Tso tseg Offshore Roj Rigs yuav tsum tau sab laug hauv Dej Hiav Txwv

Press Cov neeg sib cuag:
Linda Qoob loo, Environmental Defense Center (805) 963-1622 x106
Richard Charter, The Ocean Foundation (707) 875-2345

COV PHOOJ YWG NYIAJ PAB NYIAJ RAU HAUV OCEAN DUMPING ntawm Offshore RIGS

Lub koom haum sib txawv ntawm lub xeev thiab lub teb chaws kev txuag cov koom haum niaj hnub no tau tawm tsam tawm tsam SB 233, ib tsab cai lij choj tau hais los ntawm Xeev Senator Robert Hertzberg uas yuav ua rau muaj kev tsis ncaj ncees rau kev pov tseg dej hiav txwv ntawm cov roj thiab cov roj rigs tso tseg. [Saib tsab ntawv hauv qab no.] Daim nqi tshiab no yuav ua rau tsis ncaj ncees rau lub sijhawm luv luv ntawm kev tshem tawm tag nrho ntawm kev siv cov rigs thaum tsis quav ntsej cov txiaj ntsig ntawm kev tshem tawm tag nrho cov roj siv hluav taws xob ua raws li cov ntawv cog lus qub uas tau kos npe los ntawm cov tuam txhab roj.

Cov pab pawg 'kev txhawj xeeb tseem ceeb yog tias tawm hauv ib feem ntawm cov roj rigs tso tseg ntawm hiav txwv yuav ua rau muaj kuab paug mus ntev ntawm thaj chaw marine. Cov rigs thiab cov khib nyiab ib puag ncig tuaj yeem muaj cov tshuaj lom neeg xws li arsenic, zinc, txhuas thiab PCBs. Tsis tas li ntawd, Lub Xeev tuaj yeem lav rau txhua qhov xwm txheej uas tshwm sim los ntawm cov kev phom sij hauv qab no.

"Cov tuam txhab roj tau sim siv daim nqi no los ua phem rau lawv txoj kev cog lus ntev ntev kom tshem tawm cov platforms thaum tsim khoom tiav." hais Richard Charter, Senior Fellow with The Ocean Foundation.

"Feem ntau ntawm cov roj platforms tawm ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm California yog nyob rau hauv Santa Barbara Channel, ib qho ntawm qhov chaw nplua nuj tshaj plaws hauv lub ntiaj teb. Tso cai rau dej hiav txwv pov tseg ntawm cov roj tsis siv hem qhov ecosystem zoo kawg nkaus no, thiab tuaj yeem tsim ua ntej rau lwm qhov kev lag luam kom ua paug rau peb ib puag ncig marine, "said Linda Qoob loo, Tus Thawj Kws Pab Tswv Yim ntawm Lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv Ib Puag Ncig, ib lub tuam txhab pej xeem nyiam ib puag ncig kev cai lij choj nyob hauv Santa Barbara.

"Qhov no yog lwm qhov piv txwv ntawm cov pej xeem raug thov kom muaj kev pheej hmoo mus sij hawm ntev rau tam sim ntawd cov txiaj ntsig ntawm cov tuam txhab roj, "said Jennifer Savage, California Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Txoj Cai rau lub Surfrider Foundation.

Cov pab pawg tau lees paub tias cov kev hloov kho tsis zoo uas tau hais tseg hauv SB 233 yuav ua rau ntxov ntxov ntawm lub Xeev qhov kev xav tau tam sim no rau lub hom phiaj kev txiav txim los ntawm rooj plaub thiab hloov mus rau kev tshem tawm ib feem ntawm cov rig. Lawv sib cav hais tias tsab cai no tseem yuav txiav txim siab rau cov koom haum tawm tsam tag nrho los ntawm kev tshem tawm cov tshuaj lom cov av nkos uas pom nyob rau hauv ntau qhov qub offshore rigs los ntawm kev lav phib xaub poob rau Lub Xeev, thaum tsis txhob txwm tshem tawm cov pov tseg pov tseg los ntawm kev txiav txim siab raws li qhov tsis zoo ib puag ncig.
cuam ​​tshuam. SB 233 kuj ua yuam kev yuam kev rau lub sij hawm luv luv ntawm huab cua tsis zoo cuam tshuam nrog cov pa roj carbon monoxide emissions nyob rau hauv qhov xav tau kev ntsuam xyuas ntawm cov kev cuam tshuam mus sij hawm ntev rau marine ib puag ncig.

Cov pab pawg tau hais ntxiv kev txhawj xeeb tias cov pej xeem hauv Xeev California yuav tsis tsim nyog pom lawv tus kheej muaj kev pheej hmoo nyob rau hauv cov saw hlau ntawm kev lav phib xaub raws li tus neeg tau txais cov khoom pov tseg offshore, txij li Lub Xeev tau lees paub lawm, dhau xyoo dhau los ntawm kev siv zog los ceeb toom cov neeg siv dej hiav txwv ntawm qhov muaj muab pov tseg Chevron rig plhaub mounds, tias nws tsis muaj peev xwm tswj tau zoo navigational hazard ceeb toom system ua rau cov neeg nuv ntses thiab lwm cov mariners kom zam tau entanglement thiab ntug hiav txwv cuam ​​tshuam nyob ib ncig ntawm cov chaw tshuaj lom no. Hnub Thursday, Lub Yim Hli 11 yog qhov kawg Hnub kawg rau kev tsiv SB 233 hauv Sacramento. 

Lub yim hli ntuj 5, 2016

Senator Robert Hertzberg
California State Senate
Lub Tuam Tsev Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814

Re: SB 233 (Hertzberg): Roj thiab Roj Platform Decommissioning- OPPOSE

Nyob zoo Senator Hertzberg:

Cov koom haum undersigned yuav tsum hwm SB 233. Peb cov koom haum muaj kev txhawj xeeb loj hais txog cov kev hloov kho puas tsuaj uas muaj nyob rau hauv cov qauv tam sim no ntawm SB 233 uas yuav qhia meej Ua kom tsis muaj zog ntawm txoj cai lij choj uas twb muaj lawm (AB 2503 - 2010) los ntawm kev nthuav dav qhov kev tsis ncaj ncees rau kev tshem tawm ib feem ntawm kev siv nyiaj roj thiab roj rigs los ntawm kev tsom mus rau lub sij hawm luv luv ntawm kev tshem tawm tag nrho thiab tsis quav ntsej cov txiaj ntsig ntawm kev tshem tawm roj platforms thiab rov kho qhov chaw marine ib puag ncig raws li kev cog lus cog lus pom zoo los ntawm cov neeg tsawg.

Txawm hais tias peb txhawb lub tswv yim los hloov cov CEQA coj lub koom haum los ntawm Ocean Protection Council mus rau California State Lands Commission, peb txhawj xeeb tias lwm qhov kev hloov kho tsis zoo yog thov nyob rau hauv SB 233 yuav ua tsis ncaj rau lub xeev qhov kev txiav txim los ntawm rooj plaub rau kev pom zoo ntawm ib feem tshem tawm thiab tawm tsam kev tshem tawm tag nrho hauv ntau txoj hauv kev.

Tej zaum qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws, qee yam hauv 6613(c) uas twb muaj lawm raug tshem tawm, suav nrog yuav tsum tau xav txog qhov tsis zoo ntawm kev tshem tawm ib feem ntawm cov dej zoo, ib puag ncig marine, thiab cov khoom siv roj ntsha (saib 6613(c)(3)), thiab xav txog cov txiaj ntsig zoo rau thaj chaw marine los ntawm tshem tawm tag nrho (6613(c)(4)). Rho tawm cov kev cai no muab kev cai lij choj xav kom lawv tsis muaj lawm yuav tsum tau.

Tsis tas li ntawd, SB 233, raws li tam sim no tau sau tseg, sim tshem tawm cov av nkos phom sij thiab lub plhaub mounds. inevitably pom nyob rau hauv offshore rigs los ntawm cov saw ntawm kev lav phib xaub poob rau Lub Xeev, tab sis ua li ntawd, cov lus uas tau hais tseg yog qhov yuav raug yuam kom tshem tawm cov av nkos thiab lub plhaub mounds los ntawm vim kev txiav txim siab hauv kev sib npaug ntawm ib puag ncig. SB 233 kuj ua yuam kev tsis meej pem lub sij hawm luv luv Cov kev cuam tshuam zoo thiab cov pa hluav taws xob hauv tsev cog khoom (uas yuav raug hais raws li ib feem ntawm CEQA rov) in qhov yuav tsum tau soj ntsuam ntawm cov kev cuam tshuam mus sij hawm ntev rau marine ib puag ncig.

Peb yuav taw qhia ntxiv tias, raws li cov kev hloov kho uas tau hais hauv SB 233, Lub Xeev ntawm California tuaj yeem nyob twj ywm hauv cov saw ntawm kev lav phib xaub, raws li tau tsim los ntawm 2001 Legislative ntsig txog Tus Kws Pab Tswv Yim taw qhia txog cov kev txwv ntawm kev them nqi kho mob. Lub Xeev twb kawm lawm los ntawm cov kev paub dhau los uas cuam tshuam nrog Chevron plhaub mounds tias nws tsis muaj peev xwm ua tau zoo tuav ib tug navigational hazard ceeb toom system nyob rau hauv cov ntsiab lus no.

Nws yog peb txoj cai sib koom ua ke los tawm tsam SB 233 hauv nws daim ntawv thov.

Ua tsaug rau koj txoj kev mloog zoo.

Ua Tsaug,

Linda Krop
Thawj Tus Kws Pab Tswv Yim
Environmental Defense Center

Mark Morey
Lub rooj zaum
Surfrider Foundation - Santa Barbara

Edward Moreno
Tus Kws Lij Choj Txoj Cai
Sierra Club California

Rebecca August,
Lub rooj zaum
Safe Energy Tam sim no! North Santa Barbara County

Amy Tus kws qhia, JD
Lwm Tus Thawj Coj
California Coastal Protection Network

Michael T. Lyons,
Thawj Tswj Hwm
Tau Roj Tawm!

Richard Charter
Coastal Coordination Program
Lub Ocean Foundation

Ron Sundergill: koj puas xav tau ntau tus thwjtim?
Senior Director – Pacific Region Office
National Parks Conservation Association

Cherie Topper
Executive Director
Santa Barbara Audubon Society

Alena Simon
Santa Barbara County Organizer
Khoom noj & dej saib

Lee Moldaver, UA
Lub Koom Haum Pabcuam Pej Xeem ntawm Santa
Lub Nroog Barbara

Dr. Elizabeth Dougherty
Director
Tag nrho H2O

Josh Hanthorn
Cov Tiv Thaiv Cov Tsiaj qus

Ed Oberweiser
Lub rooj zaum
Dej hiav txwv Protection Coalition.

Keith Nakatani
Roj thiab Gas Program Manager
Kev ua dej huv huv

Jim Lindburg
Legislative Director
Cov Phooj Ywg Pab Pawg Koom Tes ntawm Kev Cai lij choj ntawm California

Daniel Jacobson
Legislative Director
Ib puag ncig California

Jennifer Savage
California Policy Manager
Surfrider Foundation