Cars Are Basic (CAB), a public watchdog group based in Santa Barbara County, CA, is submitting this comment to the County Planning Department on the proposed Exxon Mobil Interim Trucking project.
CAB supports the development of oil and gas reserves located in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). To this end, we have submitted three comment letters to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) supporting President Trump's America First Energy Policy, which includes a new five-year leasing plan for the OCS.
ExxonMobil is a major player in the OCS. This includes three platforms located off the coast of Santa Barbara County. ExxonMobil transported oil produced from those three platforms through the Plains All American Line 901 and 903 pipeline. In May 2015, Line 901 ruptured. Both lines 901 and 903 have been shut down since the rupture.