HomeMy WebLinkAbout87-28 - Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing ProgramRESOLUTION NO. 87 -28
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH OPPOSING THE PROPOSED FIVE YEAR
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS LEASING
• PROGRAM (MID -1987 TO MID -1992) ISSUED BY THE
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR.
WHEREAS, the Secretary of the Interior has recently
issued his Proposed Five Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas
Leasing Program (Mid -1987 to Mid -1992) and a final Environmental
Impact Statement purportedly evaluating the impacts likely to
occur as a result of outer continental shelf oil drilling
activities; and
WHEREAS, the proposed five year program calls for five
oil and gas lease sales off the coast of California, including
two large sales proposed for the Southern California OCS planning
area; and
WHEREAS, the proposed five year plan does not offer an
adequate buffer zone between offshore drilling activities and the
sensitive and scenic coastal areas of Orange County; and
WHEREAS, the proposed five year OCS program fails to
adequately consider the existing or anticipated uses of the sea
and seabed, including, but not limited to, fisheries, navigation,
the existing or proposed sea lanes, and military use areas; and
WHEREAS, the proposed OCS program does not contain
provisions for considering adverse regional economic impacts of
OCS activities on the existing economic base of each community;
and
WHEREAS, the proposed five year program, and the
accompanying Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) seriously
underestimates the negative impact resulting from OCS oil and gas
activities by analyzing impacts on a region wide basis and
ignoring localized impacts which could be extremely serious to
communities that rely heavily on tourism for their economic
viability; and
WHEREAS, the proposed five year program fails to consider
the relative marine productivity and environmental sensitivity of
various OCS planning areas, as well as the equitable sharing of
developmental benefits and environmental risks among various
regions of the United States; and
WHEREAS, the proposed five year program and accompanying
EIS, fail in other respects, to adequately assess the
environmental impacts of proposed OCS activities and, in other
respects, fail to comply with provisions of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach
has reviewed the proposed five year OCS Leasing Program and
• related EIS and concludes it does not comply with the provisions
of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, does not comply with
provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, and does not
properly analyze and assess the potential impacts of proposed OCS
drilling activities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach hereby opposes adoption of the Proposed
Five Year Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Program (Mid -1987 to
Mid -1992) issued by the Secretary of the Interior on February 2,
1987; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
• of Newport Beach hereby opposes approval and certification of the
final Environmental Impact Statement issued in conjunction with
the proposed Five Year Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Program
(Mid -1987 to Mid - 1992); and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk shall forward
copies of this Resolution to Secretary of Interior Donald Hodel,
Congressman Robert Badham, Congressman Leon Penetta, and other
appropriate congressional, state, and local officials.
ADOPTED this 23rd day of February, 1987.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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