20110827 Ver 1_Other Agency Comments_20111013

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403-1343
REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF:
September 20, 2011
Regulatory Division
Action ID No. SAW-2006-40848 and State Permit No. 22-09
Mr. Tim Holloman, Town Manager
Town of Topsail Beach
820 South Anderson Boulevard
Topsail Beach, North Carolina 28445
Dear Mr. Holloman:
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Please reference the Town of Topsail Beach's Department of the Army (DA) Permit issued
on June 15, 2009 and your letter dated July 11, 2011 to place approximately 1,000,000 cubic
yards of beach quality sand along the 24,700 linear feet of Topsail Beach shoreline from inshore
borrow areas within the existing federal navigation channels of (Topsail Creek, Topsail Creek
Crossing, and Banks Channel) and two Corps maintained dredge material placement sites (DA-
189 & DA-203) located in Topsail Sound located inland of the Town of Topsail Beach.
In your July 11, 2011 letter, you request to modify this authorization by remove your
requirement for shore bird monitoring along the ocean shoreline of Topsail Beach as specified
under Special Condition (35) of this permit. Your request has been fully coordinated with all
appropriate State agencies, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries
Service. The required consultations, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act and (50 CFR
Section 600.920) and the Magnuson-Act (Section 305(b)(4)(B)) have been completed. Your
request to remove your shore bird monitoring requirement as specified under Special Condition
(35) is hereby approved.
Should you have any questions, please contact Mr. Dave Timpy, Wilmington Field Office,
Regulatory Division at [phone].
Sincerely,
Steven A. Baker
Colonel, U. S. Army
District Commander
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DENR. WATER UUALITY
MUDS AND STORMWATER BRANCH

Copies Furnished:
Ms. Karen Higgins
Division of Environmental Management
/ North Carolina Department of
Environment and Natural Resources
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604-2260
Mr. Doug Huggett
Division of Coastal Management
North Carolina Department of
Environment and Natural Resources
400 Commerce Avenue
Morehead City, North Carolina 28557
Ms. Debra Wilson
Division of Coastal Management
N.C. Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, North Carolina 28405
Ms. Molly Ellwood
Southeastern Permit Coordinator
North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission
Habitat Conservation Program
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, North Carolina 28405
Mr. Pete Benjamin
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Enhancement
Post Office Box 33726
Raleigh, North Carolina 27636-3726
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Mr. Ron Sechler
National Marine Fisheries Service
Pivers Island
Beaufort, North Carolina 28516
Ms. Becky Fox
Wetlands Regulatory Section - Region IV
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1307 Firefly Road
Whittier, North Carolina 28789
Commanding Officer
United States Coast Guard
Marine Safety Unit Wilmington
1502 North 23`d Street
Wilmington, North Carolina 28405
Chris Gibson, PE
Gahagan and Bryant Associates of N.C.
295-A North Green Meadows Drive
Wilmington, North Carolina 28405