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From: Mairs, Robb L
Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 10:20 AM
To: King, Morella s
Cc: Snider, Holley
Subject: FW: Scoping Comment Deadline - May 7: Dredging Moratorium Window Relief
Attachments: Windows EA Scoping Presentation_23APR.PDF;
NEPA_Public_Scoping_WH_MHC_Harbors_Maintenance_Dredging_ EA_7April2020.pdf,
Combined WaRO-WiRO comments on Scoping Request for Wilmington and
Morehe.... docx
Hey Morella,
I wanted to keep you in the loop on this request from the US Army Corps of Engineers in regards to dredging
moratorium windows for their Wilmington and Morehead City Harbor projects. Holley and I participated in
the scoping presentation the other week, and the attached Word document is our collaborated response with
the 401 staff in the Washington office.
Thanks,
Robb Mairs
Environmental Specialist II
Division of Water Resources
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
910 796.7303 office
robb.mairs@ncdenr.gov
https:Hdeq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-resources-perm its/wastewater-branch/401-
wetla nds-buffe r-perm its
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, NC 28405
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-----Original Message -----
From: Wojoski, Paul A
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2020 4:51 PM
To: Scarbraugh, Anthony <anthony.scarbraugh@ncdenr.gov>; Mairs, Robb L <robb.mairs@ncdenr.gov>;
Snider, Holley <holley.snider@ncdenr.gov>
Subject: Scoping Comment Deadline - May 7: Dredging Moratorium Window Relief
Hey Anthony, Robb, Holley -
Could you work together to provide draft comments on the proposed? Anthony, will you please take the lead?
Comments are Due May 7th (next Thursday), so if you can have something to by COB Tuesday, I'd really
appreciate it. Sorry for the short deadline.
I just spoke with Danny about and he agreed with us providing comments. As these are scoping comments, I
believe we can keep our comments short just to ensure water quality is addressed and we keep our seat at the
table. Specifically I would ensure the comments stated, at a min:
1. The need to address water quality with specific focus on the standards and classification of the waterbodies
and how the moratorium window relief would impact biological integrity, best uses and conditions related to
best use that are contained in the relevant standard.
2. The impacts of turbidity during moratoria, as related to water quality and standards described above.
I think Robb's comments on the Surf City/North Topsail Beach CSRM EA Scoping are a great example to use.
It's important to make these comments as DWR being a regulatory authority "enforces" the compliance with
the resource agency comments. Also, commenting now in the scoping phase will ensure water quality issues
are in the EA and will preserve our "seat at the table" to react to how the Corps addressed water quality in the
EA.
Lastly, it's unclear whether they will request a 401 for these projects. Corps Works has in the past, but being as
there is no Federal permit to which to attach the 401, it's enforceability is ambiguous. Not sure if we
can/should ask that in formal scoping comments, but something to consider.
Thanks,
Paul
Paul Wojoski
401 & Buffer Permitting Branch Supervisor Division of Water Resources Department of Environmental Quality
(919) 707-3631 office
Paul.Wojoski@ncdenr.gov
512 N. Salisbury Street (Archdale Building), Suite 942-F, Raleigh, NC 27604
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
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