1.0 Introduction
region. A total of up to 30 million cy is identified in an initial beach building phase with a capital cost of
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approximately 0 million, to be supplemented by yearly maintenance. These estimates are qualified that
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any future design study could "recommend a less extensive, less costly program."
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Funding sources to implement the Shoreline Preservation Strategy are identified in concept, anticipating
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that state and federal funds would cover only a portion of the total financing needs and that a major portion
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would have to come from local and regional sources. To date, the coastal cities have assessed themselves
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approximately ,000 yearly to fund a coastal monitoring program. Other, one-time-only, funds totaling
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.3 million have been provided by the Navy and California Department of Boating and Waterways
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(Section 2.1.4). While the SEC continues to solicit funds to implement portions of the strategy, they have
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not been successful to date. In April 2000, a grant application for ,000 to support a study on possible
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sand retention features was submitted to several state and federal entities for funding. All responded
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negatively.
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1.1.2
Previous Environmental Documentation
In 1993, SANDAG prepared the Shoreline Preservation Strategy for the San Diego Region, which
identified regional coastal areas with critical shoreline problems and recommended a strategy to address
the issue. Independent of that report, the Navy began to analyze a separate action in the F inal
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Development of Facilities in San Diego/ Coronado
to Support the Homeporting of One NIMITZ Class Aircraft Carrier (Department of the Navy 1995).
In order to accommodate the carrier, the Navy proposed to dredge the carrier berthing area, turning basin,
and the San Diego Bay navigation channel. A portion of the dredged sediment was initially believed to be
suitable for beach replenishment. As one option to dispose of the dredged material from the Homeporting
project, the Navy evaluated nine beach receiver sites in the San Diego region in this EIS.
The Navy subsequently prepared two EAs as tiered analyses to the EIS due to subsequent changes in the
location of beach receiver sites. These two EAs are Environmental Assessment for Beach
Replenishment at South Oceanside and Cardiff/Solana Beach, California (Department of the Navy
1997a) and Environmental Assessment for Beach Replenishment at North Carlsbad, South Carlsbad,
Encinitas, and Torrey Pines (Department of the Navy 1997b). As a result of the Homeporting project
and subsequent EAs, permits were issued to the Navy to place approximately 5.5 million cy of sand
dredged from San Diego Bay, both onshore and nearshore, at 11 receiver sites along the San Diego region
coastline (Table 1-1). During beach replenishment in Oceanside, however, munitions were found in the
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