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City of La Habra Heights
CEQA Scoping Meeting
Matrix Oil Field Redevelopment Project
Environmental Impact Report
April 16, 2014
Scoping Meeting Agenda
1. 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
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Kristin L. Keeling, Senior Project Manager
•
Jillian K. Neary, Assistant Project Manager
Meeting Format
Project 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 Meeting
To facilitate consultation between the Lead Agency
and:
• responsible and trustee agencies
• adjacent cities/counties
• public agencies with jurisdiction over the project
• interested organizations or individuals
to 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
• Land Use and Planning
• Mineral Resources
• Air Quality
• Noise
• Biological Resources
• Population & Housing
• Cultural Resources
• Public Services
• Geology & Soils
• Recreation
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Transportation & Traffic
• Hazards & Hazardous
Materials
• Utilities & Service Systems
• Hydrology & Water Quality
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 Overview
Required 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)
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Separates oil, water and natural gas (water is re-injected)
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Processing equipment to condition oil/gas to pipeline quality
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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 Overview
Off-Site Project Components
• Approximately 3.4 miles of subterranean crude oil and natural
gas pipeline
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Project site to El Cajonita Drive (0.2 mile)
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El Cajonita Drive/Las Palmas Drive (0.7 mile)
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West Road (0.5 mile)
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Hacienda Road (1 mile)… crosses into City of La Habra
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Whittier Boulevard (0.2 mile)
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Beach Boulevard (0.6 mile) – join existing crude oil pipeline
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Beach Boulevard (0.2 mile) – join existing natural gas pipeline
Off-Site Proposed Pipeline Alignment
Project Phasing Overview
Phase 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
1
5
5-axle trucks
2-axle truck
pick-up/van
Project Phasing Overview
Phase 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 pipelines
Typical day =
10
1
5
5-axle trucks
2-axle trucks
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 Overview
If 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
1
5
5-axle truck
2-axle truck
pick-up/vans
1
1
2
4-axle truck (every 2 weeks)
2-axle truck (every 2 weeks)
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, AICP
City of La Habra Heights
1225 North Hacienda Road
La Habra Heights, CA 90631
or
[email protected]
View Notice of Preparation:
• www.lhhcity.org (Click “Notices” link)
• Hardcopy available at City Hall
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING
Question/Comments