HomeMy Public PortalAbout78-217RESOLUTION NO. 78_217
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CARSON CONCERNING THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
OF THE GRA14TING OF A PIPELINE FRANCHISE TO SOHIO
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON RESOLVES, FINDS AND DETER-
MINES AS FOLLOWS:
1. Sohio Transportation Company of California
(grantee) proposes to construct a common carrier West -to -East
crude oil delivery system known as the West Coast to Mid Continent
Pipeline Project ("Project") which will consist of the following:
(a) A deepwater terminal at Pier J in the Port
of Long Beach, including three storage/
surae tanks at the southeastern edge of
Pier J.
(b) A temporary storage point consisting of
five additional storage/surge tanks located
at the Caltrans Terminal in Dominguez Hills,
Los Angeles County, approximately nine miles
inland. The Caltrans Terminal will be
connected to the Pier J terminal by a
48 -inch pipeline.
(c) A pipeline from the Caltrans Terminal to
.West Texas. This pipeline will consist
of new sections of 42 -inch pipeline and
abandoned 30 -inch natural gas lines.
2. As part of its Project grantee has submitted an
application for a franchise to lay, use, operate and maintain its
pipeline within the streets of the City of Carson, specifically to
perpendicularly cross Del Amo Boulevard. A total of approximately
50 feet of pipeline will be within said street.
3. The City of Carson has considered the Final
Environmental Impact Report and the Supplement to the Final
Environmental Impact Report (collectively "EIR") prepared for the
project, and the City Council of the City of Carson has reviewed
and considered the information contained in the EIR.
4. The EIR identifies a number of significant
environmental effects of the Project. Changes in or alterations
to the Project to mitigate or avoid the significant environmental
effects identified are within the responsibility and jurisdiction
of other public agencies and not the City of Carson. Such changes
have been adopted by such other agencies or can and should be
adopted by such other agencies.
5. The installation and operation by Sohio of its
pipeline within the streets of the City of Carson pursuant to
the proposed franchise will involve no significant environmental
effects.
6. The City Council of the City of Carson has granted
concurrently with the adoption of this Resolution a franchise to
grantee.
7. An action or proceeding is pending before the
California courts challenging the adequacy of the EIR prepared
with respect to the grantee's Project. Pursuant to Public
Res. No. 78-217/Page 2 of 2
Resources Code, Section 21167.3, the grant of the franchise has
been conditioned upon a final determination that the EIR complies
with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act,
Public P.esources Code, Section 21000 et sea.
' PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 4th day of December
1978.
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ATTEST:
City CYerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
1, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five,
that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 78-217, was duly and regularly
adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly
and regularly held on the 4th day of December , 1978, and that the same was
so passed and adopted by t e following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS. Bridgers, Marbut, Smith, Calas_s and
Yamamoto
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
City Clerk, City of arson,. California