20231044 Ver 1_DMF Comments_20230919

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
BRAXTON DAVIS
Director
July 26, 2023
MEMORANDUM:
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NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
FROM: Cameron Luck, Assistant Major Permits Coordinator
NCDEQ - Division of Coastal Management
400 Commerce Avenue, Morehead City, NC 28557
Fax: [phone] (Courier 11-12-09)
cameron.luck(MDENR.gov
SUBJECT: CAMA
Applicant: Lawrence & Mary Alderson
Project Location: 5916 Nautical Isle Ct., adj. to Masonboro Sound, Wilmington, New Hanover
County
Proposed Project: The applicant proposes to install a private three (3) slip docking facility.
Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the proposed project and
return this form to Cameron Luck at the address above by August 22, 2023. If you have any
questions regarding the proposed project, contact Bryan Hall at [phone] when appropriate, in-
depth comments with supporting data is requested.
REPLY: This agency has no objection to the project as proposed.
"Additional comments may be attached"
This agency has no comment on the proposed project.
XThis agency approves of the project only if the recommended changes
are incorporated. See attached.
This agency objects to the project for reasons described in the attached
comments.
PRINT NAME Kimberlee Harding
AGENCY NCDMF
SIGNATURE Kl�¢ Y'a2� DATE 9/19/2023
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Coastal Management
Wilmington Office 1 127 Cardinal Drive Extension I Wilmington, North Carolina 28405
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ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
KATHY B. RAWLS
Director
MEMORANDUM:
TO: Cameron Luck, Assistant Major Permits Coordinator
FROM: Kimberlee Harding, NCDMF Fisheries Resource Specialist
SUBJECT: Lawrence and Mary Alderson
DATE: September 18, 2023
A North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) Fisheries Resource Specialist has
reviewed the CAMA Permit application for proposed actions that impact fish and fish
habitats. The project site is located at 5916 Nautical Isle Court, within the Helms Port
Subdivision adjacent to Masonboro Sound, in Wilmington, New Hanover County. The
applicant proposes to install a private, three -slip docking facility. The waters of the AIWW
are classified SA-ORW by the Division of Water Quality, are designated as a Primary
Nursery Area (PNA) by the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) and are closed to the
harvest of shellfish.
The proposal includes two formalized boat slips and a floating dock for the third formalized
boat slip. The applicants states that the project footprint is sited in-2'-2.2' NLW. However,
the DCM representative collected water depths and found the project site depths are
approximately -1' NLW after two separate site visits. The Division reviewed the date and
time the applicant conducted their water depth survey and found that measurements were
taken at a higher than predicted tide cycle. The DCM representative conducted their water
depth survey on a more appropriate tide cycle. The depths the DCM representative found
are consistent with other docking facilities adjacent to this project site and no other
docking facility on Nautical Isle Court includes a floating structure.
Therefore, since the project is proposed in water depths less than -2'NLW and is located
within a PNA, the Division recommends the removal of the proposed floating dock and
including limit switches on the boat lifts at 18" above the substrate.
Thank you for consideration of our comments. Please contact Kimberlee Harding at 910-
796-7286 or kimberlee.hardingOncdenr.gov with any further questions or concerns.
State of North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries
3441 Arendell Street I P.O. Box 769 Morehead City, North Carolina 28557
252-726-7021