20160352 Ver 1_Staff Comments_20160831

Strickland, Bev
From: Staples, Shane
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 3:34 PM
To: Spears, Courtney
Cc: Scarbraugh, Anthony
Subject: Seafood Industrial Park, Broad Creek Pier and Breakwater Comments
Attachments: NC Seafood Industrial Park, Broad Creek Pier and Breakwater.pdf
Comments attached
Shane F. Staples
Fisheries Resource Specialist
Division of Coastal Management
Department of Environmental Quality
252 948 3950 office
[e-mail]
943 Washington Square Mall
Washington, NC 27817
Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.

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Coastal Management
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
March 21, 2016
MEMORANDUM
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FROM:
SUBJECT:
Applicant:
Project Location:
Proposed Project:
Shane Staples, Fisheries Resource Specialist
Division of Coastal Management, WaRO
Doug Huggett, Major Permits Coordinator
Division of Coastal Management
CAMA Permit Application Review
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Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the proposed project and return this
form by 04/11/16 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 Kelly Russell at [phone]. 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.
V 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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Shane Staples, Fisheries Resource Specialist
Division of Coastal Management, WaRO
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Broad Creek Pier System & Breakwater
Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the proposed project and return this
form by 04/11/16 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 Kelly Russell at [phone]. 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.
V 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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State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Coastal Management
1367 US Hwy 17 South I Elizabeth City, NC 27909
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Coastal Management
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
MEMORANDUM:
PAT MCCRORY
DONALD R. VAN DER VAART
TO: Courtney Spears, DCM Assistant Major Permit Coordinator
FROM: Shane Staples, DCM Fisheries Resource Specialist
BRAXTON DAVIS
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SUBJECT: NC Seafood Industrial Park Authority, Broad Creek Pier and Breakwater
DATE: 8/30/16
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. In an application received
on March 29, 2016 the applicant proposed a 226'x 8' walkway over wetlands leading to an 1,812' x 8' pier
and breakwater system with finger piers creating 29 20'x 60' boat slips. This project will be offshore of
several existing facilities including a 28 slips marine that has been permitted to be modified to a 10 slip
marine but no work has been completed. The application was placed on hold shortly after receipt due to
several issues with unnecessary corralling of open shellfish waters, concerns about closing open shellfish
water, as well as other environmental concerns. A modified plan was received by this office on 8/9/16 that
reduced the overall walkway over marsh and pier/breakwater system to 1,708' in length. This office was not
part of the discussion that lead to the new design.
While impact numbers are not included for the new design the amount of wetland shading appears to be
reduced and the amount of open shellfish waters corralled has been reduced. The new design still however
incorporates a large parcel of open shellfish waters. As there is a large 100ft section of breakwater that is
unused for docking and a large area of open water on the inside of the proposed breakwater it is
recommended that the breakwater be reduced in these areas to further reduce the usurping of open shellfish
waters as would have been the recommendation before any redesign. Additionally, according to documents
from shellfish sanitation the waters within the projects bounds that are closed to shellfish harvest were only
closed due to observations of on shore activities and not sampling. Before these waters become permanently
closed due to marina construction sampling should be conducted to determine if the area is indeed unfit for
shellfish harvest. Due to the large scale of the project and potential disturbance to fish and shellfish in the
area it is recommended that this project be conditioned with an in -water work moratorium from April 1—
September 30 to reduce potential negative impacts during the times of highest biological activity.
Contact Shane Staples at [phone] or [e-mail] with further questions or concerns.
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Coastal Management
400 Commerce Avenue I Morehead City, NC 28557
252-808-28081 252-247-3330 that)