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Department of Natural Resources and Community Development

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512 North SJli~bllry Street · Raleigh, North Carolilla 27(ill

JJll1es C. i\ brtin, Covernor
\VilliJI11 W. Cobey, Jr., SecretJry

04/20/89

Ceorgc T Everett
Director

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To: Mr. Bill Moore
NC DNR&CD
Div. Environmental Management
P.O. Box 1507
Washington, NC 27889

From: Steve Benton, Consistency Coordinator

Subject: Project Number DCM89-09, Dated 04/14/89
CESAW89-0002 Dredge Disposal-Sand Shoal Island, Oregon Inlet Chan.
Proposed by: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Dare County

The above listed document is being circulated to you for review
and comment by 04/26/89.

Type of Review Requested:

General Comments / FYI
Determination of Permits Needed / Local Land Use Plan Issues
NEPA / NCEPA Comments
Preliminary Federal/State Consistency Cormnents
Federal/State Consistency Comments

Please contact me before the response due date if additional
reVlew time is needed. Thank you.

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This office objects to the project as proposed.

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~ Conunents on this project a::~t~C1.tLacheC1.

This office supports the project proposal.

No COlTunent.

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DIVISION OF ENVIHONHENTAL r'IANAGE~1ENT
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TO:

Steve Benton, Consistency Coordinator

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D(~borah Sawyer, Environmental Technician
Water Quality Section, WaHO

SUBJECT: Project flDCH 89-09
Dredge Disposal - Sand Shoal Island, ()n~g()n Inlet Channel
Dare County

This project was reviewed and commented on ~larch 1. 1989 through an
A-9S/EIS Review. Then~ were two (2) conCl~L.IlS voiced in the comments
of the Review (see attached). Both concerns wen; addressed by the COE
and viewed as acceptable by this Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers
Post Office Box 1890
Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890

APR 2.j 1989

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PUBLIC NOTICE
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CESAW-PD-89-19-0002 April 14, 1989

SAND SHOAL ISLAUD
WEST OF HERBERT C. BONNER BRIDGE, MANTEO TO OREGON INLET CHANNEL
MANTEO (SHALLOWBAG) BAY PROJECT
DARE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

TO WHO~ IT HAY COUCERU:

The Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers, Wilmington, North Carolina,
proposes to diSCharge dredged material on a sand shoal island just south of
the channel and west of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge, Hanteo to Oregon Inlet
Channel, Dare County, North Carolina (figures 1 and 2). The sand shoal
island was created as a result of disposal of dredged material during
maintenance dredging of the channel from ,mile 0 to mile 1.5. At this time,
the island is being proposed for use as a disposal site for material dredged
from west of the Bonner Bridge to the intersection of Old House Channel
using a hydraulic pipeline dredge (figure 1).

PROJECT DE3CRIPTIOll

Historically, mile 0 to mile 1.5 of the Hanteo to Oregon Inlet Channel
has been maintained by a sidecast dredge, as discussed in the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FELS), Hanteo (Shallowbag) Bay Project,
Dare County, North Carolina, filed with the Council on Environmental Quality
on April 20, 1979, and the Final Supplement to the FEIS (FSFEIS), Hanteo
(Shallowbag) Bay Project, North Carolina, filed with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency on November 7, 1980.

Use of Sand Shoal Island will result in tho disposal of up to approximately
150,000 cubic yards of dredged material, consisting of medium to coarse
grained clean sand with lesser amounts of shell fragments, annually by a
hydraulic pipeline dredge using the control of effluent method of disposal
with effluent directed away from the channel. Disposal will raise the
substrate elevation above m.l.w. in the open water area adjacent to the
island. The sizo of the island will fluctuate due to the dynamic nature
of the Oregon Inlet environment (i.e., direct effects of wind, shifting
currents, and wave action). There is no vegetation growing on the island.

Environmental impacts associated with dredging and disposal of dredged
material from mile 0 of the Manteo to Oregon Inlet Channel to the
intersection of Old House Channel with a sidecast or hydraulic pipeline
dredge, with disposal on sand islands in the Oregon Inlet area, are
described in the previously referenced FEIS and FSFEIS Manteo (Shallowbag)
Bay Project. Environmental impacts associated with use of the Sand Shoal
Island are described in an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact (EA/FONSI), Sand Shoal Island, West of Herbert C. ~nner
Bridge, Manteo (Shallowbag) Bay Project, Dare County, North Carolina, dated
January 23, 1989.

A Section 404 (b)(l) (P.L. 95-217) evaluation has been prepared for
discharge of dredged material on Sand Shoal Island.

A Section 401 (P.L. 95-217) Water Quality Certificate (110. 1337-R) for the
dischargo of dredged material using the control-of-effluent method of
disposal (effluent directed toward the channel) on sand islands in the
Oregon Inlet vicinity was received from the North Carolina Division of
Environmental Management on June 12, 1981. A determination has been
requested from the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management on
whether continued use of the Sand Shoal Island as a disposal site can be
covered under the existing water quality certification or if a separate
certification is needed.

Formal consultation on endangered and threatened species listed pursuant to
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, has been completed for the
authorized Manteo (Shallowbag) Bay Project. The proposed action is not
expected to have an adverse effect on any species currently listed;
therefore, reinitiation of formal consultation is unnecessary.

Sand Shoal Island is used by colonially nesting waterbirds (Black Ski~er,
Least Tern, Gull-Billed Tern, Royal Tern, Common Tern, and Sandwich Tern).
Therefore, disposal on the island will be in accordance with the Dredged
Material Management Plan in the FSFEIS. Maintenance will be scheduled so
as to avoid, to the maximum extent practicable, the nesting activities of
COlonially nes:ing waterbirds. Dredged material will not be diSCharged on
the island during the period April 1 through July 31 if significant nesting
activity is in progress. Dredged material disposal will be postponed until
nesting is substantially completed.

Use of Sand Shoal Island as a dredged material disposal site for the Manteo
(Shallowbag) Bay Project using the control of effluent method of disposal is
consistent with the North Carolina Coastal Management Program.

The State Historic Preservation Officer has reviewed the proposed action
for potential impacts on historic and archaeological resources that may be
in the project area (memorandum to Colonel Paul W. \ioodbury, Corps of
Engineers, Wilmington District, from David Brook, Deputy State Historic
Preservation Officer, dated June 7, 1988). An archaeological investigation
is not recommended since the proposed work involves maintenance dredging
within controlled and previously dredged channels.

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There is attached a list of Federal, State, and local agencies with whom
this activity is being coordinated.

The decision to authorize the discharge of dredged material will be based on
an evaluation of the probable impact, including cumulative impacts of the
proposed activity on the public interest. That decision will reflect the
national concorn for both protection and utilization of important resources.
The benefit which reasonably may be expected to accrue from the proposal
must be balanced against its reasonably foreseeable detriments. All factors
which may be relevant to the proposal will be considered, including the
cumulative effects thereof. Among those are conservation, economics,
aesthetics, general environmental concerns, wetlands, historic properties,
fish and wildlife values, flood hazards, flood plain values, land use,
navigation, shoreline erosion and accretion, recreation, water supply and
conservation, water quality, energy needs, safety, food and fiber
production, mineral needs, consideration of property ownership, and in
general, the needs and welfare of the people.

Designation of the proposed disposal site for dredged material associated
with the Federal project shall be made through the application of guidelines
promulgated by the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, in
conjunction with the Secretary of the Army.

This public notice is being distributed to all known interested persons in
order to assist in developing facts on which a decision may be made by the
Corps of Engineers with respect to the disposal of dredged material in
waters of the United States. For accuracy and completeness of record, all
data in support of, or in opposition to, the proposed should be submitted in
writing setting forth sufficient detail to support convictions. Any person
who has an interest which may be affected by tho discharge of this dredged
material may request a public hearing. The request must be submitted in
writing to the District Engineer within 15 days of the date of this notice
and must clearly set forth the interest which may be affected and the manner
in which the interest may be affected by this activity. In order for such
request to be given appropriate consideration, it should be mailed or
delivered to the U.S. Army Engineer District, Wilmington, Post Offico
Box 1890, Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890, in time to be recoived on
or before April 29, 1989. All correspondence should refor to the number and
date of this notice.

If you have any questions concernin
Small, Environmental Resources Br c
at [phone].

tho matter, jse contact Hr. Daniel
, at the abo e ddress or by telephone

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~ Lieutenant G91onel, Corps of Engineers
I - Deputy District Engineer

Attachments

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LIST OF EEDERAL, STAT~~~D LOCAL AGENCIES

All United States Senators and Representatives for the State of North
Carolina
Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV
Regional Environmental Officer, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV, EIS Review Section
Office of Ecology and Conservation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Director, Office of Environmental Compliance, U.S. Department of Energy
Habitat Conservation Division, Beaufort Marine Fisheries Center,
National Marine Fisheries Service
Area Director, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of Environmental Project Review, U.S. Department of the Interior
Office of the Chief of Engineers, Washington, DC
Division of Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Field Supervisor, Asheville Endangered Species Field Office
Special Programs, Center for Environmental Health, Center for Disease
Control
Refuge Manager, Pea Island Refuge
Superintendent, Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Regional Director, Southeast Region, National Park Service
State Conservationist, Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture
Fifth Coast Guard District
Region 3, Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
Librarian, North Carolina Department of Uatural Resources and Community
Development
UNC-Chapel Hill, Wilson Library
North Carolina State Library
UNC-Wilmington, Randall Library
North Carolina State Clearinghouse
Duke University Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines
Chairman, Board of County Commissioners
Postmasters
Mayors
Water Resources Resoarch Institute

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