ExxonMobil Production Company's Santa Ynez Unit C1 Cable Repair. 2008. Environmental Assessment

摘要

The MMSs proposed action is to concur with ExxonMobils proposal to repair the C1 power cable which ceased operating in the fall of 2007. ExxonMobils proposal is to conduct an at-sea repair using a dynamically positioned (DP) vessel by inserting a splice using spare cable. The proposed project is expected to take up to 25 days on-site. Environmental resources examined in this Environmental Assessment (EA) are: Air Quality, Water Quality, Benthic, Commercial Fishing, Cultural, and Environmental Justice. The primary potential impacting agents are: air emissions, sedimentation, discharges from the repair vessel, and space-use conflicts. Projects and activities considered in the Cumulative Analysis include: on-going Federal oil and gas projects, offshore tankering and other shipping, commercial fishing, and point source and nonpoint source discharges. No significant impacts are anticipated as a result of the proposed action.