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DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
MEMORANDUM
Date: March 22, 1989
To: Bill Mills
Operations Branch G Ny

From: James H. Gregson StV?-
Wilmington Re nal office MAR 2 8 89
Through: Donald Safr t ?--- ?`` `+HQUAL !iY S +4''s`
Wilmington Regional Office 0PERA1-101''i S
Subject: Regional Office Review and Recommendations
Application for Permit for Excavation and/or Fill
Project # 8903-B
COE Public Notice # CESAW-PP-E-89-67-0003
Onslow County
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Wilmington District COE proposes to
construct, operate and maintain improvements to the New River
Inlet.
ADJACENT WATER BODY: AIWW
CLASSIFICATION: SA
STATUS: Open
The project has been reviewed to determine impacts to water
quality. The following comments have been provided.
1. The project will require a 401 Water Quality Certification.
2. The project complies with the General 401 Water Quality
Certification No. 1271 for Inlet Maintenance.
3. The proposed project should be done in such a way as to not
cause the turbidity outside the immediate construction are
to exceed 25 NTU.
This office has no objection to the project as proposed.
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cc: DCM - Steve Benton
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers
Post Office Box 1890
Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890

PUBLIC NOTICE
February 16, 1989
IMPROVEMENT OF NAVIGATION - NEW RIVER INLET
ONSLOW COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers, Wilmington, North Carolina,
proposes to construct, operate, and maintain improvements to New River
Inlet, Onslow County, North Carolina.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION. The proposed project will modify the existing
Federal navigation project which is 6 feet deep plus 2 feet overdepth by
90 feet wide from the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) to the Atlantic
Ocean. The proposed plan is an 8-foot-deep, with 2 feet overdepth plus
2 feet advance maintenance, by 150-foot-wide entrance channel across the
ocean bar at New River Inlet (shown on the attached drawing). Dredged
material will be discharged in open water on either side of the ocean bar
channel or along the 10- to 14-foot contours of the ocean within the limits
of 2 miles either upcoast or downeoast from the inlet. About 107,400 cubic
yards of material will be discharged with the initial deepening of the
channel. The material to be discharged is predominantly sand with some
shell. There is no known related dredging by others. The proposed
discharge is presently scheduled to begin in FY 90. Maintenance dredging
will occur on an average of four to five times per year, for a total of 15
weeks, and will involve approximately 180,000 cubic yards of material per
year. Dredging will be performed by a hopper dredge like the government-
owned hopper dredge CURRITUCH or a sidecast dredge like the government-owned
sidecast dredge MERRITT.
A drawing showing the area to be dredged and proposed disposal areas is
attached to this notice.
There is attached a list of Federal, State, and local agencies with whom
this activity is being coordinated.
No impacts to known archaeological/historical resources or endangered
species will occur.
The proposed action is covered in the Detailed Project Report and
Environmental Assessment on Improvement of Navigation, New River Inlet,
Onslow County, North Carolina, dated October 28, 1988.

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The proposed discharge resulting from the proposed dredging has been
reviewed under Section 404(b) of the Clean Water Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-217).
The proposed dredging activity is covered by the N.C. Division of
Environmental Management General Water Quality Certification No. 1271,
issued on November 3, 1978.
The proposed action is consistent with the approved Coastal Management
Program of the State of North Carolina. State consistency concurrence was
received December 30, 1988.
The decision whether to perform this work will be based on an evaluation
of the probable impact, including cumulative impacts, of the proposed
activity on the public interest. That decision will reflect the national
concern for both protection and utilization of important resources. The
benefit which reasonably may be expected to accrue from the proposal must be
balanced against its reasonably foreseeable detriments. All factors which
may be relevant to the proposal will be considered, including the cumulative
effect thereof; among those are conservation, economics, aesthetics, general
environmental concerns, wetlands, historic properties, fish and wildlife
values, flood hazards, flood plain values, land use, navigation, shoreline
erosion and accretion, recreation, water supply and conservation, water
quality, energy needs, safety, food and fiber production, mineral needs,
considerations of property ownership and, in general, the needs and welfare
of the people.
Any person who has an interest which may be affected by the disposal of
this dredged material may request a public hearing. The request must be
submitted in writing to the District Engineer within 15 days of the date of
this notice and must clearly set forth the interest which may be affected
and the manner in which the interest may be affected by this activity. In
order for such request to be given appropriate consideration, it should be
mailed or delivered to the U. S. Army Engineer District, Wilmington, Post
Office Box 1890, Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890, in time to be
received on or before March 3, 1989.
If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact
Mr. John A. Baden, Environmental Resources Branch, at [phone].
Jo n F. Miniclier, J .
utenant Colonel,
Corps of Engineers
Deputy District Engineer
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TYPICAL SECTION MAP REVISED SEPTEMBER 1983
LIST OF FEDERAL. STATE AND LOCAL.AGENCIES
Chairman Board of County Commissioners
Postmasters
Mayors
Marine Science Council
Water Resources Research Institute
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Assistant US Attorney
US Geological Survey
National Marine Fisheries Service
US Coast Guard
Regional Director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service
Regional Director of the National Park Service
Regional Shellfish Consultant
Office of Chief Engineers
South Atlantic Division
All United States Senators and Representatives for State of North
Carolina
US Department of Health. Education and Welfare
Regional Director, Environmental Protection Agency
Heritage Conservation and Recreational Service
NC State Clearinghouse and Information Center
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. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers
Post Office Box 1890
Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890
CESAW-PD-E-89-67-0003 February 16, 1989
PUBLIC NOTICE
IMPROVEMENT OF NAVIGATION - NEW RIVER INLET
ONSLOW COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers, Wilmington, North Carolina,
proposes to construct, operate, and maintain improvements to New River
Inlet, Onslow County, North Carolina.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION. The proposed project will modify the existing
Federal navigation project which is 6 feet deep plus 2 feet overdepth by
90 feet wide from the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIM to the Atlantic
Ocean. The proposed plan is an 8-foot-deep, with 2 feet overdepth plus
2 feet advance maintenance, by 150-foot-wide entrance channel across the
ocean bar'at New River Inlet (shown on the attached drawing). Dredged
material will be discharged in open water on either side of the ocean bar
channel or along the 10- to 14-foot contours of the ocean within the limits
of 2 miles either upcoast or downcoast from the inlet. About 107,400 cubic
yards of material will be discharged with the initial deepening of the
channel. The material to be discharged is predominantly sand with some
shell. There is no known related dredging by others. The proposed
discharge is presently scheduled to begin in FY 90. Maintenance dredging
will occur on an average of four to five times per year, for a total of 15
weeks, and will involve approximately 180,000 cubic yards of material per
year. Dredging will be performed by a hopper dredge like the government-
owned hopper dredge CURRITUCB or a sidecast dredge like the government-owned
sidecast dredge MERRITT.
A drawing showing the area to be dredged and proposed disposal areas is
attached to this notice.
There is attached a list of Federal, State, and local agencies with whom
this activity is being coordinated.
No impacts to known archaeological/historical resources or endangered
species will occur.
The proposed action is covered in the Detailed Project Report and
Environmental Assessment on Improvement of Navigation, New River Inlet,
Onslow County, North Carolina, dated October 28, 1988.

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The proposed discharge resulting from the proposed dredging has been
reviewed under Section 404(b) of the Clean Water Act of'1977 (P.L. 95-217).
The proposed dredging activity is covered by the N.C. Division of
Environmental Management General Water Quality Certification No. 1271,
issued on November 3, 1978.
The proposed action is consistent with the approved Coastal Management
Program of the State of North Carolina. State consistency concurrence was
received December 30, 1988.
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The decision whether to perform this work will be based on an evaluation
of the probable impact, including cumulative impacts, of the proposed
activity on the public interest. That decision will reflect the national
concern for both protection and utilization of important resources. The
benefit which reasonably may be expected to accrue from the proposal must be
balanced against its reasonably foreseeable detriments. All factors which
may be relevant to the proposal will be considered, including the cumulative
effect thereof; among those are conservation, economics, aesthetics, general
environmental concerns, wetlands, historic properties, fish and wildlife
values, flood hazards, flood plain values, land use, navigation, shoreline
erosion and accretion, recreation, water supply and conservation, water
quality, energy needs, safety, food and fiber production, mineral needs,
considerations of property ownership and, in general, the needs and welfare
of the people.
Any person who has an interest which may be affected by the disposal of
this dredged material may request a public hearing. The request must be
submitted in writing to the District Engineer within 15 days of the date of
this notice and must clearly set forth the interest which may be affected
and the manner in which the interest may be affected by this activity. In
order for such request to be given appropriate consideration, it should be
mailed or delivered to the U. S. Army Engineer District, Wilmington, Post
Office Box 1890, Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890, in time to be
received on or before March 3, 1989.
If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact
Mr. John A. Baden, Environmental Resources Branch, at [phone].
AZT.
Jo n F. Miniclier, J
utenant Colonel,
Corps of Engineers
Deputy District Engineer,
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LIST OF FED
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Chairman Board of County Commissioners
Postmasters
Mayors
Marine Science Council
Water Resources Research Institute
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Assistant US Attorney
US Geological Survey
National Marine Fisheries Service
US Coast Guard
Regional Director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service
Regional Director of the National Park Service
Regional Shellfish Consultant
Office of Chief Engineers
South Atlantic Division
All United States Senators and Representatives for State of North
Carolina
US Department of Health. Education and Welfare
Regional Director. Environmental Protection Agency
Heritage Conservation and Recreational Service
NC State Clearinghouse and Information Center

State of North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
Division of Coastal Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh,r Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governor 01 / 2 7 / 8 9 E ?",?' h> David W. Owens
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S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary
Mr. Jim Gregson JAN `° 1 1989
NC DNR&CD O
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Div. Environmental Management,
7225 Wrightsville Avenue
Wilmington, NC 28403
Dear Mr. Gregson:
The attached Consistency Determination, no. CD89-03,
dated 12/19/88 concerning a proposed Federal Activity to be
conducted or sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
in, or directly affecting the N.C. Coastal Area is being
circulated to interested State agencies for comments.
Please indicate below your viewpoint on this proposed
project and return this form to me no later than 02/10/89.
Sincerely,.
Steffen B. Benton
Consistency Coordinator
REPLY This office objects to the project as proposed.
Comments on this project are attached.
This office supports the project proposal.
No Comment.
Signed ?/(,eCt I"ff, --
Date o2
Agency
P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-76$7 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Empk"r
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-. IN REPLY REFER TO
Planning Division
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
P.O. BOX 1890
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28402-1890
December 19, 1988
Mr. S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary
North Carolina Department of Natural
Resources and Community Development
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Dear Mr. Rhodes:
I am amending my consistency determination for the Atlantic Intracoastal
Waterway (AIWW) -dated February •25, -1980, - to add-an existing-upland diked
disposal site at-New River-Inlet Crossing, Onslow County, North Carolina
(figure 1): Concurrence with my consistency determination of February 25,
1980, was received on May 6, 1980.
.Maintenance dredging of the.-AIWW and the disposal site at the New River
Inlet Crossing (vicinity of Tangents I and J-, Section II) are discussed in
the Final Environmental Imbact Statement Maintenance of the Atlantic
Intracoastal-Waterwav,•North Carolina (FEIS , filed with the Council on
Environmental Quality on November 5, 1975.
The proposed 20-acre upland diked disposal site was created-during
initial-dredging-of the AIWW and was last used•in 1978. The site is located
at the.intersection•of Tangents I-and J,--Section II,-of the AIWW, as shown
on figure•2. The -disposal - site is predominantly (.about 80-percent) bare
sand, approximately 10 percent-shrub thicket and other low-lying shrubs,
and-10--percent grasses.- The-site is-bordered by salt marsh (consisting
predominantly -of Snartina alterni-flora).
..The site has a history=of providing suitable habitat for-nesting
colonial waterbirds. Surveys were performed in 1976, 1983, and 1988. -In-
1976, only-2 Least terns and 1.-Commen tern nested; in 1983, 15 Green-backed
heron, 2Common tern,and 96-Least tern-nests-were found; and in 1988, only
5-Least terns and 4-Green-backed heron nests-were-found. (Information was
obtained-from'Waterways Experiment-Station Technical Report D-86-3, Co' a
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andv1983 Surveys-and Personal Communication with Dr. James Parnell, ONC-
_ Wilmington, concerning the. .1988 data (unpublished).). Due to the sporadic
use of-this-disposal-area by nesting colonial waterbirds, it-will-be
inspected for nests prior to construction of-dikes or deposition-of-dredged
material. -If-evidence of-nesting is found, work will be scheduled to avoid
adverse impacts to the maximum extent practicable.
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During FY 89, approximately 50,000 cubic yards of fine to coarse sand is
scheduled to be removed from the AIWW and disposed of within the proposed
upland diked disposal-site, as described in Public Notice SAWCO-ND-89-0001.
Maintenance dredging of the AIWW is scheduled to begin mid- to late January
1989 and will require approximately 7 months to complete.
During the past 10 years, dredged material from the vicinity of Tangents
I and J has been disposed of within the upland diked disposal site located
just west of the intersection of the Channel to New River Inlet and the
AIWW.- This disposal site has-reached capacity. Until material is removed
from this site and placed on the beach, which is not scheduled at this time,
material will be placed within the disposal site described above and shown
on figure 2.
No other changes to my February 25, 1980, consistency determination are
required. I request your concurrence/nonconcurrence that the addition of
the proposed site is consistent with the approved Coastal Management Program
of the State of North Carolina. I also request your approval to proceed
upon receipt of your concurrence, rather than waiting the 90 days specified
in 15 CFR 930.41(c).
If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Trudy Wilder, of my
Environmental x'asources Branch, at [phone]. -
Sincerely,
Paul W. Woodbury
Colonel, Corps of Engineers
District Engineer
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