DATE:
July 17, 2000
TO:
Interested Agencies, Organizations, and Individuals
FROM:
SANDAG Staff
SUBJECT:
Changes Incorporated into the Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental
Assessment (EIR/EA) for the San Diego Regional Beach Sand Project (RBSP)
Following the public review period on the Draft EIR/EA, clarifications and corrections were made to the
text of the Final EIR/EA. The following table identifies the locations of key changes to the text, tables and
graphics and a brief description of the changes. Text changes in the Final EIR/EA are noted with a letter
"R" in the margin. Note that some minor changes are not reflected in this table but are identified in the text
margin. Copies of all the letters received by SANDAG regarding the Draft EIR/EA and the responses to
the comments are found in Appendix G.
Summary Table of Changes Made to the Final EIR/EA for the RBSP
Location in Final EIR
Description
Sections ES-1, ES-2, 1.1.1, 5.1
Expanded description of Shoreline Preservation Strategy (SANDAG 1993).
Figures ES-2, ES-3, 2-1 and 2-2
Remove SO-4 which was incorrectly shown on these figures.
Sections ES-3, 1.3 and 2.4.1
Address schedule change from late summer 2000 to spring 2001.
Sections ES-4, 1.3, 2.4.1, 3.6,
Revised map, land use description and impact for Del Mar receiver site since
3.10, and 4.10; Figure 2-11
footprint moved approximately 300 feet to the south.
Sections ES-4, 2.4.1, 3.1 and 3.3;
Possible expansion of dredge area at SO-7 if SO-9 in and SO-6 not utilized.
Figures 2-15 and 2-16; Tables
ES-4, ES-5, and Table 2-5
Sections ES-4 and 2.4.1
Revised description for the North Carlsbad receiver site since footprint moved
approximately 35 feet to the riprap at the back of beach.
Sections ES-5, 2.5 and 4.4.2;
Clarification that grunion monitoring would continue for at least 14 days, until
Table ES-7
the eggs hatch, and/or surveys show no subsequent spawning and identified
the CDFG pamphlet to guide annual grunion run dates for monitoring.
Sections ES-5 and 2.5.2
Expanded description of ongoing coastal monitoring program funded by
SANDAG.
Sections ES-5 and 2.5.1; Table
Added text to guide reader to Section 2.4.1 regarding construction monitoring
ES-7
during dredge to address fishing gear compensation.
Sections ES-5 and 2.5
Clarify that resource/regulatory agencies make the determination regarding
need for mitigation based on review of monitoring reports.
Sections ES-5 and 2.5
Clarify use of estimated sedimentation volumes in Appendix C for determining
project impacts if monitoring results not clear and for negotiating funding.
Sections ES-5 and 2.5.1
Expanded description of 401 certification requirements.
Table ES-7
Under Cultural Resources for Alternative 1A, added text to indicate that any
known historic sites have been avoided by design.
Table ES-7
Under Land Use for Alternative 1a, clarified text to indicate no significiant
long-term impacts "at the borrow sites."
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