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State of North Carolina
Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources
Division of Coastal Management
225 North McDowell Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27602
James G. Martin, Governor Roger N. Schecter
William W Cobey, Jr., Secretary Director
11/26/90
Mr. Jim Gregson 11
NC DEH&NR
Div. Environmental Management
7225 Wrightsville Avenue NOV 2b 1990
Wilmington, NC 28403
OFFICE OF COX TPO rv!,VV%(;I
REFERENCE: CESAW-91-0005 VillA lf?-GTON hL(,(0f-IAi M!:(:1
Applicant/Sponsor: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Maintenance Dredging Wilmington Harbor (Anchorage Basin)
Dear Mr. Gregson:
The attached'?U `S. Army Corps` 61 -Engir eers Public `Notice, dated
11/15/90 concerningY;a .;;federal project?or; permit '•is?being -circul$tad
to interested State agencies for comments.
This project ms'seviously- b`' ??edUa ns
with the North Carolr?a coastal Managm Frograin owever, plea
feel free to comment directly to the `Corps (with a copy to me)
or through me before 12/14/90..
REPLY This office objects to the project as proposed.
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- Comments on this project are a6ae --a . - Aa06 &
V This office supports the project proposal.
No Comment.
Signed _46
Date /
Agency
RO. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27011 7687 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer
4ne e1y
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Consistency Coordinator
DIV1ON OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
From: James H. Gregson?
Wilmington Reg' nal Office
Through: Dave Adki
Wilming on gional office
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Subject: Regional Office Review and Recommendations
Application for Permit for Excavation and/or Fill
Project # 9011-G
CESAW-91-0005 / Maintenance Dredging in Wilmington
Harbor Anchorage Basin
New Hanover County
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Wilmington District COE proposes to
perform maintenance dredging in Wilmington Harbor Anchorage
Basin.
ADJACENT WATER BODY: Cape Fear River
CLASSIFICATION: SC
STATUS: Closed
The project has been reviewed to determine impacts to water
quality. The following comments have been provided.
1.' The project will require a 401 Water Quality Certification.
2. The project complies with the General 401 Water Quality
Certification No. 1273 for dredge spoil dewatering.
3. The proposed project should be done in such a way as to not
cause the turbidity outside the immediate construction area
to exceed 25 NTU.
This office has no objection to the project as proposed.
JHG:9011-G.NOV
< ec: ,Wilmington Regional Office Files
Central Files
DCM-Steve Benton
Jim Gregson

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers
Post Office Box 1890
Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890
PUBLIC NOTICE
MAINTENANCE DREDGING IN WILMINGTON HARBOR,
NORTH CAROLINA (ANCHORAGE BASIN)
NEW HANOVER AND BRUNSWICK COUNTIES
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
November 15, 1990
The WILMINGTON DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS, Wilmington, North Carolina, proposes
to perform dredging .in Wilmington Harbor, North Carolina (Anchorage Basin).
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The routine maintenance work which is scheduled to begin
January 1991 will be completed prior to March 31, 1991. The work consists of the
removal of all material lying above the plane of 40 feet below mean low water (MLW)
within the limits of the channels as shown on the enclosed drawing. The estimated
quantity of material to be removed is approximately 950,000 cubic yards. The type of
material is predominately silt with lesser amounts of sand. The project was last
dredged in 1990 and the frequency of dredging is once a year. The dredged material
will be disposed of within the upland diked disposal area on Eagle Island with the
liquid effluent being returned to the Brunswick River. The disposal area on Eagle
Island is a permanent disposal area owned by the Government and has been previously
used for maintenance of the project. There is no development near the site. This
work will be accomplished by an hydraulic pipeline dredge selected by competitive
bidding. A drawing showing the proposed dredging and the disposal site is enclosed
with this notice.
There is enclosed a list of Federal, state and local agencies with whom this
activity is be coordinated.
The proposed discharge of liquid effluent from diked upland disposal areas
resulting from the proposed hydraulic dredging, although subject to review under
Section 404 (b) of the Clean Water Act of 1977, has been determined to satisfy the
terms and conditions of Nationwide Permit 33 CFR 33.5(a)(16) and the N. C. Division of
Environmental Management General Water Quality Certification No. 1273 issued on
November 10, 1978.
The proposed action is consistent with the approved Coastal Management Program of
the State of North Carolina. The consistency determination is included in the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Long-term Maintenance of Wilmington
Harbor, North Carolina, dated October 1989. Concurrence was received from N. C.
Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources on January 10, 1990.
The availability of the FEIS for maintenance dredging of the project was published
in the Federal Register on December 1, 1989.
No impacts to known archeological/historical resources or endangered species will
occur.
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The decision whether to perform this work will be based on an evaluation of the
probable impact including cumulative impacts of the proposed activity on the public
interest. That decision will reflect the national concern for both protection'and
utilization of important resources. The benefit which reasonably may be expected.to
accrue from the proposal must be balanced against its reasonably foreseeable.,
detriments. All factors which may be relevant to the proposal will be'considered,
including the cumulative effects thereof; among those are conservation, economics,
aesthetics, general environmental concerns, wetlands, historic properties, fish and
wildlife values, flood hazards, floodplain values, land use, navigation, shoreline
erosion and excretion, recreation, water supply and conservation, water quality,
energy needs, safety, food and fiber production, mineral needs, considerations of
property ownership and, in general, the needs and welfare of the people.
Any person who has an interest which may be affected by the disposal of this
dredged material may request a public hearing. The request must be submitted in
writing to the District Engineer within 15 days of the date of this notice and must
clearly set forth the interest which may be affected and the manner in which the
interest may be affected by this activity. In order for such request to be given
appropriate consideration, it should be mailed or delivered to the U. S. Army
Engineer District, Wilmington, Post Office Box 1890, Wilmington, North Carolina
28402-1890, in time to be received on or before December 17, 1990. All correspondence
should refer to the number and date of this notice.
For additional information concerning this project, contact James Wells, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Post Office Box 1890, Wilmington, North Carolina
28402-1890 or telephone [phone].
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'Tho 's C. Suerma
Lieutenant Colonel
Corps of Engineers
District Engineer
GEORGE T. BURCH
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Chairman Board of County Commissioners
Postmasters
Mayors ,
Marine Science Council
Water Resources Research Institute
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Assistant US Attorney
US Geological Survey
National Marine Fisheries Service
US Coast Guard
Regional Director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service
Regional Director of the National Park Service
Regional Shellfish Consultant
Office of Chief of Engineers
South Atlantic Division
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All United States Senators and Representatives for State of North Carolina
US Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Regional Director, Environmental Protection Agency
Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service
NC State Clearinghouse and Information Center

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources
Division of Coastal Management
-- - --- 225 North McDowell Street • Raleigh, North-Carolina 27602 _ - --. - - -_- - -
James G. Martin, Governor Roger N. Schecter
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary December 20, 1990 Director
Mr. James Wells
Wilmington District Army Corps of Engineers
PO Box 1890
Wilmington, NC 28402-1890
Dear Mr. Wells:
Attached, please find a copy of comments we received from the NC
Division of Environmental Management concerning Corps Public Notice number
CESAW-CO-NC-91-0005, Maintenance Dredging in Wilmington Harbor-..(Anchorage
- Basin). Thank you for your consideration of the ;North Carolina -Coastal -
Management Program. -
*Sine Benton
Consistency Coordinator

P.O. Ica;
Boot 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer
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MEMORANDUM
Date: November 30, 1990
To: Bill Mills
Planning Branch
From: ` James H. Gregson
Wilmington Regis nal Office
Through: Dave Adki V?
Wilming on gional Office
DEC , 1990
_ -COASTAL RESOURCgS COMX
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Subject: Regional Office Review and Recommendations
Application for Permit for Excavation and/or Fill
Project i 9011-G
CESAW-91-0005 / Maintenance Dredging in Wilmington
Harbor Anchorage Basin
_ New Hanover County
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
perform maintenance
Basin.
ADJACENT WATER BODY:
CLASSIFICATION: SC
STATUS: Closed
-T-he ??i-ec_?t---had-been-reviewed to determine impacts to water
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y-: e 33o i?tg:comments have Deen.provlded. _
1. The project will require a 401 Water Quality Certification.
2. The project complies with the General 401 Water Quality
Certification No. 1273 for dredge spoil dewatering.
3. The proposed project should be done in such a way as to not
cause the turbidity outside the immediate construction area
to exceed 25 NTU.
This office has no objection to the-project as proposed.
JHG:901.1-G.NOV
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cc: Wilmington Regional Office Files
Central Files
DCM-Steve Benton
Jim Gregson

DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
The Wilmington District COE proposes to
dredging in Wilmington Harbor Anchorage
Cape Fear River

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers
Post Office Box 1890
Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890
CESAW-CO-ND-91-0005 November 15, 1990
PUBLIC NOTICE
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The WILMINGTON DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS, Wilmington, North Carolina, proposes
to perform dredging in Wilmington Harbor, North Carolina (Anchorage Basin).
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The routine maintenance work which is scheduled to begin
January 1991 will be completed prior to March 31, 1991. The work consists of the
removal of all material lying above the plane of 40 feet below mean low water (MLW)
within the limits of the channels as shown on the enclosed drawing. The estimated
quantity of material to be removed is approximately 950,000 cubic yards. The type of
material is predominately silt with lesser amounts of sand. The project was last
dredged in 1990 and the frequency of dredging is once a year. The dredged material
will be disposed of within the upland diked disposal area on Eagle Island with the
liquid effluent being returned to the Brunswick River. The disposal area on Eagle
Island is a permanent disposal area owned by the Government and has been previously
used for maintenance of the project. There is no development near the site. This
work will be accomplished by an hydraulic pipeline dredge selected by competitive
bidding. A drawing showing the proposed dredging and the disposal site is enclosed
with this notice. .
There is enclosed a list of Federal, state and local agencies with whom this
activity is be coordinated.
The proposed discharge of liquid effluent from diked upland disposal areas
resulting from the proposed hydraulic dredging, although subject to review under
Section 404 (b) of the Clean Water Act of 1977, has been determined to satisfy the
terms and conditions of Nationwide Permit 33 CFR 33.5(a)(16) and the N. C. Division of
Environmental Management General Water Quality Certification No. 1273 issued on
November 10, 1978.
The proposed action is consistent with the approved Coastal Management Program of
the State of North Carolina. The consistency determination is included in the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Long-term Maintenance of Wilmington
Harbor, North Carolina, dated October 1989. Concurrence was received from N. C.
Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources on January 10, 1990.
The availability of the FEIS for maintenance dredging of the project was published
in the Federal Register on December 1, 1989.
No impacts to known archeological/historical resources or endangered species will
occur.
MAINTENANCE DREDGING IN WILMINGTON HARBOR,
NORTH CAROLINA (ANCHORAGE BASIN)
NEW HANOVER AND BRUNSWICK COUNTIES
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The decision whether to perform this work will be based on an evaluation of the
probable impact including cumulative impacts of the proposed activity on. the public
interest. That decision will reflect the national concern for both protection and
utilization of important resources. The benefit which reasonably may be expected to
accrue from the proposal must be balanced against its reasonably foreseeable
detriments. All factors which may be relevant to the proposal will be. considered,
including the cumulative effects thereof; among those are conservation, economics,
aesthetics, general environmental concerns, wetlands, historic properties, fish and
wildlife values, flood hazards, floodplain values, land use, navigation,. shoreline
erosion and excretion, recreation, water supply and conservation; water quality,
energy needs, safety, food and fiber production, mineral needs, considerations of
property ownership and, in general, the needs and welfare of the people.
Any person who has an interest which may be affected by the disposal of this .
dredged material may request a public hearing. The request must be submitted in,
writing to the District Engineer within 15 days of the date of this notice and must
clearly set forth the interest which may be affected and the manner in which the
interest may be affected by this activity. In order for such request to be'given
appropriate consideration, it should be mailed or delivered to the U. S. Army.
Engineer District, Wilmington, Post Office Box 1890, Wilmington, North Carolina
28402-1890, in time to be received on or before December 17, 1990. All correspondence.
should refer to the number and date of this notice.
For additional information concerning this project, contact James Wells, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Post Office Box 1890, Wilmington, North Carolina
28402-1890 or telephone [phone].
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'Tho 's C. Suerma
Lieutenant Colonel
Corps of Engineers
District Engineer
GEORGE T. BURCN
Enclosures EXECUTIVE ASSISTRNT

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Chairman Board of County Commissioners
Postmasters
Mayors
Marine Science Council
Water Resources Research Institute
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Assistant US Attorney
US Geological Survey
National Marine Fisheries Service
US Coast Guard
Regional Director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service
Regional Director of the National Park Service
Regional Shellfish Consultant
Office of Chief of Engineers
South Atlantic Division
All United States Senators and Representatives for State of North Carolina
US Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Regional Director, Environmental Protection Agency
Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service
NC State Clearinghouse and Information Center

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers
Post Office Box 1890
Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890
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MAINTENANCE DREDGING IN WILMINGTON HARBOR, NOV u 1990
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NEW HANOVER AND BRUNSWICK COUNTIES
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The WILMINGTON DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS, Wilmington, North Carolina, proposes
to perform dredging in Wilmington Harbor, North Carolina (Anchorage Basin).
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The routine maintenance work which is scheduled to begin
January 1991 will be completed prior to March 31, 1991. The work consists of the
removal of all material lying above the plane of 40 feet below mean low water (MLW)
within the limits of the channels as shown on the enclosed drawing. The estimated
quantity of material to be removed is approximately 950,000 cubic yards. The type of
material is predominately silt with lesser amounts of sand. The project was last
dredged in 1990 and the frequency of dredging is once a year. The dredged material
will be disposed of within the upland diked disposal area on Eagle Island with the
liquid effluent being returned to the Brunswick River. The disposal area on Eagle
Island is a ,permanent disposal area owned by the Government and has been previously
used for maintenance of the project. There is no development near the site. This
work will be accomplished by an hydraulic pipeline dredge selected by competitive
bidding. A drawing showing the proposed dredging and the disposal site is enclosed
with this notice.
There is enclosed a list of Federal, state and local agencies with whom this
activity is be coordinated.
The proposed discharge of liquid effluent from diked upland disposal areas
resulting from the proposed hydraulic dredging, although subject to review under
Section 404 (b) of the Clean Water Act of 1977, has been determined to satisfy the
terms and conditions of Nationwide Permit 33 CFR 33.5(a)(16) and the N. C. Division of
Environmental Management General Water Quality Certification No. 1273 issued on
November 10, 1978.
The proposed action is consistent with the approved Coastal Management Program of
the State of North Carolina. The consistency determination is included in the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Long-term Maintenance of Wilmington
Harbor, North Carolina, dated October 1989. Concurrence was received from N. C.
Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources on January 10, 1990.
The availability of the FEIS for maintenance dredging of the project was published
in the Federal Register on December 1, 1989.
No impacts to known archeological/historical resources or endangered species will
occur.
-2-
The decision whether to perform this work will be based on an evaluation of the
probable impact including cumulative impacts of the proposed activity on the public
interest. That decision will reflect the national concern for both protection and
utilization of important resources. The benefit which reasonably may be expected to
accrue from the proposal must be balanced against its reasonably foreseeable
detriments. All factors which may be relevant to the proposal will be'considered,
including the cumulative effects thereof; among those are conservation,. economics,
aesthetics, general environmental concerns, wetlands, historic„properties; fish.and
wildlife values, flood hazards, floodplain values, land use, navigation, shoreline
erosion and excretion, recreation, water supply and conservation, water quality,
energy needs, safety, food and fiber production, mineral needs, considerations of
property ownership and, in general, the needs and welfare of the people'.
Any person who has an interest which may be affected by the disposal of this
dredged material may request a public hearing. The request must be submitted in...
writing to the District Engineer within 15 days of the date of this notice and must
clearly set forth the interest which may be affected and the manner in which the
interest may be affected by this activity. In order for such request to be given
appropriate consideration, it should be mailed or delivered to the U. S. Army
Engineer District, Wilmington, Post Office Box 1890, Wilmington, North Carolina
28402-1890, in time to be received on or before December 17, 1990. All correspondence
should refer to the number and date of this notice.
For additional information concerning this project, contact James Wells, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Post Office Box 1890, Wilmington, North Carolina
28402-1890 or telephone [phone].
1?fho as C. Suerma
Lieutenant Colonel
Corps of Engineers
District Engineer
GEORGE T. BURCH
Enclosures EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
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Chairman Board of County Commissioners
Postmasters
Mayors
Marine Science Council
Water Resources Research Institute
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Assistant US Attorney
US Geological Survey
National Marine Fisheries Service
US Coast Guard
Regional Director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service
Regional Director of the National Park Service
Regional Shellfish Consultant
Office of Chief of Engineers
South Atlantic Division
All United States Senators and Representatives for State of North Carolina 4
US Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Regional Director, Environmental Protection Agency
Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service
NC State Clearinghouse and Information Center