In response to requests for additional time for review and comment, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement today announced that it is reopening the comment period through Friday, Oct. 15 on its intent to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to inform future decisions on applications for the decommissioning of oil and gas pipelines, platforms, and other facilities in federal waters off Southern California.
The preliminary proposed action is to authorize applications for complete removal of platforms and other facilities, decommissioning all pipelines by removal, and clearing the seafloor of all obstructions created by the lease or right-of-way operations.
