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US Army Corps PUBLIC NOTICE
Of Engineers
Wilmington District Issue Date: June 21, 2013
Comment Deadline: July 22, 2013
Corps Action ID #: 2005 -00344
(ORM # 2004- 00344)
All interested parties are herby advised that the Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers (Corps)
has published a Notice of Intent (NOI) in the Federal Register to prepare a Draft Supplement of
the December 2009 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Town of North Topsail
Beach's project to relocate the New River Inlet ebb tide channel and to place dredge material
along 11.1 miles of ocean shoreline of North Topsail Beach in Onslow County, North Carolina.
The main purpose of the project is to provide short and long -term protection of the Town's
infrastructure. The Draft Supplement will address the Town's proposed modification to
consolidate Phases II -V of the original plan into one phase (in a single dredging event), to utilize
a hopper dredge, to increase the beach fill density in the original Phase V footprint, to include an
additional borrow source, and to extend their dredging activity outside the permitted dredging
window.
Specific plans and location information are described below and shown on the attached plans.
This Public Notice and all attached plans are also available on the Wilmington District Web Site
at http:// www .saw.usace.army.miI /Missions/Re ulatoryPermitProgram /PublicNotices aspx
Applicant: Town of North Topsail Beach
C /o: Mr. Stewart Turille (Town Manager)
2008 Loggerhead Court
Town of North Topsail Beach, North Carolina 28460
Contracting Engineer: Coastal Planning & Engineering, Inc. (CP &E) (� „
C /o: Mr. Ken Wilson
4038 Masonboro Loop Road
Wilmington, North Carolina 28409
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Authority
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 a Supplement to the
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 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 Draft Supplemental EIS to ensure the process complies
with all State requirements. In addition, the Corps will be reinitiating consultation with the

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service pursuant to
Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and reinitiating Essential Fish Habitat consultation with
the NMFS pursuant to Magnuson- Stevens Act.
Location
The project site encompasses approximately 11.1 miles of North Topsail Beach oceanfront
shoreline, extending from New River Inlet to approximately 0.5 miles southwest of NC Hwy 210
high rise bridge; an offshore borrow source located approximately 0.5 mile across from the high
rise bridge; and an upland disposal island (DA 143) located at the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
(AIWW) and New River intersection, in Onslow County, North Carolina.
Project Description
Between November 26, 2012 and February 9, 2013, the Town of North Topsail Beach
implemented Phase I of their authorization, which encompassed the relocation of the New River
Inlet ebb tide channel by use of a cutter head dredge and the placement of the dredged material
along approximately 1.5 miles of the island's northeast end. Upon the completion of Phase I,
the Town has reevaluated its financial status and seeks to modify their DA authorization. A key
component in the modification request is to combine Phases II -V. This would replace the current
multi - nourishment cycle within the remaining 9.6 miles with a one -time nourishment event
constructed during a single dredging window. The proposal also requests that dredging be
allowed outside the November 16- March 31 dredge window to extend their operation to April
30, and that the dredging operation include the use of hopper dredge plants. The Town seeks to
include a new borrow source, DA 143, which is an upland disposal island located near the
intersection of New River and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. Historically, DA 143 has
been used by USACE as a disposal area during maintenance dredging of nearby federal
navigation channels. It is estimated that the disposal island contains approximately 1.9 million
cubic yards of material, which will be short of the approximate 2.6 million cubic yards needed
for the 9.6 miles of ocean front nourishment. With this short fall of beach fill, the remaining
material will be dredged from the existing permitted off -shore borrow source. The 2.6 million
cubic yards of material includes the Town's modification plans to increase the original fill
density of Phase V from 25.2 cubic yards /linear foot to a range of 57 -132 cubic yards/linear foot.
This notice announces that our Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for this project will be
published in the Federal Register on June 21, 2013 and can be found on the Federal Register
website: http: / /www.gpo. og v/fdsys/ browse / collection .action ?collectionCode =FR. After
connecting with the website, click through the dates to June 21, 2013 (Friday). Click on
"Defense Department "; and locate the North Topsail Beach project under "Notices ".
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As disclosed in the Notice of Intent, any written comments pertinent to the proposed work and
preparation of the Supplemental EIS, as outlined above, must be submitted to this office,
Attention: Mickey T. Sugg, and received by July 22, 2013. Questions can be directed to
Mr. Sugg at telephone [phone], Wilmington Regulatory Field Office, or by e-mail at
mickeY t.sugg- gusace. army. mi1.
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