Lorelei H. Oviatt, Director, AICP Kern County Planning and Community Development Department

Sept. 16, 2013, Lost Hills Recreation Building, Lost Hills Park, Highway 46, Lost Hills, CA

1. To Introduce the Project to the Public 1. To Explain the Environmental Impact Report (EIR)

Process

2. To Solicit Public Comments on the Content of the Project and the Scope of the EIR

1. Project Overview • Amendment to Title 19-Kern County Zoning Ordinance

focused on Chapter 19.98 (Oil and Gas Production) for Oil and Gas Permitting

• Feedback regarding addition of site development

standards

• New “Oil and Gas Conformity Review”

• Inclusion of environmental protection measures

Does not have to improve the environment

Primarily Informational

Concept of “full disclosure”

Feasible and Reasonable mitigation must be imposed

3,700 square miles • San Joaquin Valley Floor • Excludes all City jurisdictions

Current Zoning “Unrestricted Drilling” Drilling by “Ministerial Permit”

Proposed Zoning Text Changes to: Address oil and gas

activities in greater detail Establish development

standards and conditions to address environmental impacts

Establish new “Oil and Gas Conformity Review” ministerial permit

1. As proposed, Operator submits application with plans for compliance with development standards and conditions to Kern County for review • At the same time, the operator submits a Notice of Intention to

DOGGR

2. County reviews documentation within a 10 day period • Issues either an approval or incompleteness letter

3. Prior to any drilling activities, the operator must have an approved Oil

and Gas Conformity Review AND an approved permit to Conduct Well Operations from DOGGR

Scoping • Public input on the scope and content of the

Environmental Impact Report • What concerns/impacts should be addressed?

Environmental Impact Report (EIR) • Analyze environmental impacts and identify mitigation

measures necessary to reduce those impacts. (Mitigation measures will be incorporated into the Zoning Ordinance)

Notice of Preparation

Public Scoping (30 days) 8/30/13-9/30/13

Prepare Draft EIR

Fall-Winter 2013

Draft EIR for Public Review

Spring 2014

Response to Comments

Early Summer 2014

Public Hearing - Planning Commission

Summer 2014

Public Hearing – Board of Supervisors Late Summer 2014

Covered Activities within the EIR will include all aspects of Oil and Gas Production and Operation Activities, some notable aspects include: • Geophysical Surveys • Drilling Operations • Enhanced Oil Recovery • Completion Operations, including hydraulic fracturing • Pipelines, Storage facilities, Transmission Lines, Access Roads • Water, Oil, and Gas Treatment • Shallow Cyclic Thermal Production and Well Remedial Operations • Process Water for Steam Generators and Extraction Activities • Construction, Operation, and Maintenance • Plugging and Abandonment and Decommissioning

Aesthetics Agriculture and Forest

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

Materials

Hydrology and Water Quality

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

Systems

Verbal Given tonight or any public workshop Will be included in summary of proceedings which are included in EIR

Written Send to Planning and Community Development at any time during the process

Understand the stages of project Comment period only ends at the final vote Written comments Email –include name and physical address Focus on project issues Provide information to support your position Ask questions

September 18, 2013 › Taft Veterans Hall, Room 1, 218 Taylor Street, Taft, CA

September 23, 2013 › Kern County Administrative Office, First Floor Board

Chambers, 1115 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, CA

September 25, 2013 › Shafter Veterans Building, Room 2, 309 California

Avenue, Shafter, CA

Submit written comments on the NOP by September 30, 2013 at 5pm

Mail to: Kern County Planning and Community Development Dept.

Attn: Christopher Mynk, AICP 2700 ‘M’ Street, Suite 100

Bakersfield, CA 93301 Phone: (661) 862-8607 Email: MynkC@co.kern.ca.us

Website: www.pcd.kerndsa.com/planning/oil-gas-zoning-

ammendment

Oil and Natural Gas Chevron renewed focus on Kern River field Produced 2 billion barrels since 1899 New technology = another 1.5 billion barrels Reduced decline from 7% a year to 2% a year Occidential Petroleum – Largest Find in 35 years 500 million barrels of oil - $280 Million Gas plant

Natural Gas Ten Section Storage Project – 32.5 billion cubic feet Largest Natural gas baseload power plants in California