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7_BEACON Tech Report (FINAL)

1. Renourishing the Santa Barbara Littoral Cell; and

2. Improving protection to coastal structures and enhancing recreational opportunities.

The primary objective of the program is to obtain a 5-year permit from all necessary

regulatory agencies to allow opportunistic beach enhancement projects to occur within

the 5 years, eliminating the need for separate permits for each project. The permitting

agencies include the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), California Coastal

Commission (CCC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), State

Lands Commission (SLC), and the County of Santa Barbara. In addition permits may

be required from the individual cities. The permits would allow beach fills to occur

based on a pre-determined set of criteria that each project would have to meet. The

criteria would include chemical characteristics of the sand, grain size, color, particle

shape, debris content, compactability/moldability, placement sites, placement timing,

and placement rates.

Table 1-1 summarizes the sand quantities and percent fines proposed for placement on

each receiver beach. Table 1-2 summarizes anticipated sand sources, transport

method(s), and potential sand volume for each beach receiver site. In most cases sand

will be transported from the source to the receiver beach by truck. The beach fill

material will be placed below the mean high tide line, as a layer over the beach surface

as a berm, as a sand dike along the back of the beach, or as dune placement and

stabilization.

3208 Bio Report

06/12/02