HomeMy WebLinkAbout87-133 - Call for InformationRESOLUTION NO. 87 -133
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH IN RESPONSE TO THE "CALL FOR
INFORMATION" FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OCS LEASE
SALE #95.
• WHEREAS, the Department of Interior has solicited
comments and nominations from interested parties on their
proposed Southern California OCS Lease Sale #95 offshore drilling
plan; and
WHEREAS, comments and nominations will be accepted by
the Department of Interior until August 21, 1987; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach relies to a
significant degree on a coastal - dependent economic base which
requires a clean and healthy marine environment; and
WHEREAS, local governments statewide consider the
nearshore focus of the Lease Sale #95 proposal to be precedent -
setting with regard to other proposed federal OCS leasing actions
elsewhere offshore California; and
WHEREAS, coastal - dependent: tourism is a mainstay of the
local economy in communities adjacent to the proposed Lease Sale
#95 tracts and conflicts between OCS impacts and tourism - related
employment are anticipated; and
WHEREAS, adverse impacts on onshore air quality
expected to result from OCS activities in the proposed Lease Sale
#95 area are regional in nature and likely to adversely impact
socioeconomic conditions in coastal and inland communities; and
WHEREAS, the present lack of adequate oilspill response
capability indicates that OCS leasing in the Lease Sale #95 area
will pose a high degree of risk to coastal environments; and
WHEREAS, ocean discharge of drilling wastes has
cumulative impacts which degrade nearshore water quality and
which have remained unaddressed in the Five -Year OCS Leasing
Program; and
WHEREAS, critical commercial fishery tracts are
encompassed by the Lease Sale #95 proposal and significant
conflicts are anticipated between the fishing industry and OCS
activities; and
WHEREAS, two (2) years of efforts by the Congress to
resolve the controversy over federal OCS leasing plans offshore
California through negotiations with the Department of Interior
have been met with a lack of good -faith commitment on the part of
the Secretary of Interior; and
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Newport
Beach does hereby submit to the Department of Interior NEGATIVE
NOMINATIONS for ALL tracts included in the "Call for Information"
for proposed OCS Lease Sale #95; and
FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED that two identical copies of
this Resolution shall be transmitted in a timely fashion to: (1)
40 Regional Supervisor, Office of Leasing and Environment, Minerals
Management Service, Pacific OCS Region, 1340 West Sixth Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90017; and ALSO TO: (2) Chief, Offshore Leasing
Management Division, Minerals Management Service, Mail Stop 4230,
18th and C Streets, N.W. Washington;, D.C. 20240 to arrive prior
to August 21, 1987, in an envelope :labeled "Comments on the Call
for Information and Nominations for Southern California Sale 95 ";
and
FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED that an additional copy of this
Resolution shall be transmitted in a timely fashion to: Ms.
Jananne Sharpless, Secretary of Environmental Affairs, 1102 Q
Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, and to members of the California
Congressional Delegation.
ADOPTED this 10th day of August , 1987.
ATTEST:
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