Speak out against crude oil trucking!

Sentinel Peak Truck Rack proposal

Santa Maria oil tanker truck accident and fire, Oct. 11, 2021
Photo courtesy of Santa Barbara County Fire Department

On Wednesday, August 14, the County Planning Commission will be holding a public hearing to consider SBCAN's appeal of the Sentinel Peak Truck Rack Project. The meeting starts at 9 a.m. This is Item #2 on the agenda, likely to come up about 10 a.m.

SBCAN objects to the Planning and Development Director's approval of the project because it would allow Sentinel to haul an average of six tanker loads of crude oil 165 miles from the Purisima Hills to Coalinga every day for up to 50 years.

The approval was made by staff without any public hearings, and a full environmental impact report was not prepared. There was no recognition of the inherent dangers of trucking crude oil on our roads and highways, including fatal accidents, oil spills affecting waterways, and fires.

We urge you to support SBCAN's appeal and ask the  Planning Commission NOT to certify the mitigated negative declaration on the project. Read the notice of the public hearing here. 

Read about the project, our grounds for appeal and our public comment letter here: https://www.countyofsb.org/3489/Sentinel-Peak-Truck-Rack-Project 

Read SBCAN's press release here. 

The hearing will be held at the Betteravia Government Center. You can attend in person, participate online or send in a comment. Click here for instructions.

The Sentinel Peak full truck route snakes 165 miles from the Lompoc Oil Field in Santa Barbara County to the town of Coalinga in Fresno County. The trucks will run on city streets, crowded highways and winding rural roads in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Kern and Fresno Counties.

The Sentinel Peak oil truck route begins at the Lompoc oil field and snakes through Mission Hills, Vandenberg Village, Orcutt and Santa Maria in Santa Barbara County.