The California Energy Commission Staff will conduct a workshop on the Occidental of Elk Hills, Inc. (OEHI) draft Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) Plan for the proposed enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration aspects of the Hydrogen Energy California (HECA) project. This workshop is open to the public and intended to allow interested regulatory agencies and interested parties an opportunity to ask questions and comment on the draft MRV Plan. Other aspects of the proposed project may also be discussed. The workshop will be held:

Tuesday, August 17, 2010  – 1:00 p.m.
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION
1516 Ninth Street
First Floor, Hearing Room B Sacramento, California (Wheelchair Accessible)

See complete notice and map (pdf)

The Energy Commission Staff is currently analyzing Hydrogen Energy International’s (HEI) Revised Application for Certification (AFC) for the proposed development of HECA, and preparing the Preliminary Staff Assessment (PSA). The purpose of the workshop is to discuss the draft MRV Plan and to learn more about the operation and management of the CO2 EOR Project that is proposed by OEHI. The main objective of the CO2 EOR Project would be to use CO2 produced by the HECA project to extend the life of OEHI’s existing enhanced oil recovery program in an area within the Elk Hills Unit (EHU). It is expected that a large portion of the CO2 used in the EOR will be permanently sequestered within the EHU. The MRV Plan is one means of evaluating the success of this project.

For additional information: http://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/hydrogen_energy/notices/index.html

A public hearing will be held before the Board of Supervisors of the County of Kern on June 29, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at the Chambers of the Board of Supervisors, First Floor, Kern County Administrative Center, 1115 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California, to consider the following request:

1. The application and proceedings are designated as: Cancellation of Land Use Restrictions, Land Conservation Act, Agricultural Preserve No. 3 (Zoning Map No. 120) and Contract Amending Land Use Contract
2. The name of the applicant is: Hydrogen Energy California, LLC by Manatt, Phelps, and Phillips, LLP (PP09271)
3. The approximate location of the property subject to said proposal is: South side of Adohr Road, west of Tupman Road, northwest of Tupman
4. The request to be considered is: Cancellation of a an approximate 491-acre portion of a Land Use Contract within Agricultural Preserve No. 3

This Board has found the project to be categorically exempt from the requirement for preparation of environmental documents pursuant to Section 15271 of the State CEQA Guidelines.

Persons seeking additional information on this matter should contact Kathe Malouf, Supervising Planner ((661) 862-8948) with the Planning Department. We encourage the submittal of written comments by June 9, 2010, so that those comments may be considered when Staff formulates its recommendation; however, written comments may be submitted anytime prior to, or at, the public hearing. Written comments may be sent to the Kern County Planning Department at 2700 “M” Street, Suite 100, Bakersfield, CA 93301.

The California Energy Commission Staff will conduct a Data Response and Issue Resolution Workshop for the proposed Hydrogen Energy California project (HECA). The purpose of the workshop is to discuss the Hydrogen Energy International (HEI) responses to staff’s data requests and to work toward resolving issues. All interested agencies and members of the public are invited to participate. The workshop will be held on:

Monday, April 12, 2010
1 pm – 10 pm

Elk Hills Elementary School
501 Kern Street
Taft, CA 93268

Purpose

The Energy Commission Staff is currently analyzing HEI’s Revised Application For Certification (AFC) for the proposed development of the HECA project. Staff has provided the applicant with two sets of data requests dated October 12, 2009 and January 13, 2010, respectively, for the following technical areas: air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, efficiency, geology and paleontology, hazardous materials, public health, reliability, socioeconomics, soil and water resources, traffic and transportation, waste management, visual resources/visible plume. The staff workshop will focus on the two set of data responses provided by the applicant for the above areas, additional questions staff might have, and possible resolution of identified issues. Other areas and issues may be discussed if necessary.

For more information:

http://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/hydrogen_energy/notices/index.html
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