Services Provided
  • Coordination with the Following Agencies: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service; California Department of Fish and Wildlife; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; California Coastal Commission
  • Joint EIS/EIR
  • Surfgrass Survey
  • Air Conformity Determination
  • Coastal Consistency Determination
  • 404(b)(1)
  • CEQA and NEPA Notices
  • Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program

The City of San Clemente is an affluent beach city located in Orange County, California. With over 3,000 feet of shoreline, San Clemente is in the process of examining counter measures to future erosion and storms have reduced recreational beach opportunities and are threatening the stability of City facilities, private property, and a major southern California commuter rail corridor. Beach erosion is an ongoing problem along the San Clemente shoreline. Over the past 20 years, average beach widths in the City’s beaches have been gradually reduced more than 50 percent compared to beach measurements from 1958 and 1981. The City of San Clemente is partnering with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to protect approximately 3,412 feet of shoreline from Linda Lane to T-Street.

Chambers Group completed a joint Environmental Impact Statement / Environmental Impact Report satisfying NEPA and CEQA for a proposed beach fill/nourishment action alternative. In addition to conventional impact area analyses on air quality, geology, water quality/oceanography, biological resources, cultural resources, ground and vessel traffic/transportation, land use, noise, recreation, aesthetics, public health and safety, and socioeconomics/environmental justice, Chambers Group conducted a surfgrass survey and prepared an Air Conformity Determination, Coastal Consistency Determination, 404(b)(1), CEQA and NEPA notices, and the mitigation monitoring and reporting program. Chambers Group also coordinated with federal and state agencies, such as the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in multiple, multi-agency meetings for sensitive biological resources, such as surfgrass.