Santa Barbara Coastal Plain and Terraces

Platforms Hillhouse and Henry behind on discharge reports

September 21, 2026

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Platform Hillhouse and Platform Henry, offshore oil platforms operated by DCOR in the Santa Barbara Channel, are in significant non-compliance with their Clean Water Act permits because they failed to submit required discharge monitoring reports.¹ Both facilities are overdue in filing these reports.¹

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