Los Cerritos Wetlands

A sophisticated plan for revitalization with visible improvements in its first 3 years

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

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

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

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2 – 3 Years

3 – 6 Years

20 Years

40 Years

Current

Construction of new office building, warehouse, and oil production facilities completed on Pumpkin Patch
Construction of oil production facilities completed on LCWA property
Construction of pipeline connecting Pumpkin Patch and LCWA sites
Strategic grading to facilitate wetlands restoration and associated habitat protection construction on northern 76 acres of Synergy site to begin and be completed between nesting seasons
Restoration planting to occur immediately to expand tidal connection
Begin the 5-year monitoring and reporting period for restoration area
Voluntarily cap legacy oil production y 75% once building permits are issued for the proposed office on the Pumpkin Patch site
Construction of sidewalks and bikeways along all sites frontages

Office and storage facilities are relocated from Synergy site to Pumpkin Patch
Drilling of new wells on Pumpkin Patch and LCWA site begins
Existing office structure relocated and repurposed for use as a Visitor’s Center
Visitor Center parking lot on Synergy site constructed
Perimeter trail completed
Improvements to entrance road to Synergy site off of 2nd Street completed
Northern 76 acres of Synergy site conveyed to LCWA, with Synergy retaining rights to sell Mitigation Bank credits
95% of all above-ground pipelines and 100% of all tanks to be removed from Synergy and City sites

Removal of 50% of all remaining wells on Synergy and City sites
Remediation and revegetation, as feasible, on the southern portion of the Synergy site as wells and associated facilities are removed

Removal of all remaining oil wells and related facilities from the Synergy and City sites
Complete remediation and revegetation of the southern 73 acres of the Synergy site

Photo credit: Cindy Crawford