20171550 Ver 1_WRC Comments_20171219

❑ North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission ❑
Gordon Myers, Executive Director
December 19, 2017
Mr. William Elliott
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Branch
151 Patton Avenue, Room 208
Asheville, North Carolina 28801-5006
SUBJECT: Lake Lure Dredging
Lake Lure, Rutherford County
Dear Mr. Elliott:
Biologists with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) reviewed an
application to dredge '/4 -acre of Lake Lure in Rutherford County. Our comments on this
application are offered for your consideration under provisions of the Clean Water Act of 1977
(33 U.S.C. 466 et. seq.) and Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended; 16
U.S.C. 661-667d).
Wild trout will not be impacted by the project, and project activities do not need to be avoided
during the trout moratorium.
The application describes mechanical dredging of lake sediments during a period of lake
drawdown. Sediments would be excavated with a trackhoe, placed into dump trucks, and
sediments hauled to an unknown location. Lake Lure is currently drawn down.
We offer the following recommendations to minimize impacts to the terrestrial and aquatic
wildlife:
1. Particular care should be used to ensure appropriate sediment and erosion control during site
preparation, construction, and clean up.
2. The location of the sediment spoil site should be identified and sediment and erosion control
best management practices used to stabilize the soil on-site.
Mailing Address: Habitat Conservation • 1721 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, NC 27699-1721
Telephone: [phone] • Fax: [phone]

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Lake Lure, Rutherford County
Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on this project. Please contact me at
[phone] if you have any questions about these comments.
Sincerely,
Andrea Leslie
Mountain Region Coordinator, Habitat Conservation Program
ec: James Cain, Rumbling Bald
Amy Annino, NC Division of Water Resources