Table 1-2. Matrix of Key Approvals and Permits

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City of Solana Beach

Section 1

Shoreline and Coastal Bluff Management Strategies Draft MEIR

Introduction

Table 1-2

Matrix of Key Approvals and Permits

Alternative 1

Alternative 2

Alternative 4

Alternative 3

Continuation of

Repeal of the

Planned Coastal

Sand Replenishment

Existing Policy

Shoreline and

Retreat Policy

and Retention

Coastal Bluff

Program

Protection

Ordinance

U.S. Army Corps of

404 Permit

Engineers

401 Certification

Regional Water Quality

Order

Control Board

Coastal Consistency**

Coastal Consistency

California Coastal

Determination/Coastal

Commission

Development Permit

Lease Agreement for

California State Lands

Utilization of

Commission

Sovereign Lands

Coastal Development

City of Solana Beach

Permit

Other reviewing and participating agencies for Alternative 3 could include SANDAG, California Department of Fish and Game,

California Department of Parks and Recreation, San Diego Air Pollution Control District, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, National Marine Fisheries Service, State Water Resources Board, and the City of Solana

Beach.

**Removal of debris, repairs to beach access stairs, etc. may require a permit from the Coastal Commission.

1.5.1

General Legal Principles Governing the Preparation of Master EIRs and

Environmental Analysis for "Subsequent Projects" Identified in MEIRs

A "master EIR" is a mechanism for doing thorough programmatic environmental impact analysis

in a single EIR prepared for a particular policy program, to be followed by more focused

environmental analysis for later "subsequent projects" consistent with the approved policy

program. CEQA Guidelines section 15175, subdivision (a), states that:

"The Master EIR procedure is an alternative to preparing a project EIR, staged EIR, or

program EIR for certain projects which will form the basis for later decision making. It is

intended to streamline the later environmental review of projects or approval included

within the project, plan or program analyzed in the Master EIR. Accordingly, a Master

EIR shall, to the greatest extent feasible, evaluate the cumulative impacts, growth

inducing impacts, and irreversible significant effects on the environment of subsequent

projects."

Thus, MEIRs are designed to eliminate, or reduce the scope of, environmental review of

subsequent discretionary activities or projects whose environmental effects are addressed in the

MEIR. An MEIR may be prepared for, among other things, "[a] rule or regulation that will be

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