3.6 Land and Water Use
of the Encina Power Plant, Cabrillo Power, has an existing CSLC lease (PRC 932) for deposition of
sediment from the dredging of Agua Hedionda Lagoon immediately south of this receiver site.
Land Use Policies
The following policies identified in the City of Carlsbad Land Use Element of the General Plan, Chapter
III: Environmental, Section C, are relevant to the proposed action:
C.9.
Implement to the greatest extent feasible the natural resource protection
policies of the Local Coastal Program.
C.11. Participate in programs that restore and enhance the City's degraded
natural resources.
The following policy identified in the City of Carlsbad LCP, Chapter II-2, Policy 4-1: Coastal Erosion, is
also relevant to the proposed action:
b.
Beach Sand Erosion. Pursue mitigation measures which address the causes of beach
sand erosion; sand dredging ... is one such method which had been suggested. The
City should continue to participate in the Regional Coastal Erosion Committee's
studies of the causes and cures for shoreline erosion.
South Carlsbad (North and South)
On-site and Adjacent Land Use
There are two proposed South Carlsbad receiver sites, one to the north and one to the south. No sand
is proposed at the South Carlsbad South receiver site under Alternative 1. The South Carlsbad North and
South Carlsbad South proposed receiver sites are under the jurisdiction of the California State Department
of Parks and Recreation. An estimated 430,973 persons visited South Carlsbad State Beach in fiscal-year
1997-1998 (California Department of Parks and Recreation 1999). The South Carlsbad North receiver
site is located approximately two miles north of the Batiquitos Lagoon inlet, stretching for approximately
2,800 feet (0.5 mile) to the north near Palomar Airport Road, under the maximum length alternative. The
site is bordered by steep vegetated bluffs. The South Carlsbad South receiver site begins just south of the
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