20071500 Ver 2_Corps of Engineer Correspondence_20150520

REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF:
W..
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403 -1343
Action Id. SAW 2007 -02987 County Carteret U.S.G.S. Quad_ NC -Core Creek____
Applicant: Coastal Yacht Hangar, LLC Authorized Agent: Stroud Engineering, PA
Address: Mr. Richard McGough Address: Mr. Charles Cullipher
362 Tyler Drive 151A NC Hwy 24
Clearbrook, VA 22624 Morehead City, NC 28557
(540) 327 -6713 (252) 247 -7479
Location/Description of Proposed Activity: Proposed construction of a 68 -slip marina, new
excavation, automated hydraulic boat lift and rail system, dry stack storage building, club house
and pool, ship store, fuel /sewage pump out dock, golf cart bridges, kayak launch, fishing
platform, wave attenuator, associated underground storage tanks, retaining walls, parking lot and
a vehicular bridge in wetlands adjacent to Core Creek and Eastman Creek, at 1301 Sensation
Weigh Road, in the Jarrett Bay Industrial Park, in Beaufort, Carteret County NC. Permanent fill
impacts to 404 wetlands total approximately 0.48 acres. New dredging proposes the removal of
21,650 cubic yards of material. Coordinates in Decimal Degrees are: 35.80149 N, - 76.68352 W.
_Type of Permit Applied For (check one): IP ( ) NWP ( ) GP (X)
Applicable law: Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (X); Section 10, Rivers and Harbor Act (X)
YOUR APPLICATION/PRECONSTRUCTION NOTIFICATION IS INCOMPLETE
AND CANNOT BE EVALUATED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS
RECEIVED (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY):
Your application/pre- construction notification form has not been completed and /or signed.
(see
remarks)
X Under the conditions of the 404 regulatory program, you are required to submit an
aquatic resource mitigation plan. The required plan is either insufficient or has not
been included with your notification (see remarks).
X Your application /pre - construction notification did not include information describing
measures you have implemented to avoid and minimize losses of Waters of the United
States.
Your submitted project plans or maps were insufficient, too large, or not legible (see
remarks)

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Your application/pre- construction notification did not include a delineation of affected
special aquatic sites, including wetlands, vegetated shallows, and riffle and pool complexes as
required.
You must submit a copy of your application to the NC Wildlife Resources Commission
(WRC)
since your proposed work is in a designated trout water county (see remarks section below
for the
address of your WRC representative)
Other (see remarks below)
REMARKS: Please address the following items:
1. In order for your permit application to be considered complete, at mitigation statement
and /or a compensatory mitigation plan for unavoidable impacts to waters of the U.S. is
required. Neither a statement nor a plan was included in the application, the project
design plans, or in the field investigation report dated April 14, 2015.
2. Compensatory mitigation is required for unavoidable impacts to waters of the U.S. The
proposed project not only did not include a compensatory mitigation plan, there was no
discussion regarding the applicant's attempt to avoid and minimize permanent or
temporary impacts to waters of the U.S. onsite.
3. Additionally, a search of our records verifies that this project was permitted previously
under the GP 291 process on February 5, 2008, modified on August 22, 2008 and again
on February 2, 2009, and renewed on March 22, 2011. This permit authorized
construction of a 10 -slip dock, a rail and lift system for a 268 dry slip storage facility, a
sewer pump out facility at one staging platform, fuel pumps at a second staging platform,
new dredging of an access channel, access boardwalks, clubhouse and pool, office
building, parking lot and bulkheads adjacent to Core Creek. No fill impacts to waters of
the U.S. were authorized. This existing permit expires on December 31, 2015.
4. This project is on hold until such time that we receive the required information to
continue processing your application.
5. A meeting to discuss the project, along with avoidance and minimization measures along
with compensatory mitigation requirements for unavoidable impacts to waters of the U.S.
is required. Please contact me at the telephone number below to schedule a meeting as
soon as possible.

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If you do not submit the requested information within 30 days from the date of this letter,
your application will be withdrawn. If you have any questions regarding the Corps of
Engineers Regulatory Program, please contact Liz Hair at telephone number (910) 251-
4049.
Date: 15 Mav 2015
Corps Regulatory Official: Liz Hair
Copy furnished:
Ms. Karen Higgins
Division of Water Quality
North Carolina Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
Mr. Doug Huggett
Morehead City Regional Office
North Carolina Division of Coastal Management
400 Commerce Avenue
Morehead City, North Carolina 28557-3421
Mr. Pete Benjamin
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Enhancement
Post Office Box 33726
Raleigh, North Carolina 27636-3726
Mr. Fritz Rohde
National Marine Fisheries Service
Habitat Conservation Service
Pivers Island
Beaufort, North Carolina 28516
Mr. Pace Wilber
National Marine Fisheries Service
Habitat Conservation Division
219 Fort Johnson Road
Charleston, South Carolina 29412-9110

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Todd Allen Bowers
US EPA Region 4 Life Scientist
Water Protection Division
61 Forsyth Street, SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30303 -8960
(Electronic Copy Furnished)
Ms. Joanne Steenhuis
NC DENR
Division of Water Resources
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, North Carolina 28405