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Project Title:Plains Replacement Pipeline Project
Case Numbers: 

17DVP-00000-00010; 17CUP-00000-00027;

17DRP-00000-00002; 17CDP-00000-00060

Project Location:Santa Barbara County, San Luis Obispo County, Kern County
Assigned Staff and Division:

Kathryn Lehr, Energy, Minerals and Compliance Division

Status

March 2019 - Present:  County Planning and Development is working with San Luis Obispo County and their consultant to complete a Draft Environmental Impact Report for public circulation and comment.


Description

The Project would replace the existing, and currently shut-in, 123.4-mile pipeline system known as Lines 901 and 903. The replacement pipelines, herein after referred to as Lines 901R and 903R, would operate at a lower throughput capacity of 40,000 barrels per day and would include the following:

  • Line 901R - The installation, maintenance and operation of a twelve (12) inch diameter uninsulated steel pipeline, which is approximately 10.7 miles in length between the existing Las Flores Pump Station and the existing Gaviota Pump Station. The pipeline will increase to a sixteen (16) inch diameter steel pipeline for approximately 40 miles between the existing Gaviota Pump Station and the existing Sisquoc Pump Station.
  • Line 903R - The installation, maintenance and operation of a fourteen (14) inch diameter uninsulated steel pipeline for approximately 74-miles between the existing Sisquoc Pump Station and the existing Pentland Delivery Point.
  • The operation of forty-nine (49) total pipeline control valves (either motor operated valves or check valves). There are forty-one (41) standalone valve stations as well as eight (8) additional control valves located within pump station facilities
  • Equipment modifications to (resizing of pumps, pig launchers/receivers, etc.) and continued operation of the Las Flores Pump Station, Gaviota Pump Station, and Pentland Delivery Point.
  • Equipment modifications, site expansion, and continued operation of the Sisquoc Pump Station. The site and facility expansion includes the development of a new 120,000-barrel crude oil break-out tank, secondary containment area for the crude oil break-out tank, new fire water storage tank, and installation of a foam fire suppression system.
  • The construction and operation of a new pump station located in the Cuyama Valley region of San Luis Obispo County.
  • Various pipeline-related ancillary equipment including but not limited to: pipeline location markers, cathodic protection, fiber optic lines, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, automatic shut-off, remote communication equipment, emergency battery systems, diesel powered back-up generators, and/or solar panels.

Timeline

DateEvent Type

Feb 14, 2019                                                


County Planning and Development submitted a Notice of Preparation to the State Clearing House which initiated a 30-day public comment period that concluded on March 15, 2019.  Two public scoping meetings were held on February 27, 2019 in Santa Barbara County and February 28, 2019 in San Luis Obispo County.


Apr 20, 2018                       


County Planning and Development determined Plains' application for a Development Plan, Conditional Use Permit, Demolition and Reclamation Plan, and Coastal Development Permit to be complete.


Aug 15, 2017                      


Plains submitted an application for the replacement of their existing, and currently shut down, Line 901 and 903 pipeline system.



Documents

CEQA Materials

Permit Application Materials

Additional Information

If you have any comments or questions, please contact the project planner, Kathryn Lehr via email.