Baldwin Hills Board of Supervisors Hearing Final Oil Field Regulations and EIR Oct. 21, 2008, 9:30 a.m. Hall of Administration
The County of Los Angeles has published draft regulations — known as the “County Draft Version 4” of the Community Standards District (CSD) — in anticipation of the Board of Supervisors taking action at public hearings on October 21 and 28, 2008.
The diverse Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance continues to advocate for regulations that will put people, homes, and parks before oil company profits.
The Alliance continues to fight for the following major reforms:
1. The County’s draft regulations would allow too many new oil wells to be approved with no public accountability. “PXP estimates on average: 15-20 new wells operating each year,” according to PXP’s own sworn testimony and brochure. The County should hold PXP to its word and limit new wells to 15-20 each year.
2. Oil field clean up must start now. Clean up must not be deferred for decades until after “permanent facility shut down.”
3. Implementation guidelines must be prepared now.
4. The regulations must reflect a long-term vision and plan to restore the oil field to a natural state including parklands consistent with the General Plan.
Read the Alliance’s position paper on the remaining CSD reforms here (two pages).
Oh, yeah, and the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) just came out and it does not cover the draft regulations known as “County Draft Version 4,” but only an old, abandoned draft by PXP.
The County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to consider the CSD and FEIR at 9:30 a.m. on October 21, 2008 at the following location:
| Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 West Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 |
See the Board Packet for more information.
You can download the regulations known as the “County Draft Version 4 CSD” here.
You can download the so-called Final Environmental Impact Report analyzing the abandoned draft CSD here. Unfortunately, there is no Environmental Impact Report on the County Draft Version 4 CSD! Go figure.
You can download the public comments analyzing the Baldwin Hills community and park that The City Project submitted here.
