20051906 Ver 3_More Info Letter_20110906

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue
Governor
Coleen H. Sullins
Director
September 6, 2011
CERTIFIED MAIL: 70110110 0000 3789 0118
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Friends of Spooners Creek
Attn: Ed Robbins, Vice President
408 Sand Fiddler Court
Morehead City, NC 28557
Natural Resources
Dee Freeman
Secretary
SUBJECT: Spooners Creek Maintenance, Morehead City
Project # 2005 1906 V3
Carteret County
Dear Mr. Robbins:
This Office has reviewed your CAMA application dated August 09, 2011 for the maintenance dredging
of the existing entrance channel for Spooners Creek Harbor and the construction of a 300 foot groin.
The Division of Water Quality (DWQ) has determined that your application was incomplete as
discussed below. The DWQ will require additional information in order to process your application to
impact protected wetlands/waters and/or streams on the subject property. Therefore, unless we receive
the additional information requested below, we will have to move toward denial of your application as
required by 15A NCAC 2H.0506 and will place this project on hold as incomplete until we receive this
additional information. Please provide all of the following information so that we may continue to
review your project.
1) Concerns have been raised by the Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) of potential impacts to
submerged aquatic vegetation (SAVs) within the footprint of the groin structure. DMF is
requesting a SAV survey. The DWQ is also concerned about the impacts to SAVs and
requests an SAV survey to see how impacts to SAVs can be avoided. Please revise the
drawings after the SAV survey has been conducted to show how impacts have been avoided
and include the breaks in the groin structure as requested by DMF.
The DWQ is only concerned about the groin structure and the potential impacts to SAVs, as
long as the dredging occurs within the existing previously permitted dredging footprint the
DWQ will have no concerns with the dredging aspect of the project.
Please respond within three weeks of the date of this letter by sending this information to me in writing
and two copies to Ian McMillan c/o 401 Wetlands and Stormwater Branch, 1650 Mail Service Center,
Raleigh, NC 27699-1650. Please reference the DWQ Project # of 2005 1906 V3 in all future
correspondence. If we do not hear from you within three weeks, we will assume that you no longer
want to pursue this project and we will consider the project as withdrawn.
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Friends of Spooners Creek
Attn: Ed Robbins, Vice President
DWQ Project # 2005 1906 V3
September 6, 2011
This letter only addresses the application review and does not authorize any impacts to wetlands, waters
or protected buffers. Please be aware that these impacts requested within your application are not
authorized (at this time) by the DWQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 910
796.7306.
rely,
Joanne Steenhuis
Senior Environmental Specialist
cc: Ian McMillan -401 Wetlands and Stormwater Branch
Heather Styron - DCM Morehead
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