BLM CA Torch Platform/Irene, Seabird Protection Network, Environmental Education Component

Post Date

August 12th 2010

Application Due Date

August 31st 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

L10AS00266

CFDA Number(s)

15.231

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Environment

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

State Governments

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $270000

• Award Range:

  $270000 - $270000

Grant Description

Torch/Platform Irene Spill occurred on September 28, 1997, when a 20-inch pipeline operated by the Torch Operating Company, ruptured between Platform Irene, an offshore oil plant in the Santa Barbara Channel, and an onshore processing facility north of the City of Lompoc in Santa Barbara County. The Spill released at least 163 barrels of petroleum into the Pacific Ocean and contaminated 17 miles of northern Santa Barbara County coastline and caused the mortality of seabirds, principally Common Murres (Uria aalge) and BrandtÀs Cormorants (Phalacrocorax penicillatus). A four member oil spill Trustee Council was formed consisting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), California Department of Fish and Game (DFG), California State Land Commission, and U.S. Department of Defense (Vandenberg Air Force Base).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Bureau of Land Management

• Agency Contact:

  Traci D Thaler, Grants and Agreements Specialist, 916-978-4529
  tthaler@blm.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  tthaler@blm.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  tthaler@blm.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov/