20191246 Ver 2_RE Request to Dredge Into Moratorium Period_20200416

Carpenter, Kristi
From: Ward, Garcy
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 1:01 PM
To: Doliber, Brian C; Barnes, Kyle W CIV USARMY CESAW (US)
Cc: Winslow, Lancelot D
Subject: RE: Request to Dredge Into Moratorium Period- Old Ferry Channel and Southdock
Basin
Brian,
DWR has no objections to your request to dredge during the moratorium provided concurrence from DMF and NMFS
and continued coordination with NIPS regarding use of the spoil site. This email satisfies Condition 3 of Water Quality
Certification No. 004115 issued to NCDOT on June 23, 2017.
Garcy Ward
Environmental Specialist
NC Divison of Water Resources
[phone]
From: Doliber, Brian C
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 11:52 AM
To: Barnes, Kyle W CIV USARMY CESAW (US) <[e-mail]>; Ward, Garcy <[e-mail]>
Cc: Winslow, Lancelot D <[e-mail]>
Subject: Request to Dredge Into Moratorium Period- Old Ferry Channel and Southdock Basin
Kyle and Garcy,
Due to extenuating circumstances we are requesting permit modifications to allow the NC DOT to dredge past the April
1 moratorium date. Per my conversation with Kyle I have provided an explanation of why we need to dredge past the
deadline and also attached the responses from NMFS and NC DMF. We have been in contact with DCM who is trying to
provide open-ended authorization for exceeding the deadline but we will need to go back and do some additional
coordination with NMFS once we have a better grasp on start and end dates. Once that coordination takes place all of
the resulting information will be passed along to DCM, US ACE and DWR.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Ferry Division is requesting permission to dredge into the
moratorium period of April 01-September 30, 2020. The NC DOT is currently working on obtaining sand for the dune
restoration project on Ocracoke Island. Our pipeline dredge was out in the old ferry channel getting sand from October
to the middle of December before breaking down and needing parts with long lead times. Obtaining this sand is critical
for the rehabilitation of the dunes and the recovery of the island in general so that it is protected during future storm
events. Our plan was to have all the dredging completed there well before the April 1 moratorium date, but these
mechanical issues combined with the need to get down to Southport for dredging before our sturgeon moratorium went
into effect prevented us from meeting that target date.
As the dredging was being completed in Southport the impacts of the pandemic really began to emerge and personal
circumstances of some of the crew prevented the dredge from being able to move back north. This pushed back
dredging Southdock basin and the old ferry channel even further. A tentative plan is in place to move it back to
Southdock later this week, start work in late April 2020 and continue until late May 2020 but the overall schedule for the
dredge is still not set and these dates are subject to change. Location maps of the two areas being referenced have been
attached to this document. Requests to dredge past the deadline were sent to both the NMFS and the NC DMF and their
responses have been attached.

Please let me know if you have any questions or need any additional information at this time.
Thank you,
Brian Doliber
Environmental Specialist
Ferry Division
252 232 8025 mobile
252 621 6251 office
bcdoliber(cancdot.gov
159 Lucinda Lane
Powells Point, NC 27966
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