1. City of La Habra Heights CEQA Scoping Meeting Matrix Oil Field Redevelopment Project Environmental Impact Report
April 16, 2014

2. Scoping Meeting Agenda
Welcome and Introductions
Purpose of CEQA and a Scoping Meeting
CEQA Process for an Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
Project Description Overview
Opportunities for Public Input
Questions/Comments

3. Welcome and Introductions
City of La Habra Heights
Mary P. Wright, Project Manager
David Nichols, Director of Public Works
BonTerra Psomas
Kristin L. Keeling, Senior Project Manager
Jillian K. Neary, Assistant Project Manager

4. 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 ( , comment cards, etc.)
Please limit questions to CEQA-related issues (i.e. environmental topics)
Questions/Comments after the presentation (time limit per person)

5. Purpose of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Inform decision-makers and public about potentially significant environmental effects;
Identify ways to avoid or significantly reduce environmental impacts;
Prevent significant avoidable impacts through feasible alternatives and/or mitigation; and
If a project is approved with significant impacts, disclose to the public the reasons why.

6. 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

7. 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.

8. CEQA Environmental Topics
Aesthetics
Agriculture & Forestry Resources
Air Quality
Biological Resources
Cultural Resources
Geology & Soils
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Hazards & Hazardous Materials
Hydrology & Water Quality
Land Use and Planning
Mineral Resources
Noise
Population & Housing
Public Services
Recreation
Transportation & Traffic
Utilities & Service Systems

9. What is in an EIR?
Environmental Setting (Baseline for impact analysis)
Project Objectives and Project Description (Construction & Operation)
Direct, Indirect, Growth-inducing, and Cumulative Impacts
Significant Environmental Impacts (Mitigation Measures)
Unavoidable Significant Adverse Impacts
Alternatives

10. CEQA Process Notice of Preparation Scoping Meeting Prepare EIR
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

11. 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

12. 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)

13. Aerial Photograph- Existing Site Conditions

14. 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)
Separates oil, water and natural gas (water is re-injected)
Processing equipment to condition oil/gas to pipeline quality
Truck loading facilities, pipelines, storage tanks, safety systems
Small office, warehouse, parking lot, restroom (septic)
Above-ground pipelines connecting wells to CPF

15. Proposed Site Plan

16. Project Description Overview
Off-Site Project Components
Approximately 3.4 miles of subterranean crude oil and natural gas pipeline
Project site to El Cajonita Drive (0.2 mile)
El Cajonita Drive/Las Palmas Drive (0.7 mile)
West Road (0.5 mile)
Hacienda Road (1 mile)… crosses into City of La Habra
Whittier Boulevard (0.2 mile)
Beach Boulevard (0.6 mile) – join existing crude oil pipeline
Beach Boulevard (0.2 mile) – join existing natural gas pipeline

17. Off-Site Proposed Pipeline Alignment

18. 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 = axle trucks
1 2-axle truck
5 pick-up/van

19. 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

20. Project Phasing Overview
Phase II: Construction (continued…)
Trucking BEFORE completion of off-site pipelines
Typical day = axle trucks
1 2-axle trucks
5 pick-up/vans
Trucking AFTER completion of off-site pipelines limited to maintenance vehicles/worker vehicles

21. 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

22. 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 5-axle truck
1 2-axle truck
5 pick-up/vans
1 4-axle truck (every 2 weeks)
1 2-axle truck (every 2 weeks)
2 pick-up/vans (every 2 weeks)

23. 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)

24. City of La Habra Heights
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
View Notice of Preparation:
(Click “Notices” link)
Hardcopy available at City Hall

25. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING
Question/Comments