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4. Plan Overview
Utilities
Table 4-1
Proposed Management Actions by Alternative and Area
Element Alt 1 Alt 2 Alt 3 Alt 4
Upgrade utilities over time to meet current standards. • • • •
Provide for additional utility connections to accommodate additional
hookups and electrical demand in areas of new or expanded
development.
Maintain and repair existing lighting.
Maintain and repair existing lighting using energy-efficient fixtures;
add carbon-reducing features such as solar panels to offset carbon
footprint.
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• •
• • •
Add new lighting as necessary for additional development. • •
WATER OPERATIONS
Provide information about how to obtain wind and water level
information.
• • •
Clarify allowable visitor access to sensitive areas such as dams and
other water conveyance structures and facilities.
• • • •
Explore engineering solutions for shallow areas at low water levels,
including dredging and removal of sandbars.
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4.4.1 Alternative 1: No Action/No Project Alternative
NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1502.14(d)) and CEQA Guidelines (Section 15126.6)
require that a No Action (NEPA) and No Project (CEQA) alternative be analyzed
in an EIS and an EIR, respectively, to allow decision-makers to compare the
impacts of not approving the action with those of approving the action.
For Alternative 1, the current resource and recreation management direction and
practices in the Plan Area would continue unchanged. The management elements
listed for Alternative 1 in Table 4-1 are existing, ongoing activities in the Plan
Area and represent the expected future condition if the Plan were not
implemented. The previous plans described in Section 3.1 and Appendix A, Table
A-1 would remain in effect.
Although water and land management zones for Alternative 1 are shown in Map
8, the proposed Plan would not be implemented, and no Plan measures would be
applied to manage those zones. None of the new facilities or focused management
plans identified in the action alternatives would be implemented. Utility upgrades
would be necessary over time to adhere to current standards, but no provisions
would be made to accommodate any increase in demand for electricity and
potable/drinking water, or to add lighting in the Plan Area. The use of
nonconformant two-stroke marine engines would not be phased out.
The existing invasive mussel inspection program in the Plan Area, launched by
CSP on October 1, 2011, will continue for three years. If no funding is available
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