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Who We Are

• Mission Statement
• Division Staff
• Division History
• Budget Information

Projects

• American Ethanol
• Arco-Alegria
• Arco-Dos Pueblos
• Chevron-Aera
• ConocoPhillips
• Cuyama Solar Array
• E&B Resources
• ExxonMobil
• Gaviota Terminal Abandonment
• Greka
• Hercules
• Lompoc Wind Energy
• Plains Pipeline, L.P.
• PXP/Arguello
• PXP Tranquillion Ridge & Pt. Pedernales
• Southern California Gas Storage Enhancement Project
• Texaco
• Unocal-Battles
• Unocal-Pt Conception
• Venoco Ellwood Onshore Facility
• Venoco Full Field Development
• Venoco Line 96 Project
• Venoco SLC 421

Permit Compliance

• Permit Compliance Program
• Systems Safety and Reliability Review Committee
• Environmental Quality Assurance Program
• B-2 Permit Compliance Effectiveness Process

Oil & Gas Policies & Rulemaking

• Current County Oil & Gas Policies / Regulations
  • Selected excerpts from the Land Use Element of the Santa Barbara County Comprehensive Plan
  • Safety Element Supplement
  • Division 9, Article II, Chapter 35, Santa Barbara County Code (Coastal Zoning Ordinance)
  • Article 35.5, Oil and Gas, Wind Energy and Cogeneration Facilities (Land Use and Development Code)
  • Chapter 25A, Santa Barbara County Code (Evidence of Financial Responsibility to Clean Up Oil Spills)
  • Chapter 25B: Change of Owner, Operator, or Guarantor for Certain Oil and Gas Facilities
    • Chapter 25B forms
      
      
      
• Current County Wind Energy Regulations
  • Section 35-300 Wind Energy Systems
  • Section 35-301 Small Wind Energy Systems
    
    
• Policy Projects
  
  
  • Oil Spill Thresholds
    
    
  • Oil Transportation Policies
    • Board Letter for Initiation of OTP Amendments
    • Staff Report for Planning Commission Hearing on OTP Amendments
    • OTP Policy and Ordinance Amendments, Adopted by the Board of Supervisors Oct. 26, 2004
      • Local Coastal Plan Policies
      • Coastal Zoning Ordinance(Article II)
      • Inland Policies (Land Use Element)
      • Inland Zoning Ordinance(Article III)
    • Western States Petroleum Association testimony concerning OTP Amendments
      • Letter to Board of Supervisors, October 19, 2004
      • Letter to California Coastal Commission, January 31, 2005
        
        
• Special Studies
  • North County Siting Study
    • Cover and Table of Contents
    • 1.0 - Executive Summary
    • 2.0 - Introduction
    • 3.0 - Potential Future Development
    • 4.0 - Existing Facility Infrastructure
    • 5.0 - Environmental Constraints Analysis
    • 5.1 - Public Safety and Hazardous Materials
    • 5.2 - Geology and Hydrology
    • 5.3 - Agricultural Resources
    • 5.4 - Biological Resources
    • 5.5 - Visual Resources
    • 5.6 - Cultural Resources
    • 5.7 - Land Use
    • 5.8 - Public Services
    • 5.9 - Noise
    • 5.10 - Circulation
    • 5.11 - Air quality
    • 6.0 - Site Analysis
    • 7.0 - Conclusions and Recommendations
    • 8.0 - Limitations of the Study
    • 9.0 - List of Preparers
    • 10.0 - Acronyms

Mitigation Programs

• Coastal Resource Enhancement Fund (CREF)
• Fisheries Enhancement Fund (FEF)
• Local Fishermen's Contingency Fund (LFCF)
• NGL Transportation

Interagency Activities

• City of Goleta
• MMS / Tri-County Forum
• Interagency Decommissioning Working Group
• Natural Oil Seep Inventory
• Oil Spill Area Contingency Plan
• Hard Substrate Process
• High Energy Seismic Survey (HESS) Process
• Shoreline Inventory

Oil & Gas Information

• Fact Sheets
  
  
  • Chronology of Oil and Gas Development in Santa Barbara County
  • Oil and Gas Fields
  • Oil and Gas Platforms
    
    
• Informational Papers
  • Santa Barbara County Offshore Geology
  • Brief Oil and Gas History of Santa Barbara County
  • Oil and Gas Production
  • Federal Offshore Oil & Gas Leasing
  • California Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing
  • Federal Oil and Gas Revenue
  • Natural Oil Seeps and Oil Spills
  • Natural Seep Inventory Final Report
  • Natural Seep Project Summary
  
  
  
• Oil and Gas Glossary

 

Planning and Development Energy Division 123 E Anapamu Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Telephone: (805) 568-2000 Fax: (805) 568-2522 Website: www.sbcountyplanning.org/energy/ E-mail Contact energy@countyofsb.org