20180765 Ver 1_Public Comments_20180716 (2)

Strickland, Bev
From: Susie Wean <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 11:32 PM
To: Tyler Wean
Cc: [e-mail]; Higgins, Karen
Subject: [External] Re: USACE Action on SAW -2017-02281 - Wilmington District
I would like to add one more point -
Tonight when I took a shower the water was brown and it stained my towel. This is the second time in the past few
weeks that our cold water tap has produced brown water! I am afraid to cook with this water and having lived here for
almost 60 years I know that there have been frequent water problems. I saved some of it in a jar so it can be tested if
you are interested, but it makes me wonder how the system will be able to handle doubling the resident population at
High Hampton.
Susanne Wean
On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 4:57 PM, Susie Wean <[e-mail]> wrote:
To Mr. Brown and Ms. Higgins,
I have read the public notice and as far as I can tell it only appears to address the golf course impact on the stream and
the lakes. While those are of importance, I am concerned that the expansion of the golf course is going to lead to
additional home sites which will have a major impact on water usage and quality in the same area as the golf course
expansion. Already High Hampton Resort has cleared many trees and is removing subsurface rock to create a large road
for home sites where the trail to Rock Mountain went, a section of the old Cherokee Trace and an area that was
wetland. There are many courses of water that flow through this newly cleared area that eventually end up in the
stream that feeds High Hampton lake. I do not see where this issue is being addressed by the Corps. All of this will
provide runoff and build up of silt which will change the ecology of the stream and the lake prior to reaching Fowler
Creek and the Chattooga river. The water system will need to be able to handle this tremendous expansion.
As an additional concern, I did not read anything about the use of chemicals on the golf course which run off and is
detrimental to plant and animal life.
I hope the Corps will do its job of due diligence to ensure that any development maintains the best water quality
possible.
Thank you,
Susanne Cole Wean
On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 10:10 AM, Tyler Wean <[e-mail]> wrote:
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
Susie
Susanne C Wean
280 Millview Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
412-638-1010
Susie
Susanne C Wean
280 Millview Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
412-638-1010