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Mr. Dave Timpy
Wilmington District
Corps of Engineers
69 Darlington Avenue
Wilmington, NC 28402
MAY 1 9 2011
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Re: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Public Notice Issue Date May 10, 2011: Comment Deadline June 8, 2011
Corps Action I.D. SAW-2009-01242 Bennett Brothers Yachts, Inc request for Maintenance Dredging of Marina
Dear Mr. Timpy,
I am in support of Bennett Brothers Yachts request for maintenance dredging as proposed in their Form 4345 Individual
Permit and joint application for NC DWQ 401 Water Quality Certification. Please forward these comments on to Ms.
Karoly at the Division of Water Quality.
I am a boater that has been to the Bennett Brothers Yachts/Cape Fear Marina on the North East Cape Fear River in
Wilmington, NC, a NC Clean Marina.
Marinas give the boating public safe access to the water, with many opportunities for sailing, boating, fishing and other
water sports, and provides jobs for boatyard and other marine service workers.
As I understand it, the requested dredging is entirely within the footprint of the existing marina, and no new slips are
proposed. The dredging is to restore portions of the marina to pre-construction depths. Pictures show some of the main
docks aground at low tide, which can eventually cause a safety hazard. Safety is important to me as a boater.
Apparently the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission has agreed and has issued Bennett Brothers a permit by
Variance to allow this dredging.
Bennett Brothers has offered mitigation, minimization and restoration with their permit application. This seems to be a
reasonable offer to any perceived or unintended impacts of the maintenance dredging. Docks sitting on the bottom
twice a day should not be considered as environmentally better than free floating docks. This 1.85 acre dredge project
of less than 4000 cubic yards, not impacting wetlands, in a river that has a federally maintained (by taxpayer money)
shipping channel, at a site dating back to the 1850's as a commercial wharf, should be approved without delay.
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