California Code, Government Code - GOV § 66663.2

(a) Evaluation of the use of upland, diked bayland, and delta areas for reuse of material dredged from the bay, regulatory constraints and opportunities involving upland disposal, and potential project sponsors and methods to implement those uses.

(b) Participation with the United States Geological Survey to make a detailed study of bay sediment processes affecting the need for bay dredging and the physical impacts of inbay disposal to augment the modeling work on bay sediment dynamics being performed by the State Water Resources Control Board and the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

(c) Participation in the studies of the economic and environmental impacts of the array of disposal options, and assistance in the identification of feasible and environmentally acceptable disposal sites for material dredged from the bay in the ocean, bay, upland, and delta areas, with particular attention given to identifying sites suitable for the reuse of dredged materials.

(d) Participation in the development of a joint agency comprehensive dredging management plan to implement the Long Term Management Strategy, which shall include all of the following: