plant), McGrath Beach (potential storage and processing at the Union Oil 

 terminal), and the Ventura River (upstream water pollution caused by 

 increased oil processing and refining activities). Development of LNG 

 or refining facilities at Ormond Beach would likely endanger or destroy 

 the dense bed of sand dollars, Dendraster excentricus , lying just off 

 the beach. 



San Nicholas and Anacapa Islands potentially are the path of spills 

 from OCS operations. Rookeries and hauling grounds on southern Anacapa 

 Island are especially endangered because of their proximity to shipping 

 lanes, areas of tanker collisions, or deballasting of waste oil. San 

 Nicholas would be threatened by spills from drilling on the Santa Rosa- 

 Cortez Ridge, which also may be suitable for nearby onshore sites for 

 processing and storage facilities for oil. 



Santa Barbara County 



The inaccessibility of 85% of the Santa Barbara County coastline 

 makes it one of the least disturbed areas along the Southern California 

 coast. The 110 miles of coast includes 86 miles of sandy beach and 24 

 miles of rocky shore. Three Channel Islands lie within County jurisdic- 

 tion. Terrestrial areas of the county support 300 species of birdlife, 

 51 species of mammals, and 28 species of reptiles and amphibians. 



The California Department of Fish and Game lists three large areas 

 in the county as important bays, lagoons, marshes, and estuaries. They 

 are the Santa Ynez River estuary, Goleta Slough, and El Estero 

 (Carpinteria Marsh), which together represent 720 of the 900 wetland 

 acres along the Santa Barbara Coast. The Channel Islands, a major 



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