20170508 Ver 1_Southdock Dredging 2018 PDF_20180326

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ROY COOPER
GOVERNOR
March 22, 2018
Greg Daisey
Transportation Projects Field Representative
Division of Coastal Management
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
401 S. Griffin St., Suite 300
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
JAMES H. TROGDON, III
SECRETARY
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Ferry Division is requesting
authorization under Major Permit 224-87 to perform emergency dredging activities at the Ocracoke
North (Southdock) Ferry Terminal located on Ocracoke Island in Hyde County North Carolina.
This winter season has brought multiple high wind and tide events to the coast of North Carolina
that have in turn caused major shoaling in the approach channel of the Southdock ferry basin.
Recent groundings of the ferry vessels were reported to the Marine Maintenance group which then
called for the Locations and Surveys unit to complete sounding surveys for entire area including
the beach area where material will be placed. The completed survey indicated that shoaling has
caused the entrance of the channel to become very narrow, restrictive, and unsafe for the traveling
ferries.
Due to safety concerns for the traveling public, state employees, and the vessels NCDOT is
requesting to remove 46,203 cubic yards of material to reach the permitted depth of 12' and to
clear the entrance channel back to the permitted width of 225'. In additional to that area NCDOT
will also remove material that has accumulated along the bulkhead inside of the basin. Current
depths in these areas range from 3— 6 feet.
Material that is removed during this project will be placed on along 8501inear feet of the beach
behind the parking lanes "hairpin curve" that is used for the traveling public to be staged in while
waiting to be loaded onto the vessels. This activity was previously permitted through DCM Major
Permit 224-87, National Park Service Special Use Permit, Division of Water Resources, and the
US Army Corp.
Placing material on the end of Ocracoke Island will result in the protection of the hairpin turn of
the parking lanes. The same recent storms that have caused shoaling in the ferry channel have also
caused damage to the parking lanes making some of them completely unusable.
Mailing Address:
NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
MARINE MAINTENANCE UNIT
159 LUCINDA LANE
POWELLS POINT. NC 27966
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Customer Service: 1-877-368-4968
Website: www.ncdot.gov

The NCDOT Highway Division 1 has recently acquired permits to remove the broken asphalt,
place sandbags along the curved lanes, and install sheet piling. The proposed dredging project with
placing the material on the beach will assist the Highway Divisions project in providing more
protective material for the road and the sandbags.
All dredging work will be performed by the NCDOT Ferry Division Marine Maintenance crews,
the 12" pipeline Dredge Manteo, and state owned equipment such as an excavator, bulldozer, 12"
HDPE pipe, tugs, and barges. Work is anticipated to begin the second week of Apri12018.
As part of the permit submittal attached are permits previously issued for this work, the most recent
survey of Southdock channel and basin, and the beach area for material placement.
Per the conditions of CAMA Major Permit 224-87 we are also notifying you with the below
information:
A) Original dredge and iill permit — CAMA Major Permit 224-87
B) No dimensional changes are proposed
C) Please see attached plans and surveys
D) Please see attached plans and surveys
Sincerely,
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Catherine Peele
Environmental Specialist
Ferry Division