The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to withdraw its previous plan to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the San Clemente Shoreline Protection Project. This change is because there has been a reduction in the project scope, meaning there are fewer environmental impacts than initially thought, allowing a simpler assessment termed a Supplemental Environmental Assessment instead. The original plan involved building and replenishing a beach in San Clemente to protect against storm damage. However, due to unexpected challenges like equipment damage and sediment issues, they paused the construction temporarily.
Simple Explanation
The people in charge of a beach project in San Clemente decided not to write a big report because now they think the changes they want to make are smaller than they thought before, so they will write a simpler report instead. They paused their work for a little while because some of their tools got broken and the sand they planned to use wasn't right.