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Orange County Coastal Regional Sediment Management Plan
1.2 Objectives
The objectives of this project are presented below:
• Obtain and compile existing data and information that may be relevant to the project,
including plans, reports, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National
Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) documents, spatial data and other information.
• Engage stakeholders to obtain input, data, information, and plan formulation ideas; keep
the stakeholders informed on the project progress; and seek input from them on the draft
Plan. Stakeholders include local and regional agencies, non government organizations,
elected officials, the scientific community, and various groups within the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (USACE), California Coastal Sediment Management Workgroup
(CSMW) and the County of Orange.
• Identify key opportunities and constraints of RSM projects in Orange County such as:
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Areas of critical erosion and sediment deficit;
Potential nearshore disposal sites;
Potential sediment sources;
Sand retention structure opportunities;
Economic feasibility;
Potential funding streams;
Potential beneficial use of sediment opportunities;
Critical and sensitive habitat areas; and
Permitting requirements.
• Develop a Plan that is:
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Specific to Orange County beaches and shoreline;
Includes an array of potential projects with implementation priorities;
Useful to stakeholders
• Technically, economically, politically and environmentally feasible;
• Includes recommendations for financial viability;
• Includes recommendation to implement the Plan; and
• Includes suggestions for possible governance approaches.
1.3 Relationship to Other Plans
The Plan is one component of a larger group of national and state RSM programs and plans
and is supported by other master plans and management plans as described below.
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