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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSS3 - Permanent Designation of Disposal Site LA-30 I Permanent Designation of ? Disposal Site LA -3 Newport Beach City Council Tuesday, February 22 "d, 2005 0 City Council Meeting February 22, 2005 Study Session Agenda Item No. SS3 EPA's Ocean Disposal Site Designation Process 1 - Zarr Planning Process Pudic MeelW9lo Prmenl - P.,.a B Need OnII EIS an Receive TOT A L/ .Zone of SA Feasidliry Commons 1 DA 0 2 m to EPA for krf vielw Re 0 EPA SOnih Coasbl DdnsWAe Dalemrnaeoo Ia Dalilomm Co. Mal 6omirission i J EPA PuIrlisNes Nance of I enl W Prtpam EIS in 11 Federal Register �a5 Day CO . nl Period 9 Fedeal Register NOU[e for Final EIS and Proposed Rule -e5 Day Commends Peuod July 2003 e P,faia Sniping Meeinga t0 Regnmr NOilte for Anal RUIe Anal R ( .00 Day Period •.f 5 e 8 Analyse Eainhay . �'�e A, DonduM Sluduo As No[essary f: • qe� Side Oesipnedion for ODMDS Semmes ERm(vee Pemurnenl .f' B Federal Register N,fta for " Current Phase blSeDalyCOmm +IPoniard 0 Overview of EPA's Site Designation Criteria + ✓ Minimize interference with other uses of the ocean, 9 including fishing and navigation y , ✓ Limited in size to minimize impacts and facilitate monitoring and management ✓ No significant adverse effects outside the site boundary, or to beaches, shorelines, etc. ✓ Where feasible, beyond the continental shelf break to minimize coastal zone impacts ✓ Where feasible, at historically used disposal locations to minimize cumulative effects PURPOSE and NEED for LA -3 P ✓ "Beneficial Re -Use" is preferred, but not f ^'•; possible for all material from all projects ✓ Existing LA -2 site capacity was never specified ✓ Existing LA -2 site is not practicable for all dredging projects in the region to use ✓ LA -3 is a historically -used disposal site (its "interim" status expired on January 1, 2003) ✓ LA -3 is off the continental shelf 0 9 2 0 Location of LA -2 & LA -3 Disposal Sites t r...,..: n.o-muoo r.. 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N U47 I �.. o v "N 5 0 5 10 Kibnntcrs • Bathymetry Near the LA -2 Disposal Site SAN PEDRO SEA VALLEY. - - - -LA-2 SITE - • G •�I.i�'J5� , N �,• :15µt1 %L, 3 Bathymetry ,. .. , El �?ir t�rfrpnri ('union Ct }-'' ;. �� � � '•fir' � ;A Interim 1 i LA.-9 On tdewporl � ��'�': �����• Irrlcrim ;L0 ' � Proposed 1 A 0 • El 0 LA-2 Disposal Volumes, 1976-2001 y aa i n W: JAY. �- ALL �: kjlt �-'1�_Y��IZ �.•�. � 'T �� � r�, Year E RVA LA -3 Disposal Volumes, 1976 -2001 ] Maintenance i =' w R.W. .0 Capital Work . -+ Y� Year 5 Alternatives Evaluated in the Draft EIS ✓ 1: "No.Action" - Do NOT designate LA -3, and continue use of LA -2 without a specific annual volume limit ✓ 2: "Maximize use of LA -2" — Do NOT designate LA -3, but set an annual volume limit for LA -2 high enough to serve the whole region ✓ 3: "Local Use of LA -2 and LA -3" — Designate LA -3 with a volume limit to serve Orange County projects, and set a limit at LA -2 to serve Los Angeles county projects ✓ 4: "Maximize use of LA -3" — Designate LA -3 with a volume limit high enough to serve the whole region, and set a volume limit at LA -2 to serve only those Los Angeles "J: County projects that cannot feasibly use LA -3 Modeled Deposition sons 8 �, —.OUNDA at LA-2 At maximum disposal of m .'..p:`a 3,500,000 cv (Alternative 2) I'i DispMal o� S SRE .I large( Zone' BWNDIRY 0e, At proposed disposal limit of 1,000,000 cy (Alternative 3) Disposal Tx9el Zone LI 11 i 0 `p.d Id6 Imemauna Sr Rend fAS a�N- G- E•1f —S COUM� nl anrn�s rnie� f • t{� ,.i.•.. .. �`T.•Y'rS ,/tam s�•a .i'f bM^t ✓{ t 14. f S:' `' .' aN Q11ti••• e•�•e' ti �4yyF�'�rA.^. ±..�+1y {;��. F f �/•_ W • , MT l �l'�il'i`TCl�4' n :• P 1' •�V �YIH�1•r`tA. �� 1'r.I��w.li:� �•E�ti:i 7 Modeled Deposition eouxe _ u^ at LA-3 _.._ . .... At maximum disposal of a I I' .F �.< 3,500,000 cy (Alternative 4) off, I ".3 a" t OisPOSaI n Target Zone _ xuln ws...nm.mwnl_r; ..8.r.eY ay 1 ® 6 y �) � At proposed disposal limit of 2,500,000 cy (Alternative 3) DiWO N .mo Target Zone IiI .5%01 f4E +� xWRVfim MnorwxM' .0.N �1YJ iE'A .I(� 0 104 t� 1W] IJA f4A `p.d Id6 Imemauna Sr Rend fAS a�N- G- E•1f —S COUM� nl anrn�s rnie� f • t{� ,.i.•.. .. �`T.•Y'rS ,/tam s�•a .i'f bM^t ✓{ t 14. f S:' `' .' aN Q11ti••• e•�•e' ti �4yyF�'�rA.^. ±..�+1y {;��. F f �/•_ W • , MT l �l'�il'i`TCl�4' n :• P 1' •�V �YIH�1•r`tA. �� 1'r.I��w.li:� �•E�ti:i 7 O� .... I � •• �y 4�r a' ocso wnane � �(,�� rve.pn\ , ''r f,�sC �%';��,��fL'- j•��•�. .1 t S� •, �, fit, �. � ��.� r �i �.l .<. 1 ... q. o' Meters zavo . Location of Cross - Section Between the LA -3 Sites and the OCSD Outfall OMlance imeleral 0000 200D000 9000000 6000000 8000000 10000000 13000000 14000.000 D 100 00 200110 e FE ](10.00 5 O 400 00 WON NOW Cross Section Profile -OCSD Outfall to LA -3 Sites S E R 0 Site Management and Monitoring ?� To ensure impacts are minimized: S� • The selected alternative must be implemented according to a Site Management and Monitoring Plan (SMMP) ' • The SMMP includes project - specific compliance monitoring requirements such as scow tracking, t record - keeping, and reporting The SMMP also includes requirements for .d; periodic disposal site monitoring The draft SMMP is Appendix A to the DEIS is Summary: Comparison of Alternatives When managed to ensure ace u rate disposal: • Each alternative would have insignificant benthic impacts outside the disposal site(s) boundaries • Each alternative would have insignificant impacts to fishes, marine mammals, or seabirds • Each alternative would have insignificant impacts to ' beaches, marine sanctuaries, or archeological resources • Air quality emissions minimized under Alternative 3 i Z Environmentally Preferred, & Proposed Action ✓_ 1: "No Action" =Do_NOT designate LA -3, and continue_. use of LA -2 without a specific annual volume limit ✓ 2: "Maximize use of LA -2" — Do NOT designate LA -3, but set an annual volume limit for LA -2 high enough to serve the whole region ✓ 3: "Local Use of LA -2 and LA -3" — Designate LA -3 with a volume limit to serve Orange County projects, and set a limit at LA -2 to serve Los Angeles county projects ✓ 4: "Maximize use of LA-311— Designate LA -3 with a volume limit high enough to serve the whole region, and set a volume limit at LA -2 to serve only those Los Angeles County projects that cannot feasibly use LA -3 How To Provide Comments `` ✓ Send comments by e-mail to: R9- LA3- DEIS @epe.gov ✓ or send comments by mail to: Allan Ote, USEPA Region 9 (WTR -8) 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105 ✓ Comments will be accepted until March 7, 2005 i' 0 0 i 10 C ti • E _. . ...... Recap_ of_Next_ Steps, _and . _ __. . Other Opportunities to Comment ✓ After review of comments and any needed revisions, the Final EIS should be out in Summer 2005 ✓ Concurrent with release of the Final EIS, EPA will publish a site designation Proposed Rule, and accept further public comment on that ✓ A final site designation decision could then be made in Fall 2005 \Jl �n fi O A a� A W 4mo O W V1 O Aft �W! TWA z M i z • POO rL O rL 4=4 E -F T MUM LID O cn C < C r1l 0 G� V WJ W A a� • ^j A N M - U Cd M O O N N (O n l O o� O o N U .n O- N U Un a C N U a) a Q a> - 01 O W m 0 Q Z a a� LL cm d Z E a U° E ° u c °_ a E mm E s W ro aN E ° c w E 'C aS ° O y . o d 'x 5 O U Un C O 2 WU) ° � m °-c E.� d ] p N O O Z N C O Z 06 o N � O .n > o Q N 'O LO Z a�o (6 C U 'O (�6 LO -CaN 4 Una' C U >. 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