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Taft staff brief commissioners on Kern County oil-and-gas permitting overhaul and EIR; public hearing planned
Summary
Taft Planning Director Mark briefed the commission June 4 on Kern County’s code update and EIR intended to streamline permitting for new oil and gas wells, including proposed impact fees for air quality, biology and transportation and an expedited review track.
Taft Planning Director Mark told the Planning Commission on June 4 that Kern County is revising its oil and gas permit code and circulating an environmental impact report (EIR) that would establish mitigation fees and an expedited review track for new wells and associated site compounds.
Mark described the project as a code update—similar in form to a local zoning code chapter—and said the county’s EIR identifies likely impact fees to address air‑quality impacts (to regional or state air quality boards), biological…
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