4. Mandalay Beach . Southern California Edison maintains 785,000 bar- 

 rels of oil storage for its generating plant at Mandalay Beach. The tanks 

 are supplied by an offshore pipeline and terminal. There is land available 

 for expansion and the surrounding land presently supports onshore oil pro- 

 duction and processing. The State Coastal Commissions recommendation that 

 the beach dunes be preserved could be a major restraint on the use or 

 development of the beach area for processing oil and gas from the Santa 

 Clara unit or other tracts in the eastern Santa Barbara Channel. 



5. Ormond Beach . Ormond Beach is currently being considered as a 

 site for a proposed LNG vaporization plant. There is now an electric 

 generating plant with over 2-1/2 million barrels of oil storage, and a 

 small industrial complex in the area. The area is surrounded by farms. 



A refinery site could be assembled at Ormond Beach even with the develop- 

 ment of an LNG complex. The establishment of processing and storage of 

 oil and gas from the Hueneme Canyon Fields would not present site pro- 

 blems unless conflicts with local air and land use regulations exist. 



6. Port Hueneme . Port Hueneme will undoubtedly serve as the major 

 staging and supply area for any offshore oil development in the Santa 

 Barbara Channel. As indicated above, there is also a plan under con- 

 sideration to bring oil from the Navy's Elk Hills reservoir to the port 

 for shipment to northern and southern refineries. This plan would 

 require the construction of storage facilities, and possibly processing 

 facilities, at the port. Port officials are aggressive in promoting the 

 port for oil and gas uses and would encourage use of port lands for any 

 OCS-related development. 



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