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CERTIFICATION OF EXEMPTION
FROM REQUIRING A CAMA PERMIT
as authorized by the State of North Carolina,
Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources and the Coastal Resources Commission
in an area of environmental concern pursuant to 15 NCAC Subchapter 7K .0203.
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roposed project to be located and constructed as described
is hereby certified as exempt from the CAMA permit re-
pent pursuant to 15 NCAC 7K .0203. This exemption to
4 permit requirements does not alleviate the necessity of
)btaining any other State, Federal, or Local authorization.
This certification of exemption from requiring a CAMA per
valid for 90 days from the date of issuance. Following expir;
a re-examination of the project and project site may be nece
to continue this certification.
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Bruce Marek, P.E.
P. O. Box 3069
Bald Head Island, NC 28461
910-228-2484 Cell
January 7, 2011
Ms. Heather Coats
NCDENR Division of Coastal Management
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, NC 28405
Re: Repair Exemption Request: Bald Head Island Marina North Jetty Missing Rip -Rap Replacement
(Jetty Construction and Original Rip -Rap was Permitted under State Dredge & Fill Permit 22-74)
Dear Ms. Coats:
Included are 5 color copies of a 24"06" drawing Cl seal dated 1-4-11 in support of this Repaij
Exemption Request for the Bald Head Island Limited, LLC Bald Head Island Marina North Jetty. The
Marina and Jetty Construction, which included rip -rap protection was originally permitted under State
Dredge & Fill Permit #22-74. I have included on my drawing a copy of the Jetty Detail by Dlouhy &
Associates, Inc, Consulting Engineers, Tampa, Florida logged in on October 6, 1980 in your (CAMA
held) #22-74 Permit Files. The #22-74 Permit was replaced in 1987 by CAMA Permit #172-8
"Marina Development", as the basic Marina Basin & Jetty Construction were complete.
From my reading/ understanding of the permit files, CAMA Permit 208-86 was issued in 1986 anc
covered the sand bypass dredging from the inside of the channel from 200' riverward of the marinz
basin proper (which was the estimated limit of beach quality sand) out to the river and also include(
the construction of a 100' extension to the South Jetty. The extension is not shown on these plans foi
clarity of existing jetty end conditions. The extension is still an active project awaiting a turnaround it
the economy.
Thus, CAMA Permit 172-87 which replaced #22-74, since it came after 208-86, would seem to onl}
extend in the entrance channel 200' riverward from the marina basin, although it does cover other
development outside of the jetties out to MHW. For maintenance/repair purposes if this request is
better designated as a letter of refinement to 172-87, we would accept that in lieu of a repair
exemption.
The Dlouhy detail indicates rubble rip -rap protection starting at 3.5' down from the top of the +6.0'
MSL Jetty Cap = +2.5'Elevation. Permitted Entrance Channel Depth as shown on the detail is -10'
Thus the vertical height shown of rip -rap is approximate 12.5'. The rip -rap cross section is shown as
Horizontal: 1 Vertical. The design distance out thus was 25'. A 7-2-08 CAMA Minor Mod to Permii
208-86 extended our allowed channel dredge depth to -12' Normal Low Water. hweg3erating4m
. My drawing indicates our requested AW%aximum distance of rip -rap off of

In our discussions you have been most interested in the riverward extent of the rubble rip -rap
However, our request is also for repair to the rip -rap along both sides of the North Jetty. You wil.
notice in the pictures along the top of the drawing that the outermost 75' to 90' of rip -rap along the
channel side of the north jetty also needs some replacement to match the 3.5' height down from the tol
of the cap. (The rip -rap to the inside is placed a little steeper, in order to keep the 80' wide navigationa;
channel free of rocks.) We ask to be able to repair back as far as necessary, but from the pictures the
extent is less than %Z of the jetty length. On the north side of the jetty, the visible rip -rap is
approximately 14' wide. It too, has a drop off in height of the rip -rap at the jetty end, but to a mutt
lesser extent.
I have included in my detail the optional inclusion of a geo-textile or marine mattress for under the
rubble rip -rap. Its use might minimize the loss of visible rip -rap over time.
If you have any questions, please call me at 910-228-2484. When the permit is completed, please havt
copies faxed to 910-457-7463 & 457-7220. Thanks for your attention to this matter.
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Bruce Marek, P.E. o r
For Bald Head Island Limited, LLC Planning Dept.
Enclosures
CC: Jim Henry, Director, Bald Head Island Limited, LLC Planning & Development