File #: 25-00842    Version: 1
Type: Appointment/BOS item Status: Passed
File created: 9/12/2025 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 9/23/2025 Final action: 9/16/2025
Title: Consider recommendations regarding direction to report on the status of orphaned and idle wells in the County of Santa Barbara, as follows: a) Direct the Santa Barbara County Planning Department, Community Services Department, and Environmental Health Services to provide a comprehensive status report on the number, location, and condition of orphaned and idle oil and gas wells in Santa Barbara County, along with any current plans for their abandonment, by October 14, 2025; and b) Determine that the above actions are organizational or administrative activities of the government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment and are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines.
Sponsors: SUPERVISOR NELSON
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A - Oil Fields And Wells Map - Presented by Supervisor Nelson, 3. Minute Order

Title

Consider recommendations regarding direction to report on the status of orphaned and idle wells in the County of Santa Barbara, as follows:

 

a) Direct the Santa Barbara County Planning Department, Community Services Department, and Environmental Health Services to provide a comprehensive status report on the number, location, and condition of orphaned and idle oil and gas wells in Santa Barbara County, along with any current plans for their abandonment, by October 14, 2025; and

 

b) Determine that the above actions are organizational or administrative activities of the government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment and are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to section 15378(b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines.