HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Statement 1986/04/15 Item 6 COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
Item 6
Meeting Date 4/15/86
ITEM TITLE: Public Hearing: Coastal Development Permit for the emergency
actions taken by San Diego Gas & Electrical Company to repair
a fuel oil leak
itoring the andssite revegetation ng
w ater quality
water
Resolution Authorizing the issuance of a Coastal
Development Permit to San Diego Gas and Electric Company for
the repair of a fuel oil leak, restoration of the site,
ongoing water quality monitoring, fence repair, and site
revegetation
SUBMITTED BY: Community Development Director
REVIEWED BY: City ManagerQ/
(4/5ths Vote: Yes No X )
The Chula Vista Bayfront Specific The Plan was the implementation
Commission January 25, 1985. Bayfront Specific an
program for the City' s Local Coastal Program ommission to be legallyladequatesfor
development procedures determine d by the
the issuance of Coastal development permits.s. Coastal the
Zone.City of Chula Vista
has assumed permit authority
The measures taken by SDG&E to repair the e repair,restore andrevegetation allowed
the ongoing water quality monitoring, fenc
by issuance of the Coastal Development Permit are to Section 15302 of the eCEQAc Guidelines under
environmental review pursuant
Class 2(c) . Design review was not required as no new structures have been or
will be constructed.
The City's Landscape Architect approved the revegetation plan proposed by 4,
SDG&E, and initial site revegetati on io i n acomb mnati on wi tha ac st aw 19mulch A nSDG&E
seed mix was applied to the site
to provide supplemental watering to ensure the maximum rate of success.
The access road for right-of-way access was not revegetated in an effort to
condition transmission o the line maintenance i s ecommended that SDG&E be established roadway.
to a establish
condition of th permit,
90 percent coverage over the revegetated site within 90 days or reseed the
area.
The 6-foot chain link fence, installed by the City, that extends along the
west side of the northern end of Bay Boulevard, was removed by SDG&E to
provide access for heavy equipment to the fenck gr within thi n 30 days of oCoastal ea. It is also
that SDG&E be required to replace this
Development Permit issuance.
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The actions taken by SDG&E to repair the fuel oil leak e store the an site to site
well as ongoing water quality monitoring activities, fencfor a public hearing si i
revegetation now is being presented to the City
and approval of a Coastal Development the If the
w�llcbecome accepts
staff recommendation to issue a permit,appeal is filed with the State Coastal
days from this hearing date unless an app
Commission within 10 working days following the hearing.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopt the attached resolution and
the
findings therein which find the emergency actions
wel l taken ongo Dng E water repair quality i ty
fuel oil leak and restore the site, as
monitoring, fence repair and site revegetation, consistent with and adequate
to carry out the policies of the saidlact nsusubjecta toaconditions listedsin
a Coastal Development Permit for
Exhibit A of the attached resolution.
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION: Not applicable.
DISCUSSION:
An Emergency Coastal Development Permit (#001 ) 19 , to issued repairD a Efuel the
Community Development Department on February 7,
leak and restore the site. The leak 1h of occurred
ntersectionimmediately ofoBay Boulevardaand
March, approximately 150 yards noa
rth
Street. The work allowed this of permit
bsorbent curate ri almpoexcdavati onf of
ponded area, sandbagging and pl acement
810 cubic yards of contaminated fill , repair he leak, and vacuum removal
of the fuel oil and water pooled in the excavation.
On February 19, 1986, Addendum #00 was
facilitatea rewrappi g eofr the pipe
15 cubic yards of eart h to
that had been leaking to prevent corrosion which could result in a leak at a
later date. A 30-day period was allowed for this procedure.
On February
28, 1986, Addendum #001b was issued by the Community Development Fish &
Department at the request of the . of.the existWngdspill d material for
intotthe
remedial actions to prevent movement
in a
adjacent wetland area. The U. & thatlmovementlof the spilce oil
letter to the City, attached as Exhibit A
into the wetland area had the P to
work adverse
endangered
under thessecond
in the marsh. The following a
addendum: removal of 300 cubic yards
atched of
on nthel map d attached o asthExhibit 1B9
excavation and the area cross
(sandbags will be utilized aexcavation)hw backf�lling of
of the
the pond
excavation ewi with water from leaking into the at the south and from the South Bay SDG&E power plant (starting
rogressing north toward the pond) , installation of the two proposed wells
within the excavation area (designated with atriangles suitable on Exhibit i t B) of l owi nd
backfilling, revegetation of the site measures necessary for the pond
taking sediment samples to determine clean up
area.
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Woodward Clyde, a consulting under
thecontract ofttheDcontaminationeoffive the
monitoring wells around the perimeter which
fuel oil leak. In the center the The purpose of t eses wells s b is filled draw
two extraction wells were installed.
the water level down in flow of the
contaminatedn materials from the perimeter of
depression, resulting
the site. This pumping, in combination with water quality analysis of
wells any, oaer
e the monitoring l il p how i uel oil
in the a a. r will information indicates that the vacuum
ority of
removal of contaminants from the excavation
pumped have
from the extraction to
the fuel oil . Water will be periodically y
determine the quality of subsurface water.
Based on the following findings, the emergency actions taken to clean and
ality
restore the area around the SDG&E ef oil subject to , thetconditions
monitoring, fence repair, and site 9 etat
lited in Exhibit A of the attached resolution, are found to be consistent with
the policies of the certified Chula Vista LCP.
1 . The Statewide and Regional Interpretive on Guidelines sof have
the rea reviewed
around the
the repair, restoration, and ongoing
d not
fuel oil leak constitutes repair
and, therefore,therefore maintenance. noticonsidered ia new
create intensification of use
under Section 3 b21e(t� to the P ac cess Resources
requi remente Code.
of Threw
this activity is not s j
development. The repa on public lateral activities will
the shoreline.
have an adverse impact p
sta
2. The repair and maintenance a Stit�e ies are 1 fora the SDG&Ee right of way
LCP, as landscaped parking planned use
and this use would not be precluded by the granting of a permit for the ect
the
remedial actions. In addition, ev one of the envi r nmenta to
goal se f the
water quality in the marsh which is
LCP.
FISCAL IM°ACT:
WPC 2199H •
ty c'►� '
Chula
Dated 5
Exhibit A
SDG&E #003
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
1. SDG&E is required to establish h 90 hperrentmust vegetative coverage over the
revegetated area within Y
side
2. SDG&E is required to repair Btwhichn was removed fencing to on
of the northern end of Bay Boulevard
for heavy equipment to the leak area within 30 days of Coastal Development
Permit issuance.
WPC 22O1H
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" ;; United States Department of the Interior ` ° { i
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endangered species and other public fish and wildlife resources which use the
Sweetwater River wetlands complex. -
If you have any questions, please contact Sharon Lockhart at (714) 643-4270.
Sincerely yours,
Nancy M. Kaufman
Project Leader
cc: CE, Los Angeles, CA (Attn: Regulatory Br.)
US Coast Guard, San Diego, CA
NOAA, Washington, D.C. (Attn: L. McGilvray)
CCC, San Diego, CA
CDFG, Long Beach, CA
SDG&E, San Diego, CA
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