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CD-086-06, Navy Training ExercisesSouthern CaliforniaPage 38maintains a public website depicting upcoming restrictions in designated Danger Zonesaround SCI. These notices detail date, time duration, and location of restricted access,so that commercial and private fishermen and divers can plan their activitiesaccordingly. The restricted times only extend through the duration of the trainingactivity; thereby allowing the public to shift their activities to alternate areas duringtemporary closures. Thus, the Proposed Action would be consistent with Section30234.5 to the maximum extent practicable.The Navy’s proposal is consistent with the Coastal Act policies that provide for balancingmaximum public access in a manner consistent with public safety and military security needs.In past reviews, the Commission has found that absent a nexus such as intensifications ofpublic access closures, no new public access requirements are normally required. For theproposed exercises, the public area closures during the exercises, which are clearly necessaryfor both public safety and military needs, are similar to past closures from similar Navy testing.The proposal may even reduce closures, as one of the Navy’s goals is to schedule morefrequent simultaneously occurring exercises than previously scheduled. The Commissionconcludes that the existing military restrictions are necessary and consistent with Coastal Actpolicies, that the Navy is not proposing greater numbers or durations of closures, and that theproject is consistent with the public access, recreation, and fishing policies (Sections 30210,30212, 30234, and 30234.5) of the Coastal Act.V. SUBSTANTIVE FILE DOCUMENTS:1. Navy Consistency Determinations CD-20-95 (Navy San Clemente Island CableRepair), CD-109-98 (Navy Advanced Deployable System (ADS) Ocean Tests), CD-95-97 and CD-153-97 (Navy, Low-Frequency Active (LFA) Sonar Research, Phases I andII), CD-2-01 (Navy Point Mugu Sea Range testing and training activities), CD-045-89and CD-50-03 (Navy FOCUS Cable and Cable repairs, San Nicolas Island), and CD-37-06 (Navy Monterey Bay (MB) 06).2. Island Night Lizard, 5-Year Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.3. San Clemente Island Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP), Navy,May 2002.4. USGS Seismic Survey Consistency Determinations No. CD-14-02, CD-16-00 and CD-32-99.5. Mobil Oil Pier and Wharf Decommissioning (Coastal Development Permit (CDP) No.E-96-14).6. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) (CDP No. E-05-007/ConsistencyCertification No. CC-076-05).7. Consistency Determination No. CD-102-99, National Marine Fisheries Service, smalltest of “pulsed power” acoustic harassment device to protect recreational fishing fromsea lions.