20041238 Ver 4_Emails_20141205 (2)

Burdette, Jennifer a
From: Steenhuis, Joanne
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 12:17 PM
To: Burdette, Jennifer a
Subject: FW: SAW - 2014 - 02218, North Carolina State Ports Authority, Morehead City Port,
dredging, bed levelling, CAMA Major, GP 291 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Attachments: bed leveling RI.png; mih- aft_20141201_v2.pdf, PN- 2014 -01176 .pdf
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From: Gregson, Jim
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 9:51 AM
To: Steenhuis, Joanne
Subject: FW: SAW- 2014 - 02218, North Carolina State Ports Authority, Morehead City Port, dredging, bed levelling, CAMA
Major, GP 291 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jim Gregson, Regional Supervisor
North Carolina Division of Water Resources Water Quality Regional Operations Section Wilmington Regional Office
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, NC 28405 -3845
Tel. [phone]
Fax [phone]
* *E -mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be
disclosed to third parties. **
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From: Coburn, Chad
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 9:28 AM
To: Gregson, Jim
Subject: FW: SAW- 2014 - 02218, North Carolina State Ports Authority, Morehead City Port, dredging, bed levelling, CAMA
Major, GP 291 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Chad Coburn, Senior Environmental Specialist NC Division of Water Resources Water Quality Regional Operations
Section Wilmington Regional Office
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, NC 28405 -3845
Phone: 910 - 796 -7379
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email: chad.coburn @ncdenr.gov
E -mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be
disclosed to third parties.
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From: Smith, Ronnie D SAW [ mailto :Ronnie.D.Smith @usace.army.mil]
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 4:34 PM
To: Michael.A.Davis @uscg.mi1; Coburn, Chad; Huggett, Doug; Wilson, Debra; Fritz Rohde - NOAA Federal; Horton, James
T SAW; Ellis, John; John Walters; Kathy Matthews (kathryn_matthews @fws.gov); Leigh Mann (Leigh_Mann @fws.gov);
Pace Wilber (pace.wilber @noaa.gov); Pedrus, Poden BM1; Pete Benjamin (Pete_Benjamin @fws.gov); Tiffany Johnson
(Tiffany.A.Johnson @uscg.mil); Todd Allen Bowers (bowers.todd @epa.gov); McAloon, Scott BOSN4;
evelynn.b.samms @uscg.mil; Gledhill- earley, Renee
Cc: Beter, Dale E SAW; Crumbley, Tyler SAW
Subject: SAW- 2014 - 02218, North Carolina State Ports Authority, Morehead City Port, dredging, bed levelling, CAMA
Major, GP 291 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE
Pursuant to the CAMA -Corps Programmatic Permit process, the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management
(NCDCM) has forwarded information to our office concerning the subject project. The attached notice requests federal
agency comments on this project by January 5, 2014. However, the applicant is describing this situation as an
emergency. Please provide your comments to me as soon as you can. Please copy me, Dale Beter and Tyler Crumbley on
all emails concerning this project. There emails are listed above.
The North Carolina State Ports Authority (NCSPA) proposes to dredge, with a bed leveling beam, at a berth located
within the Morehead City Port at Radio Island, in Beaufort, Carteret County, North Carolina. The NCSPA recently became
aware that the berth was too shallow to accommodate large vessels. A large vessel will be using the berth next
Wednesday, December 10, and the NCSPA proposes to dredge approximately 4,000 cubic yards of material from a
7000'x 80' area. The project area will need to be dredged by December 9th in order to accommodate the vessel. The
dredged material will disperse within the water body near the project area. The project area is immediately adjacent to
a federal channel and we are currently coordinating with the Corps Navigation Branch concerning the potential affects
to the navigation channel.
The project area is currently permitted for hydraulic dredging and the disposal of the dredged material at an offshore
disposal area. The applicant is not able to use any other type of dredging method because there are no other dredges
available over the next few days.
Attached are maps of the project area. The project is located at the following coordinates: 34.714662, - 76.691554.
This notice initiates the Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) consultation requirements of the Magnuson- Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act. The Corps' initial determination is that the proposed project will adversely affect
EFH or associated fisheries managed by the South Atlantic or Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Councils or the National
Marine Fisheries Service. The Corps has coordinated with the NMFS concerning this project. NMFS offered EFH
Conservation Recommendations that include dredging only during falling tides. This EFH Conservation Recommendation
would be incorporated as a condition of our DA authorization.
The Corps has reviewed the project area, examined all information provided by the applicant and consulted the latest
North Carolina Natural Heritage Database. Based on available information, the Corps has determined that the project
may affect but is not likely to adversely affect the West Indian manatee. The use of the Manatee Guidelines will be

required as a result of this project. The project will not affect any other species listed as threatened or endangered or
their critical habitat formally designated pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) within the project area.
Pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, Appendix C of 33 CFR Part 325, and
the 2005 Revised Interim Guidance for Implementing Appendix C, the District Engineer consulted district files and
records and the latest published version of the National Register of Historic Places and initially determines that no
historic properties, nor properties eligible for inclusion in the National Register, are present within the Corps' permit
area: therefore, there will be no historic properties affected.
Please contact me if you have any questions or need any additional information. Also, please copy me, Dale Beter and
Tyler Crumbley on all emails concerning this project.
THE APPLICANT IS DESCRIBING THIS SITUATION AS AN EMERGENCY. PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR COMMENTS TO ME AS
SOON AS YOU CAN.
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Project Manager
US Army Corps of Engineers
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
69 Darlington Avenue
Wilmington, North Carolina 28403 -1343
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: ronnie.d.smith @usace.army.mil
We would appreciate your feedback on how we are performing our duties. Our automated Customer Service Survey is
located at:
http://regulatory.usacesurvey.com/.
Thank you for taking the time to visit this site and complete the survey.
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE