TOGETHER WE CAN END NEIGHBORHOOD OIL DRILLING

WE PROPOSE THESE PRINCIPLES TO ENSURE A HEALTHY FUTURE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CHILDREN

Declaration of Oil Field Principles

Putting Public Health & Safety First

The people of Culver City recognize that:

  1. There is no significant benefit to Culver City or its community from ongoing oil drilling and production activities in the Inglewood Oil Field
  2. The scientific research and the Draft EIR clearly demonstrate that there is no such thing as safe neighborhood oil drilling
  3. The scientific research and the Draft EIR clearly demonstrate that, even after instituting available mitigation measures, oil drilling and production in the Inglewood Oil Field will present significant and unavoidable environmental impacts that endanger the health and safety of our community

Now, therefore, the people of Culver City are resolved that our City’s actions concerning the Oil Field shall be guided by the following principles:

  1. The City shall immediately begin planning for a long-term future in which all oil activities in the Oil Field are permanently terminated, and the land is converted to safer and better uses that serve the public interest. This idea shall be integrated into the new City General Plan, and all regulations and decisions concerning current, new and ongoing drilling activity shall align with it.
  2. In regulating and overseeing all Oil Field activities until such time as oil activities permanently cease, the City shall put public health and safety first and, at a minimum, incorporate the following measures for which scientific research and the Draft EIR provide compelling evidence and legal grounds:
  • A complete ban on fracking and all other well stimulation techniques
  • A significantly increased buffer requirement from homes, schools and parks based on best available science and legal authority. The City should explore setbacks of up to 2,500 feet. Our community should be no less protected than the people of Dallas, Texas (1,500 foot setback) and the State of Maryland (1,000 foot setback).
  • No new net wells – for every new well drilled, an existing well must be safely abandoned
  • Adequate financial safeguards to protect the City and its people in the event of natural or financial disaster (possibly in the billions of dollars)
  • Expiration dates and schedules for the abandonment, clean up and restoration of :
  • any potential new wells established
  • all existing non-conforming wells
  • all oil-related activities within the Oil Field