20180765 Ver 1_Public Comments_20180716

Strickland, Bev
From: Tyler Wean <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 10:11 AM
To: [e-mail]; Higgins, Karen
Subject: [External] USACE Action on SAW -2017-02281 - Wilmington District
Mr. Brown and Ms. Higgins,
I am writing to you regarding the High Hampton Resort application with a public comment period ending 7/16/18. 1
would like to request a public hearing take place on this application to determine if the proposal or a practicable
alternative is in the public interest. It is the Chattooga watershed's superlative environmental and aesthetic quality that
makes this area so desirable for development. For that reason, it is critically important that each and every developer be
held to the same high standard necessary to provide, collectively, for the protection of the area's environmental
amenities and ecosystem services.
It is not clear that this applicant understands or intends to meet the high standard needed to responsibly develop land in
the National Wild & Scenic Chattooga River watershed. The Army Corps of Engineers and North Carolina Department of
Water Resources should not allow this proposal to proceed without a public hearing, which would be a genuine
opportunity for local Cashiers residents to learn more details about the permit application and allow them to offer
informed input.
Thank you for taking the time to consider my comments, I look forward to an affirmative decision on holding a public
hearing on this application.
Tyler Wean