NOI Rework OWF 057
Summary
SCH Number
2026020005
Public Agency
California Department of Conservation
(DOC)
Document Title
NOI Rework OWF 057
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/2/2026
Document Description
Tidelands to conduct casing repair rework to regain mechanical integrity in 1 existing well. Stakeholders include Tidelands, POLB, City of Los Angeles, and California Department of Conservation – Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM). The well is located on Pier A – Port of Long Beach. The rework activities will allow Tidelands to maintain production and waterflood operation of the wells. No new construction or facilities expansion will be required for the rework activities. All activities will be limited to fenced in areas protecting the existing wells that are located within concrete cellars. The casing repair rework activities timeline is 10 days per well rework. The well API Number is 0403730289-02.
The proposed project consists of the CalGEM approving permit # 7055020 for Tidelands Oil Production, Co. to rework the well listed below, in the Wilmington Oil Field.
API #: 0403730289-02
Well Name: OWF-057
Contact Information
Name
Grayson Carlton
Agency Name
Department of Conservation, Geological Energy Management Division
Job Title
Associate Oil and Gas Engineer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Andrew Cochrane
Agency Name
Tidelands Oil Production Co.
Job Title
Agent
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Township
5S
Range
13W
Section
4
Base
SB
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1, Existing Facilities (14 CCR §§ 15301, 1684.1)
Reasons for Exemption
project is categorically exempt from CEQA under the “Class 1” (14 CCR § 15301) exemption per the CEQA Guidelines because the proposed project is a repair or minor alteration of existing facilities and will not involve an expansion of use of the oil field, and therefore is exempt from the need for full CEQA review. Additionally, in accordance with 14 CCR § 1684.1 the Class 1 exemption consists of operation repair, maintenance, minor alternation of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing previously. This Class includes but is not limited to conversion, and abandonment work on oil, gas, injection, and geothermal wells involving the alteration of well casing, such as perforating and casing repair, removal, or replacement; installation or removal of downhole production or injection equipment, cement plugs, bridge plugs, and packers set to isolate production or injection intervals.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 2, Replacement or Reconstruction (14 CCR § 15302)
Reasons for Exemption
Class 2 applies because it consists of “replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced[.]” Examples of Class 2 include, but are not limited to, “Replacement or reconstruction of existing utility systems and/or facilities involving negligible or no expansion of capacity.”
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 7, Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of Natural Resources (14 CCR § 15307)
Reasons for Exemption
The project is categorically exempt from CEQA under the “Class 7” exemption per the CEQA Guidelines because the work performed under these contracts would be the plugging and abandonment of 56 wells, restoration of 56 wells sites, the removal / remediation of tank pads, the removal of 3 pads, and the investigation and clean out of 6 unknown possible well sites.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
General or “Common Sense” Exemption 14 CCR § 15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
CalGEM has determined that the project is exempt from full review under CEQA under the General Rule or “Common Sense” exemption (14 CCR § 15061(b)(3)), which states that a project is exempt from CEQA if “the activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA”. As discussed above, CalGEM has determined there is no substantial evidence indicating the project could adversely affect any of the environmental resource areas, as listed in Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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