20041238 Ver 4_Other Agency Comments_20141208

Burdette, Jennifer a
From: Steenhuis, Joanne
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 12:17 PM
To: Burdette, Jennifer a
Subject: FW: SAW - 2014 - 02218, North Carolina State Ports Authority, Morehead City Port,
dredging, bed levelling, CAMA Major, GP 291 (UNCLASSIFIED)
From: Coburn, Chad
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 9:17 AM
To: Steenhuis, Joanne
Subject: FW: SAW- 2014 - 02218, North Carolina State Ports Authority, Morehead City Port, dredging, bed levelling, CAMA
Major, GP 291 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Chad Coburn, Senior Environmental Specialist
NC Division of Water Resources
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Wilmington Regional Office
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, NC 28405 -3845
Phone: 910 - 796 -7379
email: chad.coburn @ncdenr.gov
E -mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and
may be disclosed to third parties.
From: Ellis, John [mailtoJohn ellisCa)fws.gov]
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 8:48 AM
To: Beter, Dale E SAW
Cc: Bowers, Todd; Smith, Ronnie D SAW; Michael.A.DavisCa)uscg.mil; Coburn, Chad; Huggett, Doug; Wilson, Debra; Fritz
Rohde - NOAA Federal; Horton, James T SAW; John Walters; Leigh Mann (Leigh Mann(a)fws.gov); Pace Wilber
(pace.wiIber(a)noaa.gov); Pedrus, Poden BM1; Pete Benjamin (Pete Benjamin(afts.aov); Tiffany Johnson
(Tiffany.A.Johnson@)uscg.mil); McAloon, Scott BOSN4; evelynn.b.sammsCa)uscg.mil; Govoni, Daniel; Gledhill - earley,
Renee; Crumbley, Tyler SAW; walton, todd
Subject: Re: SAW- 2014 - 02218, North Carolina State Ports Authority, Morehead City Port, dredging, bed levelling, CAMA
Major, GP 291 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Dale /Ronnie,
The USFWS has no objection to completion of this emergency dredging.
John Ellis

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Beter, Dale E SAW <Dale. E. B etergusace. army. mil> wrote:
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This message is being sent on behalf of Ronnie Smith. Please note, there is no DCM /field investigation report
for the project. To further assist you in your review of this project, we offer the following information:
The Port requests permit to drag a beam in order to achieve a depth in order to be able to accommodate the PCS
vessel Aurora that is due Wednesday, Dec 10th. Depths are currently 29 -30', and a 32 +1' depth is
required. The vessel will draft 297. The size of the work area is approximately 700'x 80', with all work to
occur outside of the Federally maintained channel (this project is being coordinated internally with
Ops/Nav). Attached is the recent Corps survey with the approximate limits of the Port's request. The Port
Authority has an open CAMA permit (attached) for hydraulic dredging for the subject area however they do not
have authorization for bed levelling /sled dredging in this area.
Please note that we appreciate your expedited review of this project, in anticipation of the vessel arrival on
12/10/14.
If additional information is received, it will be forwarded immediately.
V/R
Dale Beter, Chief
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
69 Darlington Avenue
Wilmington, NC 28403
Off: 910- 251 -4631
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From: Bowers, Todd [mailto:bowers.toddgepa.gov]
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 8:17 AM
To: Smith, Ronnie D SAW; Michael. A. Davis( a�uscg.mil; Chad Coburn; Doug Huggett
(doug.hu ett o,ncdenr.gov); Wilson, Debra; Fritz Rohde - NOAA Federal; Horton, James T SAW; Ellis, John;
John Walters; Kathy Matthews (kathryn_matthewsgfws.gov); Leigh Mann (Leigh _Manngfws.gov); Pace

Wilber (pace.wilbergnoaa.gov); Pedrus, Poden BM1; Pete Benjamin (Pete Benjamin o,fws.gov); Tiffany
Johnson (Tiffany. A.Johnsonguscg.mil); McAloon, Scott BOSN4; evelynn.b.sammsguscg.mil; Gledhill -
earley, Renee
Cc: Beter, Dale E SAW; Crumbley, Tyler SAW
Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: SAW - 2014 - 02218, North Carolina State Ports Authority, Morehead City Port,
dredging, bed levelling, CAMA Major, GP 291 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Ronnie,
The attached documents for the subject project (SAW - 2014 - 02218, North Carolina State Ports Authority,
Morehead City Port, dredging, bed levelling, CAMA Major, GP 291) do no match the project in question. A
public notice for SAW - 2014 -01176 (Paul Mounts dock) was sent in error. Please send the subject project
documentation ASAP and I can provide a response to you by COB today. I would like more than just an
elevation map in order to give this activity proper confirmation and clearance to proceed. Understand time is an
issue here so I am giving this my highest priority for today.
Best Regards,
Todd Bowers
Todd Allen Bowers
Wetlands Regulatory Project Manager - NC
Region 4 Water Protection Division
US Environmental Protection Agency
61 Forsyth St. SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
404.562.9225 office
404.562.9343 fax
bowers.toddgepa.gov
www.epa. og v /region4 /water /wetlands
"We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for
people. In these higher aspirations, the important thing is not to achieve but to strive. - Aldo Leopold
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From: Smith, Ronnie D SAW [mailto: Ronnie. D. Smithgusace. army. mil]
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 4:34 PM
To: Michael. A. Davis( a�uscg.mil; Chad Coburn; Doug Huggett (doug.hu ett o,ncdenr.gov); Wilson, Debra;
Fritz Rohde - NOAA Federal; Horton, James T SAW; Ellis, John; John Walters; Kathy Matthews
(kathryn_matthewsgfws.gov); Leigh Mann (Leigh _Manngfws.gov); Pace Wilber (pace.wilbergnoaa.gov);
Pedrus, Poden BM1; Pete Benjamin (Pete _Benjamin o,fws.gov); Tiffany Johnson
(Tiffany. A.Johnsonguscg.mil); Bowers, Todd; McAloon, Scott BOSN4; evelynn.b.sammsguscg.mil; Gledhill -
earley, Renee
Cc: Beter, Dale E SAW; Crumbley, Tyler SAW
Subject: SAW - 2014 - 02218, North Carolina State Ports Authority, Morehead City Port, dredging, bed levelling,
CAMA Major, GP 291 (UNCLASSIFIED)
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Pursuant to the CAMA -Corps Programmatic Permit process, the North Carolina Division of Coastal
Management (NCDCM) has forwarded information to our office concerning the subject project. The attached
notice requests federal agency comments on this project by January 5, 2014. However, the applicant is
describing this situation as an emergency. Please provide your comments to me as soon as you can. Please copy
me, Dale Beter and Tyler Crumbley on all emails concerning this project. There emails are listed above.
The North Carolina State Ports Authority ( NCSPA) proposes to dredge, with a bed leveling beam, at a berth
located within the Morehead City Port at Radio Island, in Beaufort, Carteret County, North Carolina. The
NCSPA recently became aware that the berth was too shallow to accommodate large vessels. A large vessel will
be using the berth next Wednesday, December 10, and the NCSPA proposes to dredge approximately 4,000
cubic yards of material from a 7000'x 80' area. The project area will need to be dredged by December 9th in
order to accommodate the vessel. The dredged material will disperse within the water body near the project
area. The project area is immediately adjacent to a federal channel and we are currently coordinating with the
Corps Navigation Branch concerning the potential affects to the navigation channel.
The project area is currently permitted for hydraulic dredging and the disposal of the dredged material at an
offshore disposal area. The applicant is not able to use any other type of dredging method because there are no
other dredges available over the next few days.
Attached are maps of the project area. The project is located at the following coordinates: 34.714662, -
76.691554.
This notice initiates the Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) consultation requirements of the Magnuson- Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The Corps' initial determination is that the proposed project will
adversely affect EFH or associated fisheries managed by the South Atlantic or Mid Atlantic Fishery
Management Councils or the National Marine Fisheries Service. The Corps has coordinated with the NMFS
concerning this project. NMFS offered EFH Conservation Recommendations that include dredging only during
falling tides. This EFH Conservation Recommendation would be incorporated as a condition of our DA
authorization.
The Corps has reviewed the project area, examined all information provided by the applicant and consulted the
latest North Carolina Natural Heritage Database. Based on available information, the Corps has determined that
the project may affect but is not likely to adversely affect the West Indian manatee. The use of the Manatee
Guidelines will be required as a result of this project. The project will not affect any other species listed as
threatened or endangered or their critical habitat formally designated pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of
1973 (ESA) within the project area.
Pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, Appendix C of 33 CFR Part
325, and the 2005 Revised Interim Guidance for Implementing Appendix C, the District Engineer consulted
district files and records and the latest published version of the National Register of Historic Places and initially
determines that no historic properties, nor properties eligible for inclusion in the National Register, are present
within the Corps' permit area: therefore, there will be no historic properties affected.
Please contact me if you have any questions or need any additional information. Also, please copy me, Dale
Beter and Tyler Crumbley on all emails concerning this project.
THE APPLICANT IS DESCRIBING THIS SITUATION AS AN EMERGENCY. PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR
COMMENTS TO ME AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
Ronnie Smith

Project Manager
US Army Corps of Engineers
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
69 Darlington Avenue
Wilmington, North Carolina 28403 -1343
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: ronnie. d. smithgusace. army. mil
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