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ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
December 8, 2017
MEMORANDUM
TO: Shane Staples, Fisheries Resource Specialist
Division of Coastal Management, WaRO
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
BRAXTON C. DAVIS
Director
FROM: Doug Huggett, Major Permits Coordinator
c/o Gregg Bodnar, Assistant Major Permits Coordinator
Division of Coastal Management
SUBJECT: CAMA/DREDGE & FILL Permit Application Review
Applicant: Town of Nags Head
Project Location: Bonnett Street Access off NC 12 on the north end of the Town of Nags
Head's oceanfront to the southernmost end of the Nags Head's
oceanfront, adjacent to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Beach
Ramp
Proposed Project: Re -nourish 10 miles of Nags Head beachfront from Bonnett Street to
the National Park Service beach ramp on the south end of the town in
Dare County.
Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the proposed project and return this
form by 12/29/17 to 400 Commerce Avenue, Morehead City, NC 28557 (fax: [phone]).
If you have any questions regarding the proposed project, please contact Lynn Mathis at (252)
264-3901. When appropriate, in-depth comments with supporting data are requested.
REPLY: V//This agency has no objection to the project as proposed, cflµmd� kf
This agency has no comment on the proposed project.
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
�ocomments.
SIGNED /;%% DATE
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State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Coastal Management
401 S. Griffin St., Ste 300 1 Elizabeth City, NC 27909
252-264-39011252-331-2951[fax]

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MEMORANDUM:
TO: Gregg Bodnar, Assistant Major Permits Coordinator
FROM: Shane Staples, DCM Fisheries Resource Specialist
SUBJECT: Town of Nags Head 2018 Beach Re -nourishment
DATE:. 1/2/18
ROY COOPER
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MICHAEL S. RECAN
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BRAXTON C. DAVIS:
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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 Town of Nags
Head proposes to dredge sand from an offshore borrow site and place that sand on the oceanfront
shoreline of Nags Head from the Bonnett Street access off NC -12 to the southernmost end of the Town of
Nags Head's oceanfront that is adjacent to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Ramp. The sediments are
to be moved via hydraulic and hoppers dredges to the beach and then spread on the beach with bulldozers.
The project is proposed to begin in late spring and continue through the summer.
DCM fisheries is understanding of the weather conditions that make observation of a fisheries
moratorium impractical due to the winter wave height and recognizing that does not have objections to
the project as proposed. There are however continued concerns with the dredge and fill operations during
the summer months and the cumulative effect of multiple nourishment projects occurring along the
shoreline north of Cape Hatteras on the beach and offshore benthic communities. While this project
continues to utilize an existing borrow source used for other nourishment projects there are also concerns
over the continued loss of offshore high relief areas that provide unique fisheries habitats.
Contact Shane Staples at [phone] or [e-mail] with further questions or
concerns.
State of North Carolina 1. Enviromnental Quality I Coastal Management
Washington Office 1943 Washington Square Mall I Washington, North Carolina 27889
252 946 6481