Permanent Sealing of Orphan Wells in Canoga Park Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration

Permanent Sealing of Orphan Wells in Canoga Park Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration

The Canoga Park Orphan Well Project by the California Department of Conservation Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) State Abandonment Program involves the State of California’s plugging and abandoning (P&A) of six (6) orphan wells in the inactive CalGEM-designated Canoga Park Oil Field (private land, no longer an active oil field), within unincorporated Los Angeles County. A portion of the Project site (where access road improvements would occur) is located within the City of Los Angeles. P&A refers to the permanent closure and sealing of a well by placing cement and other approved materials in the former well. The Project will result in the permanent sealing of the six orphan wells in the Canoga Park Oil Field and removal of associated facilities. The permanent sealing rig and all associated equipment would be staged on the well pad or on the lease roads. A 0.25- to 0.5-acre area is needed to contain all P&A equipment within a pad; based on the overlapping buffer distances, approximately one acre of disturbance is required. Each well would take approximately one week to P&A.

Unincorporated area; near Canoga Park

Los Angeles

Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (SMMC), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), Colorado River Board, Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW)

California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW)

Industrial (Sq. Ft. 43560, Acres 1, Employees 13)

Grading Permit

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