Rijiyoyin Mai Da Aka Yi watsi da Su a Tekun

Press Abokan hulɗa:
Linda Kashewa, Cibiyar Tsaron Muhalli (805) 963-1622 x106
Richard Charter, The Ocean Foundation (707) 875-2345

KUNGIYOYI SUNYI adawa da kudirin ingiza HARKAR RASHIN TEKU.

Gamayyar kungiyoyi daban-daban na jihohi da kungiyoyin kare hakkin jama'a a yau sun nuna adawa da SB 233, wani kudirin doka da Sanata Robert Hertzberg ya gabatar wanda ba bisa ka'ida ba zai kara nuna son kai ga zubar da ma'adinan mai da iskar gas da aka yi watsi da su a teku. [Dubi wasiƙar da ke ƙasa.] Wannan sabon kudirin doka ba bisa ƙa'ida ba zai jaddada tasirin ɗan gajeren lokaci na cikakken kawar da na'urorin da aka kashe tare da yin watsi da fa'idar cire gaba ɗaya tafsirin man da ba a yi amfani da su ba bisa ƙa'idodin asali na kwangilolin da kamfanonin mai suka sanya wa hannu.

Babban abin da ke damun kungiyoyin shi ne barin wani bangare na rijiyoyin mai da aka yi watsi da su a cikin teku zai haifar da gurbatar muhallin ruwa na dogon lokaci. Rigs da tarkace kewaye na iya ƙunsar sinadarai masu guba da suka haɗa da arsenic, zinc, gubar da PCBs. Bugu da kari, Jiha na iya daukar nauyin duk wani hadurran da ya faru a sakamakon wadannan hadurran da ke karkashin ruwa.

"Kamfanonin mai suna ƙoƙari su yi amfani da wannan lissafin don yin watsi da yarjejeniyar kwangilar da suka daɗe don kawar da dandamali lokacin da aka kammala samarwa." yace Richard Charter, Babban Fellow tare da Gidauniyar Ocean.

“Yawancin gidajen man da ke gabar tekun California suna cikin tashar Santa Barbara, daya daga cikin mafi yawan arziƙin halittu a duniya. Don ba da izinin zubar da ruwa na dandamalin mai da ba a yi amfani da shi ba yana barazana ga wannan yanayin muhalli mai ban mamaki, kuma yana iya kafa misali ga sauran masana'antu don gurɓatar da mu muhallin ruwa,” in ji Linda Kashewa, Babban mai ba da shawara na Cibiyar Kare Muhalli, wani kamfanin lauyoyi masu amfani da muhalli mai hedikwata a Santa Barbara.

"Wannan wani misali ne na yadda ake tambayar jama'a da su dauki nauyin haɗari na dogon lokaci ga gaggawa Fa'idodin kamfanonin mai, "in ji Jennifer Savage, Manajan Manufofin California Surfrier Foundation.

Ƙungiyoyin sun yi iƙirarin cewa sake fasalin manufofin da ba a ba su shawara ba a cikin SB 233 zai kasance da wuri ba tare da nuna son kai ga abin da jihar ke bukata ba don yanke hukunci bisa ga shari'a kuma a maimakon haka yana ba da shawarar cire ɓangarori. Sun kuma kara da cewa kudurin dokar zai kuma nuna kyama ga hukumomi game da kawar da su gaba daya ta hanyar korar tudun laka mai guba da aka samu a karkashin tsoffin ma’aikatun da ke cikin teku daga alhaki da ke fadowa jihar, tare da cire irin wannan sharar mai guba daga la’akari da shi a matsayin wani mummunan yanayi.
tasiri. SB 233 kuma cikin kuskure yana rikitar da tasirin ingancin iska na ɗan gajeren lokaci tare da fitar da iskar gas a cikin ƙimar da ake buƙata na tasirin dogon lokaci ga yanayin ruwa.

Kungiyoyin sun kara nuna damuwarsu cewa 'yan jihar California za su yi ba tare da wata bukata ba sun sami kansu cikin haɗari a cikin sarkar abin alhaki na kuɗi a matsayin masu karɓar rijiyoyin da aka zubar a cikin teku, tun Jihar ta riga ta tabbatar, a cikin shekaru da yawa da aka yi kokarin gargadi masu amfani da teku game da kasancewar Tushen harsashi na Chevron Rig wanda aka watsar, wanda ba zai yuwu a kula da injin da kyau ba. tsarin gargadin haɗari na kewayawa don baiwa masunta da sauran masunta damar gujewa dogaro da kai cudanya da shimfidar teku tashin hankali a kusa da waɗannan wurare masu guba. A wannan Alhamis, 11 ga Agusta, ita ce ta ƙarshe ranar ƙarshe don motsi SB 233 a Sacramento. 

Agusta 5, 2016

Sanata Robert Hertzberg
Majalisar Dattijan Jihar California
Ginin Kaftin
Sacramento, CA 95814

Sake: SB 233 (Hertzberg): Rushewar Platform mai da Gas- KASA

Mai girma Sanata Hertzberg:

Ƙungiyoyin da ke ƙasa dole ne su yi adawa da SB 233 cikin girmamawa. Ƙungiyoyinmu suna da damuwa sosai game da gyare-gyaren lalacewa da aka tsara wanda ke kunshe a cikin daftarin SB 233 na yanzu wanda zai fito fili raunana dokar data kasance (AB 2503 – 2010) ta hanyar kara nuna son kai ga cire wani bangare na kashe kudi. man fetur da iskar gas ta hanyar mayar da hankali kan tasirin gajeren lokaci na cikakken cirewa da kuma watsi da amfanin cirewa dandamalin mai da maido da yanayin ruwa kamar yadda aka amince da kwangilar farko ta masu haya.

Ko da yake muna goyon bayan shawara don canja CEQA jagoran hukumar daga Hukumar Kare Tekun zuwa Hukumar Filayen Jihar California, mun damu da cewa sauran abubuwan da ba a ba su shawara ba wanda aka gabatar a cikin SB 233 zai nuna son kai ba tare da bata lokaci ba don yanke hukunci kan shari'ar Jiha don goyon bayan wani bangare. cirewa da gaba da cikakken cirewa ta hanyoyi da yawa.

Wataƙila mafi mahimmanci, an kawar da wasu daga cikin abubuwan da ke cikin 6613 (c) na yanzu, ciki har da abin da ake bukata don la'akari da mummunan tasirin cirewa na ɓangare akan ingancin ruwa, yanayin marine, da albarkatun halittu (duba 6613(c)(3)), da kuma yin la'akari da fa'idar muhallin ruwa daga cikakken cirewa (6613 (c) (4)). Share waɗannan buƙatun yana ba da niyyar doka cewa ba su kasance ba da ake bukata.

Bugu da kari, SB 233, kamar yadda aka tsara a halin yanzu, ƙoƙarin cire haɗin tudun laka mai guba da tudun harsashi. babu makawa an same shi a karkashin ma’aikatan da ke cikin teku daga sarkar alhaki da ke fadowa jihar, amma ta yin haka, Harshen da aka tsara yana da wuya a yi kuskure don cire irin wannan laka da tudun harsashi daga lokacin da ya dace la'akari a cikin ma'auni daidaita muhalli. SB 233 kuma cikin kuskure yana rikitar da iska na ɗan gajeren lokaci tasiri mai inganci da fitar da iskar gas (wanda za a magance shi a matsayin wani ɓangare na CEQA nazari) in kimar da ake buƙata na tasirin dogon lokaci ga yanayin ruwa.

Za mu kara nuna cewa, a karkashin sharuddan gyare-gyaren da aka gabatar a cikin SB 233, Jihar. na California na iya kasancewa cikin jerin alhaki, kamar yadda Majalisar Dokoki ta 2001 mai dacewa ta kafa Ra'ayin shawara yana nuna iyaka akan buƙatun biyan kuɗi. Jihar ta riga ta koya ta hanyar gogewar da ke da alaƙa da tudun harsashi na Chevron cewa ba zai yuwu a yi aiki yadda ya kamata ba kiyaye tsarin gargaɗin haɗari na kewayawa a cikin wannan mahallin.

Manufofinmu na gama kai ne don adawa da SB 233 a cikin tsarin da aka tsara.

Na gode da kulawar ku.

gaske,

Linda Krop
Babban mashawarci
Cibiyar Kare Muhalli

Mark Morey
Shugaban
Surfrider Foundation - Santa Barbara

Edward Moreno
Lauyan Siyasa
Saliyo Club California

Rebecca Agusta,
Shugaban
Amintaccen Makamashi Yanzu! North Santa Barbara County

Amy Trainer, JD
Mataimakin Darakta
Cibiyar Kariya Coastal California

Michael T. Lyons,
Shugaba
Fitar Mai!

Richard Charter
Shirin Haɗin Gwiwa
The Ocean Foundation

Ron Sundergill
Babban Darakta - Ofishin Yankin Pacific
Ƙungiyar Kula da wuraren shakatawa ta ƙasa

Cherie Topper
Darekta zartarwa
Santa Barbara Audubon Society

Alena Simon
Santa Barbara County Oganeza
Ganin Abinci & Ruwa

Lee Moldaver, ALE
Ƙungiyar Tsare-tsaren Jama'a na Santa
Barbara County

Dr. Elizabeth Dougherty
Director
Duk H2O

Josh Hanthorn asalin
Masu kare dabbobin daji

Ed Oberweiser
Shugaban
Hadin gwiwar Kariyar Teku.

Keith Nakatani
Manajan Shirin Mai da Gas
Tsaftace Aikin Ruwa

Jim Lindburg
Daraktan Majalisa
Kwamitin Abokai kan Dokokin California

Daniel Jacobson
Daraktan Majalisa
Muhalli California

Jennifer Savage
Manajan Manufofin California
Surfrider Foundation