54-16 Town of Emerald Isle

Permit Class Permit Number
NEW 54-16
STATE OF NORTH C.AROLINA
Department of Environmental Quality
and
Coastal Resources Commission
for
X Major Development in an Area of Environmental Concern
pursuant to NCGS I I3A-1 18
X Excavation and/or filling pursuant to NCGS 113-229
,.Issued to Town of Emerald Isle, 7500 Emerald Drive, Emerald .Isle, NC 28594
'Authorizing development in Carteret County at the Atlantic Ocean, Bogue Inlet, AIWW Crossing, & the
oceanfront shoreline of Emerald Isle as requested in the permittee's application dated 3/3/15, including attached
wodcplan drawings (7) as referenced in Condition No. I below.
This permit, issued on May 6, 2016 , is subject to compliance with the application (where consistent
with the permit), all applicable regulations, special conditions and notes set forth below. Any violation of these terms may
be subject to fines, imprisonment or civil action; or may cause the permit to be null and void.
1) IJuiess :specifically altered herein, all development shall be carried out in accordance with the
attached worITIan drawings (7), labeled Figure 2, dated 5/4/15; `Attachment 3.1, Items 2-8", Items
2-3, dated 8/1 /13; Items 4, dated 7/25/14; Item 5, dated 5/25/12; Item 6, undated; Item 8, dated
l eceived DCM Wilmington 5/12/15; and AEC Hazard Notice dated 3/3115.
2) in order to protect threatened and endangered species and to minimize adverse impacts to offshore,
nearshore. intertidal and beach resources, no excavation or beach nourishment activities, including
mobilization and demobilization, shall occur from April I to November 15 of any year without prior
approval from the Division of Coastal Management in consultation with the Division of Marine
Fisheries, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers.
(See attached sheets for Additional Conditions)
This permit action may be appealed by the permittee or
-other qualified persons within twenty (20) days of the issuing
date.
This permit must be accessible on -site to Department
personnel when the project is inspected for compliance.
Anv maintenance work or project modification not covered
hereunder requires further Division approval.
All work must cease when the permit expires on
December 31, 2019
In, issuing this permit, the State of North Carolina agrees
that your project is consistent with the North Carolina Coastal
'Management Program.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of DE:Q and the
Chairman of the Coastal Resources Commission.
Braxtor yDavis, Director
ision of Coastal Management.
This permit and its conditions are hereby accepted.
Signature of Permittee

Town of Emerald Isle
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
Excavation
Permit No. 54-16
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3) All excavation shall take place entirely within the areas indicated on the attached workplan drawings.
4) Excavation shall not exceed -8' MLW (with a maximum 2' overdredge allowance) in Bogue Inlet,
-6'MLW in the connecting channel (with a maximum 2' overdredge allowance), and -12' MLW at the
AIWW crossing (with a maximum 2' overdredge allowance).
5) The temporary placement or double -handling of excavated or fill materials within waters or vegetated
wetlands is not authorized.
Beach Nourishment
6) This permit authorizes beach nourishment activities to be carried out one (1) time along the entire reach
of the requested project area. Any request to carry out additional activities within an area where
nourishment activities have been completed under this permit shall require a modification of this permit.
7) Prior to any nourishment activities occurring between April 1 and October 31 of any year, the Division
of Marine Fisheries, Shellfish Sanitation Section shall be notified so that any necessary swimming
advisories may be posted.
8) Prior to initiation of beach nourishment activity along each section of beach, the existing mean high
water line shall be surveyed, and a copy of the survey provided to the Division of Coastal Management.
NOTE: The permittee is advised that the State of North Carolina claims title to all currently submerged
lands and any future lands that are raised above the mean high water level as a result of this
project.
9) Prior to the initiation of beach nourishment activity on a specific property, easements or similar legal
instruments shall be obtained from the impacted property owner(s).
10) Prior to the initiation of any single event that is considered by the rules of the Coastal Resources
Commission to be a large-scale beach nourishment activity (currently defined as any volume of
sediment greater than 300,000 cubic yards), the permittee shall coordinate with the Division of Coastal
Management to determine the static vegetation line that shall be used as the reference point for
measuring future oceanfront setbacks. The static vegetation line, which is defined as the vegetation line
that existed within one year prior to the onset of initial project construction, shall be established using
on -ground observation and survey or aerial imagery. This static vegetation line shall then be marked and
a survey depicting this static vegetation line shall be submitted to the Division of Coastal Management
prior to any large-scale beach nourishment activities.
11) Temporary dikes shall be used to retain and direct flow of material parallel to the shoreline to minimize
surf zone turbidities. The temporary dikes shall be removed and the beach graded in accordance with
approved profiles upon completion of pumping activities in that particular section of beach.

y Town of Emerald Isle
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ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
Permit No. 54-16
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12) Should dredging operations encounter sand deemed non compatible with 15A NCAC 07H .0312
(Technical Standards for Beach Fill Projects), the dredge operator shall immediately cease operation and
contact the Division of Coastal Management and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers- Wilmington District
Office. Dredge operations shall resume after resolution of the issue of sand compatibility.
13) In order to prevent leakage, dredge pipes shall be routinely inspected. If leakage is found and repairs
cannot be made immediately, pumping of material shall stop until such leaks are fixed. .
l4) Once a section is complete, piping and heavy equipment shall be removed or shifted to a new section
' and the area graded and dressed to final approved slopes.
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15) Land -based equipment necessary for beach nourishment work shall be brought to the site through
t existing accesses. Should the work result in any damage to existing accesses, the accesses shall be
1 restored to pre -project conditions immediately upon project completion in that specific area.
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NOTE: The permittee is advised that any new access site would require a modification of this permit.
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16Y Dune disturbance shall be kept to a minimum. Any alteration of existing dunes shall be coordinated with
the Division of Coastal Management as well as the appropriate property owner(s). All disturbed areas
shall be restored to original contours and configuration and shall be revegetated immediately following
project completion in that specific area.
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"17)" Where oceanfront development exists at elevations nearly equal to that of the native beach, a low
protective dune shall be pushed up along the backbeach to prevent slurry from draining towards the
development.
Spoil Disposal (Non -Beach Compatible Material)
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18) All non -beach compatible material shall be confined above normal high water and landward of regularly
or irregularly flooded marsh behind adequate dikes or other retaining structures to prevent spillover of
solids into any marsh or surrounding waters.
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.19) The disposal area effluent shall be contained by pipe, trough, or similar device to a point at or beyond
the normal high water to prevent gully erosion and unnecessary siltation.
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_:: _ 20) The terminal end of the pipeline shall be positioned at or greater than 50 feet from any part of the dike
and a maximum distance from spillways to allow settlement of suspended sediments.
1.21), A water control structure shall be installed at the intake end of the effluent pipe to assure compliance
i with water quality standards.
22) The diked disposal area shall be constructed a sufficient distance from the normal high water or any
marsh to eliminate the possibility of dike erosion into surrounding wetlands or waters.
"23) The spoil area shall be inspected and approved by the Division of Coastal Management prior to the
�' beginning of any dredge activities.

Town of Emerald Isle
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
Cultural Resource Protection
Permit No. 54-16
Page 4 of 7
24) The permittee shall exercise all precautions to avoid damage to any potential historic structures or
shipwrecks. If such materials are encountered, the permittee shall immediately stop work and notify the
N.C. Division of Coastal Management at [phone] and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at (910)
251-4170.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Conditions
25) Dredging activities authorized by this permit shall not in any way interfere with the operations of the
Corps' civil works dredging and navigation projects.
26) All mechanized equipment will be regularly inspected and maintained to prevent contamination of
waters and wetlands from fuels, lubricants, hydraulic fluids, or other toxic materials. In the event of a
spill of petroleum products or any other hazardous waste, the permittee shall immediately report it to the
N.C. Division of Water Resources at [phone], and the North Carolina Emergency Management
Office at 1-800-858-0368, and provisions of the North Carolina Oil Pollution and Hazardous Substances
Control Act will be followed.
27) The permittee shall advise the Wilmington District, Regulatory Division in writing at least 30 days prior
to beginning the work authorized by this permit. The contractor's name, phone number, and address,
including any inspector's contact name and phone number shall be provided to the Wilmington District
prior to any work.
28) Violations of these conditions or violations of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act or Section 10 of the
Rivers and Harbors Act shall be reported in writing to the Wilmington Regulatory Field Office, Attn:
Mr. Tyler Crumbley, Wilmington District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 69 Darlington Avenue,
Wilmington, NC 28403 within 24 hours of the permittee's discovery of the violation.
29) The permittee, upon receipt of a notice of revocation of this permit or upon its expiration before
completion of the work will, without expense to the United States and in such time and manner as the
Secretary of the Army or his authorized representative may direct, restore the water or wetland to its pre -
project condition.
30) Prior to the commencement of construction of the authorized dredging or other work within the right-of-
way of, or in proximity to, a federally maintained navigation channel, the permittee shall obtain all
necessary Consents to cross Government Easement from the Corps' Real Estate Division. The Real
Estate Division may be contacted at: CESAS-RE-MC, 69 Darlington Avenue, Wilmington, North
Carolina 28403-1343, tel. [phone].
31) Activities proposed within the Corps Easements for use of Disposal Areas may require approval prior to
construction. Prior to commencing work associated with improvements or disposal on any designated
Disposal Area, the permittee shall coordinate with the Corps of Engineers, Real Estate Division for any
approvals needed to perform work within the Corps easement. The Real Estate Division may be
contacted at CESAS-RE-MC, 69 Darlington Avenue, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403-1343, tel. 910-
251-4474.

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Town of Emerald Isle Permit No. 54-16
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ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
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j 32) In issuing this permit, the Federal Government does not assume any liability for: a) Damages to the
permitted project or uses thereof as a result of other permitted or unpermitted activities or from natural
t causes; b) Damages to the permitted project or uses thereof as a result of current or future Federal
activities initiated on behalf of the general public; c) Damages to other permitted or unpermitted
Y> activities or structures caused by the authorized activity; d) Design and construction deficiencies
s; associated with the permitted work; e) Damage claims associated with any future modification,
suspension, or revocation of this permit.
33) The permittee understands and agrees that, if future operations by the United States require the removal,
t relocation, or other alteration, of the structure or work herein authorized, or if, in the opinion of the
Secretary of the Army, or his authorized representative, said structure or work shall cause unreasonable
i" obstruction to the free navigation of the navigable waters, the permittee will be required, upon due
' notice from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to remove, relocate, or alter the structural work or
t' obstructions caused thereby, without expense to the United States. No claim shall be made against the
United States or the State of North Carolina on account of any such removal, relocation, or alteration.
+ 34) The permittee shall notify NOAA/National Ocean Service Chief Source Data Unit N CS261, 1315 E
West HWY- RM 7316, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 at least two (2) weeks prior to beginning work
and upon completion of work.
'- 3.6) Should Federal Aids to Navigation need to be relocated to facilitate this operation, 30 days' notice is
f_. requested. The request will be sent to the Coast Guard District Five Office at:
4, USCG District Five (DPW)
431 Crawford Street
-'" Portsmouth, VA 23704
Or Email:
[e-mail]
=: 36) To address concerns from the United States Coast Guard: The following information shall be provided
10 days prior to dredge operations or any other activity that impacts the safe navigation on federal
waterways commences:
a) Dates (inclusive of operation).
b) Hours of operation (24 hours/daylight hours only).
c) Names of the involved vessels(s).
d) Working and standby frequencies.
e) Specific location (Mile Marker/Channel).
f) Any specific instruction or concerns that would be pertinent to the mariner. (Note: We can only
provide information. We cannot direct the movements of vessels. We urge the mariner to adhere
to the requested actions.)
Submit the information to:
F USCG Sector NC Waterways Division
721 Medical Center Drive
i Wilmington, NC 28401
Or Email:
NCmarineevents a,usce mil

Town of Emerald Isle Permit No. 54-16 +
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ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
37) The permittee shall install and maintain, at his expense, any signal lights and signals prescribed by the
U.S. Coast Guard, through regulations or otherwise, on authorized facilities. For further information,
the permittee should contact the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office at telephone, [phone].
38) The permittee shall obtain any necessary authorizations or approvals from the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers prior to initiation of any permitted activity. Unless altered by a specific Condition of this
Permit, the permittee shall adhere to all conditions on the Federal approval, including, but not limited to,
the attached list of terms and conditions relating to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological
Opinion, Essential Fish Habitat, and Hopper Dredging (SARBO).
NOTE: Should the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers modify one or more of the terms and conditions
referenced in Condition No. 38 of this Permit, this change to the terms and conditions shall be
considered to be officially incorporated into this Permit upon written notification to the Division
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, provided that this change is not in conflict with a specific
Condition of this Permit.
General
39) This permit shall not be assigned, transferred, sold or otherwise disposed of to a third party without the
written approval of the Division of Coastal Management.
40) In order to ensure compliance with the conditions of this Permit, and in order to ensure that each
proposed excavation event follows the limits of the natural deep water channel, the permittee and his
contractor shall schedule a pre -construction conference with the Division of Coastal Management, the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, and N.C. Division of Water
Resources prior to the initiation of any dredging or mobilization activities. In order to facilitate these
discussions a complete set of project plans shall be provided to all listed agencies at the time of each
request for a pre -construction conference.
41) The authorized project shall not interfere with the public's right to free navigation on all navigable
waters of the United States. No attempt will be made by the permittee to prevent the full and free use by
the public of all navigable waters at or adjacent to the authorized work for reason other than safety.
42) No sand shall be placed on any sand bags that have been determined by the Division of Coastal
Management to be subject to removal under 15A NCAC 07H .0308(a)(2). In order to ensure
compliance with this condition, the Division of Coastal Management shall be contacted at (910) 796-
7215 prior to project initiation so that Division staff may meet on site with the permittee and/or
contractor.
NOTE: The permittee is advised that the Division of Coastal Management shall regulate the removal of
existing sandbags and the placement of new sandbags in accordance with 15A NCAC 07H
.0308(a)(2), or in accordance with any variances granted by the N.C. Coastal Resources
Commission.
43) This permit does not authorize any permanent or long-term interference with the public's right of access
and/or usage of all State lands and waters.

Town of Emerald Isle
ADDTTIONAL CONDITIONS
Permit No. 54-16
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44) The permittee shall make every effort possible to minimize any negative impacts of trucks and
construction equipment on roadway and pedestrian traffic. The permittee should also ensure that the
ability of individuals to access and enjoy the beach is not impeded outside of the construction limits.
45) The N.C. Division of Water Resources has authorized the proposed project under DWR Project No.
1998-1292 V2, which was issued on 7/20/15. Any violation of the Water Quality Certification shall also
be considered a violation of this CAMA Permit.
NOTE: This permit does not eliminate the need to obtain any additional state, federal or local permits,
approvals or authorizations that may be required.
NOTE: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has assigned the proposed project Action ID No. SAW-2014-
02004.

DCM Coordinator:
Permit #• 3_q_ /b
MAILING
DISTRMUTION SHEET
Permitee• Cu/n
Agents:
DCM Field Offices
Elizabeth City (with revised work plan drawings)
Morehead City
Washington
Wilmington
US ACOE Offices:
Washington: Raleigh Bland
William Westcott (NC DOT)
Bill Biddlecome (NC DOT)
Wilmington: Tyler Crumbley
Liz Hare
Cultural Resources: Renee Gledhill -Early
Public Water Supply: Heide Cox (WIRO)
Joey White (WARD)
DCM/ Shane Staples
Fisheries Specialist Gregg Bodnar
NC DOT: Ben Hughes
DMF/
Shellfish Sanitation: Shannon Jenkins
State Property: Tim Walton
Water Resources: Karen Higgins (Raleigh)
John Hennessy (NC DOT)
Washington: Anthony Scarbraugh-401
Wilmington: Joanne Steenhuis — 401
Chad Coburn - 401
DEMLR
Washington: Scott Vinson-Stormwater
Wilmington: Georgette Scott- Stormwater
Wildlife Resources: Maria Dunn
LPO:
Fax Distribution: Permitee
Agent #:.

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Coastal Management
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
May 16, 2016
Town of Emerald Isle
7500 Emerald Drive
Emerald Isle, N.C. 28594
Dear Sir or Madam:
PAT MCCRORY
Governor
DONALD R. VAN DER VAART
secretary
BRAXTON DAVIS
Director
The enclosed permit constitutes authorization under the Coastal Area Management Act, and
where applicable, the State Dredge and Fill Law, for you to proceed with your project proposal. The
original (buff -colored form) is retained by you and it must be available on site when the project is
inspected for compliance. Please sign both the original and the copy and return the copy to this office in
the enclosed envelope. Signing the permit and proceeding means you have waived your right of appeal
described below.
If you object to the permit or any of the conditions, you may request a hearing pursuant to NCGS
113A-121.1 or 113-229. Your petition for a hearing must be filed in accordance with NCGS Chapter
150B with the Office of Administrative Hearings, 6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27611-6714,
[phone] within twenty (20) days of this decision on your permit. You should also be aware that
another qualified party may submit an objection to the issuance of this permit within twenty (20) days.
The project plan is subject to those conditions appearing on the permit form. Otherwise, all work
must be carried out in accordance with your application. Modifications, time extensions, and future
maintenance requires additional approval. Please read your permit carefully prior to starting work and
review all project plans, as approved. If you are having the work done by a contractor, it would be to your
benefit to be sure that he fully understands all permit requirements.
From time to time, Department personnel will visit the project site. To facilitate this review, we
request that you complete and mail the enclosed Notice Card just prior to work initiation. However, if
questions arise concerning permit conditions, environmental safeguards, or problem areas, you may
contact Department personnel at any time for assistance. By working in accordance with the permit, you
will be helping to protect our vitally important coastal resources.
Enclosure
Sincerely,
Youglas V. Hugg�t/
Major Permits Manager
N.C. Division of Coastal Management
Nothing Compares
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Coastal Management
400 Commerce Avenue I Morehead City, NC 28557
252-808-2808 T

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USFWS BIOLOGICAL OPINION
These terms and conditions are non -discretionary. Unless addressed specifically below, the
terms and conditions are applicable for the maintenance dredging and placement of sand for each
project, for the life of each permit.
Terms and Conditions — All Species
23. For the life of the permit, all sand placement activities above MHW must be conducted
within the winter work window (November 16 to April 30), unless necessitated by an
emergency condition and allowed after consultation with the Service.
24. Prior to sand placement, all derelict material, large amounts of rock, or other debris must
be removed from the beach to the maximum extent possible.
25. Conservation Measures included in the permit applications/project plans must be
implemented in the proposed project. If a Reasonable and Prudent Measure (RPM) and
Term and Condition address the same requirement, the requirements of the RPM and
Term and Condition take precedent over the Conservation Measure.
26. Predator -proof trash receptacles must be installed and maintained during construction at
all beach access points used for the project construction and any maintenance events, to
minimize the potential for attracting predators of piping plovers, red knots, and sea
turtles. All contractors conducting the work must provide predator -proof trash
receptacles for the construction workers. All contractors and their employees must be
briefed on the importance of not littering and keeping the Action Area free of trash and
debris. See the Appendix for examples of suitable receptacles.
27. Pipeline placement must be coordinated with NCDCM, the Corps, the Service's Raleigh
Field Office, and the NCWRC.
28. Access points for construction vehicles should be as close to the project site as possible.
Construction vehicle travel down the beach should be limited to the maximum extent
possible.

Terms and Conditions — Piping Plovers and Red Knots
29. All personnel involved in the construction or sand placement process along the beach
shall be aware of the potential presence of piping plovers and red knots. Before start of
work each morning, a visual survey must be conducted in the area of work for that day, to
determine if piping plovers and red knots are present. Construction operations shall not begin
until individual piping plovers or red knots have exited the work are for the day.
Terms and Conditions — Sea Turtles
30. Only beach compatible fill shall be placed on the beach or in any associated dune
system. Beach compatible fill must be sand that is similar to a native beach in the
vicinity of the site that has not been affected by prior sand placement activity. Beach
compatible fill must be sand comprised solely of natural sediment and shell material,
containing no construction debris, toxic material, large amounts of rock, or other foreign
matter. The beach compatible fill must be similar in both color and grain size distribution
(sand grain frequency, mean and median grain size and sorting coefficient) to the native
material in the Action Area. Beach compatible fill is material that maintains the general
character and functionality of the material occurring on the beach and in the adjacent
dune and coastal system. In general, fill material that meets the requirements of the North
Carolina Technical Standards for Beach Fill (15A NCAC 07H .0312) is considered
compatible.
31. During dredging operations, material placed on the beach shall be inspected daily to
ensure compatibility. If the inspection process finds that non -beach compatible material,
including large amounts of shell or rock exceeding the state sediment criteria (15A
NCAC 07H .0312), is or has been placed on the beach, all work shall stop immediately,
and the NCDCM and the Corps will be notified by the permittee and/or its contractors to
determine the appropriate plan of action.
32. Sea turtle nesting surveys must be conducted within the project area between May I and
November 15 of each year, for at least two consecutive nesting seasons after completion
of sand placement (2 years post -construction monitoring). Acquisition of readily
available sea turtle nesting data from qualified sources (volunteer organizations, other
agencies, etc.) is acceptable. However, in the event that data from other sources cannot
be acquired, the permittee will be responsible to collect the data. Data collected by the
permittee for each nest should include, at a minimum, the information in the table, below.
This information will be provided to the Raleigh Field Office in the annual report, and
will be used to periodically assess the cumulative effects of these projects on sea turtle

nesting and hatchling production and monitor suitability of post construction beaches for
nesting. Please see REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, below.
Parameter
Measurement
Variable
Number of False
Visual Assessment of
Number/location of false crawls in nourished
Crawls
all false crawls
areas; any interaction of turtles with obstructions,
such as sand bags or scarps, should be noted.
False Crawl
Categorization of the
Number in each of the following categories:
Type
stage at which nesting
a) Emergence - no digging;
was abandoned
b) Preliminary body pit;
c) Abandoned egg chamber.
Nests
Number
The number of sea turtle nests in nourished areas
should be noted. If possible, the location of all
sea turtle nests should be marked on a project
map, and approximate distance to scarps or
sandbags measured in meters. Any abnormal
cavity morphologies should be reported as well
as whether turtle touched sandbags or scarps
during nest excavation.
Nests
Lost Nests
The number of nests lost to inundation or erosion
or the number with lost markers.
Nests
Relocated nests
The number of nests relocated and a map of the
relocation area(s). The number of successfully
hatched eggs per relocated nest.
Lighting Impacts
Disoriented sea turtles
The number of disoriented hatchlings and adults.
33. Visual surveys for escarpments along the Action Area must be made immediately after
completion of sand placement, and within 30 days prior to May 1, for two subsequent
years after any construction or sand placement event. Escarpments that interfere with sea
turtle nesting or that exceed 18 inches in height for a distance of 100 feet must be leveled
and the beach profile must be reconfigured to minimize scarp formation by the dates
listed above. Any escarpment removal must be reported by location. The Service must
be contacted immediately if subsequent reformation of escarpments that interfere with sea
turtle nesting or that exceed 18 inches in height for a distance of 100 feet occurs during
the nesting and hatching season to determine the appropriate action to be taken. If it is

determined that escarpment leveling is required during the nesting or hatching season, the
Service orNCWRC will provide a brief written authorization within 30 days that
describes methods to be used to reduce the likelihood of impacting existing nests. An
annual summary of escarpment surveys and actions taken must be submitted to the
Service's Raleigh Field Office.
34. Sand compaction must be evaluated at least twice after each sand placement event, once
in the project area immediately after completion of any sand placement event and once
after project completion between October 1 and May 1. Out -year compaction inspections
and remediation are not required if the placed material no longer remains on the dry
beach. Within 7 days of completion of sand placement and prior to any tilling (if needed),
a field meeting shall be held with the Service, NC WRC, and the Corps to inspect the
project area for compaction and determine whether tilling is needed.
a. If tilling is needed, the area must be tilled to a depth of 36 inches. All tilling
activities shall be completed prior to May 1 of any year.
b. Tilling must occur landward of the wrack line and avoid all vegetated areas that
are 3 square feet or greater, with a 3-foot buffer around all vegetation.
c. If tilling occurs during the shorebird nesting season (after April 1), shorebird
surveys are required prior to tilling per the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
d. A summary of the compaction assessments and the actions taken shall be
included in the annual report to NCDCM, the Corps, and the Service's Raleigh
Field Office.
e. These conditions will be evaluated and may be modified if necessary to address
and identify sand compaction problems.
35. A report describing the fate of sea turtle nests and hatchlings and any actions taken, must
be submitted to the Raleigh Field Office following completion of the proposed work for
each year when a sand placement activity has occurred. Please see REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS, below.
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
An annual report detailing the monitoring and survey data collected during the preceding year
(required in the above Terms and Conditions) and summarizing all piping plover, red knot, and
sea turtle data must be provided to the Raleigh Field Office by January 31 of each year for review
and comment. In addition, any information or data related to a conservation measure or
recommendation that is implemented should be included in the annual report. The contact for
these reporting requirements is:

Pete Benjamin, Supervisor
Raleigh Field Office
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Post Office Box 33726
Raleigh, North Carolina 27636-3726
[phone]
Upon locating a dead, injured, or sick individual of an endangered or threatened species, initial
notification must be made to the Service's Law Enforcement Office below. Additional
notification must be made to the Raleigh Ecological Services Field Office identified above and to
the NCWRC at [phone]. Care should be taken in handling sick or injured individuals and
in the preservation of specimens in the best possible state for later analysis of cause of death or
injury.
Jason Keith
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
551-F Pylon Drive
Raleigh, NC 27606
[phone], extension 34
ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT
36. (This condition is not applicable to this project).
37. (This condition is not applicable to this project).
HOPPER DREDGING NMFS (SARBO)
38.
a. Hopper dredging is being approved under the South Atlantic Regional Biological
Opinion (SARBO) dated 1997, which can be viewed on the ERDC web site at the
following link: http://el.erdc.usace. army.mil/seaturtles/refs-bo.cfm. If the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District is contracted to perform the work and utilizes
the vessels MERRITT, CURRITUCK, or MURDEN, these dredge plants shall be subject
to the attached supplemental consultation to the SARBO (dated 9 March 1999) which
stipulates the equipment/operational standards of the SAW Shallow Draft Dredging
Fleet.
b. The SARBO includes an Incidental Take Statement (ITS) issued to the Corps.
Under the SARBO/ITS, incidental takes are authorized on a Fiscal Year (FY) (October
- September 30) basis to be meted out by the Division Commander, South Atlantic
Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the southeastern United States for Corps

civil and military projects. The Permittee is hereby advised to avoid any incidental take,
in that such take may trigger the cessation of hopper dredging for the remainder of that
FY. The Permittee understands and agrees that, even where it is in full compliance with
the terms and conditions of the SARBO/ITS, incidental take by the Permittee may require
suspension of the permit by the Corps. The amount of incidental take that will trigger
suspension, and the need for any such suspension, shall be determined at the discretion of
the Corps. The Permittee understands and agrees on behalf of itself, its agents,
contractors, and other representatives, that no claim, legal action in equity or for damages,
adjustment, or other entitlement against the Corps shall arise as a result of such
suspension or related action.
C. The Permittee shall immediately notify the Corps Regulatory Project Manager that
an incidental take has occurred. The Regulatory Project Manager responsible for this
project is Mr. Tyler Crumbley who may be contacted at the Wilmington Regulatory Field
Office, 69 Darlington Avenue, Wilmington NC 28403, and by telephone at (910) 251-
4170, or e-mail [e-mail]. Dredging operations shall immediately
cease upon incidental take of any sea turtle species or Atlantic Sturgeon, which is not
covered under the SARBO but is addressed in a 7(a)(2)/7(d) letter, until the District
Commander, or his designee, notifies the Permittee to resume dredging. The Sea Turtle
or Atlantic sturgeon incidental take data form will be filled out by the Observer within 6
hours of the take event and e-mailed in pdf format to [e-mail] and
the Regulatory Project Manager. In accordance with the RBO, all hopper dredges shall
have an Observer on board who meets the guidelines as established on the website listed
in Special Condition 46 below.
39. Pre -Dredging Submittals.
a. No dredging shall be performed by a hopper dredge without the inclusion of a rigid
sea turtle deflector device. The Permittee shall electronically submit drawings to the
Regulatory Project Manager prior to commencement of dredging, showing the proposed
device and its attachment. These drawings shall include the approach angle for any and
all depths to be dredged during the dredging. The Permittee shall not commence hopper
dredging until approval of the sea turtle deflector device has been granted by the Corps.
b. The Permittee shall electronically submit detailed drawings showing the proposed drag
head grating system(s) and drag head(s), and documentation that supports grate sizing
such as dredge pump manufacturer's recommended maximum particle size dimension(s),
etc.
c. The Permittee shall electronically submit an operational plan to achieve protection of
sea turtles during the hopper dredging operation. These operational procedures are
intended to stress the importance of balancing the suction pipe densities and velocities in
order to keep from taking sea turtles.
d. During turning operations the pumps must either be shut off or reduced in speed to the
point where no suction velocity or vacuum exists. No dredging work shall be allowed to
commence until approval of the turtle deflector device has been granted by the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District. Sample Turtle Deflector Design Details are
available on the website listed in Special Condition 46. A copy of the approved drawings
and calculations shall be available on the vessel during dredging operations.
40. Pre -Dredging Inspection. Within 3 days from the date of initiating the authorized work, the
Permittee shall provide to the Corps, the completed Hopper Dredge Startup Inspection Checklist
form with a written notification of the date of commencement of work authorized by this permit.
An inspection of the hopper dredge will be scheduled and performed by the Wilmington District
inspector after receipt of the notification of commencement. Inspection checklists are located on
the website listed in Special Condition 46 below.
41. Hopper Dredge Equipment. Hopper dredge drag heads shall be equipped with sea turtle
deflectors which are rigidly attached. Deflectors shall be solid with no openings in the face. No
dredging shall be performed by a hopper dredge without an installed turtle deflector device
approved by the District inspector. Sample Turtle Deflector Design Details are on the web site
indicated in Special Condition number 46 below.
a. Deflector Design.
(1) The leading V-shaped portion of the deflector shall have an included angle of less
than 90 degrees. Internal reinforcement shall be installed in the deflector to prevent
structural failure of the device. The leading edge of the deflector shall be designed to
have a plowing effect of at least 6 inches in depth when the drag head is being operated.
Appropriate instrumentation or indicator shall be used and kept in proper calibration to
insure the critical "approach angle." (Information Only Note: The design "approach
angle", or the angle of lower drag head pipe relative to the average sediment plane, is very
important to the proper operation of a deflector. If the lower drag head pipe angle in
actual dredging conditions varies tremendously from the design angle of approach used in
the development of the deflector, the 6-inch plowing effect does not occur. Therefore,
every effort should be made to insure this design "approach angle" is maintained with the
lower drag pipe.)
(2) If adjustable depth deflectors are installed, they shall be solidly attached to the drag
head using either a hinged aft attachment point or an aft trunnion attachment point in
association with an adjustable pin front attachment point or cable front attachment point
with a stop set to obtain the 6-inch plowing effect. This arrangement allows fine-tuning
the 6-inch plowing effect for varying depths. After the deflector is properly adjusted
there shall be no openings between the deflector and the drag head that are more than 4-
inches by 4-inches.
b. In -flow Baskets and overflow screening.
(1) The Permittee shall ensure that baskets or screening are installed over the hopper
inflow(s) and overflow (s) with no greater than 4-inch by 4-inch openings. The method
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selected shall depend on the construction of the dredge used and shall be approved by the
District inspector prior to commencement of dredging. The screening shall provide 100%
screening of the hopper inflow(s) and overflow(s). The screens and/or baskets shall
remain in place throughout the performance of the work. The turtle deflector device and
inflow/overflow screens shall be maintained in operational condition for the entire
dredging operation. If during dredging operations, the Permittee cannot meet the
requirements of the inflow and overflow screening, the Regulatory Project Manager shall
be contacted immediately.
(2) The Permittee shall install and maintain floodlights suitable for illumination of the
baskets or screening to allow the Observer to safely monitor the hopper baskets or
screening during non -daylight hours or other periods of poor visibility. Safe access shall
be provided to the inflow and overflow baskets or screens to allow the Observer to
inspect for turtles and Atlantic sturgeons, or parts thereof, clean the baskets or screens for
the next loading cycle, and document any screening deficiencies. During periods of time
when observers are performing inspections of inflow and overflow baskets or screening,
proper lockout/tag out procedures and fall protection shall be implemented.
c. Drag head grating.
(1) Drag head grating may be used to prevent over -sized objects (relative to respective pump
and distribution system designs) from reaching and becoming lodged or damaging, the dredge
pump and/or slurry distribution system. The Permittee may not use a drag head grating system
that would prevent turtle remains from entering the hopper inflow screening. Detailed drawings
showing the proposed drag head grating system(s) and drag head(s), and documentation that
supports grate sizing (such as dredge pump manufacturer's recommended maximum particle size
dimension(s), etc.) shall be submitted. No dredging shall begin until the District inspector has
approved all grating and screening.
42. Hopper Dredge Operation.
a. The Permittee shall operate the hopper dredge to minimize the possibility of taking sea
turtles or sturgeon and to comply with the requirements stated in the Incidental Take Statement
provided by the NMFS in its SARBO.
b. The turtle deflector device and inflow/overflow screens shall be maintained in operational
condition for the entire dredging operation.
c. When initiating dredging, suction through the drag heads shall be allowed just long enough
to prime the pumps, and then the drag heads must be placed firmly on the bottom. When lifting
the drag heads from the bottom, suction through the drag heads shall be allowed just long enough
to clear the lines, and then must cease. Pumping water through the drag heads shall cease while
maneuvering or during travel to/from the disposal area. If the required dredging section includes
compacted fine sands or stiff clays, a properly configured arrangement of teeth may enhance
dredge efficiency, which reduces total dredging hours, and turtle takes. The operation of a drag
head with teeth must be monitored for each dredged section to insure that excessive material is
not forced into the suction line. When excess high -density material enters the suction line,
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suction velocities drop to extremely low levels causing conditions for plugging of the suction
pipe. Dredge operators should configure and operate their equipment to eliminate all low-level
suction velocities. Pipe plugging in the past was easily corrected, when low suction velocities
occurred, by raising the drag head off the bottom until the suction velocities increased to an
appropriate level. Pipe plugging cannot be corrected by raising the drag head off the bottom.
Arrangements of teeth and/or the reconfiguration of teeth should be made during the dredging
process to optimize the suction velocities.
d. Raising the drag head off the bottom to increase suction velocities is not acceptable. The
primary adjustment for providing additional mixing water to the suction line should be through
water ports. To insure that suction velocities do not drop below appropriate levels, the Permittee
shall monitor production meters throughout the.job and adjust primarily the number and opening
sizes of water ports. Water port openings on top of the drag head or on raised standpipes above
the drag head shall be screened before they are utilized on the dredging project. If a dredge
section includes sandy shoals on one end of a tract line and mud sediments on the other end of
the tract line, the equipment shall be adjusted to eliminate drag head pick-ups to clear the suction
line.
e. The drag head shall be buried a minimum of 6 inches in the sediment at all times to
maintain drag head efficacy in reducing incidental takes. Maximum borrow area dredge depths
identified in the attached plans shall not be exceeded to achieve this effective plowing depth.
f. During turning operations the pumps must either be shut off or reduced in speed to the
point where no suction velocity or vacuum exists.
43. Dredging Quality Management. Dredging and dredged material disposal and monitoring of
dredging projects using the Dredging Quality'Management (DQM) system shall be implemented
for this DA permit. The Permittee shall ensure that each hopper dredge assigned to the work
authorized by this DA permit is equipped with DQM, previously known as `Silent Inspector', for
hopper dredge monitoring. The Permittee's DQM system must have been certified by the DQM
Support Team within one calendar year prior to the initiation of the dredging/disposal. Questions
regarding certification should be addressed to the DQM Support Center at 251-690-3011.
Additional information about the DQM System can be found at http://dgm.usace.army.mil. The
Permittee is responsible for insuring that the DQM system is operational throughout the dredging
and disposal project and that project data are submitted to the DQM National Support Center in
accordance with the specifications provided at the aforementioned website. The permittee shall
contact the National Dredging Quality Management (DQM) program
(http://dgm.usace.army.inil ) to assure that project information is loaded and data is being
appropriately transferred prior to project commencement.
44. Sea Turtle Non -Capture Trawl Sweeping. In order to minimize or reduce taking of turtles
during dredging, non -capture trawling may be required if the Corps determines that it is
necessary to reduce entrainment risk. This type of trawling is designed to use non -capture type
trawling equipment to sweep in the proximity of the dredging operations in order to stimulate sea
turtles to move out of the dredge path. No sea turtles will be captured using this trawling
technique. Non -capture trawl sweeping may be performed 48 hours prior to initiating dredging
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and may continue throughout dredging operations. Conduct non -capture trawl sweeping
operations in the vicinity of dredge operations, but maintain a safe distance from the dredge.
Trawl equipment used (e.g. trawling nets) and trawl sweeping operations shall be conducted such
that no sea turtles or other marine organism by -catch are captured. As much as possible, non -
capture trawl sweeping shall be conducted to maximize the amount of time during each 24-hour
trawl day that the trawl equipment (e.g. trawling nets) sweeps the bottom sediment in the vicinity
of the dredging operation (i.e. maximize the bottom time with the trawling equipment). Such
trawling in the vicinity of the dredge shall be conducted continuously, stopping after every 4 to 6
hours to check the condition of the trawl equipment and assure that no turtles have been
captured.
a. Non -capture Trawl Sweeping Period. Non -capture trawl sweeping shall be conducted as
described below:
(1) A day of non -capture trawl sweeping shall be defined as 24 hours of continuous trawling.
(2) Non -capture trawl sweeping may be conducted as 24-hours of trawling as a continuous
trawl; however, two separate crews must be available on board to work two 12-hour shifts.
b. Turtle Handling and Endangered Species Permits. No sea turtles are to be intentionally
captured during non -capture trawl sweeping operations. No endangered species permits to handle
sea turtles are required for non -capture trawl sweeping. Should a sea turtle become entangled in
the trawling nets; the nearest marine facility must be notified for arrangements to be made to
transfer the animal as needed.
c. Reporting. A daily log will be kept for each non -capture trawl sweeping operations. The
non -capture trawl sweeping log will be submitted to the Regulatory Project Manager at the
completion of the project. Data to be included with this log daily will include:
(1) GIS coordinate of trawl locations at the start and end of each sweep.
(2) Times recorded for the duration of each trawl sweep.
(3) Description of dredge proximity during each sweep.
(4) General notes as appropriate (e.g. condition of equipment at the end of each sweep,
snags occurring during each sweep, incidental debris, etc.).
(5) Water Quality and Physical Measurements: Water temperature measurements shall be
taken at the water surface each day using a laboratory thermometer. Weather conditions shall be
recorded from visual observations and instruments on the trawler. Weather conditions, air
temperature, wind velocity and direction, high and low tides, sea state -wave height, and
precipitation shall be recorded on the Trawling Form on the web site indicated in Special
Condition 46 below.
a. Non -Capture Trawl Sweeping Equipment: To reduce the chances of sea turtles
becoming entangled and caught in the net webbing during non -capture trawl
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sweeping, the Contractor shall use standard flat -style shrimp trawling nets. Nets shall
have one to two-inch webbing holes, the webbing should be made of nylon material
(preferably dipped.)
The bag end of these nets shall be completely cut out so that the nets remaining on
the rigging are approximately 30 to 50-feet long. The nets shall be long enough to
provide a trailing length of net in the water to "stimulate turtles" to move but not
be long enough to be able to twist when: 1) being pulled in the water; 2) being
pulled up and onto the deck; 3) the vessel is stationary; or 4) the trawl vessel turns
while trawling. This net length may be shorter or longer depending on the
specific configurations of the trawler and its rigging, but must be set up to
specifically prevent the twisting of the net. The nets should be installed and
adjusted such that organisms are not being collected (turtles and other by -catch).
2. The bag end of the nets shall be cut away to create a large open end on the nets.
The webbing shall be monitored so that tears and rips do not occur in the
remaining webbing that might entangle and capture organisms (particularly
turtles).
To ensure that the lead line and mouth of the trawl nets maintain contact with the
seafloor as best as possible, the lead line of each net shall be rigged with weights,
mud rollers, tickler chains and/or trawling cookies (as appropriate for the
environmental conditions and sediment type).
For the first 48 hours after beginning non -capture trawling operations, pull and check the nets
every hour to evaluate and document the:
a. Status of the nets (particularly twisting of the tail end)
b. Net contents (turtles and other by catch)
and, after the first 48-hours and appropriate net configuration has been established, gradually
increase trawling times to a maximum of 2-3-hours.
e. Trawler Equipment Breakdown: Should there be a breakdown of trawler equipment
that would cause the trawler to leave the area where dredging is underway during any period
of time when non -capture trawl sweeping is required, the dredge may continue to operate for
up to 48 hours, as long as no turtles are taken, and subject to the discretion of the Regulatory
Project Manager. Should there be dangerously high seas that would cause the trawler to leave
the dredging area when non -capture trawl sweeping is required, the dredge may continue to
operate, as long as no turtles are taken; subject to the discretion of the Project Manager.
45. Endangered Species Observers: During dredging operations, observers approved by the
NMFS for sea turtles, Atlantic sturgeon and whales shall be aboard to monitor for the presence of
the species. Observer coverage shall be 100 percent (24hr/day) and shall be conducted year
round. During transit to and from the disposal area, the observer shall monitor from the bridge
during daylight hours for the presence of endangered species, especially the Northern right whale,
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during the period December through March. Records shall be kept of the date, time, and
approximate location of all marine mammal sightings. Care shall be taken not to closely
approach any whales or manatees observed during dredging. The observer shall serve as a
lookout to alert the vessel pilot of the occurrence of these animals. If any are observed, collisions
shall be avoided either through reduced vessel speed, course alteration, or both. During the
evening hours, when there is limited visibility due to fog, or when there are sea states of greater
than Beaufort 3, the dredge must slow down to 5 knots or less when transiting between areas if
whales have been spotted within 15 nm of the vessel's path within 24 previous hours. If a right
whale is sighted, the dredge operator shall maintain a 500-yard buffer between the vessel and any
whale.
During dredging operations, while drag heads are submerged, the observer shall continuously
monitor the inflow and/or overflow screening for turtles and/or turtle parts and Atlantic sturgeon
and/or Atlantic sturgeon parts. Upon completion of each load cycle, drag heads should be
monitored as the drag head is lifted from the sea surface and is placed on the saddle in order to
assure that sea turtles that may be impinged within drag head are not lost and un-accounted for.
Observers shall physically inspect drag heads and inflow and overflow screening/boxes for
threatened and endangered species take. Other abiotic and biotic debris found in the screens
during their examination for sea turtle or sturgeon parts shall be recorded and then disposed of so
as not to impede the functioning of the screens during the next load cycle.
a. Monitoring Reports. The results of the monitoring shall be recorded on the appropriate
observation sheets. There is a sheet for each load, a daily summary sheet, and a weekly summary
sheet. In addition, there will be a post dredging summary sheet. Observations sheets will be
completed regardless of whether any takes of Atlantic sturgeon, whales, or sea turtles occur. In
the event of any sea turtle or Atlantic Sturgeon take by the dredge, appropriate incident reporting
forms shall be completed. Additionally, all specimens shall be photographed with a digital
camera. These photographs shall be attached to respective reports for documentation. Dredging
of subsequent loads shall not commence until all appropriate reports are completed from the
previous dredging load to ensure completeness and thoroughness of documentation associated
with the incidental take. Reports shall be submitted to the Corps within 24-hours of the take.
Copies of the forms must be legible. Observer forms may be accessed on the web site indicated
in Special Condition 46 below.
b. Endangered Species Observer(s). A list of endangered species observer -biologists (ESOs)
that have been NMFS-approved to monitor threatened/endangered species takes by hopper
dredges can be obtained by contacting NOAA Fisheries' Southeast Region, Protected Resources
Division.
b. The Permittee shall provide a digital camera, with an image resolution capabilit)
of at least 300 dpi, in order to photographically report all incidental takes, without
regard to species, during dredging operations. Immediately following the incidental
take of any threatened or endangered species, images shall be provided, via email,
CD, DVD, or USB (thumb/flash/jump drive) to the Contracting Officer's
Representative in a .JPG or .TIF format and shall accompany incidental take forms.
The nature of findings shall be fully described in the incidental take forms including
references to photographs.
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46. Manatee, Sea Turtle, Atlantic Sturgeon and Whale Sighting Reports. Any take concerning a
manatee, sea hurtle, Atlantic sturgeon, or whale; or sighting of any injured or incapacitated
manatees, sea turtles, or whales shall be reported immediately to the Corps by notifying the
personnel indicated in the list in Condition 38 above. A copy of the incidental take report shall
be provided within 24 hours of the incident. The Permittee shall also immediately report any
collision with and/or injury to a manatee to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National
Marine Fisheries Service, and North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. If a sea turtle
and/or Atlantic sturgeon is taken by the dredge (live or dead), the Permittee shall email a PDF
version of the incidental take report to NOAA-Fisheries Southeast Region at the following email
address within 24 hours of the take: [e-mail], also providing a copy to the
Regulatory Project Manager.
47. Disposition of Sea Turtles or Turtle Parts.
a. Turtles taken by hopper dredge
(1) Dead turtles - Upon removal of sea turtle and/or parts from the drag head or screening,
observers shall take photographs to sufficiently document major characteristics of the turtle or
turtle parts including but not limited to dorsal, ventral, anterior, and posterior views. For all
photographs taken, a backdrop shall be prepared to document the dredge name, observer
company name, contract title, time, date, species, load number, location of dredging, and specific
location taken (drag head, screening, etc.). Carcass/turtle parts shall also be scanned for flipper
and Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags. Any identified tags shall be recorded on the "Sea
Turtle Incidental Take Form" that is included in the "Endangered Species Observer Program
Forms" located on the web site indicated in Special Condition number 46 above. Turtle parts
which cannot be positively identified to species shall be preserved by the observer(s) for later
identification. A tissue sample shall be collected from any lethally taken sea turtle and submitted
under the process stated in the Protocol for Collecting Tissue Samples from Turtles for Genetic
Analysis found in the website listed in Special Condition 46 above. All genetic samples
collected shall be submitted to NMFS within 30-days of collection and verification of submittal
to NMFS shall be provided to the Regulatory Project Manager. After all data collection is
complete, the sea turtle parts shall be placed in plastic bags, labeled as to the time, date, and
dredged reach of collection, kept frozen and transported to the National Marine Fisheries Service
Laboratory in Beaufort, North Carolina. If no local facility is capable of receiving the sea
turtle/parts, they should be marked (spray paint works well), weighted down and disposed of
under the direction of the Regulatory Project Manager.
(2) Live Turtles - Observer(s) shall measure, weigh, scan for Passive Integrated Transponder
(PIT) tags, and photograph any live turtle(s) incidentally taken by the dredge. If no tagging was
identified, observers shall tag the turtle using Iconnel flipper and PIT tags if they are qualified to
do so. Observer(s) or their authorized representative shall coordinate with the Regulatory Project
Manager to transport, as soon as possible, the live turtle(s) taken by the dredge to an approved
rehabilitation facility in the project area.
48. Report Submission. The Permittee shall maintain a log detailing all incidents, including
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sightings, collisions with, injuries, or killing of manatees, sea turtles, Atlantic sturgeon, or whales
occurring during the contract period. The data shall be recorded on forms available on the
website as indicated in Special Condition number 46. All data in original form shall be
forwarded directly to Wilmington District within 10 days of collection. Following project
completion, a report summarizing the above incidents and sightings shall be submitted to the
following:
a. Wilmington District Regulatory Contact: [e-mail]
b. South Atlantic Dredging Projects: [e-mail]
c. National Marine Fisheries Service
Protected Species Management Branch
263 13th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
d. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Matthew Godfrey
307 Live Oak Street
Beaufort, North Carolina 28516
49. All necessary precautions and measures will be implemented so that any activity will not
kill, injure, capture, pursue, harass, or otherwise harm any protected federally listed species (sea
turtles, whales, manatee, Atlantic sturgeon, and piping plover). While accomplishing the
authorized work, if the Permittee discovers or observes a damaged or hurt listed endangered or
threatened species, the Corps will be immediately notified so that required coordination can be
initiated with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and/or the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS).
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n DCM MP-1 APPLICATION FOR MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PERMIT
The local stakeholders for five inlets on the southeast North Carolina coast are submitting a N.C. Coastal Area
Management Act (CAMA) Major Permit application to the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (NCDENR) Division of Coastal Management (DCM) for conducting maintenance dredging for
navigation (the Proposed Action). The permit application is a joint application for the state and federal
approvals required to conduct the Proposed Action. Issuance of a General Permit 291 from the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers (USACE) Wilmington District is anticipated for the Proposed Action.
The Proposed Action consists of maintenance dredging and beneficial placement at five inlets and associated
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIW W) crossings: Bogue, New Topsail, Carolina Beach, Lockwoods Folly, and
Shallotte River Inlet (Figure 1). With the exception of Shallotte River Inlet which is a federally -authorized
Coastal Storm Damage Reduction (CSDR) borrow area, these inlets are federally -authorized shallow -draft inlets,
and are referred to as "the SDI-5" in this application for convenience. The applicants are the five local
governments adjacent to the inlets (listed below), who wish to obtain major CAMA permits to continue the
ongoing federal navigation maintenance dredging program at the inlets.and the AIW W crossings, which is
currently conducted by the USACE Wilmington District The federal program has been authorized and
conducted since at least 1982, and is currently funded by the State of North Carolina, or a combination of State
and local funds. Should the USACE Wilmington District be unable to perform the program for some reason, the
local governments need to have the requisite permits to continue year-round navigation maintenance in the
inlets, which are critical to local commerce and recreation. Additional project information is provided in Section
6.A of this application.
The project areas for each inlet are depicted on Figures 2 through 6. The maintenance dredging project areas,
depths, and dimensions will mimic the federally -authorized projects at each inlet In addition to the federally -
authorized beneficial placement areas, placement areas from CAMA-permitted local projects are included in the
1 Proposed Action. The beneficial placement areas from local projects are described in Form MP-2, Section 2; and
are labeled on Figures 2 through 6.
As a result of the ongoing nature of stakeholder projects at the SDI-5, many studies of environmental effects
have been conducted over time. These existing studies have been obtained and summarized in the assessments
provided with this permit application. Electronic copies of these studies can be provided upon request
Because this application includes five applicants, the standard CAMA permit application form has not been used,
but has instead been adapted into the following sections, which are organized and numbered in accordance with
permit application forms MP-1 and MP-2. As appropriate, permit application sections are replicated where
inlet -specific information must be provided, or are combined if the information to be provided applies to allof
the inlets.
1.0 PRIMARY APPLICANT/LANDOWNER INFORMATION RECEIVED
1.1 BOGUE INLET
APR 10 2015
Business Name(s):
Town of Emerald Isle DCM✓-NIHD COY
Applicant Name:
Frank Rush, Jr., Town Manager
Address:
7500 Emerald Drive
City, State, Zip:
Emerald Isle, NC 28594
Phone Number:
252-354-3424
Fax Number:
252-354-5068
E-mail Address:
[e-mail]
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1.2 NEW TOPSAIL INLET
Business Name: Town of Topsail Beach
Applicant Name: Tim Holloman, Town Manager
Address: 820 S. Anderson
City, State, Zip: Topsail Beach, NC 28465
Phone Number: 910-328-5841 x 226
Fax Number: 910-328-1560
E-mail Address: tQwnmanager(&topsailbeachor
Applicants
Alternate Contact: Mayor Howard Braxton
1.3 CAROLINA BEACH INLET
Business Name:
New Hanover County
Applicant Name:
Chris Coudriet, County Manager
Address:
230 Government Center Drive
City, State, Zip:
Wilmington, NC 28403
Phone Number:
930-798-7104
Fax Number:
910-798-7051
Applicants
Contact:
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3'fO , Jr.,H. Layton BedsoleEM; Shore Protection Coordinator
E-mail Address:
[e-mail]
1.4 LOCKWOODS FOLLY INLET APR 1 01015
Business Name: Town of Holden Beach
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Applicant Name: David Hewett, Town Manager
Address:
PO Box 449
City, State, Zip:
Supply, NC 28462
Phone Number:
910-842-6488
Fax Number:
910-842-9315
E-mail Address:
[e-mail]
Applicants
Contact:
Christy Ferguson
E-mail Address:
[e-mail]
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1.5 SHALLOTTE RIVER INLET i`
Business Name: Town of Ocean Isle Beach
Applicant Name: Debbie Smith (Town Mayor)
Address: 3 West Third Street
City, State, Zip:
Ocean Isle Beach, NC 28469
Phone Number:
910-579-2166
Fax Number:
910-579-8804
E-mail Address: [e-mail]
Applicants Daisy Ivey, Town Manager
Contact:
E-mail Address: [e-mail]
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RECEIVED
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DCM-MHD CITY
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1 1 2.0 AGENT/CONTRACTOR INFORMATION
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Signed agent authorization forms for each applicant are provided as Attachment 1. The authorized agent for the
permit application is as follows:
O'Brien & Gere Engineers, Inc.
Daniel Ramsay
3214 Charles B. Root Wynd, Suite 130
Raleigh, NC 27612, USA
Phone: [phone]
Fax:[phone]
[e-mail]
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3.0 PROJECT LOCATION
3.2 HOGUE INLET
County:
Carteret
Location:
Hogue Inlet, Hogue Inlet Connecting Channel, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
(AIWW) Crossing
City, State, Zip:
Emerald Isle, NC 28594
a) In which NC river basin is the project located?
White Oak
b) Name of body of water nearest to proposed project
Hogue Inlet, Atlantic Ocean, AIW W, .
White Oak River
c) Is the water body identified in (b) above, natural or manmade?
0 Natural EI Manmade ❑ Unknown
d) Name the closest major water body to the proposed project site.
Hogue Inlet, Atlantic Ocean
e) Is proposed work within city limits or planning jurisdiction?
0 Yes ❑ No
f) If applicable, list the planning jurisdiction or city limit the
proposed work falls within.
Town of Emerald Isle and Carteret Co.
3.2 NEW TOPSAIL INLET
County:
Pender
Location:
New Topsail Inlet, Topsail Creek, Banks Channel, AIW W Crossing
City, State, Zip:
Topsail Beach, NC 28465
a) In which NC river basin is the project located?
Cape Fear
b) Name of body of water nearest to proposed project
New Topsail Inlet, Atlantic Ocean,
Topsail Creek, AIW W, Black Mud
Channel, Banks Channel
c) Is the water body identified in (b) above, natural or manmade?
0 Natural 0 Manmade ❑ Unknown
d) Name the closest major water body to the proposed project site.
New Topsail Inlet, Atlantic Ocean
e) Is proposed work within city limits or planning jurisdiction?
0 Yes ❑ No
f) If applicable, list the planning jurisdiction or city limit the
proposed work falls within.
Town of Topsail Beach
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3.3 CAROLINA BEACH INLET
County:
New Hanover
Location:
Carolina Beach Inlet,AIWW Crossing
City, State, Zip:
Vicinity of Carolina Beach, NC 28428
a) In which NC river basin is the project located?
Cape Fear
b) Name of body of water nearest to proposed project
Carolina Beach Inlet, Atlantic Ocean,
AIWW
c) Is the water body identified in (b) above, natural or manmade?
0 Natural Eel Manmade ❑ Unknown
d) Name the closest major water body to the proposed project site.
Carolina Beach Inlet, Atlantic Ocean
e) Is proposed work within city limits or planning jurisdiction?
El Yes ❑ No
f) If applicable, list\the planning jurisdiction or city limit the
proposed work falls within.
New Hanover County
3.4 LOCKWOODS FOLLY INLET
County:
Brunswick
Location:
Lockwoods Folly Inlet, AIW W Crossing
City, State, Zip:
Holden Beach, NC 28462
a) In which NC river basin is the project located?
Lumber'
b) Name of body of water nearest to proposed project
Lockwoods Folly Inlet, Atlantic Ocean,
Lockwoods Folly River, AIW W, Eastern
Channel
c) Is the water body identified in (b) above, natural or manmade?
EJ Natural Q Manmade ❑ Unknown
d) Name the closest major water body to the proposed project site.
Lockwoods Folly Inlet, Atlantic Ocean
e) Is proposed work within city limits or planning jurisdiction?
El Yes ❑ No
t) If(applicable, list the planning jurisdiction or city limit the
proposed work falls within.
Town of Holden Beach
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n 3.5 SHALLOTTE RIVER INLET
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County:
Brunswick
Location:
Shallotte River Inlet, AIW W Crossing
City, State, Zip:
Ocean Isle Beach, NC 20469
a) In which NC river basin is the project located?
Lumber
b) Name of body of water nearest to proposed project
Shallotte River Inlet, Atlantic Ocean,
AIW W, Shallotte River
c) Is the water body identified in (b) above, natural or manmade?
0 Natural EI Manmade ❑ Unknown
d) Name the closest major water body to the proposed project site.
Shallotte River Inlet, Atlantic Ocean
e) Is proposed work within city limits or planning jurisdiction?
0 Yes ❑ No
f) If applicable, list the planning jurisdiction or city limit the
proposed work falls within.
Town of Ocean Isle Beach
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n4.0 SITE DESCRIPTION
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4.1 BOGUE INLET
a)
Total length of shoreline on the tract (it): Varies
b)
Size of entire tract (sq. ft):
Varies
c)
Size of individual lot(s):
NA
d)
Approximate elevation of tract above NHW (normal high water) or NWL
(normal water level) Top of berm at -+6 It NAVD 88 (USACE AIWW
❑ NHW or ❑ NWL
Crossing Placement) and -+7 ft NGVD-29 (Bogue Inlet Channel Erosion
NAVD88 and NGVD-29
Response Project)
e)
Vegetation on tract: Beach contains upland beach grasses and sedges
on dunes.
f)
Manmade features and uses now on tract: Man-made features include dune cross walks, vehicular
cross -avers, and sand fencing on the beach and channel markers within
the inlet. Uses include
recreational activities on the beach and commercial and recreational boating within the
proposed dredge channels.
.
g)
Identify and describe the existing land uses adfacen to the proposed project site: The existing land
uses adjacent to the proposed project include single and multifamily residential properties,
commercial businesses, and community access to the beach front.
h)
How does local government zone the tract?
Residential and
Commercial
i)
Is the proposed project consistent with the applicable zoning? (attach
zoning compliance certificate, if applicable)
0 Yes ❑ No ❑ NA
j)
Is the proposed activity part of an urban waterfront redevelopment
proposal:
J
❑ Yes Q No
k)
Has a professional archaeological assessment been done for the tract? (If
yes, attach a copy) By whom? See Attachment 5.1- Cultural Resource
m Yes ❑ No ❑ NA
Assessment
1)
Is the proposed project located in a National Registered Historic District or
does it involve a Natural Register listed or eligible property? See
❑ Yes 0 No ❑ NA
Attachment 5.1- Cultural Resource Assessment
m)
(i) Are there wetlands on the site?
❑ Yes El No
(ii) Are there coastal wetlands on the site?
❑ Yes ®No
(iii) If yes to either (i) or (ii) above, has the delineation been conducted?
(attach documentation, if available)
❑ Yes ❑ No
n)
Describe existing wastewater treatment facilities.
NA RECEIVED
o)
Describe existing drinking water supply source.
NA APR
10 2015
p)
Describe existing storm water management or treatment systems.
NA Derin_rcnmD
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' 4.2 NEW TOPSAIL INLET
a)
Total length of shoreline on the tract (ft): Varies
b)
Size of entire tract (sq. ft): Varies
c)
Size of individual lot(s):
NA
d)
Approximate elevation of tract above NHW (normal high water) or NWL
(normal water level): Top of berm at-+6 ftNGVD-29 (USACEAIWW
❑NHW or ❑NWL
Crossing Placement) and at -+5 ftNAVD88 (2011 Permit #22-09
NGVD-29 and NAVD88
Modification)
e)
Vegetation on tract: Beach contains upland beach grasses and sedges
on dunes.
f)
Manmade features and uses now on tract: Man-made features include dune cross walks, vehicidar
cross-overs, and sand fencing on the beach and channel markers within the inlet, Topsail Creek,
and Banks Channel. Uses include recreational activities on the beach and commercial and
recreational boating within the proposed dredge channels.
g)
Identify and describe the existing land usesadlacent to the proposed project site: Residential and
commercial development on Topsail Island. Natural wildlife preserve on Lea-Hutaff Island to the
south of New Topsail Inlet
h)
How does local government zone the tract?
Residential and Commercial
i)
Is the proposed project consistent with the applicable zoning?
(attach zoning compliance certificate, if applicable)
Q yes ❑ No ❑ NA
j)
Is the proposed activity part of an urban waterfront redevelopment
proposal:
❑ yes Q No
k)
Has a professional archaeological assessment been done for the
tract? (If yes, attach a copy) By whom? See Attachment 5.1-
Q Yes ❑ No ❑ NA
Cultural Resource Assessment
1)
Is the proposed project located in a National Registered Historic
District or does it involve a Natural Register listed or eligible
property?
❑ Yes Q No ❑ NA
See Attachment 5.1- Cultural Resource Assessment
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m)
(i) Are there wetlands on the site?
❑ Yes Q No
(ii) Are there coastal wetlands on the site?
[]Yes Q No
(III) If yes to either (i) or (ii) above, has the delineation been
conducted? (attach documentation, if available)
❑yes ❑ No
n)
Describe existing wastewater treatment facilities.
NA
o)
Describe existing drinking water supply source. NA
p)
Describe existing storm water management or treatment systems.
NA
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4.3 CAROLINA BEACH INLET
a) Total length of shoreline on the tract (ft):
Varies
b) Size of entire tract (sq. ft):
Varies
c) Size of individual lot(s):
NA
d) Approximate elevation of tract above NHW (normal high
❑ NHW or ❑ NWL
water) or NWL (normal water level): Top of Berm at,.+6 ft
NGVD-29
NGVD-29
e) Vegetation on tract: Beach contains upland beach grasses and sedges on dunes.
f) Manmade features and uses now on tract: The inlet is used for recreational and commercial boating
and fishing, and contains channel markers. The beachfront is utilized for recreational activities.
g) Identify and describe the existing land uses adjacen to the proposed project site: The existing land
uses adjacent to the proposed project include single and multifamily residential properties,
commercial businesses, and community access to the beach front The inlet and AIW W are used
for commercial and recreational boating and fishing.
h) How does local government zone the tract?
Multifamily (MIT), Tourist (17-1),
Residential R-1 , Conservation C
i) Is the proposed project consistent with the applicable zoning?
(attach zoning compliance certificate, if applicable)
0 yes ❑ No ❑ NA
j) Is the proposed activity part of an urban waterfront
redevelopment proposal:
El Yes 0 No
k) Has a professional archaeological assessment been done for
the tract? (If yes, attach a copy) By whom?
0 Yes ❑ No ❑ NA
See Attachment 5.17 Cultural Resource Assessment
1) Is the proposed project located in a National Registered
Historic District or does it involve a Natural Register listed or
eligible property? See Attachment 5.1- Cultural Resource
❑ yes 0 No ❑ NA
Assessment
m) (i) Are there wetlands on the site?
❑ Yes 0 No
(ii) Are there coastal wetlands on the site?
❑ Yes 0 No
(III) If yes to either (i) or (ii) above, has the delineation been
conducted? (attach documentation, if available)
❑ Yes ❑ No
n) Describe existing wastewater treatment facilities.
NA
o) Describe existing drinking water supply source.
NA
p) Describe existing storm water management or treatment
systems.
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4.4 LOCKWOODS FOLLY INLET
a) Total length of shoreline on the tract (ft): Varies
b) Size of entire tract (sq. ft): Varies
c) Size of individuallot(s):
NA
d) Approximate elevation of tract above NHW (normal high
water) or NWL (normal water level):
❑ NHW or ❑ NWL
Top of berm ranges from w+6.0 It NAVD 88 (USACB
NAVD88 and NGVD-29
AIW W Crossing, `Piggyback" Project Placement) to -+9.5
ft NGVD-29 (Holden Beach Central Reach)
e) Vegetation on tract: Beach contains upland beach grasses and sedges on dunes.
f) Manmade features and uses now on tract: The tract includes single and multifamily residential
homes, business and commercial uses. The beachfront is utilized for recreational activities, and
includes Holden Beach Pier. The inlet and AnVW are used for commercial and recreational
boating and contain channel marking.
g) Identify and describe the existing land uses adjacent to the proposed project site: The existing land
uses adjacent to the proposed project include single and multifamily residential properties,
commercial businesses, and community access to the beach front
h) How does local government zone the tract?
Residential/Multifamily/Commercial
i) Is the proposed project consistent with the applicable
EEI Yes ❑ No ❑ NA
zoning? (attach zoning compliance certificate, if applicable)
j) Is the proposed activity part of an urban waterfront
❑ yes O No
redevelopment proposal:
k) Has a professional archaeological assessment been done for
the tract? (If yes, attach a copy) By whom?
0 Yes ❑ No ❑ NA
See Attachment 5.1- Cultural Resource Assessment
1) Is the proposed project located in a National Registered
Historic District or does it involve a Natural Register listed or
❑ Yes Q No ❑ NA
eligible property?
See Attachment 5.1- Cultural Resource Assessment
m) (i) Are there wetlands on the site?
❑ Yes 0 No
(ii) Are there coastal wetlands on the site?
❑ Yes El No
(III) If yes to either (i) or (ii) above, has the delineation been
❑ Yes ❑ No
conducted? (attach documentation, if available)
n) Describe existing wastewater treatment facilities.
NA IVED
o) Describe existing drinking water supply source.
NA 013
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p) Describe existing storm water management or treatment systems. NA
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4.5 SHALLOTTE RIVER INLET
Total length of shoreline on the tract (ft): Varies
a Size of entire tracts . ft): Varies
b) Size of individual lot(s):
NA
c) Approximate elevation of tract above NHW (normal high water) or NWL
-
(normal water level): Top of Berm at -+6 ft NAVD88 (USACE AIW W
❑ NHW or ❑ NWL
Crossing Placement), -+7 it NGVD-29 (East End Project), and -+9.5 ft
NAVD88 and NGVD-29
NGVD-29 (CSDR Project)
d) Vegetation on tract: Beach contains upland beach grasses and sedges on
dunes.
e) Manmade features and uses now on tract: The tract includes single and multifamily residential
homes, business and commercial uses. The beachfront is utilized for recreational activities. The
inlet and AIW W are used for commercial and recreational boating, and contain channel markers.
t) Identify and describe the existing land uses adjacent to the proposed project site: The existing land
uses adjacent to the proposed project include single and multifamily residential properties,
commercial businesses, and community access to the beach front and AIW W.
g) How does local government zone the tract?
Residential
h) Is the proposed project consistent with the applicable zoning? (attach
zoning compliance certificate, if applicable)
Qyes ❑ No ❑ NA
i) Is the proposed activity part of an urban waterfront redevelopment
proposal:
❑yes Q No
j) Has a professional archaeological assessment been done for the tract? (If
yes, attach a copy) By whom?
Q Yes ❑ No ❑ NA
See Attachment 5.1- Cultural Resource Assessment
k) Is the proposed project located in a National Registered Historic District or
does it involve a Natural Register listed or eligible property?
❑ Yes Q No ❑ NA
See Attachment'S.1- Cultural Resource Assessment
I) (i) Are there wetlands on the site?
❑ Yes Q No
(ii) Are there coastal wetlands on the site?
❑ Yes Q No
(III) If yes to either (i) or (ii) above, has the delineation been conducted? (attach
documentation, if available)
❑yes ❑ No
m) Describe existing wastewater treatment facilities. NA
n) Describe existing drinking water supply source. NA
o) Describe existing storm water management or treatment systems.
NA
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5.0 ACTIVITIES AND IMPACTS
5.2 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MAINTENANCE DREDGING AND DISPOSAL ACTIVITIES
a) Will the project be for commercial, public, or
0 Commercial 0 public/Government Wrivate/Community
private use?
b) Give a brief description of purpose, use, and daily operations of the project when complete.
Bogue, Topsail, Carolina Beach, Lockwoods Folly, and Shallotte River Inlets are shallow -draft inlets that allow
for various -sized vessels to navigate from the AIW W to the Atlantic Ocean for commerce, fishing, and
recreation. Beach -quality material removed from the inlets that is beneficially placed on neighboring
beaches will maintain recreational beach area and provide storm protection to public and private
infrastructure. '
c) Describe the proposed construction methodology, types of construction equipment to be used during
construction, the number of each type of equipment and where it is to be stored.
For dredging with beneficial placement, typical beneficial placement methodology will be used, which
Includes using a cutterhead Hydraulic dredge and pipeline to convey sediment to the beach, and using
bulldozers, front-end loaders and other earth moving machinery to shape the sediment For dredging
without beneficial placement, dredges will be.selected based on the following criteria:
■ Appropriate draft for inlet & channels
■ Exclusionary fittings for sea turtles and sturgeon (if hopper dredges are used that have sufficient
suction head size and suction power to entrainfsea turtles and sturgeon)
■ Sea -worthy beyond international Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (referred to as
COLREGS) demarcation line.
d) List all development activities you propose.
Dredging of the SDI-S, connecting channels, and AIW W Crossings will result in beneficial placement on the
following beaches, using previously -authorized beneficial placement locations from USACE and locally -
permitted projects:
1. The Pointe at Emerald isle and Bogue Banks
2. Topsail Beach
3. Freeman Park (Carolina Beach)
4. Holden Beach
S. Ocean Isle Beach
e) Are the proposed activities maintenance of an existing project, new
0 Existing ❑ New ❑ Bath
work or both?
f) What is the approximate total disturbed land area resulting from the
❑ Sq. ft or ❑ Acres
proposed project? The actual disturbed land area will be a
summation of the locations within the channels that need to be
dredged for navigation at a given time, and the volume of that
material that is beneficially placed or disposed.
g) Will the proposed project encroach on any public easement, public
0 Yes ❑ No ❑ NA
accessway or other area that the public has established use of?
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The projects will entail maintenance of publicly -accessible
waterways and beneficial placement on public beaches.
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h) Describe location and type of existing and proposed discharges to waters of the state. Decanting of
dredged sand removed from the inlet/AIW W templates.
i) Will wastewater or stormwater be discharged into a wetland? ❑ Yes El No ❑ NA
If yes, will this discharged water be of the same salinity as the []Yes ❑ No 0 NA
receiving water?
j) Is there any mitigation proposed? (If yes, attach a mitigation ❑ Yes l7 No ❑ NA
proposal)
6.0 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
6.A. PROJECT NARRATIVE
Many of North Carolina's shallow draft inlets have not been in a Presidential budget since 2005 (e.g., Bogue,
Carolina Beach and Lockwoods Folly). The USACE Headquarters is also internally assessing the viability of
the side -cast dredge plant "Merritt"; the Corps' primary dredge plant for shallow draft inlet maintenance in
N.C. If North Carolina's shallow draft inlet maintenance dredging continues receiving limited or no support
within Presidential budgets, and USACE Headquarters fails to garner future fiscal support and potentially
determines the "Merritt" as non -viable, local stakeholders must have another alternative. One alternative is
for the local stakeholders adjoining the shallow draft inlets and AIW W crossing to contract the
maintenance dredging on their own. To do this, they would need authorizations (permits) allowing local
maintenance dredging within their specific AIW W crossings and inlets.
To this end, the local stakeholders for the SDI-5 are submitting this single NCDCM Major Permit application
for conducting maintenance dredging. )
The inlet project areas and applicants are described in the following table:
Table 6AI Project Summary
Project Area
Applicant
Bogue Inlet, Connecting Channel, AIWW Crossing
Town of Emerald Isle
New Topsail Inlet, Topsail Creek, Banks Channel, AIW W
Crossing
Town of Topsail Beach
Carolina Beach Inlet, AIW W Crossing
New Hanover County
Lockwoods Folly Inlet, AIW W Crossing
Town of Holden Beach
rShalloiie River Inlet Coastal Storm Damage Reduction
) Borrow Area, as well as the AIW W Crossing
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Town of Ocean Isle Beach
- • • �•• •••�,_• • _• ••••� 3F1k,11E.GL1U11 win serve as one umurella permit application for the processing of a RECEIVED
NCDCM Major Permit as well as other state and federal authorizations. The intended result is the
acquisition of locally held authorizations (NCDCM Major Per General Permit 291) for each inle�P� i (► jpjg
issued to each participating applicant.
The authorized maintenance dredging at each inlet would mimic the ongoing, ) approved USACE DCAn_MND CITY
maintenance dredging program for each inlet, which includes the AIW W crossings, connecting channels,
and the inlet throats out through the currently authorized USACE inlet linear distances beyond the
COLREGS line. The authorizations would include currently approved dredge material management
locations including shoreline beneficial placement, nearshore placement and/or upland confined disposal.
The project area for each inlet is depicted in Figures 2 through 6.
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As a result of the ongoing nature of local stakeholder projects, many studies of environmental effects have been
conducted over time. These existing studies have been obtained and summarized in the following assessments
provided with this permit application:
■ Cultural Resource Assessment - Attachment 5.1
■ Sediment Evaluation -Attachment 5.2
■ Supplemental Biological Assessment (BA) -Attachment 5.3
■ Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Summary - Attachment 5.4
Recommended conservation measures from the Supplemental BA and EFH Summary to minimize potential
effects to protected species and EFH are provided as Attachment 6 to this permit application.
6.B. WORK PLAT
Plan view and cross -sectional plans from the USACE Wilmington District are provided in Attachment 3 for the
existing dredging areas at each inlet and AIW W crossing. Plan view boundaries of existing shoreline beneficial
placement areas are provided in Attachment 3, with typical placement profiles. Existing upland disposal and
nearshore placement locations are provided in Figures 2 through 6. , '
6.C. LOCATION MAP
Site locations are depicted on Figures 1 through 6.
6.D. COPY OF THE DEED, EASEMENT STATEMENT
Easements for the beneficial placement locations and upland disposal locations have been'previously acquired
for the associated federal and local projects. The USACE and the applicants have the respective easements on
file. Should an easement to a property within the proposed disposal areas be found to be problematic or
deficient, the respective applicant will resolve the issue before beginning construction.
Before using the upland disposal sites, the applicants will obtain Consent Agreements from the USACE real
estate office that give the applicants authorization to use the sites. These documents will provide proof of real
estate interest in the disposal sites for the purposes of the CAMA major permit The USACE Wilmington District
does not require Consent Agreements for beneficial beach placement along federally -authorized shorefront
placement reaches or within federal Coastal Storm Damage Reduction beach placement project areas.
S.E. APPLICATION FEE
The application fee of $475 has been provided with the permit application.
6.F. ADJACENT WATERFRONT OWNERS AND PROOF OF NOTIFICATION.
The riparian property owner adjacent to the previously -authorized beneficial placement templates are
identified below, and have been notified. See Attachment 4 for notification and return receipts.
Bogue Inlet
Adjacent Waterfront Property
Adjacent Owner Mailing Address
Name:
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Hugh and Denise Donahue
Address:
115 Bogue Ct
4 Pheasant Lane, Chadds Ford, PA 19317
Phone
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Adjacent Owner Mailing Address
Name:
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Address:
Lea Island; PIN: 3291-94-5377-000
PO Box 1717, Virginia Beach, NC 23451
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Adjacent Owner Mailing Address
Name:
Milton Keener
Address:
N/A; Parcel ID: 233PB002
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Adjacent Waterfront Property
Adjacent Owner Mailing Address
Name:
Clayton J. Vance, Jr.
Address:
N/A; Parcel ID: 257FI006
3500 Ranlo Drive, Raleigh, NC 27612
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6.G. LIST OF PREVIOUS STATE OR FEDERAL PERMITS ISSUED FOR WORK ON THE PROJECT TRACT
6.G.1 Bogue Inlet
The following consistency determinations and concurrences have been issued for federal projects on the project
tract:
Description
Date
Purpose
The NC Department of Natural Resources &
1/12/1979 and
Inlet maintenance dredging
Community Development (NC DNR&CD) issued
1/24/1980
concurrence letters to the USACE Wilmington
t
District
The USACE Wilmington District 1983 Report on
1983
Construction and maintenance of the
Improvement of Navigation and EIS contains a
entrance channel across the ocean
consistency determination in Appendix E
bar at Bogue Inlet
The USACE Wilmington District submitted a
9/2/1983
Maintenance of the Bogue Inlet
consistency determination and concurrence to the
AIW W Crossing and upland disposal
NC DNR&CD
Consistency concurrence issued by the NCDCM
1/16/2009
Maintenance dredging with a
cutterhead hydraulic pipeline dredge
from the Atlantic Ocean through
Bogue Inlet to the AIW W.
In addition, the following state and federal permits have been issued to the Town of Emerald Isle for work on the
project tract:
Permit Number
Issuing Date
1. CAMA Major Permit #20-99
2/16/99
USACE #1999-00659, DWQ #98-1292
1/27/99
9/9/2004; renewed on 2/8/2008, Minor modifications on
10/10/2004,12/21/2004,2/8/2005,12/21/2005,05/07/2007,
2. CAMA Major Permit #127-04
6/19/2007,11/21/2007,11/25/2007, 10/8/2008, 3/28/2010,
11/21/2010, and 12/23/2010. Modification requested
10/17/2013.
DWQ Project# 041176
9/7/2004 RECEIVE
6.G.2 New Topsail inlet
APR 10 2015
The following consistency determinations and concurrences have been issued for federal projects on the project CITY
tract:
Description
Date
Purpose
NC DNR&CD issued concurrence letters to
1/12/1979 and
Inlet maintenance dredging
the USACE Wilmington District
1/24/1980
USACE Wilmington District consistency
2/25/1980
Maintenance of the New Topsail Inlet AIW W
determination
Crossing
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Description
Date
Purpose
USACE Wilmington District consistency
7/2/1980
Expansion of dredge area within New Topsail
determination
Inlet to include the connector channels west of
Banks Channel and Topsail Creek to the AIW W,
with nearshore disposal at the -10 ft mean low
water (MLW) contour.
Consistency concurrence from NC DNR &
7/16/1980
Dredging within New Topsail Inlet and nearshore
CD
disposal
USACE Wilmington District prepared a
9/15/1980
Use of an industry -owned dredge with nearshore
subsequent consistency determination
disposal at the -14 ft MLW contour.
USACE Wilmington District consistency
2/22/1982
Beach disposal of material dredged from Banks
determination
Channel
NC DNR&CD issued a consistency
2/25/1988
Maintenance dredging of the Topsail Inlet AIW W
concurrence letter for USACE Wilmington
Crossing
District consistency determination
In addition, the following state and federal permits have been issued to the Town of Topsail Beach for work on
the project tract:
Permit Number
Issuing Date '
1. CAMA Major Permit #22-09
2/27/2009, modified in 7/1/2009, 12/1/2010,
1/12/2011, 1/12/2014
USACE Action ID # SAW-2006-40848-071
6/15/2009
USACE Action ID # SAW-2013-00404
11/12/2013 R
DWQ Certification #3777
11/17/2010 \ DCM_
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6.13.3 Carolina Beach Inlet
The following consistency determinations and concurrences have been issued for federal projects on the project
tract:.
Description
Date
Purpose
USACE Wilmington District prepared
2/25/1980
Carolina Beach Inlet AIW W Crossing maintenance
consistency determination and submitted
project
to NC DNR&CD
USACE Wilmington District consistency
4/18/19 00
Construction and maintenance of Carolina Beach
determination letter submitted to NC
Inlet with nearshore disposal
DNR&CD
USACE Wilmington District submitted
February 1982
Include beach disposal on Masonboro Island
amendmentto April 18,1980 consistency
determination letter to NC DNR&CD
NC DNR & CD consistency concurrence
3/30/1987
Maintenance of the AIW W Crossing and beach
letter (references USACE Wilmington
disposal on Masonboro Island
District Consistency Determination CD
87-10
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In addition, the following state and federal permits have been issued to New Hanover County for work on the
project tract: ,
Permit Number
Issuing Date
DCM Permit #138-12
EiMires 12 31 2015
DWQ Certification #3900
DW Project#12-0868
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10 /2/2012
USACE Action ID # SAW-2010-01825
1 8 2013
6.G.4 Lockwoods Folly Inlet
The following consistency determinations and concurrences have been issued for federal projects on the project
tract:
Description
Date
Purpose
NC DNR&CD issued concurrence letters to
i/12/1979 and
Inlet maintenance dredging
the USACE Wilmington District
1/24/1980
USACE Wilmington District consistency
2/25/1980
Maintenance dredging within the AIW W at
determination
Lockwoods Folly Inlet
USACE Wilmington District consistency
8/4/1980
determination
Lockwoods Folly River AIW W Crossing project
(dredging and,upland disposal)
Consistency concurrence issued by
9/25/1980
NCDNR & CD
USACE Wilmington District consistency
9/29/19 44
determination
Adding an additional disposal area for dredging
Lockwoods Folly Inlet
Consistency concurrence issued by
7/16/1984
NCDNR & CD
,
U.� 1V21VW1L% bWLC diw,euerai permus nave peen issued to the Town of Holden Beach for work on
the project tract:
Permit Number
Issuing Date
1. CAMA DCM Permit #14-02
Issued 2/1/2002, Major Modification 7/10/2012,
Modification requested 12/20/2013
DWQ Certification #3780
(DWQ Project #20011836)
Issued 2/13/2009, Replaced 6/18/2012
USACE Action ID No. SAW-2012-00286
9/28/2012
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6.G.S Shallotte River Inlet
The following consistency determinations and concurrences have been issued for federal projects on the project
tract:
Description
bate
Purpose
USACE Wilmington District consistency
2/25/1980 and
Shallotte Inlet AIWW Crossing maintenance
determinations
6/29/1984
dredging project
NC DNR & CD issued consistency
concurrence
7/16/1984
Maintenance dredging in the vicinity of Holden
Beach
DCM issued state consistency
9/29/1997
Ocean Isle Beach coastal storm damage reduction
co
concurrence
project
In addition, the following state and federal permits have been issued to the Town of Ocean Isle Beach for work
on the project tract:
Permit Number
Issuing Date
CAMA Permit # 91-05
6/28/2005, modified 4/28/2006
DWQ Certification #3400 (DWQ Project No. 050487)
5/13/2005
USACE Department of the Army Permit #SAW-2005-00360
9/27/2005
6.1-1. SIGNED CONSULTANT OR AGENT AUTHORIZATION FORM
See Attachment 1
6.1. WETLAND DELINEATION
Not necessary.
6J. SIGNED AEC HAZARD NOTICE FOR PROJECTS IN OCEANFRONT AND INLET AREAS
See Attachment 2
6.K. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE N.C. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT
Notrequired.
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DCM MP-2 EXCAVATION AND FILL INFORMATION
The following sections comprise application form MP-2.
Dimension
Bogue Inlet
New Topsail
Carolina Beach
Lockwoods
Shallotte River
Inlet
Inlet
Folly Inlet
Inlet
Length
AMV:5,400ft
AIWW: 7,800ft
AIWW:3,9 00ft
AIWW:7,700ft
AIWW:9,000ft
Bogue Inlet &
Connecting
Topsail Creek:
Carolina Beach
Lockwoods
Shallotte River
Channel:16,500
8,000 ft
Inlet 6,300 ft
Folly Inlet
Inlet 5,400 ft
ft
4,100 it
New Topsail Inlet:
7,800 It
Banks Channel:
21,100 ft
'
Width
AIWW:100ft
AIWW:100ft(+50
AIWW:looft(+50
AIWW:l00ft
AIWW:l00ft
(+50 it widener)
itwidener)
itwidener)
(+400ftbend
(+200 it widener
Connecting
New Topsail inlet
Carolina Beach
widener)
at Inlet Crossing,
Channel: 90 ft
150 it
Inlet 150 it
Lockwoods
and 100 ft
�.
Bogue Inlet 150
Topsail Creek&
Folly Inlet:150
widenerat
Shallotte River)
It
Banks Channel:
it
soft
Shallotte River
Inlet: Ranges from
320 ft at AIW W to
1,500 ft at mouth
Average
AIWW:-12ft
AIWW:-12ftMLW
AIWW:-12ItMLW
AIWW:-12ft
AIWW:-12ft
Existing Depth,
(Federally
MLW
Topsail Creek-7 ft
Carolina Beach
. MLW
MLW
authorized
Connecting
Channell:: -6 ft
MLW
Inlet: -8 ft MLW
Lockwoods
Shallotte River
depths)
MLW
Inlet. -8ftMLW
Folly Inlet -12 ft
Inlet: -15 ft MLW
MLw
Bogue Inlet: -8 it
Banks Channel: -7
MLw
ftMLW
Final Project
AIWW:-14it
AIWW:-14ftMLW
AIWW:-14itMLW
AIWW:-14ft
AIWW:-14it
Depth (Includes
Allowable
MLW
New Topsail Inlet
Carolina Beach
MLw
MLW
Over -depth)
Connecting
Channel: -8 It
-10ftMLW
Inlet. -10itMLW
Lockwoods
Shallotte River
MLW
Topsail Creek &
Folly inlet: -14 ft
Inlet: -15 if MLW
Banks Channel: -9
MLW
Bogue Inlet: -10
ftMLW
'ft MLW
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1. EXCAVATION
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a. Amount of material to be excavated from Typical AIW W Crossing maintenance at each inlet, including
below NHW or NWL In cubic yards wideners, excavates less than 150,000 cy approximately every
two years; typical inlet shoal maintenance at each inlet
excavates less than 30,000 cy per year. The CSDR Borrow Area
at Shallotte Inlet typically provides up to 385,000 cy during
nourishment cycles.
b. Type of material to be excavated Sand
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c.. Does the area to be excavated Include
. Benthic habitats mapped in the vicinity of the project areas are
coastal wetlands/marsh (CW), submerged
depicted in the Essential Fish Habitat Summary figures
aquatic vegetation (SAV), shell bottom
(Attachment 5.4).
or other wetlands If so,
provide number of square
provide feet
feet affected,
None of the inlet excavation areas include CW, SAV, or WL.
and the purpose of excavation in these
Because the Proposed Action entails maintenance of existing
areas.
navigation channels, the areas of shell bottom depicted in
Attachment 5.4 are not considered to be applicable within
existing navigation channels.
d. High ground excavation in cubic yards
NA
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2. DISPOSAL OF EXCAVATED MATERIAL
2.1 Bogue Inlet
a. and b. Location & dimensions of disposal areas: The proposed disposal areas are from the following
previously authorized projects, which have beneficially placed material in the footprints delineated on Figure 2
and shown in the Design Plats provided in Attachment 3.1:
• Bogue Inlet Channel Erosion Response Project, Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA) Permit #127-
04, conducted by the Town of Emerald Isle in 2005. This includes an authorized beach placement
template of approximately 4.5 miles of beach with a typical berm width of 80 ft and a 20:1 beach face
slope from the berm to existing grade.
• Permit Modification to CAMA Permit #127-04 for beneficial placement at the Pointe at Emerald Isle,
conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USAGE) Wilmington District in winter 2013/2014.
Approximately 50 acres of placement along 3,000 feet of beach, to a depth of 1-2 feet
• Bogue Inlet & AIW W Crossing Maintenance Dredging and Beneficial Placement conducted by the
USACE Wilmington District This includes beneficial placement on the beach, and near -shore disposal
locations at approximately -10 ft MLW (see Figure 2). Beach placement is along approximately 1,200
feet of beach, with an average berm width of 75 ft and a natural slope from the berm to existing grade.
• Upland Disposal Site # AIW W DA 0060, existing diked upland disposal site recommended for use for
incompatible material by USACE Wilmington ' acres.
c. (i) Do you claim title to disposal area?
No ❑ NA
of completing the projects
above, the Town of Emerald
uired easements from the
roperties for beneficial beach
placement of dredged material. These
easements are on file with the Town of
Emerald Isle.
The USACE Wilmington District has
easements on file for the upland
disposal site. The applicant will obtain
a Consent Agreement from the USACE
Real Estate Office prior to beginning
construction.
Should an easement be found to be
problematic, the applicant will resolve
the issue prior to beginning
(ii) If no, attach a letter granting permission from the owner.
construction.
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d.(i) Will a disposal area be available for future maintenance?
0 Yes []No ❑ NA
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(ii) If yes, where?
Same locations
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e.(i) Does the disposal area include any coastal wetlands/marsh
(CW), submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), shell bottom (SB), or
other wetlands (WL)? If any boxes are checked, provide the
❑ CW — ❑ SAV _ ❑ SB
number of square feet affected:
❑ WL _ 0 None
(ii) Describe the purpose of disposal in these areas:
f(i) Does the disposal include any area in the water?
0 Yes ❑ No ❑ NA
(ii) If yes, how much water area is affected?
The nearshore disposal area is
approximately 6,000 feet long with a
-
variable width
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a. and b. Location & dimensions of disposal areas: The proposed disposal areas are from the following
previously authorized projects, which have beneficially placed material in the footprints delineated on Figure 3
and shown in the Design Plats provided in Attachment 3.2:
• Topsail Beach Nourishment Project (Permit #22-09 Modification), conducted by the Town of
Topsail Beach. This includes an authorized beach placement template of 10,861 linear feet of beach with
an average berm width of 40 It and a 25:1 beach face slope from the berm to existing grade.
• New Topsail Inlet, Topsail Creek, Banks Channel, & AIW W Crossing Maintenance Dredging and
Beneficial Placement, conducted by the USACE Wilmington District This includes beneficial placement
on the beach, and near -shore disposal locations at approximately -10 ft MLW (see Figure 3). Beach
placement is along approximately 1,650 feet of beach, with an average berm width of 100 ft and a
natural slope from the berm to existing grade.
• Upland Disposal Site # AIW W DA 0203, existing diked upland disposal site recommended for use for
incompatible material by USACE Wilmington District Site is approximately 14.7 acres.
c.(i) Do you claim title to disposal area?
❑ Yes 0 No ❑ NA
As part of completing the projects
described above, the Town of Topsail
Beach acquired easements from the
affected properties for beneficial beach
placement of dredged material. These
easements are on file with the Town of
Emerald Isle.
The USACE Wilmington District has
easements on file for the upland
disposal site. The applicant will obtain
a Consent Agreement from the USACE
Real Estate Office prior to beginning
construction.
Should an easement be found to be
problematic, the applicant will resolve
(H) If no, attach a letter granting permission from the owner.
the issue prior to beginning
construction.
d.(i) Will a disposal area be available for future maintenance?
0 Yes ❑ No ❑ NA
(ii) If yes, where?
Same locations REC EJ
e.(i) Does the disposal area include any coastal wetlands/marsh
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(CW), submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), shell bottom (SB), or
other wetlands (WL)? If any boxes are checked, provide the
❑ CW _ ❑ SAV _ ❑ SB r rxn_�
number of square feet affected:
❑ WL _ ' 0 None
(ii) Describe the purpose of disposal in these areas:
f(l) Does the disposal include any area in the water?
0 Yes ❑ No ❑ NA
F(ii)f
The nearshore disposal area is
yes, how much water area is affected?
approximately 6,000 feet long with a
variable width.
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(� 2.3 Carolina Beach Inlet
a. and b. Location & dimensions of disposal area: The proposed disposal area is from the following
previously authorized project, which has beneficially placed material in the footprint delineated on Figure 4 and
shown in the Design Plats provided in Attachment 3.3:
• Carolina Beach & AIW W Crossing Maintenance Dredging and Beneficial Placement, conducted by
the USACE Wilmington District. This includes beneficial placement on the beach at Freeman Park, and
near -shore disposal locations at approximately -10 ft MLW (see Figure 4). Beach placement is along
approximately 3,000 feet of beach, with an average berm
width of 150 ft and a natural slope from the
berm to existing ade.
c.(i) Do you claim title to disposal area?
❑ Yes El No ❑ NA
New Hanover County acquired
easements from the affected properties
for beneficial beach placement of
dredged material. These easements are
on file with New Hanover County.
Should an easement be found to be
problematic, the applicant will resolve
(ii) If no, attach a letter granting permission from the owner.
the issue prior to beginning
construction.
d. (i) Will a disposal area be available for future maintenance?
® Yes ❑ No ❑ NA
(ii) If yes, where?
Same locations
e.(i) Does the disposal area include any coastal wetlands/marsh
(CW), submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), shell bottom (SB), or
other wetlands (WL)? If any boxes are checked, provide the
❑ CW— ❑ SAV— ❑ SB
number of square feet affected:
❑ WL — 0 None
(ii) Describe the purpose of disposal in these areas:
E(i) Does the disposal include any area in the water?
El Yes ❑ No ❑ NA
The nearshore disposal area is
(1i) If yes, how much water area is affected?
approximately 3,700 feet long at variable
widths and depths.
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2.4 Lockwoods Folly Inlet
a. and b. Location of & dimensions of disposal areas: The proposed disposal areas are from the following
previously authorized projects, which have beneficially placed material in the footprints delineated on Figure 5
and shown in the Design Plats provided in Attachment 3.4:
• Holden Beach Central Reach Project (Permit #22-09), conducted by the Town of Holden Beach. This
includes an authorized beach placement template along 4.2 miles of shoreline, with an average dune
crest width of 25 feet, and a 5:1 construction slope to an average berm width of 140-190 ft, with a 15:1
beach face slope from the berm to existing grade.
• Lockwoods Folly Inlet & AIW W Crossing Maintenance Dredging and Beneficial Placement,
conducted by the USACE Wilmington District This includes beneficial placement on the beach, and
near -shore disposal locations at approximately-10 ft MLW (see Figure 5). Beach placement is along
approximately 2,000 feet of beach, with an average berm width of 75 ft and a natural slope from the
berm to'existing grade.
• Holden Beach 2013 Permit #14-02 Modification "Piggyback Project", conducted by the USACE
Wilmington District and the Town of Holden Beach. This included beach placement west of the existing
USACE template for placement from the AIW W Crossing, along approximately 3,700 feet of beach, with
an average berm width of 7S ft and a natural slope from the berm to existing grade.
• Upland Disposal Site # AIW W DA 0268, existing diked upland disposal site recommended for use for
incompatible material by USACE Wilmington District Site is aRproximately 21.5 acres.
c.(i) Do you claim title to disposal area?
❑ Yes a No ❑ NA
As part of completing the projects
described above, the Town of Holden
Beach acquired easements from the
affected properties for beneficial beach
placement of dredged material. These
easements are on file with the Town of
Holden Beach.
The USACE Wilmington District has
easements on file for the upland
disposal site. The applicant will obtain
a Consent Agreement from the USACE
Real Estate Office prior to beginning
construction.
Should an easement be found to be
problematic, the applicant will resolve
(ii) If no, attach a letter granting permission from the owner.
the issue prior to beginning RECEI E[
construction.
d. i Willa disposal area be available for future maintenance?
El Yes ❑No ❑ NA (1
ii If es, where?
Same locations
e. (i) Does the disposal area include any coastal wetlands/marsh
(CW), submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), shell bottom (SB), or
other wetlands (WL)? If any boxes are checked, provide the
❑ CW ❑ SAV El SB
number of s uare feet affected:
_ _
❑ WL 0 None
ii Describe the u these -areas.
ose of disposal in
_
Does the disposal include an area in the water?
0 Yes ❑ No ❑ NA
The nearshore disposal area is
approximately 5,700 feet long at Holden
Beach, and approximately 8,200 feet long at
ii If es, how much water area is affected?
Oak Island with a variable width at both
areas.
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2.5 Shallotte River Inlet
a. and b. Location & dimensions of disposal areas: The proposed disposal areas are from the following
previously authorized projects, which have beneficially placed material in the footprints delineated on Figure 6
and shown in the Design Plats provided in Attachment 3.5:
• Ocean Isle Beach Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project, conducted by the USACE Wilmington
District This includes an authorized beach placement template along approximately 3.3 miles of
shoreline, with an average dune crest width of 25 feet, and a 10:1 construction slope to an average berm
width of 50 ft, with a 10:1 beach face slope from the berm to existing grade.
• Shallotte River Inlet A11WW Crossing Maintenance Dredging and Beneficial Placement conducted
by the USACE Wilmington District This includes beneficial placement on the beach, and a near -shore
disposal location at approximately-l0 ft MLW (see Figure 6). Beach placement is along approximately
1,600 feet of beach, with an average berm width of 75 ft and a natural slope from the berm to existing
grade.
• Ocean Isle Beach East End Project (Permit #91-05), conducted by the USACE Wilmington District and
the Town of Ocean Isle Beach. This included beach placement east of the existing USACE template for
placement from the AIW W Crossing, along approximately 2,700 feet of beach, with an average berm
width of 130 ft to 150 ft with a slope from the berm ranging from 18:1 to 20:1 to existing grade.
• Upland Disposal Site # AIW W DA 0900, existing diked upland disposal site recommended for use for
incompatible material by USACE Wilmington District Site is approximately 13.2 acres.
c.(i) Do you claim title to disposal area?
❑ Yes El No ❑ NA
As part of completing the projects
described above, the Town of Ocean Isle
Beach and the USACE Wilmington
District acquired easements from the
affected properties for beneficial beach
placement of dredged material. These
easements are on file with the Town of
Ocean Isle Beach and the USACE
Wilmington District
The USACE Wilmington District has
easements on file for the upland
disposal site. The applicant will obtain
a Consent Agreement from the USACE
Real Estate Office prior to beginning
construction.
Should an easement be found to be
problematic, the applicant will resolve
ii If no, attach a letter granting permission from the owner.
the issue prior to beginning Ei
construction.
d, i Will a disposal area be available for future maintenance?
❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ NA
ii .If yes, where?
e.(i) Does the disposal area include any coastal wetlands/marsh
Same location if fill is required. bCt-i
(CW), submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), shell bottom (SB), or
other wetlands (WL)? If any boxes are checked, provide the
❑ CW ❑SAV ❑ SB
number of square feet affected:
_
❑ WL _
El None
ii Describe the u ose of disposal in these areas:
_
f. i Does the disposal include any area in the water? 0
Yes ❑ No ❑ NA
(H) If yes, how much water area is affected?
The nearshore disposal area is
approximately 3,500 feet long with a
variable width.
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S. GENERAL
S.a. Retention of fill excavated material and erosion control measures
Temporary in -situ sand berms and dikes will be used during beach placement to facilitate settlement
and retention of sand on beach and also allow water to re-enter Atlantic Ocean.
S.b. Describe types of equipment to be used
For dredging with beneficial placement, a cutterhead hydraulic dredge and pipeline, bulldozers, front-
end loaders and other earth moving machinery will be used. For dredging without beneficial
placement, dredges will be selected based on the following criteria:
■ Appropriate draft for inlet & channels
■ Exclusionary fittings for sea turtles and sturgeon (if hopper dredges are used that have sufficient
suction head size and suction power to entrain sea turtles and sturgeon)
■ Sea -worthy beyond COLREGS line
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S.d Will wetlands be crossed in transporting equipment to project site
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review agencies to enter on the aforementioned lands in connection with evaluating information related to this
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review agencies to enter on the aforementioned lands in.connection with evaluating information related to this
permit application and follow-up monitoring of the project
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review agencies to enter on the aforementioned lands in connection with evaluating information related to this
permit application and Follow-up monitoring of the project
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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resource
Pat McCrory
Governor: '
May 19, 2015 RECEIVED
MEMORANDUM:
TO:. Shane Staples . MAY 2 6 2o15
Fisheries Resource Specialist DCAVFishenes .
DCM WARo
Donald R. van der Vaart
Secretary
FROM: Jonathan Howell,. NC DENR-DCM Assistant Major Permits Coordinator
400 Commerce Avenue, Morehead City, NC 28557 (Courier 11-12-09)
SUBJECT: CAMA / D&F Permit Application Review
Applicant: Town of Emerald Isle
Project Location: Bogue Inlet and the connecting channel to the A/WW
Proposed Project: to continue federal navigation maintenance dredging, with disposal areas along the
Emerald Isle oceanfront, in Carteret County.
Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the proposed project and
return this form to'Jonathan Howell at the address above by June 12, 2015. If you have any
questions regarding the proposed project, contact Tara MacPherson at [phone] when
appropriate, in depth comments with supporting data is requested,
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REPLY: This agency has no objection to the project as proposed.
This agency has no comment on the proposed project.
✓This agency approves of the project only if the recommended changes
are. incorporated. See attached.
This agency objects to the project for reasons described in the attached comments.
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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural -Resources
Pat McCrory
Governor
MEMORANDUM:
TO: Jonathan Howell, DCM Assistant Major Permit Coordinator
Doug Huggett, DCM Major Permit Coordinator
FROM: Shane Staples, DCM Fisheries Resource Specialist
SUBJECT: Town of Emerald Isle (SDI-5)
DATE: 6/24/15
Donald R. van der Vaart
Secretary
A North Carolina Division of Coastal Management (DCM) Fisheries Resource Specialist has reviewed the
subject permit application for proposed actions that impact fish and fish habitats. As partof a joint
application with other beach towns known as SDI-5, the Town of Emerald Isle proposes to maintain the
USACE federal navigation channel within Bogue Inlet, the AIWW crossing, the connecting channel
between the two as well as place any beach compatible material from the maintenance dredging on the
oceanfront beaches in Emerald Isle. When funding has been available the USACE has maintained federal
navigation channels of the following dimension: Bogue.lnlet 6,100 ft. in length by 150 ft. in width with a
maximum depth of -8 ft. plus -2 ft. MLW, the AIWW crossing approximately 5,400 ft. in length by 90ft:
in width to a maximum depth of-12 ft. plus -2 ft. MLW, and the connector channel from the AIWW to
Bogae Inlet will be approximately 10, 400 ft. in length by 90 ft. in width to a maximum depth of= 6 ft.
plus -2ft. MLW. Traditionally USACE navigation maintenance within the inlet has been a side cast
operation.
The proposed navigational channel dredge dimensions match those previously authorized and
completed by the USACE described above. Shoal maintenance dredging is mentioned in Attachment 6
(Conservation Measures) but not included in the project description for this area. The applicant also
proposes beneficial placement of beach compatible dredge material along 4.5 miles of oceanfront
previously approved under State Permit No. 127-04. This area begins at 6709 Ocean Drive and extends
West, including the area.approved under a permit modification along the west end of Emerald Isle. Some
material not disposed of along the beach may be placed in a pre -approved near -shore disposal area
approximately 6,000 ft. in length in approximately -loft. at MLW. Locations and volume of material to
be dredged may vary due to the'state of the channels where dredging is needed, but the typical length
of beneficial placement would typically be 2,700 ft. for.any given event. Any material not suitable for
beach placement will be placed in an upland disposal site currently used by the USACE.
In order to reduce the negative effects of dredge and fill operations such as those proposed by the
applicant a moratorium on in -water work from April 1— September 30 for this project should be
conditioned. Dredging and beach placement of material can displace and bury organisms causing
localized mortality events. Observation of the moratorium can reduce the negative effects to organisms
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during a time period deemed critical to life stages including spawning and larval stage. Additionally,
DCM Fisheries has concerns about the frequency of'dredge and fill events. If dredge and beach
placement operations occur frequently (i.e. yearly) the effects of the mortality events caused by
displacement and burial can be compounded by not allowing recolonization. All work should stay within
USACE templates.
Contact Shane Staples at [phone] or [e-mail] with further questions or
concerns.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
Southeast Regional Office
9721 Executive Center Drive North
St. Petersburg, FL 33702
[phone]; FAX [phone]
MAR 9 1999 F/SER3:EGH:ts
Mr. C. E. Shuford, Jr., P.E.
Chief, Technical Services Division
Wilmington District Corps of Engineers
P.O. Box 1890
Wilmington, NC 28402-1890
Dear Mr. Shuford:
This letter responds to your letter to me dated July 1, 1998 and enclosed Biological Assessment
(BA). Your BA, submitted pursuant to Endangered Species Act (ESA) section 7 consultation
requirements, assesses the use of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) sidecast dredges
FRY, MERRITT and SCHWEIZER, and the split -hull hopper dredge CURRITUCK in United
States coastal waters. Additional, revised information was submitted to this office on March 2,
1999.
Proposed Action
This consultation addresses the use of the sidecast dredges FRY, MERRITT and SCHWEIZER
and the split -hull hopper dredge CURRITUCK, to maintain shallow, coastal inlet navigation
channels along the eastern seaboard of the United States. These specialized dredge plants are
currently used primarily by the Wilmington District Corps of Engineers at many locations in
North Carolina but also occasionally elsewhere along the eastern seaboard. Normally, they are
used in: 1) shallow coastal inlets which cannot be dredged safely or effectively with
commercially available dredges, 2) during emergencies, or 3) when an urgent and compelling
need exists for clearing out a navigation channel, such as periods when rapid shoaling has
occurred, a navigation hazard may exist, and there is insufficient time to contract commercial
dredges.
The sidecast dredges FRY and MERRITT each have two drag arms, one on each side, that
vacuum the sediment through 10-inch intake pipes as the arms drag along the bottom. The
sediment is pumped through a combined 12-inch discharge pipe that is above the water surface
and perpendicular to the dredge. The SCHWEIZER is laid out similarly but its dredge suction
pipes are 14 inches in diameter and combined discharge pipe is 16 inches in diameter. In all
three dredges the discharge pipe extends about 60 feet beyond the side of the dredge. This pipe
distance and force from the pumps generally results in the sediment being deposited 85 to 100
feet from the dredge. The sediment is discharged on the side of the channel where the
predominant currents would tend to move the -sediment away from the channel.
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The split -hull hopper dredge CURRITUCK has drag arms similar to a sidecast dredge, but the
sediment is pumped into the dredge's hopper. The water in the hopper is overflowed to provide
an economic load of sand, since the dredged slurry entering the hopper contains about 20% sand
and 80% water. Once the hopper is full of sand (about 300 cubic yards), the sediment is taken to
nearshore ocean waters (normally 6 to 10 below feet mean low water) where the split -hull hopper
is opened and the sediments are dumped.
These vessels operate year-round to dredge and maintain shallow navigation channels with
depths between 4 feet and 14 feet below mean low water. Vessels operate without sea turtle
deflectors on the dragheads, and have no screening or observers. Draghead suction is produced
by use of dredge pumps averaging 350-horsepower, with a maximum horsepower of 400. The
draghead sizes range from approximately 2 feet by 2 feet to 2 feet by 3 feet. The draghead
openings are further subdivided on their undersides by gridded baffles, with openings ranging
from about 5 inches by 5 inches to 5 inches by 8 inches. These baffles restrict the size of objects
which can enter the dredge draghead.
Listed Species and Critical Habitat
Listed species under the jurisdiction of the NMFS that may occur in channels along the
southeastern United States and which may be affected by dredging include:
THREATENED:
(1) the loggerhead turtle - Caretta caretta
ENDANGERED:
(1) the right whale - Eubalaena glacialis
(2) the humpback whale - Megaptera novaeangliae
(3) the green turtle - Chelonia mydas
Note: green turtles in U.S. waters are listed as threatened, except for the Florida breeding
population which is listed as endangered.
(4) the Kemp's ridley turtle - Lepidochelys kempii
(5) the hawksbill turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata
(6) the shormose sturgeon - Acipenser brevirostrum
Additional endangered species which are known to occur along the Atlantic coast include the
finback (Balaenoptera physalus), the sei (Balaenoptera borealis), and sperm (Physeter
macrocephalus) whales and the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). NMFS has
determined that these species are unlikely to be adversely affected by the proposed dredge vessel
activities because they are unlikely to be encountered in the shallow, coastal inlet waters that
typify the project areas.
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Right whale critical habitat overlaps portions of the project area. There are five well-known
habitats used annually by right whales including: 1) coastal Florida and Georgia, 2) the Great
South Channel, east of Cape Cod, 3) Cape Cod and Massachusetts bays, 4) the Bay of Fundy, and
5) Browns and Baccaro Banks, south of Nova Scotia. The first three areas occur in U.S. waters
and have been designated by NMFS as critical habitat (59 FR, 28793, June 3, 1994).
Biological information on the right whale and humpback whale is included by reference to the
August 25, 1995 Biological Opinion on hopper dredging in the southeastern United States, and
the NMFS recovery plans for right whales and humpback whales (NMFS 1991a; 1991b). The
following discussions focus primarily on vessel interactions with whales.
Right Whales:
New information has recently become available on the right whale population. A progression of
discussions and analysis has occurred during ESA section 7 consultations conducted in 1995 and
1996 on vessel and aircraft operations of the U.S. Coast Guard, and the prosecution of northeast
Atlantic fisheries for American lobster and multi -species, concerning the population trend for
the northern right whale. The current conclusion is that it remains unknown whether or not the
population is showing a decline, or whether the population growth rate has remained at a
constant rate of 2.5% or at a constant, but lower rate. The 1996 NMFS draft stock assessment
report indicates that the size of this population may have been as low as 50 at the turn of the
century, which suggests that the species may be showing signs of a slow recovery to the current
estimate of 295. However, a recent statistical analysis based on current trends in right whale
mortality predicts that the northern right whale population is doomed to extinction and calculates
their extinction date as 2189 (Caswell et aL 1999 in press) . Other right whale researchers have
expressed their doubts as to the efficacy of current conservation measures to prevent extinction
of the northern right whale population (Slay 1999, personal communication). In any event, the
current small population size combined with their low reproductive rate suggest that
anthropogenic impacts may have a greater effect on this species than other endangered whales
subject to the same impacts.
Anthropogenic causes of right whale mortality are discussed in detail in Kraus (1990) as well as
in NMFS (1991a). Ship collisions and entanglements are the most common direct causes of
mortality identified through right whale strandings. Twenty percent of all right whale mortalities
observed between 1970 and 1989 were caused by vessel collisions/interactions with right whales.
An additional 8% of these mortalities are suspected to have resulted from vessel collision.
As a result of the potential for interactions between vessels and right whales from December
through March in the calving area off Georgia and northern Florida, aerial surveys funded by the
COE, Navy and USCG have been implemented as the right whale early warning system. These
surveys are conducted to identify the occurrence and distribution of right whales in the vicinity of
ship channels in the winter breeding area, and to notify nearby vessel operators of whales in their
path. Data collected during these surveys indicate that right whales are observed off Savannah,

Georgia, in December and March, and are relatively abundant between Brunswick, Georgia,
south to Cape Canaveral from December through March. During early 1995, a right whale was
also observed by shipboard observers off Morehead City, North Carolina.
Humpback Whales:
The Humpback Whale Recovery Plan (NMFS 1991b) identifies entanglement and ship collisions
as potential sources of mortality, and disturbance, habitat degradation, and competition with
commercial fisheries as potential factors delaying recovery of the species.
Until recently, humpback whales in the mid- and south Atlantic were considered transients. Few
were seen during aerial surveys conducted over a decade ago (Shoop et al., 1982). However,
since 1989, sightings of feeding juvenile humpbacks have increased along the coasts of Virginia
and North Carolina, peaking during the months of January through March in 1991 and 1992
(Swingle et al., 1993). Shipboard observations conducted during daylight hours during dredging
activities in the Morehead City Harbor entrance channel during January and February 1995
documented sightings of young humpback whales on at least six days near the channel and
disposal area, through January 22, 1995. Three humpback strandings were documented in North
Carolina in that year, one each in February, March, and April, suggesting that humpback whales
remained within South Atlantic waters through April.
Swingle et al. (1993) identify a shift in distribution of juvenile humpback whales in the nearshore
waters of Virginia, primarily in winter months. Those whales using this mid -Atlantic area that
have been identified were found to be residents of the Gulf of Maine feeding group, suggesting a
shift in distribution that may be related to winter prey availability. In concert with the increase in
mid -Atlantic whale sightings, strandings of humpback whales have increased between New
Jersey and Florida since 1985. Strandings were most frequent during the months of September
through April in North Carolina and Virginia waters, and were composed primarily of juvenile
humpback whales of no more than 11 meters in length (Wiley et al., 1995). Six of 18
humpbacks (33 percent) for which the cause of mortality was determined were killed by vessel
strikes. An additional humpback had scars and bone fractures indicative of a previous vessel
strike that may have contributed to the whale's mortality. Sixty percent of those mortalities that
were closely investigated showed signs of entanglement or vessel collision (Wiley et al., 1993).
Sea Turtles:
Information on the biology and distribution of sea turtles can be found in the 1991 and 1995
Biological Opinions on hopper dredging in channels and borrow areas, which are incorporated by
reference. Channel specific information has been collected by the COE for channels at Morehead
City, Charleston, Savannah, Brunswick, Fernandina and Canaveral, and is presented in detail in
COE summary report entitled "Assessment of Sea Turtle Abundance in Six South Atlantic U.S.
Channels" (Dickerson et al. 1994) and in the COE's Biological Assessment. Information on the
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biology and distribution of right whales and humpback whales can be found in the 1991 and
1995 Biological Opinions as well. There is no significant new information regarding the status
of sea turtle species that has not been discussed in the Biological Opinions that have been
incorporated by reference.
Sturgeons:
Shortnose sturgeon are found in rivers, estuaries, and the sea, but populations are confined
mostly to natal rivers and estuaries. The species appears to be estuarine anadromous in the
southern part of its range, but in some northern rivers it is "freshwater amphidromous," i.e.,
adults spawn in freshwater but regularly enter saltwater habitats during their life. Adults in
southern rivers forage at the interface of fresh tidal water and saline estuaries and enter the upper
reaches of rivers to spawn in early spring (NMFS 1998).
The use of saline habitat varies greatly among northern populations. In the Saint John and
Hudson rivers, adults occur in both freshwater and upper tidal saline areas all year. This
situation may also exist in the Kennebec River system where, during summer, some adults forage
in the saline estuary while others forage in freshwater reaches. In the Delaware, Merrimack and
Connecticut Rivers, adults remain in freshwater all year, but some adults briefly enter low
salinity river reaches in May -June then return upriver. Some adults have been captured in
nearshore marine habitat, but this is not well documented. Many tagging and telemetry studies in
rivers throughout the species' range indicate that these fish remain in their natal river or the
river's estuary (NMFS 1998).
The final recovery plan for the shortnose sturgeon (NMFS 1998b) gives the current, best
available information on the distribution and abundance of shortnose sturgeon, and is
incorporated herein by reference. However, in the project area, the Cape Fear River, North
Carolina, shortnose sturgeon population would be the most likely to be affected by the proposed
dredging activities. No other shortnose sturgeon populations are known from North Carolina,
which is where most of the maintenance dredging by the vessels considered in this consultation
has historically occurred and will continue.
Effects of the Proposed Action
Effects on Sea Turtles
The construction and maintenance of Federal navigation channels by hopper dredges have been
identified as a source of turtle mortality. NMFS has previously consulted on the use of hopper
dredges in southeastern United States channels and borrow areas, and Gulf of Mexico channels.
The November 25, 1991 biological opinion issued to the COE's South Atlantic Division (SAD)
found that continued hopper dredging activity was likely to jeopardize the continued existence of
the Kemp's ridley sea turtle. The reasonable and prudent alternative issued with the 1991

biological opinion included the prohibition of hopper dredging in the Canaveral channel
(Florida), seasonal restrictions which allowed hopper dredging from December through March in
channels from North Carolina through Canaveral, or use of alternative dredges in all southeastern
U.S. channels.
In addition to hopper dredges, clamshell, sidecast and pipeline dredges are all used to dredge and
maintain navigation channels. Pipeline and clamshell dredges are relatively stationary, and
therefore act on only small areas at any given time. Observer coverage was required at pipeline
outflows during several dredging projects deploying pipeline dredges along the Atlantic coast.
No turtles or turtle parts were observed. Additionally, the COE's SAD provided documentation
of hundreds of hours of informal observation by COE inspectors during which no takes of listed
species were observed. Additional monitoring by other agency personnel, conservation
organizations, and the general public has never resulted in reports of a turtle take by pipeline
dredges. In contrast, large capacity, oceangoing hopper dredges, which are frequently used in
ocean bar channels and sometimes in harbor channels and offshore borrow areas, move relatively
rapidly and can entrain and kill sea turtles, presumably as the drag arm of the moving dredge
overtakes the slower moving turtle. Brumation by sea turtles in southeastern channels, when they
bury themselves in the channel bottom mud and presumably slow their metabolic processes, is
also suspected in deaths of some sea turtles by hopper dredge. The reasons for this are that: 1)
the turtle deflector device on the leading edge of the draghead is probably less effective at
deflecting buried sea turtles than deflecting turtles which are simply resting or foraging on the
channel bottom, 2) the turtles' ability to move out of the way quickly may be compromised
because they are partially buried in sediment, and 3) their flight response time may be lengthened
due to their torpor or reduced metabolic rate during brumation.
The operation of sidecast dredges FRY, MERRITT and SCHWEIZER and the small capacity,
coastal hopper dredge CURRITUCK is not expected to adversely affect listed species of sea
turtles because of the slow speed of the vessels, the low suction levels inherent to these small
dredges, and the small size of the dragheads. These species should be able to get out of the way
of the slow moving dredges, which operate at speeds of 1 to 3 knots when working in inlet
channels. From sea turtle tests performed by the Corps of Engineers in New River Inlet in 1998,
it is known that the suction dragheads of these vessels exhibit very low suction forces. Further,
the dragheads have very small openings--3 inches by 5 inches for the CURRITUCK and 5.5
inches by 8 inches for the sidecast dredges. The results of the tests conducted by the Corps of
Engineers on a previously -dead, juvenile (13.5-inch carapace length) green turtle demonstrated
that the low suction forces and small openings prevented the lifeless turtle from being entrained.
Further, the suction force was low enough that the turtle was easily prodded and moved with a
pole despite being held by the suction force against the draghead. If a small, live turtle did get
impinged by the pump suction against the draghead, the turtle would very likely soon be broken
free of the suction by the motion of the draghead along the irregular bottom and/or its own efforts
to free itself. Even if a turtle small enough to pass through the draghead were encountered, it
could pass through the dredge relatively unharmed due to the low pump pressures involved.

It is unlikely that turtles small enough to pass through the dragheads will be encountered in
significant numbers in the proposed operating area of the dredges. The smallest of three sea
turtles (all loggerheads) taken during hopper dredging operations in November -December 1998
at Beaufort Inlet Entrance Channel, North Carolina by the dredge SUGAR ISLAND measured 57
cm by 44 cm curved carapace length (CCL) by curved carapace width (CCW). During hopper
dredging operations in February of 1999 in Kings Bay Entrance Channel, Fernandina, Florida, a
total of 33 sea turtles (all juvenile loggerheads) were captured and relocated by a contract trawler
sweeping the area in front of the large capacity hopper dredge R.N. WEEKS. (The R.N. WEEKS
has a dredged material storage capacity approximately 10 times that of the CURRITUCK, and
significantly larger dragheads, pumps and suction). The smallest captured and relocated
loggerhead measured 54.5 cm CCL by 52.0 cm CCW. One Kemp's ridley that was lethally taken
by the R.N. WEEKS measured approximately 30 cm in carapace diameter. Neither of these
turtles would have been entrained by the smaller sized gridded dragheads of the vessels
considered in this consultation because of their small openings.
Sea turtle strandings were compiled by R. Boettcher of North Carolina Marine Fisheries
Commission for beaches within 3 miles (north, south, and inland) of Oregon Inlet, Drum Inlet,
New Topsail Inlet, and Lockwood Folly Inlet, North Carolina for all periods when dredging
operations occurred for 1994 - 1997 (ACOE, 1998) for the four vessels considered in this
consultation. A total of 19 loggerheads, one green and one Kemp's ridley were reported
stranded. The size of the stranded loggerheads would have precluded their entrainment by the
vessels considered in this consultation (the smallest loggerhead which stranded measured 23.5
inches by 22.5 inches (CCL by CCW). The rarest and smallest of the turtles which stranded
during the reporting period —the green and the Kemp's ridley — measured 12 inches by 10 inches
(CCL by CCW), and 15 inches by 15 inches, respectively, and were also too large to have been
entrained by the dragheads of the vessels considered in this consultation. Both of these turtles
stranded within three miles of Lockwood Folly Inlet.
Additional data was compiled and analyzed by Boettcher on the measurements of sea turtle
strandings and incidental captures in North Carolina from 1996-1998. Of 25 stranded green
turtles for which straight-line carapace widths (SCWs) were measured in 1996, roughly 95%
(mean plus or minus two standard deviations) ranged between 7.5-12.5 inches (mean SCW was
10.0 inches); in 1997, roughly 95% of 29 stranded green turtles had SCWs of 6.7-12.4 inches
(mean SCW was 9.5 inches); in 1998, roughly 95% of 43 stranded green turtles had SCWs of
3.8-16.4 inches (mean SCW was 10.1 inches), while roughly 68% (mean plus or minus one
standard deviation) had SCWs of 7.0-13.3 inches. In 1996 of 9 stranded Kemp's, roughly 95%
had SCWs of 7.5-17.4 inches (mean SCW was 12.6 inches); in 1997 of 34 stranded Kemp's,
roughly 95% had SCWs of 6.2-19.2 inches (mean SCW was 12.7 inches); in 1998 of 75 stranded
Kemp's, roughly 95% had SCWs of 4.6-19.5 inches (mean SCW was 12.0 inches). The
difference between the SCW and straight-line carapace length (SCL) measurements of the 212
stranded Kemp's and greens considered above ranged from 0.8 to 2.2 inches. It appears based on
these measurements and the size of the openings on the dragheads (the largest opening is 5 by 8
inches), that the vast majority of both greens and Kemp's ridleys considered here could not and

would not be entrained by the dragheads. Both species are considerably smaller than the
abundant loggerheads. While the possibility of entrainment of the smallest individuals of these
two species cannot be ruled out, it is unlikely to occur.
Effects on Sturgeon
Aside from seasonal migrations to estuarine waters, shortnose sturgeon rarely occur in the marine
environment. Shortnose sturgeon spawning habitat in the potential project areas should lie well
upstream of the ocean inlet environments typically dredged by the small capacity, coastal hopper
dredge CURRITUCK and the small sidecast dredges FRY, SCHWEIZER and MERRITT.
Juvenile shortnose usually remain upstream of saline water until they reach about 45 cm
(approximately 18 inches) in length.
Habitat conditions normally suitable for adults (shortnose greater than 45 cm in length) could
occur in estuarine areas where these vessels might be required to work. Sturgeon habitat within
the areas dredged would be temporarily disturbed during maintenance dredging. However, the
dredges considered in this consultation restore navigation channels to their authorized
dimensions to reestablish a previously existing condition (depth). Therefore, no new permanent
modification of habitat will occur.
Maintenance dredging of Federal navigational channels can adversely affect sturgeon by
entraining them in dredge dragarms and impeller pumps (NMFS 1998). Other dredging methods
may also adversely affect sturgeon. Hastings (1983) reported anecdotal accounts of adult
sturgeon being expelled from dredge spoil pipes while conducting a study on sturgeon on the
Atlantic coast. Atlantic sturgeon were killed in both hydraulic pipeline and bucket -and -barge
(clamshell dredge) operations in the Cape Fear River (M. Moser in NMFS 1998). NMFS
observers documented the take of one Atlantic sturgeon in a hopper dredge operating in King's
Bay, Georgia (C. Slay in NMFS 1998). Two shortnose sturgeon carcasses were discovered in a'
dredge spoil near Tullytown, Pennsylvania and apparently killed by a hydraulic pipeline dredge
operating in the Delaware River in March 1996 (NMFS 1998). In early 1998, three shortnose
sturgeon were killed by a hydraulic pipeline dredge operating in the Florence to Trenton section
of the upper Delaware River (NMFS 1998).
Adult shortnose could occur in some of the areas that may be dredged by these vessels. Adults
would be most likely to be encountered in the winter and spring, after spawning and their
migrations to feeding areas in downstream and estuarine waters. However, because of their
mobility, adult shortnose sturgeon should be able to avoid the slow moving dredge equipment if
they move away when they detect the approaching draghead. Given their specialized sensory
apparatus, they should be able to detect the vibrations of a slow moving, approaching draghead.
Also, given the size of the shortnose sturgeon which would be expected to occupy the coastal
inlets being dredged, i.e. greater than 45 cm, it is unlikely that they would be entrained by the
slow moving, low suction dragheads. Entrained sturgeons passing through the suction pipelines
could pass through unharmed, or they could be killed. Though the possibility of injury or death
cannot be ruled out, as evidenced by the historic record, the likelihood is remote.

Effects on Whales
Right whales and humpback whales are vulnerable to small vessel and ship collisions when the
whales make their annual migrations along the eastern seaboard. The sidecast dredges FRY,
MERRITT and SCHWEIZER transit at approximately 7 to 10 knots from the inlet dredging sites
to adjacent beach sites to dispose of dredged materials. The CURRITUCK travels at speeds of 5
to 8 knots to adjacent beaches or offshore disposal sites. Because of these slow speeds, these
vessels should present a minimal threat to migrating whales — certainly less than that of normal,
faster -moving commercial ship traffic and recreational boating. Adverse impacts to right whales
and humpbacks from the dredges and dredging operations are not expected because 1) the
dredges work in the throats and interior portions of inlets which are not used by whales, 2) the
dredges travel at very low rates of speed during dredging operations, 3) the captains of the
dredges will be provided daily information on the positions of the migrating right whales, and 4)
the dredges will reduce their speed as necessary and maintain a proper lookout to avoid collisions
with whales when transiting to disposal sites and right whales are in the area.
Conclusion
Based on our consideration of the best available information, we believe that the year-round
operation of the hopper dredge CURRITUCK and the sidecast dredges FRY, MERRITT and
SCHWEIZER to maintain coastal inlets on the eastern seaboard of the United States may affect,
but is not likely to adversely affect the continued existence of listed species under NMFS
purview. This consultation is valid as well for the operation by Wilmington District Corps of
Engineers for channel maintenance dredging of up to 10 vessels of this or similar type and size
class (under 500 gross tons), with similar dragheads (Brunswick, Brunswick County Type,
Brunswick Adjustable, or equivalent), dredge pump horsepower (400 H.P. maximum), and
suction and discharge pipe specifications (dredge suction pipes 10-14 inches in diameter, and
combined discharge pipe 12-16 inches in diameter).
This concludes consultation responsibilities with NMFS under section 7 of the ESA.
Consultation should also be reinitiated pursuant to 50 CFR 402.16 if there is new information
that reveals effects of the action that may affect listed species or critical habitat (when
designated) in a manner or to an extent not previously considered, if the identified action is
subsequently modified in a manner that causes an effect to listed species or critical habitat that
has not been considered, or if a new species is listed or critical habitat is designated that may be
affected by the identified action.
Please call Mr. Eric Hawk, Fishery Biologist, at 727/570-5312 if you have any questions
regarding this consultation or if further coordination is necessary.
cc: F/PR3
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1. Kemmerer
Administrator

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Abundance in Six South Atlantic U.S. Channels. Report for the US Army Corps of
Engineers, October, 1994.
Hastings, R.W. 1983. A study of the shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum, population in
the upper tidal Delaware River: assessment of impact of maintenance dredging. Final
Report. 81 5670 USACE Shortnose Sturgeon —Delaware River (Hastings) DACW 61-
81-C-0138. Center for Coastal and Environmental Studies for U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Philadelphia District. 117pp.
Kraus, S.D. 1990. Rates and potential causes of mortality in North Atlantic right whales
(Eubalaena glacialis). Marine Mammal Science. 6(4):278-291.
NMFS. 1991. Endangered Species Act section 7 consultation with U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, South Atlantic Division on hopper dredging of channels in the southeastern
United States from North Carolina through Cape Canaveral, Florida. Biological
Opinion, November 25.
NMFS. 1991a. Recovery plan for the northern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis). Prepared by
the Right Whale Recovery Team for the National Marine Fisheries Service,
Silver Spring, Maryland. 86 pp.
NMFS. 1991b. Recovery plan for the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). Prepared
by the Humpback Whale Recovery Team for the NMFS, Silver Spring,
Maryland. 105 pp.
NMFS. 1995. Endangered Species Act section 7 consultation with U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, South Atlantic Division on hopper dredging of channels and borrow areas in
the southeastern United States from North Carolina through Florida east coast.
Biological Opinion, August 25. 25 pp.
NMFS. 1997a. Endangered Species Act section 7 consultation with U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, South Atlantic Division on the continued hopper dredging of two channels
and two borrow areas in the southeastern United States during 1997. Biological
Opinion, April 9. 16 pp.
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borrow areas in the southeastern United States. Biological Opinion, October 14. 16 pp.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
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July 1, 1998
IN REPLY REFERTO
Environmental Resources Section
Dr. Andy Kemmerer, Regional Director
National Marine Fisheries Service
9721 Executive Center Drive North
St. Petersburg, Florida 33702-2449
Dear Dr. Kemmerer:
Enclosed is our Biological Assessment, Use of the Sidecast Dredges Fry, Merritt,
Schweizer. and the Solit-Hull Hopper Dredge Currituck in Coastal United States
Waters, dated July 1998. The assessment documents our finding that the use of these
vessels to maintain navigation channels along the eastern seaboard of the United
States is not likely to adversely affect any listed species under the jurisdiction of your
agency.
As discussed with Ms. Colleen Coogan of your staff, we would like to have your
office serve to coordinate your agency's review of this assessment since it discusses
the operation of these vessels within the National Marine Fisheries Service's Southeast
and Northeast Regions. A copy of this assessment is enclosed for Ms. Nancy Hanley
of the Northeast Region.
If you have any questions regarding the operation of these vessels, the
investigations performed, or any other part of this assessment, please contact
Mr. William Adams at [phone].
Sincerely,
C. E. Shuford, Jr., P.E.
Chief, Technical Services Division
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BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
USE OF THE SIDECAST DREDGES FRY, MERRITT, SCHWEIZER,
AND THE SPLIT -HALL HOPPER DREDGE CURRITUCK
IN COASTAL UNITED STATES WATERS
JULY 1998

BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
USE OF THE SIDECAST DREDGES FRY, MERRITT, AND SCHWEIZER
AND THE SPLIT -HULL HOPPER DREDGE CURRITUCK
IN COASTAL UNITED STATES WATERS
1.00 Background
The sidecast dredges Fry, Merritt, and Schweizer, and the split -hull hopper dredge
Currituck, are used throughout the east coast of the United States to maintain adequate depths in
navigation channels through shallow coastal inlets. These dredges are Government -owned and
are based in, and operate out of, Wilmington, North Carolina, and are administered by the
Wilmington District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
These dredges were once covered under the Regional Biological Opinion (RBO) for
hopper dredging issued by the Southeastern Regional Office of the National Marine Fisheries
Service. However, they were left out of the 1997 RBO because of concerns about their potential
impacts to listed species since they operate without deflectors, have no screening or observers,
and operate during all times of year, including warm weather seasons. In order to address these
concerns, a separate Biological Assessment became necessary.
2.00 Description of Dredge Plants
These shallow draft dredges all use small California style dragheads to collect shoal
material; however, their sizes and power are substantially less than that of the commercial hopper
dredges which employ similar draghead technology in the southeast. Dredge pumps.on these
vessels average around 350 horsepower and draghead sizes range from approximately 2' X 2' to
2' X 3'. The draghead openings are further subdivided on their undersides by gridded baffles,
with openings ranging from about 5" X 5" to 5" X 8". These baffles serve to restrict the size of
objects which can enter the dredge and to even -out and direct the hydraulic forces during
dredging, allowing for maximum production with each dredge cut.
When operating, the Fry, Merritt, and Schweizer cast dredged material to the side of the
navigation channel whereas the Currituck fills a small hopper with the material and transports it
to designated disposal areas. These vessels operate at working speeds ranging between 1 and 3
knots and travel at speeds between 7.0 and 10 knot. These dredges normally dredge shallow
channels, with depths between 4 feet and 14 feet below mean low water.
Photographs and complete descriptions of each of these vessels are provided in
Attachment A. Photographs of the draghead of the dredge Fry are also included in Attachment
D.

3.00 Dredging Locations and Times
These specialized dredge plants are currently used at many locations in North Carolina
and elsewhere along the eastern seaboard. Normally, they are used in: 1) shallow coastal inlets
which cannot be dredged safely or effectively with commercially available dredges, 2) during
emergencies, or 3) when an urgent and compelling need exists for clearing out a navigation
channel (periods when rapid shoaling has occurred, a navigation hazard may exist, and there is
insufficient time to contract commercial dredges).
All locations dredged by these vessels for the past few years are included in Attachment
B. This listing is not intended to be restrictive as future conditions may make the use of these
vessels desirable at additional locations; however, this Biological Assessment assumes that all
covered activities will occur along the eastern seaboard of the United States. Potential activities
in gulf or west coast waters would need to be covered under a separate Biological Assessment.
In North Carolina, these vessels operate under no seasonal restrictions. When working in
other states, the host District normally provides all necessary environmental clearances for a
vessel to operate at the desired locations and dates. In the past, this has included clearances
under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, as amended. Through this Biological
Assessment, and subsequent NMFS Biological Opinion, the host District will be able to
incorporate this consultation by reference, hopefully minimizing the need for individual
consultations in the future.
4.00 Species Covered Under This Assessment
The following threatened or endangered species are under the jurisdiction of the National
Marine Fisheries Service and are known to occur in the waters of the eastern U.S. seaboard:
MAMMALS
Finback whale (Balaenoptera physalus) - Endangered
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) - Endangered
Right whale (Eubaleana glacialis) - Endangered
Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) - Endangered
Sperm whale (Physeter catodon) - Endangered
REPTILES
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) - Threatened
Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricala) - Endangered
Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempt) - Endangered
Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) - Endangered
Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) - Threatened
FISHES
Shormose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) - Endangered

5.00 Species Assessments
5.01 Finback whale humpback whale right whale sei whale and sperm whale
a. Status - all endangered
b. Occurrence in Immediate Project Vicinity - Whales occur infrequently in the ocean
off the coast of North America. Of these, only the right whale routinely comes close enough
inshore to encounter these dredges which would be operating in the immediate vicinity of ocean .
inlets. The right whale winter calving grounds occur in the nearshore ocean near the
Florida/Georgia state line and their late summer feeding and breeding grounds are in the lower
Bay of Fundy or the lower Scotian shelf. Their occurrence along much of the eastern seaboard is
usually associated with migrations. Sighting data provided by the Right Whale Program of the
New England Aquarium indicates that 93 percent of all North Carolina sightings between 1976
and 1992 occurred between mid -October and mid -April (Chris Slay, personal communication,
1993). Since these dredges operate year-round along the eastern seaboard, this species could
easily be in the vicinity of the dredges during some of their operations.
c. Current Threats to Continued Use of the Proect Area - None
d. Project Impacts -
(1) Habitat - These dredges restore.navigation channels to their authorized
dimensions, in essence, reestablishing a previously existing condition. No permanent
modification of habitat will occur.
(2) Food Supply - Right whales feed on copepods and juvenile euphasiids. The
productivity of these prey species will not be diminished by the maintenance dredging of inlets
channels; therefore, the food supply of the right whale should be unaffected.
(3) Relationship to Critical Periods in Life Cycle - Over most of the eastern
seaboard, these dredges operate year-round while right whales should only be present during
migrations. Right whales are vulnerable to ship and small vessel collisions while migrating;
however, sidecast dredges and the Currituck normally work in the throat and interior portions of
inlets. When working in inlet channels, the vessels operate at speeds between 1 and 3 knots.
The Currituck travels to an adjacent beach to dispose of dredged material at speeds between 5
and 8 knots. The vessels transit between sites at speeds of 7 to 10 knots. These speeds allow
maximum dredging efficiency but maintain an adequate speed for steerage in inlet environments.
Because of these slow speeds, these vessels should present less of a threat to migrating whales
than normal commercial ship traffic and recreational boating. When operating near, or traveling
through, the right whale calving grounds, the Captains of these vessels would be provided daily
information on the locations of the whales from the right whale monitoring program and would
operate their vessels accordingly.

(4) Affect Determination - Since: 1) existing habitat conditions and food
supplies will be maintained, 2) the sidecast dredges and Currituck normally work in the throats
and interior portions of inlets which are not used by whales, and 3) these vessels travel at very
low rates of speed during operation; it has been determined that the operation of these vessels is
not likely to adversely affect any species of whale.
5.02 loggerhead sea turtle green sea turtle hawksbill sea turtle Kemp's ridley sea turtle and
leatherback "sea turtle
a. Status - loggerhead and green sea turtles, threatened; others, endangered
b. Occurrence in Immediate Project Vicinity - Over most of the eastern seaboard, the
green, Kemp's ridley, and the loggerhead sea turtles are known from primarily from estuarine and
oceanic waters, whereas the leatherback and the hawksbill are known principally from oceanic
waters. All of these species are considered -to be residents of the seaboard primarily from the
spring through the fall although occasional winter records exist. Sea turtles are known to nest on
ocean beaches from Virginia south through Florida. The sea turtle nesting season begins in early
spring, increases to a peak in late spring to mid -summer, and declines until completion in late
summer.
c. Current Threats to Continued Use of Area - The most significant threats posed to adult
and subadult sea turtles are accidental drowning in nets, ingestion of lethal non-food material,
collisions with watercraft, and natural predators.
d. Project Impacts -
(1) Habit t - These dredges restore navigation channels to their authorized
dimensions, in essence, reestablishing a previously existing condition. No permanent
modification of habitat will occur.
(2) Food Supply - These species feed primarily on a wide variety of invertebrates
and plant materials. Maintenance dredging will temporarily remove some of these resources
from the channel bottom. Impacts on foraging habitat will be minor as dredging will only affect
a small portion of the estuary and ocean bottom where work is being performed; therefore,
dredging should not have any adverse long term affect on the food supply of these species.
(3) Relationship to Critical Periods in Life Cycle - These dredges operate year-
round and could, therefore, be operating in shallow inlet areas when sea turtles are present.
Turtles frequent such areas, particularly when entering and exiting estuarine waters. Their
residence time in shallow inlet environments is unknown. Because of the apparent potential for
adversely impacting sea turtles, sea turtle stranding data was analyzed by Ms. Ruth Boettcher,
NC Wildlife Resources Commission, to see if over the past several years dead turtles have
washed up in the vicinity of dredging operations. In addition, a field impingement test using a
sidecast dredge and a fresh dead green sea turtle was conducted in New River Inlet on 28
February 1998.

Analysis of stranding data does not reveal any pattern which would indicate that either the
sidecast dredges or the Currituck were responsible for any of the strandings in inlet areas. Of the
eight inlet areas examined, four of them had no strandings during the multiple periods when
dredging was occurring. Of the other four, almost half of the strandings (9 out of 21) could not
be attributed to any known cause, i.e., no damage to the turtles was apparent. Of the remaining,
boat propellers or human molestation appeared to be the probable cause of mortality in most
cases (9 out of 12), in the remaining (3), injury was too non-specific or the specimen was too
badly decomposed to assess any cause of death. The complete text of Boettcher's report is
included as Attachment C.
On 26 February 1998, Ruth Boettcher, NC Wildlife Resources Commission, and Messers.
Frank Yelverton and William Adams, Corps of Engineers, visited the sidecast dredge "Fry",
located in New River Inlet, Onslow Co., N. C., to test whether or not this class of vessel could
take sea turtles. A fresh dead 13.5" green sea turtle from Pamlico Sound (taken last year but kept
frozen) was used in the tests (see photographs in Attachment D). Three tests were run: 1) in the
water column, the turtle was impinged on the draghead and the pumps were run for 5 minutes
(this test was performed twice), 2) the turtle was impinged on the draghead, then the draghead
placed on the bottom and the pumps were run for 5 minutes (this test was also performed twice),
and 3) the turtle was impinged on the draghead and the vessel performed routine dredging for 5
minutes. Results were as follows:
For test one, first run, no significant damage was visible to the turtle, only a few barely
detectable nicks to the carapace. After the second run, the barnacles had been sucked off but,
again, the shell and flippers had no detectable damage. For test two, both runs, no significant
damage was done, a few nicks on the carapace were apparent but nothing else. For test three,
significant abrasions occurred on the anterior portion of the carapace and one blister -like
hematoma (dime -sized) was raised on the underside of the left front flipper. Significant
quantities of sand had also been forced into the turtle's mouth. Several important observations
were made during the tests.
The suction force coming through the draghead was not strong. In one case, the turtle was
not properly impinged and it was easily prodded with a pole into proper position. This
would not have been possible if it were tightly held by suction forces. A check with the
Captain indicated that the vacuum gauge for the pump showed no change when the turtle
was impinged. This further indicates minimal suction forces at the draghead.
The same turtle was used on all of the tests. At the end of all of this cumulative
impingement abuse, the only damage observed was abrasion from being dragged along the
bottom. No fractures, dislocations, or any other type of physical damage was detectable.
The last test was considered to be a worst case scenario - an impinged turtle unable to
escape because it was tied to a draghead. Under normal circumstances, it is questionable
whether these vessels could actually impinge a sea turtle with such low suction forces. If a
sea turtle were to accidentally become impinged, at such low suction forces it would have
ample opportunity for escape due to bottom irregularities.

(4) Affect Determination - Based on the findings of Boettcher's report on turtle
strandings and the results of the test dredging, it appears that these dredges, all of which have
similar dragheads and pumps, do not pose a significant threat to sea turtles. Even if a turtle small
enough to pass through the draghead were encountered, it appears highly probable that it would
pass through the dredge unharmed due to the low pump pressures involved. For these reasons, it
has been determined that continued operation of these dredges along the eastern seaboard is not
likely to adversely affect any species of sea turtle.
5.03 shortnose sturgeon
a. Status - endangered
b. Occurrence in Immediate Project Vicinity - The shortnose sturgeon occurs in rivers
along the Atlantic seaboard from the Saint John River in New Brunswick, Canada, to the Saint
Johns River, Florida; therefore, these dredges may occasionally work in the vicinity of shortnose
sturgeon populations. The species is known to use three distinct portions of river systems: (1)
non -tidal freshwater areas for spawning and occasional overwintering; (2) tidal areas in the
vicinity of the fresh/saltwater mixing zone, year-round as juveniles (to 45 cm) and during the
summer months as adults; and (3) high salinity estuarine areas (15 parts per thousand (ppt)
salinity or greater) as adults during the winter. Because of the wide range of habitats available in
the major river systems along the Atlantic seaboard, variation from this general scheme can be
found. One population, in Holyoke Pool, Connecticut, is totally landlocked.
c. Current Threats to Continued Use of the Area. Pollution, over -fishing, and blocked
access to historic spawning areas are generally considered to be the principal causes of the
decline of this species.
d. Project Impacts.
(1) Habitat - Spawning habitat for the shortnose sturgeon should lie well upstream of
the ocean inlet environments typically dredged by these vessels. In addition, juveniles usually
remain inland of saline water until about 45 cm in length. Habitat conditions normally suitable
for adults (>45cm) could occur within estuarine areas where these vessels might be required to
work. Any sturgeon habitat within the areas dredged would be temporarily disturbed during
maintenance. These dredges restore navigation channels to their authorized dimensions, in
essence, reestablishing a previously existing condition. No permanent modification of habitat
will occur.
(2) Food Suooly - The shortnose sturgeon is a bottom feeder, consuming various
invertebrates and occasionally plant material. Adult foraging activities normally occur at night in
shallow water areas adjacent to the deep water areas occupied during the day. Juveniles are not
known to leave deep water areas and are expected to feed there. All bottoms dredged as a part of
a given maintenance activity will suffer temporary declines in benthic fauna populations in
comparison to adjacent undisturbed areas. Given adequate recovery time, future channel bottoms

would be expected to continue to support benthic populations similar to those existing prior to
maintenance dredging.
(3) Relationship to Critical Periods in Life Cycle - Maintenance dredging with these
vessels can be performed -at any time of year. Compliance with seasonal restrictions is the
responsibility of the host Corp District; if requested to dredge in a given area, it is assumed that
the host Corps District has coordinated the activity and obtained the necessary environmental
clearances.
Adults could occur in some of the areas that may be dredged by these vessels. Because of the
mobility of adults, they should be able to avoid the slow moving dredging equipment if they
exhibit flight behavior when approached. Whether or not this occurs is unknown. From the sea
turtle tests performed in New River Inlet and described above, it is known that the suction
dragheads of these vessels exhibit very low suction forces and have very small openings, ranging
from 3" X 5" for the Currituck and 5.5"x 8" for the sidecast dredges. Given the size of shortnose
sturgeon which would be expected to occupy the areas being dredged (>45cm = 17.7"), the low
suction forces and small openings, and an expected flight response, it is unlikely that an adult
sturgeon would be taken under normal circumstances.
(4) Affect Determination - Analysis of the life history and range of the shortnose
sturgeon and the general physical characteristics of the areas likely to be dredged within that
range indicate that these dredges may occasionally be working in the vicinity of the species.
Project maintenance should not result in significant habitat modification and feeding areas will
not be significantly affected. Spawning areas and nursery areas for juveniles would be expected
to occur outside of the areas normally dredged, but adult shortnose sturgeon could be present in
dredging areas. Since the shortnose sturgeon which occupy the project area are mobile, they
should be able to avoid locations being disturbed by dredging. Assuming a worst case, based on
the low suction forces of these vessels and the small size of the draghead openings, direct
impingement is considered unlikely. For these reasons, it has been determined that continued
operation of these vessels along the eastern seaboard is not likely to adversely affect the
shortnose sturgeon.
6.00 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
6.01 Factors Considered
This biological assessment has analyzed the potential impacts associated with the
maintenance of coastal inlets along the eastern seaboard with sidecast dredges and the splithull
hopper dredge Currituck, on those listed species which the National Marine Fisheries Service
believes may be in the project area. Factors which were considered in making effect
determinations were as follows:
* Project location in relation to distribution of listed species.
' Types of environmental impacts created by the project, including secondary impacts.
* Seasonality of occupation of the area by listed species.

Life history requirements and behavior of listed species.
Human use pressures on the area.
6.02 Conclusion
Through analysis of the above mentioned factors, it has been determined that the continued use
of these vessels to maintain shallow coastal inlets along the eastern seaboard is not likely to
adversely affect any listed species.
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ATTACHMENT A

U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
Wilmington. District
Floating Plant
Manual

Surveyboat Gillette
Vessel Characteristics and Specifications
Hull Material Aluminum
Length, Overall 64'-11-5/8"
Beam, Overall 18'-0"
Draft, FWD 2'-5"
Draft, AFT 4'-6"
Vertical Clearance 26'-0"
Speed, light 24 MPH
Speed, loaded 22 MPH
Tonnage, Gross 71.85 tons
Displacement' 26.31 tons
Propulsion Engines:
Main Engine- 2 ea 12V71 TI GM Diesel, 1040 HP, total
Propellers- 2-30"d x 32"p 4-blade 12 1/2" shaft)
Auxiliary Power-20 KW AC Generator GM 2-71 Diesel
Bunker Capacity: 1200 gal diesel fuel
Crew: 2-4
Radar:
Furuno Model 805D
Loran:
Micrologic ML-2000
Radio:
Motorola VHF FM 163.4125 Mhz-Syncom 10- Synthesized Regency
MT-5500 XL
Survey Equipment:
Entron Pentium PC
Hypack surveying/navigation software
Ashtech GPS navigation system
Trimble Navbeacon system
Ross 200 and 28Khz dual frequency echosounder
Reson Seabat multibeam system
TSS heave compensation system "
Hazen automated tide gage system
Launch:
16' Aluminum Skiff, Monark COV
c;nBrm -Page r

Snagboat Snell
Radio Call Letters:AEGC
Performs clearing and snagging and wreck removal in AIWW, navigable rivers and other
channels. Has capability for driving piling, construction and repairs of fender systems, dikes,
jetties, and dolphins. Serves as derrick -boat, refueling vessel, clamshell dredge, etc. Works in
Wilmington and Charleston Districts.
Built: Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company in 1945, originally designated Navy YSD 78.
Converted: 1967 by New Bern Shipyard, New Bern, NC. This conversion involved virtual
rebuilding, including repowering, construction of house and replacement of practically all
machinery. A large section of underwater hull plating was replaced.
Vessel Characteristics and Specifications:
Gross Tonnage 185 long tons
Displacement 323 long tons
Length, Overall 104'-0"
Beam 31'-2"
Depth, Molded 7'-9"
Draft, Aft 5'-6"
Draft, Forward 4'-0"
Propulsion Equipment: (Diesel)
Engines: 2 each, GM, Model 12V71, each 350 HP, total 700 HP
Propellers: 2 each, 4-blade, 42"d x 32"p
Reduction Gear: Twin disc, Ratio 3:1
Twin Rudders with Wheels in Tunnels
Speed: 9.5 MPH
—= - --- - Jet pump with GM 371 engine
Generators: 2, 45 KW AC diesel generators, GM 371 engine
Snell - Page 2

Derrick: Pettibone Model 130, 35 ton capacity SWL,
GM 6V53 engine with Hydraulic graple device
Boom, Length: 35 -84 ft. telescope
Bunker Capacity: 10,000 gal diesel
Portable Water: 4,000 gal
Cruising Radius: 2600 miles
Water Pump: (Jet & Dewatering) 4" Diesel powered
Air Compressor: 350 CFM/3-53 Diesel
Steering and engine controls on bridge wings
Radio Equipment:
Motorola MICOM-X, single side band 2.3000 MHZ thru 20.00 MHZ
Loran C Furuno & Micrologic ML5500 Loran
G.P.S. Plotter Positioning Gear
2-Regency Polaris MT5500 VHF Marine Band 156-163 MHZ
Transceiver WX1, WX2, WX3, WX4
Cellular Phone
Crew: 6 men
Radar: Furuno Model FP5080, .25mi scale to 48 mi. scale
Fathometer: Standard -Horizon
NOTE: The quarters are centrally air conditioned; galley is fully equipped with freezer locker
and all necessary gear. The mess area serves as a recreation room with TV installed. The
master, Chief Engineer and crew have private quarters.
Launch: 17' fiberglass, Boston Whaler, with 90 HP Mercury outboard motor propulsion unit,
COB
Snell - Pepe 3

Hopper Dredge Currituck
Radio Call Letters: AEFR
Home Port: Wilmington, North Carolina
This vessel works in the shallow -draft ocean bar channels along the Atlantic Coast. However,
in addition to removing dredged material from the channel, the CURRITUCK can transport the
material to the downdrift beach and deposit it in the surf zone to nourish sand -starved beaches.
Type: Seagoing, split -hull hopper dredge, steel construction, full diesel, with twin outboard
propulsion units.
Built: Barbour Boat Works, New Bern, North Carolina, 1974.
Converted to Dredge: US Army Engineer Yard, Eagle Island, North Carolina, 1977
Vessel Characteristics and Specifications:
Gross Tonnage
484tons
Displacement, Light
175 long tons
Displacement, Loaded
615 long tons
Length, Overall
150'-0"
Beam, Molded
30'-7"
Draft, Light
3'4"
Draft, Loaded
7'-6"
Hopper Capacity
315 cubic yards
Propulsion Equipment:
Engines- 2 Detroit Diesels GM 12-V-71, 350 HP @ 1800 RPM
Outboard Propelling Units- Holland Roerpropeller,
Model HRP 350 Deckunit
Speed, Loaded Approx: 8 MPH
Speed, Light: 9.5 MPR
Bunker Capacity: 3600 gal diesel fuel
Cunituck - Page 4

Dredging Equipment:
Primer mover- 2 ea GM 6V-71
Dredge Pumps- 2 ea HDM-32-12x10; 400 RPM -Dredge Master's direct coupled
Drags- Brunswick County Type, fabricated at Eagle Island Yard
Drag hoisting winches- Braden Series PD 12C
Total Compliment: 11 men split into 2 crews
Radio:
Regency Polaris MT-5500 VHF, Programmable 20 channel scanner, 88 channels-20 scan
and monitor all US, monitor 16 channels, scan 4 weather channels
ICOM - VHF Marine Transceiver IC-M120
Raytheon - Ray 90 VHF -FM Radio Telephone
ICOM - IC-M810 HF Marine Transceiver
Audiovox Cellular Phone
Radar:
Furuno, FR 8100D
Fathometer:
Furuno FCV-667
Compass:
Magnetic - C. Plath
Gyro:
Sperry SR130. with Repeator
Loran:
Furuno, LC 90
Rayplot 7001
Generator:
2 ea 45 KW GM 3-71, HP @ 1800, and 30 KW standby
Launch:
16' aluminum work boat and 50 HP Johnson outboard
Cueituck - Page 5

Sidecasting Dredge Fry
Radio Call LettersAESY
Home Port: Wilmington, North Carolina
The FRY was converted to a sidecasting dredge in 1972 by the Philadelphia District. Prior to
that time, the MERRITT had been assigned to maintain four inlet projects in New Jersey in
addition to her schedule in North Carolina. The MERRITT S schedule was such that the
Wilmington District was unable to keep up with the work and Wilmington assisted Philadelphia
in constructing the dredge FRY. The FRY is identical to the MERRITT in all major respects.
The FRY was transferred to Wilmington for operation in the sidecasting fleet in 1983. The FRY
was staffed for two -shift operation and has permitted the sidecasting fleet to maintain the
schedule and react to emergency needs.
Vessel Characteristics and Specifications:
Gross Tonnage 202 tons
Displacement
354 long tons
Length, Overall
104' - 2"
Beam, Molded
30' - 0"
Breath, with drags
in work position
40' - 10"
Depth, Molded
7' - 9"
Draft
4' - 8"
Draft, Loaded
5' - 11"
Draghead & Hoppers
2 Brunswick Adjustable
Drags
10"d
Discharge Pipe
12"d, 80' in length, casts material 100' from centerline
Propulsion Equipment:
Main Engines- 2 each Detroit Diesel,
Reduction Gear -Twin Disc; 3:1
12-cylinder, Total 700 HP @ 1850 RPM
Propellers- 2 each, 4-blade, 36, 34 pitch
Fry - Page 6

Pumping Equipment:
Pumps, 2 each, 10" suctions, 10" discharges combine into 12" discharge
Pump engines, 2 each, Detroit Diesel, 6V71, 230 HP @ 1850 RPM
Sidecasting capacity, 10 cubic yards sand per minute
Dredging Depth, 6' to 25'
Auxiliary Power:
Generators- 2-75KW each. Powered by Detroit Diesel 4-71 engines.
Derrick:
Speed:
Bunker Capacity:
Total Compliment:
Radar:
Crane capacity, 4.5-ton
Electric -hydraulic operation
8.5 MPH (light), 7.5 MPH (loaded)
10,000 gal diesel oil
14 men (2 crews of men each)
Furuno FR 8111
Radio:
Motorola Micomix single side band
Motorola VHF FM SYNTOR 136-174 Mhz
MODOR TRITON UHF FM Channel 16, 6, 13, 21A, 22A, 23A, WEA
KOM K-M56 VHF Marine Transceiver
A.R.C. President 40-channel CB radio
Fathometer: Raytheon Model, V820 Recorder and
Datamarine International offshore digital
Loran: Micrologic Model- ML-320 and Model Explorer 11 Loran C
Compass: Danforth Constellation
Loud Hailer: Raytheon 430
Gyro: Sperry MIC 27 Model
Vertical Clearance from Waterline:
53' mast up, 39 mast down
Launch: CON- Boston Whaler- 16'-6', 90 HP Evinrude Motor
Fry - Page 7

Sidecasting Dredge Merritt
Radio Call Letters:AEVZ
Home Port: Wilmington, North Carolina
Performs dredging work in numerous inlets along the South Atlantic Coast. is especially suited
to maintenance of shallow, unstablized inlets where larger hopper dredges cannot operate due
to strong currents and ocean environment. Often serves hopper and larger sidecasting dredges
by constructing pilot channels across limiting shoals, widening channels into high bank areas,
serving as fueling barge in emergencies.
Type: Seagoing sidecasting dredge, steel construction, side drags, port and starboard, full
diesel, twin screw, twin rudder.
Built: US Navy Yard, Charleston, SC, in 1944 and designated YSD-59.
Converted to Dredge: 1964 by Wilmington Shipyard, Inc., Wilmington, NC.
Vessel Characteristics and Specifications:
Gross Tonnage 195 long tons
Displacement 342 long tons
Length, Overall 104'-0"
Beam, Molded 30'-0"
Width, Overall Over
Drag Elbow 35'-0"
Depth, Molded 7'-9"
Draft, Bow 4'-8"
Draft, Stern 5'-6"
Hoppers None
Drags 2 Brunswick Adjustable
Discharge 12"d, 80' centerline of ship plus
10' extension- cast material
100 feet from centerline.
Propulsion Equipment:
Main Engines- 2 ea. GM 12V71, 350 HP ea
Total 700 HP @ 1850 RPM
Reduction Gear- 3:1, Twin Disc, MG 514
Propellers- 2 ea, 3-blade, 3'-6"d, 2'-8" pitch
Merritt - Page 8

Pumping Equipment:
Pumps, Morris, two each, 10" suctions, 10" discharges combine into 12" discharge
Runner, 34", 3-vane
RPM, 500
Pump engine, 1 GM, 12V71, 340 HP @ 1800 RPM, Chain drive (3.66: 1)
Sidecasting capacity, 300 to 450 cy/hr
Dredging depth, 6' to 25'
A.C. Generators:
2 AC 90 KW-4-71
Derrick:
Driven by electric hydraulic pump, approximately 6-ton lifting capacity
at typical operating boom angle
Potable Water tank:
4000 gal capacity
Speed:
7.5 MPH
Bunker Capacity:
10,000 gal diesel
Cruising Radius:
1,200 miles
Total Crew:
7-Single Shift Operation
NOTE: Quarters are fully air conditioned accomodations for 8 men including 2 officers, galley,
no recreation room, TV installed for use after hours. No visitor quarters available.
Loran:
North Star GPS-Loran 800
Radio:
CAI SSB 5400 Khz
Regency Polaris MT5500XL
Fathometer:
ICOM M-120, Gradurte 301, International Offshore- Furuno-FCV-667
Compass:
Sperry Gyro
Vertical Clearance
from Waterline:
46'
Launch:
17' Fiberglass-1987 Boston Whaler, 90hp Evinrude, COB
Aluminum Skiff:
16, COB
Radar:
Furuno FR 8111
Merritt - PV9 9

Sidecasting Dredge Schweizer
Radio Call Letters:AEWS
Home Port: Wilmington, North Carolina
Performs dredging work in numerous ocean inlets along the Atlantic Coast from Florida to New
England. This vessel is especially suited to maintenance of the shallow, unstablized inlets
where shallow channels prohibit operation of the larger hopper dredges.
Type: Seagoing sidecasting dredge,steel construction, side drags, port and starboard, full
diesel, twin screw and twin rudder.
Built: 1946 by Missouri Valley Bridge Company and originally designated Navy YF-865.
Converted to Dredge: 1966 by Boland Machine and Manufacturing Company from Navy
YF-865.
Vessel Characteristics and Specifications:
Gross Tonnage
361 long tons
Displacement
550 long tons
Length of Hull
133'-7"
Length, Overall Including Discharge Pipe
188'-6"
Beam, Molded
30'-0"
Width, Overall Over Drag Elbow
38'-0"
Draft, Bow
7'-9"
Draft, Stern
9'-0.
Hoppers
None
Drags
2 Brunswick type
Discharge Pipe
12"d, 99' long.
Casts material 80'
Propulsion Equipment:
Main Engines:
Reduction Gear:
Propellers:
from side of vessel
2 ea GM-16-V-149, 9O0HP @ 1800RPM, total 1800HP
Twin disc gears MG 540; 4.6 to 1
60" dia X 66" pitch, stainless steel, 4-blade
Schweizer -Page 10

Pumping Equipment:
Pumps- (2) 12" Thomas Simplicity Dredge Pumps
RPM- 450
Pump engines- 2 Detroit Diesels, 12V71, 350 HP @ 1800 RPM
Sidecasting capacity- 650 cy/hr
Dredging depth- 9' to 20'
Speed:
Bunker Capacity:
@SPACE _
Total Crew:
)Q0
8,600 gal
3 Officers, 4 men
Radio:
Motorola Micomix, SSB, 2300 Khz, 2326, 2350, 4090, 5400, 5437.5, 6785, 6790
Motorola VHF FM Maritime Channels 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 26
Motorola VHF FM Channels 18A, 68, 70, 24,28, 21A, 22A, 23A, 81A, WX7, WX3
Regency Polaris 5500XL VHF FM
Radar:
Furuno FCR 1411
Fathometer:
Standard: DST Slant Bar 21 with Bronze Transducer
Compass:
Sperry Gyro SR/30
Vertical Clearance
from Waterline:
43'
Launch:
17' fiberglass, 1987 Boston Whaler, 90 hp, Evinrude, COB
AC Generators:
2 ea 100 KW GM 6-71-175 HP @ 1800 RPM
Emergency AC
Generator:
1 ea 45 KW GM-3-71-HP @ 1800 RPM
sch"&i -Page J J

Wilmington District Engineer Yard
Located west side of the Cape Fear River, two miles downstream from Wilmington on Eagle
Island, North Carolina, this facility is a repair yard and a storage area serving equipment on two
multi -purpose flood control projects, two low flow water storage - flood control reservoirs,
three locks and dams, highway bridges, and all the floating plant owned by the District. The
site contains 3.3 acres with 7 buildings and a wharf. The area is enclosed by a 6' high chain
link fence with a security gate at the entrance. Each building is secured by door locks.
The yard is under the supervision and direction of the Operations Branch,
Construction -Operations Division. The permanent work force at this facility consists of a
superintendent and generally five additional full-time employees.
Two four -man survey parties, the survey boat GILLETTE and several small survey boats are
also based at the yard.
The yard is equipped with a carpenter shop and well equipped machine/welding shop, a
warehouse, and an equipment shelter. Two docks and a steel bulkhead afford vessel berthing
facilities.
Considerable welding and mechanical work is done at the yard on dredging equipment for the
SNELL, FRY, MERRITT, SCHWEIZER, and CURRITUCK and on machinery and fixtures for the
flood control projects, locks, dams, bridges, and vessels.
EngineerYard - Page 12

Hull Material:
Length, Overall:
Beam, Overall:
Displacement:
Draft:
Highest Fixed Point:
Speed:
Propulsion Engines:
Main Engine
Horsepower
Propeller
Drive
Auxiliary Power:
Bunker capacity:
Crew:
Radio:
Surveyboat Wanchese
Vessel Characteristics and Specifications
Aluminum
25'-0"
8'-0"
2.6 tons (light), 3.2 ton (loaded)
8,-0n
31 MPH (light),
30 MPH (loaded)
1 ea. 6 BT 5.9 Cummings
210 @ 2600 RPM's
1 ea. 19" dia., 3-blade, 20 pitch Nibral cupped
1 ea. Marine Drive
1 each Kohler diesel generator 12 KW
2 each @ 40 gal
2-3
Motorola Micor VHF FM 163.4125 Mhz and 163.4375 Mhz District Radio
Regency 5500 XL VHF FM Channels 6,9,13,16,22A,24,26,28,WX1
Survey Equipment: Entron Pentium PC
Hypack surveying/navigation software
NovAtel GPS system
Trimble Navbeacon system
Innerspace Technology thermal depth sounder model 448
TSS heave compensation system
Waxhese - Page 13

Surveyboat Beaufort
Vessel Characteristics and Specifications
Material of Hull:
Aluminum
Length, Overall:
47' 6"
Beam, Overall:
15'
Displacement:
14.3 long tons, light, 17.4 long tons, loaded
Vertical Clearance
Required:
16'-6"
Draft, Normal Loaded,
Forward:
2'-6"
Draft, Normal Loaded,
Aft:
4'-6"
Speed:
26 Knots
Propulsion Engine:
2 GM Diesel 8-V92 TI, 570 HP each at 2300
Bunker Capacity:
800 gal diesel fuel
Cruising Radius:
500 miles
Crew:
2
Propellers:
Two 4-blade, 26" diameter, 25" pitch Nibral
Survey Equipment:
Entron Pentium PC
Hypack surveying/navigation software
Trimble Navigation GPS system
Trimble Navbeacon System
Innerspace Technology thermal depth sounder model 448
TSS heave compensation system
Radar:
Furuno 805D, Marine Radar
Radio Equipment:
Motorola SYNTOR VHF FM District Communications
Northstar 800 Loran C
Regency Polaris MT 5500 XL VHF
Beaufort - Page 14

ATTACHMENT B

REPORT OF OPERATIONS FOR CURRITUCK
New River Inlet
Nov 30 - Jan 30, 1996
Carolina Beach
Jan 31 - Feb 5, 1996
Eagle Island
Feb 6 - 27, 1996
Carolina Beach
Feb 28 - Mar 14, 1996
Barnegat Inlet
Mar 15 - Apr 12, 1996
Manasquan Inlet
Apr 13 - Apr 22,1996
Barnegat Inlet
Apr 23 - 28, 1996
Green Harbor
Apr 29 - May 30, 1996
Block Island
May 31 - Jun 7, 1996
Sesuit Harbor
Jun 8 - 21, 1996
Barnegat Inlet
Jun 22 - Aug 14, 1996
New River Inlet
Aug 15 - 26,1996
Staten Island
Aug 27 - Sep 30, 1996
Mays Shipyard
Oct 1 - 31, 1996
Barnegat Inlet
Nov 1 - Dec 4, 1996
Carolina Beach
Dec 5 - Dec 13, 1996
Eagle Island
Dec 14 - Dec 20, 1996
Lockwoods Folly
Dec 21 -Jan 19, 1997
Eagle Island
Jan 20 - 27, 1997
New River Inlet
Jan 28 - 31, 1997
Eagle Island
Feb 1 - 5, 1997
Cape May
Feb 6 -10, 1997
Barnegat Inlet
Feb 11 - 26,1997
Jones Creek
Feb 27 - Mar 24, 1997
Barnegat Inlet
Mar 25 -Apr 26,1997
Cuttyhunk, Ma
Apr 27 - May 6,1997
Woodhole, Me
7-May-97
Green Harbor
May 8 -Jun 6, 1997
Barnegat Inlet
Jun 7 -Jul 20, 1997
Topsail Inlet
IJul 21 -Aug 17,1997
Drum Inlet
lAug 18 - 30, 1997
Lockwoods Folly
;Aug 31 - Sep 15, 1997
Carolina Beach
ISep 16 - 30, 1997
Carolina Beach
Oct 1 -11, 1997
Eagle Island
;Oct 12 -15, 1997
Barnegat Inlet
j Oct 28 - Nov 29, 1997
Sennett's Creek
Nov 30 - Dec 12, 1997
Rudee Inlet
Dec 13 -18, 1997
Drum Inlet
Dec 19 -Jan 18,1998
Lockwood's Folly
Jan 19 - Feb 2, 1998
Carolina Beach
Feb 3 .15, 1998
Engineer Yard
Feb 16 - Mar 5,1998
Rudee Inlet
Mar 6 -14, 1998
Manasquan Inlet
Mar 15 -Apr 1, 1998
Barnegat Inlet
;Apr 2 - 27, 1998
Repairs at Manasquan
f 28-Apr-98j
Green Harbor
'Apr 29 - May 23, 1998

MERRITT
it
REPORT OF OPERATIONS FOR MERRITT
LOCATION
DATE
Eagle Island
Oct 1-10,1996
New River inlet
Oct 10 - Nov 15,1996
Bogue Inlet
Nov 16 - 24, 1996
Norshipco
Nov 25 - Jan 5,1997
Eagle Island
Jan 6 -14, 1997
Carolina Beach
Jan 15 - Mar 11, 1997
I
Lockwoods Folly
Mar 12 - Apr 7, 1997
Topsail Inlet
Apr 8 - 21, 1997
New River Inlet
Apr 22 - May 28, 1997
Carolina Beach
May 29 - Jun 16, 1997
New River Inlet
Jun 17 -Jul 7, 1997
New Topsail Inlet
Jul 8 - 9, 1997
Eagle Island
Jul 10 - 20, 1997
Bogue Inlet
Jul 21 -Sep 7,1997
New Topsail Inlet
Sep 8 - 30, 1997
New Topsail Inlet
Oct 1 - 27, 1997
Eagle Island
Oct 28 - Nov 2, 1997
Bogue Inlet
Nov 3 -16, 1997
Drum Inlet
Nov 17 - Dec 9, 1997
New Topsail Inlet
Dec 10 -16, 1997
Carolina Beach
Dec 17 -Jan 16, 1998
Oregon Inlet
Jan 17 - Feb 25, 1998
Bogus Inlet
Feb 26 - Mar 14, 1998
Carolina Beach
Mar 15 - Apr 16, 1998
i
New River Inlet
!
Apr 17 - May 11, 1998
Page 2

FRY
REPORT OF OPERATIONS FOR FRY
LOCATION
DATE
LOCATION
DATE
Topsail Inlet
Dec 28 - Jan 4, 1996
New River Inlet IDec
28 - Jan 24, 1997
Bogue Inlet
Jan 5 - Feb 1, 1996
Engineer Yard
Jan 25 - Feb 12,1997
Lockwoods Folly
Feb 2 - Mar 6, 1996
New River Inlet
Feb 13 - Mar 19,1997
Topsail Inlet
Mar 6 - 25, 1996
Drum Inlet
Mar 20 -Apr 30,1997
New River Inlet
Mar 26 - Apr 9, 1996
ICarolina
Beach
May 1 - 4, 1997
Lockwoods Folly
Apr 10 - 24, 1996
Engineer Yard
May 5 -15, 1997
New River Inlet
Apr 25 - May 7, 1996
Braswell Shipyard
May 16 -Jun 5, 1997
Eagle Island .
May 8-10,1996
Folly Beach, SC
Jun 6 - Jul 9, 1997
Carolina Beach
May 11 -Jun 2, 1996
Town Creek, SC
Jul 10 - Sep 3, 1997
Lockwoods Folly
jJun
3-14,1996
Carolina Beach
Sep 4-10,1997
Folly Beach, SC
Jun 15 - Jul 9, 1996
New River Inlet
Sep 11 - 30, 1997
Lockwoods Folly
Jul 10 -Jul 18,1996
New River Inlet
Oct 1 - 8, 1997
Bogue Inlet
Jul 19 - 31, 1996
Lockwoods Folly
Oct 9 -19, 1997
Eagle Island
Aug 1-14,1996
Eagle Island
Oct 20 - 24, 1997
New Topsail Inlet
Aug 15 - 29, 1996
New River Inlet
Oct 25 - Nov 16, 1997
Carolina Beach
Aug 30 - Sep 6, 1996
Bogue Inlet
Nov 17 - Dec 14, 1997
Eagle Island
Sep 7 - 10, 1996
Engineer Yard
Dec 15 - 20,1997
Lockwoods Folly
Sep 11 - 23,1996
New River Inlet
Dec 21 - 28, 1997
Carolina Beach
Sep 24 - 27, 1996
Eagle Island
Dec 29 - Jan 1, 1998
New River Inlet
Sep 28 .30, 1996
New River Inlet
Jan 2 - 5, 1998
New River Inlet
Oct 1 - 30, 1996
New Topsail Inlet
Jan 6 - Feb 2, 1998
Bogue Inlet
Oct 31 -Nov 13,1996
Cape May Inlet
Mar 12 -31, 1998
Carolina Beach
Nov 14 - 23, 1996
Eagle Island
Apr 1 - 8, 1998
Engineer Yard
Nov 24 - 28,1996
Topsail Island
jApr 9 - 20, 1998
Masonboro Inlet
Nov 29 - Dec 5,1996
Engineer Yard
Apr 21 - 22, 1998
Bogue Inlet
I Dec 6 - 27, 1996
Clark Creek
jApr 23 - May 20, 1998
Page 4

SCHWEIZER
REPORT OF OPERATIONS FOR SCHWEIZER
LOCATION
DATE
Oregon Inlet
Oct 1 - Mar 13, 1996
Cape May
Mar 14 - 25, 1996
Oregon Inlet
Mar 26 - May 1,1996
Bulls Bay
May 2 - Jun 24,1996
Eagle Island
Jun 25 -Sep 9, 1996
Oregon Inlet
Sep 10 - 25,1996
Oregon Inlet
Sep 26 - 30,1996
Oregon Inlet
Oct 1 -Mar 2,1997
Cape May
Mar 3 -19, 1997
Eagle Island
Mar 20 - Apr 14, 1997
Oregon Inlet
Apr 15 -Jun 9,1997
McClellanville, SC
Jun 10 -17, 1997
Eagle Island
18Jun-97
Oregon Inlet
Jun 19 - Sep 30,1997
Oregon Inlet
Oct 1 -Dec 15,1997
Page 5

ATTACHMENT C

SUMMARY OF SEA TURTLE STRANDINGS REPORTED DURING COASTAL INLET
DREDGING OPERATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA: 1994 - 1997
This report summarizes all sea turtle strandings reported during inlet dredging operations
from 1994 - 1997. It should be noted that 1997 dredging dates and locations are not complete
because exact starting and ending dates were not specified in the dredge schedule supplied by the
USACOE's Wilmington District. Additionally, it appears that emergency dredging operations
were not included in the schedule (i.e., Drum Inlet, August 1997).
All strandings reported in the area extending from the center of the inlets to three miles north,
three miles south, and three miles inland (hereinafter referred to as the search area) are included in
the summary. The search area for inlets bordered by beaches with an east -west orientation
extends three miles east, three miles west, and three miles north (inland) from the center of the
inlet. Listed below are the inlets and the range of coordinates that form their respective search
area.
Oregon Inlet:
Drum Inlet:
Hogue Inlet:
New River Inlet:
New Topsail Inlet:
Masonboro Inlet:
Carolina Beach Inlet:
Lockwood Folly Inlet:
350 45.0' - 350 49.1' N
750 30.2' - 750 35.0' W
340 49.2' - 340 53.0' N
760 16.5' - 760 22.0' W
340 37.9' - 340 41.2' N
770 09.5' - 770 04.0' W
340 30.7' - 340 34.4' N
770 17.9' - 770 22.9' W
340 19.0' - 340 22.5' N
770 37.3' - 770 41.6' W
340 08.9' - 340 13.5' N
770 47.0' - 770 51.6' W
340 02.7' - 340 07.2' N
770 51.0' - 770 56.7' W
330 54.6' - 330 57.0' N
780 11.1' - 780 17.5' W

Listed below are the inlets for which no strandings were reported in the search area.
Dredging periods are included for verification by the USACOE.
Bogue Inlet:
No strandings were reported during the following dredging periods:
07/28/95 - 07/31/95
O1/05/96 - 01/31/96
07/09/96 - 08/31/96
New River Inlet:
11/01/96 - 11/30/96
02/15/97 - 02/28/97
07/31/97 - 07/31/97
No strandings were reported during the following dredging periods:
10/01/94 - 10/11/94
12/01/94 - 12/31/94
08/01/95 - 08/31/95
10/01/95 - 10/31/95
12/08/95 - 01/15/96
Masonboro Inlet:
10/01/96 - 10/31/96
02/01/97 - 02/15/97
06/01/97 - 06/30/97
08/01197 - 08/31/97
No strandings were reported during the following dredging period:
12/01/96 - 12/31/96
Carolina Beach:
No strandings were reported during the following dredging periods:
11/01/94 - 11/27/94
12/01/94 - 12/31/94
04/01/95 - 04/10/95
08/01/95 - 08/31/95
09/01/95 - 09/06/95
10/01/95 - 10/22/95
03/01/96 - 03/14/96
05/01/96 - 05/31/96
07/10/96 - 07/31/96
09/01/96 - 09/30/96
O1/01/97 - 02/28/97

Definitions of variables and cell values found in the tables below:
Dredge Period - span of time a dredging operation took place.
Strn. Date - stranding date.
Lat. - latitude (stranding location).
Long. - longitude (stranding location).
Cond. - condition of turtle carcass.
Cause - probable cause of turtle stranding.
Cells with n/a indicate that no strandings were reported during the respective dredging
period.
CCL (found under "Carapace Measurements") - curved carapace length.
CCW (found under "Carapace Measurements") - curved carapace width.

Table 1. Sea Turtle strandings reported during dredging operations in Oregon Inlet, North Carolina, 1994 - 1997.
DREDGE
STRN.
CARAPACE
PERIOD
DATE
SPECIES
LAT.
LONG.
COND.
CAUSE & COMMENTS
MEASUREMENTS
10/01/94 -
CCL: 37.0 in.
04/30/95
11/15/94
Loggerhead
35048.0'
75032.5'
Fresh
Unknown without injury.
CCW: 34.0 in.
06/01/95 -
Carapace measurements
07/22/95
06/01/95
Loggerhead
35049.1'
75033. I'
Fresh
Unknown without injury.
were taken incorrectly.
06/01/95 -
Severely
Unknown - a rope with a heavy wooden crate was tied
CCL: 43.0 in.
07/22/95
06/30/95
Loggerhead
35045.8'
75°30.8'
decomposed
to one of its rear flippers.
CCW: 39.0in.
06/01/95 -
Moderately
Boat propeller lacerations penetrated carapace; viscera
CCL: 62.0 in.
07/22/95
07/11/95
Leatherback
35045.5'
75030.6'
decomposed
exposed.
CCW: 47.0 in.
10/01/95 -
02/29/95
n/a
I n/a
n/a
n/a
Na
n/a
n/a
04/01/96 -
04/30/96
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Na
10/01/96 -
Unknown without injury; trawling activity in
CCL: 24.2 in.
02/28/97
11/17/96
Loggerhead
35048.3'
75032.8'
Fresh
nearshorewaters.
CCW: 22.7in.
03/15/97 -
Moderately
Did not obtain CCL
09/30/97
05/22/97
Loggerhead
35046.7'
75034.7'
decomposed
Unknown without injury,
CCW: 25.0 in.
03/15/97 -
Severely
Unknown with injury; head and right rear flipper
CCL: 38.0 cm
09/30/97
(16/25/97
Loggerhead
35°46.2'
75°32.2'
decomposed
missing.
CCW: 50.5 cm
03/15/97 -
Severely
Unknown with injury; head and all four flippers
CCL: 24.5 in.
09/30/97
07/06/97 1
Loggerhead
35046.8'
75032.2'
decomposed I
missing. I
CCW: 24.0 in.
Table 2. Sea Turtle strandings reported during dredging operations in Drum Inlet, North Carolina, 1997.
DREDGE
STRN.
CARAPACE
PERIOD
DATE
SPECIES LAT.
LONG. COND.
CAUSE & COMMENTS
MEASUREMENTS
03/01/97 -
Moderately
Unknown without injury; old. healed wound on right
CCL:
27.2 in.
03/31/97
03/21/97
Loggerhead 34053.0'
76016.6' decomposed
side of carapace.
CCW:
26.5in.
03/01/97 -
Dried
Only carapace and plastron present; found in an area
CCL:
26.0 in.
03/31/97
03/28/97
Loggerhead 34051.7'
76018.5' carcass
rarely patrolled.
CCW:
"25.0 in.

Table 2. Sea Turtle strandings reported during dredging operations In Drum Inlet, North Carolina, 1997 - January 1998.
D.nDGE .
STRN.
PERIOD
DATE
SPECIES
LAT.
LONG.
COND.
CAUSE & COMMENTS
CARAPACE
MEASUREMENTS
03/20/97 -
04/30/97
03/21/97
Loggerhead
Modornlely
Unknown without Injury; old, healed wound on right
CCL: 27.2 In,
34053.00
76016,6'
decomposed
side of carapace.
CCW: 26.51n.
03R0/97 -
04/30/97
03/28/07
Loggerhead
34051.7'
Dried
Only carapace and plastron present; found In an area
CCL: 26.0 in.
0 7 -
76018.5'
carcass
rarely strolled.
CCW: 25,0 in.
0 4/30/
04/10(97
erllead
34050,7'
76019.4
Severely
decom decomposed
No visible wounds.
CCL: 23.5 in.
CCW: 22.5In.
/18197/
OB/lR/97 -
08/30/97
Nn
Na
Nn
Nn.
No
Nn
Na
11/17/97 -
12/09/97
11/22/97
Kenp's
Moderately
Missing most of 1he loft front Hipper, tear in Ihront
CCL: 26,5 cm
11/17/97 -
ridley
34052.7'
76017.0'
decom osed
(prob, scavengers); shrimp & crab arts In GI (me(.
CCW: 26.0 cm,
12/09/97
12/03/97
Logged cad
34051.7'
76018.3'
Maderalely
deco d
3 cm hole In left aide of pack.
CCL: 52.0 cat
CCW: 49.0 cm
11/17/97 -
12/09/97
12/05197
Loggerhead
34050,0'
76020,1'
Moderately
deans osed
Small (tole In loft side of neck.
CCL: 68,0 en
CCW: 65.5 an
12/19/97 -
01/108
Na
Na I
n/n
Na I
Din
Na
n/a
1i
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Table 3. Sea Turtle strandings reported during dredging operations in New Topsail Inlet, North Carolina, 1995 - 1997.
DREDGE
STRN.
CARAPACE
PERIOD
DATE
SPECIES
LAT.
LONG.
COND.
CAUSE & COMMENTS
MEASUREMENTS
03/Ol/95 -
03/31/95
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Na
l2/06/95 -
12/31/95
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
03/09/96 -
03/31/96
n/a
n/a
Na
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
08/15/96 -
08/31/96
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
03/01/97 -
Severely"
Carcass was buried before it was checked by a
No meas. obtained; est. CCL:
04/31/97
04/16/97
Loggerhead
34021.2'
77038.8'
decomposed
stranding network participant.
22.0 in.. est. CCW: 17.5 in.
O8/01/97 -
09/30/97
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a I
n/a I
n/a
n/a

Table 4. Sea Turtle strandings reported during dredging operations in Lockwood Folly Inlet, North Carolina, 1994 - 1997.
DREDGE
STRN.
PERIOD
l0/01 /94 -
DATE
I SPECIES LAT.
LONG.
I COND. CAUSE & COMMENTS
CARAPACE
MEASUREMENTS
10/14/94
Ol/Ol/95 -
Na
n/a n/a
n/a
Na n/a
Na
02/29/95
09/01/95 -
n/a
n/a n/a
n/a
n/a n/a
n/a
09/30/95
02/02/96 -
n/a
n/a n/a
n/a
n/a n/a
Na
03/08/96
04 /30/9 -
04/30/96
09/01/96 .
09/30/96
09/01/96 -
09/30/96
12/Ol/96 -
n/a
04/25/96
09/03196
09/27/96
n/a n/a
Loggerhead 33°54.7'
Green 33054.6'
Kemp's
ridl ey 33°54.6'
n/a
78°11.9'
78015.0'
78°15.8'
n/a n/a
Unknown with injurv: small hole on left side of neck,
Fresh right side of neck bruised: blood oozed from nose.
Severely Two severe propeller cuts in right rear quadrant of
decomposed carapace that also penetrated the plastmh•
Moderately
decomposed Unknown without injury.
n/a
CCL: 64.3 cm.
CCW: 62.2 cm.
CCL: I2.0 in.
CCW: 10.0 in.
CCL: 15.0 in.
CCW: 15.0 in.
01/31/97
03/Ol/97 -
n/a
Na n/a
n/a
n/a n/a
n/a
n/a
03/31/97
09/01/97 -
n/a
Na n/a
n/a
n/a n/a
09/30/97
09/07/97
Loggerhead 33054.7'
78012.0'
Fresh Unknown without in u
injury-
CCL: 53.0 cm.
CCW dR n rm

ATTACHMENT D

Figure 1. Test sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, prior to initiation of tests.
Figure 2. Same turtle as in Figure 1, after completion of all tests.

Figure 3. Draghead of sidecast dredge Fry. Overall, draghead is 24"X24", individual
ports are 5.5 inch square and 5.5" by 8". Intake pipe is 10" diameter.
Figure 4. Close-up of same draghead as in Figure 3.

DIVISION OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT
APPLICATION TRANSMITTAL AND PROCESSING RECORD
1) APPLICANT: The Town of Emerald Isle clo Frank Rush Jr. COUNTY: Carteret
PROJECT NAME: SDI-5 Bogue Inlet
LOCATION OF PROJECT: Bogue Inlet and the connecting channel to the AIWW
DATE APPLICATION RECEIVED COMPLETE BY FIELD: 5-12-15
FIELD RECOMMENDATION: Attached: YES
CONSISTENCY DETERMINATION: Attached: n/a
FIELD REPRESENTATIVE: Macpherson
n /� i
DISTRICT MANAGER REVIEW: J� .9 �—
B) DATE RECEIVED BY MAJOR PERMITS UNIT:
PUBLIC NOTICE REC'D: 5-22-15
ADJ. RIP. PROP NOTICES REC'D:
APPLICATION ASSIGNED TO:
C) 75 DAY DEADLINE: 01
MAIL OUT DATE: 5-19-15
FEDERAL DUE DATE:
To Be Forwarded: n/a
To Be Forwarded: n/a
DISTRICT OFFICE: WILMINGTON
FEE REC D: $
END OF NOTICE DATE: 6-12-15
DEED REC' :
ON: Z/1
150 DAY DEADLINE:
STATE DUE DATE: 6-12-15
FED COMMENTS RECD:
PERMIT FINAL ACTION: ISSUE DENY DRAFT ON
AGENCY
DATE
COMMENTS
RETURNED
OBJECTIONS:
YES NO
NOTES
Coastal Management - Regional Representative
Coastal Management - LUP Consistency
Division of Community Assistance
Land Quality Section (DEMLR)
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Division of Water Resources (401)
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Storm Water Management (DEMLR)
State Property Office
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Division of Archives & History
Division of Environmental Health
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Wildlife Resources Commission
Local Permit Office
Division of Marine Fisheries / DCM
Corps of Engineers
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Recommendations for State Permit — Town of Emerald Isle SDI-5-Bogue Inlet
The proposed maintenance excavation and beach nourishment activities appear to be CONSISTENT with 15
NCAC 07H.0208 (b)(1)(2) & (8)and 07H.0312(1)(2)(3) and (4). This office has no objection to the proposed
work should it be determined to be consistent with federal navigation maintenance dredging templates.
Should a permit be issued, it should require that the project be undertaken in accordance with all other state
and federal permitting requirements, and include the following conditions:
In order to protect threatened and endangered species and to minimize adverse impacts to offshore,
nearshore, intertidal and beach resources, no excavation or beach nourishment activities, including
mobilization and demobilization, shall occur from April 1 to November 15 of any year without the prior
approval of the Division of Coastal Management in consultation with the North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission and the US Army Corps of Engineers.
Excavation
Prior to the initiation of any permitted activities the permittee and/or his or her contractor shall
schedule a pre -construction meeting with a Division of Coastal Management representative in
consultation with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission to inspect the dredge pipeline placed
along the beach area.
3. Excavation shall not exceed approved depths and widths, with a -2.0' overcut.
4. No vegetated wetlands/marsh grass will be excavated or filled.
5. The temporary placement or double -handling of excavated or fill materials within waters or vegetated
wetlands is not authorized.
6. All mechanized equipment will be regularly inspected and maintained to prevent contamination of
waters and wetlands from fuels, lubricants, hydraulic fluids or other toxic materials. In the event of a
spill of petroleum products or any other hazardous waste, the permittee shall immediately report it to
the N.C. Division of Water Resources at [phone], Ext. 526 or [phone] and provisions of
the North Carolina Oil Pollution and Hazardous Substances Control Act will be followed.
The placement of dredged materials along a swimming beach has the potential to cause a localized
increase in bacteria concentrations within the waters surrounding the project. Potential issues can be
avoided by scheduling these types of projects between November 15t" and March 3151 of a given year.
NOTE: The permittee's contractor is advised to contact the U.S. Coast Guard at [phone], ext.
108 to discuss operations and appropriate lighting, markers, etc. for all dredge equipment.
SAND DEPOSITION — BENEFICIAL PLACEMENT
Prior to the initiation of beneficial placement activity along each section of beach, the existing mean
high water line shall be surveyed and a copy provided to the Division of Coastal Management.
NOTE: The permittee is advised that the State of North Carolina claims title to most currently
submerged lands and future lands are raised above the Mean High Water level as a result of
this project. RFCFVFC
9. Prior to the initiation of beach nourishment activity above the mean high water contour line WhWiitl0ft
limits of the permittee's jurisdiction, easements or similar legal instruments shall be obtainedArQm,,a1J,,
affected property owners.
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10. Temporary dikes shall be used to retain and direct flow of material parallel to the shoreline to minimize
surf zone turbidities. The temporary dikes shall be removed and the beach graded in accordance with
approved profiles upon completion of pumping activities in that particular section of beach.
11. The seaward nourishment limit shall be constructed in accordance with approved plans for each event.
12. All sand placed on the beach shall be beach compatible with existing grain size and type. Should the
dredging operator encounter sand deemed non -compatible with 15A NCAC 07H .0312 (Technical
Standards for Beach Fill Projects), outside of the areas of known non -compatible material, the dredge
operator shall immediately cease operation and contact the Division of Coastal Management. Dredge
operations shall resume only after resolution of the issue of sand compatibility.
13. During and after construction activities, a uniform, gradual slope will be maintained between the mean
high water and mean low water elevation contours so as not to endanger the public or interfere with the
public's use of the beach.
14. In order to prevent leakage, dredge pipes shall be routinely inspected. If leakage is found and repairs
cannot be made immediately, pumping of material shall stop until such leaks are fixed.
15. Once a section is complete, piping and heavy equipment shall be removed or shifted to a new section
and the area graded and dressed to final approved slopes.
16. Land -based equipment necessary for beneficial placement work shall be brought to the site through
existing accesses. Should the work result in any damage to existing accesses, the accesses shall be
restored to pre -project conditions immediately upon project completion in that specific area.
NOTE: The permittee is advised that any new access sites would require a modification of this permit.
17. The activity shall not significantly increase erosion on neighboring properties and shall not have a
significant adverse effect on important natural or cultural resources.
18. Where oceanfront development exists at elevations nearly equal to that of the native beach, a low
protective dune shall be pushed up along the backbeach to prevent slurry from draining towards the
development.
19. Dune disturbance shall be kept to a minimum. Any alteration of existing dunes shall be coordinated
with the Division of Coastal Management as well as the appropriate property owner(s). All disturbed
areas shall be restored to original contours and configuration with reference to the surveyed normal
high water line and shall be vegetated immediately following project completion in that section of beach.
20. This permit does not grant any property rights or exclusive privileges.
21. The first line of stable natural vegetation (where it exists) is not to be filled or disturbed. The applicant
may request that this line be staked in the field by a representative of the Division of Coastal
Management.
23. The appropriate nourished areas shall be planted with a suitable beach grass and fertilized after
completion of berm construction.
24. Any changes in the development plans will require a modification of this permit.
25. Development carried out under this permit shall be consistent with all local requirements, AEC
Guidelines and local land use plans current at the time of authorization. RECENED
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26. This permit does not eliminate the need to obtain any other required state, local, or federal
authorizations.
27. The activities shall not exceed the lateral bounds of the project as shown on the application drawings.
28. All appropriate conditions for biological resources moratoria are included as conditions of the permit.
29. Prior to commencement of work, all applicable easements shall be obtained and copies shall be
provided to the Division of Coastal Management's Wilmington Regional Office.
FILL ACTIVITIES AT DISPOSAL SITE DA-0060
30. All unconsolidated material resulting from associated grading and dredge spoil placement shall be
retained on site by effective sedimentation and erosion control measures. Prior to any land -disturbing
activities, a barrier line of filter cloth must be installed between the land disturbing activity and the
adjacent marsh or water areas, until such time as the area has been properly stabilized with a
vegetative cover.
31. All excavated material shall be confined above normal high water and landward of regularly or
irregularly flooded march behind adequate dikes or other retaining structures to prevent spillover of
solids into any marsh or surrounding waters.
32. The disposal area effluent shall be contained by pipe, trough, or similar device to a point at or beyond
the normal water level to prevent gully erosion and siltation.
33. The terminal end of the pipeline shall be positioned at or greater than 50 feet from any part of the dike
and a maximum distance from spillways to allow settlement of suspended sediments.
34. A water control structure shall be installed at the intake end of the effluent pipe to assure compliance
with water quality standards.
35. The diked disposal area shall be constructed a sufficient distance from the normal high water line or any
march to eliminate the possibility of dike erosion into surrounding wetlands or waters.
36. The spoil area shall be inspected and approved prior to beginning work by a DCM Representative prior
to the beginning of any dredge activities.
37. In order to protect water quality, runoff from the construction must not visibly increase the amount of
suspended sediments in adjacent waters.
General
38. This permit shall not be assigned, transferred, sold or otherwise disposed of to a third party without the
written approval of the Division of Coastal Management.
39. The permittee and contractor shall schedule a pre -construction conference with the Division of Coastal
Management and the US Army Corps of Engineers prior to the initiation of any activities authorized by
this permit.
40. No attempt shall be made by the permittee to prevent the full and free use by the public of all navigable
waters at or adjacent to the authorized work following project completion.
41. The permittee and contractor shall provide for proper storage and handling of all oils, chemicals, RECEIVED
hydraulic fluids, etc. necessary to carry out the project.
MAY 2 610b
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42. No sand shall be placed on any sand bags that have been determined by the Division of Coastal
Management to be subject to removal under 15A NCAC 07H .0308(a)(2). In order to ensure
compliance with this condition, the Division of Coastal Management shall be contacted at (910 796-
7425 prior to project initiation so that Division staff may meet on site with the permittee and/or
contractor.
NOTE: Individual maintenance navigation events may require additional authorization. The permittee
shall contact a representative of the Division at [phone] prior to the commencement of
any such activity for a determination.
MAY 2 6 2015

Pat McCrory
Governor
MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Applicant:
Project Location:
NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resource
Donald R. van der Vaart
Secretary
May 19, 2015
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Division of Coastal Management
400 Commerce Avenue
Morehead City, NC 28557
Jonathan Howell, NC DENR-DCM Assistant Major Permits Coordinator
400 Commerce Avenue, Morehead City, NC 28557 (Courier 11-12-09)
CAMA I D&F Permit Application Review
Town of Emerald Isle
Bogue Inlet and the connecting channel to the AIWW
Proposed Project: to continue federal navigation maintenance dredging, with disposal areas along the
Emerald Isle oceanfront, in Carteret County.
Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the proposed project and
return this form to Jonathan Howell at the address above by June 12, 2015. If you have any
questions regarding the proposed project, contact Tara MacPherson at [phone] when
appropriate, in depth comments with supporting data is requested.
The complete application submittal can be viewed at: ftp://www.obp-.com
User name:NCDNR52139 Password: Nc52dNrl39
REPLY: This agency has no objection to the project as proposed.
XThis agency has no comment on the proposed project. RECEIVED
MAY 8 6 205
This agency approves of the project only if the recommended changesL1t-M-lWFW r++
are incorporated. See attached.
This agency objects to the project for reasons//`��
described in the attached comments.
YM.SIGNED �U�t VDATE I U(, t
N.C. Division of Coastal Management
127 Cardinal Drive Ext., Wilmington, NC 28405
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone]%4Internet: www.ncooastaimanaQement.net
An Equal Opportunity 1 Alfirmafive Action Employer

Pat McCrory
Governor
T� .
NC ENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resource
Donald R. van der Vaart
Secretary
MEMORANDUM:
May 19, 2015+
)rAAl
TO: Dan Sams By_
District Manager
DEMLR - WiRO
FROM: Jonathan Howell, NC DENR-DCM Assistant Major Permits Coordinator
400 Commerce Avenue, Morehead City, NC 28557 (Courier 11-12-09)
SUBJECT: CAMA I D&F Permit Application Review
Applicant: Town of Emerald Isle
Project Location: Bogue Inlet and the connecting channel to the AIWW
Proposed Project: to continue federal navigation maintenance dredging, with disposal areas along the
Emerald Isle oceanfront, in Carteret County.
Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the proposed project and
return this form to Jonathan Howell at the address above by June 1Z 2015. If you have any
questions regarding the proposed project, contact Tara MacPherson at [phone] when
appropriate, in depth comments with supporting data is requested.
The complete application submittal can be viewed at: ftp://www.obg.com
User name:NCDNR52139 Password- Nc52dNrl39
REPLY: This agency has no objection to the project as proposed.
This agency has no comment on the proposed project.
This agency approves of the project only if the recommended changes
are incorporated. See attached. ,AcTv;T,, T-kAT lAtcci F-pcE LAabLZAeD, ,y Toe
LJOE of VaZTFTrcZ� AZ�E1'-C_U�j 004E ALRE M03'( Ar?PKi -r,—b TH2 ,)4P4 E)&5161' a 3EDme,6r A]YrJeD
This agency objects to the project for reasons described in the attached comments.
RECEIVED
SIGNED DATE M9�ZZ ZoiS JUN Oi 1016
N.C. Division of coastal Management
127 Cardinal Ddve Ext., Wilmington, NC 28405
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone] Internet: www nccoastaiman�ement netnet
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Pat McCrory
Governor
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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Town of Emerald Isle
Attn: Frank Rush, Jr., Town Manager
7500 Emerald Drive
July 20, 2015
Donald R. van der Vaan
Secretary
DWR Project # 1998 1292 V2
Carteret County
THIS IS NOT
Emerald Isle, NC 28594
Subject Property: Bogue Inlet and connecting Channel to AIWW LTi itMARERMIT
Emerald Isle
Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Rush:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below to dredge Bogue
Inlet and the connecting channel to the AIWW Crossing Tangents H & G Section 1 with the beneficial
placement of dredge material on approximately 6.1 miles of oceanfront beach in the Town of Emerald Isle
as described in the -Division of Coastal Management application dated May 19, 2015, and received by the
Wilmington Regional Office (WiRO) Division of Water Resources (Division) on May 20, 2015. After
reviewing your application, we have decided that the impacts are covered by General Water Quality
Certification Number 3900 (GC 3900). This Certification allows you to use the General Permit No.
198000291 permit when issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers and the CAMA Major Permit when
issued by the Division of Coastal Management. In addition, you should obtain or otherwise comply with
any other required federal, state or local permits before you go ahead with your project including (but not
limited to) Erosion and Sediment Control, Non -discharge, Water Supply Watershed, and stormwater
regulations. Also, this approval to proceed with your proposed impacts or to conduct impacts to waters
as depicted in your application shall expire upon expiration of the 404 or CAMA Permit.
This approval requires you to follow the conditions listed in the attached certification and any additional
conditions listed on the following pages.
The Additional Conditions of the Certification are:
1. This approval is for the purpose and design described in your application. The plans and specifications for
this project are incorporated by reference as part of the Certification. If you change your project, you must
notify the Division and you may be required to submit a new application package with the appropriate fee.
If the property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy of this approval letter and General Certification
and is responsible for complying with all conditions. Any new owner must notify the Division and request
the Certification be issued in their name (15A NCAC 02H .0501 and .0502).
127 Cardinal Drive Extension, Wilmington, North Carolina 28405
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Town of Emerald Isle
Attn: Frank Rush, Jr., Town Manager
DWR Permit # 1995 1292 V2
July 20, 2015
Page 2 of 4
2. Any final construction plans for this project must include or reference the application and plans
approved by the Division under this authorization letter and certification. The applicant will also be
required to evaluate all acquired permits to assure that they are consistent and all relative impacts are
accounted for and shown on the construction plans. [15A NCAC 02H .0502 (b) and 15A NCAC 02H
.0506 (4)] The applicant shall require his contractors (and/or agents) to comply with all of the terms
of this Certification, and shall provide each of its contractors (and/or agents) a copy of this
Certification.
3. Turbidity Standard
The turbidity standard of 25 NTUs (Nephelometric Turbidity Units) shall not be exceeded as
described in 15 A NCAC 2B..0221. Appropriate sediment and erosion control practices must be
used to meet this standard. Turbidity curtains and berms shall be used as appropriate. Please
notify this office if any turbidity issues arise at 910.796.7215
4. Work Moratoriums
The permitee shall adhere to all appropriate in water work moratoriums as prescribed by the NC
Wildlife Resources, NC Division of Marine Fisheries and the National Marine Fisheries Service. 15A
NCAC 02H.0506 (b)(2) and 15A NCAC 028.0221 (1)
5. This General Certification shall expire on the same day as the expiration date of the corresponding
General Permit. The conditions in effect on the date of issuance of the Certification for a specific
project shall remain in effect for the life of the project, regardless of the expiration of this
Certification.
6. The permitee shall require its contractors and/or agents to comply with the terms of this permit in
the construction and maintenance of this project, and shall provide each of its contractors and/or
agents associated with the construction or maintenance of this project a copy of this certification.
A copy of this certification including all conditions shall be available at the project site during the
construction and maintenance of this project. [15A NCAC 02H .0507 (c) and 15A NCAC 02H .0506
(b)(2) and (c)(2)]
7. Continuing Compliance:
The applicant/permitee and their authorized agents shall conduct all activities in a manner
consistent with State water quality standards (including any requirements resulting from
compliance with 303(d) of the Clean Water Act), and any other appropriate requirements of State
and Federal law. If the Division determines that such standards or laws are not being met,
including failure to sustain a designated or achieved use, or that State or Federal law is being
violated, or that further conditions are necessary to assure compliance, than the Division may
reevaluate and modify this General Water Quality Certification. [15A NCAC 02H .0507(d)]

Town of Emerald Isle
Attn: Frank Rush, Jr., Town Manager
DWR Permit N 19981292 V2
July 20, 2015
Page 4 of 4
Mailing address for the OAH:
If sending via US Postal Service:
Office of Administrative Hearings
6714 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6714
if sending via delivery service (UPS, FedEx,
etc):
Office of Administrative Hearings
1711 New Hope Church Road
Raleigh, NC 27609-6285
One (1) copy of the petition must also be served to DENR:
Sam M. Hayes, General Counsel
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
1601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1601
This letter completes the review of the Division of Water Resources under Section 401 of the Clean Water
Act. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Burdette in the Central Office in Raleigh at
919.807.6364 or Jennifer. Burdette(ancdenr.govJoanne Steenhuis in the DWR Wilmington Regional Office
at 910.796.7306 or loanne.Steenhuis(o)ncdenr.aov .
Sincerely,
Jim Gregson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Wilmington Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDENR
Enclosure: GC 3900
cc: Daniel Ramsay— O'Brian & Gere Engineers, Inc. —electronic copy
Tyler Crumbly - USACE Wilmington Regulatory Field Office — electronic copy
Tara MacPherson — DCM Wilmington
Jennifer Burdette — Wetlands and Buffer Unit
Doug Huggett - DCM Morehead City — electronic
WiRO

Town of Emerald Isle
Attn: Frank Rush, Jr., Town Manager
DWR Permit # 1998 1292 V2
July 20, 2015
Page 3 of 4
8. All mechanized equipment operated near surface waters or wetlands will be regularly inspected
and maintained to prevent contamination of waters and wetlands from fuels, lubricants, hydraulic
fluids or other potential toxic chemicals. In the event of a hydrocarbon or chemical spill, the
permitee/contractor shall immediately contact the Division of Water Quality, between the hours of
8 am to 5 pm at the Wilmington Regional Office at 910.796.7215 and after hours and on weekends
call [phone]. Management of such spills shall comply with provisions of the North Carolina
Oil Pollution and Hazardous Substances Control Act. 115A NCAC 021-1.0506 (b)(3) and (c)(3), 15A
NCAC 02B .0200 (3)(f), and GS 143 Article 21A].
9. Fueling, lubrication and general equipment maintenance should not take place within 50 feet of a
waterbody or wetlands to prevent contamination by fuel and oils. [15A NCAC 02H .0506 (b)(3) and
(c)(3) and ISA NCAC 02B .0200 (3)(f)].
10. This r •Ion grants permission to the director, an authorized representative of the Director, or
DEP' ` %e•presentation of proper credentials, to enter the property during normal
ba' 1'CO21-1.0502(e).
11. �
\''hin the 401 Water Quality Certification or applicable
the applicant and/or authorized agent is required
nee NCDENR DWR 401 and Buffers Unit
^e Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699 within
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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resource
Pat McCrory Donald R. van der Vaart
Governor Secretary
May 19, 2015 E�
MEMORANDUM: �' MAY 2 0 2015
TO: Georgette Scott
Stormwater Section
DEMLR - WiRO
FIRJonathan Howell, NC DENR-DCM Assistant Major Permits Coordinator
400 Commerce Avenue, Morehead City, NC 28557 (Courier 11-12-09)
SUBJECT: CAMA / D&F Permit Application Review
Applicant: Town of Emerald Isle
Project Location: Bogue Inlet and the connecting channel to the AIWW
Proposed Project: to continue federal navigation maintenance dredging, with disposal areas along the
Emerald Isle oceanfront, in Carteret County.
Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the proposed project and
return this form to Jonathan Howell at the address above by June 12, 2015. If you have any
questions regarding the proposed project, contact Tara MacPherson at [phone] when
appropriate, in depth comments with supporting data is requested.
**The complete application submittal can be viewed at: ftp://www.obg.com
User name:NCDNR52139 Password: Nc52dNrl39
REPLY: his agency has no objection to the project as proposed.
This agency has no comment on the proposed project.
This agency approves of the project only if the recommended changes
are incorporated. See attached.
This agency objects to the project for reasons described in the attached comments.
RECEIVED
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N.C. Division of Coastal Management
127 Cardinal Drive Ed., Wilmington, INC 28405
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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory
Governor
May 28, 2015
Mr. Frank Rush.. Jr., Town Manager
Town of Emerald Isle
7500 Emerald Drive
Emerald Isle, NC 28594
Subject: EXEMPTION
Stormwater Project No. SW8150518
Bogue Inlet Maintenance Dredging
Carteret County
Dear Mr. Rush
Donald R. van der Vaart
Secretary
The Wilmington Regional Office of the Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources received a copy of
the CAMA Major Permit Application for the subject project on May 20, 2015. Staff review of the plans and
specifications has determined that the development activities proposed at this time will not pose a threat to
surface water quality from stormwater runoff. The Director has determined that projects that are reviewed
and approved by the Division as not posing a water quality threat from stormwater runoff should not be
subject to the stormwater management permitting requirements of 15A NCAC 2H.1000, the stormwater
rules. By copy of this letter, we are informing you that this project will not require a stormwater management
permit.
If the subject project disturbs one acre or more and has a point source discharge of stormwater runoff, then
it is also subject to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater discharge
requirements. You are required to have an NPDES permit for stormwater discharge from projects meeting
these criteria. All temporary built -upon area associated with the construction of the prol1ect must be
removed within 30 days of completion of the project, or when it is no longer needed, whichever occurs first.
If you have an qquestions or need additional information concerning this matter please contact Linda Lewis
at (910) 79621%1, or e-mail her at [e-mail].
ECEVED
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ForTracy E. D vis, P.E., Director
Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources
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cc: Town of Emerald Isle Building Inspections
Tara MacPherson/Shaun Simpson
Jonathan Howell, DCM
Wilmington Regional Office Stormwater File
Division of Energy, Mineral. and Land Resources
Land Quality Section -Wilmington Regional Office
127 Cardinal Drive Extension, Wilmington, North Carolina 28405 • [phone] / Fax: [phone]
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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resource
Pat McCrory Donald R. van der Vaart
Governor RECEIVED Secretary
May 19, 2015
MEMORANDUM: MAY 2 2
DOA
TO: Tim Walton STATE PROPERTY
Dept of Administration OFFICE
State Property Office
FROM: Jonathan Howell, NC DENR-DCM Assistant Major Permits Coordinator
400 Commerce Avenue, Morehead City, NC 28557 (Courier 11-12-09)
SUBJECT: CAMA / D&F Permit Application Review
Applicant: Town of Emerald Isle
Project Location: Bogue Inlet and the connecting channel to the AIWW
Proposed Project: to continue federal navigation maintenance dredging, with disposal areas along the
Emerald Isle oceanfront, in Carteret County.
Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the proposed project and
return this form to Jonathan Howell at the address above by June 1Z 2015. If you have any
questions regarding the proposed project, contact Tara MacPherson at [phone] when
appropriate, in depth comments with supporting data is requested.
**The complete application submittal can be viewed at: ftp://www.obp-.com
User name:NCDNR52139 Password: Nc52dNrl39
REPLY: This ency has no objection to the project as proposed.
This agency has no comment on the proposed project.
0 ' This agency approves of the project only if the recommended changes
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are incorporated. See attached.
This agency objects to the project for reasons described in the attached comments.
SIGNED DATE
N. . Divi 'on of Coastal Management RECEIVED
127 Car r ve Ext., Wilmington, NC 28405 JUN 1110b
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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resource
May 19, 2015
Shannon Jenkins
NC DMF
Shellfish Sanitation Section
Donald R. van der Vaart
Secretary
Jonathan Howell, NC DENR-DCM Assistant Major Permits Coordinator
400 Commerce Avenue, Morehead City, NC 28557 (Courier 11-12-09)
CAMA I D&F Permit Application Review
Town of Emerald Isle
Bogue Inlet and the connecting channel to the AIWW
Proposed Project: to continue federal navigation maintenance dredging, with disposal areas along the
Emerald Isle oceanfront, in Carteret County.
Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the proposed project and
return this form to Jonathan Howell at the address above by June 12, 2015. If you have any
questions regarding the proposed project, contact Tara MacPherson at [phone] when
appropriate, in depth comments with supporting data is requested.
**The complete application submittal can be viewed at: ftp://www.obp-.com
User name:NCDNR52139 Password: Nc52dNrl39
REPLY: This agency has no objection to the project as proposed. /
This agency has no comment on the proposed project. ��l�rvlt) UJtiOCI^t�
This agency approves of the project only if the recommended changes
are incorporated. See attached.
This agency objects to the project for reasons described in the attached comments.
SIGNED DATE 5 �Z9 I/
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N.C. Division of Coastal Management JUN
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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory
Governor
May 29, 2015
MEMORANDOM
TO:
From:
Through:
SUBJECT:
Applicant:
Donald R. van der Vaart
Secretary
Jonathan Howell, NC DENR-DCM Assistant Major Permits
Coordinator, 400 Commerce Ave., Morehead City, NC 28557
(Courier 11-12-09)
Jeremy Humphrey,
Environmental Health Program Specialist
Shannon Jenkins,
Environmental Program Supervisor
CAMA / Dredge & Fill Permit Application Review
Towns of Ocean Isle Beach, Holden Beach, Topsail Beach and
Emerald Isle, and New Hanover County
Project Location: Shallotte Inlet, Lockwood Folly Inlet, Carolina Beach Inlet, New
Topsail Inlet, and Bogue Inlet
Proposed Project: to continue federal navigation maintenance dredging, with disposal
areas along the oceanfront of Ocean Isle Beach, Holden Beach,
Carolina Beach, Topsail Beach and Emerald Isle.
Placement of sand on the beach as described in the Dredge and Fill Permit Application
may require a swimming advisory to be issued, and could result in the posting of signs
on the beach. A potential swimming advisory can be avoided if the dredging occurs
between November 1st and March 31st. If any sand placement is to occur prior to
November 1st or after March 31st it is requested that our office be notified immediately
by the municipality and/or the dredging contractor.
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NC DOT
Carteret County
May 19, 2015 mAY 2 6 2015
NEW BERN
DISTRICT OFFICE
Jonathan Howell, NC DENR-DCM Assistant Major Permits Coordinator
400 Commerce Avenue, Morehead City, NC 28557 (Courier 11-12-09)
CAMA I D&F Permit Application Review
Town of Emerald Isle
Bogue Inlet and the connecting channel to the AIWW
Proposed Project: to continue federal navigation maintenance dredging, with disposal areas along the
Emerald Isle oceanfront, in Carteret County.
Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the proposed project and
return this form to Jonathan Howell at the address above by June 12, 2015. If you have any
questions regarding the proposed project, contact Tara MacPherson at [phone] when
appropriate, in depth comments with supporting data is requested.
**The complete application submittal can be viewed at: ftp://www.obv-.com
name:NCDNR52139 Password: Nc52dNr139
REPLY: TJ1is agency has no objection to the project as proposed. RECEIVED
✓/This agency has no comment on the proposed project. JUN 04 2015
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This agency approves of the project only if the recommended changes
are incorporated. See attached.
This agency objects to the project for reasons described in the attached comments.
SIGNED DATE
N.C. Division of Coastal Management
127 Cardinal Drive Ext., Wilmington, NC 28405
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone] Internet: www.nocoastalman�ment.net
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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resource
Pat McCrory Donald R. van der Vaart
Governor Secretary
MEMORANDUM: May 19, 2015 n @ @ @ 0 M @ 0
TO: Steve West �I:�/ MAY 10 20115
Environmental Engineer WRo1.pubWC
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Public Water Supply water
FROM: Jonathan Howell, NC DENR-DCM Assistant Major Permits Coordinator
400 Commerce Avenue, Morehead City, NC 28557 (Courier 11-12-09)
SUBJECT: CAMA I D&F Permit Application Review
Applicant: Town of Emerald Isle
Project Location: Bogue Inlet and the connecting channel to the AIWW
Proposed Project: to continue federal navigation maintenance dredging, with disposal areas along the
Emerald Isle oceanfront, in Carteret County.
Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the proposed project and
return this form to Jonathan Howell at the address above by June 12, 2015. If you have any
questions regarding the proposed project, contact Tara MacPherson at [phone] when
appropriate, in depth comments with supporting data is requested.
**The complete application submittal can be viewed at: ftp://www.obp-.com
User name:NCDNR52139 Password: Nc52dNrl39
REPLY: X This agency has no objection to the project as proposed.
This agency has no comment on the proposed project.
This agency approves of the project only if the recommended changes
are incorporated. See attached.
This agency objects to the project for reasons described in the attached comments.
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SIGNED DATE S I 1R�cFNEP
4,J? W Q� \.; (Iv JUN 01 I015
N.C. Division of Coastal Management
127 Cardinal Drive Ed., Wilmington, NC 28405
Phone: 910-79&72151 FAX: [phone] Internet: www.nocoastaimanagement.net
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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory
Governor
May 19, 2015
[e-mail]
Acct: 70109153
Carteret News Times
PO Box1679
Morehead City, NC 28557
Tel: [phone]
Re: Public Notice — Town of Emerald Isle c/o Frank Rush Jr.
Claire: Please publish the attached Notice in the Friday, May 22, 2015 issue.
Donald R. van der Vaart
Secretary
The State Office of Budget & Management requires an original Affidavit of Publication prior to
payment for newspaper advertising.
Please send the original affidavit and invoice for payment to Shaun Simpson at the NC Divison of Coastal
Management, 127 Cardinal Drive Extension, Wilmington, NC 28405, 910-796-7226. Paying by Credit Card
(number on file with Elsa Lawrence, Ref acct At 796-7215).
Please email a copy of the credit card receipt to me at shaun.simoson6i.ncdenr.gov.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter. If you should have any questions, please contact me at our
Wilmington office.
Sincggrely,
Shaun K. Simpson
Permitting Support & Customer Assistance
Division of Coastal Management
cc: WiRO; Michele Walker- DCM
Jonathan Howell - MHC DCM
Tyler Crumbley - USACE
RECEIVED
N.C. Division of Coastal Management MAY 2 6 20b
127 Cardinal Drive Ext., Wilmington, NC 28405
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone] Internet: www,nccmtalmanagement.net
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NOTICE OF FILING OF
APPLICATION FOR CAMA MAJOR
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources hereby gives public notice as required by NCGS
113A-119(b) that the following application was submitted for a development permit in an Area of
Environmental Concern, as designated under the CAMA: On May 12, 2015, the Town of Emerald Isle, clo
Frank Rush, Jr., proposed to continue federal navigation maintenance dredging in Bogue Inlet and the
connecting channel to the AIWW, and associated beneficial placement along the Emerald Isle oceanfront,
in Carteret County. A copy of this application can be examined or copied at the office of Tara MacPherson,
N.C. Dept. of Environment & Natural Resources, Division of Coastal Management, 127 Cardinal Drive Ext.,
Wilmington, NC 28405, (910-796-7425) during normal business hours.
Comments mailed to Braxton C. Davis, Director, Division of Coastal Management, 400 Commerce
Avenue, Morehead City, NC 28557-3421, prior to June 12, 2015 will be considered in making the permit
decision. Later comments will be accepted and considered up to the time of permit decision. Project
modification may occur based on review and comment by the public and state and federal agencies. Notice
of the permit decision in these matters will be provided upon written request.
RECEIVED
MAY 8 610b
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DIVISION OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT
FIELD INVESTIGATION REPORT
SDI-5 Bogue Inlet
APPLICANT'S NAME: Town of Emerald Isle c/o Frank Rush, Jr. (Town Manager)
2. LOCATION OF PROJECT SITE: The project site includes Bogue Inlet and the connecting channel to
AIWW Crossing Tangents H and G Section 1 with beneficial placement of dredge material on
approximately 6.1 miles of oceanfront beach in the Town of Emerald Isle, beginning on the public trust
beach west of 115 Bogue Court at the Inlet and terminating at 6709 Ocean Drive, and in an adjacent
near -shore disposal area in and adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean, in Emerald Isle, Carteret County.
Photolndex:
AIWW Tangent Crossings -2000: 36-457
Bogue Inlet/Connecting Channel - 2000: 38-473
Beachfront Placement Area - 2000: 38-473, 474-475
Coordinates:
Midpoint of beneficial placement area - Lat: 340 39' 17.88"N Long: 770 03' 15.78"W
3. INVESTIGATION TYPE: CAMA / D&F
4. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURE: Dates of Multi Agency Meetings: 4/21/15 (w/ applicant) & 5/8/15
5. PROCESSING PROCEDURE: Application Received - March 30, 2015 Completed- May 12, 2015
Office - Wilmington
6. SITE DESCRIPTION:
(A) Local Land Use Plan - Town of Emerald Isle
Classification From LUP- Conservation (High Hazard Flood Area and Bogue Inlet Hazard
Area). No classification for dry sand beach. General Project Area is classified as Mixed/Single
Family Residential
(B) AEC(s) Involved: EW, PT, OH, IH
(C) Water Dependent: Yes
(D) Intended Use: Public
(E) Wastewater Treatment: Existing - N/A
Planned - N/A
IF) Type of Structures: Existing - Commercial and Residential
Planned - N/A
(G) Estimated Annual Rate of Erosion: 2.0-2.5 ft./year
Source - 2011 LTAASCR Update
7. HABITAT DESCRIPTION:
[AREA]
(A) Intertidal/Subtidal (Open Water)
- 64 acres
AIWW/ Bogue Inlet and Connecting
Channel
(B) Oceanfront Beach
-56 acres
(D) Total Potential Area Disturbed: -120 acres >rcevrD
** Note: Typical Inlet and AIWW Crossing dredge volumes are listed on the MP-2 Form.
** Note: An additional nearshore disposal area is described as 6,000 linear feet in length with AbOA1711bvidth.
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(E) Primary Nursery Area: No
(F) Water Classification: SA Open: Yes
8. PROJECT SUMMARY: The Town of Emerald Isle proposes to obtain state authorization to continue
federal navigation maintenance dredging project in Bogue Inlet, the connecting channel and AIWW crossing
Tangents H & G Section 1 with associated beneficial placement (including USACE and locally authorized
beach template disposal areas) on approximately 32,700 linear feet of the Emerald Isle oceanfront beach and
in an adjacent near -shore disposal area.
9. PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The project site is the inlet between Bear Island in Onslow County and Emerald Isle in Carteret County known
as Bogue Inlet. To get to Emerald Isle from Wilmington take US HWY 17 N for approximately 48 miles to NC
24 East heading towards Camp Lejeune/Morehead City. Continue on NC 24 East for 21 miles and turn right on
NC-58 (Emerald Drive) to access Bogue Banks and the Town of Emerald Isle. The project includes Bogue
Inlet, the connecting channel to the AIWW, the AIWW crossing Tangents G and H Section 1, the USACE
placement template area on the west end of Emerald Isle and the locally authorized disposal areas (State
Permit No. 127-04) on "The Point" and the Bogue Inlet Channel Erosion Response Project disposal area on
the oceanfront beach area terminating at 6709 Ocean Drive. An adjacent near -shore USACE disposal area is
also included which is immediately adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean, in Emerald Isle, Carteret County.
The project site encompasses approximately 6.1 miles of oceanfront beach beginning on the public trust beach
west of 115 Bogue Court at the Inlet and terminating at 6709 Ocean Drive off of Hwy 58 (Emerald Drive), this
includes a section of beach the USACE has historically used for dredge material disposal which, according to
the applicant, is located adjacent to Inlet Drive on the western end of Emerald Isle.
Bogue Inlet, the Bogue Inlet Connecting Channel and AIWW Crossing navigation maintenance areas (from
where the sand would be removed) are located along the western end of Emerald Isle extending to the north
along the AIWW. The applicant has provided the 2013 USACE template (Attachment 3.1 Item # 3) and states
that the approximate elevation of the tract above NHW was + 6 ft. NAVD 88 at the top of berm at this time. The
project site is adjacent to mostly residential properties and the highground portion of the property is vegetated
primarily with American Beach Grass (Ammophila breviligulata) and Sea Oats (Unio/a paniculata). RtfElililand
borders the project to the west and the Atlantic Ocean is to the south. Within the inlet north of the
islands are two island systems known as Dudley and Huggins Islands. Dudley Island is the soutR {{,,�
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The long term annual erosion rate for the Town of Emerald Isle is 2.0-2.57year, per the Division of Coastal
Management's 2011 Annual Erosion Rate maps, and the 100-year storm recession is approximately 50' giving
a total Ocean Hazard AEC of 170', as measured from the First Line of Stable Natural Vegetation (FLSNV).
There is an existing "Static" Vegetation line in use along Emerald Isle.
The proposed action consists of maintenance dredging and beneficial placement at 5 (five) federally authorized
shallow draft inlets and associated Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Crossings (AIWW), these projects are
referred to as the SDI-5. According to the applicant, ongoing federal navigation maintenance dredging
programs at the inlets and AIWW crossings have been authorized and conducted since at least 1982, but
many of North Carolina's shallow draft inlets have not been in the Presidential budget since 2005. Should the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) be unable to perform the program, local governments seek to have
authorization in place to continue year-round navigation maintenance in areas critical to local commerce and
recreation. The application states that maintenance dredging at each inlet would mimic the ongoing, approved
(USAGE) maintenance dredging program for each area, which includes the AIWW crossings, connecting
channels and the inlet throats throughout currently authorized inlet linear distances beyond the COLREGS line.
According to the applicant, only currently approved dredge material management locations, including shoreline
beneficial placement, near -shore placement and/or upland confined disposal are included in this project. The
application states that beach —quality material removed from the inlets beneficially placed on neighboring

Town of Emerald Isle- SDI-5 (Bogue Inlet)
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beaches will maintain recreational beach area and provide storm protection to public and private infrastructure
(See Narrative & Page 1).
State Permit No. 127-04 was issued to the Town of Emerald Isle on September 9, 2004 for relocation of Bogue
Inlet. The Bogue Inlet Channel Erosion Project was a response to the accelerated erosion experienced by the
residents of the west end subdivision known as "The Pointe", and to the west end of the island as a whole
since 1981. The project included the relocation of the Bogue Inlet channel and the construction of a sand dike
for passive inlet nourishment. Nourishment of approximately 24,000 linear feet of ocean beach on Emerald
Isle's west end was also included. A minor modification of this permit was issued on December 21, 2004 with
changes in channel excavation dimensions. Numerous minor modifications have been issued for additional
sand placement along the shoreline (and on exposed sandbags) with occasional beach bulldozing since 2005.
Most recently the Town of Emerald Isle was issued a modification for beneficial placement at the area called
"The Pointe" on the west end of emerald Isle. State Permit No. 127-04 is due to expire on December 31, 2015
Historically, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has maintained Bogue Inlet as a marked navigation
channel, providing commercial and recreational access to the Atlantic Ocean. Over the years, and with
adequate funding, the USACE has been able to maintain the AIWW federal channel and Bogue Inlet.
Traditionally, they have maintained a depth of -12 ft. plus -2 ft. overcut in the AIWW Crossings, 6 ft. plus -2 ft.
overcut in the connecting channel to the Inlet and -8 ft. plus -2 ft. overcut in the Inlet at MLW; however,
periodic maintenance has become less frequent due to budget constraints, the shallow depth of the inlet and
the amount of material that's held in the inlet system by the side -cast operations. In the event the USACE is
not capable of maintaining the inlet, the Town of Emerald Isle would like to obtain approval to perform the
navigation maintenance work and utilize the material for beneficial placement.
The application states that the navigation maintenance dredging project area depths and dimensions will mimic
the federally authorized project for the Bogue Inlet project, including Bogue Inlet, the Connecting Channel and
AIWW Crossing Tangent G & H Section 1. According to the applicant, consistency determinations and
concurrences have been issued for federal projects in the proposed project areas associated with Bogue Inlet
(see Page 19). According to the applicant the project template for the SDI-5 beneficial placement in Bogue
Inlet will include both the USACE placement template area, including a near -shore disposal area, and the area
between 115 Bogue Court at the Inlet and 6707 Ocean Drive. According to the applicant this area includes
both the Bogue Inlet Channel Erosion Response template and "The Pointe' on the west end of Emerald Isle
authorized under State Permit No. 127-04. (see Figure 2 and Page 25).
The application includes a Cultural Resource Assessment (Attachment 5.1) which refers to documents issued
per Section 106 of the National Historical Preservation Act of 1966 (P.L. 89-665), as amended, and the
Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 (See Attachment 5.1 pages 1- 2 and Appendix A coordination letters).
The applicant states that impacts to cultural resources in the Bogue Inlet Project Area are not anticipated. The
application also includes a Sediment Evaluation (Attachment 5.2). A Supplemental Biological Assessment is
included (Attachment 5.3) along with an Essential Fish Habitat Summary (Attachment 5.4) and
Recommended Conservation Measures (Attachment 6).
The Town of Emerald Isle's Land Use Plan classifies the upland areas of this project are as Mixed/ Single
Family Residential. The High Hazard Flood Area and Bogue Inlet Hazard Areas are classified as
Conservation. The waters of the project site are classified as SA by the NC Division of Water Quality. The NC
Division of Marine Fisheries has NOT designated this area of Bogue Sound / Atlantic Ocean as a PriRIMED
Nursery Area (PNA), and the waters are OPEN to the harvesting of shellfish.
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10. PROPOSED PROJECT:
The Town of Emerald Isle proposes to obtain state authorization to continue federal navigation maintenance
dredging in Bogue Inlet, the connecting channel and AIWW crossing Tangents H & G Section 1 with
associated beneficial placement (including USACE and locally authorized beach template disposal areas) on
approximately 32,700 linear feet of the Emerald Isle oceanfront beach and in an adjacent near -shore disposal

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area. This application is part of a joint application for 5 federally authorized shallow draft inlets which are
referred to as the SDI-5. According to the application, the depths and dimensions will mimic the federally
authorized projects at Bogue Inlet and the AIWW crossings. The application states that beach quality material
removed from these areas will be beneficially placed on the oceanfront beach beginning on the public trust
beach west of 115 Bogue Court at the Inlet and terminating at 6709 Ocean Drive and/or in the USACE
navigation maintenance near -shore disposal area (see Figure 2, Page 23 and Attachment 3.1 Items 1-8).
This project includes beneficial placement on approximately 6.1 miles of oceanfront beach including USACE
template areas and locally authorized project templates including the Bogue Inlet Channel Erosion Response
template and the template authorized at 'The Pointe at Emerald Isle".
The applicant is proposing to follow the precise template of the federally authorized project conducted by the
USACE Wilmington District (see Page 22, 25, Figure 2 and Attachment 3.1 1-8). According to the
application, the Bogue Inlet navigation maintenance dredging would occur within an area measuring
approximately 6,100 ft. in length by 150 ft. in width to a maximum depth of -8 ft. at MLW (plus 2 ft. over -depth),
the AIWW crossing navigation maintenance dredging would occur within an area measuring approximately
5,400 ft. in length by 90 ft. in width (there is also an authorized 50 ft. widener along this stretch of the AIWW
(see Page 16 Table 1)) to a maximum depth of -12 ft. plus -2 ft. overcut at MLW, navigation maintenance
dredging in the channel connecting these two areas would occur within an area measuring approximately
10,400 ft. in length by 90 ft. in width to a maximum depth of -6 ft. plus -2 ft. overcut at MLW. The application
states that these depths mimic the federally authorized depths within these areas (see MP-2 Excavation and
Fill Form on Page 23). According to the application typical AIWW crossing maintenance excavates
approximately 100,000 cubic yards and the typical Bogue Inlet/Connecting Channel maintenance excavates
approximately 62,000 cubic yards during each maintenance event. Shoal maintenance is mentioned in
Attachment 6 (Conservation Measures) but is not included in the project description for this area. The
application states that maximum excavation volumes and fill densities will be event -specific and dependent on
the amount of material that needs to be excavated to maintain navigation.
According to the applicant the project template for beneficial placement encompasses 4.5 miles of oceanfront
disposal area authorized under State Permit No. 127-04 known as the Bogue Inlet Channel Response Project
which begins at 6709 Ocean Drive and extends west (see Page 25). The template included an average berm
width of 80 ft. and a 20:1 beach face slope from the berm to existing grade. A modification to this permit
included a template at the west end of Emerald Isle at "The Pointe" which authorized an additional 50 acres of
placement along 3,000 ft. of beach to a depth of 1-2 ft. The proposed template area also includes the USACE
beach template area including 1,200 ft. of beach with an average berm width of 75 ft. and a natural slope from
berm to existing grade. The near -shore disposal area is located approximately —10 ft. at MLW (See Figure 2)..
The application does not state an average fill placement density along the project area or provide current dune
crest elevations. The application does state that the length of beneficial placement for each event will be
based on the volume of dredged material, but will typically be about 2,700 ft. with an average berm width of 75
ft. According to the applicant, easements from the affected properties for beneficial beach placement of
dredged material have been previously acquired by the Town of Emerald Isle. According to the applicant the
USACE has easements on file for an upland disposal site which would be used for incompatible material. The
application states that the applicant will obtain a consent agreement from the USACE Real Estate Office prior
to beginning construction. Upland Disposal Site AIWW DA 0060 is approximately 21 acres.
In April of 2008, the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) adopted State Sediment Criteria
Rule 15A NCAC 07H .0312. The new rule was intended to prevent the disposal of incompatible material on the
beach. In accordance with this new rule, the application states that sediment characterization data were
obtained for Bogue Inlet and the AIWW crossings from sampling events conducted between 2002 and 2014.
According to the applicant, representative vibracores contained beach compatible material throughout the
project area to project depth. The application package indicates that the majority of material being removed
would be compatible with the native beach; however, unanticipated setbacks and unsuitable maSWaleEare
always a concern. In the event that unsuitable (non -beach quality) material is encountered, the upland disposal
site will be utilized. (see Attachment 5.2 (Page 2, Table 1- 2 and Figure 2)). MAY 2 61015
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The application states that temporary in -situ sand berms will be used during beach placement to facilitate
settlement and retention of sand on the beach which would allow the sandy material to settle out before the
water re-enters the ocean. Dredging associated with beneficial placement will be conducted utilizing a
cutterhead hydraulic dredge and pipeline. The application drawing shows the dredging pipeline following the
USCG route previously used (see Figure 2). If beneficial placement is not included in a navigation
maintenance event other types of dredges will be considered (See MP-2 Excavation and Fill 5b. on page
30). According to the applicant the entire project would follow the precise template of federally authorized
projects except for the beneficial placement template (see Figure 2, Page 23 & 25, Narrative and
Attachment 3.1 Items 1-8).
Conservation measures submitted by the applicant for the SDI-5 project include an environmental window of
November 16 - April 30 for implementation of routine dredging activities to federally -authorized depths,
however, the applicant also mentions possible dredgetbeneficial placement activity outside of the
environmental window to address shoals that may build up within the inlets (see Narrative, Attachment 5.4
Page 2 and Attachment 6). The applicant states that because the proposed action entails maintenance of
existing navigation channels, areas of shell bottom are not considered to be applicable within existing
navigation channels (see Page 24 and Attachment 5.4).
In summary, the proposed beneficial placement associated with navigation maintenance dredging activities
would remain within the Town limits. According to the applicant, all navigation maintenance excavation is
consistent with federal projects thereby not exceeding the depths or widths of the federally maintained
channels. As proposed, the entire project would include previously impacted templates along the oceanfront as
well as previously dredged areas within Bogue Inlet and the AIWW Crossings.
11. ANTICIPATED IMPACTS
The proposed navigation maintenance dredging volumes are typically 62,000 yd3 within Bogue Inlet and the
connecting channel and 100,000 yd3 within the AIWW Crossings. According to the applicant, fill densities will
be event specific. Shoal maintenance is mentioned in the application, but is not included in the project
description. The beneficial placement portion of the project would disturb a maximum of approximately
2,534,250 ft' of oceanfront beach impacting areas below and above Mean High Water as a result of the
nourishment activities. The near -shore placement area is 6,000 ft. in length, the applicant did not provide an
approximate width of this area so maximum impact areas cannot be determined at this time. Placement of
sand on the beach would result in temporary mortality for intertidal micro fauna such as crabs and worms.
Placement of material below the MHW boundary would result in temporary turbidity within the nearshore
waters of the Atlantic Ocean; potentially affecting fish and aquatic life in the project area at the time. Limiting
the work to the winter season should reduce potential adverse impacts to fish communities. There may be
some impact to sea turtle nesting as a result of this project. Beach compaction should be monitored and tilling
should be required to reduce the likelihood of impacting sea turtle nesting and hatching activities. Erosion
escarpments forming after the project completion should also be leveled to reduce turtle nesting impacts.
Public use of the beach during the beach fill process would be limited to some degree. The project would
serve to provide authorization for the Town of Emerald Isle to continue the federal navigation maintenance
dredging program at Bogue Inlet including the connecting channel and the AIWW crossings Tangent G & H
Section 1. In addition, approximately 21 acres of high ground has been reserved for unsuitable material at the
USACE DA- 0060. The application states that actual disturbed areas and volumes of material will be a
summation of the locations within the channels that need to be dredged for navigation at a given time, but the
length of beneficial placement areas will typically be approximately 2,700 linear ft. with an average berm width
of 75 ft.
Submitted by: Tara MacPherson Date: May 18, 2015 Office: Wilmingto9E,E,vEo
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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory
Governor
May 18, 2015
O'Brien & Gere Engineers, Inc.
C/o Mr. Daniel Ramsay
3215 Charles B. Root Wynd, Suite 130
Raleigh, NC 27612
Dear Mr. Ramsay:
Donald R. van der Valiant
Secretary
The Division of Coastal Management hereby acknowledges that on May 12, 2015 we received your completed application, acting as agent for
the SDI-5 Shallow Draft Inlet Project, whereby you are requesting State approval for Navigation Maintenance at Bogue Inlet located adjacent
to Emerald Isle in Carteret County, New Topsail Inlet located adjacent to Topsail Beach in Pender County , Carolina Beach Inlet located
adjacent to Carolina Beach in New Hanover County, Lockwoods Folly Inlet adjacent to Holden Beach in Brunswick County and Shallotte Inlet
adjacent to Ocean Isle Beach in Brunswick County. The projected deadline for making a decision on your permit application is July 27, 2015.
An additional 75-day review pedod is provided by law when such time is necessary to complete the review. If you have not been notified of a
final action by the initial deadline stated above, you should consider the review period extended. Under those circumstances, this letter will
serve as your notice of an extended review. However, an additional letter will be provided on or about the 75th day.
If this agency does not render a permit decision within 70 days from May 12, 2015 you may request a meeting with the Director of the Division
of Coastal Management and permit staff to discuss the status of your project. Such a meeting will be held within five working days from the
receipt of your written request and shall include the property owner, developer, and project designer/consultant.
NCGS 113A-119(b) requires that Notice of an application be posted at the location of the proposed development. Enclosed you will find a
"Notice of Permit Filing' postcard which must be posted at the property of your proposed development. You should post this notice at a
conspicuous point along your property where it can be observed from a public road. Some examples would be: Nailing the notice card to a
telephone pole or tree along the road right-of-way fronting your property; or at a point along the road right-of-way where a pdvate road would
lead one into your property. Failure to post this notice could result in an incomplete application.
An onsite inspection will be made, and if additional information is required, you will be contacted by the appropriate State or Federal agency.
Please contact me if you have any questions and notify me in writing if you wish to receive a copy of my field report and/or comments from
reviewing agencies.
Sincerely,
Tara MacP n
Field Representative
cc: Jonathan Howell, DCM
Frank Rush, Town of Emerald Isle
David Hewett, Town of Holden Beach
Layton Bedsole, Jr., New Hanover County
Tyler Crumbley, USACE
Michael Moore, Town of Topsail Beach
Chris Couddet, New Hanover County
Debbie Smith, Town of Ocean Isle Beach
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O'Brien and Gere, Engineers, Inc.
c/o Daniel Ramsey
3214 Charles B. Root Wynd, Suite 130
Raleigh, NC 27612
Donald R. van der Vaart
Secretary
SUBJECT: Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA) Permit Application Submittal for
Shallow Draft Inlet proposals at five inlets
Dear Sirs:
This letter is in response to the above referenced CAMA permit application, which was accepted
as complete by the Division's Wilmington office on May 12, 2015. Processing of the application
is ongoing. However, it has been determined that additional information will be required prior to
the Division taking final action on your application. These required items are summarized
below:
1) By way of the attached August 25, 2015 letter from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
the Corps indicated that additional information will be required from you prior to the
Corps moving forward with final permit decisions on these five projects. Therefore;
because these Corps permit are prerequisites for the issuance of the associated CAMA
permits, and in accordance with 15A NCAC 07J .0207(c) processing of your permit
application be placed in abeyance until such time as the required information is provided
to the Corps, and the Corps indicates to this office that the additional information has
satisfied their needs.
If you can provide to this office a copy of the requested information within five working days
from the date of this letter, DCM staff will continue processing of the application and the
processing clock will not be suspended. If the required information is not received in this office
within the specified timeframe, processing of the application will be suspended in accordance
with 15A NCAC 07J.0204(d) until such time as the requested information is provided.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON. NORTH CAROLINA 28403-1343
REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF: 25 August, 2015
Regulatory Division
Re: Comments Generated: Shallow Draft Inlet-5 (SDI-5), Towns of Emerald Isle, Topsail
Beach, Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, and New Hanover County; Action ID Numbers SAW-
2014-02004, SAW-2004-02005, SAW-2014-02006, SAW-2014-02007, and SAW-2014-02009
Mr. Daniel Ramsey
O'Brien and Gere Engineers, Inc.
3214 Charles B. Root Wynd, Suite 130
Raleigh, North Carolina 27612
Dear Mr. Ramsey:
The purpose of this letter is to relay the comments and concerns generated from a 24
June, 2015 electronic public notice (e-PN) to Federal agencies. The e-PN provideda description
of the proposed projects and an .ftp site for the agencies to download the entire CAMA major
permit application and submitted plans. Several agencies responded within the comment period.
Below is a summary of the comments received. Please provide more information to address the
following comments:
By email dated 26 June 2015- U.S. Environmentaf Protection Agency (Region 4):
1.) At this time the EPA has no comments or concerns with the project as described per
the documents forwarded to us.
By letter dated 17 July, 2015 - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Comments:
1.) Any discrepancies between authorized final project depth and actual depths of
previous dredging efforts should be clarified. In addition, it is unclear whether all of
the inlets have been subjected to stringent sediment analysis at the authorized final
project depth. If the applicants propose to dredge deeper than previous Navigation
Program or other dredging efforts, sediment analyses should be conducted to ensure
that the material above and at the proposed depth is compatible with the proposed
disposal area(s).
2.) The applicants should clarify the methods for ensuring that only compatible material
is placed on the beach and in nearshore disposal areas.

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6.) Lockwoods Folly Inlet Disposal: The Town cannot use Disposal Area (DA) 286
for placement of non -beach compatible material. The Corps only allows for beach
compatible material to be placed within that disposal area. The next closest disposal area
we would recommend is DA 284 (to the east).
7.) Bogue Inlet Disposal: A consent agreement will be required to utilize DA 60 for
placement of non -beach compatible material. Additionally, the change in existing depths
from -8' to -6' occurs in the vicinity of Bouys 6A and 7. South of these buoys the project
is -8' at 150' wide. North of these buoys the depth is only 6'. Please be advised of this
discrepancy within the proposal.
8.) New Topsail Inlet Disposal: The disposal of non -beach compatible material in
DA 203 will not be authorized. DA 205 could be authorized for that material, but a consent
agreement will be required prior to usage of that location.
9.) Please better define or eliminate the request for proposing nearshore disposal.
There are currently no privately available vessels with the ability to conduct nearshore
disposal in the proposed locations. Please further define the viability of such a proposal
and explicitly state the methodology and construction sequence of this option (dredging
method, disposal method, piping, etc.).
10.) The potential for impacts to cultural resources in the project area of the
Lockwoods Folly inlet is not addressed adequately in the proposal. The request for
deepening the channel beyond what is currently authorized in this location may affect
cultural resources. Additionally, the proposal to create a navigational channel within (and
potentially outside) of the current federal borrow area of Shallotte Inlet may affect cultural
resources not previously considered in the original authorization.
11.) We see the proposal to dispose of material into the near shore system as a trigger
for formal consultation with the NMFS Protected Resources Division (PRD) and the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service due to the new listing of protected critical habitat and species
(Right Whale and Loggerhead Turtle). It is our understanding that a more robust
Environmental Assessment is currently being drafted that will cover the effects to all other
endangered and threatened species. Formal consultations will be initiated after review of
that documentation.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. We request that you respond to this office
within 30 days of receipt of this letter. If you have any questions regarding this letter, please
contact Mr. Tyler Crumbley at 910-251-4170.
Since
C�
Dale Beter
Regulatory Field Office Chief

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Ms. Joanne Steenhuis
Division of Water Resources
North Carolina Department of
Environment and Natural Resources
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, North Carolina 28405
Mr. Chad Coburn
Division of Water Resources
North Carolina Department of
Environment and Natural Resources
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, North Carolina 28405

United States Department of the Interior
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
Raleigh Field Office
Post Office Box 33726
Raleigh, North Carolina 27636-3726
July 17, 2015
Tyler Crumbley, Project Manager
Wilmington District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
69 Darlington Avenue
Wilmington, NC 28403
Subject: Towns of Emerald Isle, Topsail Beach, Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, and New
Hanover County; SDI-5 Maintenance Dredging Project
Action ID Numbers SAW-2014-02004, SAW-2014-02005, SAW-2014-02006, SAW-
2014-02007, and SAW-2014-02009
Dear Mr. Crumbley:
This letter is in response to your June 24, 2015 electronic public notice (e-PN), requesting
comments on the proposed SDI-5 Maintenance Dredging Project, proposed by the Town of
Emerald Isle, Town of Topsail Beach, Town of Holden Beach, Town of Ocean Isle Beach, and
New Hanover County. These local stakeholders for five inlets on the southeast North Carolina
coast are requesting CAMA Major Permits to conduct maintenance dredging for navigation with
associated beneficial placement of dredged material. The inlets include:
Bogue Inlet --------------------Town of Emerald Isle
New Topsail Inlet ------------- Town of Topsail Beach
Carolina Beach Inlet ----------New Hanover County
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Lockwoods Folly Inlet ------- Town of Holden Beach JUL 2 7 2015
Shallotte River Inlet --------- Town of Ocean Isle Beach„��
The Wilmington District Corps of Engineers (Corps) is processing these permit applications
separately.
In the e-PN, the Corps indicates that the applicants have proposed to mimic the depths and
dimensions of the federally -authorized navigation projects, with the exception of Shallotte Inlet
(because Shallotte Inlet is a Coastal Storm Damage Reduction project rather than a navigation
project). The applicants have proposed to utilize existing environmental studies and assessments

The Corps has made a determination of May Affect, Likely to Adversely Affect for seabeach
amaranth, red knot, piping plover, and piping plover critical habitat. The Corps has made a
determination of May Affect, Not Likely to Adversely Affect for all species of nesting sea turtles
and the West Indian manatee.
Service Concerns and Recommendations
1. Any discrepancies between authorized final project depth and actual depths of previous
dredging efforts should be clarified. In addition, it is unclear whether all of the inlets
have been subjected to stringent sediment analysis at the authorized final project depth.
If the applicants propose to dredge deeper than previous Navigation Program or other
dredging efforts, sediment analyses should be conducted to ensure that the material above
and at the proposed depth is compatible with the proposed disposal area(s).
2. The applicants should clarify the methods for ensuring that only compatible material is
placed on the beach and in nearshore disposal areas.
3. Because sand placement activities, even those conducted during the winter, may
adversely affect sea turtles, the Service cannot concur with the Corps' determination of
May Affect, Not Likely to Adversely Affect for the Kemp's Ridley, loggerhead,
leatherback, and green sea turtle. In addition, it is unclear to the Service whether work
may be conducted during the sea turtle nesting season. The Service concurs with the
Corps' determination of Not Likely to Adversely Affect the West Indian manatee. We
understand that the Corps intends to initiate formal consultation pursuant to ESA Section
7(a)(2), and we recommend that the consultation include all of the species listed above,
with the exception of the West Indian manatee.
The Service appreciates the opportunity to comment on this project. We look forward to
working with the Corps during formal consultation. If you have questions regarding these
comments, please contact Kathy Matthews at 919-856-4520, ext. 27 or by e-mail at
<[e-mail] >.
Sincerely,
et e Benjamin RECEIVED
Field Office Supervisor
JUL 2 7 2015

May 11, 2015
Ms. Tara MacPherson
Field Specialist
NC Division of Coastal Management
127 Cardinal Drive Ext.
Wilmington, NC 28405
RE: Major CAMA Permit for SDI-5 Maintenance Dredging
FILE: 52139
Dear Ms. MacPherson:
Thank you for providing your comments in your letter dated April 22, 2015 as part of your review of the SDI-5
Major CAMA Permit Application submitted on March 27, 2015. Attached, please find the SDI-5 Applicants'
response to your comments. The permit application and attachments have been updated electronically, and
have been uploaded to the following FTP Site:
ftn://wwtv.obg_com
User name: NCDNR52139
Password: Nc52dNr139
Please do not hesitate to contact me at [phone] if you have any additional questions or comments.
Sincerely,
O'BRIEN & G�ERE ENGINEERS
Daniel B. Ramsay, WPIT
Scientist 2
Cc: Darren England, NC Division of Water Resources
Frank Rush, Town of Emerald Isle
Gregory Rudolph, Carteret County
Michael Moore, Town of Topsail Beach
Layton Bedsole, New Hanover County
David Hewett, Town of Holden Beach
Mayor Debbie Smith, Town of Ocean Isle Beach
Daisy Ivey, Town of Ocean Isle Beach
Michael Hall, O'Brien & Gere
Attachments: Response to Comments
RECEIVED
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RECEIVED
DCM WILWNGTON, NC
MAY 12 2015
3214 Charles B. Root Wynd, Suite 130, Raleigh, NC 27612 I p 919-987-3090 I f 919-781-4360 I www.obg.com
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Ms. Tara MacPherson
May 11, 2015
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Comments received are shown in normal text, and the SDI-5 Applicants' responses are shown in bold italics.
COMMENTS RECEIVED IN A LETTER FROM MS. TARA MACPHERSON, DATED APRIL 22, 2015
Permit Application Forms - Form DCM-MP-1:
Number 4.(d) - Please provide references for tract elevations if they are not current.
The references to the sources in Attachment 3 have been provided in the revised application.
Number 6.A - Narrative - please update narrative to include proposed conservation measures for scheduled
dredging activities.
The key elements of the conservation measures have been inserted into the narrative in 6.A, and the
conservation measures in Attachment 6 have been clearly referenced in the revised application.
Number 6.F - Please provide notification to the Town of Oak Island for the Lockwood Folly Inlet project if use of
the near -shore disposal area adjacent to Oak Island, indicated in Figure 5, is being proposed.
Notification to the Town of Oak Island has been provided in the revised application Please see
attached additional notification receipts to be added to Attachment 4.
Number 6.F - Ensure that all adjacent property owner notifications are updated for proposed beneficial
placement areas.
The adjacent property owner notifications have been provided for the beneficial placement areas on
Figures 2 through 6. Please see attached additional notification receipts to be added to Attachment 4.
Permit Application Forms - Form DCM-MP-2:
Please clarify total dimensions for proposed excavation in all AIW W crossing areas that have wideners. I
The total maintained navigation area for each inlet, including AIWW crossings with wideners, has
been inserted into the table at the beginning of Form DCM-MP-2 and onto Figures 2 through 6. The
widener dimensions have been added as a table in Form MP-1, Section 6.A. Plan -view drawings of the
wideners have also been added to Attachment 3.
Please define a maximum project area with dimensions for proposed navigation maintenance excavation in
Shallotte Inlet
The total maintained navigation area at Shallotte Inlet has been added to the table at the beginning of
Form DCM-MP-2, and to Figure 6. Dimensions for the proposed maintenance of a navigable channel in
the Shallotte Inlet Coastal Storm Damage Reduction (CSDR) Borrow Area are provided in the table at
the beginning of Form DCM-MP-2.
RECEIVED
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MAY 2 6 2015 DCM WILMINGTON, NC
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May 11, 2015
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Number 1.a - Clarify the maximum amount of material to be excavated in cubic yards for each inlet, AIW W
Crossing, Creek or Channel associated with this project
The volume of material to be excavated for the purposes of maintaining navigation is entirely
dependent on the inlet conditions for each event, and a potential maximum is difficult to estimate.
Typical volumes for historical dredging operations have been provided in the I.a. table. Jonathan
Howell agreed in an email dated May 4, 2015 that DCM would accept typical dredge volumes in lieu of
maximum volumes because the permit will be issued for maintaining the inlets at the authorized
depths, not for excavating a specific volume.
Number 2 - Please provide fill densities for beneficial placement (you can use previous average and state that it
will be event specific, but we need a template).
The typical profiles used by the USACE Wilmington District for the AIWW Crossing projects have been
provided in Attachment 3 of the revised application. Fill -densities will be event -specific. Jonathan
Howell stated in an email dated May 4, 2015 that DCM would accept this approach, understanding the
template may change depending on the amount of material there and the preferred placement area of
the local government
Top or Plan View Drawings
Your application must include a drawing(s) showing the following:
a Defined template areas for beneficial placement on oceanfront beach areas (i.e., addresses, road names,
parcel numbers, etc.).
The beginning and ending landmarks have been added on Figures 2-6 in the revised application, and
placement areas have been connected so that there are no gaps.
in Defined template areas for beneficial placement on oceanfront beach areas including addresses or parcels of
adjacent riparian property owners that were notified.
The adjacent riparian property owners have been identified on Figures 2 through 6 in the revised
application.
9 Maximum areas and dimensions of proposed excavation within Shallotte Inlet (Figure 6).
The length, width, and depth of proposed excavation within Shallotte Inlet has been provided in the
table at the beginning of form DCM-MP-2 in the revised application. The total maintained navigation RECEIVE13
area is identified in the table at the beginning of form DCM-MP-2, and on Figure 6 in the revised
application. MAY 2 2 2015
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Maximum areas and dimensions of proposed excavation including AIW W crossings for all five Inlet areas in
order to calculate impacts.
The total maintained navigation area, based on the provided dimensions, has been calculated and
inserted into the table at the beginning of form DCM-MP-2 and into Figures 2 through 6 in the revised
application.
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3214 Charles B. Root Wynd, Suite 130, Raleigh, NC 27612 1 p 919-987-3090 1 f 919-781-4360 1 www.obg.com
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e Maximum areas and dimensions of proposed fill beneficial placement for all five Inlet area oceanfront
beaches in order to calculate impacts.
The total length of proposed potential beach placement area is provided on Figures 2 through 6, and
in Section 2 ofform DCM-MP-2. Typical lengths of individual events are identified on Figures 2
through 6 and in Section 2 of form DCM-MP-2 in the revised application.
Additional Information
Please ensure that all information throughout the application is updated to reflect any project proposal changes.
The information has been updated as appropriate. The conclusions of the supporting studies in
Attachment 5 are not changed because of the project proposal changes. The following permit
application sections have been updated to reflect the project proposal changes, as follows:
e PermitApplication Text -Changes made throughout; as described above.
a Figures - Beneficial placement areas revised to connect placement areas. Near -shore placement
location at Carolina Beach Inlet revised to 4,800 feet.
a Attachment 3 -Added widener plan -view drawings; deleted typical sections from locally -completed
beach placement projects (using USACE Wilmington DistHctAIWW Crossing project typical section
for each project area).
s Attachment 4 -Added waterfront owner notifications.
© Attachment 5 -Updated project narrative and figures for Supplemental Biological Assessment,
Essential Fish Habitat Summary, Cultural Resource Assessment, and Sediment Evaluation to reflect
permit application revisions.
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4CDEHR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory Donald R. van der
Governor Vaart Secretary
April 22, 2015
Daniel Ramsey
O'Brien & Gere Engineers, Inc.
3214 Charles B. Root Wynd, Suite 130
Raleigh, NC 27612
RE: CAMA Major Permit Application for SDI-5
Dear Mr. Ramsay:
The Division of Coastal Management hereby acknowledges receipt of your application for state approval to
continue federal maintenance dredging programs, including beneficial placement, at five shallow draft inlets
including: Bogue Inlet, New Topsail Inlet, Carolina Beach Inlet, Lockwood Folly Inlet and the Shallotte River
Inlet referred to as the "SDI-5". However, your application lacks information necessary for complete
processing. The attached checklist indicates the deficiencies of your application. If you respond within three
working days from the date of this fax or E-mail, or within five days from the receipt of this letter with the
required additional information, processing of your application will promptly continue and will not be placed on
hold. If you are not able to respond within three or five days, your application will not be accepted as complete
for processing. Additional information may be required pending further review by the fifteen (15) review
agencies. The attached checklist indicates the deficiencies of your application.
If you have any questions concerning this matter, please call me at my Wilmington Office at [phone].
Sincerely,
Tara MacPherson
Field Representative .
cc: Jonathan Howell, Major Permits Coordinator, DCMt
Tyler Crumbley, USACE
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CHECKLIST OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROCESSING
APPLICATION
1. PERMIT APPLICATION FORMS
Please address the following items:
Form DCM-MP-1:
a Number 4.(d) Please provide references for tract elevations if they are not current.
Number 6.A Narrative - please update narrative to include proposed conservation
measures for scheduled dredging activities.
® Number B.F. Please provide notification to the Town of Oak Island for the Lockwood Folly
Inlet project if use of the near -shore disposal area adjacent to Oak Island, indicated in
Figure 5, is being proposed.
a Ensure that all adjacent property owner notifications are updated for proposed beneficial
placement areas.
Form DCM MP-2:
Please clarify total dimensions for proposed excavation in all AIWW crossing areas that
have wideners.
o Please define a maximum project area with dimensions for proposed navigation
maintenance excavation in Shallotte Inlet.
O Number 1.a, Clarify the maximum amount of material to be excavated in cubic yards for
each Inlet, AIWW Crossing, Creek or Channel associated with this project.
® Number 2. Please provide fill densities for beneficial placement (you can use previous
averages and state that it will be event specific, but we need a template).
2. TOP OR PLAN VIEW DRAWINGS
Your application must include a drawing(s) showing the following:
Defined template areas for beneficial placement on oceanfront beach areas. (i.e. addresses,
road names, parcel numbers etc.)
® Defined template areas for beneficial placement areas on oceanfront beach areas including
addresses or parcels of adjacent riparian property owners that were notified
o Maximum areas and dimensions of proposed excavation within Shallotte Inlet (Figure 6).
• Maximum areas and dimensions of proposed excavation including AIWW crossings for all
five Inlet areas in order to calculate impacts.
o Maximum areas and dimensions of proposed fill/ beneficial placement for all five Inlet area
oceanfront beaches in order to calculate impacts.
3. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Please ensure that all information throughout the application is updated to reflect any project proposal
changes. RECEIVED
MAY 3 0 2015

TO: Ms. Tara MacPherson DATE: April 9, 2015
NC Division of Coastal Management
127 Cardinal Drive Ext. FILE: 52139
Wilmington, NC 28405 RE: Major CAMA Permit Application
for SDI-5 Maintenance Dredging
WE ARE SENDING YOU:
X herewith under separate cover drawings descriptive literature letters
If material received is not as listed, please notify us at once.
1 Hard Copy
Permit Application
Insert Pages Attachment 4
*Action letter code.- R-reviewed
S-resubmit
REMARKS:
Major CAMA Permit for
Dredging
Original Waterfront Owner Notification Responses
N-reviewed and noted
J-rejected
I foryourinformation
Y foryour approval
As requested, we are pleased to provide the attached copy of the permit application for the SDI-5 Maintenance
Dredging. Three additional waterfront owner notifications were added to Attachment 4, and are provided for
you to insert into your original copy.
cc: Darren England, NC Division of Water Resources
Michael Hall, O'Brien & Gere
J
CONFIDENTIALITY
Sincerely,
p
Daniel B. Ramsay, WPrT
Scientist-2
O'Brien & Gere Engineers, Inc.
This material is intended onlyfor the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain
confidential information belonging to the sender. Ifyou are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified
that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking ofany action in reliance on the contents of this
information is strictly prohibited. Ifyou have received this material in error, please immediately notify us by
telephone to arrange for the return of these documents.
DCM WECEIVED
ILMINGTON, NC
APR 10 2015
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rDWTown of Emerald Isle
Attn: Frank Rush, Jr., Town Manager
R Permit N 19981292 V2
July 20, 2015
Page 3 of 4
All mechanized equipment operated near surface waters or wetlands will be regularly inspected
and maintained to prevent contamination of waters and wetlands from fuels, lubricants, hydraulic
fluids or other potential toxic chemicals. In the event of a hydrocarbon or chemical spill, the
permitee/contractor shall immediately contact the Division of Water Quality, between the hours of
8 am to 5 pm at the Wilmington Regional Office at 910.796.7215 and after hours and on weekends
call [phone]. Management of such spills shall comply with provisions of the North Carolina
Oil Pollution and Hazardous Substances Control Act. [15A NCAC 02H .0506 (b)(3) and (c)(3), 15A
NCAC 02B .0200 (3)(f), and GS 143 Article 21A].
9. Fueling, lubrication and general equipment maintenance should not take place within 50 feet of a
waterbody or wetlands to prevent contamination by fuel and oils. [15A NCAC 02H .0506 (b)(3) and
(c)(3) and 15A NCAC 02B .0200 (3)(f)].
10. This certification grants permission to the director, an authorized representative of the Director, or
DENR staff, upon the presentation of proper credentials, to enter the property during normal
business hours 15A NCAC 02H.0502(e).
11. Certificate of Completion
Upon completion of all work approved within the 401 Water Quality Certification or applicable
Buffer Rules, and any subsequent modifications, the applicant and/or authorized agent is required
to return a completed certificate of completion form to the NCDENR DWR 401 and Buffers Unit
North Carolina Division of Water Resources, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699 within
ten days of project completion. The certification of completion is available at:
http://aortal ncdenr ora/web/wq/swp/ws/401/certsandpermits/apply/forms).
Violations of any condition herein set forth may result in revocation of this Certification and may result in
criminal and/or civil penalties. The authorization to proceed with your proposed impacts or to conduct
impacts to waters as depicted in your application and as authorized by this Certification shall expire upon
expiration of the 404 or CAMA Permit.
This approval and its conditions are final and binding unless contested.
This Certification can be contested as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of General Statute 150B by filing a written
petition for an administrative hearing to the Office of Administrative Hearings (hereby known as OAH). A
petition form maybe obtained from the OAH at http://www.ncoah.com/ or by calling the OAH Clerk's
Office at [phone] for information.
Within sixty (60) calendar days of receipt of this notice, a petition must be filed with the OAH. A petition is
considered filed when the original and one (1) copy along with any applicable OAH filing fee is received in
the OAH during normal office hours (Monday through Friday between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm, excluding
official state holidays).
The petition may be faxed to the OAH at [phone], provided the original and one copy of the petition
along with any applicable OAH filing fee is received by the OAH within five (5) business days following the
faxed transmission.

Town of Emerald Isle
Attn: Frank Rush, Jr., Town Manager
DWR Permit# 19981292 V2
July 20, 2015
Page 4 of 4
Mailing address for the OAH:
If sending via US Postal Service:
Office of Administrative Hearings
6714 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6714
If sending via delivery service (UPS, FedEx,
etc):
Office of Administrative Hearings
1711 New Hope Church Road
Raleigh, NC 27609-6285
One (1) copy of the petition must also be served to DENR:
Sam M. Hayes, General Counsel
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
1601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1601
This letter completes the review of the Division of Water Resources under Section 401 of the Clean Water
Act. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Burdette in the Central Office in Raleigh at
919.807.6364 or [e-mail] Joanne Steenhuis in the DWR Wilmington Regional Office
at 910.796.7306 or [e-mail].
Sincerely,
Jim Gregson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Wilmington Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDENR
Enclosure: GC 3900
cc: Daniel Ramsay —O'Brian & Gere Engineers, Inc. —electronic copy
Tyler Crumbly - USACE Wilmington Regulatory Field Office — electronic copy
Tara MacPherson —DCM Wilmington
Jennifer Burdette — Wetlands and Buffer Unit
Doug Huggett - DCM Morehead City —electronic copy
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