Minor Alteration No. WA2025146 – Oil Well Abandonment Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026021045
Public Agency
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Document Title
Minor Alteration No. WA2025146 – Oil Well Abandonment Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/27/2026
Document Description
The scope of work for each well abandonment includes: (1) mobilizing a rig to remove rods and tubing from the well, (2) mobilizing a Coil Tubing Unit to clean out the well to the bottom, (3) mobilizing bulk and pump trucks to fill the well from the bottom to the surface with either cement or zonite, (4) excavating and cutting the casing five feet below the surface, (5) tack-welding an identification plate on top of the casing stub, (6)
backfilling the excavation with the previously-displaced native soil, and (7) restoring the locations to their original state with 95% compaction. The work is expected to take four weeks to complete.
Contact Information
Name
Angela Nguyen-Tan
Agency Name
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Job Title
Senior Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Griselda Carillo
Agency Name
Chevron America Exploration and Production Company
Job Title
Permitting Technologist
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Cities
Bakersfield
Counties
Kern
Regions
Southern California
Other Location Info
Two of the oil wells are along the left bank of the Kern River and one is along the right bank. The approximate coordinates for the three wells are: (1) 35.424092°N, 118.961860°W; (2) 35.423932°N, 118.963063°W; and (3) 35.424421°N, 118.975176°W, all within Kern County.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1, CEQA CCR, Title 14, Section 15301
Reasons for Exemption
The project is exempt from CEQA under the Class 1, Existing Facilities categorical exemption (CEQA California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15301), because the activity consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use. No expansion of existing or former use will occur. Further, none of the exceptions to the exemption in CEQA California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15300.2 apply.
County Clerk
Kern
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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