File #: 15-00636    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 7/21/2015 Final action: 7/21/2015
Title: HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding an Emergency Permit for the Plains Pipeline Oil Spill Response at Refugio, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.) a) Receive and file a report on Emergency Permit 15EMP-00000-00005, which authorized cleanup activities related to the Refugio Oil Spill to minimize impacts to human health and the environment; b) Accept that the issuance of the Emergency Permit is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant CEQA Guideline section 15269(c), as this action was necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency; and c) Determine that receiving and filing this report is not a project pursuant to CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(5), as it is an administrative government activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY
Sponsors: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A - Emergency Permit, 3. Attachment B - Map - Spill Response Sections 1-5, 4. Attachment C - Map - SB County Shoreline Divisions, 5. Attachment D - Emergency Permit Authorization Email, 6. Attachment E - CEQA Exemption, 7. Presentation

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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding an Emergency Permit for the Plains Pipeline Oil Spill Response at Refugio, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)

 

a) Receive and file a report on Emergency Permit 15EMP-00000-00005, which authorized cleanup activities related to the Refugio Oil Spill to minimize impacts to human health and the environment;

 

b) Accept that the issuance of the Emergency Permit is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant CEQA Guideline section 15269(c), as this action was necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency; and

 

c) Determine that receiving and filing this report is not a project pursuant to CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(5), as it is an administrative government activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.

 

COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY