20080703 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20080717

d?0? WA T?9pG Michael F. Easley, Governor
' William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
r? North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(1 Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
July 17, 2008
DWQ Project # 08 0703
Carteret County
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7007 0220 0000 8224 7809
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
David G. Hooks
14 Meridan Road
Stafford, VA 22556
Subject Property: 422 Safe Harbor adjacent to Goose Creek
Carteret County
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Hooks:
On April 17, 2008, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your CAMA application
dated April 14, 2008 to install boat lifts within existing boat slips. The DWQ issued you a letter
of no written concurrence required for the project on May 7, 2008. This letter rescinds that
document. This Office was notified by the Division of Coastal Management (DCM) that there
were no existing slips at the subject property. The proposed new boat slips are located within a
Primary Nursery Area (PNA) as designated by the NC Division of Marine Fisheries NC DMF).
The NCDMF has determined that the proposed project (new slips) would cause significant
adverse impacts to the PNA and is recommending denial. The impacts to the PNAs would be
considered a degradation of waters, which would result in violations of the following Water
Quality Standard
15A NCAC 02B.0201 ANTIDEGRADATION POLICY
(f) Activities regulated under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) which
require a water quality certification as described in Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (33
U.S.C. 1341) shall be evaluated according to the procedures outlined in 15A NCAC 2H .0500.
Activities which receive a water quality certification pursuant to these procedures shall not be
considered to remove existing uses. The evaluation of permits issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215
that involve the assimilation of wastewater or stormwater by wetlands shall incorporate the
criteria found in 15A NCAC 2H .0506©(1)-(5) in determining the potential impact of the
proposed activity on the existing uses of the wetland per 15A NCAC 2H .0231.
Therefore unless modifications of the proposal are made to alleviate the concerns of DMF, we
will recommend moving towards denial of your application as required by 15A NCAC 2H.0506
and will place this project on hold as incomplete until we receive this additional information.
Mailing Address Phone [phone] Location
1617 Mail Service Center Fax [phone] N. Salisbury St.
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Raleigh, NC 27604
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David G. Hooks
DWQ Project # 08 0703
July 17, 2008
If the project is modified to address the concerns of the DMF and there are no other objections,
DWQ will have no objection to the project.
Please respond within three weeks of the date of this letter by sending this information to me in
writing and Ian McMillan of the 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit. His address is
Ian McMillan, 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit, 2321 Crabtree Blvd., Raleigh,
NC 27604-2260. If we do not hear from you within three weeks, we will assume that you no
longer want to pursue this project and we will consider the project as withdrawn.
This letter only addresses the application review and does not authorize any impacts to wetlands,
waters or protected buffers. Please be aware that any impacts requested within your
application are not authorized (at this time) by the DWQ. Please call Joanne Steenhuis at
910.796.7215 or Ian McMillan at 919-733.1786 if you have any questions regarding or would
like to set up a meeting to discuss this matter.
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Ed Beck
Regional Supervisor
Surface Water Protection Section
cc: Ian McMillan, DWQ 401 Oversight and Express Unit, Raleigh
Dave Timpy - USACE Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
Becky Fox - EPA
Central Files
Doug Huggett - DCM Morehead
Heather Styron - DCM Morehead
Trish Murphey - Division of Marine Fisheries
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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Coastal Management
Michael F, Easley, Governor James H. Gregson, Director William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
MEMORANDUM:
DATE: July 14, 2008
TO: Trish Murphy, DMF
Ron Sechler, NMF
Joanne Steenhuis, DWQ
Patti Fowler, Shellfish Sanitation
Thru: Tere Barrett
FROM: Heather StyronWY6
Subject: Field Report Errors - CAMA. Major Permit - David Hooks (422 Safe
Harbor Drive), Carteret County
Since the initial submittal for the David Hooks Major request it has been found that
the slips addressed in the field report as existing do not exist. The original general
permit for this pier did not authorize slips. The existing pier and platform meet the
specific and general use standards per 7h.208 with the width of the water body at
618' and the pier and platform at a total length of 150' from the waterward edge of
the marsh. Water depths around the existing pier and platform are an average of -
1.5' NLW. There is a significant shellfish resource along this shoreline; however,
none were observed during numerous field visits at the existing platform and
proposed lift area.
Please send all comments for this project to Daniel Govoni: Assistant Major
Permitting Coordinator.
Cc: Doug Huggett, DCM
Tere Barrett DCM
400 Commerce Avenue, Morehead City, North Carolina 28557
Phone: [phone] \ FAX: [phone] \ Internet: www.nccoastalmanagement.net
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To: Doug Huggett
Major Permits Processing Coordinator
From: Patricia L. Murphey
Marine Biologist Supervisor
Date: 7/15/08
Re: Field report revision on 422 Safe Harbor, c/o David Hooks, Newport, Carteret County
North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) staff has reviewed the additional
comments regarding the field report and the non-existence of boat slips on this pier as well as
conducted a site visit. The applicant proposes to construct a 12.5 x 8.5 ft boatlift on an existing pier
in Goose Creek a Primary Nursery Area (PNA). Water depths are approximately -1.5 ft NLW.
The DMF recommends denial of this permit because of its location within a shallow water PNA
because of impacts to bottom habitat from prop dredging.