Oil and Gas Permitting FAQs

• Applications can be submitted online through the Accela Citizen Access Portal.
  • Use the portal to upload all required documents, including application submittal documents and completion of work documents
  • Pay fees online
• When entering the project description please include any accessory work and equipment associated with the project such as sumps, pipelines, flares etc.
• When uploading documents such as a noise study, bio study, etc., in support of an application please name the documents for what they are, bio study, cultural resource study, noise study, etc.) under Document Name.

Site Plans are to include the following:

• The Operators signature
• For any permits associated with a well (pipeline, steam generator, flare et.) the coordinates of the well
• Rig layouts showing proposed signage and lighting
• The required 3,200-foot HPZ buffer in addition to the 4,000-foot buffer
• The proposed well depth
• The well depth should be the same depth included with the NOI package submitted to CalGEM

• Provide information to address EACH Step to Compliance using the preferred County Fillable Mitigation Responses template.
• If a step doesn’t apply, put N/A for that step.
• The original MMRP can be found HERE.

• For any re-works for which a County job card was issued during previous permitting cycles, please submit all the required documents. The Planning Department will utilize any previous Oil and Gas Permits for supporting documentation.

• Please submit on a monthly basis when an NOI or work has commenced or completed for any permit issued by Kern County Planning and Natural Resources.

• Kern County Energy Implementation Unit
  • oilandgasplanning@kerncounty.com
• R2508 Contact (Mitigation Measure 4.4-18)
  • Malcolm Warney, warney@us.af.mil