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State of North Carolina 16 1@88
Department of Natural Resources and Community Deve'QpM%,
Division of Coastal Management GF'Fi fC7lV 8s.l's°t-+
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Goaernor
& Thomas Rhodes, Secretary
01/28/88
Mr. David Cotton
NC DNR&CD
Div. Environmental Management
7225 Wrightsville Avenue?
Wilmington, NC 28403 FEB 5 IM
David W. Owens
Director
Dear Mr. Cotton: OFFICE OF CGP0 ,;! rk4F;rv!!?FgnFPil
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The attached Consistency Determination, no. CD88-01,
dated 01/08/88 concerning a proposed Federal Activity to be
conducted or sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
in, or directly affecting the N.C. Coastal Area is being
circulated to interested State agencies for comments.
Please indicate below your viewpoint on th's"-propose
project and return this form to me no later th n 02/15/88.
Sin ely
S e en B. Benton
Consistency Coordinator
REPLY This office objects to the project as proposed.
/ Comments on this project are attached.
v This office supports the project proposal.
No Comment.
Signed L 4. (?V?
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An Eoual Obooramity Affirmative Action Emolowr
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
P.O. BOX 1990
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28402.1890
IN REPLY REFER TO January 8, 1988
Planning Division
CD.ASTAL RESO"'CES CC.,. ,
Mr. S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary
North Carolina Department of Natural
Resources and Community Development
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Dear Mr. Rhodes:
This letter amends my consistency determination for the Atlantic
Intracoastal Waterway JAyIWW Topsail Inlet Crossing.,_Pender County,
North Carolina, dated May 6, 1980, to include maintenance dredging
of Old Topsail'Creek from its intersection with the AIWW to its
intersection with the New Topsail Inlet channel, as shown on;,the
enclosed map.
The proposed maintenance work is'covered in the Final Environmental
..Im act Statement (FEIS). Maintenance _of Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
Side Channels, North Carolina, filed with the Council on Environmental
Quality on,November 29,,1976. As described in the FEIS,.material..
consisting of medium to coarse sand with some''shell`will be removed by
hydraulic pipeline dredge to a depth of -9 feet mean low water for a
total distance of 1.42 miles, with disposal of material in uplanddiked
disposal areas adjacent to the waterway or on Topsail Beach.
Maintenance of Old Topsail Creek during FY 88 will consist of
removal of about 90,000 cubic yards of material which will be disposed
of on Topsail Beach. The work will be performed in conjunction with
maintenance dredging of Banks Channel, which is scheduled to begin in
late January 1988 and be completed by April 30, 1988.` If maintenance
is required after April 30 with beach disposal, amonitoring program
will be set up to avoid adverse impacts,to nesting loggerhead sea
turtles. Future maintenance will involve placement of material on the
beach or in upland diked disposal sites. Frequency of maintenance of
this channel is approximately once every <3 to 5 years.
The discharge of material,along,the ocean beach is covered under
Section 401 (P.L. 95-217) General Water Quality Certificate No. 1264
issued on October 9, 1978, as amended April 5, 1983 (1264-R), and
November 21, 1986 (1264-R2). The discharge of material in upland diked
disposal sites is covered under Water Quality Certificate No. 1273,
issued on November 10, 1978, and Nationwide Permit 33 CFR 330.5(x)(16).

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Maintenance of Old Topsail Creek from its intersection with the
AIWW to its intersection with the New Topsail Inlet Channel is
consistent with the approved Coastal Management Program of the State
of North Carolina. If you concur with my consistency determination,
as amended, I request your approval to proceed rather than waiting the
90 days specified in 15 CFR 930.41(c).
If you have any questions, please call Mrs. Trudy Wilder,
Environmental Resources Branch, at [phone].
Sincerely,
Paul W. Woodbury
Colonel, Corps of Engineers
District.-,Engineer
Enclosure
Copies Furnished (with enclosure):
.Mr. Bill Mills,
Division of Environmental Management
North Carolina Department of Natural
Resources and Community Development
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
v 4r. Steve Benton
Division of Coastal Management
North Carolina Department of Natural
Resources and Community Development
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687

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