Morro Bay Harbor Six Year Maintenance Dredging Program, San Luis Obispo, California

Morro Bay Harbor Six Year Maintenance Dredging Program, San Luis Obispo, California

The proposed project includes the average annual sediment removal of approximately 150,000 cubic yards (114,684 cubic meters) to 200,000 cubic yards (152,912 cubic meters), to a maximum annual sediment removal of approximately 850,000 cubic meters (1,111,800 cubic yards) of material from the Federally authorized channel. The quantity potentially available for annual dredging the Modified Entrance Channel Morro Channel is approximately 300,000 cubic meters (392,400 cubic yards), for the Transition Channel, Main Channel, and Navy Channel is approximately 325,000 cubic meters (425,100 cubic yards), for the Morro Channel is approximately 75,000 cubic meters (98,100 cubic yards), and for the sand trap is approximately 150,000 cubic meters (196,200 cubic yards). Placement of dredged material occurs at one of two locations, south and north of the harbor.

Morro Bay

San Luis Obispo

California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance

Other (Annual maintenance dredging, 6-year program)

Dredging

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Recreation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife