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7_BEACON Tech Report (FINAL)

6.0 FUTURE ACTIONS

As future actions of this program BEACON proposes to prepare and implement a set of

guidelines, and prepare a compliance protocol document.

6.1

IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES

A set of guidelines will be prepared and submitted for use by local agencies to assess beach fill

opportunities for suitability as opportunistic sand and to implement projects. The guidelines will

be prepared in the form of a handout that can be given to the general public. The handout will

describe the goals and rationale for the program and the procedure needed to determine the

compatibility of potential borrow site sediments. A checklist may also be developed for local

agency staff to use in assessing material sources as they come on-line through the project

application process. A copy of the checklist is attached as Appendix C to this report.

The guidelines will specify acceptable material criteria such as grain size, percent fines, color,

chemistry, compaction properties, particle shape, content, and require information of land use

history of the site and adjacent sites, the depositional environment, material location, and

quantity. The guidelines will also be instructions to local agency staff to use in reviewing potential

sand opportunities. It will be geared toward enabling the layperson to identify a candidate source

for opportunistic sand that can be further reviewed by BEACON staff as needed and presented to

permit agencies.

6.2

COMPLIANCE PROTOCOL DOCUMENT

When a nourishment project is proposed or carried out, BEACON will need a protocol to verify

compliance with permit requirements. The compliance protocol document will be prepared to

serve as a set of instructions to local agency staff of how to carry out a project and remain

consistent with permit requirements. Permit conditions may change over time and the

compliance protocol document may need to be a "living" document that is periodically updated

over the life of the program.

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