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Division of Marine Fisheries
Beverly Eaves Perdue Dr Louis B Daniel III Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
MEMORANDUM
TO Dave Timpy US Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington Distrirt
THROUGH Anne Deaton DMF Habitat Section Chief
FROM Jessi Baker DMF Marine Habitat Biologist
SUBJECT Holden Beach nourishment mayor modification Brunswick County
DATE March 12 2012
The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) submits the following comments
pursuant to General Statute 113 131 DMF has reviewed the revised CAMA Major permit
application from the Town of Holden Beach regarding the addition of an offshore borrow area
to provide sand for a one time nourishment event on the central reach of Holden Beach
DMF is aware of mapped hard bottom in the vicinity of this borrow area In order to complete
our review of this project DMF requests the following additional information
1 In the Holden Beach Offshore Borrow Investigation Phase II report the side scan sonar
does not indicate hard bottom habitat but the seismic data indicates that there are
areas of hard bottom /mud (3rd reflector) that are very near the surface In Figure 4 2
from that report the depths in the legend appear as though they may be mislabeled
Please verify that this map is correct and that this data does not represent hard bottom
habitat
2 Please provide any locations of hard bottom that were identified outside of the
proposed borrow area Was there avoidance of hard bottom habitat in selecting this
borrow area location?
3 In Attachment A Section 4 1 refers to an established Holden Beach macroinvertebrate
monitoring plan Please provide this plan and any reports describing the results of
monitoring efforts
Please feel free to contact Jessi Baker at [phone] or Jessi baker @ncdenr Roy if you have
any further questions or concerns
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