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Dear Ms McPherson,
Re; CAMA.Major project Permit Modification 79-19
This letter is to comment on the Town of Sunset beach.modified proposal to dredge leeks creek.and
connecting waterways. This, modification.is a significant improvement over the. previous plan to place
sediment from Jenks Creek directly on ocean front beaches, our concern with this proposal.is that, as
we.understand, there is no ongoing requirement to monitor sediment quality. Given the extreme'
differences in the sediment quality of South Jenks Creek and the adjoining canals, we'feel that regular
and ongoing monitoring of sand quality is critical to maintaining the conditions of the beaches facing the
disposal field. As beachfront homeowners'thevalue of our property is directly correlated with the,
attractiveness of the beaches near our property. Sacrificing op value of ourproperty to enhance the
value of houses on the"canal is unacceptabie.and every practical measure should be required to Insure
that this•does not happen.
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Dear Ms McPherson
Re: CAMA Major project Permit Modification 79-19
This letter is to comment on the Town of Sunset beach modified proposal to dredge -Jenks Creek and
connecting waterways. This modification is a significant improvement over the previous plan to place
sediment from Jenks Creek directly on ocean front beaches. Our concern with this proposal'is that, as
we understand, there is no ongoing requirement to monlior sediment quality. Given the`extreme
differences in the sediment quality of South Jenks Creek and the adjoining canals, we feel that -regular
and ongo ng'monitoring of sand quality Is critical tomaintaining the conditions of the beaches facing the
disposal field. As beachfront homeowners the value,of our property Is directly correlated'wiih:the
attractiveness of the beaches near our property. Sacrificing the value of our property to enhance, the
value of houses on the canal is unacceptable and every practical measure should be required to insure
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Davis, Braxton C
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 7:23 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach, NC CAMA
-----Original Message -----
From: Frank Molteni [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 6:27 PM
To: Davis, Braxton C <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach, NC CAMA
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Dear Mr. Davis,
I have significant concerns with the proposed nearshore placement of beach compatible spoils from the dredging of
Jinks creek and the canals in a near shore berm between 3rd and 13th street. The area between 3rd and 13th street (as
with the rest of sunset beach) is continuing to grow. There is no benefit (and actually only harm) in placing the spoils in
a near offshore location. There is no one who can tell us for sure what this will do, but some obvious impacts include
reduced waves (at least initially) and increased sand in the beach area. Given the lack of erosion, this is not needed and
should not be approved.
The town needs to provide significantly more detail and scientific evidence of the impact of this placement before it
should be approved. We have an obligation to protect the shoreline of North Carolina for future generations. This plan
fails to provide any evidence of benefit and fails to provide any scientific evidence of what will happen if this is
approved. I respectfully request this application be denied.
In appreciation of your consideration,
Frank Molten!
432 38th St, Sunset Beach, NC

Weychert, Curtis R
From: Lynn Nesmith <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 11 AS PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
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Dear Mr. Weychert:
I am writing to express my concerns about the proposed change in the placement area of excavated beach compatible
material from South Jinks Creek -to an area offshore between 3 and 13th Street on Sunset Beach.
The Town claims this area is eroding. I have been coming to Sunset Beach since my grandfather build a house along the
Waterway at the head of Jinks Creek in 1959. He named his home Jinks Landing. I recently bought my own home that
also looks down Jinks Creek.
The town maintains there is erosion between 3rd and 13th Streets. I personally watched the East End erode in the
1960s, But since 1970, Sunset Beach has grown significantly with new land Extending hundreds of feet. Sunset is
obviously accreting land, sand and undulating dunes. Although There might be some minor erosion after a hurricane, the
beach quickly comes back and is often better for the natural forces of Mother Nature.
Placing the spoils of South Jinks Creek offshore should be considered only if there are no alternatives. It's impossible to
predict how this placement will affect Sunset Beach and Tubbs Inlet. There has been little scientific documentation how
this placement of these dredge spoils will effect the strand and sand, swimming in the ocean, fishing from the Vesta Pier,
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and the overall quality of the Sunset Beach lifestyle. The potential economic impacts to to ourtourism economy were
Also not addressed. And let's not forget the turtles.
The Town states that they may be able to allow temporary storage of the beach -compatible sand on high ground until it
can be beneficially placed on an eroding beach or nearshore area in the same inlet system. Why not go with this option?
Does anyone really know if the Sediment composition of dredge spoils is actually compatible with the ocean floor
offshore? Is the best option for sand placement be defined by environmental impact or cost? Cost should not be the
primary reason for not using other suitable alternatives.
Sunset Beach's engineers have not provided scientific justification for placing the spoils offshore. They have identified
areas where the spoils could be stored until a beneficial site can be found in the Tubbs Inlet area. Can anyone really
predict What will happen to this sand when placed offshore where it will be move by the long -shore transport system.
Thank you for your consideration of these many unanswered questions in the town's request.
Best regards,
Eleanor Lynn Nesmith
210 Shoreline Drive East
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Steve Borders <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 10:14 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach CAMA Application
Attachments: eagles.png
Dear Mr. Weychert:
As permanent residents on the island of Sunset Beach, we would like to comment on the city's recent
application for and the ongoing dredging debate in our town. My wife and I would like to submit our
thoughts on the proposal:
1. A stated reason for the dredging is to increase property values and to increase development .
opportunities in Sunset Beach. Property values continue to increase on and off the island. A recent
appraisal of our home estimated an increase in value of nearly $25,000 this year alone. On a walk around
the island this week, I counted at least 10 new homes under construction with many more undergoing
renovations. The fact that the dredging project must be completed to maintain property values and
development opportunities exposes the fallacy of this argument.
2. The plan to dump the spoils near the shoreline is an affront to those who objected to having the spoils
placed directly on the beach in the previously rejected plan by -the Corps of Engineers. I see no assurances
in the plan that the spoils will not wash ashore and foul the pristine beaches that make Sunset Beach the
special place that it is.
3. As we understand the dredging plan, only 69 homeowners will benefit directly from the dredging
activities. That is a very small percentage of island homeowners and an even smaller proportion when
considering all the citizens of Sunset Beach. Most troubling is the absence of a plan to maintain the
dredging project over time, especially with regard to the majority of Sunset Beach residents and
homeowners that receive no benefit from the dredging activities.
4. My wife and I have seen Bald Eagles feeding along the proposed dredging area at Jinks Creek. I am
attaching a recent picture of two eagles we saw feeding there. We do recognize that Bald Eagles are no
longer on the federal list of threatened and endangered species nor protected under the Endangered
Species Act. However, we do believe that this habitat may be protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle
Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
In summary, we oppose the dredging in the strongest possible terms.
Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,
Steve and Cindy Borders
419 5th St
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
[phone]

Braxton C. Davis, Director
Division of Coastal Management
NCDEQ
Dear Dr. Davis, November 3, 2020
As a property owner on 5`h Street, Sunset Beach Island, for 35 years, I urge you in the strongest
possible terms to deny and reject the Modifications to Permit 79-19.
I make this request because of the following glaring deficiencies in the CAMA Application by the
Town of Sunset Beach, especially about the proposed modifications to the nearshore placement
site:
I. NCGS 1 13-229 (h2) says dredged material can be disposed of in the nearshore area,
if, and only if, "it is environmentally acceptable and compatible with the other uses of
the beach."
The nearshore area between 3' and 13th Streets is not environmentally acceptable
and there is not one word or sentence in the Modification which proves it is
environmentally acceptable.
Likewise, the nearshore area between 3' and 130 Streets is not compatible with
"other uses of the beach" for shrimp, fish, birds, and turtles and especially for
humans who use the beach between November 16' and March 31 n.
2. Placement between 3`d and 13`h Streets is not beneficial reuse. The Applicant
claims, based on 2016 data, that there is beach erosion between 5`h Street and 121h
Streets. I doubt this claim was true in 2016, but there is no evidence in the
Application of beach erosion in 2020. Even if, for the sake of argument, there may
have been some beach erosion five years ago, there is absolutely no data in the
Application about the existence of a beneficial use between 3rd and 5`h Streets and
between 12`h and 131h Streets. In fact, the original hydrographic cross sections in
2016 were roughly from 6' Street to about I I' Street, so even based on the limited
and outdated 2016 data, there is no hydrographic data for possible erosion between
3rd and 5`h Streets and 12`h and IYStreets.
The Applicant states on page 6, paragraph 6 of their Narrative that "the Town
experienced noticeable erosion impacts along their shoreline." But there is not one
shred of data or proof or measurements of any kind to back up this brazen and
unproven assertion.
The Applicant also states, without any proof, that the beach recession rate is
"minimal." Certainly "minimal" recession cannot be the basis for CAMA to issue a
Modification based on "beneficial use."

3. The Applicant states that nearshore placement will result in downdrift to the west
along the beach. If there were, theoretically, any "beneficial use" between 5" and
12`°, then by placing the dredge material directly offshore of 5' and 12' it will not
end up where it is theoretically needed.
In short, the Applicant has no idea where the dredged material will end up and
therefore any claim of "beneficial use" for an area that may or may not have been
eroded five years ago is simply a guess and is not based on verified data and proof.
The Request for Modification should be denied until up-to-date data and proof can
be provided for "beneficial use" between 3" and 5' Streets and 12' and 13' Streets.
4. Sediment. The Applicant proposes inadequate measures in case of sediment plumes
in nearshore waters. Such sediment plumes, which are certain to occur, will be
detrimental to shrimp, fish, turtles, birds, and humans.
The Applicant states on page 12 that sediment "will disperse in nearshore zone and
not on beach front." There is no proof for this statement.
The Applicant states that nearshore placement is "rare or infrequent." Sunset Beach
should not be the testing ground for rare disposal arrangements.
The Applicant states that turbidity measurements will be taken every four hours, but
there is no provision to stop all work if sediment values exceed background
conditions. This is an intolerable situation to be permitted.
In sum, the nearshore placement area has been chosen based on vague "observations." The
2016 hydrographic data does not measure the area between 3rd and about 6' Streets or the
area between I I `" and 13' Streets.
The proposed measures to stop sediment and suspended solids from entering nearshore ocean
water will not be adequate to protect shrimp, fish, birds, turtles, and humans.
The placement area is unlawful because there is no proof of environmental acceptability
between 3rd and 51" Streets and between 12" and 13" Streets. The strong chance of suspended
solids being deposited in nearshore water is not compatible with existing beach uses.
I urge you to reject the Request for Modification until reliable, accurate, up-to-date data -and
proof can be provided to expand the placement area between 3rd and 5" Streets and between
12' and 13`" Streets.
Sincere) _
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Philip N. ost
433 5" Street, Sunset Beach 28468

Weychert, Curtis R
From: Edwin W Janes <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 3:45 PM
To: Davis, Braxton C; Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] Fwd: Assessment Resolution Hearing comments
Good People:
I am sending this copy of my comment for Nov 7 Sunset Beach Dredge Project special public assessment meeting
orchestrated by Town Council who not only changed permit from maintenance to navigation but also from per linear
foot to per plat so that the many small waterfront lot owners on the finger canals would bear the brunt of the costs as
compared to the few with larger linear waterfront footage. They used parts of 2 different statutes to combine and
proceed with, in my opinion, an illegal justification to change from the original linear foot responsibility to the per lot
responsibility.
My only purpose for sending this is: context.
Respectfully,
Edwin W. Janes
403 37th Street
Sunset Beach, NC cell 443 987 7582
Begin forwarded message:
From: Edwin W Janes <ewianes(a).yahoo.com>
Subject: Assessment Resolution Hearing comments
Date: November 4, 2020 at 3:00:11 PM EST
To: publiccomments(a)sunsetbeachnc.gov
Cc: ewianes(a)yahoo.com
( to be read in its entirety )
I am against proposed assessment as it is illegal
Statutes:
160A-238(3) The area of land benefited by the project, at an equal rate per unit of area:
160A-218(4) The number of lots served, or subject to being served, ..., at an equal rate per lot:
wording: "area of land benefited" and "number of lots served" cannot have the same meaning.
Further: ONLY 238 applies to dredging; but not based on "number of lots served."
Using 238, requires assessment by area not by plat or lot number
Edwin W. Janes

403 37th Street
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
please acknowledge receipt

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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Phil Post <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 2:44 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Cc: Post Barb
Subject: Re: [External] Re: Cams permit for dredging
Attachments: img001.pdf
Curt,
Please accept the attached comment letter, and please let me know you received it in good order and that
it will be part of the decision record.
Is there anyone else that should receive my comments?
Also , I will try to call you about further steps.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Phil
On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 1:00 PM Weychert, Curtis R <[e-mail]> wrote:
Mr. Post,
The Division Director makes all final permit decisions. The current 75 day review period ends on 12/5/20, however an
additional 75 days is allowed by law to further review the project, that date would be 2/18/20. Our permit decisions
are one of three options: we can approve the permit as proposed, deny the permit application, or approve the permit
with specific conditions which are usually based on the input we receive from our commenting agencies. I hope these
answers answer any questions you may have, but please feel free to email me with any further questions or concerns.
Respectfully,
Curt Weychert
Curtis Weychert
Assistant Major Permit Coordinator
North Carolina Division of Coastal Management
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
252-808-2808 x211
[e-mail]
400 Commerce Ave
Morehead City, NC 28557
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From: Phil Post <philip.n.post@¢mail.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2020 11:35 AM

To: Weychert, Curtis R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [External] Re: Cams permit for dredging
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Curt
Thanks for your response.
Again, whom Personor what commission within Cama makes the decision?
When do you expect a decision within Cama?
Is the decision a yes or no, or can you go back to the applicant and say find a better place for the spoil?
I will appreciate your answers.
Phil
Sent from myiPhone
Philip N. Post
919-818-7862
> On Oct 24, 2020, at 11:00, Weychert, Curtis R <[e-mail]> wrote:
> Mr. Post,
> Thank you for you email regarding your concerns with the Sunset Beach Dredging project. A recent modification has
been proposed regarding the final placement of dredged material from the Jinks Creek and Tubbs Inlet area. As you
may be aware, the Division of Coastal Management is coordinating a multi -agency state and federal review of the
proposal. I can assure your comments will be examined and taken into consideration prior to the Division taking final
action on this permit modification, and you will be informed of this final action. The Division of Coastal Management
enforces the rules of our Coastal Resource Commission, however, we coordinate with several different state and
federal resource and regulatory agencies in making permitting decisions. In response to your question about the
dredge material, I will reference you to the application packet submitted by the applicant (the link is below). In that
application, there is a section specifically looking at the sediment analysis.
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> The Division will continue to accept comments on this project until a permit decision is made. If you would like to
provide further comments, you can email myself or mail a letter to the Division. The Division appreciates you
submitting comments on this application. Your comments will be added to the official permit modification file for this
project. Please feel free to contact me by email (Curt.Wevchert(@ncdenr.gov) if you should have any additional
concerns relating to this project. Thank you for your participation in the CAMA process.
> Curtis Weychert
> Assistant Major Permit Coordinator
> North Carolina. Division of Coastal Management North Carolina
> Department of Environmental Quality
> 252-808-2808 x211
> [e-mail]

> 400 Commerce Ave
> Morehead City, NC 28557
> ----- Original Message-----
• From: Phil Post<[e-mail]>
> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2020 7:43 PM
> To: Weychert, Curtis R <[e-mail]>
> Subject: [External] Re: Cams permit for dredging
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> Won't the dredged material contain organic material and silt that will create oxygen demand in the seawater And
siltation and be harmful to Humans and birds and aquatic life?
> Phil
> Sent from my iPhone
> Philip N. Post
> 919-818-7862
>> On Oct 23, 2020, at 19:27, Phil Post <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> Curt
>> What arguments will be persuasive and whom will decide to issue the What's the deadline?
>> What arguments will work like turtles and fish and shore birds and human impacts? Which argument will stop this
madness?
>> Also the sound side of Sunset and the West end of Ocean Isle have both been allowed to install giant sandbags
which of course have destroyed the beach or the shore in those two places; those two locations need nourishment.
Why endanger a pristine beach used every day by humans and instead use the materials to nourish areas that are
closer and need the material?
>> What is the best argument to stop this madness?
>> Phil
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> Philip N. Post
>> 919-818-7862
Philip N. Post, PE, PLS
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November 7, 2020
To: Mayor Shannon Phillips
I, Sunset Beach Councilwoman Jan Harris, will not participate in this Public Hearing for
a Special Assessment for the proposed dredging project for the following reasons:
1. NC Statute 160-238 does not give the Town authority to assess by plat rather than
linear foot.
2. NC Statute 160-238 does not give the Town authority to assess by number of
parcels served.
3. Only NC160-238 applies to dredging, but NOT based on number of lots served.
4. Justifying the Town's planned special assessment on the above could subject the
Town to a lawsuit.
5. At this time Council has no idea of the potential costs of the project because we have
not heard from the State of NC, or the Army Corps of
Engineers as to what or even if they will approve our permit as submitted.
6. On Council there is the potential for a Conflict of Interest during this Public Hearing.
Given that we have the legal option to rescind or postpone the Assessment Resolution
that requires this meeting, this Public Hearing places an unfair burden and costs upon'
the citizens and taxpayers off Sunset Beach. Furthermore to expose Town Staff and
participants to a Covid 19 spike at this time, is irresponsible and, regardless of
precautions, risks health.
Finally and most important, the comment word and time limits rules for spoken or
written, combined with the very serious threat of an a -symptomatic, no temperature,
Covid super -spreader in attendance, disenfranchises not only the affected property
owners who seek information on their concerns, but also all other interested taxpayers
who wanted to attend but were afraid.
Respectfully,
Jan Harris
Sunset Beach Councilwoman
Mr. Mayor.- Please read this message in its entirety word for word to the Public in
attendance and 1 formally request it be placed in the minutes of this public meeting.
Thank you!

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Reference: Town of Sunset Beach Dredge Permit Application
Good people:
Waterfront Stakeholder Perspective
Respectfully, I think it is important that you understand that an overwhelming
number of the 325 affected property owners, especially the majority (aprox 269)
who are on the feeder and finger canals, have not been informed by Town
Council of the choices and costs that apply to the proposed navigation
application. Because of this, they are disenfranchised from their right to make
decisions and informed comments on this application. The previous and present
Councils have always had split votes on dredge issues- carried by a pro -dredge
majority who has refused to present environmental impact data, costs, or execute
and publish the results of an often -requested written surrey of the stakeholders.
Council's current and purposefully premature initiative, a special dredge tax
district, requires a Public Hearing which was held Nov. 7 (after the State
comment period closed), in the open bay of the firehouse amid the Covid 19
Pandemic I This was a Public Meeting and a chance to hear what they need to
know to provide feedback. BUT - No costs were given and No questions
were allowed I Written comments were limited to 100 words, oral comments
were limited to 90 seconds! Afraid of Covid, only 20 people showed up and 11
spoke. The meeting can be viewed on the Town Website. The Town Council
Public Meeting Oath asking council members if they have an Apparent
Conflict of Interest or a Conflict of Interest was Not administered I Mayor
Pro-Tem Corbett and Councilman Bormann, did not recuse. Both own large
waterfront lots and dredging will have a direct financial impact on their property
values (as stated by Brunswick County Tax representative ). Councilman
Corbett- Mayor Pro-Tem, along with Councilman Bormann even suggested
reducing the interest rate on assessment loans from 8% to 3% which would
directly benefit him and Councilman Bormann.
Councilwoman Jan Harris chose to not participate and had Mayor Philips
read her statement into the record at the beginning of the meeting. Her
objections are based on the statute legality of assessment by linear footage vs.
by lot/plat and the fact that there was an obvious Conflict of Interest issue at
this meeting with the Council pro -dredge (4-1) majority. Jan Harris is a two-time.
Pelican Award Recipient with the NC Coastal Federation. * Her Statement in full
is attached to my email.
Abstract

1
After rejecting the Sunset Beach dredge permit application twice, USACE sent
the Town a letter dated 31January, 2020 in which, by my count, there were 19
requests or comments asking for additional data, information, purpose, and the
citing of insufficiencies. I have yet .to see any record of efforts by the Town to
address the USACE letter and its requests. At best this is disrespectful. Instead,
the Town has changed the application from a maintenance application to a
navigation application in an attempt to avoid the very issues they needed to
address. Nevertheless I have studied the 47 page narrative of the new
application you have, and its attachments. It is my conclusion that not only
has the Town not done due diligence in addressing your letter of 31
January, but there are now additional serious concerns and issues relating
to the revised navigation -based application and narrative before you.
Concerns & Issues
Purpose & Need Section: Pq 6 The town cites need to dredge a deeper and
wider "navigation" channel in South Jinks Creek (SJC)
1. "The reduced navigable pathway has already impacted the Sunset Beach local economy as
annual renters have declined to return to the vacation destination due to the lack of
recreational boating access."
This "need" is based on a personal communication between Mayor Pro-Tem
Corbett and Sunset Properties (major rental company for island) and is opinion
not backed by data. None has been presented. In season we surveyed island
rental properties with motorized boats. Fact: Only a handful of people tow
motorized boats to Sunset Beach for a rental house vacation. Most use the
Towns' superb boat launch ramp facility. All of Sunset Beach Island marsh is a
no wake zone.
2. "The increased channel width from current conditions, will provide access through South
Jinks Creek within the municipal limits of Sunset Beach. This will promote recreational fishing
and navigation in an area, which will in turn help sustain the economy of Sunset Beach."
How will dredging in SJC promote and sustain when there is no fishing in SJC ?
Recreational fishing is only in North Jinks Creek (NJC) and the PNA marshes it
bisects. For the 47 years that I have been at Sunset Beach recreational
fishermen have successfully used NJC and other boaters SJC, regardless of the
tides. They access the creek via the AIWW and/or use the Town Boat Ramp.
There is no evidence of economic dependence except for purchasing bait. Jinks
Creek is just a small, rare, tidal creek bisecting PNA. A NO WAKE zone. It has
never been used for commercial activity. It is a naturally occurring tidal creek un-
like the man-made canals at Ocean Isle Beach with direct access to the AIWW.

No -Action Alternative: Pg 10 and Dredge Altemative 1. Deep Water
Connection through North Jinks Creek Pq 11
Jinks Creek is a naturally occurring, shallow -water, tidal creek that's never been
dredged. It has never provided. deep water or deep draft access from the AIWW
to the Atlantic via Tubbs. The environmental concerns and issues, not to
mention the safety of recreational boaters, have been factually outlined in
previous application comment periods. Access to the Atlantic Ocean via Tubbs
Inlet is hazardous at any time in any tide fall, and mariners have known this for
years. Shoaling comes and goes with hurricanes and storms and Jinks continues
to service a healthy PNA marsh eco-system. Other than a photograph what data
has been presented to justify the statement that shoaling will have the stated
narrative impacts ? The Jinks Creek tide is consistently 4-6 feet. Where is the
evidence that we have an unhealthy system justifying the need for dredging to a
depth of -5 MW? "Navigation"on this small creek has never been an issue.
For the 47 years that I have been at Sunset Beach knowledgeable recreational
fishermen and boaters have successfully used NJC regardless of the tides. They
access the creek via the AIWW and/or use the Town Boat Ramp.
Dredge Alternative 5: Pq 18
The Town eliminated this option simply based on the premise, but no reasoned
analysis, of the difficulty the Canal Bay area boaters would have in using SJC.
The Town's own Scoping Committee recommended that the Town submit
separate dredging permits for the Feeder Channel System/Canal Bay and Jinks
Creek, but the Town rejected this recommendation based on a premise. What is
the Town's justification for not using this recommendation? Is the ultimate objective to
develop "deep -draft deep -water access" by dredging a navigational channel that is 100
feet wide and 5-ft MLW from Palm Cove through both SJC and NJC to the AIWW?
Dredge Alternative 5 meets the needs of the vast majority of affected (aprox 269 out of
325) water frontage owners with minimal impact on the environment- the feeder and
finger canals having been maintenance dredged.
Dredge Material Option Section: Pq 21 Alternative 4
The Town's narrative makes a broad sweeping claim: ':....the alternative provides a
beneficial reuse option for placement of the beach material from South Jinks
Creek: Nearshore placement also provides an environmentally acceptable and
least cost alternative that meets the purpose and need of the project. "

The reasoning provided for the above option and the subsequent explanations
present interpretations and statements as conclusions ; but very little if any
supporting data.
It is clear that the offshore spoils option should ONLY be considered if there are no
other options. But in fact the application narrative discussed three other dredge
material disposal options, with environmentally sound support, for temporary
storage until a beneficial site can be identified. Should the best alternative for
beneficial be defined by the environmental impact as suggested in NCGS
113-229 ? Or by Cost as the Town narrative suggests?
The data and science suggest that the proposed option will lose the spoils to down -
drift dynamics. But more important is the cavalier declaration that Alternative 4 is
more cost effective- at the expense of the environment.
Preferred Alternative - Proposed Dredge Template: Piz 24
The Town claims that if the natural shoaling continues it will negatively impact the
environment and navigation.
The Town presents no evidence to support this conclusion. Creating a navigational
channel in SJC will further disrupt the tidal prism and increase the sediment load
deposited in NJC. The Town doesn't address the impact of a navigational channel in
SJC that is 1700 by 100 ft and is 5-ft MLW. How will such a channel impact the
environment in NJC and the surrounding PNAs?
Conclusion
Not only has the Town failed to address the issues and concerns as cited in the USACE
letter of 31 January, 2020, but with this application it also has not offered sufficient data
and documentation to address the concerns and issues in dredging South Jinks Creek. It
also continues to express opinions and observations as un-documented conclusions.
This is especially true of the near -shore option. The Town presents no data that the
dredging of SJC will help sustain the economy of Sunset Beach. Likewise it presents no
data that the small number of Canal Bay boaters (the heart of the pro -dredge effort)
cannot continue, at low tide, to use the deep channel in the bay to access the short part
of SJC needed to reach NJC. The very small minority of deep water/deep draft boaters .
can plan their boating activities around the tide as usual. The reality there is no data to
support this as a navigation issue.

;1
I have owned a cottage on the island of Sunset Beach for 39 years and have been
walking that beach for 47 years. I have watched 3 sets of primary dunes being built by
Mother Nature as a result of human intervention, swallowing wood walkovers, adding at
least 100 feet to ocean front property, and the consistent accretion of sand, the
construction of the Little River Jetty, the ensuing accelerated accretion, the closing of
Madd Inlet, and the ever-moving/changing Tubbs Inlet (dangerous from a mariner's
point of view), and recently the restoration of the flats at Tubbs. I have recently seen
the reestablishment of at least 5 bird species in those flats. In all those years
recreational fishermen and boaters have continued to successfully use Jinks Creek, even
at low tide, with modest seamanship skills. Jinks always has been, and still is, just a
creek. A no wake zone. It's something you paddle and motor on slowly and with care.
Its just a creek that bisects a beautiful Primary Nursery Area Marsh ecosystem. It is NOT
now, and never has been, a busy "navigation" channel- especially for deep draft/deep
water boats. One doesn't "navigate" Jinks creek. One paddles or motors with shallow
draft boats. Jinks' function is not to service a new boating community as desired by
some.
Respectfully,
Ted Janes
[e-mail]
.443987
7582 (cell)
403 37th Street,
Sunset Beach NC
Brunswick
Environmental Action Committee (BEAT) Board Member
North Carolina
Coastal Federation member
National Wildlife
Federation member
Audubon Society member
Life Member Sierra Club

Weychert, Curtis R
From: Davis, Braxton C
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2020 8:21 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Fwd: John Pagel's USACE Public Comment Letter
Braxton Davis
Director, Division of Coastal Management
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Morehead City, NC 28557
[phone] x202
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 202012:21 PM
To: Davis, Braxton C <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Fwd: John Pagel's USACE Public Comment Letter
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: Richard Hilderman <richardhildermanna,gmail.com>
Date: November 15, 2020 at 12:12:44 PM EST
To: Richard Hilderman <dog eng [e-mail]>
Subject: John Pagel's USACE Public Comment Letter
Concerned Citizens:
John Pagel has given me permission to share his USACE public comment letter with you, The
deadline for submitting public comments to the USACE is Nov. 16. You can send your concerns
to Mr. Currey at Gregory.E.Currevna,usace.army.mil.
Richard
November13, 2020
Mr. Gregory E. Currey gregory.e.currey(a)usace.army. mil
US Army Corps of Engineers
Re: Sunset Beach Dredging Proposal/Processes

Dear Mr. Currey
We're all aware of the continuing dredging saga at the Town of Sunset Beach (SSB).
Machinations might describe the process as it has evolved over several years in the hands of a
few Town leaders. I address below some items that I suggest are concerns of the vast majority
of SSB property owners and other concerned citizens. My main points below are provided in the
question; does benefitting a few individuals, with extensive environmental costs and
socioeconomic costs, authorize or give a project a go-ahead as based on guidelines of USACE?
As a terrestrial biologist, I have completed literature searches on dredging. These searches
revealed many studies, and most works related to the oft -necessary dredging near sea ports,
shipping channels and turning basins.. I learned that dredging, placement of dredged materials,
and maintenance dredging, are primary components of the "dredging process."
The small finger and feeder canals can serve as surrogate examples of the proposed dredging
at SSB. Sedimentation is a natural process that is critical to the life, e.g., mollusks, other
invertebrates, fishes, the plants, indeed, the primary nursery areas, that depend on a healthy
salt marsh -tidal creek ecosystem. Without tidal cycles and the nourishment provided in
sediments, the tidal marsh as we know it would die. But these sediments also act quickly as fill,
and like the surrogate canals, the major SSB project will require maintenance dredging at about
the time the area has healed, and the dredged materials, sometimes called spoils, will again
have to be dumped somewhere and the process will continue.
Whether first-time dredging or maintenance dredging, where will the spoils be placed? On a
man-made hill, probably not! More likely these materials will be placed nearby on the beach, or
nearby in the ocean. The former likely will not happen because SSB submitted a modified
application to CAMA to dump the spoils in the ocean between 31 and 1311 streets. I questioned
CAMA and ask USACE, does dredging (SJC and nearby) begin to balance the environmental
and socioeconomic costs of the dredging process ---regardless of where spoils are dumped?
Disturbingly, even certain SSB Town Council proponents of dredging understand that the beach
is accreting, and that off -shore spoils will not simply stabilize on the ocean floor but be
transported by ocean currents, tides, and wave action. It will be a dispersive site. Some
dispersal will be to the east where materials were dredged, with more dispersal to the west.
Such ocean dispersal to the west does not meet guidelines regarding movement of beach
materials from one inlet shoal system to another shoal system.
Further, in regard to the beach/shoreline, food/feeding, body maintenance, reproduction, and
winter migration/migrants are aspects of bird biology that encompass much of the year. If they
are not breeding in winter, it's because that is a stressful time of the year that cannot be
compounded by the cost of reproduction (or other disturbances that include man-made activities
such as dredging, pipelines, dumping, and grading). Select birds alone require extended
periods for reproduction when considering territory establishment through fledging. Turtles,
which typically draw the most attention, indeed "nest" on the east end of Sunset Beach Island
and the overall time required can be extensive. Carmel Zetts (long-time observer, educator and
Coordinator of the Sunset Beach Turtle Watch Program) told me that nesting on the Island runs
May through August and hatching may be as late as November. These items must be
considered under the cumulative environmental effects of dredging. Disturbance of SSB's east
end shore/beach would not be in the best interests of our natural heritage/wildlife at any time of
the year!
I think most folks have little or no concern with the periodic maintenance dredging of the finger
and feeder canals that have been there a long time., Primary concerns of taxpayers, scientists,
and others are the great costs —environmental, socioeconomic, and others that will result from
very few players. These include a few homeowners, developers, and select realtors, who will
personally (they might not have to check the tide chart stuck on their refrigerator) and notably,
financially benefit from deep creek dockage and passage of large boats through SJC and
nearby —regardless of the tide cycle. I think, unless one hopes to speed through the channel,
that now large boats have passageway with no problems during low tide.

And I must emphasize that the above includes apparent conflicts of interest; conflicts that I think
must be recognized by USACE, if for no other reason than to protect the integrity of the ongoing
process and welfare of SBB taxpayers. It has been more than "suggested" that select members
of the SBB Town Council (who have been and are still now "pushing" dredging and say it will be
a boon to SSB) will personally benefit financially. That, despite environmental perturbations and
the great costs to SBB taxpayers and, importantly, to whomever the funds come from to do the
dredging. Somebody is paying to fund grants; they are not "free." Further, these council people
have not demonstrated that the project will benefit the Town, but seemingly state it as a
fact. Please require documented evidence from them.
I refer to my question at the beginning, "...does benefitting a few individuals, even with
environmental and socioeconomic costs to others, authorize or give a project a go-ahead as
based on guidelines of USACE?"
Thank you for considering my comments.
Cordially,
John F. Pagels PhD Professor Emeritus of Biology
Mammalogy/Mammalian Ecology/Vertebrate Biology
Virginia Commonwealth University
(and Barbara K. Pagels PhD School Administrator)

Weychert, Curtis R
From: Karen Fox <[e-mail]>
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2020 7:49 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Proposal
Hello,
I am writing concerning the navigational dredging that is being proposed by the Town of Sunset Beach. As a
property owner and taxpayer in Sunset Beach, I am concerned that the level of dredging has morphed from
"maintenance" (which all agree is needed) to "navigational" in an area that has never had dredging previously.
Additionally, there is misrepresentation from some of our council members as to what is being done and
several of them will benefit personally if navigational dredging is done. I ask that you please consider the actual
necessity of the deep dredging they are asking for. This proposal has dragged on for four years, and cost our
Town over $500,000 in permit and legal fees already. If deep water dredging is done, it is setting the
precedent for future maintenance needed at that level - another cost that our taxpayers cannot absorb.
Another concern I have is the ecological impact. These very marshes are home to many varieties of wildlife,
and their habitats will be disrupted, even removed, by both the dredging itself and subsequent placement of
spoils.
The residents of Sunset Beach are relying on you to consider these factors and the scientific data to decline
the Town's request for navigational dredging.
Thank you,
Karen B. Fox

Weychert, Curtis R
From: Davis, Braxton C
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2020 3:01 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Town of Sunset Beach Dredging Permit Application
From: Dave Eastburn [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2020 2:56 PM
To: Gregory E Currey <[e-mail]>; Davis, Braxton C <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Town of Sunset Beach Dredging Permit Application
Gentlemen,
Thank you for the opportunity to voice my concerns about the Navigational Dredging proposal from the Town of Sunset
Beach. My family has owned property in the area since the 1970's. I have had a home on the island since 1994 and first
visited the island in the 1960's as a college student.
My primary concerns are with the flagrant self-serving interests of certain members of Council in total disregard toward
the residents, both directly affected and others, and the environment.
• At no time has council surveyed property owners to determine whether there is any support for this project.
• The property owners along the canals have waited years for the maintenance dredging of their canals. I am in
favor of what would be considered "true maintenance dredging" of previously [legally] dredged waters at
previously dredged depths.
• However, the project has been intentionally misrepresented by Council from the outset; the initial permit
application described the project as "maintenance" dredging, but clearly included areas of North Jinks Creek and
South Jinks Creek which had never before been dredged; in response to the concerns raised by you and others,
North Jinks creek was ultimately dropped and the project was repositioned as "navigational" dredging — which
was also done in a misguided effort to make the project more in line with the statutes regarding special
assessments for such projects, which would directly benefit certain members of council.
• This entire effort has been driven from the outset by the personal interests of a small group of property owners
and developers seeking deep -water access for their recreational boating activities. The developer of affected
property along Riverside Drive [Ocean Club Estates] advertises those properties as having ocean access, which is
not possible without the dredging of South Anks Creek and Tubbs Inlet. Previous advertising included videos of
large power boats requiring deep water access. Further, all of the properties within this Ocean Club Estates
development were built on land that was submerged until raised by the spoils of previous dredging
projects. (See NCGS-146). NCGS-146-6(b) "If any land is, by act of man, raised above the high watermark of any
navigable water by filling, except such filling be to reclaim lands theretofore lost to the owner by natural causes
or as otherwise provided under the proviso of subsection (d), title thereto shall vest in the State and the land so
raised shall become a part of the vacant and unappropriated lands of the State."
• Fewer than 400 lots in all of Sunset Beach have waterfront access to the proposed project. Of those, a
significant majority lie on the finger canals. And, the vast majority of all of these property owners do not own
powerboats or boats that require the depth of dredging proposed by Council.
• Councilmen Corbett and Bormann both have a direct conflict of interest and will realize a direct financial gain if
the project goes forward as proposed.

• Council initially voted to assess affected property owners on a basis of linear feet of frontage. A later vote was
taken, although the vote was taken without notice to the public that such a vote would occur, and the basis of
assessment was changed to a per lot basis.
Councilman Bormann owns waterfront property that did or does consist of multiple lots, some of which have
been combined. His waterfrontage is multiples of that for most if not all other affected property owners. Thus,
under his proposed basis of assessment, he would pay a much lesser amount than he would on a per linear foot
basis. It is a clear financial benefit to him personally to assess on a "per parcel" basis instead of a "per linear
foot" basis. NCGS 138A, NC State Government Ethics Act, states:
"(14c) Financial benefit. - A direct pecuniary gain or loss to the legislator, the public servant, or a
person with which the legislator or public servant is associated, or a direct pecuniary loss to a
business competitor of the legislator, the public servant, or a person with which the legislator or
public servant is associated."
Councilman Corbett likewise owns affected waterfront property.
Both Bormann and Corbett have repeatedly refused to acknowledge a conflict and have refused to recuse
themselves from discussion or voting on this issue. Corbett relies on an opinion of the Town Attorney that was
rendered for a different issue.
• 1 have repeatedly asked council to explain what legal basis they have for assessing in this manner and have not
received any reasons other than "it is our opinion that it is within our authority" to do so. But, here is what the
law says:
o The proposed Preliminary Assessment Resolution states: (3) That the proposed basis for making special
assessments is by the number of parcels served."
o Acting Town Administrator, Lisa Anglin, in response to my questions stated: "a parcel" is a "unit of area"
and thus is covered by NCGS 160A-238(3) on which Council is relying for authority to make the special
assessments. However, from a legal perspective, this is contradictory to the letter and intent of NCGS
160A-238 which allows assessments for such projects to be made on the following bases:
• (1) The frontage abutting on the project, at an equal rate per foot of frontage; or
• (2) The frontage abutting on a beach or shoreline protected or benefited by the project, at
an equal rate per foot of frontage; or
(3) The area of land benefited by the project, at an equal rate per unit of area; or
• (4) The valuation of land benefited by the project, being the value of the land without
improvements as shown on the tax records of the county, at an equal rate per dollar of
valuation; or
• (5) ,A combination of two or more of these bases.
Under law, language canons direct that "a word or phrase is presumed to bear the same meaning throughout a
text; a material variation in terms suggests a variation in its meaning."
NCGS 160A clearly distinguishes between "number of lots served" and "area of land benefited":
o 160A-218(4) states "The number of lots served, or subject to being served, ..., at an equal rate per lot",
while
0 160A-238(3) states "The area of land benefited by the project, at an equal rate per unit of area;'
o Thus, "area of land benefited" cannot mean the same thing as "number of lots served" as assumed by
Council in its Preliminary Assessment Resolution.
• Further, only 238 applies to dredging, but NOT based on "number of lots served."
• The consultant hired by Council has acted as a rubber stamp for the desires of the Council majority and has
failed, as you have seen, to provide data to substantiate conclusory statements in the permit application.
• The result of the prolonged delays, repositioning of the scope, failure to answer you questions and failure to
seek input from affected property owners had caused significant increase in the overall cost of the project,
which will be borne inequitably by affected owners.
It is my opinion that the only dredging that should be allowed is true "maintenance dredging" to pre-existing levels of
waters that have been previously legally dredged.
Please consider these comments in your ongoing review of this application.

Respectfully,
David A.Eastburn
424 32"d Street
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
[mailing address:
2044 Homestead Rd
Todd, NC 28684
336-877-36661

Weychert, Curtis R
From: Davis, Braxton C
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2020 10:53 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Town of Sunset Beach Navigation Permit Application
Attachments: USACE comment 112020 4 final w.docx; Harris Msg to Council 1172020 w.docx
From: Edwin W Janes [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2020 10:41 AM
To: [e-mail]
Cc: Davis, Braxton C <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Town of Sunset Beach Navigation Permit Application
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Sir: I would like to thank you and your team for the privilege of an open comment period regarding the Town of Sunset
Beach permit application before you now. With respect for the amount of work ahead of you, I submit my comments in
the Word document below which also contains my full contact information. Below is a statement from Councilwoman
Jan Harris, referred to in my comments; it should be attached to my document.
Respectfully,
Ted Janes
[e-mail]

November 16 2020
Memo to: Dr. Braxton Davis, Mr. Curt Weychert, Mr. Gregory E. Currey
braxton.davis(a,ncdenr. ov curt, weycherte,ncdenr.gov, [e-mail]
From: Dr. Len Pietrafesa (PhD)
len pietrafesa(i,ncsu.edu
Professor Emeritus, North Carolina State University
Former Head, Dept. of Marine, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Former Chair, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Science Advisory Board (FACA)
The wetlands in and surrounding South Jink's Creek in Sunset Beach waters are a North Carolina
(NC) Wetland. NC's wetlands are protected by law as "waters of the State." As such, the Sunset
Beach South Jink's Creek wetlands are categorically protected, and dredging in those wetlands
should be prohibited. In 1996, the NC Environmental Management Commission adopted
comprehensive wetland regulations. The state regulations did several discrete things, including: a
definition of wetlands; protected existing uses of wetlands such as flood retention and water
purification; and the establishment of a permitting system to authorize activities in wetlands.
For background, the NC Environmental Management Commission's authority to adopt wetlands
regulations and protect wetlands as "waters of the State" was challenged in a NC court. The NC
Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) has intervened in the case on behalf of the NC
Coastal Federation and other organizations to help defend the Commission's authority. In 2002,
the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled wetlands are "waters of the State" and fully upheld the
Commission's duty to regulate activities impairing or destroying wetlands. For many years, the
federal and state partnership in protecting wetlands worked, with the State, as necessary,
supplementing federal protection by requiring State authorization for activities impairing or
destroying wetlands. Then in 2018, the NC General Assembly took the shortsighted action of
enacting a law that repealed the part of the Environmental Management Commission's regulations
establishing a permitting system to authorize activities in most wetlands. Importantly, the
legislation only repealed authority to authorize or permit activities in wetlands, not state law or
regulations defining wetlands as waters of the State and requiring protection of wetlands. This law
had little effect since nearly all wetlands were regulated by federal agencies. The required federal
permits allowed the State to both meet its duty to protect wetlands and authorize activities through
its authority to certify that the federal permits protected water quality. For completeness, I note
that in 2020, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took the shortsighted, and likely to
be determined - unlawful, action of defining waters protected under the Clean Water Actto exclude
many if not most wetlands.
However, the law is clear in that the wetlands that the EPA has now determined are no longer
protected by the Clean Water Act still remain protected under NC state law. Some might contend
it would be better to keep the legal status quo in which all activities that impair or destroy these
wetlands be prohibited, with no process to authorize them. However, in general, the longstanding
process to require authorization or permits, minimize impacts, and restore wetlands to compensate
for unavoidable losses has served the State well.

Dredging the wetlands of Sunset Beach in general, and South Jink's Creek in particular, will impair
the functioning of those wetlands to: attenuate flooding during the passages of atmospheric storms;
reduce the ability of those wetlands to purify land runoff water impurities; impair the functioning
of the wetlands as estuarine dependent finfish nurseries; and impair the functioning as habitats and
sanctuaries for fish, mammal and bird wildlife. Moreover, the proposed Channel will exacerbate
the future storm induced flooding of Sunset Beach. My colleagues and I have already demonstrated
that, with our numerical prognostic modeling of the system. Further, we demonstrated that the
engineering studies conducted are seriously flawed. Presently, given sea level rise, Spring Tides
and even high wind events create chronic conditions that are already quite impactful and severe
-and will be further exacerbated by dredging the prosed channel, as "blue-sky" nuisance flooding
events. Why would the Town take that risk to impair the safety of the many for the benefit of a
few?
Large craft boat operators have the Intracoastal Water Way at their disposal and the options of
dwellings on other nearby islands with canals built for those boating purposes. The misguided
desires of the few should not be allowed to ruin the natural, beautiful, pristine wetlands of Sunset
Beach and South Jink's Creek.

Weychert, Curtis R
From: Davis, Braxton C
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2020 2:57 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] FYI
Attachments: Letter to USACE 2020.docx
From: Leonard Pietrafesa [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2020 2:45 PM
To: Davis, Braxton C <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]; [e-mail]
Subject: [External] FYI
Gentlemen:
Attached is a letter for your consideration.
Len Pietrafesa (a coastal resident)
Professor Emeritus, North Carolina State Univ
Burroughs & Chapin Scholar, Coastal Carolina Univ
51 Sandpiper Dr 5916 Union Pacific Ave
Ocean Isle Beach, NC Charlotte, NC
Zip: 28469 Zip: 28210
910-579-8929 (H) 704-817-7739 (H)
704-910-7047 (C) 704-910-7047 (C).
2nd Chair, NOAA Science Advisory Board
3rd Commissioner, AMS Weather & Climate Enterprise
lst Chair, AGU Focus Group on Science & Society
1st Chair, APLU Board on Oceans, Atmosphere & Climate
1

Navigational Dredging Permit Application for Sunset Beach
Mr. Gregory Currey
US Army Corps of Engineers
Department of Defense
Wilmington, N.C.
Dear Mr. Currey:
Thank you and the US Army Corps of Engineers for your expertise and time
already devoted to the Sunset Beach Dredging Project.
I have a long history with Sunset Beach. In 1959 when I was three years old, my
grandfather and father built a cottage along the water on the main land where North
Jinks Creek intersects the Intracoastal Waterway. We christened the home, Jinks
Landing. The raised cottage offers a commanding view down Jinks Creek to Tubbs Inlet
and the Atlantic Ocean. We had small recreational boats, and my father understood the
tides and the shifting sands of the tidal creeks. Granted, we might have run aground,
but my father filed away ever -changing navigational knowledge. He always
acknowledged the power of Mother Nature and respected the natural beauty of unique
coastal environment. (My father, Frank McGougan, moved to Sunset Beach full time in
1975 and probably knew the ins and outs of Jinks Creek better than most anyone. He
passed away in July 2020, but he was adamantly opposed to dredging Jinks Creek.)
Your letter of January 31, 2020, addressed numerous concerns with the town's
original Dredging application. Following the town's withdraw of that application and
the submission of the new Navigational application, I believe Sunset Beach has not
addressed your questions and has not provided scientific data or financial
documentation on both the unprecedented dredging South Jinks Creek and the near -
shore depositing of the dredge spoils. I believe Navigational Dredging will benefit a
select few individuals, while the dredging will have unpredictable environmental
implications and huge social and economic costs. Why won't Sunset Beach simply
move forward with needed maintenance dredging of the Bay and Feeder Canals and
removed South Jinks Creek from the equation?
1. Unpredictable Environmental Repercussions
Jinks Creek is a natural shallow tidal creek that has never been dredged. It has
never offered deep -water access nor should it in the future by the hand of man.
Creating a manmade deepwater channel in South Jinks Creek will have negative
impacts on the primary nursery areas of North Jinks Creeks and overall natural health
of the tidal estuaries between the island the Intracoastal Waterway. There is no way to
predict how a dredged five-foot deep MLW unnatural channel would affect tidal
currents. It will surely increase the volume of water moving in and out of Tubbs Inlet.

As a child in the late 1960s, I witnessed the frightening erosion that was
occurring on Sunset Beach after the canals were first dredged and before Mr. Mannon
Gore's embarked on his ambitious plans for Tubbs Inlet. Mr. Gore successfully relocated
Tubbs Inlet nearly a mile to the east and somehow managed to stop the erosion. And in
the process, Sunset Beach started accruing sand and shoreline which continues today.
In 2020, for the first time in the history of Sunset Beach, the shoreline in the Palm
Cove area had to be reinforced with sand bags for protection from flooding and erosion.
The East End of Sunset Beach is now unstable. What impact will a five-foot-deep,1700
by 100 foot wide navigational channel in South Jinks Creek that to Tubbs Inlet have on
flooding and erosion in this area?
A study by Drs. Pietrafsea, Bao and Gayes using the same computer program
that the Sunset Beach's consultants had used (but with additional input data) suggests
the Town underestimated the volumetric flux of water through the system by 40%. The
Town has not offered adequate countering data in response to Pietrafesa et al
conclusion that dredging South Jinks Creek to five-foot MLW will increase the risk and
flooding.
Jinks Creek has been part of the dredging project since 2016. After performing an
oyster survey, North Jinks Creek was removed from that proposal due to the expansive
oyster beds in North Jinks Creek. This direct adjacency should still be a concern.
Sunset Beach has maintained that without appropriate tidal exchange within the
Bay Area and Feeder Channel System, the systems may become unsuitable for marine
resources as dissolved oxygen levels decrease in stagnant water. The Town did not
adequately document the current oxygen levels in the Feeder Channels or South Jinks
Creek or validate whether or not it is suitable for marine life. Since the tide is four to six
feet, one could expect sufficient tidal exchange to keep the dissolved oxygen at an
appropriate level.
In 2015, I purchased my own house (built in 1961) that also looks down Jinks
Creek towards the Atlantic. My own cottage and my family home have both withstood
six decades of hurricanes. Jinks Creeks is a naturally occurring tidal estuary that has
served Sunset Beach well. Everyone knows it's not nice to mess with Mother Nature.
Please let Jinks Creeks be Jinks Creek, without the unpredictable damage that man
might inflict by digging an unnatural deep channel.
2. Near off -shore placement of dredge spoils
The placement of the South Jinks Creeks compatible sand/dredge spoils has
been an ongoing concern. This latest proposal to deposit of the spoils off shore is based
on cost -savings rather than environmental concerns. There is scant documentation on
the impact it will have on shoreline for both wildlife and the coastal lifestyle of
residents and tourists.
Sunset Beach has attempted to justify placing the South Jinks Creek spoils
offshore between 3rd and 131h Street, saying the area is eroding. This is simply not true.
Sunset Beach has been accreting sand and shore for decades. Granted, the toe of the

expanding dunes that grow over the winter months is sometimes scarfed after a storm,
but it's been minor and the dunes quickly build back up.
North Carolina regulations require that beach quality material dredged from an
inlet shoal system shall not be removed from the inlet shoal system. If South Jinks
Creek spoils are deposited offshore the sand must remain in the Tubbs Inlet littoral
system. Will placing the spoils off shore in ten feet of water keep the sand in the Tubbs
Inlet shoal system? If the deposited sand moves westward out of this area by the
natural long -shore transport system how is'this keeping the sand in the Tubbs Inlet
shoal system?
By most accounts, spoils deposited off shore of Sunset Beach will not stabilize on
the ocean floor but will be transported by tides, current, and wave action. Some
dispersal will be eastward where the spoils were dredged, but more dispersal will
probably move to the west. Westward dispersal of the Jinks Creek spoils does not meet
guidelines regarding movement of beach materials from one inlet shoal system to
another shoal system. The sediment composition of the South Jinks Creeks dredged
material has been determined and deemed compatible with sand along the shore front
Sunset Beach. while the composition of the ocean floor offshore where the spoils will be
placed has not been determined.
3. Economic impact on Sunset Beach and Cost and Conflict of Interest
The town presented no hard numbers or financial data that dredging South Jinks
Creek will sustain or bolster the overall economy of Sunset Beach. Even with the Covid-
19 crisis with the closing of the beach and a band on vacation rentals for many weeks in
the spring, rental revenues on the island and along the canals showed no significant
decrease considering outside factors of 2020. In fact, the rental revenue numbers have
significantly increased annually over the past five years. The Town should provide the
bed tax revenues on the Bay/canals for the past five years, rather than relying on
antidotal reports from one rental agency.
Sunset Beach's economy is booming and home prices are escalating rapidly. The
town should submit documentation showing the average home price along the Bay and
Feeder Canal systems and the average cost of a weekly Bay/Canal rental over the past
five years. These numbers would indicate if there is a true economic hardship from the
lack of dredging. The town presented no documentation that canal and bay boaters will
not be able to continue to use the natural channels to access South and North Jinks
Creek.
The Town has identified both federal and nonfederal sites to temporarily store
the South Jinks Creek spoils, but cost of these storage site is significantly higher. Sunset
Beach Town Council maintains that it does not want to pursue this option due to the
estimated cost of $ 2.5 to $3.5 million as compared to $850,000 for placing the sand
offshore. Should these cost saving be the determining factor for the best option for
spoils sand placement?
Most Sunset Beach resident agree periodic maintenance dredging of the finger
and feeder canals is needed. Sunset Beach's own Scoping Committee recommended

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that the Town submit separate dredging permits for the Feeder Channel System/Canal
Bay and Jinks Creek. Unfortunately, the Sunset Beach Town Council rejected this
compromise. Why is Sunset Beach so determined to develop "deep water access' by
dredging a navigational channel that is 100 feet wide and 5-ft MLW through South Jinks
Creek. The Town has presented no documentation that dredging of SJC will help
sustain the economy of Sunset Beach.
Possible "conflicts of interest" by two members of the Town Council who own
waterfront property along the areas to be dredge should be considered. At the
November 7 Town Council Public Meeting, an Oath asking council members if they
have an Apparent Conflict of Interest or a Conflict of Interest was Not administered. I
think this issue should be considered by the Corps to protect the integrity of the
ongoing process and welfare of Sunset Beach residents.
These prolonged delays, variance requests, revising of the scope, failure to
answer your questions and refusal to get input from affected property owners are
causing significant increases in the overall cost of the project. These uncalculated costs
will be borne by affected owners. I ask you to reject this recent Navigational
Application and ask Sunset Beach to pursue Maintenance dredging to pre-existing
water levels that have been previously permitted and legally dredged.
In my sixty plus years of vacationing and owning property in Sunset Beach, I've
seen recreational fishermen and boaters successfully navigate Jinks Creek, even at low
tide. God didn't intent Jinks Creek to be a busy navigation channel for deep draft boats
or yachts, and man should attempt to turn it into that. Jinks Creek has always has been,
and thankfully still is, a meandering tidal creek, bisecting a beautiful unique marsh
ecosystem. Granted, maintenance dredging of Sunset Beach's Feeder Canal system is
needed, but this is not the time to dredge Jinks Creek.
Thank you for considering my comments, and thank you for your efforts to
protect America's natural resources.
Sincerely, Lynn
Eleanor Lynn Nesmith
210 Shoreline Drive East
Sunset Beach, NC 29468
850.814.0210

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Navigational Dredging Permit Application for Sunset Beach
Dear Mr. Currey:
Thank you and the US Army Corps of Engineers for your expertise and time already devoted to the Sunset Beach
Dredging Project.
I have a long history with Sunset Beach. In 1959 when I was three years old, my grandfather and father built a
cottage along the water on the main land where North Jinks Creek intersects the Intracoastal Waterway. We christened
the home, Jinks Landing. The raised cottage offers a commanding view down links Creek to Tubbs Inlet and the Atlantic
Ocean. We had small recreational boats, and my father understood the tides and the shifting sands of the tidal creeks.
Granted, we might have run aground, but my father filed away ever -changing navigational knowledge. He always
acknowledged the power of Mother Nature and respected the natural beauty of unique coastal environment. (My
father, Frank McGougan, moved to Sunset Beach full time in 1975 and probably knew the ins and outs of Jinks Creek
better than most anyone. He passed away in July 2020, but he was adamantly opposed to dredging links Creek.)
Your letter of January 31, 2020, addressed numerous concerns with the town's original Dredging application.
Following the town's withdraw of that application and the submission of the new Navigational application, I believe
Sunset Beach has not addressed your questions and has not provided scientific data or financial documentation on both
the unprecedented dredging South links Creek and the near -shore depositing of the dredge spoils. I believe Navigational
Dredging will benefit a select few individuals, while the dredging will have unpredictable environmental implications and
huge social and economic costs. Why won't Sunset Beach simply move forward with needed maintenance dredging of
the Bay and Feeder Canals and removed South links Creek from the equation?
1. Unpredictable Environmental Repercussions
Jinks Creek is a natural shallow tidal creek that has never been dredged. It has never offered deep -water access nor
should it in the future by the hand of man. Creating a manmade deepwater channel in South Jinks Creek will have
negative impacts on the primary nursery areas of North Jinks Creeks and overall natural health of the tidal estuaries
between the island the Intracoastal Waterway. There is no way to predict how a dredged five-foot deep MLW unnatural
channel would affect tidal currents. It will surely increase the volume of water moving in and out of Tubbs Inlet.
As a child in the late 1960s, I witnessed the frightening erosion that was occurring on Sunset Beach after the canals
were first dredged and before Mr. Marmon Gore's embarked on his ambitious plans for Tubbs Inlet. Mr. Gore
successfully relocated Tubbs Inlet nearly a mile to the east and somehow managed to stop the erosion. And in the
process, Sunset Beach started accruing sand and shoreline which continues today.
In 2020, for the first time in the history of Sunset Beach, the shoreline in the Palm Cove area had to be reinforced
with sand bags for protection from flooding and erosion. The East End of Sunset Beach is now unstable. What impact
will a five-foot-deep,1700 by 100 foot wide navigational channel in South Jinks Creek that to Tubbs Inlet have on
flooding and erosion in this area?

1 A study by Drs. Pietrafsea, Bao and Gayes using the same computer program that the Sunset Beach's consultants
had used (but with additional input data) suggests the Town underestimated the volumetric flux of water through the
system by 40%. The Town has not offered adequate countering data in response to Pietrafesa et al conclusion that
dredging South Jinks Creek to five-foot MLW will increase the risk and flooding.
Jinks Creek has been part of the dredging project since 2016. After performing an oyster survey, North Jinks Creek
was removed from that proposal due to the expansive oyster beds in North Jinks Creek. This direct adjacency should still
be a concern.
Sunset Beach has maintained that without appropriate tidal exchange within the Bay Area and Feeder Channel
System, the systems may become unsuitable for marine resources as dissolved oxygen levels decrease in stagnant
water. The Town did not adequately document the current oxygen levels in the Feeder Channels or South Jinks Creek or
validate whether or not it is suitable for marine life. Since the tide is four to six feet, one could expect sufficient tidal
exchange to keep the dissolved oxygen at an appropriate level.
In 2015,1 purchased my own house (built in 1961) that also looks down Jinks Creek towards the Atlantic. My own
cottage and my family home have both withstood six decades of hurricanes. Jinks Creeks is a naturally occurring tidal
estuary that has served Sunset Beach well. Everyone knows it's not nice to mess with Mother Nature. Please let Jinks
Creeks be Jinks Creek, without the unpredictable damage that man might inflict by digging an unnatural deep channel.
2. Near off -shore placement of dredge spoils
The placement of the South Jinks Creeks compatible sand/dredge spoils has been an ongoing concern. This latest
proposal to deposit of the spoils off shore is based on cost -savings rather than environmental concerns. There is scant
documentation on the impact it will have on shoreline for both wildlife and the coastal lifestyle of residents and tourists.
Sunset Beach has attempted to justify placing the South Jinks Creek spoils offshore between 3rd and 13th Street,
saying the area is eroding. This is simply not true. Sunset Beach has been accreting sand and shore for decades. Granted,
the toe of the expanding dunes that grow over the winter months is sometimes scarfed after a storm, but it's been
minor and the dunes quickly build back up.
North Carolina regulations require that beach quality material dredged from an inlet shoal system shall not be
removed from the inlet shoal system. If South Jinks Creek spoils are deposited offshore the sand must remain in the
Tubbs Inlet littoral system. Will placing the spoils off shore in ten feet of water keep the sand in the Tubbs Inlet shoal
system? If the deposited sand moves westward out of this area by the natural long -shore transport system how is this
keeping the sand in the Tubbs Inlet shoal system?
By most accounts, spoils deposited off shore of Sunset Beach will not stabilize on the ocean floor but will be
transported by tides, current, and wave action. Some dispersal will be eastward where the spoils were dredged, but
more dispersal will probably move to the west. Westward dispersal of the Jinks Creek spoils does not meet guidelines
regarding movement of beach materials from one inlet shoal system to another shoal system. The sediment
composition of the South Jinks Creeks dredged material has been determined and deemed compatible with sand along
the shore front Sunset Beach. while the composition of the ocean floor offshore where the spoils will be placed has not
been determined.
3. Economic impact on Sunset Beach and Cost and Conflict of Interest
The town presented no hard numbers or financial data that dredging South Jinks Creek will sustain or bolster the
overall economy of Sunset Beach. Even with the Covid-19 crisis with the closing of the beach and a band on vacation
rentals for many weeks in the spring, rental revenues on the island and along the canals showed no significant decrease
considering outside factors of 2020. In fact, the rental revenue numbers have significantly increased annually over the
past five years. The Town should provide the bed tax revenues on the Bay/canals for the past five years, rather than
relying on antidotal reports from one rental agency.
Sunset Beach's economy is booming and home prices are escalating rapidly. The town should submit
documentation showing the average home price along the Bay and Feeder Canal systems and the average cost of a
weekly Bay/Canal rental over the past five years. These numbers would indicate if there is a true economic hardship
from the lack of dredging. The town presented no documentation that canal and bay boaters will not be able to continue
to use the natural channels to access South and North Jinks Creek.
The Town has identified both federal and nonfederal sites to temporarily store the South Jinks Creek spoils, but cost
of these storage site is significantly higher. Sunset Beach Town Council maintains that it does not want to pursue this

option due to the estimated cost of $ 2.5 to $3.5 million as compared to $850,000 for placing the sand offshore. Should
these cost saving be the determining factor for the best option for spoils sand placement?
Most Sunset Beach resident agree periodic maintenance dredging of the finger and feeder canals is needed. Sunset
Beach's own Scoping Committee recommended that the Town submit separate dredging permits for the Feeder Channel
System/Canal Bay and links Creek. Unfortunately, the Sunset Beach Town Council rejected this compromise. Why is
Sunset Beach so determined to develop "deep water access" by dredging a navigational channel that is 100 feet wide
and 5-ft MLW through South links Creek. The Town has presented no documentation that dredging of S1C will help
sustain the economy of Sunset Beach.
Possible "conflicts of interest" by two members of the Town Council who own waterfront property along the areas
to be dredge should be considered. At the November 7 Town Council Public Meeting, an Oath asking council members if
they have an Apparent Conflict of Interest or a Conflict of Interest was Not administered. I think this issue should be
considered by the Corps to protect the integrity of the ongoing process and welfare of Sunset Beach residents.
These prolonged delays, variance requests, revising of the scope, failure to answer your questions and refusal to get
input from affected property owners are causing significant increases in the overall cost of the project. These
uncalculated costs will be borne by affected owners. I ask you to reject this recent Navigational Application and ask
Sunset Beach to pursue Maintenance dredging to pre-existing water levels that have been previously permitted and
legally dredged.
In my sixty plus years of vacationing and owning property in Sunset Beach, I've seen recreational fishermen and
boaters successfully navigate links Creek, even at low tide. God didn't intent links Creek to be a busy navigation channel
for deep draft boats or yachts, and man should attempt to turn it into that. links Creek has always has been, and
thankfully still is, a meandering tidal creek, bisecting a beautiful a unique marsh ecosystem. Granted, maintenance
dredging of Sunset Beach's Feeder Canal system is needed, but this is not the time to dredge links Creek.
Thank you for considering my comments, and thank you for your efforts to protect America's natural resources.
Sincerely, Lynn
Eleanor Lynn Nesmith
210 Shoreline Drive East
Sunset Beach, NC 29468
850.814.0210

Weychert, Curtis R
From: Monica Vogel <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 10:26 PM
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Please remove us from your mailing list. We have given up after six years, and have sold'our home on the water. We
will be moving off the island. Such a disappointment to so many. Thank you.
Monica Vogel
Bleu
720 Sunset Blvd. N.
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
910-579=5628
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Phil Post <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 9:27 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] Re: CAMA Permit 79-19 Major Modification, Town of Sunset Beach
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The Permit you sent has two pages, but page two is labeled 2of3. Please send me page 3 of the Permit.
Also the Permit says that 7 drawings dated 9/9/20 are attached. Would you please send me pdf of those 7 drawings.
Last question: are the terms in the original Permit having to do with dates, etc still in effect? In short, are the 13
stipulations in this Modification additive to the stipulations and requirements in original Permit 79-19??
Best
Phil
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Philip N. Post
919-818-7862
On Feb 18, 2021, at 16:37, Weychert, Curtis R <[e-mail]> wrote:
To whom it may concern,
Attached is a response to your comments on the Town of Sunset Beach Major Modification to CAMA
Permit #79-19. The proposed project consisted of nearshore placement of beach compatible dredge spoil
from the approved maintenance dredging area within Jinks Creek.
Attached is a copy of the Major Modification to permit #79-19 as well as a letter regarding the
Department of Environmental Quality Appeal and Third -Party Hearing Requests.
More information and the necessary downloadable forms can be found on the Division's website:
https://deg.nc.gov/a bout/divisions/coasta I -ma naeement/coasta I -ma naeement-perm its/va ria nces-
appeals
Respectfully,
Curt Weychert
Curtis Weychert
Assistant Major Permit Coordinator
North Carolina Division of Coastal Management
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
252-808-2808 x211

Curt. [e-mail]
400 Commerce Ave
Morehead City, NC 28557
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<CAMA Permit 79-19 Major Modification Notification Letter.pdf>
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Weyche't, Curtis R
From: Phil Post <[e-mail]>
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Curt
This is a young.girl coming ashore after being in the surf on Jan 1, 2021 on loth Street, which would be roughly in the
middle of the spoil disposal site, should the Cama Permit be reissued for double the volume.
I certainly hope your Director is aware of this year around use by humans of the Proposed disposal site on Sunset
Beach, and all the negative consequences that will flow from that Improper disposal.
Many thanks,
Phil Post
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Philip N. Post
919-818-7862

Weychert, Curtis R
From:
Phil Post <[e-mail]>
Sent:
Wednesday, December 30, 2020 6:07 PM
To:
Weychert, Curtis R
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Barbara Post
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[External] Sunset Beach Spoils Permit
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Curt,
Happy Holidays.
I am writing to inquire about the status of the revised application for Sunset Beach to dispose of dredging spoils just off
the beach.
Has that application been denied or referred back for more thorough information from the Applicant?
Many thanks,
Phil
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Philip N. Post
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Davis, Braxton C
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 8:51 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] FOIA Request
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Braxton Davis
Director, Division of Coastal Management NC Department of Environmental Quality Morehead City, NC 28557
[phone] x202
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<[e-mail]>; Laura Lewis <[e-mail]>; David Shannon Phillips
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Merritt <[e-mail]>; John Pagels <jpage [e-mail]>; Montgomery Perfetti <[e-mail]>; Barry
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Ms. Anglin:
It is my understanding that the Town received a document from DWR regarding the offshore placement of the spoils
from South Jinks Creek. By the FOIA I am requesting a copy of this document.
Richard Hilderman
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Weychert, Curtis R
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This is a picture taken around 12th Street at Sunset Beach on Tuesday Nov 17, 2020.
If you mistakenly issue a revision to the CAMA permit, these bathers could be swimming in turbid, silt laden water
containing all kinds of bad things for kids because you would allow spoils to be deposited just offshore from these kids.
Please do NOT allow spoils to be placed here, either on Some future Nov 17 or on any future date.
Phil Post
433 5th Street
Sunset Beach, NC
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Davis, Braxton C
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 4:47 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Fwd: Public Comment on Sunset Beach, NC Dredge and Navigation
Project
From: Janice Harris [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 4:41 PM
To: [e-mail]
Cc: Davis, Braxton C <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Fwd: Public Comment on Sunset Beach, NC Dredge and Navigation Project
Ref: Town of Sunset Beach modified dredge permit
Comment Period. To include South Jinks Creek, The Bay Area, and Feeder
Canal
All
I am a citizen of Sunset Beach, but I also must make you aware that I am an elected Official of Sunset Beach, having been
elected to town Council in November of 2017. 1 am also one of two Council Liaison seats for this project.
I am also a two-time recipient of the NC Coastal Federation Pelican Award.
The Pelican Awards annually recognize the effective work of people, businesses, nonprofit
groups, local and state governments and educators to improve environmental quality on the
North Carolina coast.
Award recipients have demonstrated exemplary commitment and undertaken meaningful actions to
protect and restore our coast.
I have the following concerns and issues with this permit:
1. NC 113-229 (h2) states "Beach compatible material must be placed on the
down -drift beach within the same inlet system "
"Clean, beach quality material dredged from navigational
channels within the active nearshore, beach, or inlet shoal systems small
not be removed permanently from the inlet shoal system.
I submit that placing the compatible sand on the near Shore (in the Ocean water) is in
violation of that Statute. I say this because, as Council Liaison, I participated in the June
30 Conference call ( I requested this call be recorded for the record but my request was
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denied) with the commenting agencies and Moffatt & Nichol. During this call, one of the
State agencies reported that the "sand would disappear." I asked three times, " to where
would this sand disappear?" I received no answer. But Scientists say this sand is subject
to littoral drift moving Westward and, as a result, will be taken out of the Tubbs Inlet
system. What data is presented to confirm that nearshore placement will not result in loss
to the Tubbs Inlet shoal system? Once it is gone, it is too late!
2. Conflict of Interest
My concern is that there is the Appearance of, if not an Actual, Conflict of Interest for two
present, and one former, Council members who will directly benefit from dredging by having
their property values increase as they are adjacent water affected property owners. This
property value increase was attested to and presented by the Brunswick County Tax
Assessment Dept. (see Town Council Meeting 4/1/19)
3. Environment - Tidal Marsh Eco-system
Sunset Beach island's canal system was man made prior to CAMA. It is the only
NC barrier island whose canals do not connect directly to the ICWW ! The island's
man-made canal system has always connected to a small and shallow, naturally
occurring (untouched) salt marsh tidal creek by the name of Jinks, that bisects a very
fragile and valuable PNA eco system that separates the island and the ICWW. By
law, this entire area is a no wake zone.
The project started out in 2016 as a Maintenance Dredging Proposal for the man-
made canal system (indicating previous maintenance dredging). When The original
grant expired, the proposal went forward with a different narrative of "Navigational"
dredging. without a unanimous vote of the Council. Why? Because the proposed
deep-water/deep draft original "maintenance" permit application was twice rejected
by the USACE and the specific requests for clarity and data in the 31 Jan, 2020 are
still unanswered.
The present "Navigation" permit application is a miss -representation of need and a
direct threat to the delicate balance provided by Jinks Creek to the PNA marsh it
serves. There is no evidence that Jinks Creek has ever been used for "navigation" to
or from the Atlantic Ocean via Tubbs. Similarly, it has never been used for
"navigation" to the ICWW. These functions are now provided by the Town Boat
Ramp and the Little River Inlet. Jinks creek has before and is now used for modest
recreational fishing, kayaking, and canoeing, and boating by environmentally
conscious folks who work with the tides and respect the mandatory no wake zone and
AECs. It is only recently that developers have started to advertise and promote at the
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risk of a delicate marsh ecosystem, deep draft/deep water access via Jinks Creek for
a small group of homeowners near Tubbs Inlet.
My husband and I have been property owners for 43 years. We have witnessed the
effects of trying to manipulate Mother Nature.
We respectfully and sincerely urge you to deny this Permit.
Jan Harris
206 North Shore Dr. W
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
919 414 0037 (cell)
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Weychert, Curtis R
From:
LYNN ROGERS <[e-mail]>
Sent:
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 2:00 PM
To:
Davis, Braxton C; Weychert, Curtis R; [e-mail]
Cc:
[e-mail]; [e-mail]
Subject:
[External] Sunset Beach dredging
As property owners on one of the finger canals, we are strongly opposed to the navigational dredging
of - 5 feet, as well as the inclusion of Jinks Creek and Tubbs Inlet. We would support the original
maintenance dredging plan for the finger canals of - 2 feet.
The following are reasons why we oppose this dredging.
1. The town's Special Tax Assessment Resolution is based on a per lot basis, not linear foot
basis. This is an inequitable assessment that benefits developers and other large parcel owners such
as previous and current council members.
2. The deeper dredging has been spear headed by a small group of developers and a few property
owners for their own financial benefit. The majority of property owners affected by this tax have NOT
been consulted/heard.
3. We have not been notified of any environmental studies being conducted on how this added
dredging would affect the eco system of the marsh serviced by Jinks Creek. This area was not in the
original maintenance dredging plan.
Sincerely,
George and Lynn Rogers
417 Marlin St.
Sunset Beach NC
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Dave Eastburn <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 10:39 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] RE: Sunset Beach Modification
Curt,
Thanks for the response. I am aware of the modified permit submitted by Moffat & Nichols on behalf of the
Town. While I do not have all the scientific data regarding near -shore littoral tides, it should be obvious to any observer
over time that Sunset Beach, Mad Inlet and Bird Island are the beneficiaries of accreting sand and that the sand moves
primarily from East to West (i.e., away from Tubbs Inlet). Thus, it should be obvious that any near -shore placement of
sand will ultimately migrate away from (out of) the Tubbs Inlet system.
Please add this to the file as well.
Thanks again for your response.
Dave Eastburn
424 32nd Street
Sunset Beach, NC
From: Weychert, Curtis R <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 9:39 AM
To: daeastburn@gmaiLcom
Subject: Sunset Beach Modification
Mr. Eastburn,
Thank you for your email regarding the permit modification of the Town of Sunset Beach. A recent modification has
been proposed regarding the final placement of dredged material from the Jinks Creek and Tubbs Inlet area. As you may
be aware, the Division of Coastal Management is coordinating a multi -agency state and federal review of the proposal. I
can assure your comments will be examined and taken into consideration prior to the Division taking final action on this
permit modification, and you will be informed of this final action.
The Division appreciates you submitting comments on this application. Your comments will be added to the official
permit modification file for this project. Please feel free to contact me by email (Curt.Weychert@ncdenr,gov) if you
should have any additional concerns relating to this project. Thank you for your participation in the CAMA process.
Respectfully,
Curt Weychert
Curtis Weychert
Assistant Major Permit Coordinator
North Carolina Division of Coastal Management
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
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Morehead City, NC 28557
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Davis, Braxton C
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 8:13 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Fw:jinks creek
From: Nelson Chao, M.D. [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 2:55 PM
To: Davis, Braxton C <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Fw: jinks creek
NELSON CHAO, MD, MBA
DONALD D. AND ELIZABem G. COOKE PROFESSOR
CHIEF, DIVISION OF HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES AND CELLULAR THERAPY/131N1T
DIRECTOR. GLOBAL CANCER
2400 PRATT ST. SUITE 5029, Box 3961 . DURHAM, NC 2771 O
PHONE: 919-66B 1010 / FAX: [phone] / LAB: 919-681-6816
[e-mail] / SKYPE NAME: PAPACHAO01
From: Nelson Chao, M.D.
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 2:52 PM
To: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>; [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
Subject: jinks creek
I am writing to express my opposition to the dredging of jinks creek in sunset beach, NC. Dredging the
wetlands of Sunset Beach in general, and South Jink's Creek in particular, will impair the functioning of those
wetlands. loss of the wetlands will lead to loss of its ability to attenuate flooding during the passages of
atmospheric storms; reduce the ability of those wetlands to purify land runoff water impurities; impair the
functioning of the wetlands as estuarine dependent finfish nurseries; and impair the functioning as habitats and
sanctuaries for fish, mammal and bird wildlife. Moreover, the proposed Channel will exacerbate the future
storm induced flooding of Sunset Beach. There is no good reason for a deep chamtel at this time and no reason
to proceed with this effort. The use of federal and private dollars to benefit a few homeowners is perverse and
simply wrong.
thank you for your time
NELSON CHAO, MD, MBA
DONALD D. AND ELIZABETH G. COOKE PROFESSOR
CHIEF, DIVISION OF HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES AND CELLULAR THERAPY/BMl
DIRECTOR, GLOBAL CANCER
2400 PRATT ST, SUITE 5029, Box 3961, DURHAM, INC 27710
PHONE: [phone] O / FAX: [phone] / LAB:919-681-6816
[e-mail] / SKYPE NAME: PAPACHA001
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Davis, Braxton C
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 8:11 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] dredging comments
From: Colette [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 4:14 PM
To: Davis, Braxton C <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] dredging comments
To all concerned in this decision....
Many eloquent and brilliantly written statements have been sent your way for your consideration.
As a layperson and an SB island homeowner I appreciate and understand the serious nature of all
these valuable points.
PLEASE prohibit this dredging project for all those reasons.
Jim and Colette Worley
1427 Bay Street
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Nelson Chao, M.D. <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 2:52 PM
To: [e-mail]; Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External]jinks creek
I am writing to express my opposition to the dredging ofjinks creek in sunset beach, NC. Dredging the wetlands of Sunset
Beach in general, and South Jink's Creek in particular, will impair the functioning of those wetlands. loss of the wetlands
will lead to loss of its ability to attenuate flooding during the passages of atmospheric storms; reduce the ability of those
wetlands to purify land runoff water impurities; impair the functioning of the wetlands as estuarine dependent finfish
nurseries; and impair the functioning as habitats and sanctuaries for fish, mammal and bird wildlife. Moreover, the
proposed Channel will exacerbate the future storm induced flooding of Sunset Beach. There is no good reason for a deep
channel at this time and no reason to proceed with this effort. The use of federal and private dollars to benefit afew
homeowners is perverse and simply wrong.
thank you for your time
NELSON CHAO, MD, MBA
DONALD D. AND EuZABErH G. COOKE PROFESSOR
CHIEF, DIVISION OF HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES AND CELLULAR THERAPY/EMT
DIRECTOR. GL-OBAL.. CANCER
2400 PRATT ST, SUITE 5029, Box 3961, DURHAM. NC 27710
PHONE: [phone] / FAx: [phone] / LAB: 9 19-681-6816
[e-mail] / SKYPE NAME: PAPACI 1A001
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2020 3:06 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Re: SSB Dredging Project
Not sure this qualifies as a comment... but
Happy Friday
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tars. macohersonOricden r.cov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: John Pagels [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 2:19 PM
To: Rich Cerrato <[e-mail]>
Cc: Richard Hilderman <[e-mail]>; Shannon Phillips <[e-mail]>; Thomas
Bormann <[e-mail]>; John Corbett <[e-mail]>; Janice Harris
<[e-mail]>; Jamie Phillips <[e-mail]>; Charles Nern <[e-mail]>;
Richard Hilderman <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]; Currey, Gregory E CIV USARMY CESAW
(USA) <[e-mail]>; Jacqueline Trovato <[e-mail]>; Ted <[e-mail]>; Gary
Merritt <[e-mail]>; Len Pietrafesa <[e-mail]>; Gina Young <[e-mail]>; Laura A
Lewis <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]; MacPherson, Tara
<[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Re: SSB Dredging Project
Well said! You and Richard are doing a great job of keeping folks informed. Unfortunately, many comments
could fall under the'flair for obvious' category. Why so many.people could support the continuing dredging
debacle is perplexing.
Certainly, environmental considerations, e.g, the need for daily tidal innundation of the salt marsh must be
understood by anybody even remotely familiar with why they live nearby such ecosystems.
It can't be the cost of maintenance dredging, every few years, that must also be understood by anybody who
has researched (try Googling) dredging. Read, big bucks again and again.

It can't be because of the folks on the east end of the Island who will "enjoy" the spoils being dumped
there. Ha, the "muck", broken shells, silt and other material otherwise so necessary to organisms in the salt
marsh behind the Island, but not in Tront lawns' on the beach.
It must be because of a VERY few folks who will benefit financially --at the expense of so many others, and
it seems to be for the short-term only, fcol!
We are living in a crazy time when many dozens of environmental regulations that protect us are being
negated. Do the few who will benefit from dredging care? Do you!
OK, enough, gotta drive over to Food Lion and fill the water jugs.
John F. Pagels, PhD
Mammalian Biology, Physiological Ecology
Chesterfield Co, VA and Sunset Beaxht, NC see
On Wed, Sep 9, 2020, 12:56 PM Rich Cerrato <rrplcerrato(ci�,atmc.nety wrote:
Professor Hilderman,
Based on your research, only 69 residents of the 344 impacted owners will financially benefit. Two are seating
councilmen along with two colleagues that were slate candidates and friends. Why would you or others expect
them to be impartial, practice fiscal discipline and listen to the advice of coastal scientists and the
USACE? Thus far, this 5 year project has cost $650,000 and we are still in the batter's box now hoping to get
approval to dump the spoils off shore. These are the actions of public officials that seem to be allowed to use
taxpayer money to benefit themselves demonstrated by their failure to recuse and to conduct a dredging survey
to all of the impacted owners. The failure to conduct a survey was also questioned by the USACE.
We should be thankful for the USACE's intervention that required a separate State and USACE permits. The
USACE also requested the Town to remove North Jinks Creek from the program and to provide a separate
permit for South Jinks Creek that the has Town ignored. Don't forget, this is the same council that applied for
a costly CRC proceeding to increase the depth level from 2ft. to 5 ft. knowing the USACE would deny the
permit due to the Town's repeated failure to address the USACE demand letter dated 1/31/20. Why the CRC
approved the 5ft. depth level when coastal scientist and the USACE claimed the 5ft. depth level would destroy
the PNA functions of North Jinks Creek is a mystery? That is, unless the Town was hoping to use CRC
decision as leverage to pressure the USACE to "rubber stamp" the State' decision. Placing a political wedge
between to protecting environmentally independent agencies is disgraceful. Thankfully, the USACE has
higher standards.
Your recent discovery and confusion regarding the comment period that was only provided to the pro -dredging
contingent is just another example of the Council's lack of impartiality. Inclosing, due to your efforts and by
others, the "truth" will prevail, but it will be painfully slow and exhausting. All of these "games" and spending
millions of dollars just to dredge South Jinks Creek for 69 homeowners?
Thanks!
ltich

Sent from Mail for Windows 10
From. Richard Hilderman
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 10:52 AM
To: Shannon Phillips; Thomas Bormann; John Corbett; Janice Harris; Jamie Phillips; Charles Nem; Richard
Hilderman
Cc: Currey, Gregory E CIV USARMY CESAW (USA); Jacqueline Trovato; Rich Cerrato; Ted; Gary Merritt;
Len Pietrafesa; John Pagels; Gina Young
Subject: SSB Dredging Project
Council:
Below is an email I sent Mr. Currey regarding Mr. Neal's interpretation of the public comment period. Mr.
Currey's response is also below. At least for the USACE permit, Mr. Neal's interpretation is not
correct! Furthermore, Ms. Anglin informed the council that the public comment period would be for 75 days
with the possibility of an additional 75 days. Both Mr. Neal and Mr. Currey said the public comment period is
usually 30 days. Where did Ms. Anglin get this information? I have also read the USACE dredging permit
and it clearly makes numerous claims without documentation/data. Why? Do any of you have a complete
understanding of this dredging project?
Richard Hilderman
Richard Hilderman <richardhilderman(&gmail.com>
to Gregory. Richard. bee: "Fed, bee: Jacqueline, bee: Rich. bee: Gary
Mr. Currey:
Per the emails below. Is Mr. Neal's explanation of the public comment period correct?

Richard Hilderman
Currey, Gregory E CIV USARMY CESAW (USA)
No, not for the Army Corps. That may be the case for the Division of Coastal Management.
The official comment period starts after the Corps issues a Public Notice. The comment period is
usually 30 days.
Greg
Greg Currey
Project Manager
USACE, Wilmington
69 Darlington Ave.
Wilmington, NC 28403
PH 910-251-4707
i
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 4:28 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] In Favor of Dredging Sunset Beach Canals
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macPherson (a).ncderin aov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: Austin Coan [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 4:15 PM
To: [e-mail]; MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] In Favor of Dredging Sunset Beach Canals
As a 20% property owner of a house (with a part-time floating dock) on
one of the canals at Sunset Beach, I want to go on record that I am
emphatically IN FAVOR OF DREDGING. AND THE SOONER -THE BETTER!
Thank you for your attention and action.
Austin Coan
1403 E Canal Dr
Sunset Beach, NC
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Weychert, Curtis R
From:
MacPherson, Tara
Sent:
Wednesday, September 9, 2020 1:02 PM
To:
Weychert, Curtis R
Subject:
FW: [External] RE: SSB Dredging Project
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara.macpherson o ncdenr.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: Rich Cerrato [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 12:54 PM
To: Richard Hilderman <[e-mail]>; Shannon Phillips <[e-mail]>; Thomas
Bormann <[e-mail]>; John Corbett <[e-mail]>; Janice Harris
<[e-mail]>; Jamie Phillips <[e-mail]>; Charles Nern <[e-mail]>;
Richard Hilderman <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]
Cc: Currey, Gregory E CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <[e-mail]>; Jacqueline Trovato
<[e-mail]>; Ted <[e-mail]>; Gary Merritt <[e-mail]>; Len Pietrafesa
<[e-mail]>; John Pagels <[e-mail]>; Gina Young <[e-mail]>; Laura A Lewis
<[e-mail]>; [e-mail]; MacPherson, Tara
<[e-mail]>; Rich Cerrato <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] RE: SSB Dredging Project
Professor Hilderman,
Based on your research, only 69 residents of the 344 impacted owners will financially benefit. Two are seating
councilmen along with two colleagues that were slate candidates and friends. Why would you or others expect them to
be impartial, practice fiscal discipline and listen to the advice of coastal scientists and the USACE? Thus far, this 5 year
project has cost $650,000 and we are still in the batter's box now. hoping to get approval to dump the spoils off shore.
These are the actions of public officials that seem to be allowed to use taxpayer money to benefit themselves
demonstrated by their failure to recuse and to conduct a dredging survey to all of the impacted owners. The failure to
conduct a survey was also questioned by the USACE.

We should be thankful for the USACE's intervention that required a separate State and USACE permits. The USACE also
requested the Town to remove North Jinks Creek from the program and to provide a separate permit for South Jinks
Creek that the has Town ignored. Don't forget, this is the same council that applied for a costly CRC proceeding to
increase the depth level from 2ft. to 5 ft. knowing the USACE would deny the permit due to the Town's repeated failure
to address the USACE demand letter dated 1/31/20. Why the CRC approved the 5ft. depth level when coastal scientist
and the USACE claimed the 5ft. depth level would destroy the PNA functions of North Jinks Creek is a mystery? That is,
unless the Town was hoping to use CRC decision as leverage to pressure the USACE to "rubber stamp" the State'
decision. Placing a political wedge between to protecting environmentally independent agencies is
disgraceful. Thankfully, the USACE has higher standards.
Your recent discovery and confusion regarding the comment period that was only provided to the pro -dredging'
contingent is just another example of the Council's lack of impartiality. Inclosing, due to your efforts and by others, the
"truth" will prevail, but it will be painfully slow and exhausting. All of these "games" and spending millions of dollars just
to dredge South Jinks Creek for 69 homeowners?
Thanksl
Rich
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
From: Richard Hilderman
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 10:52 AM
To: Shannon Phillips; Thomas Bormann; John Corbett; Janice Harris: Jamie Phillips; Charles Nern Richard Hilderman
Cc: Currey, Gregory E CIV USARMY CESAW (USA); Jacqueline Trovato; Rich Cerrato; Ted; Gary Merritt; Len Pietrafesa;
John Paeels; Gina Youna
Subject: SSB Dredging Project
Council:
Below is an email I sent Mr. Currey regarding Mr. Neal's interpretation of the public comment period. Mr. Currey's
response is also below. At least for the USACE permit, Mr. Neal's interpretation is not correct! Furthermore, Ms.
Anglin informed the council that the public comment period would be for 75 days with the possibility of an additional 75
days. Both Mr. Neal and Mr. Currey said the public comment period is usually 30 days. Where did Ms. Anglin get this
information? I have also read the USACE dredging permit and it clearly makes numerous claims without
documentation/data. Why? Do any of you have a complete understanding of this dredging project?
Richard Hilderman
Richard Hilderman <[e-mail]>
to Gregory, Richard, bcc: Ted, bcc: Jacqueline, bcc: Rich, bcc: Gary
Mr. Currey:
Per the emails below. Is Mr. Neal's explanation of the public comment period correct?
Richard Hilderman

Currey, Gregory E CIV USARMY CESAW (USA)
No, not for the Army Corps. That may be the case for the Division of Coastal Management.
The official comment period starts after the Corps issues a Public Notice. The comment period is
usually 30 days.
Greg
Greg Currey
Project Manager
USACE, Wilmington
69 Darlington Ave.
Wilmington, NC 28403
PH 910-251-4707

Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 12:44 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] We support full dredging project at Sunset Beach
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara.macoherson(o ricdenr.c�ov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records taw and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: Carol Santavicca [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 12:37 PM
To: Gregory. [e-mail]1; MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: Joseph Santavicca <[e-mail]>; Lisa Anglin <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] We support full dredging project at Sunset Beach
To Whom it may concern:
Both my husband and I are in full support of the dredging project at Sunset Beach,
including North Jinx Creek. We think that any other decision is tantamount to taking
the rights of waterfront property owners to the the full use and value of their private
property. Additionally, improvement to the waterfront property within this community
benefits the entire community..
The naysayers on this project are by -and -large the same group that objects to every
project in town that benefits the community as a whole. So no matter what their stated
objections are, history has proven that as soon as one answers the original list of
objections a new list of objections magically appears, and the entire process starts
again. The bulk of this community is weary of these tactics and suffers from the
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constant state of unrest emotionally and financially. The longer this goes on the more
taxpayer dollars are expended.
Please end our angst and unnecessary expenditures and approve this project with as
wide scope as is legally feasible. .
Thank you,
Carol and Joe Santavicca
Carol Santavicca
(This signature is confirmation that I sent this email. If it does not appear on future
emails, that means someone else may have hacked into my email account.)
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Weychert, Curtis R
From:
MacPherson, Tara
Sent:
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 1:54 PM
To:
Weychert, Curtis R
Subject:
FW: [External] DREDGE SUNSET BEACH
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macPherson (a)ncden r.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: Karen Joseph [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 1:48 PM
To: Gregory. [e-mail]
Cc: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] DREDGE SUNSET BEACH
To Whom It May Concern:
You have received numerous emails encouraging you to approve the
dredging of Sunset Beach's waterways and I am sending one more. Our
waters are in desperate need of dredging to prevent flooding, to support
tourism, boating and local businesses, to maintain and possibly increase
property values, to improve navigation of the finger canals, the feeder
canal, South Jinks Creek, and the Back Bay area. Ultimately few water
property owners will pay but the Town as a whole will benefit.
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I encourage you to approve this project as quickly as possible.
Karen Joseph
910.579.4891 (home)
910.616.2349 (cell)
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 11:34 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredging Sunset Beach NC
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
[e-mail]
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed
to third parties.
-----Original Message -----
From: Paul Nicholson [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 2:05 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Dredging Sunset Beach NC
CAUTION: External email. Do not click links or open attachments unless you verify. Send all suspicious email as an
attachment to repo [e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>
We are in favor of the Dredging Project in Sunset Beach NC.
Paul & Angela Nicholson
7432 Prestwick Ct.
Sunset Beach, NC
Sent from my iPad
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 9:41 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of. Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
[e-mail]
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed
to third parties.
-----Original Message ----
From: Gregory Jensen [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 9:41 AM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
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attachment to [e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>
Good morning,
I support the Sunset Beach Dredging Project and the placement of quality sand nearshore.
I do not live on the water or own a boat.
It is necessary for the viability of the town.
Regards,
Gregory Jensen
1309 E. Main Street
Sunset Beach NC
Sent from myiPhone
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 8:09 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: _ FW: [External] Dredging Sunset Beach
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macoherson(aDncdenr. gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: Diane Kreuzburg [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2020 7:01 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Dredging Sunset Beach
I fully support the dredging project on parts of Sunset Beach as long as the Islanders, and/or
grants, pay for it, and the Mainland property owners don't end up getting billed. The project is
probably long overdue. Best, Diane Kreuzburg
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From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 8:09 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Resending comment re: Dredging with one correction
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macPherson (a)ncden r.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2020 2:53 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Resending comment re: Dredging with one correction
Tara, I made a mistake on the numbers of property owners I stated in the previous comment. This
one should be correct.
I apologize for any confusion.
Thank you for your consideration.
Jackie
From Jacqueline,Trovato
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1520 North Shore Drive
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
202.549.3663
itrovato(a)atmc.net
My Main Concern/Storm Damage and Erosion:
We live on the Bay. I am concerned that dredging of SJC will increase the risk of flooding and
erosion and impact the ecosystems in North Jinks Creek and the surrounding PNAs.
Here's a photo of my neighbor's dock after Isais. The water created a great deal of damage to
213 of the docks on the Bay where we live. Including ours.
I'm concerned as well about the sharp bend in the dredge area in S Jinks just to accommodate the 2
piers. I think a 90 degree angle as would increase erosion on that outer bend and would soon lead to
rapid movement, unless you are going to continually pump sand. The sharp turn may force some
material into the bay area on ebb flow. This is where we live. I think for maximizing flushing w/ the sail
marshes and AIM the channel should be placed farther east.
The 5 ft dredging won't make a difference when it comes to navigating:
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When the dredging went from maintenance to navigational (5 ft) it's required now to dredge 5 feet out from the
end of a dock (probably because if they went under the dock it would compromise the pilings/sea wall).
This means that 334 property owners will potentially be paying $15K for a $5 mil boondoggle and they still
won't be able to get their boats out at low tide. Nor can they access N Jinks Creek. They won't be able to do
anything they couldn't before.
All this so a handful of boaters here in our neighborhood can get out to the ICW. SB has a boat ramp
on the ICW. They have options.
All of the areas currently proposed were dredged to a depth of 2' in 2002. The maintenance plan would have
taken all of them back to their original conditions)
The Private/Hidden Survey by Council Members:
The survey/petition from Councilman Bormann and Councilman Phillips isn't credible. Not everyone
on the water was included and many were not on the water. We live on the water. We weren't told
about the survey or where to pick up a copy.
Councilman Bormann is my neighbor. He knows that I oppose the deeper 5-6 ft. dredging so he didn't
include me on his list of people to take the survey. According to a neighbor who was on the list, 215
of those in the survey aren't even residents of Sunset Beach. Therefore, the "survey" is skewed.
Plus, it's not official.
The Unsubstantiated Argument About Town Revenue:
It is difficult to understand this justification from the Council about increased benefits for the Town,
since fishing occurs in North Jinks Creek and the marshes that surround NJC not in South Jinks
Creek. Recreational fishermen enter North Jinks Creek from the Atlantic Intracoastal
Waterway. Boaters from the feeder/finger canal enter North Jinks Creek by turning left at the mouth
of the feeder canal. They don't use South Jinks Creek.
The only potential boaters that need to use South Jinks Creek are people renting /living in the Canal
Bay Area (69 houses). The only time Canal Bay boaters may have a problem using South Jinks to
access North Jinks is around low tide.
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Sunset Beach Island has never had direct deep water access to the ICW around the clock. Visitors use the boat
ramp that was built.) SUNSET BEACH HAS NEVER BEEN A "BOATING COMNfUNITY."
The Ultimate and Hidden Goal:
I believe the ultimate goal is to ultimately dredge N Jinks creek at enormous cost to the environment
as it's adjacent to a primary nursery area, and the people on the waterways who don't want this. The
developers for Riverside Drive properties promised deep water access to their customers. Now, if
they don't produce this, they can be sued.
It's crystal clear from the application that proposed project (to dredge South Jinks Creek, the Bay
area, and the feeder channels) is nothing more than a down payment on the real prize: dredging the
environmentally fragile North Jinks Creek.
Make no mistake: The Town's goal is to finally fulfill the developers "deep water access" promise by
dredging a massive, 40-100 foot wide, 5-foot deep channel from the marina at Palm Cove all the way
to the AICW.
I'm a little disappointed that Moffat and Nichol would stoop to including the Town's hair -on -fire
"Sunset Beach will die without dredging" argument without so much as a shred of supporting
evidence — but they're getting desperate.
A Worthless Assessment for 334 Property Owners:
What truly amazes me is how the application freely concedes that the project won't actually
accomplish anything. When it's all over, large vessels still won't have access to the AICW. For $5
million, it will simply turn the Island's southeastern waterways into a cute — but utterly pointless --
navigable lake. For $5 million, boaters will be able to take their stately watercraft on.a three -minute
tour from the Palm Cove marina all the way to Riverside Drive on Jinks Creek, with brief side
excursions to the Bay and the canals. And that, isn't worth $5 million.
On its face, the proposed dredging project is a manifestly absurd waste of taxpayer dollars. It's only
when you include the real goal — dredging North Jinks Creek — that it starts to make sense.
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And that's where the whole scheme collapses. Getting the needed approvals to dredge North Jinks
Creek will never happen. And in any event, it would be totally unaffordable.
If we can't dredge North Jinks Creek, there's absolutely no justification for dredging the southeastern
waterways. The whole house of cards collapses.
We need to stop this duplicitous, developer -driven boondoggle while we still can.
This project violates CAMA rule. 15A-07h.0200
Specific Use Standards. (10)(FT)((iv) "The original depth and width of a human -made or natural channel
shall not be increased to allow a new or expanded use of the channel."
A compromise is dredging to 2-ft MLW which is the level of North Jinks Creek.
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 8:09 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredging Sunset Beach comment for documentation
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macohe rson (oncd en r. gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2020 2:50 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Dredging Sunset Beach comment for documentation
From Jacqueline Trovato
1520 North Shore Drive
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
202.549.3663
Itrovato(a_atmc.net
My Main Concern/Storm Damage and Erosion:
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We live on the Bay. I am concerned that dredging of SJC will increase the risk of flooding and
erosion and impact the ecosystems in.North Jinks Creek and the surrounding PNAs.
Here's a photo of my neighbor's dock after Isais. The water created a great deal of damage to
213 of the docks on the Bay where we live. Including ours.
I'm concerned as well about the sharp bend in the dredge area in S Jinks just to accommodate the 2
piers. I think a 90 degree angle as would increase erosion on that outer bend and would soon lead to
rapid movement, unless you are going to continually pump sand. The sharp turn may force some
material into the bay area on ebb flow. This is where we live. I think for maximizing flushing w/ the salt
marshes and AIWW, the channel should be placed farther east.
The 5 ft dredging won't make a difference when it comes to navigating:
When the dredging went from maintenance to navigational (5 ft) it's required now to dredge 5 feet out from the
end of a dock (probably because if they went under the dock it would compromise the pilings/sea wall).
This means that 334 property owners will potentially be paying $15K for a $5 mil boondoggle and they still
won't be able to get their boats out at low tide. Nor can they access N Jinks Creek. They won't be able to do
anything they couldn't before.
All this so a handful of boaters here in our neighborhood can get out to the ICW. SB has a boat ramp
on the ICW. They have options.
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All of the areas currently proposed were dredged to a depth of 2' in 2002. The maintenance plan would have
taken all of them back to their original conditions)
The Private/Hidden Survey by Council Members:
The survey/petition from Councilman Bormann and Councilman Phillips isn't credible. Not everyone
on the water was included and many were not on the water. We live on the water. We weren't told
about the survey or where to pick up a copy.
Councilman Bormann is my neighbor. He knows that I oppose the deeper 5-6 ft. dredging so he didn't
include me on his list of people to take the survey. According to a neighbor who was on the list, 215
of those in the survey aren't even residents of Sunset Beach. Therefore, the "survey" is skewed.
Plus, it's not official.
The Unsubstantiated Argument About Town Revenue:
It is difficult to understand this justification from the Council about increased benefits for the Town,
since fishing occurs in North Jinks Creek and the marshes that surround NJC not in South Jinks
Creek. Recreational fishermen enter North Jinks Creek from the Atlantic Intracoastal
Waterway. Boaters from the feeder/finger canal enter North Jinks Creek by turning left at the mouth
of the feeder canal. They don't use South Jinks Creek.
The only potential boaters that need to use South Jinks Creek are people renting /living in the Canal
Bay Area (69 houses). The only time Canal Bay boaters may have a problem using South Jinks to
access North Jinks is around low tide.
Sunset Beach Island has never had direct deep water access to the ICW around the clock. Visitors use the boat
ramp that was built.) SUNSET BEACH HAS NEVER BEEN A "BOATING COMMUNITY."
The Ultimate and Hidden Goal:
I believe the ultimate goal is to ultimately dredge N Jinks creek at enormous cost to the environment
as it's adjacent to a primary nursery area, and the people on the waterways who don't want this. The
developers for Riverside Drive properties promised deep water access to their customers. Now, if
they don't produce this, they can be sued.
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It's crystal clear from the application that proposed project (to dredge South Jinks Creek, the Bay
area, and the feeder channels) is nothing more than a down payment on the real prize: dredging the
environmentally fragile North Jinks Creek.
Make no mistake. The Town's goal is to finally fulfill the developers "deep water access" promise by
dredging a massive, 40-100 foot wide, 5-foot deep channel from the marina at Palm Cove all the way
to the AICW.
I'm a little disappointed that Moffat and Nichol would stoop to including the Town's hair -on -fire
"Sunset Beach will die without dredging" argument without so much as a shred of supporting
evidence — but they're getting desperate.
A Worthless Assessment for 554 Property Owners:
What truly amazes me is how the application freely concedes that the project won't actually
accomplish anything. When it's all over, large vessels still won't have access to the AICW. For $5
million, it will simply turn the Island's southeastern waterways into a cute — but utterly pointless --
navigable lake. For $5 million, boaters will be able to take their stately watercraft on a three -minute
tour from the Palm Cove marina all the way to Riverside Drive on Jinks Creek, with brief side
excursions to the Bay and the canals. And that, isn't worth $5 million.
On its face, the proposed dredging project is a manifestly absurd waste of taxpayer dollars. It's only
when you include the real goal — dredging North Jinks Creek — that it starts to make sense.
And that's where the whole scheme collapses. Getting the needed approvals to dredge North Jinks
Creek will never happen. And in any event, it would be totally unaffordable.
If we can't dredge North Jinks Creek, there's absolutely no justification for dredging the southeastern
waterways. The whole house of cards collapses.
We need to stop this duplicitous, developer -driven boondoggle while we still can.
'Phis project violates LAMA rule. 15A-07h.0200
Specific Use Standards. (10)(H)((iv) "The original depth and width of a human -made or natural channel
shall not be increased to allow a new or expanded use of the channel."
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 8:08 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] In favor of dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macPherson ancden r.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: Robert Bugg [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2020 9:44 AM
To: [e-mail]; MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: [External] In favor of dredging
Gregory and Tara,
This is just a quick message to plead with you approve the dredging plan at Sunset Beach. I live at 429 61h Street on
Canal A at Sunset Beach. The pictures below are taken from my dock sitting in the mud yesterday and from the house
looing down on the Canal.
All I can do is beg. HELP! I am completely baffled why there is any hesitation or controversy!
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Thank you for your support.
Robert and Jeannette Bugg
429 6th Street
Sunset Beach, NC
Robert W.Bugg
Wildlands Engineering, Inc.
Director: Mitigation Development & Credit Sales
Wildlands Realty, LLC.
Accredited Land Consultant
Principal Broker, NC & SC Realtor
0: 704.332.7754 x105
M: 704.719.2100
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1430 S. Mint St, Suite 104
Charlotte, NC 28203
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 8:07 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredge please!
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. mamherson0mcdenr. cov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: mark lysaght[mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2020 9:23 AM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Dredge please!
Hello Tara,
As a homeowner on Sunset Beach, I can't stress the importance enough of dredging ASAP. The health of the
economy in and around Sunset Beach depends on this project.
Thank you,
Mark Lysaght
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Weychert, Curtis R
From:
MacPherson, Tara
Sent:
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 8:07 AM
To:
Weychert, Curtis R
Subject:
FW: [External] Sunset beach waterways...
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
[e-mail]
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC28405
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to third parties.
-----Original Message -----
From: Brian Daigle [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2020 9:22 AM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset beach waterways...
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To whom it may concern,
I am a homeowner on the feeder canal connected to Jinks Creek in Sunset Beach. WE purchased our home a in 2018
and have followed the debate for the dredging project closely. My lot and the lot next to me have both been excessively
impacted by the filling in of the creek and canals as our bulkheads have sustained damage from heavy flooding. This has
increased the sand deposits in our area of the canal. The bulkheads have been repaired and deepened to prevent
further flood ash but the area of the canal we live in is still virtually unnavigable at low tide. I wholeheartedly support
the dredging of the feeder canal and South Jinks Creek.
Thank You,
Brian Daigle
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 8:06 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] sunset beach dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macohersonCo?ncdenr.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: CHARLES WINTER [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 8:35 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] sunset beach dredging
I am a sunset beach resident and support dredging.
Charles Winter
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Weychert,'Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 8:05 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Project
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macpherson(a)ncden r.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Benjie Hester[mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 2:57 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Project
Greetings,
Our family owns a beach cottage on a canal at Sunset Beach and we support the proposed dredging project. We
encourage your office to approve the dredging.
Thank you,
Benjie Hester
422 Dolphin Street
"Over the Bridge"
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 2:28 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Project
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tars, macPherson (Mricden r.aov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Lou De Vita [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 2:27 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Project
Dear Ms. Macpherson:
I have lived in Sunset Beach since 2000, and served on the Town Council from 2005 thru 2016 working on and
completing numerous projects which have served to add /enhance the amenities and water access for our community and
to improve the safety and accessibility for our residents and visitors. One project which started on my watch and is still
incomplete is the Dredging project. The owners of water front property within our Town cannot enjoy the asset they .
purchased, because of the lack of usable water depth most of the time. I know the Town has participated in providing the
needed documentation and testing data in order to seek approval to proceed with this vital endeavor. Please issue the
necessary approving documents, so that our residents and visitors can actually make beneficial use of our waterfront
location.
Thank you for your support
Louis R. De Vita
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 2:06 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredging Sunset Beach NC
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
[e-mail]
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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-----Original Message -----
From: Paul Nicholson [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 2:05 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Dredging Sunset Beach NC
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We are in favor of the Dredging Project in Sunset Beach NC.
Paul & Angela Nicholson
7432 Prestwick Ct.
Sunset Beach, NC
Sent from my iPad
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 8:37 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] We Support Dredging Sunset Beach
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macoherson(c)ncdenr.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: johnfcorbett [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2020 4:56 PM
To: [e-mail]; MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] We Support Dredging Sunset Beach
Dear Mr. Currey and Ms. MacPherson,
We bought a home in Sunset Beach in 1999 on Sailfish Drive in large part for the access to navigable water. In
2002 we supported and paid our share of the dredging project. By 2010 it was clear more dredging was needed.
but it did not happen. We also decided our lifestyle needed better water access than provided in the finger
canals so we bought property on Canal Drive which had better water access —at the time. We were able to move
into Sailfish full-time in 2012 and in 2014 started building our retirement home at 1313 Canal. Since moving in
to 1313 Canal full-time in 2015, our water access has diminished perceptively to the point where it is almost not
worth having a boat. And we want a boat and the ability to enjoy the waters around Sunset Beach.
We wholeheartedly support dredging Sunset Beach and the agree with the points made below. And we fully
understand that we will, along with the other waterfront property owners will be paying the costs not covered by
the State grant.
Please approve the dredging permits.
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Having done that, in our opinion as separate actions not related to the current permit applications, you should
also open up the spoils islands along the Intracoastal Waterway for use by Sunset Beach and, in a more perfect
world, you should direct Sunset Beach to also dredge the North Jinks Creek waterway connecting to the
Intracoastal.
Thank you for your time and attention to our concerns.
John and Carol Corbett
1313 Canal Drive
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
1 ohnfcorbettgatmc.net
cell: 571-251-8778
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Please Support Dredging Sunset Beach!
We are at a pivotal point with the dredging project and we need your help! Please
express your Support fo_r Dredging Sunset Beach by emailmg the agency contacts
below asap,` This is the final, most important step. Please take a few minutes to make
a difference! Encourage your friends and neighbors to do so also!
Unnavigable waterways will lead to decreased vacation rental revenue, decreased
property values, and decreased dollars spent in Sunset Beach, which will put a
financial strain on our town. The only way to offset this deficit will be to raise taxes on
all Sunset Beach property owners. BUT if we dredge, only property owners on the
affected waterways will pay for the project, not everyone!
Dredging = Few Pay = Everyone Benefits
No Dredging = Everyone Pays = No One Benefits
Navigation — the finger canals, the feeder canal, South Jinks Creek, and the Back Bay
area are rapidly filling with sand making navigation at low tide impossible and even at
high tide nearly impossible; the only channel to the Back Bay area will be completely
closed within a few months preventing access to and from the ICW
Marine Life — these waters have historically been one of the best areas for shellfish and
other marine life; they have experienced a dramatic decline in marine life as a result of
diminished water flow; a significant reduction in fishing, baitfish, and other popular
species
Safety — with the conditions of the waters, boats and even kayaks are getting stuck on
a regular basis including experienced boaters; boaters have been stuck for hours
especially when they get stuck at a failing tide; someone will get seriously hurt if
nothing is done
Property Values — values will decline without navigable waters including those
properties on the waters as well as not on the water; we are already seeing homes
taking longer to sell and at reduced prices compared to Ocean Isle Beach, NC
Rental Income — rental of houses with water access is down because of the limited
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times to be able to navigate the waters; people are going elsewhere due to these
limitations; rental rates will also decline since these houses will be less attractive
Business Impact — there will be a negative economic impact on all businesses if we
don't dredge, but especially those in support of water activities such as tourism,
fishing, tubing, and boating
Flooding — without dredging especially in South Jinks Creek the likelihood of major
flooding will increase given that the water will have no path to escape to either the ICW
or the Atlantic Ocean; as sand has expanded in South Jinks Creek the level of flooding
has increased significantly on the east end of the island
Nearshore Placement Solution - a proven and environmentally safe method of quality
beach sand disposal; utilized regularly by the USACE without impact to the beach and
the environment including marine life
Long Term Viability of Sunset Beach — without having viable water and waterways the
long term impact to Sunset Beach will be real for all the reasons stated above
Agency Contacts
US Army Corp of Engineers Gregory E.
Currey GregorV.E.Currey(c usace.army.mil
Coastal Resource Commission Tara
MacPherson tara.macpherson(a)ncdenr.gov
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1313 Canal Drive
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 8:32 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredging Program in Sunset Beach, NC
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macPherson Oricden r. oov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Peter Larkin [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 6:27 AM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Dredging Program in Sunset Beach, NC
Ms. Macpherson:
Please note this email as my strong support for moving forward with the dredging program here in Sunset Beach, NC.
Regards,
Pete Larkin
453 Lake Shore Dr.
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
ola rkin640outlook.com
443-994-4242 (cell)
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 8:32 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Support for Sunset Beach Dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tar@. macPherson (a)ncd en r. aov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington; NC 28405
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North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: Andrew Schmidt[mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 12:26 AM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Support for Sunset Beach Dredging
Good evening,
I'm emailing to voice my strong support for the long overdue navigational dredging of the waterways of Sunset
Beach. My family has owned a home on Dolphin Street for over a decade and regrettably the canal has not been
dredged at any point during our ownership. Over this period we have watched as the attractiveness and usability of the
canal has steadily deteriorated as a direct result of the canal's neglect. What we once saw as a desirable feature of our
home is gradually becoming a downside to home ownership in this neighborhood. I am confident that if immediate
action is not taken we, and many of our neighbors, will lose the charm and value that we have appreciated in our time at
Sunset Beach.
Kind regards,
Andrew Schmidt
Principal Clinical Research Associate
Clinical Operations
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Weychert, Curtis R
From:
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Sent:
Friday, September 4, 2020 8:32 AM
To:
Weychert, Curtis R
Subject:
FW: [External] Dredge Sunset Beach
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Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
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From: Vicki Booth[mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2020 9:48 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Dredge Sunset Beach
Dear Tara:
The attached 1-minute movie taken 30 years ago in the bay
at Sunset Beach shows why we must dredge.
As the video begins see the wind surfer in the background.
Hear the young boy in the bay swimming on the float.
From 1975 to 1996 we thought that the bay was the place to be.
That is changing now that the water is not flowing freely.
Now the water is hardly navigable by boat.
Families on the bay are a great financial resource to Sunset Beach.
We know since we used to pay to stay, and now we rent to vacationers.
Dredge the bay. The fish and the people will thank you.
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Vicki & Larry Booth
Rainbow Landing
1703 Canal Drive
Mavericks Java & Bistro
Coffee, Bistro, Bakery & Wine Bar
303 Sunset Blvd. North
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
910.575.JAVA (910.575.5282)
facebook.com/Mavericks3ava
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Dear Ms McPherson
Re: CAMA Major project Permit Modification 79-19
This letter is to comment on the Town of Sunset beach modified proposal to dredge Jenks Creek and
connecting waterways. This modification is a significant improvement over the previous plan to place
sediment from Jenks Creek directly on ocean front beaches. Our concern with this proposal is that, as
we understand, there is no ongoing requirement to monitor sediment quality. Given the extreme
differences in the sediment quality of South Jenks Creek and the adjoining canals, we feel that regular
and ongoing monitoring of sand quality is critical to maintaining the conditions of the beaches facing the
disposal field. As beachfront homeowners the value of our property is directly correlated with the
attractiveness of the beaches near our property. Sacrificing the value of our property to enhance the
value of houses on the canal is unacceptable and every practical measure should be required to insure
that this does not happen.
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1106 East. Main Street, Sunset Beach NC
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From: MacPherson, Tara
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To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Project
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara, macohersona.ncdenr. aov
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Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Anthony Martyn [mailto:[e-mail]]
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To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: la nglin @su nsetbeach nc.govl
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Project
We wish to register our enthusiastic support of the proposed dredging project at Sunset Beach for the following reasons:
Navigation — the finger canals, the feeder canal, South Jinks Creek, and the Back Bay area are rapidly filling with sand
making navigation at low tide impossible and even at high tide nearly impossible; the only channel to the Back Bay area
will be completely closed within a few months preventing access to and from the ICW
Marine Life — these waters have historically been one of the best areas for shellfish and other marine life; have
experienced a dramatic decline in marine life as a result of diminished water flow; a significant reduction in fishing, bait
fish, and other popular species
Safety —with the conditions of the waters boats and even kayaks are getting stuck on a regular and daily basis including
experienced boaters; boaters have been stuck for hours especially when they get stuck at a falling tide; someone will get
seriously hurt if nothing is done; most of the boats in this area are small flat bottom boats
Property Values — values will decline without navigable waters including those properties on the waters as well as not
on the water; the economic impact is real and will occur at a rapid pace; already seeing homes taking longer to sell and
at reduced prices compared to Ocean Isle Beach, NC

Rental Income — rental of houses with water access is down because of the limited times to be able to navigate the
waters; people are going elsewhere due to these limitations; rental rates will also decline since these houses will be less
attractive
Business Impact —there will be an economic impact to businesses especially those in support of water activities such as
fishing, tubing, and boating
Dock Repairs and Maintenance — property owners will not invest in fixing and repairing piers and docks given the
limited use and value; many docks are already sitting in the mud and sand resulting in little use and value
Long Term Viability of Sunset Beach — without having viable water and waterways the long term impact to Sunset Beach
will be real for all the reasons stated above; will be less investment in the community leading to a broad and real impact
Flooding — without dredging especially in South Jinks Creek the likelihood of major flooding will increase given that the
water will have no path to escape to either the ICW or the Atlantic Ocean; as sand has expanded in South Jinks Creek the
level of flooding has increased significantly on the east end of the island
Nearshore Placement— a proven and environmentally safe method of quality beach sand disposal; utilized regularly by
the USACE without impact to beach and the environment including marine life
Sincerely,
Anthony & Faith Martyn
1524 N Shore Drive
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
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Objections/ Comments for.links Creek File
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
[e-mail]
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2020 1:13 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Project
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara, macpherson(LDncdenr. oov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Anthony Martyn [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2020 12:18 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: la ngl i n @sunsetbeach nc.govl
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Project
We wish to register our enthusiastic support of the proposed dredging project at Sunset Beach for the following reasons:
Navigation —the finger canals, the feeder canal, South links Creek, and the Back Bay area are rapidly filling with sand
making navigation at low tide impossible and even at high tide nearly impossible; the only channel to the Back Bay area
will be completely closed within a few months preventing access to and from the ICW
Marine Life — these waters have historically been one of the best areas for shellfish and other marine life; have
experienced a dramatic decline in marine life as a result of diminished water flow; a significant reduction in fishing, bait
fish, and other popular species
Safety —with the conditions of the waters boats and even kayaks are getting stuck on a regular and daily basis including
experienced boaters; boaters have been stuck for hours especially when they get stuck at a falling tide; someone will get
seriously hurt if nothing is done; most of the boats in this area are small flat bottom boats
Property Values — values will decline without navigable waters including those properties on the waters as well as not
on the water; the economic impact is real and will occur at a rapid pace; already seeing homes taking longer to sell and
at reduced prices compared to Ocean Isle Beach, NC

A Rental Income — rental of houses with water access is down because of the limited times to be able to navigate the
waters; people are going elsewhere due to these limitations; rental rates will also decline since these houses will be less
attractive
Business Impact —there will be an economic impact to businesses especially those in support of water activities such as
fishing, tubing, and boating
Dock Repairs and Maintenance — property owners will not invest in fixing and repairing piers and docks given the
limited use and value; many docks are already sitting in the mud and sand resulting in little use and value
Long Term Viability of Sunset Beach — without having viable water and waterways the long term impact to Sunset Beach
will be real for all the reasons stated above; will be less investment in the community leading to a broad and real impact
Flooding — without dredging especially in South Jinks Creek the likelihood of major flooding will increase given that the
water will have no path to escape to either the ICW or the Atlantic Ocean; as sand has expanded in South Jinks Creek the
level of flooding has increased significantly on the east end of the island
Nearshore Placement— a proven and environmentally safe method of quality beach sand disposal; utilized regularly by
the USACE without impact to beach and the environment including marine life
Sincerely,
Anthony & Faith Martyn
1524 N Shore Drive
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
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Weychert, Curtis R
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Attachments: D00091520-09152020112028.pdf
Objections/ Comments for Jinks Creek File
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
[e-mail]
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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Dr. Davis:
The Town of Sunset Beach (SSB) has submitted a modified dredging permit application to the existing
CAMA permit 79-19 that the State approved in 2019. The only modification is a request to change the
material placement site for the beach compatible material dredged from South Jinks Creek (SJC) from
the beach front between 5th and 12th Street SSB to an offshore area between 3rd and 13th Street. Thus
the offshore spoils is the only concern I will address. My other concerns will be addressed to the USACE
during their review of the permit application.
I have serious concerns regarding placing the spoils from dredging South links Creek offshore between
3rd and 13`h Street because the Town claims this area is eroding. The proposal states noticeable erosions
has impacted the beach and dune systems along their central shoreline region extending between 3`d and
131h Street. The Town claims Fig. 7 shows long-term erosion rates calculated by DCM forthe SSB shoreline.
This figure is simply an aerial photo showing red and green lines indicating erosion and accretion. It is not
possible to determine whether or not erosion is occurring from what is shown in Figure 7. In order to
verify the claim that the beach between Yd and 131h St is eroding the actual data needs to be evaluated.
Furthermore, the aerial photos in Fig. 8 shows no erosions when compared to the beaches adjacent to
the 3rd and 13`h St area.
The Town states that a majority of the spoils placed offshore between 3`d and 13' St will move westward
in the long -shore transport system while a smaller percentage will move eastward. If this is true, how
will the spoils protect the area between 3rd and 131h St from eroding? What will be the environmental
impact of the spoils moving throughout the long -shore transport system?
NCGS 113-229 requires that beach quality material dredged from an inlet shoal system shall not be
removed from the inlet shoal system. Will placing the spoils in 30 feet of water off 3 to 13th Street keep
the sand in the Tubbs Inlet shoal system? Furthermore, if the spoil will be transported westward out of
this area by the long -shore transport system. How is this keeping the sand in the Tubbs Inlet shoal
system?
Sediment composition of the dredged material has been determined for SJC, Canal Bay Area, the Feeder
Channel System and then compared with sand along the shore front of SSB. However, the composition
of the ocean floor offshore where the spoils will be placed has not been determined. Is the sand from
SJC compatible with the ocean floor sediment in this area?
Placing the spoils offshore should only be considered if there are no alternatives. The Town states that
they may be able to allow temporary storage of the beach -compatible sand on high ground until it can be
beneficially placed on an eroding beach or nearshore area in the same inlet system. In the USACE permit
application the Town said they have identified both federal and nonfederal sites to temporarily store the
SJC spoils. However, the Town does not deem these sites appropriate due to the estimated cost of 2.5 to
3.5 million dollars when compared to the estimated cost of $850,000 for placing the sand offshore. Should
the best option for sand placement be defined by environmental impact or cost? Cost should not be
the major reason for not using other suitable alternatives.
In conclusion the Town has not given justification for placing the spoils offshore. They have identified
areas where the spoils could be stored until a beneficial site can be found in the Tubbs Inlet littoral

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From: Peter <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 11:42 AM
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Mr. Weychert,
I feel that placing "Beach -compatible" sand near shore between 3rd and 13th streets will do harm to the marine life in
the area and will potentially cause damage to our beautiful beach. Sunset Beach accrues sand and does not need
artificial means to protect our shoreline.
Other beaches in our area (Ocean Isle and Holden) NEED sand. Please have the sand transported there, or elsewhere,
and don't let our beach be affected.
Regards,
Peter Brockway
Sunset Beach, NC

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From: Carol Santavicca <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 11:13 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] CAMA PERMIT MODIFICATION
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Assuming the modification meets all required guidelines please just approve it and lets get on with thus project.
Respectfully, Carol Santavicca, 9109 Forest Dr SW, Sunset Beach, NC 28468
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From: Daniel Northrup <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 10:36 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Project
Dear Mr. Weychert: My wife and I retired to Sunset Beach 8 years ago. It's our little slice of
paradise. During that time, we have been inundated each year by local politicians and hacks
who want to wantonly spend our tax dollars to dredge Jink's Creek. Bottom line: We don't need
dredging and we certainly do not want to be saddled with the out of pocket expense that we will
surely incur. Please do not approve this project. It's a terrible waste of resources that could
be put to better use.
Thank you for listening.
Daniel P. and Karen K. Northrup
1099 Sea Bourne Way
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
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Dear Mr. Weychert: My wife and I retired to Sunset Beach 8 years ago. It's our little slice of
paradise. During that time, we have been inundated each year by local politicians and hacks
who want to wantonly spend our tax dollars to dredge link's Creek. Bottom line: We don't need
dredging and we certainly do not want to be saddled with the out of pocket expense that we will
surely incur. Please do not approve this project. It's a terrible waste of resources that could
be put to better use.
Thank you for listening.
Daniel P. and Karen K. Northrup
1099 Sea Bourne Way
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
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It is past time to start the dredging. It has been needed for years it will benefit all boaters that use it for fishing and other
recreational activities. I have a home on the bay and see most of the people coming from the waterway to enjoy the
bay. Please get this done. Thank you Fitz Dove 1711 Canal Dr. Sunset Beach North Carolina
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I would like to express my concerns regarding the request by Sunset Beach Town Government to modify the CAMA
permit to place dredged sand in the ocean adjacent to the island. My first concern is I don't believe that enough
analysis has been done to to know what impact this will have on the environment. What is the quality of the dredged
sand? Next is my concern on what the impact on the depth of the ocean in this area. One can clearly see that if you
wade out now into the ocean you go out quite a distance and are still only in chest deep water. Go on the pier at low
tide and you can see the low depth. Placing dredged sand will only make things worse.
Lastly, I have to make comment on the project in general. This project is being pushed forward by greed. Develops
made promises that can't be kept unless the dredging is done. I have seen no information regarding how many
homeowners really want this project.
In closing please do not allow the approval of this modification.
James Skiff
414 33rd st.
Sunset Beach, NC 28468.

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From: Sonny <[e-mail]>
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Subject: [External] Digging inlet
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We don't need to dredge the inlet in front of town council's Homes, that won't help anyone from the town, we need to
spend money to help everyone, not just a few. If they want to dredge their property in the inlet they need to pay for it
their self. We are not their bank. Sincerely JAMES M THOMPSON. 611 live oak dr. SUNSET BEACH Sent from my iPhone

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From: Mark Selisker <[e-mail]>
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Dear Mr. Weychert:
My wife and I have owned oceanfront property on the island since 1996. We are concerned about the plan to deposit
dredging spoils near the beach in front of our house that are truly of unknown quality or whether or not they are "beach
compatible". It doesn't take much digging on the East end of the island to uncover broken shells and other detritus that
if washed up on the beach would certainly be detrimental.
I personally believe dredging the area is a fool's game, and will result in excessive maintenance costs for the benefit of
very few people. If the town "leaders" are being allowed to do this, then let them pay for getting rid of spoils
somewhere besides the shoreline of a pristine beach.
Best regards,
Mark Selisker
904 E. Main St.
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
919 349 1630

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From:
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To:
Weychert, Curtis R
Subject:
FW: [External] Public Comments for SSB Dredging Permit
Attachments:
CAMA Concerns.docx
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tars. macoherson (a?ncden r. gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Richard Hilderman [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, October 5, 2020 8:49 AM
To: Davis, Braxton C <[e-mail]>; Richard Hilderman <[e-mail]>
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Subject: [External] Public Comments for SSB Dredging Permit
Dr. Davis:
Attached are my concerns regarding the SSB CAMA permit 79-19
Richard Hilderman, Ph.D.
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August 25, 2020
Ms. Tara MacPherson
NC Division of Coastal Management
127 Cardinal Dr. Ext.
Wilmington, NC 28405-3845
Tara.MacPherson(d)NCDENR.gov
Subject: Town of Sunset Beach navigation project, maintenance dredging of
South Jinks Creek and nearshore material placement
Dear Ms. MacPherson:
My wife and I are owners of oceanfront property on Sunset Beach, North
Carolina, at 804 East Main St. Our property is directly onshore of the proposed
nearshore site for dumping the dredgings from South Jinks Creek (and elsewhere). We
object to the proposed nearshore placement site.
We do not believe that the placement of spoil from South Jinks Creek into the
Atlantic Ocean directly offshore of our property is authorized by North Carolina
statutes. NCGS 113-229, properly interpreted, requires that be quality material
dredged from an inlet shoal system shall not be removed permanently from that inlet
shoal system. Whether the material is dredged from an active nearshore, a beach, or an
inlet shoal system, such material is not to be removed permanently from such active
nearshore, beach or inlet shoal system. In other words, the statute does not anticipate
removing material from an inlet shoal system and depositing it offshore of the beach.
Secondly, there is no authorization under the statute to place the dredgings in such a
manner that they are permanently removed from the active nearshore, beach or inlet
shoal system. By depositing the spoil in the designated "Nearshore Placement Site," the
Town is virtually assuring that the materials placed thus into the Atlantic Ocean will be
permanently dispersed, by wave action and by the East -to -West countercurrent, to be
re -accreted to the west of the Placement Site (from the fishing pier to the end of Bird .
Island). It was the intention of the North Carolina General Assembly that the re-
depositing of the spoil would be in a qualified location and that this location would be
permanent. Dumping the Jinks Creek spoil into the Atlantic Ocean assures that that

spoil will reappear elsewhere along the beach, and will continue to migrate until a groin
(or the jetties at the Little River Inlet) halt the further movement of sand.
Sunset Beach has already experienced the adverse impact of dumping beach -
quality sand into the Atlantic Ocean. A decade after my father bought (in 1959) the
oceanfront lots that my wife and I now own and my brother now owns, M. C. Gore, the
developer of Sunset Beach, was confronted with the westward migration of Tubbs Inlet.
The inlet slowly devoured the east end of Sunset Beach Island. Mr. Gore re -dredged
Tubbs Inlet, reestablishing its original location, and closed off the new formed mouth of
the inlet. The natural migration of Tubbs Inlet, and the dredging work undertaken by
Mr. Gore, together threw a lot of sand into the ocean. About the same time, the jetties at
the Little River Inlet were constructed. These jetties acted as groins, stopping the
westward migration of sand which the gentle countercurrent encourages. Not
surprisingly, with that countercurrent interrupted, the sand suspended in the ocean
water was deposited on the beach.
When I first came to Sunset Beach, the fishing pier was already there. It was the
Vesta Pier, named for the blockade runner ship, Vesta, which was unable to find a safe
haven from the Union blockade ships. Her captain ran her aground in the low water
near the beach, and her cargo was safely unloaded. The wreck of the Vesta lay where she
foundered, through high tide, low tide, hurricanes and other storms. My point is that
from 1864 to 1970, there was virtually no accretion of sand at Sunset Beach, since the
Vesta demonstrated pretty clearly how close to shore a ship of that size had to come to
be grounded. Just as the wreck of the Vesta was a curiosity for tourists and visitors, it
was a curiosity for fish as well. The Vesta Pier was built out literally over the Vesta. You
could clearly see the gap in the pilings, where the Vesta lay in the water. But within five
years of MC Gore re -dredging Tubbs Inlet, the Vesta was completely covered with sand,
and the Vesta Pier lay mostly over dry sand at low tide. (The new pier was built along the
same alignment as the old Vesta Pier, but its building -- the start of the pier -- was
relocated oceanward of the original pier building. If you look along the front line of
houses on the east side of the pier, that line was also the front line of the original fishing
pier building.) So we have already seen what happens when beach quality sand is
dumped into the ocean. My guess is that part of the new pier will soon be on dry land,
once the dredgings have been deposited in the "Nearshore Placement Site." There is
absolutely no benefit to the Town of Sunset Beach or the adjacent landowners in having
more accretion.
I also disagree with the characterization of this project as being "beneficial reuse"
of material from South Anks Creek. There is no benefit to me, my wife, or my brother
(or any other oceanfront landowner) from having these dredgings placed right offshore.
We do not need more oceanfront sand. Contrary to the assertions in the Project
Description, there are no actual "long term erosion impacts" affecting Sunset Beach;

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nor were the impacts of Hurricane Matthew of serious consequence or of lengthy
duration to warrant dumping sand near the beach. What we have here is a solution
trying to find a problem.
The Town's "Project Description" mentions in passing that dumping dredged
material from the oceanfront between 5th and i2 h Streets was "previously permitted." It
was not permitted by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Finally I would point out, again, that there is no need to dredge the amount of
material from South Jinks Creek as is requested by the Town. The Town, once again,
seeks to dredge South Jinks Creek to a depth of 3 feet below the existing dredge level in
the finger canals, whereas the existing dredge level for the forger canals is satisfactory
for existing boat utilization. The only reason to dredge more deeply is to accommodate
ocean-going watercraft, but the nearest access to the Intracoastal Waterway is the Little
River Inlet. I know it makes a wonderful selling point for the newly subdivided lots
adjacent to South Jinks Creek, but this type of watercraft has never been found in
Sunset Beach heretofore. If the dredging of South Jinks Creek is limited to the same
depth is a figure canals, there be no need to dump 40,500 cubic yards of dredgings into
the ocean -- or anywhere else.
I ask you to reject the Town's latest proposal.

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Grant Shipley and Yvonne Stam
604 Hillsborough Road
Carrboro, NC 27510
September 16, 2020
Ms. Tara MacPherson
NC Division of Coastal Management
127 Cardinal Dr. Ext.
Wilmington, NC 28405-3845
[e-mail]
Subject: Further comments about Town of Sunset Beach navigation project,
maintenance dredging of South Jinks Creek and nearshore material placement
Dear Ms. MacPherson:
This letter supplements my previous correspondence of August 25, 2020.
In the Town of Sunset Beach's most recent application for amendment of its permit
application, it seeks to justify the proposed nearshore placement of dredging spoil
because of the alleged erosion taking,place in a certain portion of the beach at Sunset
Beach. See the Nearshore Placement Narrative, page 7, Figure 7:
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This portrayal of "Eroding" shoreline is the basis for recommending that dredged spoil
be deposited immediately offshore, in a near -shore underwater berm in the red -stripe
area of supposed erosion. But this depiction conflicts with the analysis your office has
published, and is contrary to the on -site observations at this area of Sunset Beach.
There is no such erosion in that area. Please see: "North Carolina 2oli Long -Term
Average Annual Oceanfront Erosion Rate Update Study / Methods Report /
N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Division of Coastal
Management / Updated: 10/30/2012." I have copied text and illustration from that
report (see next page).
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"Bird Island and Sunset Beach are considered low sloping south facing beaches with
approximately 3.3 miles of combined oceanfront shoreline. Sunset Beach has been
naturally accreting and has not required any nourishment projects (Figure 12). Several
factors have had significant influences in defining today's shoreline position; a
navigation jetty constructed at Little River inlet (left side of graph), the closing of Madd
inlet (transect IDs 35-40), and engineering (end of island and inlet configuration) of
Tubbs Inlet prior to 1970. There was no change in blocked erosion rate factors since 2.8
miles (83 percent) of its shoreline demonstrated accretional trends with only light
erosion (two feet per year, or less) in the area adjacent to Tubbs Inlet for a shoreline
distance equal to distance of 0.4 miles, or 13.9 percent of its oceanfront shoreline.
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That was the case in 2011-12, and it remains true today (based on actual observations
made this year).
The Town's assertion to the contrary should be firmly rejected.
I again ask you to reject the Town's latest proposal.
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From: Jim Karriker <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 10:48 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R;jane karriker
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging -again
Dear Mr. Weychert:
As concerned citizens of Sunset Beach, we have been directed to send our comments to you regarding the ongoing
dredging debate for our town. My wife and I would like to submit our thoughts to you as requested.
1. Supposedly, the purpose of dredging is to increase boat access and property values. We live here permanently mid
island, do not own a boat, and our property value continues to increase quite a bit. Why, because of our beautiful, wide,
acreting sandy beaches without dredge and other spoils.
2. As I understand it, only 69 homeowners will benefit directly from dredge for navigation. A very small percentage of
island ownership but a huge cost to all of us as taxpayers for a project that does not have a capped cost that I have ever
seen. A cost that I could see involving us in the future if things get out of hand.
3.We do not want any dredge dumping anywhere near our beaches or shores so that it could wash ashore.
4. The one scientist report that I read in detail warned about dredging causing increased erosion with unknown
consequences on the island and it's inhabitants, including our animals and birds.
In summary, we oppose dredging beyond what the Army Corps. of Engineers approved last year, which was to a depth
of 2 feet, which is simply maintenance. We love this little slice of heaven on earth and do not want to see it spoiled.
Regards,
Jim & Jane Karriker
424 6th Street
Sunset Beach, NC 28468

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Sunset Beach needs your help. Please read below.
Chal Glenn, AAMS®, MBA
First Vice President/investments
(803)A69-7070 main I [e-mail]
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Subject: FW: Sunset Beach Dredging is Vitally Important
Letter sent to the individual at the Corps of Engineers currently assigned to our dredging project
Chalmers L.Glenn, AAMS, MBA
First Vice President/Investments
803-469-7070
800-743-4592
803-469-6003 Fax
From: Glenn, Chalmers Lanier (Sumter)
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2019 12:02 PM
To-.'[e-mail]' <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sunset Beach Dredging is Vitally Important
Sunset Beach created a Canal System around 60 years ago. Since that time they have been periodically dredged to
maintain access for ALL watercraft users and to maintain the value of property sold as "Waterfront". I have been
enjoying Sunset Beach for 50 years and own a home on the island. When I was a child we could walk in the canals at low
tide without fear. Now they are full of an ever expanding population of Oysters which could literally cause severe injury
if not death to anyone who fell along the banks of a canal. The bottom of the canals are filled with silt and gooey sand
and bear no resemblance of the pristine canals we once enjoyed. Additionally homeowners are watching their docks
being slowly destroyed as a result of resting on unleveled sand for HOURS per day. This is not a Value Added situation
for Sunset Beach or ANY of its residents.

' Since its founding Sunset Beach has been gaining sand while Ocean Isle and Holden Beach are losing sand. In other
words they need periodic beach renourishment and Sunset Beach needs periodic dredging. This cycle seems to have NO
end in sight. Without immediate intervention by way of dredging the waterways around Sunset Beach will soon be
unnavigable. I used to joke that without dredging we will all be trading in our watercraft for dune buggies. I have ceased
making these comments because we are literally moving rapidly in that direction. URGENT help is needed as we are well
past the time when dredging should have occurred.
I have no doubt that our local Environmentalists will create every impediment and obstacle in this process. These are the
same people who opposed the current Superstructure Bridge we all currently enjoy citing the demise of the Oysters and
fishing where construction was to take place. I encourage everyone to boat or Kayak around the current bridge and tell
me that marine life in the area is not plentiful. The Oysters always return in VAST quantities and have after each of the
periodic dredging projects in the past. One of their latest tactics was to imply that flooding would be a risk to Sunset
Beach if the dredging was performed. They simply refuse to accept the fact that Sunset Beach is gaining sand everyday
despite their theories and attempts to skirt reality. Sunset Beach has NEVER had a flooding issue caused by the many
dredging's in the past.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter
Respectfully
Chal Glenn
Homeowner
431 Dolphin St
Sunset Beach NC
Chalmers L.Glenn, AAMS, MBA
First Vice President/Investments
803-469-7070
800-743-4522
803-469-6003 Fax
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Sent: Monday, October 12, 2020 10:44 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] Public hearing for Sunset Beach Dredging Project
Dear Mr. Weychert,
I am writing to express my desire for the dredging project at Sunset Beach to move forward as soon
as possible.
My primary residence is on the water at Sunset Beach not directly impacted by dredging, and I own
another Sunset Beach residence on the waterway. I also own three businesses in this area, one of
which is a fishing supply retail store, DAVES Outpost.
My husband, Sam Fletcher Frink, was born here and I have lived here since 1979. We have seen
"doomsday groups" delay important projects in the name of the environment, (like our bridge to
Sunset) that only succeeded in costing taxpayers more, with no detrimental effects on the wildlife
or fauna as they predicted.
It is my opinion that improved water flow will help to bring back shellfish and fishing stocks in the
Tubbs Inlet area that have all but disappeared since all the sand has washed in.
Property owners along the canals deserve maintenance just like property owners along our
roadways. I would not object to my tax money paying for such maintenance.
Of course there are some unknowns, but we have to start somewhere, right away.
Sincerely,
Kelley Frink
408 North Shore Dr W.
805 Shoreline Dr W.
523 Shoreline Dr E.
205 Sunset Blvd N.
1001 Beach Dr SW.
1563 Seaside Rd.
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
Kelley Frink
Calabash NAPAAutocare
DAVES Outpost, Inc.
iool Beach Dr SW
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
910-579-9850
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From: Stuart Maurer <[e-mail]>
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2020 2:17 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] Dredging
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My name is stuart and karen maurer and we live at 1313 north shore drive east sunset beach. What will this cost and
how frequent will it be done . Do i have to move my floating dock untill dredgings is done? Can i still use the cannal to
take my boat out to fish? When will the dredging start and end? And will any other tax payers chip in since this is being
governed by the town where we do pay taxes? Thank you stuart maurer
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From: Fitz Dove <[e-mail]>
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2020 1:09 PM
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Subject: [External] Dredging of Tubbs inlet.
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My name is Fitz Dove and I have a house at 1711 Canal Drive Sunset Beach North Carolina. I am definitely in favor of
dredging Tubbs inlet to the intercoastal waterway. I have seen many boats from all areas get stuck on the sandbars. All
the people of Brunswick County will have access to this project as well as the renters of houses to the entire area. Thank
you!
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From: Grant Shipley <[e-mail]>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2020 3.48 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] Town of Sunset Beach dredging
Attachments: 9269-SJinks-CAMA-Mod-Narrative.pdf; Ltr to MacPherson Sept. 16 2020.pdf; Ltr signed
Tara MacPherson 082520.pdf
I ask you to consider my letters to Tara MacPherson dated August 25, 202o and my supplementary letter
dated September 16, 2020. I own ocean -front property directly on -land of the dumping site for the dredged
spoil. The Town's submission, Figure 7, suggesting that there is erosion going on, is simply inaccurate. The
report called "North Carolina 2011 Long -Term Average Annual Oceanfront Erosion Rate Update Study /
Methods Report / N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Division of Coastal Management
/ Updated: 10/30/2012." properly describes the actual erosion. There is no erosion of the beach at the site
where the Town wants to dump spoil. I am enclosing herewith the Department's report (relevant
pages). Please do not inflict this dumping on us beach owners.

Braxton C. Davis
Division of Coastal Management
400 Commerce Ave
Morehead City, NC 28557-3421
[e-mail]
13 October., 2020
Ref: CAMA Permit 79-1.9 Town of Sunset Beach modified dredge permit
Comment Period.
ABSTRACT
Material placement and the lack of facts continues to be a concern. NCGS 113-229
requires that beach quality material dredged from an inlet shoal system shall not be
removed from the inlet shoal system. But the Town, ignoring previous concerns, and
environmental concerns and issues, now claims because there is beach erosion (application fig
7) between 3rd and 13th streets, and near -shore placement is justified. We question the
factual validity of the Town's application -cited erosion posture— especially in view of the well -
documented and historic natural sand accretion on the barrier island of Sunset Beach. What
study, or the data from it, has been presented to support the claim that the proposed near -
shore placement of spoils is justified by beach erosion?
RATIONALE TO AVOID NEAR -SHORE PLACEMENT OPTION
What data exists to corroborate the Town claim that the beach between 3rd and 13th is
eroding ? The aerial photos presented result in a very subjective interpretation. Without data
Fig.7 simply shows some erosion and some accretion. Meanwhile Fig. 8 by comparison shows
no erosion.
What data exists to justify that the Town's claim that the spoils placed off -shore will primarily
move westward in the long -shore transport system; the balance moving eastward? How much
will move towards Tubbs Inlet? With this movement in two directions how much will remain to
remediate the cited "erosion"? And finally how much will remain in the Tubbs Inlet shoal
system as required by statute? Where is the data to prove spoils stay in the system?
Where is the data to address the very local environmental concern of near -shore placement
and its effect on marine life and fishing interests at the near -by fishing pier? The Pier is a major
fishing, economic, and tourist draw.
Finally the application option of near -shore placement provides absolutely no consideration for
other obvious environmental concerns. The Flats just Eastof the proposed placement site have
grown/accreted steadily in the last 5 years and are now home, once again, to at least 6 species
of nesting birds.

CONCLUSION
Application Narrative Reasoning: Page 5
"Although nearshore placement is not a widely used option for non-federal stakeholders, the
alternative provides a beneficial reuse option for placement of the beach material from south
Jinks Creels Nearshore placement also provides an environmentally acceptable and least cost
alternative that meets the purpose and need of the project. The Town evaluated nearshore
placement as a last resort for balancing the property owner concerns with beach placement and
maintaining consistency with NCGS 113-229 "
The reasoning provided for the above option and the subsequent explanations
present interpretations and statements as conclusions ; but very little if any
supporting data.
It is clear that the offshore spoils option should only be considered if there are no
other options. But in fact the application narrative discussed three other dredge material
disposal options, with environmentally sound support, for temporary storage until a
beneficial site can be identified. Should the best alternative for beneficial be defined by
the environmental impact as suggested in NCGS 113-229 or by cost as the Town
narrative suggests?
I have owned a cottage on the island of Sunset Beach for 39 years and have been walking
that beach for 47 years. I have watched 3 sets of primary dunes being built by Mother
Nature as a result of human intervention, swallowing wood walkovers, adding at least
100 feet to ocean front property, and the consistent accretion of sand, the construction of
the Little River Jetty, and ensuing accelerated accretion, closing of Madd Inlet, and the
ever-moving/changing Tubbs Inlet, and recently the restoration of the flats at Tubbs. In
all those years recreational fishermen and boaters have continued to successfully use
Jinks Creek, even at low tide, with modest seamanship skills. Jinks always has been, and
still is, just a creek. It's something you paddle and motor on slowly and with care. Its
just a creek that bisects beautiful Primary Nursery Area Marsh. It is NOT now, and never
has been, a busy navigation channel.
Respectfully, Ted Janes 443 987 7582 (cell) 403 37th Street, Sunset Beach, NC

Weychert, Curtis R
From: Davis, Braxton C
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 9:00 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
From: John Thompson[mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 8:59 AM
To: Davis, Braxton C <Braxton. Davis@ NCDENR.Gov>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
Mr. Davis,
I am John Thompson, owner of 1106 E Main Street in Sunset Beach. I am writing because we oppose the
dredging on our Island. It is very difficult to believe that the government would allow a small group of people
(Councilmen) to dredge for their personal gain and then place the dredging 100 yards off of a beautiful public
beach. These councilmen plan to assess us for the cost of the private navigation project. Why are we being
punished in this way and no one is stopping them? This is the most unethical project I have ever seen or
heard of. Who can protect us? Please help stop this needless waste of our natural resources.
Thank you in advance,
John Thompson
864-344-7155

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From: Davis, Braxton C
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 8:47 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredge Spoil
-----Original Message -----
From: Pat Thompson [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 8:47 AM
To: Davis, Braxton C <Braxton. Davis@ NCDEN R.Gov>
Subject: [External] Dredge Spoil
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Dear Mr. Davis,
I remember the horrible effect dredge spoil had on OR Please do not let this happen at Sunset Beach. We have a
beautiful fine sand beach. Dredge spoil will ruin it.
Thank you.
Patricia Thompson
1419 Bay St.
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Davis, Braxton C
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 8:26 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Fwd: Dredging Tax Assessment Workshop
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:43 AM
To: John Corbett <[e-mail]>
Cc: Thomas Bormann <[e-mail]>; Janice Harris <[e-mail]>; Jamie Phillips
<[e-mail]>; Charles Nern <[e-mail]>; Shannon Phillips
<[e-mail]>; Ted Janes <[e-mail]>; Jacqueline Trovato <[e-mail]>; Rich
Cerrato <[e-mail]>; Gary Merritt <[e-mail]>; Montgomery Perfetti <[e-mail]>; John
Pagels <[e-mail]>; Barry Lentz <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Fwd: Dredging Tax Assessment Workshop
Mr. Corbett:
Since you have not responded to my simple straight forward question, I would like to add a second question. Is
the game plan to hold the tax assessment town meeting during the pandemic before having approval to dredge a
mechanism to keep the attendance and the number of questions low?
Richard Hilderman
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From: John Corbett <icorbett .sunsetbeachnc.gov>
Date: October 22, 2020 at 12:09:12 PM EDT
To: Hilderman Richard <doggenome ,gmail.com>
Cc: Lisa Anglin <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Dredging Tax Assessment Workshop
Mr. Hilderman,
It is on my "to-do" list.
John Corbett
Mayor Pro-Tem
Sunset Beach Town Council
700 Sunset Blvd., N.
Sunset Beach, NC 28468

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On Oct 22, 2020, at 11:57 AM, [e-mail] wrote:
Mr. Corbett:
You have not responded to my question of why is the Town proceeding with the
dredging tax assessment town meeting as the COVID-19 infection rate increases
when the Town still doesn't have DCM nor USACE approval for the dredging
project?
Richard Hilderman
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On Oct 21, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Richard Hilderman
<richardhildermanggmail.com> wrote:
Mr. Corbett:
You are on record in the Beacon as stating that you wanted to
make everyone aware "we are still in a COVID-19 crisis." As you
probably know we are most likely into a third wave of the infection
and the infection rate in NC has been increasing over the past
couple of weeks. Most scientific experts are saying in the next 6 to
8 weeks we will most likely see a significant rise in infections.
My question to you is why is the Town going ahead with the
dredging tax assessment workshop in Nov? Why now? It is my
understanding that the earliest the DCM proposal could be
approved is on Dec 5 but there is also a strong possibility DCM
could ask for an extension of time to consider the
application. USACE public comment period doesn't close until
Nov 19. This probably means that the Corps will not make a
decision this year. Since the dredging season can only be in the
Fall through March to protect migrating species, it appears the
earliest dredging will start is the Fall of 2021. Thus there is no
need to have this workshop next month! Why not wait until you
have approval for dredging from both DCM and USACE?
Richard Hilderman

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From: Davis, Braxton C
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 8:26 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredging Sunset Beach - off shore deposit
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From: Lynn Nesmith [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 8:21 AM
To: Davis, Braxton C<[e-mail]>
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Dear Mr. Davis,
I have serious concerns about the proposed change in the placement area of excavated beach compatible material from
South Jinks Creek to an area offshore between 3 and 13th Street.
The Town claims this area is eroding. I have been coming to Sunset Beach since my grandfather build a house along the
Waterway at the head of Jinks Creek in 1959. He named his home Jinks Landing. I recently bought my own home that
Also looks down Jinks Creek.
The town's states noticeable erosion between 3rd and 13th Streets. I personally watched the East End erosion in the
1960s. But since 1970, Sunset Beach has grown significant land and rolling dunes. Sunset is obviously accreting land and
sand and dunes. There might be some minor erosion after a hurricane but the beach quickly cones back and is the
better for the natural forces of Mother Nature.
Placing the spoils offshore should be considered only if there are no Other alternatives. It's impossible to predict how
this placement will affect Sunset Beach and Tubbs Inlet. There has been little scientific documentation.
The Town states that they may be able to allow temporary storage of the beach -compatible sand on high ground until it
can be beneficially placed on an eroding beach or nearshore area in the same inlet system. Why not go with this option?
Does anyone really know if the Sediment composition of dredge spoils is actually compatible with the ocean floor
offshore? Is the best option for sand placement be defined by environmental impact or cost? Cost should not be the
primary reason for not using other suitable alternatives.
The Town has not provided scientific justification for placing the spoils offshore. They have identified areas where the
spoils could be stored until a beneficial site can be found in the Tubbs Inlet littoral zone. This sand is too valuable to be
lost by placing it offshore where is will be removed by the long -shore transport system.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Lynn

Eleanor Lynn Nesmith
210 Shoreline Drive East
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
850.814.0210

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From: mary speth <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 6:50 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach dredge comment
Dear Sir...
Maintenance Dredging vs Navigation "Channel" Dredging
Sunset Beach Dredge Proposal
Background:
In 2016 a Water Resource Development Grant was issued to SSB fortheir Shoreline
Management/Pier Alignment Pre -Dredge Analysis. On Oct 3, 2016 the Town, in a letter to
Darren England, NC Dept of Environmental Quality, offered a Clarification of Project Narrative
as follows: " the project would "maintenance" dredge 3.5 miles of canals and feeder
channels." " the project should clarify the dredging will include "new" and "maintenance"
work ... ....... the majority of the "new" dredging includes 6,800 feet within Jinks Creek." "The
dredging will provide navigational access from previously dredged residential canals along
North Shore Drive to the AIWW." "The project also proposes "new" work within the Canal Bay
Area."
Sunset Beach island's canal system was man made prior to CANIA. It is the
only NC barrier island whose canals do not connect directly to the ICWW ! The island's
man-made canal system has always connected to a small and shallow, naturally occurring
(untouched) salt marsh tidal creek by the name of Jinks, that bisects a very fragile and
valuable PNA eco system that separates the island and the ICWW. Jinks Creek has
never been dredged. So it would be a miss -representation to use the term "maintenance"
as applied to Jinks. The term "maintenance" is correctly applied to the man-
made feeder canal and finger canals. By law, this entire area is a no wake zone. Even
with an extension, the Town let this Grant expire. When a new Grant was sought by the
Town, it changed the type of grant from Maintenance to Navigational Channel
Dredging.
CAMA Regulations:
Any discussion of this dredge project, changing the Grant application, and the
concerns and issues raised by coastal experts and taxpayers of Sunset Beach should
be considered faithfully within the framework of the following CAMA regulations.

15A NCAC 07H .0208 USE STANDARDS (page 6) (a) General Use Standards
(b) Specific Use Standards
( I ) Section I states: " Maintenance excavation in canals, channels, and boat basins within
Primary Nursery Areas and areas of submerged aquatic vegetation as defined by MFC shall
be avoided. However, when essential to maintain a traditional and established use,
maintenance excavation may be approved if the applicant meets ALL of the following criteria:
tl
The key words in the above section are TRADITIONAL (not a new use) and All of the
following
1. The applicant demonstrates and documents that a water -dependent need exists for the
excavation.
2. There exists a previously permitted channel that was constructed or maintained under
permits issued by the State or Federal Government. If a natural channel was is use, or
if a human -made channel was constructed before permitting was necessary, there shall
be evidence that the channel was continuously used for a specific purpose.
3. Excavated material can be removed and placed in a disposal area in accordance with
Part (b)(1)(B) of this Rule without impacting adjacent nursery areas and submerged
aquatic vegetation as defined by the MFC.
4. The original depth and width of a human -made or natural channel shall not be
increased to allow a NEW or EXPANDED use of the channel
This part does not affect restrictions placed on permits issued after March,1 1991. "
Again each and every one of the above 4 criteria must be met.
Conclusion: There is an important difference between maintenance
dredging and maintenance dredging a navigation channel or man-made
canal.
One has to ask several questions to reasonably debate the validity of the
any future permit application.
1. Why did the Town ask for a different type Grant application after twice failing to
meet deadline?
2. Was and is, due diligence being applied to the above quoted CAMA
regulations?
3. Where is the data on submerged aquatic vegetation ?
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4. Why is the project design based on deep water, deep draft boating not a new
use for a never- before- dredged small, shallow, tidal creek?
5. Why is the close at hand new Town Launch ramp and area not sufficient ?
6. Why are the proposed width and depths for Jinks not a new or expanded use?
Where is the data?
7. Where is the data showing the proposal will not effect or impact the Primary
Nursery Area that Jinks Creek bisects close at hand ?
8. What proof has been presented that the proposal does not change the
TRADITIONAL use of Jinks ?
Jinks has been used for the 40 years I have been at Sunset Beach for
recreational access to the marsh and fishing and enjoyment of the public trust
beach at what is currently known as Palm Cove, and the "beach" flood tide delta
for Tubbs Inlet. Shallow draft recreational boats ( usually less than 25 feet ),
navigating the deeper channel within Jinks with the tides have successfully been
doing this for years and can be seen doing this now- even at dead- low tide. Deep
water, deep draft boats are not traditional and never have been in Jinks. The
Town of Sunset Beach has a modern, well -designed boat launch sight at the
ICWW. The nearby Little River Jetty provides access to the Atlantic Ocean.
I respectfully urge you to deny the submitted permit application.
Mary Speth
37th Street, Sunset Beach [e-mail]
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Tony DelDuca <[e-mail]>
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2020 10:46 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Canal Dredging
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Sir:
I have lived at 1303 Canal Drive for over 17 years and 8 have never seen the Canal/bay in worst condition than it is now.
Without immediate dredging this natural asset will be lost. The amount of silt and sand that have accumulated in the
Canal is killing the fish and crab population.
I support the dredging project at Sunset Beach.
Tony DelDuca
1303 Canal Drive
Sunset Beach, NC
908 309-1177
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: [e-mail]
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2020 9:25 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach NC dredging project
We are homeowners at 1809 Canal Drive, Sunset Beach, NC.
We favor the proposed dredging project at Sunset Beach including the carefully thought out nearshore placement of the
spoils.
This much needed project has been delayed far too long, creating significant dangers for boaters in the area. Please
allow it to proceed as soon as possible.
Thank you for your consideration.
\Kelly and Leigh Harris
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: johnfcorbett <[e-mail]>
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2020 5:00 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] Comment on the Sunset Beach CAMA Permit Modification Application
Dear Mr. Weychert,
We would would like to go on record as completely supporting the CAMA Permit Modification Application for the
placement of compatible spoils in the near shore area offshore of Sunset Beach between 3d and 13th Streets, as well as
the entire dredging project.
As property owners who will be affected by the dredging, we have been extremely discouraged and disappointed by the
excessively long and bureaucratic process leading up to this point. We sincerely hope that, with the timely approval of
the CAMA permit modification, Sunset Beach might be able to begin work on the dredging.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
John and Carol Corbett
1313 Canal Drive
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
cell: 571-251-8778
0ohnfcorbett(a)atmc. net
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Phil Post <[e-mail]>
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2020 4:39 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: Re: [External] Re: Cams permit for dredging
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Thanks
Can you please tell me the name of the Division Director?
Phil
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Philip N. Post
919-818-7862
> On Oct 24, 2020, at 13:00, Weychert, Curtis R <[e-mail]> wrote:
> Mr. Post,
> The Division Director makes all final permit decisions. The current
> 75 day review period ends on 12/.5/20, however an additional 75 days is.
> allowed by law to further review the project, that date would be
> 2/18/20. Our permit decisions are one of three options: we can
> approve the permit as proposed, deny the permit application, or
> approve the permit with specific conditions which are usual[
> y based on the input we receive from our commenting agencies. I hope these answers answer any questions you may
have, but please feel free to email me with any further questions or concerns.
> Respectfully,
> Curt Weychert
> Curtis Weychert
> Assistant Major Permit Coordinator
> North Carolina Division of Coastal Management North Carolina
> Department of Environmental Quality
> 252-808-2808 x211
> [e-mail]
> 400 Commerce Ave
> Morehead City, NC 28557
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> ----- Original Message-----
• From: Phil Post <[e-mail]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2020 11:35 AM
> To: Weychert, Curtis R <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Re: [External] Re: Cams permit for dredging
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> Curt
> Thanks for your response.
> Again, whom Personor what commission within Cama makes the decision?
> When do you expect a decision within Cama?
> Is the decision a yes or no, or can you go back to the applicant and say find a better place for the spoil?
> I will appreciate your answers.
> Phil
> Sent from my iPhone
> Philip N. Post .
> 919-818-7862
>> On Oct 24, 2020, at 11:00, Weychert, Curtis R <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> Mr. Post,
>> Thank you for you email regarding your concerns with the Sunset Beach Dredging project. A recent modification has
been proposed regarding the final placement of dredged material from the links Creek and Tubbs Inlet area. As you may
be aware, the Division of Coastal Management is coordinating a multi -agency state and federal review of the proposal. I
can assure your comments will be examined and taken into consideration prior to the Division taking final action on this
permit modification, and you will be informed of this final action. The Division of Coastal Management enforces the
rules of our Coastal Resource Commission, however, we coordinate with several different state and federal resource and
regulatory agencies in making permitting decisions. In response to your question about the dredge material, I will
reference you to the application packet submitted by the applicant (the link is below). In that application, there is a
section specifically looking at the sediment analysis.
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>> The Division will continue to accept comments on this project until a permit decision is made. If you would like to
provide further comments, you can email myself or mail a letter to the Division. The Division appreciates you submitting
comments on this application. Your comments will be added to the official permit modification file for this project.
Please feel free to contact me by email ([e-mail]) if you should have any additional concerns relating
to this project. Thank you for your participation in the LAMA process.
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>> Curtis Weychert
>> Assistant Major Permit Coordinator
>> North Carolina Division of Coastal Management North Carolina
>> Department of Environmental Quality
>> 252-808-2808 x211
>> [e-mail]
>> 400 Commerce Ave
>> Morehead City, NC 28557
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Phil Post <[e-mail]>
>> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2020 7:43 PM
>> To: Weychert, Curtis R <[e-mail]>
>> Subject: [External] Re: Cams permit for dredging
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>> Won't the dredged material contain organic material and silt that will create oxygen demand in the seawater And
siltation and be harmful to Humans and birds and aquatic life?
>> Phil
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> Philip N. Post
>> 919-818-7862
»» On Oct 23, 2020, at 19:27, Phil Post <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>> Curt
>>> What arguments will be persuasive and whom will decide to issue the What's the deadline?
>>> What arguments will work like turtles and fish and shore birds and human impacts? Which argument will stop this
madness?
>>> Also the sound side of Sunset and the West end of Ocean Isle have both been allowed to install giant sandbags
which of course have destroyed the beach or the share in those two places; those two locations need nourishment. Why
endanger a pristine beach used every day by humans and instead use the materials to nourish areas that are closer and
need the material?
>>> What is the best argument to stop this madness?
>>> Phil
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> Philip N. Post
>>> 919-818-7862
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Robert Bugg <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2020 11:15 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R; [e-mail];
[e-mail]
Subject: [External] In support of dredging at Sunset Beach
My email is simply to say "please" to approve the dredging at Sunset Beach. I am absolutely baffled that there is any
controversy. I own a house at 429 61h Street with a dock in the mud on canal A. I have lost rentals. I can't keep my boat
in the water. It is dangerous for tenants. My property is losing value. The town is losing tax revenue. HELP! PLEASE
approve the dredging!
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Robert and Jeannette Bugg
429 6th Street
Sunset Beach, NC
Parcel ID: 256OJ014
Robert W.Bugg
Wildlands Engineering, Inc.
Director: Mitigation Development &Credit Sales
Wildlands Realty, LLC.
Accredited Land Consultant
Principal Broker, NC & SC Realtor
0:704.332.7754 x105
M: 704.719.2100
1430 S. Mint St, Suite 104
Charlotte, NC 28203
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Davis, Braxton C
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 3:34 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredging Tax Assessment Workshop
Braxton Davis
Director, Division of Coastal Management
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Morehead City, NC 28557
[phone] x202
From: Richard Hilderman [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 11:54 AM
To: John Corbett <[e-mail]>; Richard Hilderman <[e-mail]>
Cc: Thomas Bormann <[e-mail]>; Janice Harris <[e-mail]>; Jamie Phillips
<[e-mail]>; Charles Nern <[e-mail]>; Shannon Phillips
<[e-mail]>; Ted <[e-mail]>; Rich Cerrato <[e-mail]>; Jacqueline Trovato
<[e-mail]>; Gary Merritt <[e-mail]>; Marc Kaplan <[e-mail]>; Montgomery Perfetti
<[e-mail]>; Barry Lentz <[e-mail]>; Nina Marable <[e-mail]>; John Pagels
<[e-mail]>; Sam Hickman <[e-mail]>; Laura Lewis <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Dredging Tax Assessment Workshop
Mr. Corbett:
You are on record in the Beacon as stating that you wanted to make everyone aware "we are still in a COVID-
19 crisis." As you probably know we are most likely into a third wave of the infection and the infection rate in
NC has been increasing over the past couple of weeks. Most scientific experts are saying in the next 6 to 8
weeks we will most likely see a significant rise in infections.
My question to you is why is the Town going ahead with the dredging tax assessment workshop in Nov? Why
now? It is my understanding that the earliest the DCM proposal could be approved is on Dec 5 but there is also
a strong possibility DCM could ask for an extension of time to consider the application. USACE public
comment period doesn't close until Nov 19. This probably means that the Corps will not make a decision this
year. Since the dredging season can only be in the Fall through March to protect migrating species, it appears
the earliest dredging will start is the Fall of 2021. Thus there is no need to have this workshop next
month! Why not wait until you have approval for dredging from both DCM and USACE?
Richard Hildennan
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Weychert, Curtis R
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 9:00 AM
To: 'Tobias Morgan Jr.'
Subject: RE: [External] Dredging Jinks Creek
Mr. Morgan,
Thank you for your email regarding the permit modification of the Town of Sunset Beach. A recent modification has
been proposed regarding the final placement of dredged material from the Jinks Creek and Tubbs Inlet area. As you may
be aware, the Division of Coastal Management is coordinating a multi -agency state and federal review of the proposal. I
can assure your comments will be examined and taken into consideration prior to the Division taking final action on this
permit modification, and you will be informed of this final action.
The Division appreciates you submitting comments on this application. Your comments will be added to the official
permit modification file for this project. Please feel free to contact me by email ([e-mail]) if you
should have any additional concerns relating to this project. Thank you for your participation in the CAMA process.
Curtis Weychert
Assistant Major Permit Coordinator
North Carolina Division of Coastal Management North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
252-808-2808 x211
[e-mail]
400 Commerce Ave
Morehead City, NC 28557
-----Original Message ----
From: Tobias Morgan Jr. <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 7:23 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Dredging Jinks Creek
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Please know that me and my family are in full support of the dredging project at Sunset Beach. We are aware of our
obligation to pay our share of the project.
It is of extreme importance to property owners,
dredging project as soon as possible.
Thank you!! _
Gaddy Morgan Properties LLC
1713 Canal Drive
Sunset Beach
Town of Sunset Beach and vacationers to approve and complete this
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: glen <[e-mail]>
Sent: - Friday, October 16, 2020 11.46 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
1 want to state that 1 am in FAVOR of dredging in Sunset Beach.
My home is located at 1801 Canal Dr., and it is my understanding that
1 will have a financial responsibility to bear part of the cost.
WHY?
1. Preserve the waters of Sunset Beach for a variety of reasons to
include boating, swimming, fishing, safety, and protection of the
marine life.
2. Opponents have mounted a fierce program to prohibit the
dredging, and I am not a marine biologist, but 1 TRUST the Coastal
Resource Commission and the US Army Corps of Engineers to
study the issues and make the right decision.
a. The one of the opponents arguments against dredging is that
it will increase the chance of flooding! Now let that sink in.
How does that really happen.
b. 1 purchased property on the beach around 1980 and then
purchased my current home located at 1801 Canal Drive in
the mid -eighties. Since 1 have owned property at Sunset
Beach there has always been an opposition group that
opposed new advances like the bridge. Eventually, Sunset
Beach a new bridge, but the additional costs to the State of
North Carolina were very high.
3. The public and the property owners directly affected by the
dredging are in favor of the dredging. I have enclosed the results
of a survey that the property owners undertook. You should read
and understand this study. To me the most important item is no
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one living on the water and thus are financially affectedare
are
opposed to the dredging.
I want to thank you for you time in reviewing our applications for
dredging permit and appreciate your vote in favor of dredging.
Sincerely,
John Acton
1801 Canal Drive
Sunset Beach, NC
919.880.8989-cel I
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Scott & Joyce Vollmer <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2020 11:02 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Project Comments
Dear Mr. Weychert,
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed dredging project of Jink's Creek and the finger
canals at Sunset Beach NC. While I am certainly not an environmental expert, I have been a homeowner there
for the last 22 years (and visited there for over 35 years), and I have read enough about the project and the
opinions of several regional experts, to be concerned about the short and long term effects on the marsh
ecosystem and the beach tidal area where the dredged materials will be deposited. Even though the dredging
will occur in existing channels, it has the potential to impact the adjacent ecosystem adversely. Most of the
expert opinions that I've read seem to concur that the least amount of disturbance to the marsh possible is
best for the long term health and stability of the area. This "least disturbance" policy not only protects the
many species of wildlife that inhabit the marsh, but also helps protect the island from negative effects of
storm over -wash and the formation of new channels in undesirable locations.
But just as concerning is the unpredictable effect that distributing the dredge spoils in the ocean off of the
beach (in order to make the project more affordable) would have on the beautiful and previously undisturbed
beach. Based on our 35-year observations, and contrary to what has been asserted, Sunset Beach is one of the
rare and very fortunate beaches on the NC coast that is not eroding, but has actually been accreting sand,
causing many of the boardwalks to need extending. Hurricanes occasionally cause a temporary loss of sand,
but so far after each storm, the beach has rebuilt over time naturally, so dredge material is not needed to re -
nourish the beach. The proposal states that the material dumped in the ocean would be only "compatible"
material, but who makes that call during dredging? It's likely in the contractor's interest to place all of the
material in the ocean, compatible or not. There would need to be independent oversight of this in order to
make certain the materials are truly compatible, and not foreign material that would wash up and damage the
beach ecosystem and harm the beauty and wildlife of the beach area. It is interesting to note that this material
was rejected by Ocean Isle as "unacceptable" to re -nourish their beach, which is in dire need of sand.
While it is important to the relatively few homeowners on the canals to be able to get their small watercraft
out into open water, it is the quality of the beach that really draws the majority of families to Sunset Beach,
and that needs to be protected as well. Removing the dredge material to an inland location would be far
preferable to dumping it in the ocean, and constraining the dredging to a minimum maintenance level would
help conserve the marsh wildlife, the island stability and the beach area. Dredging deeper and more
extensively than allowed in the past only increases the potential for unintended consequences and irreparable
damage. '
If you have an extra minute, please watch my attached one minute video:
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https://drive.Roogle.com/file/d/1ZJeK3TXWU9Pk8gR4lG49DIPn5NKnYAFf/view?usp=sharing
Thank you for reading and considering these comments.
Respectfully,
Joyce Vollmer
homeowner at:
431 Second St.
Sunset Beach, NC
permanent residence:
7312 Still Pond Ct.
Raleigh, NC 27613
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Barry Wishon <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 5:31 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
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Dear Mr. Weychert,
My name is Barry Wishon and my wife and I live at 1511 N Shore Dr (a canal lot), Sunset Beach NC 28468.
1 am in favor of the dredging project and I'm happy to pay my part.
A coupe of questions.
Will we be required to move our docks? _
Can we get the dredging on a schedule so we do not have to fight to keep the waterway passable?
Best Regards,
Barry Wishon
919 349 8289
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Edwin W Janes <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 9:39 AM
To: Davis, Braxton C
Cc: Weychert, Curtis R, [e-mail]
Subject: [External] CAMA- DCM Sunset Beach Official Comment period
Attachments: DCM Comment 10-2020w.docx
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Good People:
Attached above are my comments for the Town of Sunset Beach revised dredge proposal application requesting off-
shore placement of spoils.
I respectfully request that my comments be made part of the official record.
Respectfully,
Ted Janes
Edwin W. Janes II
403 37th Street
Sunset Beach, NC
cell 443 987 7582
mail:
Edwin W Janes II
302 Rolling Knoll Dr.
Bel Air, Md 21014
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Weychert, Curtis R
From:
Jan Diamondstone <[e-mail]>
Sent:
Monday, October 26, 2020 8:37 PM
To:
Weychert, Curtis R
Subject:
[External] Sunset Beach CAMA permit modification
I am a property owner on the east end of Sunset Beach and fully support advancement of this dredging project,
including placing compatible spoils in the near shore area offshore of Sunset Beach between 3d and 13th Streets. Please
approve this permit modification as soon as possible.
Jan Diamondstone
1817 East Main St.
Sunset Beach, NC. 28468
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Gina Young <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 7:13 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] Dumping of dredged material at Sunset Beach
Sent from my Phone
Begin forwarded message:
From: Gina Young <[e-mail]>
Date: October 26, 2020 at 12:36:52 PM EDT
To: braxton.davis(@ncdenr.gov
Subject: Dumping of dredged material at Sunset Beach
Dear sir: We are writing to say that we are firmly opposed to the dredging of S links Creek and the
dumping of the dredged sand into the nearshore of SB. S Jinks has never been dredged and it should not
be done in the first place. If S Jinks is not dredged the larger problem would be solved because we would
not have to worry about where to dump the dredged material. Also, we have no idea what the
environmental implications would be if S Jinks is dredged. In addition, we see no satisfactory reason for
dumping this sand into the nearshore of an island that is continually building up and is not eroding in
any way. What will be the environmental impact of dumping dredged sand in the nearshore? Will it
harm sea life? Where will that sand end up? Will it spoil our beautiful pristine white sand beach? This
dumping will also render our beach unusable for months due to equipment, noise and smell.
Furthermore, the cost to taxpayers will be astronomical for a completely unnecessary process. If we lose
this battle and S Jinks is dredged, why can't this sand be stored off island or used elsewhere? Sunset
Beach does not want it or need it. The west end of Ocean Isle could certainly benefit from it.
We ask you to deny dumping of dredged sand into the nearshore of Sunset Beach or anywhere on
Sunset Beach.
Thank you,
Tom and Gina Young
432 Sailfish St
Sunset Beach NC
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Sean and Lynn <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 6:37 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
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I would like to express my concerns concerning the dredging project. I oppose the near shore placement of beach
compatible sand, due to assumptions that are being made concerning what this may do to the beach and the
infrequency of its use so far in dredging projects.
Thank you,
Lynn Forbush
405 3rd St
Sunset Beach, NC
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Davis, Braxton C
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 4:58 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: Fw: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging permit and plan
From: Richard Layton <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 1:33 PM
To: Davis, Braxton C <Braxton. Davis@ NCDENR.Gov>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging permit and plan
I do not want to see the natural effect of tidal action on the Sunset Beach strand to be compromised by depositing
"beach quality sand" from the Tubbs inlet and adjacent canals deposited offshore.
If this project must go forward, I suggest the dredge material not being trucked off the island be pumped to a location
adjacent or on the spoils created when the intracoastal waterway was created.
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Davis, Braxton C
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 4:55 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: Fw: [External] Dumping of dredged material at Sunset Beach
From: Gina Young <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 12:36 PM
To: Davis, Braxton C <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Dumping of dredged material at Sunset Beach
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Dear sir: We are writing to say that we are firmly opposed to the dredging of S Jinks Creek and the dumping of the
dredged sand into the nearshore of SB. S Jinks has never been dredged and it should not be done in the first place. If S
Jinks is not dredged the larger problem would be solved because we would not have to worry about where to dump the
dredged material. Also, we have no idea what the environmental implications would be if S Jinks is dredged. In addition,
we see no satisfactory reason for dumping this sand into the nearshore of an island that is continually building up and is
not eroding in any way. What will be the environmental impact of dumping dredged sand in the nearshore? Will it harm
sea life? Where will that sand end up? Will it spoil our beautiful pristine white sand beach? This dumping will also
render our beach unusable for months due to equipment, noise and smell. Furthermore, the cost to taxpayers will be
astronomical for a completely unnecessary process. If we lose this battle and S Jinks is dredged, why can't this sand be
stored off island or used elsewhere? Sunset Beach does not want it or need it. The west end of Ocean Isle could
certainly benefit from it.
We ask you to deny dumping of dredged sand into the nearshore of Sunset Beach or anywhere on Sunset Beach.
Thank you,
Tom and Gina Young
432 Sailfish St
Sunset Beach NC
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: Debra Young <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 12:52 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] Dredging Project for Sunset Beach
Hi,
I am an owner of 1309 Canal Drive at Sunset Beach. Parcel number 256ND06801.
This note is in total support of the very important dredging project. Pis feel free to contact me if necessary. (919) 906-
8307.
Debra Young
[e-mail]

Weychert, Curtis R
From: Davis, Braxton C
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 11:51 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
From: larry fabrey [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 10:28 AM
To: Davis, Braxton C <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
Mr. Davis,
This is in opposition to the placement of material dredged from Jink's creek offshore between 3rd and 13th
street in Sunset Beach. The application alleges that there has been erosion on the beach in this area, an assertion
that is completely false. Our family has owned oceanfront property at 508 E. Main St. for nearly 40 years, and
during that time, the beach and the dunes have consistently grown by natural forces. Following a hurricane, the
dunes have sometimes eroded, but have naturally accreted again in a matter of months.
The notion that Jink's creek and the canals need to be dredged to -6 feet below mean low tide is ludicrous when
a proper maintenance dredging to -2 feet would clearly suffice. Dredging to that greater depth just adds to the
town's problem of disposal of the spoils in a location that is only for the convenience of the project's
advocates. The potential adverse effects of the nearshore placement.of this amount of material cannot be
predicted with any accuracy, but what is known is that allowing natural accretion without mechanical
intervention has made Sunset Beach the beautiful place that it is. Please do not allow nearshore placement of
the -6 feet of dredging materials.
Thanks,
Lawrence J. Fabrey, Ph.D.

Weychert, Curtis R
From: Davis, Braxton C
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 11:28 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] CAMA permit 79-19 Sunset Beach NC dredging project
From: G Fabrey [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 11:22 AM
To: Davis, Braxton C <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] CAMA permit 79-19 Sunset Beach NC dredging project
Dear Dr. Davis,
I am opposed to placing dredged sand in Long Bay just off shore of the island of Sunset Beach. Our
family has owned an oceanfront home at 6th and Main since 1981. We have watched our property nearly
double in size over those almost 40 years. A reason given for adding sand between 3rd and 13th street is
that the beach is eroding there. What time frame is being considered with this statement? Surely the
beach is constantly evolving but the long term trend is accretion for which we are very grateful.
Negative impacts that concern us include having the nature of the sand on the beach change from fine
soft sand to course sand with lots of foreign objects in it, raising the sea floor in an already very shallow
bay creating higher tides and more destructive storm surges, depositing dredged material which may
contain chemical and biological contaminants in the ocean and causing an ecological problem.
Economics play a big part in what will be done but when you see places in North Carolina where the
beaches are truly eroding you question the wisdom of dumping the sand in the bay when there are
beneficial uses for it. Sand is a key raw material needed in the construction industry and is apparently in
short supply. Would this be at all a possible solution?
Thank you for taking the time to listen to my concerns.
Gloria Fabrey
gfabrey(a)vahoo.com
9132447136
508 E Main St Sunset Beach, NC

Weychert, Curtis R
From: Teresa Maness <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 9:09 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach dredging
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Dear Mr Weychert,
The ability,for boats to navigate this area for affected homeowners is not the only concern. Safety for visitors from
neighboring beaches coming into Tubbs in boats and on jet skis should also be a major concern for all Sunset Beach
property owners. My husband and I witnessed a jet ski run aground in Tubbs this past summer. The tide was going out
and the couple could not see the imminent danger of riding across the huge sandbar. They immediately ran aground
and were stuck. My husband left our boat to help the gentleman push/pull the jet ski to deeper water. They were very
lucky they were not thrown from the jet ski. Boat owners that are not familiar with this area are constantly running
aground in Tubbs.
Yes, there are the other well known factors that play into the need for dredging. Safety for property owners and their
renters, water access for homeowners, renters, and visitors, and to help prevent loss of property value of waterfront
homes.
Placement of beach quality sand just offshore is not a threat, as has been proven in other beachfront communities.
I have included two pictures that my son took with his drone on 8/21/2020 (low tide at 4:02pm at a -0.82 feet). The
pictures were taken at 5:37pm and you can clearly see the lack of water and potential hazards from the lack of water.
Thank you.
Teresa Maness
1609 Canal Drive
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
Parcel # 256MA057

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August 17, 2020
Ms. Tara MacPherson
NC Division of Coastal Management
127 Cardinal Extension
Wilmington, NC 28468
RE: Dredging Permit at Sunset Beach, NC
Dear Ms. MacPherson:
I am writing to support dredging at Sunset Beach, NC. It is my understanding the permit has been
submitted for approval for dredging the finger canals and feeder canal along with portions of finks Creek
and the Bay. This work is long overdue for the recreational boater, the commercial and recreational
fisher and the homeowners with properties along the waterfront.
Currently, the canals are passable up until close to low tide, but the bay and finks Creek are impassable
except at high tide and only if you know the channels. The constant shifting sand creates a boating
hazard with sand bars moving and creating navigational obstructions, The areas filling in have rendered
fishing, crabbing and the catching of bait much more limited. At the rate of fill in these waterways, there
will not be water in these areas that will allow access to the ICW nor out to the ocean in the very near
future.
The long term affects of a closed inlet and bay are reduced home values, poor rentals for the island and
probably neglect by the property owners to maintain docks and bulkheads, furthering the decline in
values. I was on Ocean Isle Beach this week and it needs sand badly; it would seem there are ways to
benefit both the bay and canals at Sunset Beach and the landowners in Ocean Isle as well.
I would appreciate your support of this permit and allow the restoration of navigable water and future
use of the bay and canals at Sunset Beach.
Sincer` � CJ
Scott W. Hadley
3104 Braddock Drive
Raleigh, NC 27612
505 E. Northshore 422 38th Street
Sunset Beach, NC Sunset Beach, NC
Cc: Lisa Anglin, Sunset Beach, NC

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From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 10:13 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FIN: [External] SUPPORT FOR DREDGING AT SUNSET BEACH
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax.
tara. macPherson O,ncden r.aov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Sim Gaddy [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 7:12 AM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: [External] SUPPORT FOR DREDGING AT SUNSET BEACH
August 18, 2020
Ms. Tara MacPherson
N.C. Division of Coastal Management (NCDCM)
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, NC 28468 Tara.Macuherson(a ncdenr.gov

IRE: Dredging project at Sunset Beach, NC
Dear Ms. MacPherson
I strongly support the dredging project at Sunset Beach, NC.
My family has owned property on the bay at Sunset Beach since 1975. My first summer at Sunset I was 10
years old. I cherish the memories of flounder fishing with my mom, dad, and other family members in the bay,
in the inlet and just outside the inlet. Back in the that time we could fish all day regardless of the tide and we
could easily navigate the inlet if we so desired. There was an ample supply of good size fish for all to catch and
enjoy at the dinner table. Every low tide brought another opportunity for my mom to comb the freshly exposed
sand in search of shell treasures left behind by the last high tide.
Fast forward to today. The bay is quickly filling in with sand and is navigable only a few hours out of each
day. It has become a safety risk for boaters new to the area, and even those with local knowledge have
difficulty making way. The flounder and other fish for that matter are virtually nonexistent. The entire marine
life population is declining due to the lack of water. The chance for making memories like the ones I have is
coming to an end. Unless we take swift action, many more undesirable consequences will result.
There are an overwhelming number of positive reasons for the dredging to be done as soon as possible. These
reasons involve positive financial benefits for local businesses, the Town of Sunset Beach and the County of
Brunswick, as well as positive impacts for the marine life population of the area.
Again, I strongly support the dredging plan for Sunset Beach. For the good of the property owners as well as
the community as a whole, please do all in your power to make sure it happens.
Sincerely,
Simeon Gaddy
1713 Canal Drive
Sunset Beach, NC

CC: Lisa Anglin, Town of Sunset Beach [e-mail]
Sim Gaddy
Swaim, Inc.
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 9:19 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredging Project
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
[e-mail]
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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-----Original Message -----
From: Stephani Humrickhouse [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020 5:06 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]
Subject: [External] Dredging Project
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My husband and I are property owners at 422 33rd Street at Sunset Beach, NC. We write this in support of the dredging
project. The project is vital to the continued prosperity of Sunset Beach because:
-the canals are rapidly filling in with sand and navigation is difficult even at high tide -failure to dredge will result in a loss
of marine life -boats continue to get stuck in the canals and it has become unsafe -if property owners with canal homes
are not able to rent their homes, property values will decline for all of us at the beach -failure to dredge will result in a
higher probability of flooding.
There really is no good reason not to dredge. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Stephani and Scott Humrickhouse
422 33rd Street
Sunset Beach, NC
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Stephani W. Humrickhouse, Chief Judge
United States Bankruptcy Court
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From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:53 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging support letter
Attachments: Tara MacPherson NCDENR letter.pdf
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
to ra. m acpherson (o) n cd en r. g ov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020 3:59 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
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Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging support letter
Please see attached letter in support of the Dredging at Sunset Beach, NC in the canals and Bay area.
Thank you,
Scott Hadley
Senior Director
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WE desperately need the Sunset Beach waterways dredged.
A. From 1975 -1997 we rented houses on the bay
• We loved having the water in the back yard
• We enjoyed all the water sports and the fun of the bay waters
• We spent our vacation money on our family at Sunset Beach.
B. From 2005 to now we own a home on the bay.
• We depend on renting to vacationers in the summer from May - August
• Our house has lost value because boats cannot navigate through the waterway from
the intracoastal to the ocean, or travel safely in the bay
• Swimming and other water sports are more difficult, and not as desirable
B. Since 2011 wehave business on the mainland at the round -about
• The business serves many of Sunset Beach island visitors for 12-16 weeks during
the summer each year when our town of 3,500 turns into a town of 35,000 people.
• We depend on a healthy economy, water sports, rental income., strong property
values, And all the other good things of beach life, and navigable waters to bring
visitors to us, and to keep our business viable.
• We desperately need the waterways dredged.
Thanks,
Larry & Vicki Booth
1703 Canal Drive
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 12:15 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara.macpherson( ncdenr.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext.
Wilmington, NC 28405
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North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From. Annette Caldwell [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 10:25 AM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]
Subject: [External] Dredging
Ms. MacPherson and Ms. Anglin,
I am writing to add my voice to the chorus of Sunset Beach property
owners in favor of dredging. As the owner of a home on the beach and
mainland I consider the finger canals essential to access the intercoastal
waterway, much like the boardwalks are access to the public beach. The
failure to maintain these canals and waterways will lead to a significant
deterioration in the quality of life on the canals, increased stench, more
mosquitos and insects, homeowners not maintaining docks and
potentially properties as a whole, loss in property values and less
tourism.
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Sincerely,
Annette Caldwell
323 Crooked Gulley Cr
703B West Main St
SunsetBeach, NC

Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 3:20 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Support of Sunset Beach's Dredging Program
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. maCDherson Ca.ncdenr.aov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 2:24 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: [External] Support of Sunset Beach's Dredging Program
I am writing in support of the Town of Sunset Beach's dredging project for the following reasons:
1. The finger canals, the feeder canal, South Jinks Creek, and the Back Bay area are rapidly filling with sand making
navigation at low tide impossible and at high tide very difficult. I have postponed the purchase of a boat pending
the completion of the dredging.
2. As a homeowner on one of the canals I have watched my property value plummet due to the silting of the canals
to a point the canal property which historically was 100 -150k higher than mid -island lots is now nearly the
same.
3. At the time I purchased my home, it was valued 100k more than a comparable home on Ocean Isle Beach; today
that is reversed due to the scheduled and regular dredging of OIB canals
4. The tidal flow is now being forced into a narrow, restricted stream causing erosion on the east side of the
island. The adjacent homes have had to sandbag their shoreline to slow the erosion.
S. I have been failed by my elected officials due to the inaction and mis-information promulgated by past elected
officials who continue to publish misinformation even after being turned out of office.

6. 1 reside on a canal home and realize my property value will decline without navigable waters. The economic
impact is real and will occur at a rapid pace. We are already seeing homes taking longer to sell and at reduced
prices compared to Ocean Isle Beach, NC.
7. For those of us who use the waterways it is obvious that some property owners have not invested in fixing and
repairing their docks and seawalls given their limited use and value.
8. Sunset Beach relies on having a viable waterway to attract tourists whose dollars supplement the town's budget
as well as supporting all the local establishments. The long term viability of Sunset Beach will be endangered
without having open waterways. I have petitioned for several years to have my property taxes decreased as a
result of the lack of ability to use the waterways.
9. As sand has expanded in South Jinks Creek the level of flooding has increased significantly on the east end of the
island. I have owned my home for eighteen years and during the last hurricane I suffered over three thousand
dollars in lost appliances due to flooding under my home.
I support the Nearshore Placement remedy. It is a proven and environmentally safe method of quality beach sand
disposal; utilized regularly by the USACE without impact to beach and the environment including marine life.
We are attempting to maintain our beautiful environment, our homes, and our town. For the last seven years we have
been beset by a small vocal contingent, many of whom do not reside on the waterways, attempting to impede the
dredging process. Over this time the damage that the silted waterways are causing is visible to any unbiased observer.
Please champion the town's permits so.we can begin to repair the damage that has occurred and save our waterways
and our property values.
Sincerely
Robert Alderson
419 Dolphin St.
Sunset Beach, NC 28468

Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 1:04 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Public Comment - Sunset Beach Dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tars, macoherson (d,ncden r.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: Rich Jones [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2020 2:59 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Public Comment - Sunset Beach Dredging
Ms. MacPherson,
My name is Rich Jones. I own a small house on a canal at 404 Marlin St. Although my family and I are new to
the Sunset Beach community, we have already fallen in love with the community, the people, and the natural
wonders. I am a self-proclaimed environmentalist, so I cherish the wide beaches, the high dunes, long walks to
the Kindred Spirit mailbox, sea turtle nests, mullet jumping in the canals, sunsets over the marsh, etc. We have
vacationed a number of times on Ocean Isle Beach and I believe that Sunset Beach has the potential to be an
even better beach destination. The very best NC beach communities, in my opinion, offer a complete array of
recreational amenities, including great beaches, bike paths, boating, marshes, fishing, ice cream, restaurants,
shopping, etc - something for everyone if you will. We have everything on that list at Sunset Beach (much of it
in spades!) except for one: recreational boating. I do not personally own a boat, but I have kayaked to the back
bay a number of times and seen relatively shallow draft boats, one after another, struggle through shallow water
to access their docks, Jinks Creek, and the ICW. The lack of navigable water in that area is a major negative for
the community, and really one of the few things keeping Sunset Beach from being an absolute premier beach
destination. Further, it seems that many of the new houses constructed in that area of the island are very large
and very nice homes that are contributing significantly to our community tax base. If the access to

navigable water goes away in time for these homeowners it will almost certainly impact all of our investments
and, subsequently, the town's ability to provide the amenities we all hold near and dear. I am certainly not the
type to advocate for development at all costs, and I very much love the laid-back, uncrowded vibe at Sunset
Beach. However, if we can bring a new and much needed amenity to the community without permanently
harming wildlife and/or altering the aesthetics and landscape of Sunset, I am all for it. Based on what I've read,
the environmental impacts of dredging will be minimal as compared to the recreational and economic benefits.
If that's the case and us, the waterfront owners, are willing to help pay for the work, I can't see how this is a
negative for the community. Therefore, I very much SUPPORT the proposed dredging at Sunset Beach. Thank
you for all you do to regulate and protect our incredible NC coastline. Please know that your efforts are greatly
appreciated (even if you don't hear that very often)!
Regards,
Rich Jones
404 Marlin St.
Sunset Beach, NC 28468

Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 12:48 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Proposed dredging at Sunset Beach, NC
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macpherson (oncden r.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 12:31 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: [External] Proposed dredging at Sunset Beach, NC
Ms. MacPherson,
I am a home owner on the feeder canal at Sunset Beach and am writing to express my strong support for
dredging South Jinks creek, the bay and feeder canal in Sunset Beach, NC. The project will have numerous
positive benefits for the town and surrounding areas such as restoration of marine habitat affected by the recent
shoaling, increased accessibility for boats and kayaks, maintenance of existing docks, decrease of adverse flood
effects cause by shoaling, stabilize rental and property values and the economic value to the
town. Additionally, the recent hurricane of August 6th removed significant amounts of sand from the dunes on
Sunset Beach and the sand from the dredge can be used to replenish that loss.
Sincerely
Bruce Kissal
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Ms. MacPherson and Ms. Anglin,
I am writing to add my voice to the chorus of Sunset Beach property owners in favor of dredging. As the owner of a
home on Main Street, I consider the finger canals my access to the intercoastal waterway for all of our non -beach
activities, much like the boardwalks are access to the public beach. If there was never an intention to maintain these
finger canals and Jenks Creek to allow for safe navigation, they should never have been built. The failure to maintain
these canals and waterways will lead to a significant deterioration in the quality of life on the canals, increased stench,
more mosquitos and insects, homeowners not maintaining docks and potentially properties as a whole, loss in property
values, less tourism and in the end less income for the town of Sunset Beach.
The proposed nearshore placement of sand has been proven to be an environmentally safe method of quality beach
sand disposal; utilized regularly by the USACE without impact to beach and the environment including marine life. I'm
certainly not an expert in tides and erosion, but given the recent hurricane activity and negative impact to the Sunset
Beach dunes, it would seem adding nearshore sand may have a positive impact on dunes.
Finally, I think we have to ask who should have the most sway in this discussion? Should it be people who live off the
island or should it be those who have invested their hard-earned dollars in property, support the tax base, the
businesses and the island community? I'm sure you've been made aware of petition and survey activities related to this
dredging proposal, wherein a full 98% indicated their support for dredging. What I find most compelling is that of the
450 respondents, 235 are actually Sunset Beach property owners. Of the 235 Sunset Beach property owners, 225 are in
favor of dredging. It's important to note that only 82 of the 225 in favor of dredging live on'affected waterways; the
other 14.3 do not. However, like me, these 143 Sunset Beach property owners understand that not maintaining these
waters negatively impacts the entire island, not just those of us on the canal.
I am hopeful that reason and logic will prevail, not unfounded hysteria and emotion, and that approval to proceed
with returning the canals and Jenks Creek to healthy, safe and navigable waters will prevail.
Sincerely,
Delynn Alexander I Co -Founder! Wealth Management Advisor

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From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 8:07 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara.macoherson(7a ncdenr.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Tracey Noble [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 5:27 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]
Subject: [External] Dredging
Ms. MacPherson and Ms. Anglin,
I am writing to add my voice to the chorus of Sunset Beach property owners in favor of dredging. As the owner of a
home on one of the finger canals, I consider the finger canals my access to the intercoastal waterway, much like the
boardwalks are access to the public beach. If there was never an intention to maintain these finger canals and Jenks
Creek to allow for safe navigation; they should never have been built. The failure to maintain these canals and
waterways will lead to a significant deterioration in the quality of life on the canals, increased stench, more mosquitos
and insects, homeowners not maintaining docks and potentially properties as a whole, loss in property values and less
tourism.
The proposed nearshore placement of sand has been proven to be an environmentally safe method of quality beach
sand disposal; utilized regularly by the USACE without impact to beach and the environment including marine life. I'm
certainly not an expert in tides and erosion, but given the recent hurricane activity and negative impact to the Sunset
Beach dunes, it would seem adding nearshore sand may have a positive impact on dunes.
Finally, 1 think we have to ask who should have the most sway in this discussion? Should it be people who live off the
island or should it be those who have invested their hard-earned dollars in property, support the tax base, the
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businesses and the island community? I'm sure you've been made aware of petition and survey activities related to this
dredging proposal, wherein a full 98% indicated their support for dredging. What I find most compelling is that of the
450 respondents, 235 are actually Sunset Beach property owners. Of the 235 Sunset Beach property owners, 225 are in
favor of dredging. It's important to note that only 82 of the 225 in favor of dredging live on affected waterways; the
other 143 do not. However, these 143 Sunset Beach property owners understand that not maintaining these waters
negatively impacts the entire island, not just those of us on the canal.
I am hopeful that reason and logic will prevail, not unfounded hysteria and emotion,.and that approval to proceed
with returning the canals and Jenks Creek to healthy, safe and navigable waters will prevail.
Sincerely,
Tracey Noble
411 Sailfish
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 12:43 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach dredging comment
Attachments: Dredgethebay8-17-20.docx
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macpherson(aincdenr.aov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From. Vicki Booth[[e-mail]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 12:20 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach dredging comment
Dear Tara,
Attached is a copy of our comments.
WE desperately need the Sunset Beach waterways dredged.
A. From 1975 -1997 we rented houses on the bay
• We loved having the water in the back yard
• We enjoyed all the water sports and the fun of the bay waters
• We spent our vacation money on our family at Sunset Beach.
B. From 2005 to now we own a home on the bay.
• We depend on renting to vacationers in the summer from May - August
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• Our house has lost value because boats cannot navigate through the waterway from the intracoastal to the ocean, or travel safely
in the bay
• Swimming and other water sports are more difficult, and not as desirable
B. Since 2011 we have business on the mainland at the round -about
• The business serves many of Sunset Beach island visitors for 12-16 weeks during`the summer each year when our town of 3,500
turns into a town of 35,000 people.
• We depend on a healthy economy, water sports, rental income., strong property values, And all the other good things of beach
life, and navigable waters to bring visitors to us, and to keep our business viable.
• We desperately need the waterways dredged.
Thanks,
Larry & Vicki Booth
1703 Canal Drive
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
Mavericks Java & Bistro
Coffee, Bistro, Bakery & Wine Bar
303 Sunset Blvd. North
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
910.575.JAVA (910.575.5282)
facebook.com/MavericksJava
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August 25, 2020
Ms. Tara MacPherson
NC Division of Coastal Management
127 Cardinal Dr. Ext.
Wilmington, NC 28405-3845
Tara.MacPherson(@NCDENR.gov
Subject: Town of Sunset Beach navigation project, maintenance dredging of
South Jinks Creek and nearshore material placement
Dear Ms. MacPherson:
My wife and I are owners of oceanfront property on Sunset Beach, North
Carolina, at 804 East Main St. Our property is directly onshore of the proposed
nearshore site for dumping the dredgings from South Jinks Creek (and elsewhere). We
object to the proposed nearshore placement site.
We do not believe that the placement of spoil from South Anks Creek into the
Atlantic Ocean directly offshore of our property is authorized by North Carolina
statutes. NCGS 113-229, properly interpreted, requires that be quality material
dredged from an inlet shoal system shall not be removed permanently from that inlet
shoal system. Whether the material is dredged from an active nearshore, a beach, or an
inlet shoal system, such material is not to be removed permanently from such active
nearshore, beach or inlet shoal system. In other words, the statute does not anticipate
removing material from an inlet shoal system and depositing it offshore of the beach.
Secondly, there is no authorization under the statute to place the dredgings in such a
manner that they are permanently removed from the active nearshore, beach or inlet
shoal system. By depositing the spoil in the designated "Nearshore Placement Site," the
Town is virtually assuring that the materials placed thus into the Atlantic Ocean will be
permanently dispersed, by wave action and by the East -to -West countercurrent, to be
re -accreted to the west of the Placement Site (from the fishing pier to the end of Bird .
Island). It was the intention of the North Carolina General Assembly that the re-
depositing of the spoil would be in a qualified location and that this location would be
permanent.. Dumping the Jinks Creek spoil into the Atlantic Ocean assures that that

spoil will reappear elsewhere along the beach, and will continue to migrate until a groin
(or the jetties at the Little River Inlet) halt the further movement of sand.
Sunset Beach has already experienced the adverse impact of dumping beach -
quality sand into the Atlantic Ocean. A decade after my father bought (in 1959) the
oceanfront lots that my wife and I now own and my brother now owns, M. C. Gore, the
developer of Sunset Beach, was confronted with the westward migration of Tubbs Inlet.
The inlet slowly devoured the east end of Sunset Beach Island. Mr. Gore re -dredged
Tubbs Inlet, reestablishing its original location, and closed off the new formed mouth of
the inlet. The natural migration of Tubbs Inlet, and the dredging work undertaken by
Mr. Gore, together threw a lot of sand into the ocean. About the same time, the jetties at
the Little River Inlet were constructed. These jetties acted as groins, stopping the
westward migration of sand which the gentle countercurrent encourages. Not
surprisingly, with that countercurrent interrupted, the sand suspended in the ocean
water was deposited on the beach.
When I first came to Sunset Beach,, the fishing pier was already there. It was the
Vesta Pier, named for the blockade runner ship, Vesta, which was unable to find a safe
haven from the Union blockade ships. Her captain ran her aground in the low water
near the beach, and her cargo was safely unloaded. The wreck of the Vesta lay where she
foundered, through high tide, low tide, hurricanes and other storms. My point is that
from 1864 to 1970, there was virtually no accretion of sand at Sunset Beach, since the
Vesta demonstrated pretty clearly how close to shore a ship of that size had to come to
be grounded. Just as the wreck of the Vesta was a curiosity for tourists and visitors, it
was a curiosity for fish as well. The Vesta Pier was built out literally over the Vesta. You
could clearly see the gap in the pilings, where the Vesta lay in the water. But within five
years of MC Gore re -dredging Tubbs Inlet, the Vesta was completely covered with sand,
and the Vesta Pier lay mostly over dry sand at low tide. (The new pier was built along the
same alignment as the old Vesta Pier, but its building -- the start of the pier -- was
relocated oceanward of the original pier building. If you look along the front line of
houses on the east side of the pier, that line was also the front line of the original fishing
pier building.) So we have already seen what happens when beach quality sand is
dumped into the ocean. My guess is that part of the new pier will soon be on dry land,
once the dredgings have been deposited in the "Nearshore Placement Site." There is
absolutely no benefit to the Town of Sunset Beach or the adjacent landowners in having
more accretion.
- I also disagree with the characterization of this project as being "beneficial reuse"
of material from South Jinks Creek. There is no benefit to me, my wife, or my brother
(or any other oceanfront landowner) from having these dredgings placed right offshore.
We do not need more oceanfront sand. Contrary to the assertions in the Project
Description, there are no actual `long term erosion impacts" affecting Sunset Beach;

nor were the impacts of Hurricane Matthew of serious consequence or of lengthy
duration to warrant dumping sand near the beach. What we have here is a solution
trying to find a problem.
The Town's "Project Description" mentions in passing that dumping dredged
material from the oceanfront between 5th and lza` Streets was "previously permitted." It
was not permitted by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Finally I would point out, again, that there is no need to dredge the amount of
material from South Jinks Creek as is requested by the Town. The Town, once again,
seeks to dredge South Jinks Creek to a depth of 3 feet below the existing dredge level in
the finger canals, whereas the existing dredge level for the finger canals is satisfactory
for existing boat utilization. The only reason to dredge more deeply is to accommodate
ocean-going watercraft, but the nearest access to the Intracoastal Waterway is the Little
River Inlet. I know it makes a wonderful selling point for the newly subdivided lots
adjacent to South Jinks Creek, but this type of watercraft has never been found in
Sunset Beach heretofore. If the dredging of South Jinks Creek is limited to the same
depth is a figure canals, there be no need to dump 40,500 cubic yards of dredgings into
the ocean -- or anywhere else.
I ask you to reject the Town's latest proposal.
Grant F.
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 2:02 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach proposal for disposing of sand immediately offshore
Attachments: Ltr signed Tara MacPherson 082520.pdf
This one is actually related to the Major Mod. I guess the notification went out
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara.macoherson ..ncdenr.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Grant Shipley [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 1:48 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach proposal for disposing of sand immediately offshore
Please consider my comments; and reject this proposal

RECEIVED
Ms Tara McPherson
AUG � 5 N2[ NC Division of Coastal Management
[Company]
0CM WILMINGTON, sNC 127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, NC 28468
Dear Ms McPherson
Re: CAMA Major project Permit Modification 79-19
This letter is to comment on the Town of Sunset beach modified proposal to dredge Jenks Creek and
connecting waterways. This modification is a significant improvement over the previous plan to place
sediment from Jenks Creek directly on ocean front beaches. Our concern with this proposal is that, as
we understand, there is no ongoing requirement to monitor sediment quality. Given the extreme
differences in the sediment quality of South Jenks Creek and the adjoining canals, we feel that regular
and ongoing monitoring of sand quality is critical to maintaining the conditions of the beaches facing the
disposal field. As beachfront homeowners the value of our property is directly correlated with the
attractiveness of the beaches near our property. Sacrificing the value of our property to enhance the
value of houses on the canal is unacceptable and every practical measure should be required to insure
that this does not happen.
Sincerely, /�4��
Michael F. Ryan Homeowner
1106 East Main Street, Sunset Beach NC

Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2020 3:16 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: Send data from MFP13734211 08/27/2020 14:23
Attachments: D00082720-08272020142317.pdf
Mailed in comments for links Creek
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
[e-mail]
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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Subject: Send data from MFP1373421108/27/2020 14:23
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2020 3:41 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Urgent Need for Dredging at Sunset Beach
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macPherson CcDncden r.00v
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From Jon L Gorney [mailto:jon@gorneymail com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 8:20 AM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: Lisa Anglin <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Urgent Need for Dredging at Sunset Beach
My name is Jon Gorney. My wife, Nancy and I have been coming to Sunset Beach for over 35 years. We have owned
property since 2001 and currently reside at 1526 North Shore Drive on the island. Our house sits on South Jinks Creek
facing east toward Ocean Isle. The purpose of this message to express our overwhelming support for dredging. This
project is long overdue and has now reached the point of being critical. The constant roadblocks, the ongoing analysis,
and the constant debates must end and this project must move forward for the benefit of all residents and visitors of
Sunset Beach. I urge your support and rapid approval so that the dredging efforts can begin later this year. Our dock
and pier sit on the only channel to the back bay; it is the only path to and from the Intracoastal waterway. The large
sandbar immediately behind our house continues to grow at an accelerated pace to the point that access to the back
bay is limited to only at high tide and even then the path is extremely narrow. At the current pace access will be
completely closed within a few months. This is an extremely serious matter that deserves and needs attention
immediately. I again urge your rapid approval of the permit that has been submitted. I also want to express our support
for the nearshore placement method of beach quality sand from South Jinks Creek. It is a proven method for the
disposal of beach quality sand.

I have commented above on a couple of the reasons and need for dredging. Please find listed below a more
comprehensive list:
Navigation —the finger canals, the feeder canal, South Jinks Creek, and the Back Bay area are rapidly filling with sand
making navigation at low tide impossible and even at high tide nearly impossible; the only channel to the Back Bay area
will be completely closed within a few months preventing access to and from the ICW
Marine Life —these waters have historically been one of the best areas for shellfish and other marine life; have
experienced a dramatic decline in marine life as a result of diminished water flow; a significant reduction in fishing, bait
fish, and other popular species
Safety— with the conditions of the waters boats and even kayaks are getting stuck on a regular and daily basis including
experienced boaters; boaters have been stuck for hours especially when they get stuck at a falling tide; someone will get
seriously hurt if nothing is done; most of the boats in this area are small flat bottom boats
Property Values —values will decline without navigable waters including those properties on the waters as well as not
on the water; the economic impact is real and will occur at a rapid pace; already seeing homes taking longer to sell and
at reduced prices compared to Ocean Isle Beach, NC
Rental Income — rental of houses with water access is down because of the limited times to be able to navigate the
waters; people are going elsewhere due to these limitations; rental rates will also decline since these houses will be less
attractive
Business Impact —there will be an economic impact to businesses especially those in support of water activities such as
fishing, tubing, and boating
Dock Repairs and Maintenance — property owners will not invest in fixing and repairing piers and docks given the
limited use and value; many docks are already sitting in the mud and sand resulting in little use and value
Long Term Viability of Sunset Beach —without having viable water and waterways the long term impact to Sunset Beach
will be real for all the reasons stated above; will be less investment in the community leading to a broad and real impact
Flooding — without dredging especially in South links Creek the likelihood of major flooding will increase given that the
water will have no path to escape to either the ICW or the Atlantic Ocean; as sand has expanded in South Jinks Creek the
level of flooding has increased significantly on the east end of the island
Nearshore Placement— a proven and environmentally safe method of quality beach sand disposal; utilized regularly by
the USACE without impact to beach and the environment including marine life
I appreciate and respect the role and responsibility you have in reviewing and ensuring that projects of this nature are
appropriate and meet all of the appropriate standards and requirements. There is a small but vocal group opposed to
this project. I would also comment that those opposed do not live on the water, they do not utilize these waters, and
they don't have to pay for the project yet they receive all the benefits of dredging. I would further add that there is
overwhelming support for this project from across the Sunset Beach community including those on the island, not on
the water, and those off the island. I have conducted a survey over the past number of months and the results are listed
below:
• 450 total petitions signed
0 235 are Sunset Beach property owners
0 151 are people who live in Brunswick County outside of Sunset Beach
0 48 are people from North Carolina but outside of Brunswick County
o 16 are people from out of state
• 440 for dredging
0 10 opposed to dredging

• 98% in favor of dredging
• Of the 450 petitions 235 are Sunset Beach property owners
• 225 are for dredging
• 10 are opposed to dredging
• 96% approval rate for dredging from Sunset Beach property owners
• 82 of the 235 Sunset Beach property owners live on the water impacted by dredging
• 100% are in favor of dredging
• 153 of the 235 Sunset Beach property owners do not live on the water and are not impacted by dredging
• 143 are for dredging
• 10 are opposed
• 93% approval rate for those that do not live on the water and are not impacted by dredging
• The 10 Sunset Beach property owners opposed do not live on the water and do not have to pay if dredging is
approved
I am especially pleased that 143 property owners who do not live on the water are in favor of dredging which is a
significant indication of the need and desire to dredge. I think it is also important to note the number of Brunswick
County residents who do not reside in Sunset Beach but utilize these waters on a regular basis are in favor of dredging. I
believe the above numbers demonstrate the overwhelming and strong support for this project.
Thank you very much for your consideration and I urge the immediate approval of this project. The implications of not
approving this project are severe and critical to the long term sustainability of Sunset Beach.
Thank you again. Please stay safe and healthy.
Jon and Nancy Gorney
1526 North Shore Drive
Sunset Beach, NC 28468

In the Purpose and Need Section the Town claims the major premise of the permit application is to dredge
a deeper and wider navigational channel in South Jinks Creek (SIC) in order to sustain economy the of
Sunset Beach (SSB):
1. The reduced navigable pathway has already impacted the Sunset Beach local economy as
annual renters have declined to return to the vacation destination due to the lack of
recreational boating access.
2. The increased channel width from current conditions, will provide access through South Jinks
Creek within the municipal limits of Sunset Beach. This will promote recreational fishing and
navigation in an area, which will in turn help sustain the economy of Sunset Beach.
I have asked the SSB Council, on two different occasions, to share with me the documentation the Town
has for the above two claims. You should certainly expect to see this documentation before accepting
this justification for dredging South Jinks Creek (SIC).
It is difficult to understand how dredging of SJC will promote recreational fishing in the area. Fishing does
not occur in SJC but occurs in North Jinks Creek (NJC) and the marshes that surround NJC. Recreational
fishermen enter NJC by the Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW). John H. Smith, Jr a long time fisherman who
lives in Ocean Isle Beach has never had a problem fishing in NJC. Boaters from the Feeder Channel
System enter NJC by turning left at the mouth of the feeder canal. They don't use SJCI Only Canal Bay
boaters use SJC-there are approximately only 69 houses and not all are rentals. The only time Canal Bay
boaters may have a problem using SJC to access NJC is around low tide because the tide is 4 to 6 feet.
In the Alternative Analysis Section the Town talks about Deep Water Connection between NJC and Tubbs
Inlet or the Eastern Channel. finks Creek is a naturally occurring shallow water tidal creek that has never
been dredged. It never had deep water access nor should it in the future. Creating deep water access
in SJC will have an unquestionable negative impact on the ecosystems in NJC and the primary nursey areas
(PNAs) that intersect and surround NJC and will create a basin that will threaten flooding of properties on
the east end of the island. By allowing SJC to be dredged to 5-ft MLW it will be only a matter of time
before the Town will request dredging NJC to 5-ft MLW to have deep water access throughout Jinks Creek.
The Town of Sunset Beach constructed a boat ramp on the AIWW for deep water access.
In the Hydrodynamic Analysis Section the Town claims their modeling data demonstrates the dredging of
SJCshows a negligible increase in watersurface elevations. Their modeling data estimates the maximum
increase to occur in SJC may equal an order of only 1/64 of an inch. This claim is simply absurd! Their
analysis doesn't include wind driven set-up and set -down or precipitation. It is missing major forcing
factors. Thus it is an unrepresentative and implausible study because it does not consider the
atmospheric impacts as core drivers of the system.
Drs. Pietrafsea, Bao and Gayes have pointed out that photographic evidence dating back to 1938
(Masterson et. al, 1973. Sediment Movement through Tubbs Inlet), shows clearly that SJC has been open
for free flowing volumetric flux from at least 1938 to 1973. More recently, in other aerial views, from
1973 to 2018 the Creek is open. Therefore one can conclude that from 1938 to the present, there has
not been nor is there presently a threat to SJC not remaining open to flow from the AIWW to/from
Tubbs Inlet. The AIWW and Tubbs Inlet communicate hydro -dynamically via SJC. In fact during the
passages of atmospheric storms, excess water that is driven into the Marsh System surrounding Jinks
Creek must exit via the Creek. They concluded that the Town's RMA-2 Model Runs are basically "first
approximations" to the actual fluxes of water into and out of the system and are limited.by the absence

of some significant influences on flow velocity, tidal prism and sediment availability. The more limited
representation of higher flux events by the model should be recognized as a significant limitation in real
world model applications. The three scientists also suggested the Town underestimated the volumetric
flux of water through the system by 40%. Their data is attached and the SSB Council received a copy in
2019.
Furthermore, as shown in the attached photo, SJC makes a sharp left hand turn at the east end of the
island and then converges with Tubbs Inlet. If a deeper and wider navigational channel is created as
proposed in SJC will all the water surging into the wetlands after hurricanes and storms make a left
hand turn or will some of the water surge onto the east end triggering flooding and erosion?
This year Tubbs Inlet in the Palm Cove area had to be reinforced with sand bags for protection from
flooding and erosion. This area is already unstable. What impact will a 1700 by 100 foot wide
navigational channel in SJC that is 5 feet MLW have on flooding and erosion in this area?
In the No -Action Alternative Section the Town claims that without appropriate tidal exchange within the
Bay Area and Feeder Channel System, the systems may become unsuitable for marine resources as
dissolved oxygen levels decrease in stagnant water. They provide no evidence what the current oxygen
levels are in Canal Bay, Feeder Channel System or SJC nor whether it is suitable for marine life. Since
the tide is 4 to 6 ft, one would reasonably expect sufficient tidal exchange to keep the dissolved oxygen
at an appropriate level. What is their evidence that this is not the case? The reason CAMA approved
dredging SJC to only 2-ft MLW instead of 5-ft was to eliminate any potential stagnant water since NJC is
2-ft MLW. The Coastal Resource Commission overruled CAMA and reinstated dredging SJC dredged to
In the Purpose and Need Section the Town claims the current governing width of SJC for navigation equals
approximately 10 ft and the governing depth is above MLW. I respectfully disagree with this statement.
First of all, the statement only refers to SJC at low tide. Secondly, I have measured the channel in SJC to
be at least 2-ft deep at dead low tide. Thirdly, I have watched recreational fishing boats, using this
channel, transcend the entire length of SJC at dead low tide. What data does the Town have that the
channel in SJC is not at least 2-ft at dead low tide? I agree the channel at low tide is only about 10-ft
wide. Since the tide is 4 to 6 ft the passageway is only 10-ft around low tide!
In the Alternative Analysis Section the Town refers to an ASCE recommendation for a aft under keel
(MLLW) clearance. They don't state the type and size of boats that require a 3-ft draft. Since recreational
fishing boats can transcend the entire length of SJC at dead low tide, they don't appear to need a 3-ft
draft.
In the Purpose and Need Section in Fig. 3 the Town attempts to demonstrate a significant increase in
shoaling between 2012 and 2016. Figure 3A is an aerial photo taken in 2012 and Fig. 3B is an aerial photo
taken in 2016. It is not possible to compare these two photos because we don't know when the photo
were taken in relation to the tide cycle. For example, if Fig. 3B was taken at dead low tide and Fig. 3A
taken an hour or two after low tide we can't conclude there is significantly more shoaling in 2016 than
in 2012. Are there other scientific methods besides aerial photography to determine the amount of
shoaling?

In the Purpose and Need Section the Town claims recent photos captured in July 2020 show the navigable
waterway in South Jinks Creek has minimized to unsafe conditions. Fig. 4 shows a ground level pinch point
in SJC. This pinch point only exists at low tide. Since the tide is 4 to 6 feet, later photos in the tide cycle
will eliminate the pinch point and demonstrates that the channel is navigable on either side of the tide.
This is true of marshes regions throughout North Carolina including Blaine Creek on the west end of
SSB. Folks there do what coastal residents and renters have always done, wait a bit for higher water.
In the Dredging Material Option Section the Town claims their best option is an offshore placement of the
spoils from SJC. The Town claims they have identified both federal and nonfederal sites to temporarily
store the SJC spoils. However, the Town does not deem these sites appropriate due to the estimated cost
of 2.5 to 3.5 million dollars when compared to the estimated cost of $850,000 for placing the sand
offshore. Should the best option for sand placement be defined by environmental impact or cost? Cost
should not be the major reason for not using other suitable alternatives.
In Fig. 10 the Town attempts to justify placing the SJC spoils offshore between 31 and 131 St because this
area is eroding while the adjacent beach area is actually accreting. This figure is simply an aerial photo
showing red and green lines indicating erosion and accretion. In order to verify the claim that the beach
between 3rd and 13th St is eroding the actual data needs to be evaluated. The aerial photos in both Figs.
10 and 16 show no erosion when compared to the beaches adjacent to the Yd and 13th St area. Finally,
the Town states that a majority of the spoils placed offshore between 3`d and 13`h St will move westward
in the long -shore transport system. If this is true, how will the spoils protect the area between 31 and
131h St from eroding?
Sediment composition of the dredged material has been determined for SJC, CB and the Feeder Channel
System and compared with sand along the shore front of SSB. However, the composition of the ocean
floor offshore where the spoils will be placed has not been determined. Is the sand from SJC compatible
with the ocean floor sediment in this area?
In the Alternative Analysis Section the Town claims that if the shoaling continues it will have a negative
impact of the environment. The Town presents no evidence to support this conclusion. By contrast, the
Town doesn't address the impact a navigational channel in SJC that is 1700 by 100 ft and is S-ft MLW
will like have on the environment in NJC and the surrounding PNAs. finks Creek connects the PNAs to
the Atlantic Ocean and the AIWW. The creek acts as a "highway" for species that spend part of their life
cycle in the PNAs'and the Atlantic Ocean. Jinks Creek also supplies water and nutrients to the PNAs. The
proposed navigational channel will increase the sediment load deposited in NJC. This will eventually bury
oysters and other sessile organisms. Oysters are filter feeders which remove pollutants from the water.
Without oysters pollution from boating and other human activities will increase in NJC. Oysters are also
a habitat for small fish by protecting them from predators. What impact will this have on the PNAs that
surround NJC?
In Cumulative Impact Analysis Section the Town goes through an elaborate discussion of the different
species that live near shore and in the estuaries. They claim the damage will be minimal but don't supply
and documentation/data to support this claim. The most troubling concern is they don't address the
impact of dredging SJC will have on the ecosystems in NJC and the surrounding PNAs. This was one of
the major concerns the Town was expected to address in the document the USACE sent the Town on
1/31/2020.

In Dredging Alternative 5-Only Dredge the Feeder Channel System and Canal Bay. The Town eliminated
this option simply based on the premise, but no reasoned analysis, of the difficulty the Bay area boaters
would have on using SJC. The Town's own Scalping Committee recommended that the Town submit
separate dredging permits for the Feeder Channel System/Canal Bay and Anks Creek, but the Town
rejected this recommendation based on a premise.
In conclusion, the Town has not presented sufficient documented data to justify dredging SJC. The small
number of Canal Bay boaters can transcend SJC at low tide by using the channel. Others can plan their
boating activities around the tide.

October 14, 2019
Memorandum to Dr. Tyler Crumbley
Subject: Comments Regarding Jinks Creek South and Other Issues
From Dr. Len Pietrafesa - Professor Emeritus NC State U, Dr. Shaowu Bao —Associate Professor Coastal
Carolina U, Dr. Paul Gayes — Chaired Professor and Center Director, Coastal Carolina U
1) Photographic Evidence dating back to 1938 (Masterson et. al, 1973. Sediment Movement
through Tubbs Inlet), shows clearly that Jinks Creek South has been open for free flowing
volumetric flux from at least 1938 to 1973. More recently, in other aerial views, from 1973 to
2018 the Creek is open.
2) Therefore, given # (1) one can conclude that from 1938 to the present, there has not been nor
is there presently a threat to Jinks Creek South not remaining open to flow from the
Intracoastal Waterway to/from Tubbs Inlet. The Intracoastal and Tubbs Inlet communicate
hydro -dynamically via Jinks Creek South. In fact during the passages of atmospheric storms,
excess water that is driven into the Marsh System surrounding Jinks Creek South must exit via
the Creek.
3) The RMA-2 hydrodynamic model utilized by Moffat & Nichol is a finite element code and is
vertically averaged.
4) Because of # (3), the vertical profile of the horizontal velocities and the bottom boundary
layer cannot be explicitly modeled.
5) Because of #'s (3 and 4), the Bottom Shear Stress cannot be explicitly calculated. Thus
sediment transport under any external non -local or local forcing conditions cannot be
explicitly determined, either deterministically or probabilistically.
6) The horizontal eddy coefficients (taken as 500 in Moffat & Nichols) in these kinds of
environments and platforms, have not actually been determined and should be considered
only as a best guess to yield numerically stable and reasonable looking model output results.
7) The RMA-2 model runs conducted by Moffat & Nichol only used Astronomical Tidal Forcing at
the mouth; which is located at Tubbs Inlet but is also communicated via the Intracoastal
Waterway.
8) We now consider some Actual Observations versus Moffat & Nichols RMA-2 Model Output.
Examples of these are shown clearly in the Moffat & Nichol Report.
9) From reviewing Report model results, one finds that the Moffat & Nichols RMA-2 model
generally under predicts the actual Volumetric Flux. An example of this is shown in the Figure
below (12), where the model predicts a 3000 ft'/sec flux (the red line), while the observations
show a 5000 ft'/sec flux (shown explicitly as a black diamond). This is an underestimate of the
volumetric flux of approximately 2000 ft'/sec.
10) Thus, in this representative example [the figure in (12)], the model estimate versus the actual
volumetric flux of water through the system is an underestimate of about 40 %. Many other
examples of the differences between model output and actual observations are documented
in the Report.
11) Why are there differences presented in # s (9, 10), such as that shown in the Figure in # (12)
below, at 11/16/20:00?

12) Moffat & Nichols RMA-2 Model Output (red line) Versus Actual Observations (black
diamonds).
13) Finding: The differences in Moffat & Nichols model output and Actual Observations, shown
above in # (12), demonstrate the importance of the consideration of Atmospheric Wind
Forcing.
14) For example, at the time of the observations alluded to in # s (9, 10, 11 and 12) the local winds
were from the Northwest and West at _ 7 to 12 mph; as observed by the U.S. National
Weather Service. These are not excessive or unusual wind speeds for this area as shown by
the monthly averaged winds derived by the National Weather Service as shown in the upper
two rows of Table # (16) below.
15) Further, according to Weisberg and Pietrafesa (1983), [W&P in the bottom row in the Table in
# (16) below], they found that the alongshore winds along the Southeast coast are actually
20% higher than those at the National Weather Service site. While the Astronomical Tides are
persistent and regular, a little bit of coastal wind can go a long way in creating stronger Floods
and stronger Ebbs through Anks Creek South.
16) Here are the NOAA NWS documented average winds in the region of Tubbs Inlet:
Jan
Fe
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ave
NW5
10.4
mph
5%
mph
11.6
mph
11.5
mph
21.5
mph
10.4
mph
20.4
mph
10.4
mph
1 9.3
mph
10.4
mph
10,4
mph
10.4
mph
10.6
mph
W&P
12.5
12.6
13.9
13.8
13.8
12.5
12.5
12.5
11.2
12.5
12.9
12.5
1 12.7
17) Given #'s (8), (9), (10), (11), (12) and (13) above, and the actual facts presented in the Table in
# (16) regarding the wind speeds for the locale, one can clearly state that the Moffat & Nichols
RMA-2 Model output needs to be increased by at least 40%- 60% in terms of the true
Volumetric Flux through Anks Creek South. This is a significant Flux of water and explains why
Jinks Creek South has remained open and functional from, at least, 1938 to the Present; as
documented.
18) No Wind Forcing was imposed in the RMA-2 model runs either non -locally at Tubbs Inlet or
upon any part of the system directly. However, it has been shown by numerous publications
in the peer reviewed literature that Wind generated effects can be significant in these coastal

systems; resulting in considerably higher and lower flows and water levels throughout such
coastal systems.
19) Wind generated waves were not considered in the RMA-2 model system model runs by
Moffat & Nichols. These can contribute to water flux and sediment transport as well.
20) The lack of consideration of Wind Forcing in the Moffat & Nichols model runs resulted in
underestimates of flow velocities and thus of volumetric flux estimates through Jinks Creek
South.
21)'Conclusion: Wind Effects cannot be ignored in computing the Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly,
Yearly or Inter -annually Averaged Volumetric Flux through Jinks Creek South.
22) Conclusion: The Moffat & Nichols RMA-2 Model Runs, as configured, are basically "first
approximations" to the actual fluxes of water into and out of (through) the system and are
limited by the absence of some significant influences on flow velocity, tidal prism and
sediment availability. The more limited representation of higher flux events by the model
should be recognized as a significant limitation in real world model applications.
23) Anyone who lives on Sunset Beach and has Whirly-Gigs on their front or back decks knows
well that Coastal Atmospheric Winds are Omni -Present, in addition to the Astronomical Tides
and Precipitation events; all of which contribute to fluxes of water through Jinks Creek South.
24) To avoid the stagnation of waters in the Sunset Beach Tributaries which abut and feed the
Intracoastal Water Way and Jinks CreekSouth, the Tributaries should not be dredged to
depths deeper than either of the two major water bodies.
25) In the present situation of heavy mainland upstream nutrient loading, the entirety of the
coastal marsh areas must be allowed to flush themselves naturally. They are fluid systems
which must be allowed to move laterally and vertically with storms, and that is why they have
survived over time. The only waterbody that should be dredged is the Intracoastal Water
Way; and that is for reasons of shipping related Commerce.
26) If the enormous Natural Marsh areas of Sunset Beach are to be maintained as living ecological
coastal resources, and the natural habitats used for the early stage lives of estuarine and
coastal marsh dependent finfish, birds and other life forms, the natural system should not be
disrupted by dredging or any other in -kind disruptive activities.
27) Dredging carries with it the reintroduction of heavy metals, which are buried in the sediments
of Jinks Creek South, back into the water column. We ourselves do not have chemical
expertise, but we do know from the prior studies of S. Riggs (ECU), D. DeMaster (NCSU), W.
Showers (NCSU), J. Ramus (DUML), H. Paerl (UNC-IMS) and others that heavy metals are a
bane to fish, fowl and humans in these types of watersheds. Fortunately there is chemical
expertise on site (R. Hilderman, former Chair of Chemistry at Clemson) who could speak to
this.

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Tara MacPherson
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Please move forward ASAP on dredging Tubbs Inlet to the ICW ! It will benefit everyone the area! Thanks!!
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Tara MacPherson
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My family strongly supports dredging at Sunset Beach. 1713 Canal Drive Sunset Beach
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Subject: FW: [External] Fw: Please Support Dredging Sunset Beach - Action Needed
Tara MacPherson
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From: mike Pearsall [mailto:[e-mail]]
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Mr Currey,
My wife and I strongly support dredging at Sunset Beach, N C for ALL the reasons listed below. We are part
owners of a house that fronts Canal Drive and backs to the Bay. We respectfully request your approval, along
with so many other property owners at Sunset Beach, for this dredging project!
Thank you for your consideration.
Mike and Meda Pearsall
Property location - 1403 Canal Dr Sunset Beach, N C

Unnavigable waterways will lead to decreased vacation rental revenue, decreased
property values, and decreased dollars spent in Sunset Beach, which will put a
financial strain on our town. The only way to offset this deficit will be to raise taxes on
all Sunset Beach property owners. BUT if we dredge, only property owners on the
affected waterways will pay for the project, not everyone!
Dredging = Few Pay = Everyone Benefits
No Dredging = Everyone Pays = No One Benefits
Navigation — the finger canals, the feeder canal, South Jinks Creek, and the Back Bay
area are rapidly filling with sand making navigation at low tide impossible and even at
high tide nearly impossible; the only channel to the Back Bay area will be completely
closed within a few months preventing access to and from the ICW
Marine Life — these waters have historically been one of the best areas for shellfish and
other marine life; they have experienced a dramatic decline in marine life as a result of
diminished water flow; a significant reduction in fishing, baitfish, and other popular
species
Safety — with the conditions of the waters, boats and even kayaks are getting stuck on
a regular basis including experienced boaters; boaters have been stuck for hours
especially when they get stuck at a falling tide; someone will get seriously hurt if
nothing is done
Property Values — values will decline without navigable waters including those
properties on the waters as well as not on the water; we are already seeing homes
taking longer to sell and at reduced prices compared to Ocean Isle Beach, NC
Rental Income — rental of houses with water access is down because of the limited
times to be able to navigate the waters; people are going elsewhere due to these
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limitations; rental rates will also decline since these houses will be less attractive
Business Impact — there will be a negative economic impact on all businesses if we
don't dredge, but especially those in support of water activities such as tourism,
fishing, tubing, and boating
Flooding — without dredging especially in South Jinks Creek the likelihood of major
flooding will increase given that the water will have no path to escape to either the ICW
or the Atlantic Ocean; as sand has expanded in South Jinks Creek the level of flooding
has increased significantly on the east end of the island
Nearshore Placement Solution — a proven and environmentally safe method of quality
beach sand disposal; utilized regularly by the USACE without impact to the beach and
the environment including marine life
Long Term Viability of Sunset Beach — without having viable water and waterways the
long term impact to Sunset Beach will be real for all the reasons stated above.
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Subject: FW: [External] Support for Dredging Sunset Beach
Tara MacPherson
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Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
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From: Mike Hargreaves [mailto:[e-mail]]
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Subject: [External] Support for Dredging Sunset Beach
Tara,
We are residents and taxpayers in Sunset Beach, NC. We strongly support the current project to dredge
waterways in our community.
There are many positive reasons why dredging is important for our community. Dredging will improve safe
navigation on our waterways, improve the ecosystem for marine life, improve property values, bring in more
rental income, have a positive impact on business, and decrease the chances of damaging floods.
Not improving our waterways will lead to decreased vacation rental, decreased property values, and decreased
dollars spent in Sunset Beach. And, will ultimately increase the taxes all property owners must pay.
Therefore, I urge your support for the current proposed dredging project in Sunset Beach.
Thank you!
Michael Hargreaves

Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
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Subject: FW: [External] Dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
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910 796-7266 office
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HI my name is Stuart Maurer and i live at 1313 north shore drive east and i am for the dredging of the canals and back
bay. I came here to retire and live on a beautiful island and fish and not get stuck. Thank you Stuart Maurer
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From: Mary Alcaraz[mailto:[e-mail]]
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Hi,
I do not support this project.
Frank Alcaraz
743 Rosemont Court
Sunset Beach, NC
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
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Tara MacPherson
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From: Mary Alcaraz[mailto:[e-mail]]
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Hello,
I do not support this Project.
Sincerely,
Mary Alcaraz
743 Rosemont Court
Sunset Beach, NC
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
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Subject: FW: [External] Dredge Sunset Beach
Tara MacPherson
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NC Division of Coastal Management
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910 796-7266 office
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Please approve dredging in Sunset Beach for the benefit of all. Thank you Karen Dombrowski
719 Fairway Dr
Sunset Beach.28468.
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
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Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Project
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
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Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
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We have been residents of Sunset Beach for over 23yrs.
The project will be a great plus for our town. Your quick approval of the project will be greatly appreciated. Thank you
for help in getting this project approved.
Have a Blessed Week
Gary and Charlot Steele
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2020 5:15 PM
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Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Project
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
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Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
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To Whom It May Concern,
We support the project because of the range of benefits a dredged waterway can bring to Sunset Beach, including
improved floodwater management and maintenance of island property values.
John & Karen Lenz
306 West Main Street
Sunset Beach, NC
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
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Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
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910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macohersonancdenr. aov
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From: Robin Glenn [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2020 5:13 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
I am writing to express my support for the dredging at Sunset Beach. We have had a house at Sunset for 50
years and never have we seen the waterways in this horrible of a condition. We have got to dredge to get these
waterways navigable as soon as possible. The canals are full of sand and the boats sit in the muck and the bay
is flat out dangerous. We saw boaters stuck there last weekend. We are an island and have water all around us
but we have got to be able to access it. We are hurting our beach and the people who use it by not dredging.
We have got to act on this situation immediately to save our beautiful beach.
Thank you,
Robin Glenn
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
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Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach dredging project
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
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From: Glenn Cannon [mailto:[e-mail]]
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Subject: [External] Sunset Beach dredging project
I am a resident of Sunset Beach and am opposed to the dredging project.
Glenn Cannon
504 Sandpiper Bay Dr SW
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
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Subject: FW. [External] Dredging Sunset Beach NC
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
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I am in favor of dredging as proposed in Sunset Beach, NC Robert A Copley Sunset Beach Resident
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
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Subject: FW: [External] Please proceed with dredging at Sunset Beach
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
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Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
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From: Hansen Matthews [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2020 4:16 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Please proceed with dredging at Sunset Beach
Dear Ms. MacPherson:
Please move forward with dredging the inlets, canals and creeks at Sunset Beach, NC. We have visited Sunset
Beach since the 1990's and we bought a canal lot there in 2006. It's sad to see how much silt has drifted into
the once navigable waterways and the lack of dredging has resulted in a very untenable situation for the
residents and visitors to the island.
Thank you very much.
Hansen Matthews
2524 Independence Blvd
Wilmington, NC 28412
910-538-5959
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
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Subject: FW: [External] Dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macPherson (d,)ncden r.gov
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From: sensenig530 [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2020 4:07 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Dredging
I support the dredging at sunset beach
It is verynecessary. Louise Sensenig
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2020 5:10 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach drefging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macoherson 0ricden r.00v
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: JDaniel Hardy[mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2020 4:05 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach drefging
I am FOR dredging the waterways and canals around Sunset Beach as it is good for property values and fun
I Do NOT live on a canal or waterway.
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2020 5:10 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredging at sunset beach
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
[e-mail]
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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-----Original Message ----
From: Miriam King [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2020 3:53 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Dredging at sunset beach
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We are in favor of dregingvat sunset beach as soon as feasible. Thx you. Walter& Miriam king. 416 Cobia st
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2020 3:21 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Permit Application
Attachments: USACE Public Comments.docx; Pietrafesa et al update document.docx; Aerial photo of
navigational channel in S. Jinks.pdf
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tars, macpherson(oDncden r.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Davis, Braxton C
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2020 2:02 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: Howell, Jonathan <[e-mail]>
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Permit Application
Braxton Davis
Director, Division of Coastal Management
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Morehead City, NC 28557
[phone] x202
From: Richard Hilderman [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2020 8:26 AM
To: Davis, Braxton C <[e-mail]>; Richard Hilderman <[e-mail]>
Cc: Currey, Gregory E CIV USARMY CESAW (USA)<[e-mail]>; Crumbley, Tyler A CIV USARMY
CESAW (USA)<[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Permit Application
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Dr. Davis:
Since 2016 1 have been interacting with several coastal scientists regarding the Sunset Beach dredging project. We have
expressed, on several occasions, our concerns to the Sunset Beach Council members. The USACE appears to also have
concerns as stated in their letter of 1/31/202 to the Town of Sunset Beach regarding their dredging permit. The last
paragraph of that letter states: "Further evaluation of your application will be held in abeyance for 30 days pending
receipt of your response. If no response is received within this time frame, we will close our record and a final
decision will be made. You should be aware that based on the information we possess at this time it is unlikely a
favorable decision would be made on your proposal."
I have read the revised application that the Town recently submitted to the USACE. Unfortunately, this application
continues to make claims without supporting documentation/data. My three attached documents outline my concerns
regarding this new application. I sincerely hope CAMA will not reapprove the dredging permit without necessary
documentation/data supporting their claims.
Richard Hilderman, Ph.D.
Former Department Chair of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University
Former Director of the Clemson University Genomic Institute
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 8:26 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] I support dredging at Sunset Beach
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macPherson 1p7ncden r.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Austin Coan [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 10; 2020 11:03 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] I support dredging at Sunset Beach
Dear Ms. MacPherson,
I support the proposed dredging at Sunset Beach because my floating dock is unusable for
several hours each day because it sits in mud.
Because of this my property values are lower that comparable
property on usable canals at beaches nearby.
Because I am willing to pay my part of the cost of dredging with
the government paying most of it.
G Austin Coan, jr
1403 E Canal Drive
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 8:26 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] In support of the dredging at Sunset Beach
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara.macoherson0mcdenr.00v
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wlmington, NC 28405
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From: Robert Bugg [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 202010:45 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: [External] In support of the dredging at Sunset Beach
Ta ra,
My email is simply to say "please" to approve the dredging at Sunset Beach. I am absolutely baffled that there is any
controversy. I own a house at 429 61' Street with a dock in the mud on canal A. I have lost rentals. I can't keep my boat
in the water. It is dangerous for tenants. My property is losing value. The town is losing tax revenue. HELP! PLEASE
approve the dredging!
Robert and Jeannette Bugg
429 6`^ Street
Sunset Beach, NC
Robert W.Bugg
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'Weychert, Curtis R
From:
MacPherson, Tara
Sent:
Monday, August 10, 2020 7:14 PM
To:
Weychert, Curtis R
Subject:
FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
[e-mail]
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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-----Original Message ----
From: Tobias Morgan Jr. [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 7:03 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
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FYI my family and I are totally in support of the dredging project. Please move forward with this approvalprocess. Thank
you II
Tobias Morgan
1713 Canal Dr.
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 7:14 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
[e-mail]
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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-----Original Message -----
From: Thomas Laughery [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 6:48 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
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attachment to [e-mail]<mailto: repo [e-mail]>
We are writing to express our support for the dredging project. It has been studied thoroughly and the plan thoughtfully
prepared. This project is not only critical for the those who enjoy boating but also for the safety of boaters. If it
continues as is, those with water front properties will loose value to their homes and their leisure activity.
This has gone on way too long with a vocal few holding it up at every turn.
Please approve the plan as submitted. It is sound with every I dotted and t crossed.
Thank you.
Tom and Deb Laughery
1516 North Shore Drive E.
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 7:13 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] CAMA Permit to dredge the Sunset Beach Canal
Attachments: Document2.docx
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macoherson (a)ncden r.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Michael Story [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 4:55 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]
Cc: [e-mail]; [e-mail]
Subject: [External] CAMA Permit to dredge the Sunset Beach Canal
Ms. MacPherson and Ms. Anglin:
Please see the attached letter in support of the Sunset Beach Canal dredging project.
Thank you.
Michael Story
919-302-3700
[e-mail]
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 7:12 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Project
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macPherson (a)ncdenr.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Tonya Lane Rucker [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 4:25 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: Lisa Anglin <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Project
Tara,
I strongly support the Sunset Beach Dredging Project for the following reasons:
1. Property values will decline if we do not have navigable waters. This applies to ALL properties on the
island.
2. The reduced water flow has led to less shellfish life and fish. I have experienced this firsthand as an
avid boater and full-time resident.
3. Soon the canals, bay, and south Jinx Creek will be completely closed. They are rapidly filling with
sand.
Thank you,
Tonya Rucker

Tonya Rucker
1509 North Shore Drive
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
Tonya Rucker
919-880-7441
tonvaruckernamail. com
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 7:12 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Support for Sunset Beach Dredging Project
There are so many and we are not processing yet. Sorry. I am forwarding to you and keeping a file here. I am sorry I
didn't get to call. I will call in am on my way to meet Braxton!
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910,796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macPherson (cilncdenr. oov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: David Rucker[mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 4:13 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: Tonya Rucker <[e-mail]>; Lisa Anglin <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Support for Sunset Beach Dredging Project
Tara,
I strongly support the Sunset Beach dredging project for the following reasons:
1. Property values will decline if we do not have navigable waters. This applies to ALL properties on the
island.
2. The reduced water flow has led to less shellfish life and fish. I have experienced this firsthand as an avid
boater and full time resident.
3. Soon the canals, bay and south Jinx Creek will be completely closed. They are rapidly filling with sand.
David Rucker
1509 North Shore Drive
Sunset Beach, NC 28468

Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 7:11 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Fw: Sunset Beach Dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tars. macoherson (ancderin gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: mike pears all [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 4:04 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: Lisa Anglin <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Fw: Sunset Beach Dredging
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BeYin l'oriiarded rnessrge:
On Monday, August 1.0, 2020, 3:57 PM, mike pearsall <[e-mail]> wrote:
Dear Ms. MacPherson,
We understand that the CAMA permit for dredging at Sunset Beach has been submitted. As one of many
property homeowners on the Bay, which is included in the dredging project area, we continue to strongly
support dredging.
There are so many reasons that dredging must be started soon. We have listed a few below:
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1. NAVIGATION: the finger canals, South Jinks Creek, and the Back Bay area are fast filling with
sand. As an example, only a few weeks ago, a family member of ours, skilled in.the use of a jet ski,
attempted at high tide to slowly transverse from the Bay canal into South Jinks Creek, only to be
abruptely stopped by the sand. This is not the first time this has happened.
2. MARINE LIFE: there has been a significant decline in fishing, bait fish, and other species, as a result
of diminished water flow.
3. SAFETY: experienced boaters and kayakers are getting stuck on a regular and daily basis, some
stuck for several hours. Someone will get seriously hurt, if nothing is done. It's only a matter of time.
4. PROPERTY VALUES: values will decline without navigable waters, including those properties on the
waters, as well as those not on the water. Sales of homes are taking longer to close, many at reduced
prices.
5. RENTAL INCOME: rental of houses with water access is down because of the limited times to
navigate the waters; many vacationers are going elsewhere due to these limitations. rental rates will also
decline since these houses will be less attractive.
6. BUSINESS IMPACT: because of vacationers going elsewhere, there will be an economic impact to
local businesses especially those in support of water activities such as fishing, tubing, and boating, as
well as, restaurants, grocery stores, and retail stores.
7. DOCK REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE: property owners will not invest in fixing and repairing piers
and docks given the limited use and value. Many docks are already sitting in the mud and sand resulting
in little use and value. As a side note regarding docks, we have noticed a significant odor from the Bay,
due in part, we believe, to more exposure of the canal bed because of a lack of water depth at both low
and high tide. This has become more noticeable in the last few years, as the canal depth has become
less and less.
8. FLOODING: without dredging, especially in South Jinks Creek, the likeihood of major flooding will
increase given that the water will have no path to escape to either the ICW or the Atlantic Ocean; as sand
has expanded in South Jinks Creek, the level of flooding has increased significantly on the east end of
the island.
9. NEARSHORE PLACEMENT: this is a proven and environmentally safe method of quality beach sand
disposal, which has.been utilized regularly by the USACE without impact to the beach and the
environment including marine life.
10. LONG TERM VIABILITY OF SUNSET BEACH: ** VERY IMPORTANT ** without having viable water
and waterways, the long term impact to Sunset Beach will be real for all the reasons stated above. There
will be less investment in the community leading to a broad and real impact.
Thank you for your time. Again, we strongly support dredging. We hope that you and others will agree.
Sincerely,
Mike and Meda Pearsall
1403 Canal Dr.
Sunset Beach, N. C.

Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 7:10 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macoherson (a).ncdenr.aov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Robin Murray [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 2:54 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
This is my second e-mail on this topic.
My name is Robin Murray, and I live at 112 Hickory Street. My father, Frank Nesmith, recently passed away,
and his residence was at 110 Hickory Street. Since I am his neighbor, I oversee what happens on his property.
I oppose the dredging of South Jinks Creek. We did not leave for Hurricane Isaias, and for the second time in 4
years, my father's basement was flooded by 4 inches. (My dad's house was built in 1958, just after Hurricane
Hazel. His basement was flooded during Hurricane Hugo and Hurricane Matthew, and now, Isaias.) It is my
opinion that the barrier islands provide a barrier to the mainland in the case of a hurricane. Palm Cove and
Riverside Drive show that the most recent development is the most at risk. I am not a scientist, as is Dr.
Hilderman, but.I have attended his talks. I have been photographing King Tides for the last few years, and
know full well the impact of sea level rise at my father's pier, which has been at its original height since
1958. We watched Hurricanes Matthew and Isaias arrive on our doorstep. So, for a_ ll these reasons, I feel as if
I am a least a keen, informed observer.

If I may use a metaphor, the increased dredging depth of 6 feet in the waterways will turn a small garden hose
into a giant fire hose filled with water to assault the mainland. The character of our little area (around the park,
Bill's Seafood, Coastal Outfitters, Maverick's Point, the boat landing and the Boat Landing Restaurant) would
be in danger if more water was coming down Jinks Creek in a storm. I think our little area is the most quaint
part of Sunset Beach.
I also care about the lovely beach. The placement of the spoils on the beach would be very unpleasant. I
oppose the placement of the spoils on the beach.
Dredging the canals and Turtle and Mary's creek, from the original proposal, is fine and I support the lower
depth proposal. However, placing a "f rehose" in Jinks Creek put both Palm Cove and our area of the mainland
in jeopardy. The "firehose" will also turn the other way against Palm Cove when the storm surge subsides.
Do these hurricanes not teach us anything? Do King Tides not teach us anything?
Robin Murray
Begin forwarded message:
From: Robin Murray <robin.n.murray(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Sunset Beach
Date: July 16, 2019 at 7:52:44 AM EDT
To: Tara. macpherson(cDncdenr.gov
I oppose the dredging of North Jinks Creek. I live at the northern mouth of Jinks Creek. Please
think of the public users of this beach, rather than the well-connected developers.
Robin Murray

Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 7:08 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredging of S. Jinks Creek
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara.macoherson(a ncdenr.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 2:46 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Dredging of S. links Creek
Hello Tara.
My husband Jim Thomas and I would like to go on the record to oppose the 5-Bft dredging of S Jinks Creek.
In my opinion, a 2ft channel would suffice. This is the same depth as N Jinks Creek. Anything deeper would threaten the PNA adjacent to N
Jinks.
We live on the Bay connected to S. Jinks. It's still possible, as it has always been, to traverse S. Jinks at higher tides. This has alwaysbeen a
tidal community. We don't see a need to change this now.
Other concerns are erosion to our shoreline and sea walls if we dredge deeper.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Jacqueline Trovato

1520 N. Shore Drive
Sunset Beach NC 28488
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On Feb 18, 2020, at 12:31 PM, MacPherson, Tara <tara.macphersonancdem.gov> wrote:
The Permits for Palm Cove sandbags are attached.
Best,
Tara
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tars.macpherson(a),ncdenr,gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2020 2:53 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [External] Tubbs Inlet Sandbag Permit
Tara, If it's not too much trouble, could you please email me a copy of the permit? I'm trying to
ease people's concerns here. I've spoken with Tim Jackson and he's glad we're communicating.
Thanks again.
Jackie

On Feb 17, 2020, at 12:35 PM, MacPherson, Tara
<tara.macpherson ;ncdenr.g9_v> wrote:
Hi Jackie, Yes, we did issue sandbags permits for lots in Palm Cove. The erosion
escarpment was within 20 ft. of the road and Right of Way which designates the road as
imminently threatened. The permits were issued last week and are good for 30 days.
Best,
Tara
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macpherson(o)ncdenr.aov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: [e-mail] (mailto:[e-mail]
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2020 11:49 AM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: Jim Thomas (HUSBAND) <[e-mail]>
Subject: (External] Tubbs Inlet Sandbag Permit
Ms. MacPherson, Tim Jackson asked us to contact you to verify that a permit has
been issued for sandbags to be placed on the north shore of Palm Cove which is
adjacent to Tubbs Inlet.
Thank you in advance for providing us this information.
Jackie Trovato
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<Palm Cove Lots 1-10 Sandbag Permits.pdf>
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 3:00 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara.macoherson(Zi)ncdenr.00v
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Peter Scott [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 2:20 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: Lisa Anglin <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
This is to strongly support the CAMA permit for Sunset Beach dredging. The dredging project has already
been delayed far too long, and is urgently needed. Last week's hurricane graphically illustrated the damage to
docks and property that results from allowing a long term buildup of sand that caused much greater East end
flooding on Sunset Beach Island because the water has no way to escape.
Sunset beach will suffer economically if this permit is not granted and dredging does not occur. Sunset is a
water community. Boating, fishing, and other water activities are the lifeblood of the community. Today, those
activities are greatly restricted due to the lack of water access during lower tides. Our home overlooks Jinks
creek, and not a day goes by without boaters stranded on the East end of the Island. These are not big boats, but
just everyday small fishing and pleasure craft. Someday, someone will be badly hurt. And as the buildup of
sand continues, within a fairly short time navigation to and through the back bay from the ICW will be
impossible at nearly all times. It is already restricted during at least half of the tide cycle every day.
Moreover, the lack of water flow is seriously impacting marine life that is important to Sunset Beach.
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If dredging does not occur, not only will the value of homes like mine on the waterway decline, but property
values in all of Sunset Beach will be affected, rental values will decline, and property sales will suffer. We are
already seeing those declines compared to our neighboring water communities like Ocean Isle Beach.
Please grant this permit. It is absolutely needed to maintain the long tern character and economic vitality of
Sunset Beach.
Sincerely,
Peter K. and Carol K Scott
1527 N. Shore Drive
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
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Weychert, Curtis R
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Weychert, Curtis R
FW: [External] Dredging
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
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[e-mail]
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We are in favor of dredging canals. Walter& Miriam king. 416 Cobia st. Thx you
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 1:43 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Project
BTW I don't even have the check for the major mod request yet
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara.macoherson mcdenr aov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Glenn, Chalmers Lanier [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 1:32 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: Lisa Anglin <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Project
Dredging has been a necessity and ongoing process at Sunset Beach for over 50 years. Over that period of time Ocean
Isle Beach as well as Holden seem to be losing sand and Sunset Beach seems to find it. The result of this action is the fact
that Sunset Beach is literally growing. Most beaches have the problem of losing sand through erosion but Sunset Beach
has a problem of gaining unwanted sand. ,
Our waterways are filling in at an accelerated rate and soon they will become unnavigable. Inexperienced watercraft
users are at greater and greater risk as they become increasingly stranded in our shallow water. In some areas
navigation is only available during high tide and even then less experienced users are getting stranded on the many
sandbars that are growing larger by the day. I used to joke that we would someday need to replace our watercraft with
dune buggies but that line is no longer funny as it is beginning to become a reality.
Shellfish and other marine life are beginning to disappear as sand fills in their habitats. The lack of water flowing through
these areas is also creating an increasing flooding problem. Water can't reach the Intracoastal Waterway or the Atlantic
Ocean very readily.
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Many Homeowners bought "waterfront" property and paid a premium for the location. As these properties have less
and less access to water then their value obviously goes down. As property values go down then Sunset Beach either
loses revenue or has to INCREASE property taxes on everyone. Property owners are also finding it more difficult to rent
as vacationers are unwilling to pay for "limited" water access. They will go to beaches that provide options of anytime
access for watercraft.
We are well past the time when this Dredging should have taken place. We need to move forward quickly as the
problem is becoming worse by the day. It is unimaginable to me that other beaches don't want our sand but I
understand that relocating the sand some number of miles off the coast is an acceptable remedy. We should move
forward as quickly as possible.
Thanks You for your time and consideration.
Chal Glenn
431 Dolphin St
Sunset Beach NC
Chal Glenn, AAMS@, MBA
First Vice President/Investments
(803)-469-7070 main I [e-mail]
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From: _ MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 1:23 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macohersonCancdenr.gov
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From: Jeffrey Norris [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 20201:22 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
Dear Ms,Tara MacPherson
We are reaching out to express our family's thoughts on the ongoing discussions around " Maintenance
Dredging:' We want to be clear at the onset of this letter that we are in favor of dredging and
the proposed option for off shore placement of compatible sand. We feel dredging is absolutely
required in order to maintain the community and asset our family has chosen to call home.
History:
• Our family has been vacationing on Sunset Beach since 1971 and we have not missed a year
since then.
• Our parents built their first house on 39th street in 1983.
• They retired here in 1985 and decided to purchase a canal lot on Sailfish Street and build their
final retirement home.
• They both became deeply integrated in the community and lived out their lives in this place they
loved.
• In 2009, we became the owners of the 408 Sailfish Street property and, as of 2018, we now live
here full time.
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We have reviewed our family history as a timeline to our window on the community and the changes we
have witnessed over these last 48 years. There will always be resistance to change. This has been
demonstrated from the beginning of the island's development with numerous articles and books written
predicting doom and gloom for our coast. In fact, the very reason we are having yet another doom and
gloom discussion is because of the success in creating this beautiful community. Every person, pro or
con, has the best interest of the community at heart.
Our Concerns:
• As property owners on Sunset Beach, we all have an expectation of ongoing maintenance, be it
streets, lighting, beaches, canals, backwaters, etc. If we create a park, we maintain the park. If
we don't maintain the community it impacts the beauty and value of everything.
• In the past, water front property owners paid for their share of maintenance dredging. Our
parents paid for their share of two previous dredgings. That investment should continue to be
protected. Contrary to misinformation, as in the past, water front property owners will pay their
share of the dredging cost. The community will benefit as a whole by this financial investment
made by the waterfront home owners.
• Over the last few years it appears by visual observation the silting in of the canals, back waters,
Jinks Creek and Tubs Inlet has accelerated. At the current pace, just as Mad Inlet did, Tubs Inlet
will soon close omitting another access for ocean water wash.
• Based on observation over the past few years the elevation of high water during high tides and
storms has risen. For the first time in our 32 years on Sailfish Street high water hit the top of our
bulkhead. This could be from a combination of global warming that is exacerbated by the silting in
of the canals and back waters. If you fill up the fish bowl with silt, the water will eventually
overflow the top. Since that occurrence, we have needed to replace our bulkhead due to age. As
a precaution, we chose to raise the top elevation by one foot for added protection. The last
hurricane and extreme flooding continues to provide conformation of the above. Home owners
could make a strong argument that the lack of dredging over the last many years has caused
financial hardship due to the flooding from the last storm.
• The reality is that no one can predict the future. In the last few years there have been storms that
have caused sand and silt migration to Sunset Beach. The pro is that our beaches and dunes
have not need replenishment as they have on Ocean Isle Beach. The con is that this material is
also silting in Tubs Inlet, canals and the backwaters, including Jinks Creek.
• With this continued movement of sands and silt eventually there will be a major impact on the
areas of restricted flow in the ability to self -clean. Please see this article at the following
link. https://www.nantucketpondcoalition.com/educational-resources/introduction/
We were recently in Nantucket and, in discussion, found out about similar concerns voiced
around damaging the eco systems there. In this case a life long resident of the area insisted all of
the naysayers were not accurate in their predictions of doom and gloom. For several years he
hand dug a trench to maintain water flow. He was arrested each time and spent time in jail.
Eventually, the pond and its eco system died. Now the town keeps the cut open and the pond is
alive and flourishing with vegetation and wildlife.
In closing, resistance to spending money to maintain communities will always exist. The balance between
fixed income retirees such as us, less fortunate people and those in the middle is always a delicate
balance. That said, delaying maintainance on your home, car, boat or community usually causes regret,
costing more in the long run. In the case of Sunset Beach, the delay is already costing our community
more; not only in the performance of the work to be done but in the negative misinformation and personal
attacks that create an uninviting attitude toward visitors, tourism and potential homeowners.
We hope you take all of the information provided and make a balanced assessment of the permit
application.
Respectfully,
Jeff and Barbara Norris
408 Sailfish Street
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 1:23 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging project
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macPherson (dincden r.aov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington; NC 28405
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From: John Welshofer [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 1:20 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging project
Dear Ms. MacPherson
As a resident of Sunset Beach, I wanted to convey my full support for the submitted dredging project. It is long
overdue based upon previous dredging initiatives and I have personally witnessed from my property the
increasing degree that sand etc has infilled the Jinks Creek area as well as the surrounding canals and
waterways. I believe the project will be done in an ecologically sound way and not harm the surrounding
environment.
Thank you for your consideration of this dredging project.
John Welshofer
1307 Cana] Drive
Sunset Beach. NC'_8468
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 12:57 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Support for Sunset Beach Dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macohersonancden r.cov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Tom Harrington [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 12:55 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: Lisa Anglin <[e-mail]>; Frieda <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Support for Sunset Beach Dredging
Dear Ms. MacPherson:
The purpose of my email is to express our strong support for the Sunset Beach dredging project as submitted by
the Town of Sunset Beach. My wife and I own property on Sunset and our address is listed below. Our
reasons for supporting this project are as follows:
Maintaining &.Improving Navigation around Sunset. Dredging is critical to keeping the finger canals,
the feeder canal, South Jinks Creek and the Back Area navigable. All of these areas are rapidly filling
with sand and this needs to be addressed to ensure access to the ICW.
Supporting Marine Life. I understand that there has been a huge decline in marine life due to
diminished water flow since the last dredging effort. Dredging will improve the water flow to these
waters, thereby helping to support all marine life in the area.
Economic Impact. The economic impact to Sunset Beach has already started due to the lengthy delay in
this project. Property value and rental income have been adversely impacted, compared to Ocean Isle
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Beach, NC. I expect this decline to accelerate if this project is not approved. Failure to proceed with
this project will most certainly affect the long tern viability of Sunset Beach.
Nearshore Placement. Nearshore Placement is a proven and environmentally safe method of quality
beach sand disposal.
Safety. - The dredging project is critical to improved water flow, which is a major flooding & safety
issue. Boaters are regularly getting stranded during the falling tide increasing the chance that someone
will get hurt.
Flooding. Flooding is now a major concern especially in South Jinks Creeks and the finger canals, since
the water has restricted path to escape either to the ICW or the Atlantic Ocean. We saw this effect first
hand last week when Hurricane Isaias made landfall at Ocean Isle on 8/3/20. In the forty years of
coming to Sunset Beach and eighteen years of owning property there, we have never seen flooding of
this magnitude on the island, especially on the back side of the island where our property is. The '
flooding as a result of the storm last week, closed the causeway for a period of time, which is a major
safety issue and needs to be addressed.
We strongly encourage you to approve this application by Sunset Beach, so that this dredging project can move
forward as quickly as possible.
Thank you for your consideration.
Tom and Frieda Harrington
417 Sailfish Street
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
cell # 9.10-520-8183
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 12:19 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredging at Sunset Beach, NC
Why on earth am I getting all of these again???
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macohersonCancden r. oov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Peggy Tyson[mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 12:11 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>; Lisa Anglin <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Dredging at Sunset Beach, NC
Good afternoon, I own the home at 1805 Canal Drive, Sunset Beach, NC. As the bay and creeks have filled
with sand, I have been dismayed to see the loss of shellfish and fishing in general. Dolphins used to visit at the
end of the day. Boaters, both fishermen and recreational, have left for other areas. Retail and restaurants are
struggling. Property values are declining.
For the above reasons, please approve all permits for dredging as soon as possible.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Margaret Smith Tyson
Peggy Tyson
704-502-4301 mobile
Please note my new email: peggytyson311(aD_gmail.com
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 12:09 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Project
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macpherson Oncd en r. gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: John Maness [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 11:50 AM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: Lisa Anglin <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging Project
Ms. Macpherson,
My wife and I own a home on the bay at Sunset Beach. The proposed
dredging project is long overdue. We fully support the project for the
following reasons:
Navigation — The current access to the bay has become dangerous at low tide. On lunar low tides, it cannot be
accessed even with a skiff.
Marine Life — these waters have historically been one of the best areas for shellfish and other marine life; have
experienced a dramatic decline in marine life as a result of diminished water flow; a significant reduction in fishing, bait
fish, and other popular species
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Safety — with the conditions of the waters boats and even kayaks are getting stuck on a regular and daily basis including
experienced boaters; boaters have been stuck for hours especially when they get stuck at a falling tide; someone will get
seriously hurt if nothing is done; most of the boats in this area are small flat bottom boats
Property Values —values will decline without navigable waters including those properties on the waters as well as not
on the water; the economic impact is real and will occur at a rapid pace; already seeing homes taking longer to sell and
at reduced prices compared to Ocean Isle Beach, NC
Rental Income — rental of houses with water access is down because of the limited times to be able to navigate the
waters; people are going elsewhere due to these limitations; rental rates will also decline since these houses will be less_
attractive
Business Impact —there will be an economic impact to businesses especially those in support of water activities such as
fishing, tubing, and boating
Dock Repairs and Maintenance— property owners will not invest in fixing and repairing piers and docks given the
limited use and value; many docks are already sitting in the mud and sand resulting in little use and value
Long Term Viability of Sunset Beach =without having viable water and waterways the long term impact to Sunset Beach
will be real for all the reasons stated above; will be less investment in the community leading to a broad and real impact
Flooding —without dredging especially in South Jinks Creek the likelihood of major flooding will increase given that the
water will have no path to escape to either the ICW or the Atlantic Ocean; as sand has expanded in South Jinks Creek the
level of flooding has increased significantly on the east end of the island
Nearshore Placement— a proven and environmentally safe method of quality beach sand disposal; utilized regularly by
the USACE without impact to beach and the environment including marine life
As property owners in the affected area, we understand that we will have to pay the town's portion of the cost of the
work. We agree with that arrangement. Please do everything in your authority to help move this project forward
before it is too late.
Respectfully,
John Maness
1609 Canal, Drive
Sunset Beach, NC
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August 10, 2020
Ms. Tara MacPherson
NC DENR
[e-mail]
Ms. Lisa Anglin
Town of Sunset Beach
langlin @sunsetbeachnc.gov
Re: CAMA Permit to Dredge Sunset Beach Canal
Ms. MacPherson and Ms. Anglin:
Good day. I am a property owner (part of a group) at 1403 Canal Drive, Sunset Beach, NC
I am writing to express my FULL and STRONG SUPPORT for the dredging for the following reasons:
Navigation —the finger canals, the feeder canal, South inks Creek, and the Back Bay area are rapidly
filling with sand making navigation at low tide impossible and even at high tide nearly impossible; the
only channel to the Back Bay area will be completely closed within a few months preventing access to
and from the ICW. This severely impacts our property values and diminishes the enjoyment and
reasons we purchased the home thirty years ago.
Property Values —as mentioned in the Navigation section, values will decline without navigable waters
including those properties on the waters as well as not on the water; the economic impact is real and
will occur at a rapid pace; already seeing homes taking longer to sell and at reduced prices compared to
Ocean Isle Beach, NC. This will eventually impact the town of Sunset Beach as homeowners petition
their property values due to loss of navigation.
Safety — with the conditions of the waters, boats and even kayaks are getting stuck on a regular and
daily basis including experienced boaters; boaters have been stuck for hours and especially due to a
falling tide; someone will get seriously hurt if nothing is done; most of the boats in this area are small
flat bottom boats. Please feel free to permanently banish all jet skis!

Ms. Tara MacPherson
Ms. Lisa Anglin
Page Two
Dock Repairs and Maintenance — property owners will not invest in fixing and repairing piers and docks
given the limited use and value; many docks are already sitting in the mud and sand resulting in little use
and value. Our owners recently decided to replace our dock as part of our regular maintenance in
anticipation that the canal will be dredged and we could again enjoy the use of the waters.
Flooding — without dredging especially in South Jinks Creek the likelihood of major flooding will increase
given that the water will have no path to escape to either the ICW or the Atlantic Ocean; as sand has
expanded in South Jinks Creek the level of flooding has increased significantly on the east end of the
island. We recently experienced this with the hurricane of August 3'd.
Nearshore Placement— there is a viable and environmental friendly method for disposing of the dredge
material utilized regularly by the USACE without impact to beach and the environment including marine
life.
In closing, I strongly support action under the CAMA permit to dredge to dredge the Sunset Beach canal.
Thank you for your time and effort.
Sincerely,
Michael L. Story
919-302-3700
[e-mail]

Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:52 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Fwd: Dredging S. Jinks Creek / Sunset Beach
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. maco h erso n (c),n cd en r. qov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From. Rob Noble [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020 2:27 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Fwd: Dredging S. Jinks Creek / Sunset Beach
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Rob Noble <robnoble4(crw,gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 2:25 PM
Subject: Dredging S. Jinks Creek / Sunset Beach
To: <tara.macphersonnncder.eov>, <lanelin(.&sunsetbeachnc.gov>
Good day,
I'm in full favor of the dredging project under discussion and review for the past several years.
Bottom line the feeder canals were of course man made, and it would be the expectation of most all
homeowners that the local municipalities would maintain the canals to be navigable, just as we assume the the
roads and raised beach walkways and sidewalks of SB are managed and maintained for automobile and human
traffic to have access to the beautiful beach that is Sunset Beach and why I purchased a second home at this

location. Reasonable access to the beach and to the intracoastal waters are only possible through roads, raised
walkways and canals.
Furthermore, with the beach erosion experienced with the last hurricane, it's only common sense that the near
shore deposit of sand from Jinks Creek- and the feeder canals couldn't come at a better time.
Rob Noble, Raleigh NC
411 Sailfish, Sunset Beach
Thank YOU

Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:52 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara.macoherson a.ncdenr.00v
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Glenn, Chalmers Lanier [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020 1:46 PM,
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: Lisa Anglin <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach Dredging
I submitted my reasons earlier to you about why I STRONGLY believe Sunset Beach needs to move forward expeditiously
with dredging. I thank you for your consideration on the merits of this issue.
However, I failed to mention one point that is a consistent theme about the few who oppose the project. You may know
that for decades Sunset Beach planned to build a "real' superstructure bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway. That
project was delayed by environmentalists who claimed that fish would die and oysters would parish. Needless to say
nothing could have been further from the truth. Unfortunately, the project was delayed at the expense of millions of
dollars to NC Tax Payers. The current delays to the Dredging Project will have the same result as the delays in the
bridge........ Millions of Wasted Dollars!
Please find a way to expedite the Dredging Project.
Sincerely
Chal Glenn

431 Dolphin St
Sunset Beach NC
Chal Glenn, AAMS®, MBA
First Vice President/lnvestments
(803)-469-7070 main I [e-mail]
460 West Wesmark Blvd. I Sumter, SC 291.50
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From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:44 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Support for Sunset Beach Dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara.macpherson aPncdenr.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Brian D. Sarkis [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020 11:52 AM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Support for Sunset Beach Dredging
Good morning Tara,
I am writing to support the proposed Sunset Beach, NC dredging project. My family has not only have owned multiple
properties on Sunset Beach but have been going to the island for nearly 40 years. It is a wonderful place that has
brought numerous families enjoyment over the years. As you know it is a very low-key location where nature is the
focus rather than commercialization. The waterways are a key element of that experience and without the proposed
dredging those waterways are in danger of being unusable. I am concerned in the long run the area will have no choice
but to turn to commercialization in order to remain a relevant coastal town. As a result, 1 wholeheartedly support the
dredging as a way to preserve the use of the waterways and to ensure that Sunset Beach remains a sanctuary that can
be enjoyed by future generations.
Sincerely,
Brian Sarkis
408 Cobia Street
Sunset Beach, NC

Brian Sarkis
Franklin Nova Group
Office 412.206.1486
Mobile [phone]
322 North Shore Dr.
Building SB, Suite 200-328
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
www.franklinnova.com

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From:
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Sent:
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:44 AM
To:
Weychert, Curtis R
Subject:
FW: [External] CAMA,permit for dredging at Sunset Beach
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
[e-mail]
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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Subject: [External] CAMA permit for dredging at Sunset Beach
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Dear Ms. MacPherson,
I am a resident of Sunset Beach at 402 Dolphin St and on a corner canal lot. Our family has been there since 1974 and
during that time the canals and bay have been dredged at least twice, perhaps three times. Dredging is a way of life on
the water and has always been performed when needed and paid for by those with water fronting property.
The canals are now in dire condition and navigating into Jinks Creek from the feeder canals is problematic at best. During
a typical tide cycle one can only expect to enter and exit the canal 90 minutes before and after high tide. Even then you
have to be very careful not run aground as the way out is very narrow and not straight forward.

So, the current conditions are not only an inconvenience to owners and guests but dangerous -as well and are
contributing to disrepair of property as owners see little reason to maintain something that will eventually be "gone" in
few years without immediate and continued maintenance.
I wholeheartedly endorse the proposed dredging project.
Regards,
D. Dean McKinney
402 Dolphin St
Sunset Beach, NC
919-349-6810
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Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
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From: Monica Vogel [mailto:[e-mail]]
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Tara,
As a 20+ years property owner, and a 6yr resident of Sunset Beach, we are so disillusioned and disgusted with the
handling of the dredging situation. A handful of people, many not full time residents... coupled with the previous council
members mishandling of this situation... has cost the coastline of Sunset Beach so many setbacks!!!!! It is ridiculous!
The sandbar has gotten so wide you must travel right next to the docks at the end of North Shore ... or you get stuck! I got
stuck on a jet ski an hour before high tide...! A jet ski! Boats get stuck daily! There are no fish, no dolphins in the waters.
And ... since the recent Hurricane the sand has built up even more!
It has been an emotional roller coaster for property owners and full time residents... Yes, No, Yes, No ... cops, we missed
the deadline... If the powers that be can not commit and get the permits approved, we need to know. At least those that do
not want to live on a lagoon, share an island with Ocean Isle, and wish to still use their watercraft can make some
definitive choices. For us, it will be selling.

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Monica Vogel
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720 Sunset Blvd. N.
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
910-579-5628
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:27 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach dredging project
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fait
tara. macpherson(ancd en r. goy
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 8:28 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach dredging project
As homeowners and taxpayers of Sunset Beach, NC, we strongly support the dredging project as presented by the town
council.
Our home is on the Bay and we can see firsthand the dangers that the current situation presents. We have personally
rescued a young man who was stuck in his boat in South Jinks Creek near dusk
If we hadn't rescued him the next high tide was at 3:00 am. We have seen dozens of other boats stuck in this area.
We know that there is a small group of very vocal opponents to the project.
One of their talking points is that this only benefits the waterfront homeowners... This could not be further from the
truth! We would estimate 90-95 percent of the boaters using South Jinks Creek are
not waterfront homeowners, but rather other boaters and fishermen enjoying the area.
This much needed project has been delayed far too long now.. Please allow the project to proceed as presented ASAP.
Thank you for your consideration,
Kelly and Leigh Harris
1809 Canal Drive, Sunset Beach, NC
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:26 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] USACE permit...
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara.macpherson(a ncdenr.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Lydia Lavelle [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 12:25 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc:'A Stemper' <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] USACE permit ...
Ms. MacPherson:
Good afternoon!
We have written you previously —we own a house at430 Marlin Street in Sunset Beach, North Carolina. Our house is on
one of the finger canals on the island (the one closest to Vh Street). We have written to you with comments supporting
the upcoming dredging navigation project of South Jinks Creek, the Bay Area, and the Feeder Channel systems.
We would like to reiterate, again, our strong support for this dredging project. We understand that the USACE permit is
being submitted this week. Whatever can be done to continue to move this project along without further delay is
extremely important. We just spent a week of vacation at Sunset Beach, and were struck by how critical the dredging
continues to be. In fact, the situation seems to worsen by the month.
Thank you,
Lydia Lavelle and Alicia Stemper
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:26 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] sunset beach dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macoherson0incd en r. qov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 12:21 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] sunset beach dredging
My wife and I have been property owners on the Sunset Beach Island since 1993. We.have lived on a canal on the island
since 2010. In the last three years we have noticed drastic changes to our canal that we believe could be eliminated by
dredging it. The canal has become so shallow that we can not put out a crab trap at any time except high tide. Any water
craft that can successfully navigate the canal has to take measures to avoid the trap which is mostly out of the water.
Other water craft have hit and damaged our trap on several occasions. The number of crabs and other fish which used to
be plentiful has decreased greatly, due to, in our opinion, the shallow water and the temperature of the water. We also
have friends who used to visit us by water, who cannot do so now. Houses on our street that have gone up for sale, do
not sell in the amount of time that they used to. We attribute this to the fact that the canal has lost its attraction as an asset
to the value of the property. Most importantly we experienced water rising over our seawall during the Hurricane Isaias.
This was the first time in ten years this has happened at our house despite the hurricane being only a class 1 1 do not
know a single property owner on our canal that is opposed to the dredging, and we certainly are not. We support the
immediate dredging as proposed by our town council.
Richard and Peggy Lyle
407 Sailfish Street
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:26 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredging of Tubbs Inlet and surrounding areas that Sunset Beach North
Carolina
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
[e-mail]
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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-----Original Message -----
From: Fitz Dove [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 10:58 AM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Dredging of Tubbs Inlet and surrounding areas that Sunset Beach North Carolina
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I am totally in favor of this dredging in Tubbs Inlet and surrounding areas at Sunset Beach North Carolina. It will benefit
everyone in the county as well as visitors from other areas and is past due. Please approve this so we can get started on
this important project for our town. Fitz Dove1711 Canal Drive Sunset Beach.
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:20 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredging at Sunset Beach
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara.macpherson(o)ncdenr.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Karen Wishon [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 9:08 AM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: Lisa Anglin <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Dredging at Sunset Beach
Good Morning Tara,
I am writing to express my strong support for the dredging project at Sunset Beach. It is vital that
dredging take place soon, as navigation of South Jinks, the feeder and finger canals and the back
bay is extremely difficult for small boats and even jet skis and kayaks. Living on the feeder canal has
allowed me to witness many unfortunate instances of boaters stuck as they enter and exit the canal
or back bay into South Jinks, even at mid tide. I'm afraid that someone will be seriously hurt if nothing
is done.
I've owned a home at Sunset Beach for 23 years, first on a finger canal and now the feeder
canal. I'm a full time resident and committed to helping maintain the beauty and quality of our
waterways here. Over the past 3 years, sand has been filling in these waterways at an astonishingly
rapid pace. Without dredging, especially in South Jinks Creek, the likelihood of major flooding will
continue to increase given that the water will have no path to escape to either the ICW or the Atlantic
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Ocean. As sand has expanded in South Jinks Creek the level of flooding has increased significantly
on the east end of the island.
Property values of all homeowners on the island will be affected without this project. Navigable waters are
necessary for Sunset Beach to continue to be both a desirable home for residents as well as tourists.
I so appreciate your consideration and work to help us move forward with this project, Tara.
Sincerely,
Karen Wishon
1511 N Shore Drive
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:20 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredging at Sunset Beach, NC
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 -fax
[e-mail]
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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-----Original Message ----
From: Karen R Wakeford [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 8:47 AM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Dredging at Sunset Beach, NC
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We support the proposed dredging at Sunset Beach, NC.
Thank you.
Karen and Chuck Wakeford
Sent from my iPhone
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:20 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach dredging
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tars.macohersonencdenr cov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Barry Wishon [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 8:10 AM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach dredging
Hi Ms Macpherson,
I am a full time resident of Sunset Beach. I have owned canal front property here for over 22 years. I saw what a
vast improvement dredging was to the canals,boating and marine life when we previously dredged. Now we
have waited and been delayed too long by a group of citizens that does not live on the water and just does not
want to spend money on anything.
It is critically important to Sunset Beach to move forward with dredging. Listed below as several reasons.
Navigation — the finger canals, the feeder canal, South Jinks Creek, and the Back Bay area are rapidly filling
with sand making navigation at low tide impossible and even at high tide nearly impossible; the only channel to
the Back Bay area will be completely closed within a few months preventing access to and from the ICW
Marine Life — these waters have historically been one of the best areas for shellfish and other marine life; have
experienced a dramatic decline in marine life as a result of diminished water flow; a significant reduction in
fishing, bait fish, and other popular species
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Safety — with the conditions of the waters boats and even kayaks are getting stuck on a regular and daily basis
including experienced boaters; boaters have been stuck for hours especially when they get stuck at a falling tide;
someone will get seriously hurt if nothing is done; most of the boats in this area are small flat bottom boats
Properly Values — values will decline without navigable waters including those properties on the waters as
well as not on the water; the economic impact is real and will occur at a rapid pace; already seeing homes taking
longer to sell and at reduced prices compared to Ocean Isle Beach, NC
Rental Income — rental of houses with water access is down because of the limited times to be able to navigate
the waters; people are going elsewhere due to these limitations; rental rates will also decline since these houses
will be less attractive
Business Impact — there will be an economic impact to businesses especially those in support of water
activities such as fishing, tubing, and boating
Dock Repairs and Maintenance — property owners will not invest in fixing and repairing piers and docks
given the limited use and value; many docks are already sitting in the mud and sand resulting in little use and
value
Long Term Viability of Sunset Beach — without having viable water and waterways the long term impact to
Sunset Beach will be real for all the reasons stated above; will be less investment in the community leading to a
broad and real impact
Flooding — without dredging especially in South Jinks Creek the likelihood of major flooding will increase
given that the water will have no path to escape to either the ICW or the Atlantic Ocean; as sand has expanded
in South Jinks Creek the level of flooding has increased significantly on the east end of the island
For these reasons, I am very much in favor of dredging.
Best Regards,
Barry Wishon
1511 N Shore Dr
Sunset Beach NC 28468
919 349 8289
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:17 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] CAMA Permit for Dredging of the Sunset Beach Canal
Attachments: Document2.docx
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tars.macpherson(o)ncdenr.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Ranny Story [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2020 6:52 AM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]
Cc: mike pearsall <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] CAMA Permit for Dredging of the Sunset Beach Canal
Tara and Lisa:
Please see the attached letter supporting the dredging of Sunset Beach canal.
Thank you,
Ranny Story
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2020 2:12 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] We support the Dredging of Sunset Beach!
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara.macpherson@,ncdenr.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Robert Hoover [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2020 1:57 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: [External] We support the Dredging of Sunset Beach!
We have lived at 1509 Canal Drive, Sunset Beach on the Bay since 1994.
Dredging of Jinks Creek is essential as accidents are starting to happen and boats are routinely getting
stranded. It is a safety issue. It will become an economic issue, too.
We understand that as a waterfront owner, we will have to pay our fair share to complete this necessary
project. We find it ironic that a few of the biggest negative complainers towards the dredging do not live on
the water... but they did not fight the horrible "sand bagging eyesore" created this winter in our Palm.Cove
section of the bay - a permanent eyesore, not transitory like dredging.
Sincerely,
Robert D. and Margaret H. Hoover
[e-mail]
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Wevchert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2020 1:26 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] CAMA permit: In_support of dredging project/nearshore sand placement
at Sunset Beach, NC
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara.macohersonamcclenr.aov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Andrea DeFranco [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2020 1:18 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: [External] CAMA permit: In support of dredging project/nearshore sand placement at Sunset Beach, NC
Dear Ms. Macpherson,
I am writing to express my support for the dredging project at Sunset Beach, NC. This project has been in the planning stages
for many years and is an important project to many homeowners and citizens of Sunset Beach who use this area for recreational
boating, fishing and kayaking. The waterway areas of South Jinks Creek, the canals, and Bay area have been dealing with
considerable shoaling making boating access difficult and dangerous. Water depths are extremely low and there is a real
potential of navigation being severed in this area unless the dredging project/sand placement method is approved and allowed to
move forward. The area of South Jinks Creek (where the beach compatible sand can be found) is especially critical to this
project as it is the connection boaters use to get from the bay area to access the Intracoastal Waterway. The plan to place the
beach compatible sand in the nearshore off of Sunset Beach is an environmentally sound method used routinely in dredging
projects around the country. After exhaustive efforts by the Town of Sunset Beach to find workable solutions for all
stakeholders, this is the last viable option that satisfies beach front property owners who expressed concern over property rights
and also follows all of NC guidelines/laws requiring beach compatible sand be used in the littoral system. Please consider
approving the nearshore sand placement for the Town of Sunset Beach dredging project to allow recreational boaters,
fisherman, kayakers, homeowners, visitors and vacationers to continue to enjoy these beautiful waterways of Southeastern
North Carolina.
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Sincerely,
Andrea DeFranco
1522 North Shore Dr.
Sunset Beach, NC
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 11:58 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredging Public Comments
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macoherson (a)ncdenr.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Richard M Lillis [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 4:19 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Dredging Public Comments
Hello Tara,
My wife and I are newer home owners on Tubbs Inlet at Sunset Beach, NC and have owned property here for several
years prior to this day knowing that we wanted to have our home here. If you read nothing else read the closing
paragraph.
My family and I have been coming to Sunset for near 20 years now and while there is a sense of community there is also
a division between those with either direct canal or Tubbs Inlet access and those who do not and what should be
done. There is a list of typical talking points which I will not tire you with and find these important as well.
Personally, I believe there is a choice here beyond the idea simply to dredge or not to dredge. There is an eco-system
which has developed and is possibly endangered if the Jinks Creek, the feeders and inlet are not dredged.
This eco-system is made up of the Peregrine Falcons, Snowy Egrets, Wood Storks, Great Egret, Reddish Egrets, Great
Blue Heron and the Eagles (not the band). The many fish and crabs which live here to allow the birds to stay, have
babies and continue the cycle.
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Most of, all there is something I noticed this past week after the hurricane. Something I have not seen in quite some
time in the inlet and surrounding waters "Clarity of the water".
I could seethe bottom up to about 7 —10 feet. I could seethe crabs by the floating dock, the skates while I was out
kayaking in and around the inlet and to Jinks Creek. There was an abundance of birds too because there were more
fish. Part of that eco-system is for you and Ito do the needful.
Thank you in advance,
919.757.6668
Richard. M. Lillis(a.att. net
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 9:30 AM
To: Simmons, Christy; Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: RE: [External] SSB Dredging Permit
I do not have a check to being processing the major modification request at this time.
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara.macpherson(ncdenr.00v
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Simmons, Christy
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 9:25 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R <[e-mail]>; MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: Simmons, Christy <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [External] SSB Dredging Permit
Good morning, Curt. I was responding to how we would alert the public when the application is ready for comment. Is
the application ready for comment? If so, when does it start and end?
Christy
From: Weychert, Curtis R <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 8:49 AM
To: Simmons, Christy <[e-mail]_>; MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [External] SSB Dredging Permit
Thank you Christy, if you receive any of these comments, you can send them to me. I'm compiling a folder in my email.
Curtis Weychert
Assistant Major Permit Coordinator
North Carolina Division of Coastal Management
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
252-808-2808 x211
Curt. WeychertCcDncdenr. oov
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Morehead City, NC 28557
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From: Simmons, Christy <christy.simmons ncdenr.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 1:43 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>; Weychert, Curtis R <[e-mail]>
Cc: Simmons, Christy <[e-mail]>
Subject: FW: [External] SSB Dredging Permit
FYI
From: Simmons, Christy <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 1:43 PM
To:'Richard Hilderman' <[e-mail]>
Cc: Simmons, Christy <christy.simmons(@ncdenr.gov>
Subject: RE: [External] SSB Dredging Permit
Good afternoon Mr. Hilderman,
When the application is ready for public comment, we will announce it via press release; send it to Interested
Parties lists and have comments sent to the DCMcommentsaa ncdenr.gov email.
Be safe,
Christy
From: [e-mail] fmailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 3:46 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: Richard Hilderman <[e-mail]>; Davis, Braxton C <[e-mail]>; Jacqueline
Trovato <[e-mail]>; Nina Marable <[e-mail]>; Ted <[e-mail]>; Rich Cerrato
<[e-mail]>; Gary Merritt <[e-mail]>; Kerri Allen <kerria(@nccoast.org>; John Wells
<[e-mail]>; John Pagels <][e-mail]>; Marc Kaplan<[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [External] SSB Dredging Permit
Where will you announce the public comment period?
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 7, 2020, at 3:37 PM, "MacPherson, Tara" <tara.macI)herson@ncdenr.,Ro wrote:
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Good Afternoon Mr. Hilderman,
The application isn't yet complete, but once it is accepted and begins review we will announce the
public comment period along with instructions on where the comments should be submitted.
Thank You,
Tara
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macphersonno.ncdenr. cov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Richard Hilderman[maiIto: rich ardhilderma [e-mail]
Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 1:12 PM
To: Davis, Braxton C <[e-mail]>; MacPherson, Tara
<[e-mail]>; Richard Hilderman <[e-mail]>
Cc: Jacqueline Trovato <[e-mail]>; Nina Marable <[e-mail]>; Ted
<[e-mail]>; Rich Cerrato <[e-mail]>; Gary Merritt <[e-mail]>; Kerri
Allen <[e-mail]>; John Wells <[e-mail]>; John Pagels <[e-mail]>; Marc
Kaplan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] SSB Dredging Permit
Dr. Davis and Ms. MacPherson
At the SSB Council meeting last night Mr. Neal announced the SSB dredging permit has been
resubmitted and the public comment period has been activated. Citizens would like to know the
dates of the public comment period and whom to send their comments to. Can you help me get
this information to the citizens?
Richard Hilderman, Ph.D.
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 5:13 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Support of Sunset Beach's Dredging Program
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
Cara, macphersonCa)ncden r. oov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: Patrick Alderson [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 5:03 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]
Subject: [External] Support of Sunset Beach's Dredging Program
I am writing in support of the Town of Sunset Beach's dredging project for the following reasons:
1. The finger canals, the feeder canal, South Jinks Creek, and the Back Bay area are rapidly filling with sand making
navigation at low tide impossible and even at high tide very tricky. The tidal flow is now being forced into a
narrow, restricted stream causing erosion on the east side of the island. Some of these homes have had to
sandbag their shoreline to slow the erosion.
2. These waters have historically been one of the best areas for marine life. It is obvious to anyone who has fished
these waters they are experiencing a dramatic reduction because of diminished water flow.
3. 1 am a kayaker and have even become grounded in the middle of Tubbs inlet because of the silted
waterways. Numerous times I have assisted in pushing boats off the submerged sandbars that appear within 1-
2 hours of high tide. It is difficult to believe the changes to these waterways over the last ten years.
4. 1 reside on a canal home and realize my property value will decline without navigable waters. The economic
impact is real and will occur at a rapid pace. We are already seeing homes taking longer to sell and at reduced
prices compared to Ocean Isle Beach, NC.
S. For those of us who use the waterways it is obvious that some property owners have not invested in fixing and
repairing their docks and seawalls given their limited use and value.
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6. Sunset Beach relies on having a viable waterway to attract tourists whose dollars supplement the town's budget
as well as supporting all the local establishments. The long term viability of Sunset Beach will be endangered
without having open waterways.
7. As sand has expanded in South Jinks Creek the level of flooding has increased significantly on the east end of the
island. I have owned my home for twenty years and during the last hurricane I saw more water in my yard than
at anytime I have lived here.
I support the Nearshore Placement remedy. It is a proven and environmentally safe method of quality beach sand
disposal; utilized regularly by the USACE without impact to beach and the environment including marine life.
We are attempting to maintain our beautiful environment, our homes, and our town. For the last seven years we have
been beset by a small vocal contingent, many of whom do not reside on the waterways, attempting to impede the
dredging process. Over this time the damage that the silted waterways are causing is visible to any unbiased observer.
Please champion the town's permits so we can begin to repair the damage that has occurred and save our waterways.
Sincerely
Patrick Alderson
421 Sailfish St., Sunset Beach, NC 28468
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 3:19 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredging Sunset Beach
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
[e-mail]
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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to third parties.
-----Original Message -----
From: Annette Smith [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 2:39 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Dredging Sunset Beach
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Please, please help get dredging done in Sunset Beach. It is long overdue. Boats are constantly getting stuck. We had
flooding on island during Isais because so much sand has filled in. This is distressing to all home owners on island. We
support the current plan submitted for this project. Thank you for you consideration.
Annette and Charles Smith
502 E Main St
Sunset Beach, NC. 28468
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 1:31 PM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Please Dredge Sunset Beach
Another sunset beach comment.... 1 think the response we send should indicate that we already issued the permit to
dredge!
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara.macphersonpa ncdenr.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Denise Williams [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 1:05 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Please Dredge Sunset Beach
Hi Ms. MacPherson,
Please do what you can to expedite the dredging project in Sunset Beach. I am
extremely concerned about the long-term financial impact on the Town of Sunset Beach
if this does not happen. We need the project to start as soon as possible. I don't live on
the island but know that dredging will positively affect the entire town, residents, and
visitors. PLEASE let's get this done!
Thank you!!
Denise Williams
301 Waterway Dr. SW
Sunset Beach, NC
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 10:51 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Re: Sunset Beach Dredging Project
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macpherson aoncden r.c ovov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: Dave Doria [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 12:18 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: [e-mail]; Susan Doria <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Re: Sunset Beach Dredging Project
Hello, re -sending since I had an incorrect email address for Tara. Thank you
On Mon, Aug 10, 2020, 3:02 PM Dave Doria <did218aemail.com> wrote:
Hello Tara, my wife Susan and I are at 410 Sailfish St on a canal lot and would like to strongly support
dredging for the following reasons.
• One of the main reasons we purchased on the canal was for the water access for our own use but also for
resale value in the future. All island property values will decline without navigable waters.
• There are safety concerns when navigating at low tide and getting stuck and trying to move boats and
kayaks off of sand bars.
• To protect the shell life habitat and ecosystem for marine life due to loss of habitat due to shallow
waters.
• There will be no motivation to invest in maintaining the sea wall or docks if the canals and waterways
are no longer navigable.
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Needless to say, the overall negative impact to the economy and businesses related to water activities will also
result in lower property values.
Thank you for your consideration and timely support of the needed permits.
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Weychert, Curtis R
From:
MacPherson, Tara
Sent:
Wednesday, August 12, 2020 10:50 AM
To:
Simmons, Christy
Cc:
Weychert, Curtis R
Subject:
RE: [External] SSB Dredging Permit
That would be great, thank you!
I am copying Curt so he is in the loop
Thanks,
Tara
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macPherson (o)ncdenn oov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Simmons, Christy
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 2:36 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: Simmons, Christy <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [External] SSB Dredging Permit
Hi Tara,
We can announce it via press release and have comments sent to the [e-mail] email. Just let me
know when you're ready for me to send something out.
Do you want me to respond directly to Mr. Hilderman?
Christy S.
From: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 3:46 PM
To: Simmons, Christy <[e-mail]>
Subject: FW: [External] SSB Dredging Permit
Forwarding this one to you to answer0
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
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NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macpherson((Incdenr.cov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: [e-mail] Imailto:[e-mail]
Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 3:46 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <tara.macpherson ncdenr.gov>
Cc: Richard Hilderman <richardhilderman([e-mail]>; Davis, Braxton C <[e-mail]>; Jacqueline
Trovato <[e-mail]>; Nina Marable <[e-mail]>; Ted <[e-mail]>; Rich Cerrato
<[e-mail]>; Gary Merritt <[e-mail]>; Kerr! Allen <[e-mail]>; John Wells
<[e-mail]>; John Pagels <*[e-mail]>; Marc Kaplan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [External] SSB Dredging Permit
Where will you announce the public comment period?
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 7, 2020, at 3:37 PM, "MacPherson, Tara" <tara.macroherson0.ncdenr.gov> wrote:
Good Afternoon Mr. Hilderman,
The application isn't yet complete, but once it is accepted and begins review we will announce the
public comment period along with instructions on where the comments should be submitted.
Thank You,
Tara
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macpherson(o)ncd en r.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Richard Hilderman [mailto:[e-mail]
Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 1:12 PM
To: Davis, Braxton C <Braxton. Davis@ NCDEN R.Gov>; MacPherson, Tara
<[e-mail]>; Richard Hilderman <[e-mail]>
Cc: Jacqueline Trovato <[e-mail]>; Nina Marable <[e-mail]>; Ted
<[e-mail]>; Rich Cerrato <[e-mail]>; Gary Merritt <[e-mail]>; Kerri
Allen <[e-mail]>; John Wells <[e-mail]>; John Pagels <[e-mail]>; Marc
Kaplan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] SSB Dredging Permit
'Dr. Davis and Ms. MacPherson
At the SSB Council meeting last night Mr. Neal.announced the SSB dredging permit has been
resubmitted and the public comment period has been activated. Citizens would like to know the
dates of the public comment period and whom to send their comments to. Can you help me get
this information to the citizens?
Richard Hilderman, Ph.D.
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 10:49 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Dredging at Sunset Beach, NC
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
[e-mail]
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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to third parties.
-----Original Message ----
From: Tony DelDuca [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 2:54 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: [External] Dredging at Sunset Beach, NC
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This has gone on long enough. I cannot dock a boat behind my house because at low tide, my dock is sitting in mud.
Years ago, I was able to go flounder fishing behind my house but now the fish are gone. At low tide, there is a mountain
of sand at the mouth of South links Creek that will strand your boat until high tide. What is it that I'm missing?
I fully support the dredging of the feeder canals, the bay, Mary's Creek, South links Creek and North links Creek. I can't
believe .you are even questioning the need for immediate action. Additionally, 1 fully support the disposal of beach
compatible sand in the designated areas of the ocean.
I fully understand that I, as a homeowner on the bay, will be responsible for a portion of the expense.
Please approve this project IMMEDIATELY....
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Tony DelDuca
1303 Canal Dr. & 1606 Canal Dr.
Sunset Beach, NC
[phone]
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 10:40 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Support of dredging at Sunset Beach
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macohersortZricden r. oov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: Teresa Maness [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 10:17 AM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>; Lisa Anglin <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Support of dredging at Sunset Beach
Dear Ms MacPherson,
I first want to thank you for your work on this project and for taking the time to read my letter. My name is
Teresa Maness and I am a your
at 1609 Canal Drive, Sunset Beach. I am writing to you today to express
my utmost support of dredging in the proposed areas at Sunset Beach.
I have been to a council meeting and listened to several online and I have read the opposition comments. I don't
believe there is a wrong and a right in this situation. As I have stated in my comments before, I strongly urge all
involved to work together and proceed with dredging but in the correct manner as deemed by the professional
involved. I believe there is a way to dredge and be environmentally friendly at the same time. -
Below are several key issues that reiterate the urgent need for dredging. We have waited too long and we need
to address this problem as soon as possible.
***Navigation — the finger canals, the feeder canal, South Jinks Creek, and the Back Bay area are rapidly
filling with sand making navigation at low tide impossible and even at high tide nearly impossible; the
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only channel to the Back Bay area will be completely closed within a few months preventing access to
and from the ICW
***Marine Life — these waters have historically been one of the best areas for shellfish and other marine
life; have experienced a dramatic decline in marine life as a result of diminished water flow; a significant
reduction in fishing, bait fish, and other popular species
***Safety — with the conditions of the waters boats and even kayaks are getting stuck on a regular and daily
basis including experienced boaters; boaters have been stuck for hours especially when they get stuck at
a falling tide; someone will get seriously hurt if nothing is done; most of the boats in this area are small
flat bottom boats
***Property Values — values will decline without navigable waters including those properties on the waters
as well as not on the water; the economic impact is real and will occur at a rapid pace; already seeing
homes taking longer to sell and at reduced prices compared to Ocean Isle Beach, NC
I strongly support the dredging project at Sunset Beach and the nearshore placement that is routinely used by
USACE.
Thank you and have a good day.
Teresa Maness
Homeowner at 1609 Canal Drive
Sunset Beach, NC
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Weychert, Curtis R
From: MacPherson, Tara
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 10:11 AM
To: Weychert, Curtis R
Subject: FW: [External] Sunset Beach dredging support
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tar@.macpherson(i5)ncdenr.gov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington; NC 28405
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North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: Brad Moock [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 8:27 AM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Sunset Beach dredging support
We have written numerous letters of support as this process has unfolded over the past few years. Without extensive
reiteration, let me simply say it is time to move forward and put this behind us. The need is clear, and the appropriate
vetting has occurred. Funding is in place, and if not approved and move forward now that could all change and have
detrimental impact on the community and safety of those in the area. Dredging is effectively and responsibly done all
up and down the coast, and while I respect the environmental opposition these waterways need regular maintenance
for the purpose for which they were intended.
Thank you for your support.
Brad and Nina Moock
415 Marlin Street
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Weychert, Curtis R
From:
MacPherson, Tara
Sent:
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 9:37 AM
To:
Weychert, Curtis R
Subject:
Fwd: [External] SSB Dredging Permit
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From: Richard Hilderman <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 8:15:37 PM
To: MacPherson, Tara <[e-mail]>; Richard Hilderman <[e-mail]>
Cc: Davis, Braxton C<[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [External] SSB Dredging Permit
Per my request below. Can 1 be added to a list where CAMA informs citizens when the public comment period for the
SSB project will begin and to whom to I send comments?
Richard Hilderman, Ph.D.
On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 7:33 PM <[e-mail]> wrote:
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From:. [e-mail]
Date: August 7, 2020 at 3:45`:34 PM EDT
To: "MacPherson, Tara" <[e-mail]>
Cc: Richard Hilderman <[e-mail]>, "Davis, Braxton C"
<[e-mail]>, Jacqueline Trovato <[e-mail]>, Nina Marable
<[e-mail]>, Ted <[e-mail]>, Rich Cerrato <[e-mail]>, Gary Merritt
<[e-mail]>, Kerri Allen <[e-mail]>, John Wells <[e-mail]>, John
Pagels <[e-mail]>, Marc Kaplan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [External] SSB Dredging Permit
Where will you announce the public comment period?
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 7, 2020, at 3:37 PM, "MacPherson, Tara" <[e-mail]> wrote:
Good Afternoon Mr. Hilderman,
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The application isn't yet complete, but once it is accepted and begins review we will
announce the public comment period along with instructions on where the comments
should be submitted.
Thank You,
Tara
Tara MacPherson
Wilmington Region District Manager
NC Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
910 796-7266 office
910 395-3964 fax
tara. macpherson Cc)ncden r. oov
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
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From: Richard Hilderman [maiIto: richardhilderman@gmail coml
Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 1:12 PM
To: Davis, Braxton C <Braxton.Davis @NCDENR.Gov>; MacPherson, Tara
<[e-mail]>; Richard Hilderman <[e-mail]>
Cc: Jacqueline Trovato <[e-mail]>; Nina Marable <[e-mail]>; Ted
<[e-mail]>; Rich Cerrato <[e-mail]>; Gary Merritt
<[e-mail]>; Kerri Allen <[e-mail]>; John Wells
<[e-mail]>; John Pagels <[e-mail]>; Marc Kaplan
<[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] SSB Dredging Permit
Dr. Davis and Ms. MacPherson
At the SSB Council meeting last night Mr. Neal announced the SSB dredging permit has
been resubmitted and the public comment period has been activated. Citizens would
like to know the dates of the public comment period and whom to send their
comments to. Can you help me get this information to the citizens?
Richard Hilderman, Ph.D.
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