2. Onshore Support Facilities . Platforms Emmy and Eva are served by 

 helicopter from Huntington Beach. The City's pier is reserved for recrea- 

 tion and is not used by support boats. Oil workers are staged at the 

 1,800-foot long Seal Beach Pier, which can accommodate boats up to 80 

 feet in length. Conversion of the Seal Beach Pier for more intensive 

 staging of materials would require a significant increase in onshore 

 development. 



3. Processing . Seven oil and gas processing facilities are located 

 in Orange County, two of which serve offshore fields exclusively. Oil 

 storage tanks are located in Huntington Beach, Brea and Atwood in the 

 Santa Ana River area, and at Newport. 



4. Environmental Problems . Dredging and filling of wetlands has 

 drastically altered the Orange County coastline. Air pollution from the 

 Mobil refinery and small oil spills from the Gulf marine terminal also 

 contribute to oil -related degradation of the environment. 



5. Special Features . Orange County beaches are a valuable recrea- 

 tion resource for the region, and receive heavy use by local and 

 non-coastal residents. 



San Diego County 



San Diego has no history of onshore or offshore oil development and 

 no oil-related facilities currently exist within the County (See 

 Appendix I, Maps 25 and 28 through 30). However, two large ship- 

 yards and two support industries are located in San' Diego and fuel oil 

 is received and stored for a power generation plant at Encino. There 



is high potential for a deepwater port, crew staging, and possibly 



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