Sunken Seaweed Pilot Project
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2018078359
- Public Agency
- San Diego Unified Port District
- Document Title
- Sunken Seaweed Pilot Project
- Document Type
- NOE - Notice of Exemption
- Received
- Posted
- 7/19/2018
- Document Description
- The proposed project is a submerged line-based pilot seaweed farm system atGrape Street Pier No. 1. The project would require a Tideland Use and Occupancy Permit (TUOP) to SUnken Seaweed, LLC for their use of approximately 4,422 square feet of water area at the northwestern end of Grape Street Pier No. 1 adjacent to North Harbor Drive. The purpose of the project is to demonstrate the feasibility of seaweed aquaculture in San Diego Bay through a pilot project by cultivating, outplanting, growing, and harvesting several species of native marine macrolague as a culinary product. All onshore seaweed-processing would occur at an uolands locationat marine lab and would not require any land-based facilities on tidelands. A "Blue Economy Agreement" by and between the District and SunkenSeaweed, LLC is also proposed and other similar agreements may also be required.
- Contact Information
-
Torre Polizzi
San Diego Unified Port District
Lead/Public Agency
Land Use Planning Department 3165 Pacific Highway
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone : (916) 749-8865
Location
- Cities
- San Diego
- Counties
- San Diego
- Cross Streets
- Grape Street Pier No. 1
- Zip
- 92101
Notice of Exemption
- Exempt Status
- Categorical Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- S: 15301,15303,15306
- Reasons for Exemption
- Consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency's determination; Construction of limited numbers of new, small facilities, structures; installation of small new equipment and facilities in small structures; Includes basic data collection, research, experimental, management, and resource evaluation activities.
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