Plan Stages & Timelines
A sophisticated plan for revitalization with visible improvements in its first 3 years
Stage 1:
- Implement the wetlands restoration plan on the northern 76 acres of the Synergy site
- Remove 95% of above-ground pipelines and 100% of all tanks from the Synergy and City sites
- Remediate and revegetate any area impacted by the removal of pipelines and tanks from the Synergy and City sites
- Construct the public access perimeter trail on the Synergy site
- Provide sidewalks and bikeways adjacent to the Project
- Construct facilities on Pumpkin Patch and LCWA so that oil operations can begin
- Construct the pipeline connecting the LCWA and Pumpkin Patch sites
- Voluntarily cap legacy oil operations by 75% once building permits are issued for the proposed office building on the Pumpkin Patch site
Stage 2:
- Continue wetlands restoration work on the Synergy site
- Begin the 5-year monitoring and reporting program for the northerly 76 acres
- Relocate and begin improvements to repurpose the Bixby Office Building to a Vistor’s Center on the Synergy site once the office building on Pumpkin Patch is completed
- Construct the public parking lot on existing disturbed areas adjacent to the Visitor’s Center
- Improve the entrance road to the Synergy site from 2nd Street
- Open the Visitor’s Center
Stage 3:
- Complete the wetlands restoration, including completion of the 5-year monitoring program
- Within 20 years after the project start date, remove 50% of all remaining wells on the Synergy and City sites
- Begin remediation and revegetation work, as feasible and necessary, on the southern 73 acres of the Synergy Oil Field after removal of the first 50% of wells
- Within 40 years after the project start date, remove all remaining oil wells from the Synergy and City sites
- After removal of all oil wells, complete the remediation and revegetation on the southern 73 acres of the Synergy site