FOR PIPELINES WILL BE REQUIRED TO INSURE THAT EACH SUCH PIPELINE WILL PROVIDE:.

A. NONOISC~IMIN~i"ORY A9CESS FOR ALL PRODUCERS Of O!L AND/OR GAS FOR TRANSPORTATION AT PUBLISHED TAR[FfS SETTING FORTH fAI·R ANO REASON,:!R~~ RATES, TERMS AND CONDiTIONS O~ SHIPMENT.

8. NONDISCRIMINATORY ACCESS TO ONSHORE PROCfSSING FACILITIES AT Rf?A'SONABl.;E RAtEs, TERMS AN'i1 CONDITIONS WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE STATE AND !TS LESSEES, PUJ~,CHASERS f'R.OM EITHER OF THEM, ,ANY fEDERAt ocs LtSSEE USIN~ THE PIPELIN~S, AND If RE~0tsi~D LAND FOR' PROCESSING. fACILI.TIE?. .

c. NONDISCRIMINATORY ACCESS AT PUBLISHED AND REASONABLE RATES, TEkMS ANO CONDITIONS, WITHout REQUIREMENT FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE to PIPELINE A~PLiCANT, OF ~NY OIL AND GAS &WNEO ~y THE STATE, ITS LESSEES ok

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GWNED BY, OR UNDER COMMON OWNERSHIP WITH APPLICANT WHICH ACCES,S IN FACT ENABLES SUC!:t OIL OR GAS TQ' BE DELitJERED TO SUBSTANTIA'L REFINING MA'RKETS, SUCH AS THE SAN F~ANCISCO DR LOS ~NGEtES REFtNING CENTERS; UNLE~S, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, THE PIPELINE APP(ICANT HAS ESTABLISHED COMMON CARRIER PIPELINE FACiLI1IES WHICH WILL MOUE SUCH OIL OR GA$ TO ~UCH MARKET AREAS AT PUBLISHED FAIR AND REASONABLE RA:'fES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

NO PIPELINES IN THE CORRIDOR SHALL INTERFERE WITH THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF OIL AND GAS RESOURCES ON THE TIDE AND SUBMtRGED LANDS. IF NECESSARY, SUCH PIPELINES WILL BE Mc;>VED TO P·RECLMDE SUCH INTERFERENCE", :i

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ALL USERS OF THE DESIGNATED CORRIDOR SHALL CONTRtaUTE TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL MITtdATION FUND·,OR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING THE MITIGATION PROGRAMS IDENTf~IEb BY THE COMMISSION IN ±t~ PT. CONCEPTION t£~SE PROGRAM. SUCH C0NTR±BUTION SHALL B~ ~~SEO ON A PER BARREL OF OIL CHARGE OF ONE CENT PER BARREL OF OILt AND ONE CENT PER THOUSAND MCF OF GAS, ALL CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE PAID TO AN ESCROW FUND ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSION ANO PAYMENTS TO CONSULTANTS AND tONTRACToks Fok tHE MITf~ATtON PROGRAM SHALL BE AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMISSION OUT OF THIS ESCROW ACCOUNT. NO PAYMENTS WILL BE AUTHORIZED UNLESS AND UNTIL OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS COMMENCE ON THE STATE'S TIDE AND SU~MERGED LANDS BETWEEN PT. CONCEPTION AND PT. AR~JELLO. IN THE EVENT NO EXPLORATION OR DEVELO~MENT COMMENCES ON THESE STATE LANDS WITHIN FtFTE~N YEARS FROM NOVEMBER ~l. 1985. A~L SUMS ~LUS INT~REST WIL~ BE REFUNDED.

F. FIND THAT THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE CORRIDOR IS ESTABLISH~D REQUiRES FREE AND OPEN M~RKETABtLITY O~· OIL AND GAS PRODUCED IN THE CENTRAL SANTA MARIA BASIN AND THEREFORE ANY RIGHT-OF-WAY LEASE SHALL CONTAIN THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH AB9VE.

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THAN THOSE ACCO~DED SHIPMENTS BY UNOCAL, MOBIL OR CHEVRON, AND WITHOUT REQU~REMENT FOR SALE TO UNOCAL, OR, AT THE DISCRETION Of THE SHI~~ER, WILL BE" DELLVERED TO ·ANOTHE-R DEHYDRATION OR STORAGE FACILITY AS DESIGNATED BY HIM·O~ THE STATE. IN ADDITION, UNOCAL SHALL PROVIDE ACCESS TO ITS LOMPOC FACILITY SITE FOR THE CONST~UCTION OF SUCH SEPARATE FAC.ILITI·ES. IF DESIRED BY THE .STATE,

E. UNOCAL SHALL PROVIDE ACCESS AT PUBLISHED AND REASONABLE RATES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS; WITHOUT REQUIREMENT FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE TO UNOCAL, OF ANY OIL AND GAS OWNED SY THE STAT~, ITS LESSEES OR PURCHASERS FROM EITHER OF THfM, TO PIPELINES WHICH ARE OW~ED BY UNOCAL OR BY ANt CORPORATION OWNING, OWNED BY, OR UND~R COMMON ~WNERSHIP WITH UNOCAL, WHICH ACCESS IN FACT ENABLlf:S SUCH OIL OR GAS TO BE bELIVERED TO SUBSTANTIAL ~~FINiNG MARKETS, SUCH AS THE SAN FRANCISCO OR LOS ANGELES REFINING CENTERS, UNLESS, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, UNOCAL HAS ESTABLISHED COMMON CARRIER PIPELINE FACILiTIES WHICH WILL MOVE SUCH OIL OR GAS TO SUCH MARKET AREAS AT PUBLISHED FAIR AND REASONABlE RATES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS .

F. NO PIPELINE IN THE CORRIDOR SHALL INTERFERE WITH THE EXPLORATION JND DEVELOPMENT OF OIL AND GAS RESOURCES ON THE TIDr AND SUBMERGED LANDS. IF NECESSARY, ANY SUCH PIPEl.·.!NE WILL BE MOVED TO PRECLUDE SUCH INTERFERENCE.

G. UNOCAL SHALL CONTRIBUTE TO AN· ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING THE MITIGATION PROGRAMS IDENTIFIED BY THE tOMMISSION IN ITS PT. CONCEPTION· LEASE PROGRAM. SUCH CONT,RIBUTION SHALL BE BASED ON A PER BARREL OF OlL CHARGE OF ONE CENT PER BARREL OF OIL, AND ONE CENT PER THOUSAND MCF OF GAS. ALL CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE PAID TO AN ESCROW FUND ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSION AND . PAYMENTS TO CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS FOR THE MITIGATION PROGRAM SHALL BE AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMISSION OUT OF THIS ESCROW ACCOUNT. NO PAYMENTS WILL BE AUTHORIZED UNLESS AND UNTIL OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OP;ERATIONS COMMENCE ON THE STATE'S TIDE AND SUBMERGED LANDS BETWEEN PT. CONCEPTION AND PT. ARGUELLO. IN THE EVENT NO EXPLORATION OR DEVELOPMENT COMMENCES ON THESE STATE LANDS WITHIN FIFTEEN YEARS FROM NOVEMBER 21, 1985. ALL SUMS PLUS INTEREST WILL BE REFUNDED .

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SINCE EACH OF THE CONDITIONS SET OU~ EN B THROUGH E OF .'THIS SECTION A'RE ESSENTIAL TO THE /PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS PIPEL·!NE CORRIDOR WAS E:STPi'BLISHED, 'SHOULD ANY OF T.HESE CONDITIONS BE BREACHED lDR HELD INVALID, THE·LEASE SHALL TER~INATE F6RTHWITH~

FINO THAT :J1HE' P·ROJ.ECT. AS P.ROPOSED ANO ;t.U:J!GA,.ED I WI·Ll NOT UNR~ASWNABLY INTERFERE WITH THE MA~NtENANCE 6R USE OF THE LIT~fORAL LANDS FOR RECREATIONA~~ PURPOSES 9R P~OTECTIOry1 OF SHQRJ PROPERTIES, PURSU.1lNT TQ SECTION 6818 OF THE PUOL1C RESOORCES CODE.

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LAND DeSCRIPTION W23418 ,.

. A strip of t~de and submerged land 20 feet wide in the Pacific Ocean near Point Pedernales. 1 Sa~aa Batbara Courity; California, said strip lying 10 feet on each s~de of the following described centerline:

BEGIN~tNG .at a point near the mouth of the Santa Ynez River lri said Santa· Bar1'1a'ra· County, satd point having coordinates oc N = 448,591.30 and ~ = t,218,942.99; thenc~ N 88° 49 1 36 11 W, 200 feet; thence along a tangent curve concave to the south having a radius of l,000 feet, through a crgnt ra l ans.le Of 17° 10 I 2411 a distance O'f 299, 73 feet j thence S 11; 00' 00" W·, 6,811..60 feet; thence along ~ tangent curve concave co the southeast having a radius of 7,000 feet, through a central angle of 34° 00' 00" a distance of '•,l5.'.L88 feet; thence tangent to said curve S 40° 00 1 00" W, 23,.306.34 feet; thence along a tangent curve concave to the northwest having a radius of ltl,000 feet, through a central angl,,P of. 13° 00' oon a· distance of 2,268.93 feet; thence tangent to said c::urve S 53° 00' 00" W, 4,862.29 feet, more o~ less, to a point on the offshore ownership boundary of the State of California as determined according to th~ decr~e entered by the United States Supreme Court in Unit~d States v. California, Original No. 5, on Jan. 31, 1966, 382 VS 488, and the end: of the herein described line.

SX6EPTING THEREIIROM any por~ ion thereof lying landward of the ordinary high watar 1111•rk.

Ttis description is based on the California Coordinate System, Zone 5.

END OF DESCRIPTION

2.EVISED NOVEMBER 18' 1985' BY BOUNDARY SERVICES IJNIT' M. L. SHAEER, .. sueERV.ISOR.,

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4. I offer this deGluration at the request ol

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and knowledge of the publicly ~vttileble ;uctual record in

1,ong ~~ch and my general understunding of pipe.line and

market economics and of the current operation or t:he petrolt!Unl industr:, on the West Coast. My conclusions· are

based on ~his factual record which is the type ot

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rely qpon in ;orming opinions in the conduct of i:\'11

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major refining centers and, therefore, a RUhstan~ial

quantity of crµde oil must be transport~d via pipeline.

6. In Californiu., as opposed Lo the tt:!St of

the country, most of the mnjor trunk pipelines are

prin1tel~ owned and peratcd by a limited nuifif?Cr of the

major integrated oil companies. These compan~~s includu

Chevi·on, Mobi:l, Shell, Texaco and Uni9n. Th addition,

l:he recent acquisition of Gl~tty by 'l'exaco eliminated thu

only ind~pendent owner of a mti.j,or pipuli11e in California.

7. Private ownership of the mujor pipelines

provides the owners of these pipelines market power over

the tr~nsportation of crudu oil, Elsewhere in the United

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11. In addition to denying independent produc-

cr!i access ~o the pipcslillCH'i, private ownership c)f the

pipelines by the majors provi~es the owners with the

powe~ to discriminate against independent refiners.

independent refiners, dependont upon tb~ majors' pipo-

l ines to move crude qi.ls ef ficient.ly, ar.e ~uhjP.c'.t to

disc:ipline by the pipl\l.ine owners, e'it:her by punitive

tariffs or outright dcn~a~ of access. This, too, clearl~

limits the ability of independent producers to obtaih a

'higher pr.ice for their cr,ude q.:.l. lndepundcnt refiners e who migh:t be tempted to b.i.d up the prit~e of cr.uc.1·~ oil to·

obtain a larger supply would ~till be

the .pipc:Z.ine· owners, wJ'o h-a:ve the. power Lo dC\ny_ .C!.~~t!SS as

:retrt\bu tio ri.

J 2. Instancus of discrimination

indopcnden~ refiner·s. do exii;t in. th·e rt!cord of ~he !!,_ong . . Beach ca.~§t. One clear-cut example wafi a .1977 Q.XChange

between 'J.'exaco and Surililnd, an indcpemfont r~,iine~. In

. ·this. ~xchu.nge ,. Texaco c}Htl;'CJed Sunland for. transporta tior1

of crt)de o~J... A Texaco docurnont ~escribin~ th~s

t.r.:rnsaction stated: (<

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i?ETROU:UM ?RODUC!S ?RCGa.AM RE-EVALUA!ION JERSEY ·hiJHBU: HAHAGEME?fr

S&1 FRANCISCO JANUARY 10. 1967

With ~he overati project now in focus, we ean curn co a closer review

of the R.ai.J ;t:i,cerials ·?etroleU::l ?::-oduccs busine:J!J. This segcent ·is c:omrnonly

::-eferred to as Supply Operacions, and it includes certain ac:ivicies or ·che Supply, Refining, and Transpor:aci·on Euoc :ions, and to some ex cent 1 J:he.,.

This discussion pdncipally ":Jill ·embrace crude supply· a:id· prici•n'g·, ~.\lit

Supply System both bef9re and a.f:er refinery consc:-uction, and• ket poit'lt':: ·

related co the reiinery icseU:, 'The cha.res. co be employed• epr' the ::lOst pu-c

are conta~ned in ::he book but in· d'l . .f.forcnc sequence.

!::i curning. co chis aspecc of the bu!liness, a brief sur.:M.ry of che

Indus c::y si~uation 9an be 0 reviewed. !he first chart presents c:he p:-inc:ipal

cocpeticors on the West Coast,

?R!NC!?AL COMPETITORS IN D!STIUCT 11

!he daca. shewn are for 1963 and are percentages ·of !nduscry volu.n11:!.

Soca.~ dominates che Wesc Coasc in· J.ll functions.

'!he seven est.'19lished m:1)ors conc=ol 7rt!. of che Disc:ict V c=ude

~upplies. These same seven c:.:ljors represenc 877. of r:he crude ru'!is.

All of these companies, e~cept Texaco, are nee c=ude buy~rs -~'"i:ch.--thei=

"c;oocrolled" c:-ude supplies generally 637.-?0'h of ·their runs.

Shell, T~xaco, and Mobil have Puget Sound refineries, and combined they

::un about l~J M':»/D of Canadian e:ude. !xclduing this Car.adian production,

all of chese comgani,es ;i.ppear co be

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c::ude prices in Disc:t'ict V. The fact 1.s well recognized that C.a.li'fotnfa,

c:::ud'e prices a:.-e low~i'r ::han chose eas c of the Rockies. Ic h of inceresc:

to ·exJ.mine···the· differe·.nce, i::.s cause and significolm::e, and co pt'ojecc: Eucu::'e

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rn:srOR!CAL :.lE!.1.:iEAD REAL'tZATIONS

This char:: is a plot» oi. 1.1ellhe:id :eali:acion~, as recor~ed by che q.s.

~-1,1~_\fau of Mi~P.s·, for average: c:-udes i.n Discric:c:.S !·!V and i~ '!>tscdcc ·ct,

Curr~nr:ly, the spnad in ?ri:c\, appro:d.a:.ates 60¢/bar:-el. You ·.ril.1 nor:e. ~hat

this spraad is :Or cfudes dif:el:'ing 'in gravity by 14 deg:-ees. '!his ~ide

dif:erel)ce in reaH::acior. has e:arisl:>n of f)OS'ted pdci?S or California c:=uc!es ;.;i ::h chose

of ~Y?ic~l ~ci~c: Texas sour c:iJdes. !he previously mentioned- average g~a~ities

are shown by che black dots on the tl.10 curves. CALENDAR PAO!!

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';.,"hea c:.oc:?.lring ?rice a c c:he sac,e gr a.vi c:y, c:he di.ff erence bec:·~·een C.ili~orni~

a.ad Oisc:ricc:s I-IV is not so great as che 60c sho\Jtl ion che prior chn:•t-,. ·!or . ex.-ac:y le, being 29c ac: c:he C.ali!ornia average 22 gravity. The pt'ices equali.:~

ac abouc: 28 degrees API.

Ac c:he Oiscricc:s ~~IV .1verage 36 gravic:y, ~he Texas price is lndica~ed

co be 28c lower. However, chis is of s~.all significance because 907. of

Cali=ornia's ?roducc:ion is belov JS degrees. Also sho~-n en ~~e Cali!otnia

c~::-Je is c:he ?r~ce change per degree AP!, being 7-ar. per degree ov~r a ~ide

g:-avi ~y range.

!he Lw ~t'ices ~f che h!ta.vy ~.!:.::itor:n;a c:,rudes :ef.lecc e.J;ie hiscotica.l

j)roducc yields, .of c:he W1sc Co"1H .re . .finin~ indusuy, .ind :he,. r,esuleins v~lue

of such crude~, co che ref;ners, As c:C! ehe. heavy c:uda, ::he aver.lge CJ.l!.forni.1

·?roducing a high yield of heavy fuel ,;,H"' and a Lo-.: gasoline yield. Catcul.lcions

of c:he value:J oi a. number qf Cali!orn;La c:-udes :-.:n in ::hac c:ype oi i:e~iner:1

operacion iqdicace ::hat: che price-g:a~ic:y ~elacion~hip ls fairly :epreseµcacive.

Ia the ::ore recenc year3, che major c:pmpanies have 1nsc.iiled botcoms.~C'educcion

facili:des co pr. ,vi~e ~~ higher yi~!lds of che 1!._~hcer c:,tean, produces.

The C:"t:lde price changes 7-8¢ pe.r degree in che heavie:- C'anges. Ro~ever,

for c:he a)~re Clodcrn refiner .~roduc:in~i U~::le or no bottoms, a. "·1alue c:~r-;e11

has a slcipe of o_nly t-3r: pe~ degree. , Seated differencly, c:he C.lliiornia

:efiner running' heavy c-::ude through thodern facilicies cculd hold even ec:onom:.-

ca'lly a:c ~»rice differentials of about 2c per degree; h

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cart be choiracceri:11d !>y saying ch.u: 'lo'ic:hic li~:~s of refinery capabilicy, che

l~er che gravicy, che higher che profit.

As uoced O? che prio·t- chart, C.a.U.:foi:nia. Cl:U~'~ prices have !!.2.S, t:es~~?nded

c:o che Qore· recent inc-:eaees in value co che refin~I' ,• As •.re .inaly:o chis

condi.cion, chere art! :iev1.tral reasons explaining it: .n~d providing, bues fer

e:cpec:ac~on c:hac che s.ame general sc:uccure l.till hold 'Over several. ,/tars 1.nco,

che iucure. i:hi:i.:lc reasons ;::" a.:; !etlc~s:

As itec:i one, che major 1,,;i~mpanies are net b4y~rs 91'1 sor:ie Z0·3S~ ot chdr

cr\Jf!~· ~upply. !he)'., have lice le, i.! any, economi.J: lncenc\·~ve co inc; use c:rude

prices. ~tamely, ,ac '.thou cor-:upond:!.ng levels o~ crµde .~hcegra.ci.on, 657.·80'!.,

che depl~cion Lncenci~e on higher ~ellhead rea.li:acions ~I not su!!icienc to ',\-

offset the added cosc o•f :efining raiJ c:.uer~aL Addiciona: .. l,ly, alo~g this tine.,

che high bid cerms of r..:i~or productior1 a-:eas such as che ::a:s-:. 'ilil::iingcon :"teld I

acd !.ong Seach leave 1~,he \producer-operator very· Sm?:ll incenc.ivl! :o ::-aise :he

1o1ellhead reali.:acion. Ea~'·c tlilcingcon and Long' Beach ::o~ a p:cduc:ion scand •

point 'IJould be more nearly1 classified as ser'tice or utili:y cype operacions. \ I

As item. 2, ::he tnajor1

companies sell chei::. highe::: priced liiht crude

production co che smaller refiners, soce of wholl) are 1~arcia lly· i:::;egraced.

The small re~iners, generally uichouc ':Jot toms ·reduci:i* facilicies t :equi:e

che Light c:-udes c;~ p1io~uce increasing :equiremencs 01: gasoline and d~ s ::~llaces.

• As ic~-:.. 3, che i·~~ependerit pt'oducers iii- G'.ali.for.nia have, b.::en un~uccessfol

in escablishing higher crude pt'ices be.:aus.~ of lack of coccrolled ouclec, due \

in no small pare co crude oil pipelir;~ c-.mership by che1 c.ajor.s. Ca·l?':prnia

is a aon-prorated scace, and c:he independene ~om~i::;:es. w1,ch che a;if.J.or --- .. ... "'! .. \Q, Jli :nat"kec. The majors have the pipelines.

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that there will ·be :io c::de pt'1.ce :tn;r~.~:!-~· ·be

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·CEQA FINDINGS

, Herewi tt presented are the1 fj,ndings to be made· by the State Lands C.Jmmission, pursuant. to Secti'oh 15091, Title 14, California Adm11·istrative Code, f\or ·the proposed P·i•peline and utility right-of-way, acrosr Stat1~ ticielands from d~~velopments by Union Oil and other operators 1 in the Central Santa Marie: Basin, Federal outer ContinentaJ. ·$helf to a conso!d:dated oil processing plant at Lompoc and 9as plant. The $ignificant impacts identifi1ed in the Fina1\ ElR/EIS and within the jurisdiction of the State Lands Com1nissi;on ~·re di·scu·ssed l.n tl1e subsequant sections. All signific·ant impacts of •tl1e projects identified in the EIR ~re d~~cM'~e~_beiow.

The impacts are o~ganized ~~c~r~ing to affected (geolo~y. marine biology, etc ), and impact is due to: 1) normal project operati:on, or 3) cumulative ~ffects.

th1f) resource U!he·ther the

2) acciden,ts;

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Changes or alterations have been ~equired· in, or inc .. rpc1rated into, the proj'ect which· a\)oid or substantially lessen· th~ significant environmental effect identified dn the final EIR/EIS.

The appropriate finding is followed by a narrative of facts supporting i-t. The discussions have been drawn frotiii the EIR/EIS. When· approfiriate, reference is made to qppli'c'.1:\ble sections in the final .EIR/EIS.

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IMPA'CTS ·ASSOCIATED WITH . NORMAL OPEReTIONS

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Disturb'"' '1Ce of I.least Tern nesting, subtic!al reef, and/or transient mal"ine mammals near landfall due to· nearshore Union pipeline c~nstruction.

Changes or alteratiohs have been required in, or incorporated int(), t'he project which ,avoid or substantially lesson the significant environmental effect identified in the final EIR/EIS.

£ACTS SUP?ORTING FINDING:

A subtidal reef of at least 20 acres surface area is pres~ii.I; in the center of the ne~rshore (30 feet depth) portion pf the orig'inally proposed P'latforrn Irene-shor.e pipeline· rou.te.. The s.taff report for Union Is Coastal Comrnissign Consis·c.ency Certification [January 1985] indicates that ttni1on. ·h~·;· :~~~cutad- •t:htl'" ;p:i:peli'ne away 'fro11t ·Hii ~ ·r•eef. Da·p-enci:i.-r1y, \Jn the development c;nd execu.tion of a p:tcpelir.e routing and ve·ssel anchoring ·plan, impo.cts, on the bipta of .this reef resu'.1 t:ing from .physical di.splacement would nange from insignificant to significant, but mi tigable. There is some uncertainty as to

' whether this· reef, with, vertical relief on the order ,of 2. 5 1

·feet, is typica.J.ly scoured or ·whether it supports organisms less frequently subject to disturbance and turnover. ·

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· ."letting of the pipelines and power cable through· the· sandy nearshore and intertida.1 zones at tha pipt:!line landfall and · the power cab+e landfall would be expected to be

, insignificant on all species ·except potentially marine mammals 1

and seabirds. For the latter groups, disruption impacts including stunning of swimming individuals and interruption of breeding or reari1ng activi t:.ies could be significant but m~.tigable if' construction (currently proposed for fall) occurs iii sprin.g or summer, er significant if blasting is required. No blasting ~s anticipated be~~use of the compact sand apparent at the landfall sites. Howe""· Jr, the variability ~nd magnitude of local littoral proc·.esses are large enough at the pipeline landfall to suggest that lec;s sand may be present than needed for the design burial depth of the pipeline, and blasting or construction of R groin may be required to achieve the ~~quired depth [California Coastal Commission, 1985]. Re~ulting transtent marine mamma~ (sea otter, harbor seal, gray whale or other species) mortality or the iisruption of seasonal least term breeding or roosting in the l0~er Santa Ynez River estuary from blasting could be a significant impact of local to regional si13ni ficarice. For least terns, these effects could result in fiopulation level impacts on a species of special importance. Such impact ct.Jld be inconsi

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pr·o{:ective intent of policies of the Local Coastal Plan, which ·d~si\gnates areas as an Envir1>nrnentaJ.ly Sensitive Habitat (ESH), arid' the Federal Endanger•ed Species Act. F.ffects on marine marnmaus would likely be· insignifi.cant, unless a grOUf' of ptnn~~'ds attracted to the area were killed by a blast. Insufficient data ar~ available to estimate the radius of potentially significant disruption due to blastdng, partitt_1larly for disturbanr.es to animals attracted to an area by· the 1:presence of fish stunned by a blasi:.

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1. ~onduct all pipeline construction activities between September and November to ·avoid' interference with 1reproductive a-c:tivi tia~ cf •California Least Terns, c.onsolida te landfa1ls at surf.

2. Reroute pipeline away from subtidal reef so to ~void di~ect constructfoh impact incl~~ing anther scarring;

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Avoid or res t.ric t, :bl~st~ng for pipeline •burial. To minimize adverse biologibil effects of pots1ble blastin~ ne~r the propose~ pipeline landfall, the fe,a·sibility of us·ing a directionaJJly tjrilled landfall could be -a13t·ablished. If IJlasting :i.s required, t.he use of multiple small charges instead· of fewer 1arge charg/as would be expec 1ted to have less impa:ct on at least some brgani.sms; an'Cf restriction of this activity to la~e Septembev through March would minimize interfe~ence wi~h least tern use of the area near the Santa Ynez River mouth. Note, however, that from December through March this would result in scheduling the aat~vity to occur during the gray whale migration period.

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IMPACT: Darm,;';)e to kelp cal"'6p.y off Ellwoqd due to Exxon crew · 'br;ai: traffic.

FIND!f\!i;; . ·- Changes ot• alt,rations have been requiretj in, or

i.ncorpora ted :l,) to, the proj ec.i! which ct:.ioid or substantially l~ssen the significant ~nvirdnment~l effect ident::i·fi·ed in ~he fi11al fI,RIEIS. ·

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Impacts of Ex~on 's creol l;loat ·traffic .on the ~el1p ·bed off ;z.:;_."'woo_d. would be additive tcY documen~ed uessel;"":traff'1Jc-relat.ed ~educfions of kelp canopy i~ that area (about $~. a~r~~). Depending on the extent of restriction of. the '.qr,a/:.fi .... ' to «Pres cribecl narrow travel corridors, the impact tould .be , 1signific~nt or insignificant. On an industry-wide :.b·a.si·s, crow and supfJl.Y boat traffic is proposed by the Fisherii'.·es Ld.aison Office to be restricted to offshore areas that tAJ01.1ld rni11imi~e confli~t with fishing vessels, including the halibut fisHery on Huen~me Flats [Cali~fornia Coastal Commission,, 1985] ..

MITIGATION 1:

To mitigate ~he impact of Exxon crew vessel traffic on the Ellwood kelp bed, there could be specification on nauigatio~1 charts and enforcement of a narrower corridor (on the order of 150 feet in width) through tfle bed. or Ex-x

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IMPA'CJ.: OrJ.rect. impar.t to two potential shipwrecks (anontolies}i.

(ihanges or alterations lia\\.e been required in, ·Or :1.ncorporated into, the pr-oj ect which avoid or substantially lessen the significant environment.al effect identified in the final EiR/EIS.

FACTS su~,toRTING FINDING:

Con·s truct1ion and placement of the pipel:i ne cou~d damage shipwi•c.cks i·n brH~ proj~ct ar.ev by qurial. a,~r! crushing 9r direct action of cons;truction ~qui,~ritent. W.hile the ·noted anomolies have not been posit::ivelY, identified as ~,hipwrec~1s, the possibility exi~ts that thes1~ are valuable cuJ.~·~ral reso'.'Jrc~s.

M!-TIGP.TION:

The primdry mi·tigi,ation in this case ii,; avoidance. By placing the pipeline ra•r enough from the observed anomoJ.ies I the· constru.ction process will not effect the ·poteritial shi1pwrecks at all. If, for some reason .. this is not completely possible the anomoli~.s will be intensively surveyed by Union. If it is determined ~h~t a~y affected anomoly is a significant shi'pwreck, and it appears to be vulnerable to nearby construe tion, the sh:ipwrec ks ,wil~, after consul tat.ion with the State Historic Preservation Office, bo salvaged or moued.

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LMPACTS ASSOCIATED Wt'TH 1:1A~A·RuS· . hCCIOEN.fS AN,p OIL; S;P:ILLS

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Surfci.ce oil slicks, ta..r balls, cor1tamination of sediment and other adverse water HUa~ity change~· (low~~ing of diss~l~e~ oxygen, solu6ilization of poten.tia:py toxic ctiernica~s, decrease in J.ig~lt transmittance) due to unlikely major oil spilJ..

Changes or al terat:lons havf:! been r~quired in ,1

or :tnco1rporated into, the project which il.IVoid; or· substantially lessen the significant environmental eff~ct id~ntified in the final E!R/Eis.

~ ~ACTS SUPPORT[NG FINDING:

Oil spj;;J.ls are, in genera:i, expected i:o be an ·t.1ncomrriori t!Oent. The most ,,probable _spills o'f oil wj,11 be tho$~! thiit are small in uolur~P (uJi thin, a fl:1w gallons to a few .aeins off b.c;ii:-re1s) originating fr'ori1· leaks, ruptures -and equipment · fai'lures. Larger spiB.s are less likely, bt.!t could originat~: from- s·uch events as we1'1 head blowouts and Ttiajor pipelih'e 'ru'ptur.es. · I,t ~s estimat~d ~~,t the chronic, ldw-volum• spiilage ~ill ~es~it in impac~.:s of lo"'! significance \.'Jh:i.le a large spill' ·would result in an impact of high significan~e.

A larye oil spill (e.g .• LOOO barrels) cor.lld' result in acute ef"fects on t:.'1e water quality and/r~r bott'6m sediments. Increases in oil content. in the water, and incr~1a~ed BOD, coo and tµrbidit,y would likely cause water quali.ty c;rit:er:-~a to be exceeded fo~ such parameters as tjissolved oxy~~n and toxic orga,nics concentration. In •ddition to acute effects, the r~sidual oil (after some wea~~ering antj degradat±o~) will contribute to chron~c sublethal effects as mentioned a,b~w'l! for small spills.

1ihe j:>rob~bility of a spill of mor~ than 1,000 bar"·Ef;l.s occurring duringr the ~O-year pr9ject life is. atJou~ o. 7 perc,en~ fqr t:he platform area and O. 6 ,pf#rcent for the offshore pipelines in the area near shore. (1Given these pr6b?bi1i t,:i,es:,

1/::he spills may be referred to as 11 unlikely 11 durin9 the 20-year: Rroject life.} T~e conditional probab~lity of shore conta~in~tion (near Point ~~~uello) in the latter case is very 11igh {abot)t 40-56 percent). ·-A sp:i.l:'i near Pl~tform Irene wou~d ·have only a 5-10 percent: condi tion:al probabil·i ty of re~chin,g shore near Point Arguello, but wo~Jld .have a slightly larger probability (th,~rn a nearshore pif>eline spill) of reaching one of the :-3anta Barba·,•a Channel l's lands ( approxima te:ly 2-3 percent conditional pr"ol5abiJ,i'ty) .

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c, "~~a:tf'orm. This equipment - consisting" of, booms, small boats:. s~itorners / sorbents, etc. - wl"µld be ca1?ab1e. of handl~ng seil~~ of t.Jp to about 20 barrels (8'1io gallons\?. The :set~qnd level c.,f hg;,ponse w6u1d include the fa\';ilities ~nd equii?merd: of \:he oi\'J:'. S\:J:!.ll cooperative, Clnan Seas, rn·1,. and o·~her n~ari;)Y · C,XJq p1ara tive organizations anp outsid~e contrac b')rs. These ~~sdurces cari h~ndle 6il spills of 10,000 barrel~ ar more, ar~. ol1, (4-hour alert, and have equipmer1.t preposi tip,"1ed, for rapid d~pJ.oyment at various points ·plong the co~3.s tlim1 1:0 protect

· epV-Jl"onmentally sensiti1.;1.e areas. To ensure rapid r·esponse to ., l~r9er spills, Clean Seas, Inc.. plans ~u a~quire "a uJe~ :J. ... equipped spill re~:ponse VGS.'~el I 160 to 200 fleet ~\n len1th I

"for specific duty in (Lhe Point ,qY,guello/Poi;nt Pedernales i,-..·ea, CJe~n Seas, Inc. 1 s eixisting spill resi::ons·e vesseii · w·r1i be CtiPilble qf arriving to this arei;l Wi,thin four• bo eight ·hr.1-ur.s. of

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Damage to su'btidal ecology due to major oil spill. " ('I~>_

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incorporated i1ito, the project which avoid or substantially lessen the significu1t environmental effect identified in the firi?l EIR/EIS.

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MITIGATION:

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~MPACT:

FINDING:

Mortality and disturbances ~f seabi~ds and/or ~~rine mammal~ due to un+ik~ly major oil spil1 and ·cleantJp activit'.ies.

Changes or alterations 1have been required in, or incorporated into.. tho project t;;;hich ::iu:oid or subs'tantially lessen the significant env.ironmental effect identified in the final EIR/EIS.

FACTS .§.UPPORTING FINDING:

Major spills from the .proposed o:'"fshore pipeline·~ were proj eC'ted t,o be generally smaller (up t:I") 18. ooo b~rrels) and about as likely (slightly, l(lirs than 1 ~ercent over 25 ~·l:'lars) than rnaj or pldtform spill\:J.. However, a spill f'rom the h~+fwa·J point of the propo!led f!ipel ine conneC'l::.ing platform Irene '~o shore would have ~bout a 40 percent likedl.ihood of rouching shore along the ma..i.nl:;rnd coast near Point Arguel~.o, w~;th abour. a 1~·4 percent ann4al conditional likelihood of landfa.~Q: bet.Ween Point A~~uello and the Santa Ynez River mount. ~n 01i sp~l! Qf about 1,000 barrel• o~ more ~eaching the wulne~iblb Point Argueillo or Santa Ynez ·River res•ources could result in marine biological impacts of regional significance.

The results of the oil-spill modeling analysirs indica'te ·'that spills originating at the proposed offshore facility

locab:i.011.s ~·re generaJ.ly more likely to move out to sea than to reach land. Hoo~ver, the locations of highest overall landfall .probability. (up· to about O. 6 percent for a spill of over 1, 000 b~rrels ov.er tf,e projects 1 lifetime) are of recogn-::zed special importance of narine biota: the mainland coast from Gaviota to tl'le Santa v nez: Riyar mouth, Frarticul~rly around Point

: Al"gue1lo. The Point Arguello area1 ·suppot•ts extens.ive· ·rocky ~inter~idal habitat, three seabdrd colonies and two harbor seal .i'ls\ulirig gro1:1nds. C1?ndi 1~ion(\\~ ;1a11df:fill probabili'ti~s at other locations ar~. 9en.-arally1 unlil

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!.MPACT: OFfshora oil -pill reaches coastli~e. Impact£ ~o \>I

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Changes or alterations h"lve been requ:i.red in, or incorporated into, tho project t.ohich a!Joid or substanti~lly lessen the ~19nificant ~nvtronmental effect identified in the final E~R/EIS.

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Impacts to terr·estrial and fresh water biot~ from an · ~·)offshore oil spill could range from .,;igniFicant t:o mi ~tgable,

(, ~~( locally· to regionally significant depending on the amount and ~ v 16cation of oil de~osition. ·

G'iven the '.probabilit·Y of an o.i.'1 sp11J.i cit Platform· J'.rane "~ and the probi'tbrtltty of such a spill reaching the mouth of tho

'San \!nez River in five· :day~, there is a \O.;i·o· ,.rercent · chanco that a winter or· ·spring spill great:.~r i!ha,1 100 bal"re·ls would occur and rea.ch tha rive.1• n\outh dlJring the' ·platform• s 25~~ear lifetime. There is ~ 1 9> perc~nt:. chance that the same type of cd), spill would ras":.Jlt in f.{n1 oj.l landfall south of the Santa

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·Jprobabilities are low, the consequences of offshort:t· oil r.eaching land could be severe. Oil reaching the mout!i of the State Ynez River cnuld have significant or s~gnificant and mitigable, locally to regional irn~acts on tidawater gobies by clo·gg~ng their gills, covering spawning habitat or decreasing ,food auailabilit¥ and/or on the Cali_f.c--\a Brown Pe~id'.,th by direct contact qr decreasing food avail. -~~ty.

MITIGATION:

9 For the Project Area, an oil spill response plan aihich includes the following actions and procedures should be tormul•ted and approved by the State Lands Commissiori:

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Site-specific containment prpcedures developed; for example, prot:ecM:iue barriers deploy~d at the mouth of the Santa Ynez River, San Antonio Creek, and/o.r other estuaries to p;revent oil ~ntr:1 i11 the event of the offshore spill.

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Regular drills t..,Sw,tfucted so tha~ personnel ~re familiar with the a~ea an~ ~q~ip~ent.

o. The no ... cleanup uption ·WOL!ld need to ·be ev~luatad f()r ecologically yulne~able h~bitats such ~s dtines and sandy b~aches, salt m~rshes, lagopns, and ripariari ar~a:

o Cleanup operation us'1ng low-'irnpacts site-sp6c:ilie tcchniquatL; for examp\le, in salt n1cirsh and ,b ther estuarine habitats, cut ting off conbamiriated· veg et.a ti on .and low-pressure watel" flushing from IJoats would be preferable ~o axtr,me . measures like shoveling, bulido .. ing, rctking,, and dra~.H.nio,g.

llnion could ail~·.) contribute funds to support Vandenberg AFB' s oil bird re'1abi1itation .program.

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Changes or alterClt'ions have be1er1 required in, or in~~hrporntacl into, the proj~~:t which ·avoid or subin:anti{! ..... "'' less·r:1!1 the :>l.griilf'icant envil"c>'nmentaZ: .effect id. "ier· ~it" -~i:'ti fino.1 E~~R/EIS.

r:ttTIGATION:

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~arthquake, ~rou~d shaking ·could or datnag~ which wo~,:J.d resul: t ·in _.,

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If, instead of a rupture, there were to be a s:.zeable· leak, approx~1nated by a two-inch diameter hole, th·a i:ni ti al release rate ·Would be significanUy lower and· onl;i 2SO \:O 350 barrels of dry oil would be ·re leas; d in the first ten minutes. However, unless an early re pa it were possible, the f$ipeline would slowly lose more oil, estimated at up to 2,000 barrels of dry oil for the line from Irene ~o shore.

In the event of :~ smal/l leak, his tor:Lcal' data suggest; that ·the spil+age would. be no· rrio·ro than 100 barrels. of dry oil. ·

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FIND'ING: Changes or al tera.tions ha 1Je been required in, or• incorporated into, the proj e,ct which a~oid or substantially lessen th~ significant environmental affect identified in the final EIR/EIS.

FACTS.SUPPORTING FINDINQ:

.... ;· Considering normal opera:tions, l!he cumula tilJe oil aevelopment sce:nario is expected to result in some impi;lcts ·of moderate significance on mari'1c water resources, particularly marine sediments. Otha~ impacts of lower signific~nc' may also

~ occur (e.g., those associated directly wibh platform discharges of drill muds and. cuttings, ana produced watf.:!r), but the impacts are expected to be near-fieild, i.e., res:'cricted to ~he areas ,within 100 meters of the poinit of discharge. Oil spills (abnor·11al events for large spills) are expected to result in impacb. of low to hig·:i significance associated with large oi'1 spills tq,g,, mors than 1,000 b~rrels).

Because the cumulative scenario components that affect mar~ne water ~esources are essentially all oil-related and in~dlve primarily the additions of new offshore oil platforms, the nature of the impacts ~xpected on marine wate~ resources is the same as those described in Section S. 4 of the Final EIR. Followihg from this ~iewpoint is the rough assessment that the proposed (two-platform) projects cons ti tu te slightly le-:,·S than '5 percent of the cumulatiue scenario. The significant impacts associated with normal operations derived primaril,!,~ from ~>

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The ouerall magnitude or extont of Lhe impacts an· sediments in the cumulative scenario is difficult to quantify: howeuer, rough comparisons may be mad~ with the impacts described for the proposed protects {two platforms) using the 11umber of platf.orms as the factoring parameter to a$t·ima~e tott\l wastewa·ter discharge volumes, sedimont areas ?lffected (Tab).e 6. 4, l of the Final EIR), or other pollutant l,ofid.s of special interest. The cumulatiue scenario could result ir. a roughly ninefold increase in t.he total waste water dis charges to the Sahta Maria Basin and a corresponding ninefold increase in the area of marine sediments affected by components of 'the· platform discharges. The total $ediment area affec~ed with such ~epg~its could exceed 1,000 square kilometers. 'In areas where j:>la.tforms are clustered l:.9gether or are ,ali.9ne.d- .op a geologic feature tha't res~ricts dispersion, t:he seqirnent areas affected by such platforms may ouer'·lap and 1o1f'fect use of lihe sea floor by a full array of bonthic organisms, bottom~ f e.ede'i's, or other aquatic biottt. This qlustering i$ expected for d::he two platforms in the proposed projects., for three .pl~,tfo.rms in. the Are~ Study, a11d for a pPrtion (_perh~ps Qne-th~r'd) of the pl~tforms consider•d iH the ~~mulatiue scenario.

Adding to the uncertainti in this cumulative anaiysis is unc.ertaint.y over the types of drill muds and addit];ves (e. 9., biocides) that may be us~d at the new platforms 1 ,

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MITidATION ~EASURES

The mi tiga ti on measures des cribE!d in Sec,l:ion S. 4. 5. O of the Finai EIR mitigate, impacts expected as a 1 r~l;'::Sul t of future development in the Sa~ta· Maria ~asin and the Santa Barbara

, Channel. The importal'\ce of these mitigation measu, )es, especially the baseline survey in the Santa Maria Basin and monitoring programs for this Basiri arid the Santa Barbara ChanneiJ. 1• takes o.i added importance in ·this scenario bec-ause of

'• the added number of platforms involved, the approximately ' twofold increase in pollutants discharg,ed from al~ oil-related

activi·ties,, and l-.he corresponding potential for .;;:rcawide sediment impacts. ·

Should 'baseline ar.-::1 impact monilt::.oring prograrns demonstrate that iignif~canct 1mpacts on sedi~ents ae likely to occur as part of the cumu:l1ative development,, then further mitigation of platfor:n dishar19es would heed to, be cc;>nsidarec.f. rhese controls could include ~arging of drill muds and cuttinga 'for onshore or deep-LOji ter disposal, and treatment or reinj ec t:lc,n of proi;J.uced water. Additional cons tr•aints orl" the u~e of certain ·drill fluid additives .(e.g., bit.,ci~13s) might: also be required. ,

I 1!: additional platforms and pipeline assumed for the c~mulative scenario are assumed to come with commi tlrients for oil ·spill containme·ht and response that are similar to those made by Union and Exxon for the proposed proj e!=tS I 'then no additional oil spill mitigation measures are recommended on the part of the individual ~il companies. However, increasirig the ·response capability (in terriis of equipment, personnel, and response time) by both priva be (e.g.. Clean Seas) and public responding to major spills would be nscessary.

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Changes or alteration• have been required tn, or incorpor~ted :i.nto, the project which avoiu or . substantially lessen the significant environmental effect identified in t~e final EIR/EIS.

FACTS SUPPORTING FINDING:

Unlike the proposed proj el·ts, combined construc·tion and operations impacts of four additional Area Development p1a·tforniS and connecting pipel ine.s. would have 'the po~ential to affect several c.rffshore hard-bottom benthic features and assoc;f.ated demersal fishes of the Santa Maria Basin. These effects could be of regional as well as iocal sig,hificance becau,e of the M~mber, extent and vulne~abili~y o~ the #eatures affected .

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o A progrt'\m to limit cumulative imp~cts o.n offshore bottom associated species would include application to future platforms and pipelines of the mitigations believed to be appropriate on ttie basi!:. of the monitoring and condi,tioning program for Platform Irene and/or the Shamrock project as described in Se,~·t:ioh S.S. 5 of the Final EIR.. "

o Restricting the number of Central Santa Maria Basin platforms and connecting pipelines constructed" and operated in overlapping timeframes could ~erue ~o mitigate otherwise adverse cumulative impac::s on benthos and deciersal fish and to reduce to or maintain oil spill probabil-i ties at a predetermined level -of rare risk {probabil~ty of les~ thari one in ten thoqsand year!:>).

o Containment and cleanup equipment located in an accessible area near sites of potential ose; for exam¢1e at Surf or at the oil water treatment facility at Vandenberg AFB, with a goal of decreasing response time to less than two hours in the event of a nearshor~ pipeline spill.

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.FlND'.ING: Chang.es or al t1~rations have been r.equired in.~ or incorporated into, the project which avoid' ,9r substan~ially lessen the signific~n~ ~nvjronmental effect identified in the final EIR/EIS.

Cumulative effect$ that .ai .e li~ely to be greater tr~n those for the inpivic;ltlal proj ~cts could occur for ·dr-ag, s.·et arpas, drift g~ll nst, and pos$ibl~ seine fishi~g.. Some effect~ could be fei"t l;>y fish~rmen .who use several gear ~ypes ,. e .. g., those .equipped f o.r· bc;>th ,set g,ear and drift. fi.sh;i..ng,. +r'lcroai.ed. support vessel and tanlH11'.'. tra.ffic increases the potential for interference with all types of fishing and dam~ije to fishing goar, part::icul'arl'Y set gear and drift gill neb;.. In ·par-ticular, boat traffic 'through n~arshore water.s could increase sub~tantiully in the vicinity of E1i~ood a~~for Gavia.ta. .Effects of increase~ vessel traffic would mu1st likely b~ insignificant for ail but set. gear fishing, (.?r woul9- be si'9n:tficant. bu!;., mitigiible for dqmage to the ~E}+P canop..y. In mos~ cases cnyered h~~e, the relative contributidft pf the ·jn•oposed ~rojects to the cumulalive impacts, is. sm~ll and

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The maasures di~cussed in Section s.10.1 of the FinaI EIR ·to mitigatr:t impacts of the proposed prpjects, a:~i;rna.tives ·~nd Aree>.' 'D.eu·~-loprnent on commercial fi~hing and kr~_lp harvest are a~..:so apfilicab1e to mitiga.te cumu:i,:at.ive impact~" A measure with particular applicability to cumulative effects is the phftsing of rnult:i:p,le proje~.t 'constru~tion- and op~rations activiti~~ to avbid overlapping pre-~mption of important fishing gr~unds.

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