20200209 Ver 1_USACE CL-32_20200602

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403-1343
June 2, 2020
Regulatory Division
Action ID No. SAW 2003-00976
Brian Smrz
725 Larchmont Street
Semi Valley, California 93065
Dear Mr. Smrz:
Reference your application for a Department of the Army permit to remove, re -construct
and expand a docking facility (Smrz Dock) located adjacent to Sunset Lagoon of Banks Channel
at 1701 North Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina (N 34.218403 W-
77.788611).
The proposal is to remove an existing three slip private residential docking facility and
construct a new five slip residential docking facility into Sunset Lagoon canal of Banks Channel.
The proposed dock includes a 16 feet by 6 feet access pier, a 22 feet by 6 feet finger pier, a 14
feet by 14 feet gazebo and a 41.5 feet by 12 feet floating dock. Project impacts will include 1,091
square feet of dock space over open water of Sunset Lagoon.
Your proposal has been reviewed and found to be consistent with the provisions and
objectives of the CAMA-Corps Programmatic Permit process, via Programmatic General Permit
291 (copy attached), for construction activities that receive authorization from the State of North
Carolina. Therefore, you may commence construction activity in strict accordance with the
applicable State authorization, attached Federal special conditions, PGP-291 conditions and the
approved plan. Failure to comply with the State authorization or conditions of the Federal permit
could result in civil and/or administrative penalties.
If any change in your work is required because of unforeseen or altered conditions or for
any other reason, plans revised to show the change must be sent promptly to this office and the
North Carolina Division of Coastal Management prior to performing any such change or
alteration. Such action is necessary as revised plans must be reviewed and the authorization
modified. Your Department of the Army permit will expire on December 31, 2021.
Special Conditions
1. All work authorized by this permit must be performed in strict compliance with the
submitted plans, which are a part of this permit. Any modification to these plans must be approved
by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) prior to implementation.

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2. The permittee must install and maintain, at his expense, any signal lights and signals
prescribed by the U.S. Coast Guard, through regulations or otherwise, on authorized facilities. For
further information, the permittee should contact the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office at (910)
772-2191.
3. Approval of the structure is based on determinations that there would be no obstruction to
navigation. The structure may be damaged by wave wash from passing vessels. Issuance of this
permit should not be construed, as relieving the permittee of taking proper steps to insure the
structure and moored boats will not be damaged by wave wash.
4. All mechanized equipment will be regularly inspected and maintained to prevent
contamination of waters and wetlands from fuels, lubricants, hydraulic fluids, or other toxic
materials. In the event of a spill of petroleum products or any other hazardous waste, the permittee
shall immediately report it to the N.C. Division of Water Resources at [phone], Ext. 526 or
[phone] and provisions of the North Carolina Oil Pollution and Hazardous Substances
Control Act will be followed.
5. The permittee shall require its contractors and/or agents to comply with the terms and
conditions of this permit in the construction and maintenance of this project, and shall provide
each of its contractors and/or agents associated with the construction or maintenance of this project
with a copy of this permit. A copy of this permit, including all conditions, shall be available at the
project site during construction and maintenance of this project.
6. The permittee shall employ all sedimentation and erosion control measures necessary to
prevent an increase in sedimentation or turbidity within waters and wetlands outside the permit
area. This shall include, but is not limited to, the immediate installation of silt fencing or similar
appropriate devices around all areas subject to soil disturbance or the movement of earthen fill, and
the immediate stabilization of all disturbed areas. Additionally, the project must remain in full
compliance with all aspects of the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973
7. The activity will be conducted in such a manner as to prevent a significant increase in
turbidity outside the area of construction or construction -related discharge. Increases such that the
turbidity in the waterbody is 50 NTU's or less in all rivers not designated as trout waters by the
North Carolina Division of Environmental Management (NCDEM), 25 NTU's or less in all
saltwater classes and in all lakes and reservoirs, and 10 NTU's or less in trout waters, are not
considered significant.
8. The permittee, upon receipt of a notice of revocation of this permit or upon its expiration
before completion of the work will, without expense to the United States and in such time and
manner as the Secretary of the Army or his authorized representative may direct, restore the water
or wetland to its pre -project condition.
9. In order to further protect the endangered West Indian Manatee, Trichechus manatus, the
applicant must implement the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Manatee Guidelines, and strictly

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adhere to all requirements therein. The guidelines can be found at http://www.fws. og v/nc-
es/mammal/manatee_ guidelines.pdf.
10. Violations of these conditions or violations of Section 404 of the Clean Water Actor Section
10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act must be reported in writing to the Wilmington District U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers within 24 hours of the permittee's discovery of the violation.
Questions or comments may be addressed to Greg Currey, Wilmington Field Office,
Regulatory Branch, telephone [phone] or email [e-mail].
Sincerely,
CURREY.GREG Digitally signed by
CURREY.GREGORY.EUGE
ORY.EUGENE. NE.1051011950
Date: 2020.06.02
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Greg Currey, Project Manager
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
Enclosures:
Plans
CAMA permit
Manatee Guidelines
GP 291 conditions
Electronic Copies Furnished (with enclosures):
Pippin Marine Construction, LLC; Mr. Trip Pippin
Electronic Copy Furnished (without enclosures):
NOAA/NMFS; Mr. Fritz Rhode/Ms. Twyla Cheatwood
NOAA/NMFS; Dr. Pace Wilber
NCDEQ/DCM; Mr. Jonathan Howell
NCDEQ/DCM; Ms. Tara McPherson
NCDEQ/DWR; Mr. Robb Mairs
NCDEQ/DWR; Mr. Gregg Bodnar
NCDEQ/DWR; Mr. Paul Wojoski
USFWS; Mr. Pete Benjamin/Mrs. Kathy Matthews
USEPA; Mr. Todd Allen Bowers
USCG; BOSN3 Ryan Taylor