Section 401 Water Quality Certification Public Notice
Surfers Beach Pilot Restoration Project at Pillar Point Harbor
The San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board is currently reviewing an application for the following project for water quality certification under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. We encourage public comments on the proposed work, which will be considered in the decision on certification. You may submit comments on this project to the staff member below.
| Project Name: |
Surfers Beach Pilot Restoration Project at Pillar Point Harbor |
| City/County: |
Unincorporated, San Mateo County |
| Comment Period: |
4/16/2024 - 5/6/2024 |
| Project Description: |
As the only harbor between Santa Cruz and San Francisco, Pillar Point Harbor (PPH) serves a crucial function for vessels that rely on the boat launch ramps and anchorage area in the Harbor’s east basin. The District has an obligation to ensure that safe navigation and anchoring be maintained within PPH, which requires periodic dredging. Due to the construction of the PPH outer breakwaters, the east basin has experienced shoaling of trapped sand that would have otherwise been part of the littoral cell. If no dredging occurs in the future, then ultimately the harbor would not be available for navigation or anchoring. The eelgrass mitigation described in this report is part of a larger effort by the District to obtain permits that would allow for the Surfers Beach Project and required future maintenance dredging. |
| Project Files: |
Contact Staff for files |
| Staff Contact: |
Tahsa Sturgis (510) 622-2316 Water Quality Control Board 1515 Clay Street, Ste 1400 Oakland, CA 94612 |
