20110905 Ver 1_USACE SAW-2005-0078 Email_20120823

Strickland, Bev
From:Ted Sampson, Sr <[e-mail]>
Sent:Thursday, August 23, 2012 4:51 PM
To:Steenhuis, Joanne
Cc:[e-mail]; 'Office Manager'
Subject:FW: Action ID, SAW-2005-0078, USCG - Morehead City Channel, Atlantic Beach, 2301
East Fort Macon Road, Carteret County, NC; DWQ Project # 2011 0905
JoAnne,
You should have just received a copy of the below-email that I sent to David Timpy. I wanted to thank you for your
assistance in this matter, and your suggestion of sending an email to Dave on this matter. He called me just moments
before I was ready to send it out. We had a good discussion about it, and he indicated that he will try to get someone at
the Corps to send me a reply on the matter tomorrow, in that he will be out of the office. If it is possible for you to do the
same, that would also be much appreciated, in that we need to be mobilizing on the project and putting the contracts in
place to move forward with this plan.
Please note at the end of the email to Dave I provided the Mining Permit number and location that he requested, which I
should have provided to you as well, but do not recall that I had given you the specifics.
Many thanks for your assistance in this matter.
Best regards,
Ted Sampson
Sampson Contracting, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Sampson, Sr \[mailto:[e-mail]\]
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 4:44 PM
To: '[e-mail]'
Cc: '[e-mail]'
Subject: Action ID, SAW-2005-0078, USCG - Morehead City Channel, Atlantic Beach, 2301 East Fort Macon Road,
Carteret County, NC; DWQ Project # 2011 0905

David,

I just finished speaking with JoAnne Steenhuis of NC Division of Water Quality, and she suggested that I send
you an email on this subject.

Our company, Sampson Contracting, Inc., has been awarded the subject dredging project by the US Coast
Guard. Our proposal for completing the project entails a step to obtain additional drying of the dredged spoil
that was not addressed by the Coast Guard’s description of the dredging process. The Coast Guard has asked
that we make contact with appropriate permitting and certification authorities to ensure that our plans will be in
conformance with state and federal requirements.

Our intent is to follow all of the requirements and conditions that have been placed in both the USACOE Permit
and the NC 401 Water Quality Certification that have been made applicable to this project. At present, we do
not believe it will be either necessary or fruitful to attempt to dewater this material within the very small area
provided by the Coast Guard on-site their facility in Atlantic Beach, NC.

We do intend to achieve a dryer spoil prior to tipping the material at one of the Coast Guard-designated land-fill
facilities. To this end, we have made arrangements to utilize a NC permitted sand-mine facility on the way to
the land-fill sites. Once we have achieved the desired level of drying of the material, it will then be trucked on
to one of the two approved land-fill locations.

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The sand-mine facility that we intend to utilize for drying of the spoil has a stockpile and loading area
designated in the mining permit, and it is within these areas in which we intend to dry the spoil material. These
areas are located on high ground, well away from any State or federal waters. While there do exist some 404
wetlands on the site, the Mining Permit requires a 50-ft undisturbed buffer between the wetlands and site
activities, with a silt-fence separating the buffer from active areas of the mine. We intend to observe these
requirements while utilizing this location. In addition, we are working with the property owner, (the Mining
Permit holder), to provide information on the intended operations to the NC Mining Commission, and DENR
Land Quality, so that any revisions, or additional requirements for handling the material can be addressed on the
existing Permit.

It is our intent to carefully comply with the Corps Permit Condition: “This permit does not authorize temporary
placement or double handling of the excavated or fill material within waters or wetlands outside the permitted
area. This prohibition applies to all borrow and fill activities connected with this project.” At the drying site,
and at any other location used for change in mode of transportation, or loading or offloading, the material will
not be placed within waters or wetlands, and all sedimentation and erosion control provisions applicable will be
met.

We respectfully request your feedback on this proposal, so that we can relay this information to the Coast Guard
as they have requested. If you require any additional information, or explanation, please contact me at 252 548
4292. In that we have received the Notice to Proceed from the Coast Guard, time is of the essence on this
matter, and we would greatly appreciate anything you can do to expedite this. Many Thanks!

With best regards,
Ted Sampson
Sampson Contracting, Inc.

Dave,
Just spoke with you on the phone. The Mining Permit is for the Julian M. Brown, Jr. Mine, in Carteret County, White Oak
River Basin; Mining Permit No. 16-75, issued under cover of letter dated July 26 2012, signed by Janet S. Boyer, of the
Land Quality Section, NC DENR, Division of Land Resources; located between Highway 101 and Hardesty Loop Road,
approximately 1.5 miles west of the 101 Core Creek bridge.
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