California Fracking Waiting On Your Comments - LAST DAY - 03162015

California Fracking Waiting On Your Comments - LAST DAY FOR COMMENTS! 03162015 -

Mitigation Measures....

MM AGF-2b
Oil and gas development and well stimulation treatments may be considered compatible uses of Williamson Act lands under some circumstances. With the recommended implementation of Mitigation Measure AGF-2b (Ensure Compatibility with Williamson Act Contracts or Terminate Williamson Act Contracts) by the Lead Agency, applicable proposed future well stimulation treatment activities would be compatible with Williamson Act contracts, or the Williamson Act contracts would be terminated before those activities are initiated. Therefore, impacts related to Williamson Act conflicts would be less than significant.

MM AGF-4c
Compensate for Loss of Forest Land. In approving a well stimulation treatment permit for which well stimulation treatment activities would convert forest land to non-forest use, DOGGR shall impose a condition requiring the applicant to mitigate for the loss of forest land through permanent preservation of off-site forest land of equal or greater quality as determined by a Registered Professional Forester. Appropriate ratios of compensation ratios would typically be determined by the city, county, or other agency with land use authority over the affected site, provided that the ratio is at least 1:1. Prior to the start of ground disturbance, the applicant shall provide evidence to DOGGR and the city, county, or other agency with land use jurisdiction over the affected site that an acceptable conservation easement has been granted in perpetuity to a public agency with experience managing conservation easements or a qualified Land Trust.

A qualified Land Trust may not hold the conservation easement unless it has demonstrated to DOGGR that it: (1) has adopted the Land Trust Alliance’s Standards and Practices; (2) has substantial experience creating and stewarding conservation easements on forest/timberland; and (3) has a stewardship endowment to help pay for its perpetual stewardship obligations.

Written comments submitted via e-mail communication are encouraged; however, please remember to include your name and return address in the e-mail message. E-mail messages and attachments should be sent to:
SB4EIR [at] conservation.ca.gov

To:
Department of Conservation
Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources
801 K Street, MS 18-00
Sacramento, CA 95814

Comments Regarding SB 4 DEIR
Analysis of Oil and Gas Well Stimulation Treatments in California

Get your comments in today!

Tomas DiFiore

Full DEIR at Department of Conservation website-
SB 4 Draft Environmental Impact Report:
http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dog/SB4DEIR/Pages/SB4_DEIR_TOC.aspx

It's a huge document, the DEIR Homepage is here:
http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dog/SB4DEIR/Pages/SB4_DEIR_Home.aspx