Palos Verdes Reef Restoration Project
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2017021066
Lead Agency
California State Lands Commission
Document Title
Palos Verdes Reef Restoration Project
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Offshore; Pacific Ocean
Document Description
The project would result in the creation 40 acres of submerged rocky-reef habitat on the Palos Verdes Shelf for the purposes of enhancing marine ecological resources and creating a productive rocky-reef ecosystem in an area with limited hard substrate. The project involves the placement of 70,300 tons of quarried rock on 40 acres of sandy ocean bottom within a 69-acre project site. The quarry rock would be transported to the site via tugboat and barge from existing quarrels on Catalina Island. This project would compensate for lost ecosystem benefits associated with the loss of rocky-reef habitat in the area due to contaminated sediments from the Palos Verdes Shelf Superfund Site, as identified by the Montrose Settlements Restoration Program, and reef burial due to sedimentation from nearby landslides, irrigation practices, and sewage effluent.
Contact Information
Name
Kelly Keen
Agency Name
California State Lands Commission
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Rancho Palos Verdes
Counties
Los Angeles
Total Acres
69
Schools
Mira Catalina ES
Waterways
Pacific Ocean
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT)
Development Types
Other (offshore reef restoration)
Local Actions
state lease
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Transportation, Vegetation, GHG, Fishing
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