20181108 Ver 1_DMF Comments for T.J.'s Land Development Batalina Creek Boat Yard_20180820

ROY COOPER
Govpmor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary _
BRUTON.C. DAV1S
Dire,dor
MEMORANDUM
NORTH CAROLINA..
Envtronmental Quality
TO: Mr. Shane Staples
Division of Coastal Management
943 Washington Sq. Mall
FROM: Greg Bodnar
Major Permits Processing Coordinator
Coastal Management Division
400 Commerce Avenue
Morehead City NC 28557
DATE: 01 August 2018
SUBJECT: CAMA Application Review
APPLICANT: T.J.'s Land Development LLC
RECEIVED
AUG 01 2018
DCM-Fishorlas
WARD
Respond to Greg Bodnar
Morehead City Office
PROJECT LOCATION: 785 East Pantego Street adjacent man made canals off Batalina Creek in the
Town of Belhaven in of Beaufort County, North Carolina.
PROPOSED PROJECT: Applicant proposes to redevelop the property serve as a boat yard providing 13
wet slips a travel lift and wash down pad for hauling larger vessels for maintenance and repair as well as
fueling facilities, marina store and a marina pump out.
Please indicate below your position or viewpoint on the proposed project and return this form by 20 August
2018. Please contact Steve Trowell at 252-948-3854, if you have any questions regarding the proposed
project. When appropriate, in depth comments with supporting data are requested.
REPLY This office has no objection to the project as proposed.
This office has no comment on the proposed project.
This office approves of the proposed project only if the recommended changes
are incorporated. See attached.
This office objects to the proposed project for reasons described in the attached
co ent .
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ROY COOPER
Governor
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MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
CoastalManagement BRAXTON C. DAVIS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Director
MEMORANDUM:
TO: Gregg Bodnar, Assistant Major Permits Coordinator
FROM: Shane Staples, DCM Fisheries Resource Specialist
SUBJECT: T.J.'s Land Development Batalina Creek Boat Yard
DATE: 8/20/18
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
proposes to redevelop a property adjacent to Baker Canal at the head of Batalina Creek off of the Pungo
River. Batalina Creek is a designated Primary Nursery Area (PNA) by the Marine Fisheries Commission.
The majority of the property has been used as parking and staging for crabbing operations and the
property across the Baker Canal is existing boat yard that service sailboats and motorized vessels. The
proposed development includes 13 wet slips, a travel -lift and wash down pad, fueling facility, pump -out,
and marina store. The proposal includes widening Baker Canal to support angled slips and maximize dock
space, rebuilding the bulkhead along the shoreline, reconstructed a boat ramp in that is in disrepair, and
construction of a travel lift at the confluence of Baker Canal and Baker Creek. Upland developments
include the wash -down pad, ship store, fuel and pump -out facilities. The proposal also includes
maintenance dredging (bucket and barge) of Baker Canal to -6' @NWL as well as a 38' x 390' channel
from Baker Canal into Batalina Creek also to -6' @NWL. A site visit in the spring 2018 showed existing
water depths in the canal ranging from -6' in the center of the canal to -3' along portions of bulkhead; the
depths observed in Batalina Creek in the project area ranged from -5' to -6' @NWL dropping off rapidly
to -T or more towards the mouth of the Creek.
Although there are no existing permits for a dredge footprint into Batalina Creek site condition including
a spoil bank and squared off shoreline on the southern bank of the creek suggest dredging has occurred
and the existing boat yard in currently servicing vessels up to 45' show a continued used of the area.
Batalina creek is sheltered and has a very small drainage area/ source for sedimentation so it is not
unlikely that the area would remain open for a long time. The depth survey showed only several areas
where "humps" in the marked channel would cause concern for boats with drafts in excess of 5 feet.
Baker Canal although connected to the PNA water is an entire man made cut into high ground bulkheaded
for nearly its entire length. As site condition bear dredging has occurred within the project boundaries of
Batalina Creek and there is a documented continuous use of the area evidenced by the existing boat
maintenance yard and marked channel DCM fisheries will not consider this new dredging in a PNA and
have no objections to the project as proposed. A moratorium on dredging from April 1 to September 30 is
recommended as a condition of the permit to limit the impact of high turbidity levels expected during the
dredging to larval and juvenile shellfish in the designated PNA.
Contact Shane Staples at [phone] or [e-mail] with further questions or
concerns.
State of North€arolina I Environmental Quality I Coastal Managenant
Washington. Office 1943 Washington Square Mai. I Washington; North Carolina 27889
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