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FINAL Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Restoration Plan FINAL Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Restoration Plan Prepared for: Guadalupe Fund Committee August, 2001 INTERACTIVE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT Final Restoration Plan for Natural Resources Impacted by the Guadalupe Oil Field Diluent Release August 2001 Prepared for: Guadalupe Fund Committee: Office of Spill Prevention and Response California Department of Fish and Game and State Coastal Conservancy Prepared by: Interactive Planning and Management 30 W. Mission Street, Suite 4 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 687-7032 FAX (805) 687-7832 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page 1. Introduction and Overview A. Introduction 1-1 B. Restoration Plan Overview 1-1 C. History of Guadalupe Oil Field Production 1-2 D. Planning Area Description 1-3 E. Restoration Plan Review Process 1-3 F. Restoration Projects Summary Table 1-4 2. Nature and Context of Injured Resources and Settlement A. Description of Diluent Contamination and Remediation Efforts 2-1 B. Involvement of Regulatory Agencies 2-2 C. Settlement of the State Plaintiff's Claims for Damages, Civil Penalties and Costs 2-2 D. Guadalupe Natural Resources Restoration Trust 2-5 3. Environmental Setting and Description of Injured Resources A. Surficial Geology 3-1 B. Surface and Groundwater Interactions 3-2 C. Onshore Biological Resources 3-3 D. Oceanography and Marine Water Quality 3-6 E. Marine Biological Resources 3-7 F. Land Use, Recreation, and Visual Context 3-9 4. Restoration Plan Goals, Objectives, and Process Overview A. Purpose and Overall Goals of the Plan 4-1 B. Objectives 4-1 C. Process Overview and Public Involvement 4-1 1. Restoration Subcommittee Role 4-1 2. Public Advisory Committee and Scoping Process 4-2 D. Restoration Alternatives including the “No Action” Alternative 4-3 5. Project Evaluation Framework A. Screening and Evaluation Criteria and Alternative Approaches to Dune and 5-1 Resource Restoration 1. Geographic Criteria 5-1 2. Threshold Criteria 5-1 3. Additional Criteria 5-1 B. Proposal Categorization 5-2 C. Post-Submittal Evaluation 5-4 D. Future Environmental Review 5-4 6. Restoration Alternatives and Framework A. Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Projects / Program 6-1 1. Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Interim Projects 6-1 2. Stewardship Collaborative Work Plan 6-7 3. Stewardship Collaborative Endowment 6-8 4. Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Long-Term Projects 6-13 i. Most Preferred Projects 6-13 ii. Moderately Preferred Projects 6-17 i Section Page iii. Least Preferred Projects 6-20 5. Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Already Funded Projects 6-20 B. Non-Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Projects 6-20 i. Most Preferred Projects 6-20 ii. Least Preferred Projects 6-24 7. Program Implementation and Monitoring A. Implementation Framework 7-1 1. Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Interim Projects 7-2 2. Work Plan Development and Long-Term Projects 7-3 3. Non-Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Projects 7-4 B. Program Scheduling and Costs 7-4 C. Monitoring, Adaptive Management, and Feedback 7-4 8. Appendices A. Supportive Information 8-1 A-1. Past Remediation Projects (partial list) 8-1 A-2. Onshore Biological Resources 8-3 A-3. Restoration Alternatives 8-8 Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Least Preferred Projects 8-8 Already Funded Projects 8-12 Non-Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Least Preferred Projects 8-15 B. References and Sources 8-24 C. Persons and Organizations Contacted 8-28 D. Public Review Process 8-29 List of Figures Figure 1 - Oblique Aerial View of Dunes 1-2 Figure 2 - Regional Map 1-5 Figure 3 - Guadalupe Oil Field Diluent Contamination 2-3 Figure 4 - Heavy equipment activity removing contaminated materials 2-5 Figure 5 – Surf Fishing Activity near Santa Maria River Mouth 3-9 Figure 6 - Projects Locations / Legend 4-4 Figure 7 - Project Evaluation and Implementation Framework 5-3 Figure 8 - Dunes Exotic Pest and Plant Removal and Restoration 6-2 Figure 9 - Example of GIS Efforts Currently Under Development 6-6 Figure 10 - Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Stewardship Collaborative Projects 6-9 Figure 11 - Project Implementation Framework 7-2 List of Tables Table 1 - Project Summary Table 1-6 Table 2 - Chronology of Events and Remedial Actions at the Guadalupe Oil Field 2-4 Table 3 - Public Advisory Committee Membership 4-2 Table 4 - Interim Funding Request / Guadalupe Dunes Park and Point Sal 6-5 ii Restoration Plan Participants Restoration Plan Subcommittee Elena Eger, State Coastal Conservancy, Co-manager Michael Sowby, DFG Office of Spill Prevention and Response, Co-manager Public Advisory Committee Organization Individual Audubon Society, Morro Coast Chapter John Perkins Surfer's Environmental Alliance Mark Massara Dunes Center Liz Scott-Graham Nature Conservancy Kara Smith Center for Natural Land Management Sherry Teresa Agencies Individual Cachuma Resource Conservation District Gerald Czarnecki California State Parks Department Dennis Doberneck City of Guadalupe Sam Arca City of San Luis Obispo Allen Settle County of San Luis Obispo, Planning Department John Nall Guadalupe Dunes National Wildlife Refuge Chris Barr Regional Water Quality Control Board Gerhardt Hubner San Luis Obispo Coast District, State Parks Joe Mette San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Katcho Achadjian San Luis Obispo County Land Conservancy Ray Belknap Santa Barbara County Parks Department Steve Strachan Santa Barbara County Planning & Development Department Luis Perez U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Diane Noda Restoration Subcommittee Individual California DFG - Office of Spill Prevention & Response Michael Sowby State Coastal Conservancy Elena Eger Participating Agency Staff California Department of Fish and Game Melissa Boggs Kathy Verrue-Slater State Coastal Conservancy Carol Arnold iii Chapter 1 – Introduction and Overview Final Restoration Plan 1. Introduction and Overview A. Introduction This Final Restoration Plan summarizes the restoration planning process conducted by the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) and the California Coastal Conservancy (Conservancy) and describes proposed natural resource restoration projects designed to restore resources injured as a result of numerous diluent releases at the Guadalupe Oil Field. The draft document provided the public an opportunity to review and comment on the range of proposed restoration projects. As a Final Plan, this document outlines possible restoration projects that will be funded from a settlement reached between various State Agencies and Unocal Corporation, of which $9 million was dedicated to fund projects to restore, replace, rehabilitate and/or acquire the equivalent of the natural resources and related services that were injured, lost, or destroyed by diluent releases at the Guadalupe Oil Field. This document also describes the affected environment and resources injured by the releases. The settlement required Unocal Corporation to place the $9 million into the Guadalupe Natural Resources Restoration Trust to fund restoration projects to be selected by the CDFG and the Conservancy. The CDFG is the State Trustee for fish, wildlife and their habitat pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 1802. Additionally, the CDFG has authority to assess natural resource damages and implement restoration under the Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act, Government Code § 8670.1 et seq.. The Conservancy is authorized pursuant to Division 21 of the Public Resources Code § 31000 et seq., to implement a program of agricultural protection, area restoration, and resource enhancement in the coastal zone and areas affecting the coastal zone; to acquire land for park, recreation, fish and wildlife habitat in the coastal zone; and to implement public access to the coast. Additionally, pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") entered into by the CDFG and the Conservancy, the restoration projects must be located in the geographical area of San Luis Obispo County and/or Santa Barbara County, as near as possible to the Guadalupe Oil Field. The MOU also required the establishment of a Public Advisory Committee to advise the CDFG and the Conservancy regarding the selection and management of restoration projects and to review proposals for these projects. The CDFG and the Conservancy comprise the Restoration Subcommittee referred to in this draft plan. The purpose of the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Restoration Plan is to comprehensively set forth a programmatic approach to restore the biological resources that were injured as a result of the spill and to undertake restoration programs in such a manner that the settlement funds are utilized cost-effectively to maximize the physical recovery of injured and similar resources. The restoration plan includes an endowment component that is intended to increase the capacity for long term management of the selected restoration projects and stewardship of the dune complex for the foreseeable future. This Restoration Plan does not address the long-term site cleanup required by the settlement or the mitigation required per various agency permits, for impacts resulting from the remediation activities at the Guadalupe Oil Field. B. Restoration Plan Overview The purpose of the Restoration Plan is to notify the public of the restoration projects under consideration by the CDFG and the Conservancy (also referred to as the "Restoration Plan Subcommittee") to restore resources injured by the diluent releases. The goal of this effort will be to enhance restoration of the biological resources that were injured as a result of the spill and to undertake projects, including an 1-1 Chapter 1 – Introduction and Overview Final Restoration Plan endowment component, in such a manner that the settlement funds are utilized cost-effectively to maximize the physical recovery of injured resources or services they provided. In addition, the endowment component is intended to increase the capacity for long-term stewardship of the dunes for the foreseeable future. Figure 1-Oblique Aerial View of Dunes Photo Courtesy of San Luis Obispo Land Conservancy The projects described in this plan were submitted by members of the Public Advisory Committee. Subsection IE includes a Summary Table of the projects submitted to the Restoration Plan Subcommittee. C. History of Guadalupe Oil Field Production Oil exploration and production began in the area with the Sand Dune Oil Company in October 1947.
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