20030179 Ver 6_Public Comments_20071023 (2)

Carolina Canoe Club, Inc.
October 19, 2007
Mr. John Dorney
NC Division of Water Quality
401/Wetlands Unit
1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1650
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Subject: Duke Power's 401 Certification for removal of the Dillsboro dam, Jackson
County
Dear Mr. Domey,
On behalf of the 1,110+ members of the Carolina Canoe Club (CCC), I am writing in
support of the approval of North Carolina's 401 certification of the Duke Power project to
remove the Dillsboro dam of the Tuckasegee River in Jackson County. Many members
of the CCC utilize this stretch of waterway for recreational paddling and it is heavily used
as an educational venue for the paddle sports. Removal of the dam should provide a
greatly enhanced and contiguous recreational section of the river that would be a net
positive for the economy of the area.
We believe that moving forward with this certification will help return this section of the
Tuckaseegee to more natural conditions as long as proper mitigation of accumulated
sediments occurs in the course of the project. It is our understanding that state and
federal natural resource agencies agree that this approach will have no long-term
negative effects on water quality or aquatic life in the segment and will likely improve the
aquatic habitat, including provision of enhanced passage of aquatic species, in the long-
term.
Thank you for consideration of these comments.
Sincerely,
Larry W. Ausley, President
Carolina Canoe Club, Inc.
cc via email:
Steve Tedder, NCDWQ
Kevin Colbum, American Whitewater
P.O. Box 12932, Raleigh, NC 27605
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