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Carl Lundeen
405 Sabra Dr
Wilmington, NC 28405
5/18/2011
Ms. Cyndi Karoly
NCDWQ 401 Oversight and Express Permits Unit
1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27669
Dear Ms. Karoly
MAY '9 Q 2011
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. 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.
Sincerely,