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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20211128 Ver 1_USACE Permit_20210920DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS 69 DARLINGTON AVENUE WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403-1343 September 18, 2021 Regulatory Division Action ID No. SAW-2009-01121 Mr. Jonathan Howell Division of Coastal Management North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 400 Commerce Avenue Morehead City, North Carolina 28557-3421 Dear Mr. Howell: Reference the application of Mr. Britt Vinson to expand an existing private docking facility, in waters adjacent to Town Creek, located west of Turner Street, south of the Town Creek public boat ramp, in Beaufort, Carteret County, North Carolina. Specifically, the applicant proposes to re -configure two existing slips, by installing two new slips with boatlifts, a piling addition and relocation, one new finger pier, finger pier extension and the extension of the existing platform in two locations (east side and west side). Specifically, the applicant proposes to add two new slips with 13' x 13' boatlifts, and a new 5' x30' finger pier within slip #5. The applicant also proposes to add an 8' x 8' platform extension along the south west side of slip #5, shifting an existing piling, and adding two new pilings to the west (along slip #5) to widen it from 20' to 30', and add a 5' x 30' finger pier extension to the existing floating finger along the east side of slip #5. Additionally, the applicant proposes to shift the existing tie pilings for slip #10 to the east to widen the slip from 20' to 30' as well as add an 8' x8' platform extension along the south east side of slip #10. The Federal agencies have completed review of the proposal as presented by the application and your field investigation report. We recommend that the following conditions be included in the modification to the State authorization: 1. In order to further protect the endangered West Indian Manatee, Trichechus manatus, the applicant must implement the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Manatee Guidelines, and strictly adhere to all requirements therein. The guidelines can be found at https://www.fws.gov/raleigh/pdfs/ManateeGuidelines20 1 7.pdf 2. The permittee must install and maintain, at his expense, any signal lights and signals prescribed by the U.S. Coast Guard, through regulations or otherwise, on authorized facilities. For further information, the permittee should contact the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety -2- Office at (910) 772-2191. 3. All work authorized by this permit must be performed in strict compliance with the submitted plans, which are a part of this permit. Any modification to these plans must be approved by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) prior to implementation. 4. Except as specified in the plans attached to this permit, no excavation, fill or mechanized land -clearing activities shall take place at any time in the construction or maintenance of this project, in such a manner as to impair normal flows and circulation patterns within waters or wetlands or to reduce the reach of waters or wetlands. 5. Except as authorized by this permit or any USACE approved modification to this permit, no excavation, fill or mechanized land -clearing activities shall take place at any time in the construction or maintenance of this project, within waters or wetlands. This permit does not authorize temporary placement or double handling of excavated or fill material within waters or wetlands outside the permitted area. This prohibition applies to all borrow and fill activities connected with this project. 6. All mechanized equipment will be regularly inspected and maintained to prevent contamination of waters and wetlands from fuels, lubricants, hydraulic fluids, or other toxic materials. In the event of a spill of petroleum products or any other hazardous waste, the permittee shall immediately report it to the N.C. Division of Water Resources at (919) 733- 5083, Ext. 526 or (800) 662-7956 and provisions of the North Carolina Oil Pollution and Hazardous Substances Control Act will be followed. 7. Unless otherwise authorized by this permit, all fill material placed in waters or wetlands shall be generated from an upland source and will be clean and free of any pollutants except in trace quantities. Metal products, organic materials (including debris from land clearing activities), or unsightly debris will not be used. 8. If the permittee discovers any previously unknown historic or archeological remains while accomplishing the authorized work, he will immediately notify the Wilmington District Engineer who will initiate the required coordination procedures. 9.The permittee shall require its contractors and/or agents to comply with the terms and conditions of this permit in the construction and maintenance of this project, and shall provide each of its contractors and/or agents associated with the construction or maintenance of this project with a copy of this permit. A copy of this permit, including all conditions, shall be available at the project site during construction and maintenance of this project. 10. The permittee shall employ all sedimentation and erosion control measures necessary to prevent an increase in sedimentation or turbidity within waters and wetlands outside the permit area. This shall include, but is not limited to, the immediate installation of silt fencing or similar appropriate devices around all areas subject to soil disturbance or the movement of earthen fill, and the immediate stabilization of all disturbed areas. Additionally, the project must remain in full compliance with all aspects of the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of -3- 1973 (North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 113A Article 4). 11. The activity will be conducted in such a manner as to prevent a significant increase in turbidity outside the area of construction or construction -related discharge. Increases such that the turbidity in the waterbody is 50 NTU's or less in all rivers not designated as trout waters by the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management (NCDEM), 25 NTU's or less in all saltwater classes and in all lakes and reservoirs, and 10 NTU's or less in trout waters, are not considered significant. 12. The permittee, upon receipt of a notice of revocation of this permit or upon its expiration before completion of the work will, without expense to the United States and in such time and manner as the Secretary of the Army or his authorized representative may direct, restore the water or wetland to its pre -project condition. 13. Violations of these conditions or violations of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act must be reported in writing to the Wilmington District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers within 24 hours of the permittee's discovery of the violation. Questions or comments may be addressed to Ms. Liz Hair Wilmington Field Office, Regulatory Division, telephone (910) 251-4049 or email at sarah.e.hair@usace.army.mil. Sincerely, 'JP' Liz Hair, Project Manager Wilmington Regulatory Field Office Electronic Copy Furnished: USEPA; Mr. Todd Allen Bowers NCDEQ/DCM; Mr. Gregg Bodnar NCDEQ/DWR; Ms. Holley Snider USFWS; Mr. Pete Benjamin/Mr. John Ellis NMFS; Dr. Pace Wilber/Ms. Twyla Cheatwood