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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 4650 1998-07-13 ".; RESOLUTION NUMBER ~ I A RESOLUTION O'F THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH APPROVING A-N EXTENSION OF TIME TO APRIL 14, 1999 TO RELOCATE THE ,BOTTOM HOLE LOCATION OF WELL NUMBER 21 OF THE ALAMITOS LEASE (BREITBURN) THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY RESOLVE: WHEREAS, on December 12, 1997 Breitburn Energy Corporation submitted an application to the City of Seal Beach for a "Council Permit" to relocate the bottom hole of two (2) wells within their lease. Specifically, the two wells proposed for rework are wells 21 and 25; and WHEREAS, the subject property is located with the Weapons Support Facility Seal Beach (WSFSB); north of Pacific Coast Highway and east of Seal Beach Boulevard; and I WHEREAS, the site has been in continuos production for over 43 years and contains 27 existing wells broken down as follows: 13 oil producing wells, water injection wells and 12 shut-in wells; and WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach has determined that the proposed project is categorically excmpt for CEQA review (~~ 15301 and 15302). Specifically, the City has made the following findings: ~15301 - Existing Facilities. Because the requested reworking of well nos. 21 and 25 consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, or minor alteration of an existing private structure, facility or mechanical equipment involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that previously existing; ~ 15302 - Replacement or Reconstruction. Because the requested reworking of well nos. 21 and 25 consist of the replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced; and, ~ 15061(b)(3), because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the approval may have a significant effect on the environment. I These findings arc based on the fact that no expansion of the subject wells is proposed and the relocation of the bottom holes consists of maintenance and re-working of an existing facility. The new bottom hole locations are at approximately the same depth and located within the existing "Developed Area" of the Alamitos Lease as the existing bottom hole locations; and WHEREAS, all water produced on site in conjunction with the existing oil production activities (over 90"/0 of the total volume of liquids produced) are re-injected into the ground. Water re-injection greatly limits or halts subsidence, even in more porous soils such as exist in the Wilmington field where a great amount of subsidence occurred in the 1940's and 1950's; and WHEREAS, The Navy conducted a study in September 1988 titled, "Subsidence Study Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, California, Report No. . Resolution NumberL.l~~ 27BC". The report concludes that subsidence which had occurred between 1968 and 1984 (approx. 3 inches near the Breitburn lease site) had begun to reverse with the closing of three agricultural water wells located within the base; and WHEREAS, the City Council considered this requested "Council Permit" to drill at its meeting of January 12, 1998 and approved the "Council Permit" through the adoption of Resolution No. 4600, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Seal Beach Approving A "Council Permit" to Relocate the Bottom Hole Locations of Well Numbers 21 And 25 of the Alamitos Lease (Breitburn), and I WHEREAS, Breitburn Energy Company has requested a one-year extension from April 14, 1998 to complete the bottom hole relocation of Well No. 21, in order to verify the commercial viability of the bottom hole relocation of Well No. 25, and WHEREAS, the City Council considered the request for extension to April 14, 1999 to complete the bottom hole relocation for Well No. 21 on July 13, 1998, and WHEREAS, there have been no changed conditions between January 12, 1998 and July 13, 1998 to require additional evaluation, and the conditions and findings of Resolution No. 4600 are unchanged. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Seal Beach as follows: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Seal Beach, pursuant to Section 15A-22A of the Code of the City of Seal Beach, approves an extension of time to April 14, 1999 to the "Council Permit" for the Alamitos Lease site to allow the relocation of the bottom hole of Well Number 21. I Section 2. Approval of said extension to the "Council Permit" shall be subject to the terms and conditions imposed in Section 2 of Resolution Number 4600, adopted January 12, 1998. AYES: Councilmemb the City Council of the City of Seal , 1998, by the following vote: PASSED, APPROVED jAADOP Beach at a meeting held on the .... day of NOES: Council members ABSENT: Councihnembers -:Zr~ I STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF SEAL BEACH ) Resolution Numbe~~ I, Joanne M. Yeo, City Clerk ofthc City of Seal Beach, California, do hcr the foregoing resolution is an original copy of Resolution Numbe Office of the City Clerk, passed, approved and adopted by the City Seall3each at a meeting thereof held on the _ day.of I Jo eM. Yeo, City C erk Ci y of Seal Bcach I I ". y certify that on file in the ouncil of the City of ,1998.