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San Diego Bay Watershed Management Area & Tijuana River
San Diego Bay Watershed Management Area & Tijuana River Watershed Management Area Copermittee Meeting Minutes October 23, 2018 10:00am-12:00pm County of San Diego, 5510 Overland Ave., Room 472, San Diego, CA 92123 Attendees: San Tijuana Organization Names Diego River Bay WMA WMA SDCRAA (Airport) Nancy Phu (Wood) X City of Chula Vista (CV) Marisa Soriano X City of Imperial Beach (IB) Chris Helmer X X City of La Mesa (LM) Joe Kuhn X Jim Harry X Joe Cosgrove X X City of San Diego (SD) Brianna Menke X Arielle Beaulieu X Stephanie Gaines X Joanna Wisniewska X X County of San Diego (County) Rouya Rasoulzadeh X X Dallas Pugh X Port of San Diego (Port) Stephanie Bauer X Matt Rich X X Wood Environment & Sarah Seifert X Infrastructure Solutions (Wood) Greg McCormick X D-Max Engineering, Inc. (D-Max) John Quenzer X X Dudek Bryn Evans X Members of the Public Michelle Hallack (Alta Environmental) - - 1. Call to order: 10:10am 2. Roll Call and Introductions Participants introduced themselves. 3. Time for public to speak on items not on the agenda Present members of the public declined the opportunity to speak. 4. Draft San Diego Bay FY20 budget The estimated budget for FY20 was discussed. The current FY20 estimate is conservative and assumes receiving water monitoring and the WQIP update would occur during the first year of the new permit term. The estimated budget is under the spending cap estimate, but is more than the FY19 budget since receiving water monitoring and the WQIP update are two items not included in this fiscal year’s (FY19) budget. -
Appendix A. Navy Activity Descriptions
Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing Draft EIS/OEIS June 2017 APPENDIX A Navy Activity Descriptions Appendix A Navy Activity Descriptions Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing Draft EIS/OEIS June 2017 This page intentionally left blank. Appendix A Navy Activity Descriptions Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing Draft EIS/OEIS June 2017 Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing TABLE OF CONTENTS A. NAVY ACTIVITY DESCRIPTIONS ................................................................................................ A-1 A.1 Description of Sonar, Munitions, Targets, and Other Systems Employed in Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing Events .................................................................. A-1 A.1.1 Sonar Systems and Other Acoustic Sources ......................................................... A-1 A.1.2 Munitions .............................................................................................................. A-7 A.1.3 Targets ................................................................................................................ A-11 A.1.4 Defensive Countermeasures ............................................................................... A-13 A.1.5 Mine Warfare Systems ........................................................................................ A-13 A.1.6 Military Expended Materials ............................................................................... A-16 A.2 Training Activities .................................................................................................. -
San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge Sweetwater Marsh and South San Diego Bay Units Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement Volume I – August 2006 Vision Statement The San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge protects a rich diversity of endangered, threatened, migratory, and native species and their habitats in the midst of a highly urbanized coastal environment. Nesting, foraging, and resting sites are managed for a diverse assembly of birds. Waterfowl and shorebirds over-winter or stop here to feed and rest as they migrate along the Pacific Flyway. Undisturbed expanses of cordgrass- dominated salt marsh support sustainable populations of light-footed clapper rail. Enhanced and restored wetlands provide new, high quality habitat for fish, birds, and coastal salt marsh plants, such as the endangered salt marsh bird’s beak. Quiet nesting areas, buffered from adjacent urbanization, ensure the reproductive success of the threatened western snowy plover, endangered California least tern, and an array of ground nesting seabirds and shorebirds. The San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge also provides the public with the opportunity to observe birds and wildlife in their native habitats and to enjoy and connect with the natural environment. Informative environmental education and interpretation programs expand the public’s awareness of the richness of the wildlife resources of the Refuge. The Refuge serves as a haven for wildlife and the public to be treasured by this and future generations. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service California/Nevada Refuge Planning Office 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-1832 Sacramento, CA 95825 August 2006 San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Sweetwater Marsh and South San Diego Bay Units Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement San Diego County, California Type of Action: Administrative Lead Agency: U.S. -
San Diego Bay Fish Consumption Study
CW San Diego Bay SC RP Fish Consumption Es 69 tablished 19 Study Steven J. Steinberg Shelly L. Moore SCCWRP Technical Report 976 San Diego Bay Fish Consumption Study Identifying fish consumption patterns of anglers in San Diego Bay Steven J. Steinberg and Shelly Moore Southern California Coastal Water Research Project March 2017 (Revised December 2017) Technical Report 976 TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP (TAG) Project Leads Southern California Coastal Water Research California Regional Water Quality Control Project (SCCWRP) Board, San Diego Region Tom Alo, Water Resource Control Engineer Dr. Steven Steinberg, Project Manager & Contract Manager Shelly Moore, Project Lead Brandman University Dr. Sheila L. Steinberg, Social Science Consultant Technical Advisory Group Members California Department of Fish and Wildlife California Regional Water Quality Control Alex Vejar Board, San Diego Region Chad Loflen California Department of Public Health Lauren Joe Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SPAWAR) City of San Diego/AMEC Chuck Katz Chris Stransky State Water Resources Control Board County Department of Environmental Dr. Amanda Palumbo Health Keith Kezer University of California, Davis Dr. Fraser Shilling Environmental Health Coalition Joy Williams Unified Port of San Diego Phil Gibbons Industrial Environmental Association Jack Monger United States Environmental Protection Agency Recreational Fishing/Citizen Expert Dr. Cindy Lin Mike Palmer i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This project was prepared for and supported by funding from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region; the San Diego Unified Port District; and the City of San Diego. We appreciate the valuable input and recommendations from our technical advisory group, Mr. Paul Smith at SCCWRP for his assistance in development of the mobile field survey application and database, our field survey crew (Mr. -
The Future of Sea Mines in the Indo-Pacific
Issue 18, 2020 BREACHING THE SURFACE: THE FUTURE OF SEA MINES IN THE INDO-PACIFIC Alia Huberman, The Australian National Internships Program Issue 18, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report argues that several dynamics of the coming few decades in the Indo-Pacific will see naval mines used once again in the region. It suggests they will form the basis of anti-access strategies for some Indo-Pacific states in a way that will be deeply transformative for the region’s strategic balance and for which Australia is thoroughly unprepared. It seeks to draw attention to the often- underappreciated nature of sea mines as a uniquely powerful strategic tool, offering the user an unparalleled asymmetric ability to engage high-value enemy targets while posing a minimal-risk, low- expense, and continuous threat. In the increasingly contested strategic environment of the contemporary Indo-Pacific - a region in which the threats to free navigation and the maritime economy are existential ones - there is considerable appetite for anti-access and sea denial weapons as defensive, offensive, and coercive tools. Naval strategists must,, prepare for the resurgence of mine warfare in the Indo-Pacific, and for the grand-scale and rapid timeline in which it can transform an operational environment. This report first seeks to collate and outline those characteristics of sea mines and of their interaction with an operational environment that make them attractive for use. It then discusses the states most likely to employ mine warfare and the different scenarios in which they might do so, presenting five individual contingencies: China, Taiwan, North Korea, non-state actors, and Southeast Asian states. -
US Navy Mine Warfare Champion
Naval War College Review Volume 68 Article 8 Number 2 Spring 2015 Wanted: U.S. Navy Mine Warfare Champion Scott .C Truver Follow this and additional works at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review Recommended Citation Truver, Scott .C (2015) "Wanted: U.S. Navy Mine Warfare Champion," Naval War College Review: Vol. 68 : No. 2 , Article 8. Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol68/iss2/8 This Additional Writing is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Naval War College Review by an authorized editor of U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Truver: Wanted: U.S. Navy Mine Warfare Champion COMMENTARY WANTED U.S. NAVY MINE WARFARE CHAMPION Scott C. Truver Successfully implementing innovation within a bureaucracy ultimately requires a champion to navigate the inherently political processes of securing sponsorship and resourcing. This is just as important to the very small as to the very large programs, particularly during periods of fiscal austerity. “It’s fragmented,” com- mented retired rear admiral Paul Ryan, former commander of the U.S. Navy’s Mine Warfare Command, in April 2014. “There is no single champion for mine warfare.”1 This lack of support presents challenges for the U.S. Navy and the nation, as the service struggles to articulate, and to muster the necessary backing for, mine warfare (MIW) strategies, programs, capabilities, and capacities. The task of confronting these challenges is complicated by the fact that MIW comprises not only mine-countermeasures (MCM—that is, minesweeping and mine hunt- ing) systems and platforms but also mines that can be employed to defeat our adversaries’ naval strategies and forces. -
Revitalizing Mine Countermeasure: Lessons from the Royal Navy In
NAVAL MINE WARFARE ESSAY CONTEST—1ST PRIZE Sponsored by The Mine Warfare Association BY LIEUTENANT JOHN MILLER, REVITALIZE MINE U.S. NAVY COUNTERMEASURES The Royal Navy’s experience responding to mines in World War II offers lessons for today. RAYTHEON 48 PROCEEDINGS | AUGUST 2019 he U.S. Navy knows that its current adversaries pose a substantial offensive mining threat. Russia, China, and Iran each possess—and too often export—an advanced, ro- bust, and mature offensive mine capability. The U.S. Navy must consider if it has the T speed and resources with which to respond to restore freedom of maneuver in the event of sustained mining. The pre–World War II U.S. Navy had neither built a minesweeper nor swept a mine in its his- tory. It had zero minesweepers on the register of active ships in September 1939.1 In compar- ison, the Royal Navy had 76 fleet minesweepers.2 By the end of the war, more than 1,000 U.S. and Allied vessels had served as minesweepers, combating offensive mine operations from the Atlantic and the Mediterranean to the Far East. While some were purpose-built, many were commercial vessels, such as trawlers and drifters, pressed into service by the Royal Navy to support mine countermeasure (MCM), antisubmarine warfare (ASW), escort, and patrol mis- sions. Though lightly armed, these vessels played a vital role in combating and defeating ad- versaries across multiple warfare domains. By filling a critical capability gap, these ships and boats enabled the Royal Navy to effectively stretch its finite naval forces across the globe. -
Sea Mines and Naval Mine Countermeasures: Are Autonomous Underwater Vehicles the Answer, and Is the Royal Canadian Navy Ready for the New Paradigm?
SEA MINES AND NAVAL MINE COUNTERMEASURES: ARE AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES THE ANSWER, AND IS THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY READY FOR THE NEW PARADIGM? Lieutenant-Commander J. Greenlaw JCSP 39 PCEMI 39 Master of Defence Studies Maîtrise en études de la défense Disclaimer Avertissement Opinions expressed remain those of the author and do Les opinons exprimées n’engagent que leurs auteurs et not represent Department of National Defence or ne reflètent aucunement des politiques du Ministère de Canadian Forces policy. This paper may not be used la Défense nationale ou des Forces canadiennes. Ce without written permission. papier ne peut être reproduit sans autorisation écrite. © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the © Sa Majesté la Reine du Chef du Canada, représentée par le Minister of National Defence, 2013 ministre de la Défense nationale, 2013. CANADIAN FORCES COLLEGE – COLLÈGE DES FORCES CANADIENNES JCSP 39 – PCEMI 39 2012 – 2013 MASTER OF DEFENCE STUDIES - MAITRISE EN ÉTUDES DE LA DÉFENSE SEA MINES AND NAVAL MINE COUNTERMEASURES: ARE AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES THE ANSWER, AND IS THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY READY FOR THE NEW PARADIGM? By Lieutenant-Commander J. Greenlaw, RCN Par capitaine de corvette J. Greenlaw, MRC This paper was written by a student La présente étude a été rédigée par attending the Canadian Forces un stagiaire du Collège des Forces College in fulfilment of one of the canadiennes pour satisfaire à l'une requirements of the Course of des exigences du cours. L'étude est Studies. The paper is a scholastic un document qui se rapporte au document, and thus contains facts cours et contient donc des faits et des and opinions, which the author opinions que seul l'auteur considère alone considered appropriate and appropriés et convenables au sujet. -
San Diego Bay CCA Factsheet 2019
CCA #122 San Diego Bay Critical Coastal Area DESCRIPTION This Critical Coastal Area (CCA) watershed drains into San Diego Bay in San Diego County, the third largest sheltered bay on the California coast. Many waterways flow into the bay. The largest is the Sweetwater River in the southern half of the bay, terminating in Sweetwater Marsh. The Otay River also terminates in saltwater marsh at the southern tip of the bay. Other notable creeks include Telegraph Canyon Creek, Paleta Creek, Chollas Creek, Paradise Creek, and Switzer San Diego Bay, Creek. Coronado Side All of these waterways begin in the Cuyamaca Mountains, (Copyright © 2006 Kenneth and flow through densely urbanized areas before entering & Gabrielle Adelman, the bay. There are also numerous flood control and water California Coastal Records supply dams along the larger tributaries. Historically, San Project). Diego Bay was one of the primary outflows of the San Diego For more photos, see the River (along with Mission Bay), but the river’s estuary was California Coastal Records straightened with dredging and levee projects at the end of Project. the 19th century. San Diego Bay is bordered by many large urban areas, including the cities of San Diego, National City, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, and Coronado. The downtown commercial center of the City of San Diego is along the north side of the bay, and the San Diego International Airport is nearby. Residences in Coronado (such as the Coronado Cays) line the Silver Strand, the strip of sand between the south bay and Coronado Island. The Coronado Bridge roughly bisects the bay, and provides auto access to the peninsula. -
Mine Warfare: an Old Threat Presents New Challenges for Nato's Post-Cold War Navies
Calhoun: The NPS Institutional Archive Theses and Dissertations Thesis Collection 1995-12 Mine warfare: an old threat presents new challenges for Nato's post-Cold War navies Lluy, Paul A. Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School http://hdl.handle.net/10945/31337 NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA THESIS MINE WARFARE: AN OLD THREAT PRESENTS NEW CHALLENGES FOR NATO'S POST-COLD WAR NAVIES by Paul A. Lluy w I! December, 1995 O Thesis Advisor: Jan S. Breemer Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. mm 052 REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instruction, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302, and to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0704-0188) Washington DC 20503. 1. AGENCY USE ONLY (Leave blank) REPORT DATE REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED December 1995 Master's Thesis MINE WARFARE: AN OLD THREAT PRESENTS NEW CHALLENGES FOR FUNDING NUMBERS NATO'S POST-COLD WAR NAVIES 6. AUTHOR(S) Paul A. Lluy 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 8. PERFORMING Naval Postgraduate School ORGANIZATION Monterey CA 93943-5000 REPORT NUMBER 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. -
Chapter 2. Oceanographic Conditions
Chapter 2. Oceanographic Conditions INTRODUCTION explain patterns of bacteriological occurrence (see Chapter 3) or other effects of the SBOO discharge The fate of wastewater discharged into deep offshore on the marine environment (see Chapters 4–7). waters is strongly determined by oceanographic conditions and other events that suppress or facilitate horizontal and vertical mixing. Consequently, MATERIALS and METHODS measurements of physical and chemical parameters such as water temperature, salinity and density Field Sampling are important components of ocean monitoring programs because these properties determine Oceanographic measurements were collected at 40 water column mixing potential (Bowden 1975). fi xed sampling sites located from 3.4 km to 14.6 km Analysis of the spatial and temporal variability offshore (Figure 2.1). These stations form a grid of these parameters as well as transmissivity, encompassing an area of approximately 450 km2 dissolved oxygen, pH, and chlorophyll may also and were generally situated along 9, 19, 28, 38, elucidate patterns of water mass movement. and 55-m depth contours. Three of these stations Taken together, analysis of such measurements (I25, I26, and I39) are considered kelp bed stations for the receiving waters surrounding the South subject to the California Ocean Plan (COP) water Bay Ocean Outfall (SBOO) can help: (1) describe contact standards. The three kelp stations were deviations from expected patterns, (2) reveal the utfall impact of the wastewater plume relative to other oma O PointL San ! San inputs such as San Diego Bay and the Tijuana I38 Diego Diego Bay River, (3) determine the extent to which water I37 ! I35 I36 ! ! mass movement or mixing affects the dispersion/ I34 ! I33 dilution potential for discharged materials, and ! (4) demonstrate the infl uence of natural events I30 I31 I28 I29 ! I32 such as storms or El Niño/La Niña oscillations. -
Figure 1. Regional Location Map
Figure 1. Regional Location Map - 2 - INTRODUCTION SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THE PLAN The updated San Ysidro Community Plan (Plan) is a comprehensive revision of the original plan adopted in 1974 and includes the urbanized portion of the Tijuana River Valley. The update was authorized at the City Council budget hearings of July 1987 and work on the project began in December of that year. The Planning Department, with the assistance of the San Ysidro Planning and Development Group, has studied San Ysidro’s major issues and challenges and has developed alternative solutions to realize the community’s potential. Included in the Plan is a set of recommendations based upon those alternative solutions to guide the development and the redevelopment of the San Ysidro community. Formal adoption of the revised Plan requires that the Planning Commission and City Council follow the same procedure of holding public hearings as was followed in adopting the original community plan. Adoption of the Plan also requires an amendment of the Progress Guide and General Plan (General Plan) for the City, which will occur at the first regularly scheduled General Plan amendment hearing following adoption of this Plan. Once the Plan is adopted, any amendments, additions or deletions will require that the Planning Commission and City Council follow City Council Policy 600-35 regarding the procedure for Plan amendments. Although this Plan sets forth procedures for implementation, it does not establish new regulations or legislation, nor does it rezone property. The rezoning and design controls recommended in the Plan will be enacted concurrently with Plan adoption.