A new lawsuit accuses the California Department of Conservation of OK’ing new Long Beach oil wells without proper environmental review.
A state energy agency improperly OK’d more than a dozen new Long Beach oil and gas wells late last year, according to a new lawsuit from an environmental advocacy organization, which argued in court documents that California law required comprehensive assessments of potential impacts.
CalGEM approved the 15 new wells on Long Beach’s THUMS islands, part of the Wilmington Oil Field, in December; the THUMS islands are four manmade drilling structures along the city’s coastline. CalGEM OK’d the six wells in San Luis Obispo’s Arroyo Grande oil field from November to February. The only environmental review submitted alongside the 15 permits requested by THUMS islands operators was a 1973 environmental impact statement prepared by Long Beach, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit also argues that CalGEM failed to assert itself as the lead agency charged with completed a California Environmental Quality Act analysis, as the division is required to prior to issuing the approvals. The debate, though, has recently been fueled even more by state Senate Bill 1137, which would ban new oil wells within 3,200 feet of schools, homes, day care and health care centers, parks, jails, and businesses open to the public.
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