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US Army Corps PUBLIC NOTICE
Of Engineers
Wilmington District
Issue Date February 24 2012
Comment Deadline March 26, 2012
Corps Action ID # SAW 2011 01914
All interested parties are herby advised that the Wilmington District Corps of Engineers
(Corps) is holding a scoping meeting for work within jurisdictional waters of the United
States that is proposed by the Town of Holden Beach Specific plans and location
Information are described below and are available on the Wilmington District Web Site at
http / /www saw usace army mil /WETLANDS/Projects /Index html
Applicant
Contracting Engineer
Authority
Town of Holden Beach
C/o Mr David Hewett (Town Manager)
110 Rothschild Street
Holden Beach North Carolina 28462
Applied Technology & Management, Inc (ATM)
C/o Mr Fran Way
360 Concord Street 4300
Charleston South Carolina 29401
The Corps will evaluate this project pursuant to applicable procedures for Section 404 of
the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbor, and will prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess the proposal The Corps will be
coordinating with North Carolina Division of Coastal Management and North Carolina
Division of Water Quality in the development of the EIS to ensure the process complies
with all State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) requirements
Location
The project site Is located at 33 54 53 59 N 78 14 35 80 W and encompasses
approximately 0 75 miles of Holden Beach ocean and inlet shoreline, starting from the
east side of Lockwood Folly Inlet and moving westward near Avenue B and McCray
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Existing Site Conditions
The Town of Holden Beach is an approximate 8 0 mile long barrier island with the Town
of Ocean Isle Beach located to the west and Long Beach (Oak Island) to the east The
island is a south facing island, bordered by Shallotte Inlet to the west Lockwood Folly
Inlet to the east, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) to the north and the Atlantic
Ocean to the south It is a typical North Carolina barrier island that has undergone a
variety of natural and anthropogemc changes The majority of the island has been
developed by residential activities but does contain a small concentrated area of
commercial buildings located near the high rise access bridge Over the last decade
separate authorizations have been granted to the Town as well as individual owners and
developments to conduct various activities such as dredging beach bulldozing and
shoreline nourishment within waters of the U S along the ocean shoreline It should also
be noted that the Corps has performed several beach nourishment projects associated with
its Federal navigation maintenance activities
Applicant's Stated Purpose
The stated purpose of the project is to implement an erosion control and beach/dune
restoration that will provide long term protection to residential structures and Town
infrastructure along the east end of Holden Beach This proposal which would
complement existing island wide nourishment activities is also expected to maintain and
promote a recreational beach area along with public parking and access points
Project Description
In the 1970s a temporary terminal groin, consisting of 15 sand filled nylon tubes, was
constructed to protect the east end of the island from erosion The Town deemed that the
groin field was successful and economical but was short term in nature With chronic
erosion at the east end continuing the Town is proposing a long term shoreline protection
solution by installing a single terminal groin and conducting supplemental beach
nourishment Plans for the terminal groin at this time are preliminary conceptual
layouts based on shoreline movement and historic conditions The general design goals
include protection of public access, stabilization of the east end of the island
improvement of recreational beach area enhancement of upper beach/dune habitat and
to reduce beach and AIWW dredging maintenance costs
Two conceptual terminal groin layouts have been evaluated Groin Alternative 1 and
Groin Alternative 2 Groin Alternative 1 consists of a groin structure approximately
1 600 linear feet long that would be directly located along Lockwood Folly Inlet
shoulder This rubble (rock) structure would include a spur feature which extends out
perpendicular near the base or tie in footing of the groin The terminal groin profile
would be similar to the existing Fort Macon groin along Beaufort Inlet in Carteret County
(i a crest height —7 ft MLW crest width —10 ft and 2 1 side slopes) Groin Alternative

2 would be located in the general area near the terminus of Ocean Boulevard East The
conceptual design for this rubble (rock) structure has the length between 400 600 linear
feet with an asymmetric T Head feature at the seaward end of the groin The T Head
design is expected to enhance the fillet formation and to help minimize the formation of
potential np currents
Both groin alternatives will involve supplemental beach nourishment to help form the
structure's fillet area (or shoreline area adjacent to the structure) The beach fill footprint
and volumes would be directly related to the size and configuration of the terminal groin
and therefore are also conceptual Fill footprint for Groin Alternative 1 would encompass
approximately 27 acres on the west side of the structure Assuming a 40 cy /ft unit fill
placement approximately 160 000 cubic yards of material will be required for the fillet
area With Groin alternative 2 being shorter the conceptual footprint contains
approximately 14 acres and includes both the east and west sides of the structure
Assuming a 30 cy /ft unit fill placement for the fillet approximately 80 000 cubic yards of
material will be required Potential options for sand sources are the following 1) Corps
Lockwood Folly Inlet AIWW dredging 2) Corps Lockwood Folly Inlet outer channel
dredging, 3) Upland Borrow Areas (Turkey Trap Road Site Smith Borrow Site & Tripp
Site) and 4) Upland Dredge Disposal Islands (Monks Island & Sheep Island)
This notice is to inform interested parties that a scheduled public scopmg meeting for
drafting the EIS will be held on March 8 2012 at 6 00 P M in the Holden Beach Town
Hall Public Assembly at 110 Rothschild Street in Holden Beach The scopmg meeting is
designed to solicit comments from the public Federal, State and local agencies and
officials and other interested parties to incorporate in the Draft EIS document The
purpose of these comments concerning public interest factors ranging from navigation to
biological resources to private and public lands will identify issues to be addressed in the
Draft EIS
Additionally this notice announces that our Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for this
protect will be published in the Federal Register on February 24 2012 and can be found
on the Federal Register website
http / /www gpo og v /fdsys/browse /collection action9collectionCode =FR After
connecting with the website click through the dates to February 24 2012 (Friday) Click
on Army Department and locate the Holden Beach project
As disclosed in the Notice of Intent, any written comments pertinent to the proposed
work as outlined above must be submitted to this office Attention Mickey T Sugg and
received by March 26 2012 Questions can be directed to Mr Sugg at telephone (9 10)
251 4811 Wilmington Regulatory Field Office