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Coastal Management
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
May 5, 2016
MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Applicant:
Project Location:
Proposed Project:
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RECEIVED DONALD R. VAN DER VAART
Secretary
MAT 13 2016
BRAXTON DAMS
DCWFisherles Director
WARC
Shane Staples, Fisheries Resource Specialist
Division of Coastal Management, WaRO
Doug Huggett, Major Permits Coordinator
Division of Coastal Management
CAMA Permit Application Review
John Spencer
121 South Dogwood Trail in Southern Shores, Dare County
Bulkhead construction
Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the proposed project and return this
form by 05/26/16 to Courtney Spears, Assistant Major Permits Coordinator, 400 Commerce
Avenue, Morehead City, NC 28557 (fax: [phone]). If you have any questions regarding
the proposed project, please contact Ron Renaldi at [phone], ext. 237. When appropriate,
in-depth comments with supporting data are requested.
REPLY: This agency has no objection to the project as proposed.
This agency has no comment on the proposed project.
Y/ This 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.
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Coastal Management
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
MEMORANDUM:
TO: Courtney Spears, DCM Assistant Major Permit Coordinator
FROM: Shane Staples, DCM Fisheries Resource Specialist
SUBJECT: John Spencer
DATE: 5/17/16
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BRAXTON DAVIS
A North Carolina Division of Coastal Management (DCM) Fisheries Resource Specialist has reviewed the
subject permit application for proposed actions that impact fish and fish habitats. The applicant
proposed to construct a bulkhead a property along a man-made canal adjacent to Jean Guite Creek. The
proposed alignment would incorporate 1,048ft2 of public trust area. The construction methodology
proposed would fill this area to allow for tie -back to be installed. The bulkhead and associated fill would
Fut-off 3,375ft2 of 404 wetlands from its direct connection with the canal that leads into Jean Guite
Creek.
DCM fisheries does not object to the construction of a shoreline stabilization but does have concerns
about the proposed fill of NCWRC designated PNA habitat. Also there are concerns that the project as
proposed would cut-off the connection of 404 wetlands directly adjacent to the canal; these wetland
provide important ecological functions such as trapping sediment and filtering pollutants before they
enter the adjacent waterbody. It is recommended that any shoreline stabilization method used in this
area use methods that reduce to the extent practicable the fill of PNA habitat and still allow for direct
hydraulic connection of the 404 wetlands landward of the proposed shoreline stabilization.
Contact Shane Staples at [phone] or [e-mail] with further questions or
concerns.
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