On March 9 2018, the California Coastal Commission endorsed a plan to remove Rindge Dam. The Plan, developed by the Army Corps of Engineers, proposes removing the dam arch and spillway, along with 780,000 cubic yards of sediment impounded behind the dam. Approximately 278,000 cubic yards of clean sandy sediments would be removed by truck to Ventura Harbor, tested for pollution, and then deposited by barge in shallow ocean waters near the mouth of Malibu Creek, east of Malibu Pier. The sediment will be placed to avoid damage to nearshore kelp beds, and to allow the sand to eventually move shoreward and downshore to replenish nearby beaches. The remaining sediment would be deposited in the Calabasas Landfill. The project would also modify or remove barriers, mostly culverts under roads, that block fish migration on the Cold Creek and Las Virgenes Creek tributaries of Malibu Creek upstream from the dam. The project would start in 2025, and take eight years to complete.