Portion of Los Cerritos Wetlands could be remediated

LONG BEACH—The California Coastal Commission, on Nov. 6, will be considering a permit application to replace a stretch of shallow contaminated sediment at Los Cerritos Wetlands with clean sediment. Los Cerritos Wetlands, LLC, filed the remediation request with the Coastal Commission. About 0.47 acres of the Synergy Oil Field at Los Cerritos Wetlands – which is relatively close to Alamitos Bay Marina and Naples Island in Long Beach – has, according to Coastal Commission staff, been used “as a disposal site for oil field-related wastes.” The oil field, Coastal Commission staff added, is within a “highly disturbed area” of Los Cerritos Wetlands. “The proposed remediation is a necessary first step in a larger effort, approved by the Commission in December 2018 … to restore this portion of the Synergy site to tidal wetlands as part of a mitigation bank,” Coastal Commission staff said in a report to commissioners. “Due to factors including the complexity of prior to permit issuance requirements, the [permit] has not yet been issued. “The mitigation bank is still under review by an Interagency Review Team (IRT) consisting of staff from the [Coastal] Commission, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Protection Agency, Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, California Department...