20011552 Ver 1_Other Agency Comments_20100907

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 26403-1343
REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF:
September 2, 2010
Regulatory Division
Action ID No. 199901052, Relocation of Mason Inlet.
Mr. Bruce Shell
County Manager
New Hanover County
414 Chestnut Street
Wilmington, North Carolina 28401
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Please reference the Department of the Army (DA) permit issued on December 14, 2001 for
the subject project and our letter dated May 14, 2010 regarding your need to conduct
maintenance work within the AIWW near Figure Eight Island, New Hanover County, North
Carolina.
By letter dated June 29, 2010 from Gahagan & Bryant Associates, Inc, you have requested
authorization to conduct maintenance excavation within the AIWW and Masons Creek and place
this material along approximately 5,500 feet of oceanfront shoreline on Figure "8" Island and to
mechanically excavate material from the southern tip of Figure "8" Island with disposal material
used to repair or construct a primary dune system. The proposed total excavation volume is
175,900 cy consisting of 66,000 cy from the AIWW, 101,600 cy from Mason Creek, and
133,000 cy from the Figure "8" Island shoulder.
Your request to conduct maintenance dredge within the AIWW and Masons Creek and place
this material along the Figure "8" Island shoreline and to mechanically excavate material from
the southern tip of Figure "8" Island and use this material to repair or construct a primary dune
system is hereby approved. You are reminded that this work shall be conducted between
November 15th and March 30th
All other conditions of your Department of the Army permit shall remain in full force and
effect. The expiration date of your permit.shall remain December 31, 2031.
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Should you have any questions, please contact Mr. Dave Timpy, Wilmington Field Office,
Regulatory Division, at [phone].
Sincerely,
Jefferson M. Ryscavage
Colonel, U.S. Army
District Commander
Copies Furnished:
Ms. Cyndi Karoly
Division of Water Quality
North Carolina Department of
Environment and Natural Resources
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
Mr. Ron Sechler
National Marine Fisheries Service
Pivers Island
Beaufort, North Carolina 28516
Mr. Pete Benjamin
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Enhancement
Post Office Box 33726
Raleigh, North Carolina 27636-3726
Mr. Doug Huggett
Division of Coastal Management
North Carolina Department of
Environment and Natural Resources
400 Commerce Avenue
Morehead City, North Carolina 28557-3421
Chris Gibson
Gahagan & Bryant Associates, Inc.
295-A North Green Meadows Drive
Wilmington, North Carolina 28405