Oil and gas development in the Santa Barbara Channel Outer Continental Shelf off California. Draft environmental statement. Volumes 1, 2, and 3

Book · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1975

OSTI ID:7186175

This EIS considers environmental impacts that could be associated with four different levels of oil and gas leases in the Santa Barbara Channel. The possible levels of development are as follows: (1) continue production from existing producing leases; (2) develop new production from existing leases on which oil and gas capable of being produced in paying quantities has been discovered; (3) explore and subsequently develop existing leases on which no discoveries have been made in the Santa Barbara Channel; and (4) lease, explore, and develop presently unleased acreage in the Outer Continental Shelf of the Santa Barbara Channel. No specific action for OCS lands in any of the categories given above is being considered in this EIS. Rather, the purpose is to examine all environmental impacts that could flow from any of various operations directed toward the ultimate production of oil and gas which might be conducted on these lands at some time in the future. At a minimum, the Department of the Interior could reasonably expect to receive requests for approval of exploration and development activities pursuant to rights established under leases issued in 1966 and 1968 in the Santa Barbara Channel. This EIS provides an analysis of potential environmental impacts that could result from such activities, and will be used by the Department in its review of such request as may be submitted to it for approval in the future. (from Preface)

• OSTI ID: 7186175
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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