3.0 Affected Environment
CHAPTER 3.0
AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 3 sets forth the Affected Environment of the proposed action. The Affected Environment
describes the present conditions within the area of the proposed action. The project area is defined as the
coastal San Diego region, and is the area in which resources may be affected directly or indirectly by the
proposed action.
The receiver site footprints vary by alternative for the proposed action. For existing conditions, the
alternative whose receiver site boundaries are the longest is described. In Chapter 4, the impact analysis
addresses the receiver sites at a greater level of detail, where necessary, to fully address potential
environmental effects of an alternative.
This section of the EIR/EA describes the baseline conditions for each environmental resource against which
the potential impacts of the proposed action will be compared. Generally, the baseline utilized for the
analysis of environmental impacts under CEQA or NEPA reflects the conditions present at or about the
time the EIR/EA is initiated. For purposes of this EIR/EA, except where noted otherwise, the baseline year
is 1999. This is the year that the NOP was issued and the year that much of the offshore surveying and
modeling of sand deposits was performed. Some additional offshore surveying was completed in January,
February, and March 2000.
Regional Beach Sand Project EIR/EA
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