City of La Habra Heights CEQA Scoping Meeting

Matrix Oil Field Redevelopment ProjectEnvironmental Impact Report

April 16, 2014

Scoping Meeting Agenda1. Welcome and Introductions

2. Purpose of CEQA and a Scoping Meeting

3. CEQA Process for an Environmental Impact Report (EIR)

4. Project Description Overview

5. Opportunities for Public Input

6. Questions/Comments

Welcome and Introductions

City of La Habra Heights• Mary P. Wright, Project Manager• David Nichols, Director of Public Works

BonTerra Psomas• Kristin L. Keeling, Senior Project Manager• Jillian K. Neary, Assistant Project Manager

Meeting FormatProject Team is available from 6:00 to 8:00

If you are speaking,please fill out and turn in a Speaker Card

Please submit comments in writing(email, comment cards, etc.)

Please limit questions to CEQA-related issues (i.e. environmental topics)

Questions/Comments after the presentation(time limit per person)

Purpose of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)1. Inform decision-makers and public about potentially

significant environmental effects;

2. Identify ways to avoid or significantly reduce environmental impacts;

3. Prevent significant avoidable impacts through feasible alternatives and/or mitigation; and

4. If a project is approved with significant impacts, disclose to the public the reasons why.

Roles and Responsibilities

Lead Agency:

• Independently review and analyze all reports• Circulate an EIR that reflects its independent judgment• Consider approval of the Project and the EIR

EIR Consultant:

• Hired by the City to provide objective expert analysis• Works on behalf of the City staff to prepare the EIR• Does not advocate for any particular position

Purpose of a Scoping MeetingTo facilitate consultation between the Lead Agency and:

• responsible and trustee agencies • adjacent cities/counties• public agencies with jurisdiction over the project

• interested organizations or individualsto determine the scope and content of the environmental information to be analyzed in the EIR.

This is not a Planning Commission or City Council Meeting; no “action” will be taken today.

CEQA Environmental Topics• Aesthetics• Agriculture & Forestry

Resources• Air Quality• Biological Resources• Cultural Resources• Geology & Soils• Greenhouse Gas Emissions• Hazards & Hazardous

Materials• Hydrology & Water Quality

• Land Use and Planning• Mineral Resources• Noise• Population & Housing• Public Services• Recreation• Transportation & Traffic• Utilities & Service Systems

What is in an EIR?1. Environmental Setting (Baseline for impact analysis)

2. Project Objectives and Project Description (Construction & Operation)

3. Direct, Indirect, Growth-inducing, and Cumulative Impacts

4. Significant Environmental Impacts (Mitigation Measures)

5. Unavoidable Significant Adverse Impacts

6. Alternatives

CEQA Process Notice of Preparation

• April 4th through May 5th (30-day review/comment period)• Solicit input for scope/content of EIR analysis

Scoping Meeting

• Provide overview of Project and seek feedback on EIR

Prepare EIR

• Must satisfy CEQA requirements and Lead Agency • Includes consideration of input from NOP/Scoping

CEQA Process (continued…)

45-Day Public Review of EIR• EIR available for public review and comment• Anticipated Summer 2014 (45-day review/comment period)

Responses to Comments• Responses to all comments on EIR are prepared and included

in the Final EIR

Final EIR• Findings and may include Statement of Overriding

Considerations

Planning Commission and City Council Hearings• Anticipated Fall 2014

Existing Conditions Overview• Approx. 18 acres within larger Sempra-owned

property• Site first used for oil/gas production in 1912 (peak

use in 1973)• Site includes 7 inactive wells, paved roads and

remnant pipes/water tank• Nearby land uses include residential, park, and open

space• Designated Open Space-Resource Production by the

La Habra Heights General Plan• Zoned as Open Space-Resource Production

with Specific Plan Overlay (OS-RP-SPO)

Aerial Photograph- Existing Site Conditions

Project Description OverviewRequired Approvals:

• Specific Plan and Conditional Use Permit

On-Site Project Components• Re-drill 7 existing wells• Drill up to 23 new wells (maximum 30 wells)• Central Processing Facility (CPF)

• Separates oil, water and natural gas (water is re-injected)• Processing equipment to condition oil/gas to pipeline quality• Truck loading facilities, pipelines, storage tanks, safety systems

• Small office, warehouse, parking lot, restroom (septic)• Above-ground pipelines connecting wells to CPF

Proposed Site Plan

Project Description OverviewOff-Site Project Components

• Approximately 3.4 miles of subterranean crude oil and natural gas pipeline

• Project site to El Cajonita Drive (0.2 mile)• El Cajonita Drive/Las Palmas Drive (0.7 mile)• West Road (0.5 mile)• Hacienda Road (1 mile)… crosses into City of La Habra• Whittier Boulevard (0.2 mile)• Beach Boulevard (0.6 mile) – join existing crude oil pipeline• Beach Boulevard (0.2 mile) – join existing natural gas pipeline

Off-Site Proposed Pipeline Alignment

Project Phasing OverviewPhase I: Testing

• Goal is to determine if commercial quantities are viable

• Re-drill and test 3 existing wells

• Store recovered liquids in temporary on-site “baker tanks”

• Recovered natural gas disposed via ultra low emissions burner

• Phase I requires 6 to 9 months

• Tanks of crude oil hauled off-site via trucks

Typical day = 10 5-axle trucks1 2-axle truck5 pick-up/van

Project Phasing OverviewPhase II: Construction

• Assuming commercial quantities are viable, re-drill 4 existing wells and drill up to 23 new wells

• Construct Central Processing Facility (CPF) and other on-site facilities and pipelines (approximately 2 years)

• Off-site pipelines constructed (approximately 12 weeks)

• Drill a maximum of 1 well per month (up to 12 wells per year)

• 12 wells/year = 2.5 years of construction

• 6 wells/year = 5 years of construction

Project Phasing Overview

Phase II: Construction (continued…)

• Trucking BEFORE completion of off-site pipelinesTypical day = 10 5-axle trucks

1 2-axle trucks5 pick-up/vans

• Trucking AFTER completion of off-site pipelines limited to maintenance vehicles/worker vehicles

Project Phasing Overview

Phase III: Operations

• Automated control systems/alarms/shut-down

• Ongoing monitoring and maintenance of on-site equipment

• Life of project is expected to be approximately 30+ years, but depends on economic conditions

Project Phasing OverviewIf Phase I reveals less than “commercially viable” quantities, then:

• No additional wells would be drilled (only 3 test wells)

• Smaller CPF would be constructed

• No off-site pipelines (crude oil would be trucked off-site)

Typical day = 1 5-axle truck1 2-axle truck5 pick-up/vans

1 4-axle truck (every 2 weeks)1 2-axle truck (every 2 weeks) 2 pick-up/vans (every 2 weeks)

Opportunities for Public Input

30-Day NOP Review Period(April 4th through May 5th)

Scoping Meeting(April 16, 2014)

45-Day EIR Review Period(Anticipated July/August 2014)

Planning Commission and City Council Hearings(Anticipated Fall 2014)

Providing Your Input…Send Written Comments to:

Ms. Mary P. Wright, AICPCity of La Habra Heights

1225 North Hacienda RoadLa Habra Heights, CA 90631

or

mwright@lhhcity.org

View Notice of Preparation:• www.lhhcity.org (Click “Notices” link)

• Hardcopy available at City Hall

Question/Comments

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