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STROUD ENGINEERING, P.A.
_ CONSULTING ENGINEERS
HESTRON PLAZA ONE
SUITE 102
MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA 28557
[phone]
Mr. G. Wayne Wright, Chief
Regulatory Branch
Wilmington District Corps of Engineers
P.O. Box 1890
Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890
RE: Action ID 199101443
Sugarloaf Properties, Inc.
Atlantic Beach, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Wright,
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In accordance with your.,letter dated July 11, 1991, we would
like to provide the additional information requested in,order for
you to continue evaluating our. Major CAMA Permit. Based on a
joint meeting with various State and Federal agencies, at which
Mr. Steve Chapin and Mr. Ernest Jahnke of your staff were
present, the loss of wetlands is mutually agreed to be-the area
impacted by the proposed boat ramp. The area, 3.5' x 15',
represents the total wetland loss proposed and is a water
dependent use. The 3.5' of wetland fringe was the narrowest
crossing from uplands to the water body. An initial location for
the boat ramp was modified to the present based on a request from
CAMA officials.
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We propose to mitigate the loss at a 3:1 ratio, resulting in
the cr-eation of 158 square feet of wetlands. Please find
enclosed drawing Sheet 2 of 4 showing the proposed mitigation
area. If l'can answer any additional questions, please let me
know.
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Charles Jones
John Dorney
John Parker
USEPA Region IV
107 COMMERCE ST.
SUITE B
GREENVILLE, NC 27858
[phone]
Sincerely,
Ro ald D. Cul ipher P.E.
HESTRON PLAZA ONE
SUITE 102
MOREHEAD CITY, NC 28557
[phone]
August 10, 1991

P.O. BOX 2697
2400 N. CROATAN HWY.
. SUITE B
KILL DEVIL HILLS, NC 27948
[phone]

WETLAND RATING SYSTEM WORKSHEET
Project No. or description
Location
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Evaluator
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Approximate size of wetland system
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Existing Conditions
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Restoration potential 1,-116,,f
Restoration value
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I. Location/Landscape
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4 2 Sensitive watershed 5 ?, 3 2 1 0
3 Dispersal corridor system 5 4 3 1 0
II. Ecological Values
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5 Wildlife habitat 5 4 1 0
6 Aquatic life 5 4 3 1 0
7 Water storage 5 4 3 1 0
8 Streambank stabilization 5 4 3 1 0
9 Removal of pollutants 5 4 3 1 0
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State of North Carolina
Department of Environment, ?
Health and Natural Resources A r4*e
Division of Environmental Management
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor ry C) E H N R
Jonathan B. Howes, , Sec Secreta
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P,E„ Director
October 8, 1993
Mr. Ron Cullipher
Stroud Engineering
Hestron Plaza One-Suite 102
Morehead City, N.C. 28557
Dear Mr. Cullipher:
DEM Project # 91341, COE Project # 199101443
Carteret County
On 12 July 1991, you requested a 401 Water Quality
Certification from the Division of Environmental Management for
your project (Sugarloaf Properties) located at Bogue Sound in
Carteret County. We wrote to you on 21 August 1991 discussing
concerns that we have regarding the design of the project and
placing it on hold until those concerns are addressed. As of
today, we have not received a response to our earlier letter.
Unless we receive a written response from you by 29 October 1993,
we will consider that you have withdrawn this application and are
not interested in pursuing the project at this time.
Please call me at 919-733-178-6 if you have any questions or
would like to discuss this matter.
Sincerely,
Jo Lin R. orney
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Wetlands and Technical Review Group
91341.wtd
cc: Wilmington DEM Regional Office
Wilmington District Corps of Engineers
Central Files
John Parker, DCM
P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535 Telephone [phone] FAX [phone]
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State of North Carolina
Department of Envirotunent, Health, and Natural Resources
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
James G. Martin, Governor A,1gust 21, 1991 George T. Everett, Ph.D.
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary Director
Mr. Ronald D. Cullipher
Stroud Engineering
Hestron Plaza One - Suite 102
Morehead City, North Carolina 28557
Dear Mr. Cullipher:
Re: Sugarloaf Properties, Carteret County
Jim Gregson of our Wilmington Regional office and Ron Ferrell
of the Raleigh Central office recently visited the proposed
development on Hoop Hole Creek in Carteret County as part of our
401 Certification process. There are several portions of your
plan which will result in 401 denial unless modified. These
concerns are outlined below.
1) Marina - The 29 slip marina (by itself) will not cause
closure of SA waters. However, if any of the private lot owners
adjacent to the water build piers (which is likely) the waters
would be closed as required by the Shellfish Sanitation Section
of DHS. Therefore in order to approve the marina, we will need to
be assured that no individual piers will be built on these
private lots. An alternative approach would be to delete the
marina from your plans or reduce the size so that the total
number of slips would be less than 30.
2) Pond excavation - The purpose of the pond is not clear.
If it is only for aesthetic purposes, we are likely to deny the
401 Certification. Please address the purposes of the pond and
any alternatives to meet those purposes.
3) Bridge to island for clubhouse and deck - From
conversations with David Franklin (COE in Wilmington), it is
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August 21, 1991
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likely that building the clubhouse and deck over the marsh will
require a 404 permit (and 401 certification) according to a
recent COE regulatory guidance letter. Therefore, you will need
to apply for that permit to the COE or modify your existing
application accordingly.
As you can see, we have serious reservations about the
present design. Please respond to this letter within two weeks.
If I have had no response by then, I will proceed toward 401
denial. Please call me at 919/733-5083 or Jim Gregson at
919/799-2882 if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
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John R. Dorney
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David Franklin, COE
John Parker, DCM
Charles Jones, DCM - Morehead City
Central Files

STROUD ENGINEERING, P.A.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
HESTRON PLAZA ONE September 4, 1991
SUITE 102
MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA 28557
[phone]
Mr. John R. Dorney ?-w
N.C. Dept. of Environment, Health, & Nrces
Division of Environmental Management
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RE: Major CAMA Permit Request ?.
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Sugarloaf Properties, Carteret Co ?VV
Dear Mr. Dorney,
I am in receipt of your letter dated August 21, 19 91 ,
concerning the referenced project.
Since we are receiving review comments from State and
Federal agencies regarding the proposed permit application, we
request that formal action be postponed until we have the
opportunity to respond to the respective comment.
CAMA currently has our application on "hold" and we request
that your office does the same.
know.
If I can answer any questions in the interim, please let me
Sincerely,
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Ro ald D. Cullipher, P.
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cc: Charles Jones, CAMA
Jim Gregson, WaRO??
Tracy Bowling
P.O. BOX 2697
107 COMMERCE ST. HESTRON PLAZA ONE 2400 N. CROATAN HWY.
SUITE B SUITE 102 SUITE B
GREENVILLE, NC 27858 MOREHEAD CITY, NC 28557 KILL DEVIL HILLS, NC 27948
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
P.O. BOX 1890
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28402-1890
August 22, 1991
IN REPLY REFER TO
Regulatory Branch 41/
Action ID. 199101443
Mr. John Parker
Division of Coastal Management
North Carolina Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Dear Mr. Parker:
Reference the application of Sugarloaf Properties, Incorporated, for a
Department of the Army permit to excavate a channel and basin, construct
community marina facilities, including dockage and a boatramp, and construct
a clubhouse and pool over wetlands on Hoop Hole Creek and Bogue Sound,
Atlantic Beach, Carteret County, North Carolina.
The Federal agencies have completed review of the proposal as presented
by the application and your field investigation report. By letters of
July 31, 1991 and August 12, 1991 (copies enclosed), the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
recommended that the proposal, as presently designed, be denied
authorization. We support this recommendation.
Questions or comments may be addressed to Mr. Steve Chapin, telephone
[phone].
Sincerely,
G. Wayne Wright
Chief, Regulatory Branch
Enclosures
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Mr. John Dorney
Water Quality Section
Division of Environmental
Management
North Carolina Department of
Environment, Health, and
Natural Resources
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Ms. L. K. (Mike) Gantt
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Enhancement
Post Office Box 33726
Raleigh, North Carolina 27636-3726
Mr. Larry Hardy
National Marine Fisheries Service
Habitat Conservation Division
Pivers Island
Beaufort, North Carolina 28516
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency - Region IV
Wetlands Regulatory Unit
345 Courtland Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30365
Mr. Charles Jones
Morehead City Regional Office
North Carolina Division of
Coastal Management
Post Office Box 769
Morehead City, North Carolina 28557

To,
Planning Branch
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
CAMA MAJOR PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEW

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PROJECT NAME: Sugarloaf Properties, Inc.
COUNTY: Carteret Project #: 910`-D.
STREAM OR ADJACENT WATER BODY: Hoop Hole Creek
CLASS: SA
OPEN OR CLOSED: Open
STORMWATER PLAN REQ'D: Yes
IF YES, DATE APPROVED:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant is proposing to construct a 55
lot subdivision with a residential marina, boat ramp, clubhouse
and other amenities. 41,400 sq. ft. of the access channel will
be dredged to a depth of -4' MLW. The resulting spoil will be
trucked off to highground. A 5,750 sq. ft. pond will be
excavated in 404 wetlands. A 65' long by 12' wide bridge will be
constructed across an area of coastal and 404 wetlands and will
provide access to a small island of maritime forest. On this
island will be constructed a clubhouse, tennis courts and an
asphalt parking lot. The clubhouse and deck will be built on
pilings over 404 wetlands. Utility lines to the island will be
placed in 3' wide tren es on both sides of the proposed bridge.
REVIEWER: Gregson - OINT NOTICE: Yes
DATE APP. RECD: 91107 RECOMMENDATION: Other
RETURNED:
RESUBMITTED:
INITIAL REPORT91/08/05
FINAL REPORT:
WATER QUALITY CERT. (401)
CERT. REQ'D: Yes
(ISSUE/DENY/OTHER)
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IF YES, TYPE: Individual Certification for the construction
of the boat ramp and for the placement of
utility lines in wetlands.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL
TYPE OF DISPOSAL PROPOSED: Existing package treatment plant at
Atlantic Station.
(EXISTING, PROPOSED, SEPTIC TANK ETC.)
TO BE PERMITTED BY: DEM
(DEM, DHS, COUNTY)
IF BY DEM, IS SITE AVAILABLE AND PERMIT ISSUANCE PROBABLE: Yes
WATER/WETLAND FILL
AREA OF FILL: WATER: 405 sq. ft.
WETLAND: 480 sq. ft.
IS FILL ELIMINATING A SIGNIFICANT USE? No
DREDGING
IS DREDGING ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT LOSS
OF RESOURCE? No
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IS SPOIL DISPOSAL ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED? Yes
9107-D.JUL
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MARTNA
ARE THE FOLLOWING ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED?
SEWAGE DISPOSAL: Yes
MARINA SERVICES: Yes
OXYGEN IN BASIN: N/A
CLOSURE OF SHELLFISHING WATERS: No
(ATTACH A MARINA USE ATTAINABILITY EVAL.)
RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS OR PERMIT RESTRICTIONS:
1991.
A site visit and review agency meeting was held on July 16,
The proposed marina will have 29 slips, no boats with heads
and no boats over 21 feet. However, there are 21 lots along the
access channel adjacent to the marina that have the potential for
constructing individual boat docks with four boats per lot,
bringing the total number of potential boats to 113. The
Division of Health Services has stated that the 29 slip marina
would not cause an automatic shellfish closure, however, as soon
as the first individual lot owner constructs a pier there would
be an automatic closure. Because individual piers with up to
four slips could be constructed without going through the formal
permitting process, and because of the inevitable shellfish
closure they would cause, this office objects to the 29 slip
marina. This Office would not object to the marina if the
applicant submits a provision, such as a conservation easement
along the shoreline of the waterfront lots, to prohibit
individual lot owners from constructing piers.
During the site visit and review agency meeting, the Corps
of Engineers indicated the pond excavation would not require a
permit, but were unsure whether they would take jurisdiction over
the construction of the clubhouse and deck over 404 wetlands. It
is difficult to make a decision regarding the 401 Certification
for the project until the Corps of Engineers decides if a 404
Permit is required. It appears, however, that the construction
of a clubhouse over 404 wetlands would certainly remove the
habitat value of this area.
David Taylor of Marine Fisheries stated they found similar
clam densities to those in the July 31, 1990, Goldstein Report.
DMF found an average of .75 clams per square meter where
Goldstein found an average of .48 clams per square meter.
Such densities are not considered a significant resource.
JHG:9107-D.JUL
cc: Central Files
Wilmington Regional Office Files
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TO: John Dorney
Planning Branch
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Use Attainability Analysis for
Proposed Marina Projects in Class SA Waters
(Check all Appropriate Boxes or fill in Blanks)
Project Name: Sugarloaf Properties, Inc.
Section I. Project Description
A. X New Marina Marina Expansion
B. New Basin (dug out of high ground)
(Include specifications and sketch.)
Existing Basin Expansion
(Include specifications and sketch.)
X Natural Waters
Others (Please describe below.)
C. Proposed No. Slips 29
Existing No. Slips 0
D. Commercial Marina
X Private Marina
Publicly Owned Marina
Other (Please describe below.)
E. Description of Any Unique Characteristics or Operational
Proposals.
Section II. Existing Use Determination (for waters outside
marina basins)
A. Closure Status (check one)
X Open Waters
Closed Waters (by data) Date Closed
B. Will the proposed project result in any additional
closed acreage? (Please attach analysis showing
calculations for area of closure.)
Yes No X Not Clear
C. Does the area to be effected by any closure have any
significant shellfish resources?
X Yes No Unknown
Briefly provide description of resource and any other
characteristics.
D. Has the area to be impacted by the proposed project been
available for shellfish harvesting and has shellfish
harvesting occurred since November 28, 1975?
X Yes No Unknown
E. Is the entire area to be impacted by the proposed
project currently unavailable for shellfishing because
of the DHS Marina Rule or other irretrievable man
induced impact?
Yes X No
If yes, briefly describe below.
Section III. Attainable Use Determination (To be Completed
Only if the Answer to II.A is Closed Waters (by
Data), and if the answers to II.C and II.D are
No).
A. What are the major sources of pollution causing the
closure?
B. What actions are required to reduce or eliminate these
existing sources of pollution?
C. Can the areas be expected to be open for shellfishing
given reasonable efforts to control the existing sources
of pollution? Explain.
Section IV. Project Decision
A. Recommend Project Denial
X There has been a recent shellfishing use (Answer to
II.D is Yes) and the area is not currently
irretrievably closed (answer to II.E is No).
OR
Shellfishing is a reasonably attainable use according
to Section III.
OR
Insufficient information (Answers to II.C and/or II.D
are Unknown)
B. Recommend Project Approval
There has not been a recent shellfishing use (Answer
to II.D is No) and Shellfishing is not a reasonably
attainable use according to Section III.
OR
The entire area is irretrievably lost to shellfishing
as a result of the DHS Rule or other irreversible
man-induced impact (Answer to II.E is Yes)
C. Conditions to be Included in the Permit (check
appropriately)
Pump-out Facilities
Locked-Head Policy
No Transient Docking
No Live-Aboards
Only Boats W/O Heads
D. What additional information is required to make an
informed permit decision?
This analysis and recommendation has been prepared by the
Wilmington Regional Office.
V Y ` (191 Date
This evaluation of th attaina ility of shellfish uses in the
waters in the vicinity of
is approved by:
Water Quality Section Date
Director's Office Date
George Everett
Director
RECEIVED
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DEM
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State of North Carolina.
Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources
Division of Coastal Management
3411 Arendell Street • Morehead City, North Carolina 28557
James G. Martin, Governor Roger N. Schecter
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary Director
June 28, 1991
M@IURANDUM: '=
TO: Dr. George T. Everett, Director r''
Division of Environmental Management JUL looi
FROM: John R. Parker, Chief i71 Flia 11! i'!?.?1tisAi ",'?'a^r?.r pit
Major Permits Processing Section
SUBJECT: CAMA/DREDGE & FILL Permit Application Review -
Applicant: Sugarloaf Properties, Inc.
Project Location: adj. to NC Hwy. 58, east of Atlantic Station Shopping Center,
Atlantic Beach, Carteret County
Proposed Project: 54 lot subdivision, 29 slip marina, access channel
Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the proposed
project and return this form by July 18, 1991. If you have any questions
regarding the proposed project, please contact Charles Jones at 919/726-7021.
When appropriate, in-depth comments with supporting data is requested.
REPLY This agency has no objection to the project as proposed.
This agency has no comment on the proposed project.
RECEIVED,•
This agency approves of the project only if the recommended
'J UL 3 1991 changes are incorporated. See attached.
Lpimingw lk%jonal oM4 This agency objects to the project for reasons described in the
^•_"4 attached comments.
Signed
Date
P.O. Box 769, Morehead City, North Carolina 28557 Telephone [phone]

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DIVISION OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT
FIELD INVESTIGATION REPORT
1. APPLICANT'S NAME Sugarloaf Properties
2. LOCATION OF PROJECT SITE adj. to NC Hwy. 58, east of Atlantic
Station Shopping Center, Bogue Sound and a human-made canal known
as 'Hoop Hole Creek, Town of Atlantic Beach, Carteret County.
PHOTO INDX: 1989: 158-10 J-12, F-L 12-13 1984: 32-1175 M-8 I-P 7-8
STATE PLANE COORDINATES: X: 2675400 Y: 355000
3. INVESTIGATION TYPE: DREDGE & FILL X CAMA X
4. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURE:
(A) DATES OF SITE VISIT 5-91
(B) WAS APPLICANT PRESENT YES
5. PROCESSING PROCEDURE: APPLICATION RECEIVED June 10, 1991
OFFICE Morehead City
6. SITE DESCRIPTION:
(A) LOCAL LAND USE PLAN Town of Atlantic Beach
LAND CLASSIFICATION FROM LUP Transition & Conservation
DEVELOPIEIT CONSTRAINTS IDENTIFIED IN LUP Vegetation/Maritime
for moderate amount of development; encourages developers to
use planned unit development. etc.
(B) AEC(S) INVOLVED: OCEAN HAZARD ESTUARINE SHORELINE X
COASTAL WETLANDS X PUBLIC TRUST WATERS -X
ESTUARINE WATERS X OTHER
(C) WATER DEPENDENT: YES X NO X
(D) INTENDED USE: PUBLIC PRIVATE X COMMERCIAL
(E) TYPE OF WASTE WATER TREATMENT: EXISTING 100,000 GPD plant
residential marina, 54 lot
(F) TYPE OF STRUCTURES: PLANNED subdivision, amenities
(G) ESTIMATED ANNUAL RATE OF EROSION slight SOURCE personal observ
7. HABITAT DESCRIPTION:
(A) VEGETATED WETLANDS
1404' wetlands
coastal wetlands
(B) NON-VEGETATED WETLANDS:
AREA
DREDGED FILLED OTHER
(pond) (boat ramp) (Footprint)
5750 sq.ft. 90 sq.ft. } 660 sq.ft.
60 sg. ft. }
(channel) (boat ramp) (pier)
shallow water bottom area 41,400 sq. 405 sq.ft. 4788 sq.ft
ft.
(C) OTHER:
highground 6 acres
(D) TOTAL AREA DISTURBED: 7± acres"
8. PROJECT SUMMARY: The
subdivision with a r
and the excavation o
applicant is pr
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an access chan
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FIELD INVESTIGATION REPORT - SUGARLOAF PROPERTIES, INC.
CARTERET COUNTY
PAGE #2
9. NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION: The applicant's property consists of
an approximately 39.2 acre tract of land located towards the
western end of the Town of Atlantic Beach, Carteret County.
The property is bordered-on the south by NC Hwy. 58, on the
west by Atlantic Station Shopping Center, and to the north
by the waters of Bogue Sound. Bisecting the property is a
human-made canal locally known as 'Hoop Hole Creek'.
A substantial amount of the applicant's property consists of
a diversified mixture of coastal wetland species (including
Spartina alterniflora, Juncus roemerianus, Salicornia spp.,
Distichlis spicata, Spartina patens), and, Section 1404'
wetlands (including Iva frutescens, Sea ox-eye, Eastern
baccharis, Sweet bay, Red bay, Fetterbush titi, etc.). The
highground areas can be characterized as either Maritime
Forest (vegetated with red cedar, red bay, sweet bay,
yaupon, holly, live oak, wax myrtle, etc.),.or, areas which
were filled during the initial excavation of Hoop Hole Creek
and are now vegetated primarily with scattered amounts of
Spartina patens. There are also scattered pockets of 1404'
wetlands located in the swales of the Maritime Forest
complex. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have approved the
wetland delineation performed on this property.
Hoop Hole Creek was altered many years ago and can be
characterized as having irregular channel depths ranging
from -0' to -5.4' MLW deep. The bottom consists of mostly
sandy material except towards the upper end of the canal
where it is silty. An existing highway stormwater discharge
pipe is also located at the head of the canal. A varying
border of coastal wetlands and scattered amounts of oysters
exist along the shoreline of the canal. Hoop Hole Creek has
been classified as 'SA' waters and is open to the harvesting
of shellfish.
This property was the subject of a permit application in
1984. This permit application was for the construction of a
shopping center, condominium complex, and commercial marina
and involved the excavation of an approximately 1 mile long
access channel. A permit was issued but was later appealed.
The Coastal Resources Commission modified the permit
conditions in 1985 to primarily address stormwater concerns
and required monitoring of water quality conditions in the
canal system. The shopping center was built, but, the
marina access channel excavation and condominium complex was
never constructed.
The applicant is now proposing to develop this property into
a fifty-four (54) lot subdivision with an associated
op
FIELD INVESTIGATION REPORT - SUGARLOAF PROPERTIES, INC.
CARTERET COUNTY
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residential marina clubhouse and other amenities. The
residential marina is proposed on the west side of Hoop Hole
Creek and will consist of 29 boat mooring slips extending
into the creek. A concrete boat ramp is also proposed and
will be approximately 75' in length x 15' in width. The
ramp will cross an approximately 6' border of 1404' wetlands
and an approximately 4' wide border of coastal wetlands. It
will then extend into the creek and beyond the MHW line for
a distance of approximately 271. A 34 space vehicular
asphalt parking lot will be constructed on the highground to
service this marina facility. Access will be gained from an
existing asphalt road in the Atlantic Station Shopping
Center.
The subdivision and other amenities are basically proposed
on the south and east side of the canal. An asphalt roadway
will provide access into the property from NC Hwy. 58. The
roadway will provide access to 21 waterfront lots adjacent
to the canal with 34 interior lots. Minimum lot size will
be 7,000 sq. ft. A park area is proposed in the middle of
the subdivision which will have an approximately 240' long x
40' x -3' deep pond excavated in its middle. The majority
of the area proposed for excavation has been identified as a
1404' wetland (maritime forest swale), however, the majority
of the vegetation has recently been cleared. Adjacent to
Hwy. 58 and an approximately 150' long x 60' wide gravel
boat storage area is proposed. Additionally, the existing
stormwater drainage pipe will be relocated but will still
discharge into the canal.
At the end of the cul-de-sac, the applicant is proposing to
construct a nature trail which will partially utilize an
existing trail system that goes out and through coastal and
1404' wetlands. The applicant has indicated that only hand
clearing and construction of elevated boardwalks will occur
in the area and that no filling activities will be
performed. A 14' x 14' elevated gazebo is proposed near the
water's edge and will be constructed over an existing sandy
area void of wetlands vegetation. Also proposed is an
approximately 25' long x up to 6' wide "day" pier which will
extend into the waters of Hoop Hole Creek.
One of the roads in the subdivision will provide access to a
proposed bridge which will provide vehicular access to a
small island of maritime forest which is surrounded by
coastal wetlands. The 65' long x 12' wide bridge will
transverse an approximately 55' wide area of coastal and
1404' wetlands. Adjacent to both sides of the bridge will
be underground utility lines which will require excavation

FIELD INVESTIGATION REPORT - SUGARLOAF PROPERTIES, INC.
CARTERET COUNTY
PAGE #4
trenches of approximately 3' in width. On the island, a
clubhouse, pool, deck, tennis courts, and an asphalt parking
lot is proposed. The clubhouse and deck will be built
primarily over '404' wooded wetlands and will be constructed
on pilings.
The applicant is also proposing to excavate portions of an
access channel in order to gain improved water depths to the
existing canal in Bogue Sound. Approximately 2,070 ln. ft.
of creek and sound bottom would be excavated to a depth of
-4' MLW. The applicant indicates that existing depths
within the dredged area range from -2' to -3.6' MLW deep
and that approximately 1,000 cu. yds. of material would be 5HJx
removed. Excavation will be accomplished by the use of a
dragline mounted on a barge with the resultant spoils being
trucked off to a highground disposal site. The bottom area
to be excavated are primarily sandy with various pockets of
shell material.
10. ANTICIPATED IMPACTS: The project as proposed will result in
approximately 6 acres of primarily maritime forest being
cleared and leveled in conjunction with the subdivision
roadways and amenities. The applicant has indicated that
impermeable coverage of streets and amenities would amount
to approximately 4.3 acres and that less than 1% of
impermeable coverage would be within the Estuarine Shoreline
AEC. The applicant has indicated that he plans to meet the
Division of Environmental Management's (DEM) low density
requirements (less than 25% built-upon surface area), but
has not submitted the necessary information to them for
their review. It would appear, however, that several of the
waterfront lots may have some difficulty in designing
residential development which would meet the impermeable
coverage limitation (30%) in the Estuarine Shoreline AEC.
Potable water for the development will be obtained from the
Town of Atlantic Beach, and, wastewater will be provided by
an existing 100,000 GPD package treatment plant located
off-site.
Vegetated wetland impacts will occur to an approximately
5,750 sq. ft. area which will be excavated in order to
create a pond and approximately 250 sq. ft. will be filled
in in conjunction with the boat ramp. The construction of
the clubhouse and deck will require an approximately 3,350
sq. ft. area of wooded wetlands to be cleared and then -_
built upon. These structures will be supported by pilings,
but it is doubtful that significant amounts of vegetation
will become established underneath the footprint structures
because of shading. The proposed bridge will also shade
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FIELD INVESTIGATION REPORT - SUGARLOAF PROPERTIES, INC.
CARTERET COUNTY
PAGE 5
approximately 660 sq. ft. of coastal and 1404' wetlands.
Utility lines adjacent to the bridge will cause the
temporary excavation of approximately 330 sq. ft. of
wetlands.
The proposed boat ramp will result in the filling in of
approximately 405 sq. ft. of bottom area below the MHW line.
with approximately 7.5 cu. yds. of concrete. The 29 slip
marina has been proposed so as to restrict boats greater
than 21' in length in order to comply with Health Services
closure policy. The location of some of the mooring pilings
associated with the marina dock appears to extend beyond
one-third of the width of the canal. It can also be
expected that some of the future owners of the 21 canal
front lots will be constructing docks in the canal too.
Current CRC rules would allow one (1) dock with up to four
(4) slips on each lot to be exempt from the formal
permitting process.
The proposed access channel will result in the excavation of
approximately 41,400 sq. ft. of bottom area with
approximately 1,000 cu. yds. of mostly sandy material being
removed. Increased levels of turbidity can be expected
during the excavation but should be short-term in nature.
The access channel is proposed to be marked with 2" PVC
pipe. The applicant has also submitted a shellfish survey
with the application.
* NOTE: A site visit will be conducted for this project on
July 16, 1991. Any state or federal review agency
who would like to attend should contact me at my
Morehead City office (919/726-7021) for further
details.
PREPARED BY: CHARLES S. JONES
DATE: JUNE 28, 1991

Please type or print. Carefully describe all anticipated
development activities, including construction, excava-
tion, filling, paving, land clearing, and stomtwater con-
trol. If the requested information is not relevant to your
project, write N/A (not applicable). Items 14 and 8-9
must be completed for all projects.
1 APPLICANT
Sugarloaf Properties, Inc.
a. Name c/o Tracy Bowling
Address P.O. Box 1189
City Atlantic Beach State North Carolina
Zip 28512 Day phone [phone]
Landowner or X Authorized agent
b. Project name (if any) Sugarloaf Properties
A Planned Unit Development
e. If the applicant is not the landowner, also give the
owner's name and address.
Sugarloaf Properties, Inc.
P.O. Box 273
Morehead City, North Carolina 28557
2 LOCATION OF PROPOSED
PROJECT
a. Street address or secondary road number
N.C. Hwy. 58, Salter Path Road
b. City, town, community, or landmark
Atlantic Beach
dry dock, gazebo parking, and boat and
trailer storalze
If you plan to build a marina, also complete and
attach Form DCM-MP-2.
b. Is the proposed activity maintenance of an
existing project, new work, or both?
New work.
c. Will the project be for community, private, or
commercial use?
Community,
d. Describe the planned use of the project.
A single family subdivision with an
amenity package including wet boat slips
and recreational facilities.
4 LAND AND WATER,
CHARACTERISTICS
a. Size of entire tract 48.•1 acres
b. Size of individual lot(s) 7.000 s f
c. Elevation of tract above mean sea level or
National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Varies - 1' to 15' MSL
d. Soil type(s) and texture(s) of tract
Newhan-Corolla/Duckston/Carteret
e. Vegetation on tract Varies, but includes some
maritime forest.
f.
c. County Carteret 9-
d. Is proposed work within city limits or planning
jurisdiction? Yes-
e. Name of body of water nearest project
Bogue Sound
3 DESCRIPTION AND PLANNED USE
OF PROPOSED PROJECT
a. Describe all development activities you propose (for
example, building a home. motel, marina, bulkhead,
or pier). Single family residential
CLDdI\7l'+?iOil l.lubhouse pool tenni s
ylyu
court, bridge 29 slip marina boat ramp,
Man-made features now on tract Abandoned paved
road.
What is the CAMA Land Use Plan Classification of
the site? (Consult the local land use plan.)
Conservation X Transitional
Developed Community
Rural Other
h. How is the tract zoned by local government?
Resort Residential.
i. How are adjacent waters classified?
SA
j. Has a professional archaeological survey been
carried out for the tract? No. If so, by whom?
JUN 10 1991
9/89 ...??.. _ - -
t r -
f. Dimensions of spoil disposal area
Hauled-off. N
g. Location of spoil disposal area N/A
h. Do you claim title to the disposal area? N/A
If not, attach a letter granting permission from the
owner.
i. Will a disposal area be available for future
maintenance? N/A
If so, where?
j. Does the disposal area include any marshland,
swamps, or water areas?
N/A
k. Will the fill material be placed below mean high
water? N/A
1. Amount of fill in cubic yards (Boat ramp.)
m. Type of fill material Concrete.
n. Source of fill material Concrete.
o. Will fill material be placed on marsh or other
wetlands? Yes, at boat ramp.
p. Dimensions of the wetland to be filled
"35 x 15
3.S
q. How will excavated or fill material be kept on site
and erosion controlled''
Concrete boat ramp gushed in place.
r. What type of construction equipment will be used
(for example, draglinc, backhoe, or hydraulic
dredge)? Backhoe, dozer, dragline, barge
and dumptrucks.
s. Will wetlands be crossed in transporting equipment
to project site? Yes .If yes, explain steps that will
be taken to lessen environmental impacts.
Wooden mats will be placed in the
wetland crossing at the clubhouse and
bride site to facilitate construction/
access.
7 SHORELINE STABILIZATION
a. Length of bulkhead or riprap N/A
b. Average distance waterward of mean high water or
normal water level N/A
c. Shoreline erosion during preceding 12 months, in
feet N/A
d. Type of bulkhead material N/A
e. Amount of fill, in cubic yards, to be placed below
mean high water N/A
f. Type of fill material N/A
8 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
In addition to the completed application form, the follow-
ing items must be submitted:
A copy of the deed (with state application only) or other
instrument under which the applicant claims title to the
affected property. If the applicant is not claiming to be
the owner of said property, then forward a copy of the
deed or other instrument under which the owner claims
title, plus written permission from the owner to carry out
the project.
An accurate work plat (including plan view and cross
sectional drawings) drawn to scale in black ink on an 8
1/2 x 11 white paper. (Refer to Coastal Resources
Commission Rule 77.0203 for a detailed description.)
Please note that original drawings arc preferred and "
only high quality copies will be accepted. Blue-line
prints or other larger plats are acceptable only if 18 high
quality copies are provided by applicant. (Contact the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding that agency's
use of larger drawings.) A site or location map is a part
of plat requirements and it must be sufficiently detailed
to guide agency personnel unfamiliar with the area to the
site. Include county road (SR) numbers, landmarks, and
the like.
A stormwater management plan, if applicable, that
may have been developed in consultation with the
Division of Environmental Management.
A list of the names and complete addresses of the
adjacent waterfront (riparian) landowners. These
individuals have 30 days in which to submit comments
on the proposed project to the Division of Coastal
Management and should be advised by the applicant of
that opportunity.
9/89

Form DCM-MP-2
MARINA
DEVELOPMENT
Attach this form to Joint Application for CAMA Major f. Describe the typical boats to be served (for example,
Permit. Be sure to complete all other sections of the open runabout, charter boats, sail boats, mixed
Joint Application which relate to this proposed project, types). Open runabout 21' or less in
including upland areas, even if duplicative. All shore- length
based facilities must be included in application and work
plats, g. Typical boat length 20'
h. Maximum boat length 21'
1 MARINA CHARACTERISTICS
L Are any floating buildings planned? No.
a. Check below the type of marina proposed. If so, describe.
Commercial Public X Residential
b. Will the marina be open to the general public?
No.
2 MARINA OPERATIONS
C. If there is residential development associated with
the marina, how many units or lots arc planned? a. Check each of the following sanitary facilities which
55 will be included in the proposed project.
office toilets
d. Check all of the types of service to be provided. Toilets for patrons
Full service, including travel lift and/or rail Number N/A
Dockage, fuel, and marine supplies Location
X Dockage ("wet slips") only Showers
Number of slips 29 Boat holding tank pumpout
Dry storage Type and location None proposed since
Number of boats length of boat limited to 211.
X Boat ramp(s)
X Other (describe) Open air storage on b. Describe treatment type and location for all sanitary
trailer. wastewater. Solid waste and trash dispos4
facilities will be provided with
e. Check below the proposed type of siting. appropriate container.
Land cut and access channel
Open water with dredging for basin c. Describe solid waste, fish offal, and trash disposal.
X and/or channel Town pick-up service.
Open water, no dredging required
Other (describe)
12/89 5.

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SUGAR LOAF PROPERTIES
If. CLAM DENSITY STUDY

CONDUCTED FOR CENTURY 21 COASTAL PROPERTIES
ATLANTIC BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA
JULY 31, 1990

ROBERT J. GOLDSTEIN & ASSOCIATES
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS
DURANT OFFICE PARK
8480 GARVEY DRIVE, SUITE A
RALEIGH, NC 27604-3175
[phone]
FAX [phone]
Introduction.
Century 21 Coastal Properties of Atlantic Beach, N.C. asked Robert J.
Goldstein and Associates (RJG&B), Environmental Consultants, to investigate clam
density along a channel adjacent to Hoop Hole Creek in Bogue Sound, northwest
of Atlantic Beach, Carteret County.' North Carolina (Figure 1). The development
firm, Sugar Loaf Properties, proposes to construct a small-craft marina, shopping
center, and condominiums along the southern end of the channel. This clam
density study was requested by Century 21 Coastal Properties to establish whether
a significant public shellfish resource may exist in the vicinity of the marina.
The project site is just vest of the Atlantic Beach town limits, on the
north side of NC-58. A partially paved road provides vehicle access to 'the
property, but is secured with a chain. Public access to the site is by boat or
wading.
The site plan for Sugar Loaf Properties proposes commercial and residential
development, excavating a basin at the south end of the channel to accomodate
100 boat slips, and improving the channel connecting the basin to Bogue Sound
(Figure 2).
Methods.
RJG&A biologists used aerial photographs, Beaufort and Mansfield USGS
topographic maps, and field examination to locate probable shellfish beds along
3500 feet of channel between the prgposed basin and open water of Bogue Sound.
Thirty-one sites were sampled,-all on muddy to sandy, unvegetated bottom which
quahog clams (Mercenaria species) prefer (Meinkoth, 1981). No significant
submersed plant beds were found in the area. Numbered sample sites were recorded
by distance and compass direction from a previous site, lettered base flags, or
other reference points discernable on the aerial photographs and maps (Figure
3). Figure 3 also shows the location of marsh, mud flat, and maritime forest
habitats.
At each sample site, a one-meter square grid of PVC pipe was placed on the
bottom and raked to blade depth with a 'standard butterknife clam rake. The plot
was raked with parallel, overlapping strokes until the bottom was thoroughly
loosened and solid objects retrieved. A second set of scrapings was then taken
perpendicular to the first. All quahogs collected were measured to the nearest
millimeter, sorted by size class into seed (08 mm long), littleneck (38-60 mm
long), cherrystone (61-80 mm long), or chowder (>80 mm long), and recorded by
size class and location on data sheets. Other shellfish species are not included
in DMF density estimates used to designate shellfish waters, and were not
counted. All shellfish were returned to the water where collected.
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This study was conducted under a 261 Scientific Collecting Permit (No. SC-
15-90), Issued by the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries.
Results.
RJG&A biologists sampled the area on July 17, 1990 betveen 1:00 and 6:00
PM (high tide at 5:15 PM), and on July 18 betveen 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM (lov tide
at 11:39 AM). The channel is bordered by intertidal mudflats and saltmarsh;
upslope are maritime grassland and forest. The sample plots vere located on
the mudflats or in the shallov subtidal margin along the channel. Table 1
provides locations of reference flags and sample sites.
RJG&A biologists collected 15 live quahogs, including both northern (M.
mercenaria) and southern (M. campechiensis) species from 9 of the 31 sample sites
(Table 2). High density of edible-size clams vas found only at tvo adjacent
sites 150 feet apart (sites 5 and 6, vith 4 and 2 clams, respectively).
Additional samples 150 to 200 feet from these sites yielded no clams. Overall
quahog density averaged 0.48 clams per square meter.
Other live shellfish collected or observed include eastern oyster
(Crassostrea virainica), ribbed mussel (Modiolus modiolus), jackknife clam
(Taaelus vlebius), bay scallop (Aeauipecten irradians), knobbed vhelk (Busy _Con
erica), and blue crab (Callinectes sapidus).
Conclusions.
Based on these findings, RJG&A concludes that most of the project area does
not have sufficiently high clam density for designation as state shellfish
eaters, particularly in the sandy channel. A more intensive study of the mudflat
near sites 5 and 6 may be warranted, using the DMF standard grid of 20 one-meter
square samples per acre.
This report constitutes the findings and recommendations of Robert J.
Goldstein & Associates.
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Table 1. Sample site and reference flag locations.
Reference flag Location
Between road and channel, 1000 ft N of NC-58.
B A bank, 200 feet N of forest/marsh boundary.
C W bank, 310 feet N from B.
D 400 ft at 310 degrees from C.
B On piling 200 ft at 350 deg from D; and 275 deg from.large
circle in dirt road.
F 650 ft at 355 deg from 8; NA corner of mudflat.
G 230 ft at 125 deg from F; and 14 deg from F.
H 15 ft S of launch ramp at N end of road.
I 14 deg from 8; and 340 deg from H.
Sample site
1 65 ft at 270 deg from A.
2 200 ft at 270 deg from A.
3 25 ft at 90 deg from B.
4 200 ft at 0 deg from 3.
5 30 ft at 340 deg from C.
6 175 ft at 300 deg from C.
7 385 ft at 320 deg from C.
8 200 ft, 5 deg from D; and 25 ft, 80 deg from E.
9 200 ft at 350 deg from B.
10 220 ft at 355 deg from 9.
11 200 ft at 355 deg from 10.
12 40 ft at 10 deg from G.
13 200 ft at 120 deg from G.
14 80 ft at 280 deg from H.
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Table 1, continued. Sample site and reference flag locations.
Sample Site Location
15 0 deg from 5; 80 deg from E; and 310 deg from road circle.
16 345 deg from 5; 110 deg from E; and 270 deg from road circle.
17 345 deg from 5; 130 deg from E; and 60 deg from 6.
18 100 ft at 20 deg from H.
19 300 ft at 340 deg from H.
20 500 ft at 350 deg from H.
21 340 deg from H; and 40 deg from E.
22 330 deg from H; 15 deg from E; and 260 deg from I.
23 55 ft at 0 deg from I.
24 80 deg from I; and 0 deg from H.
25 340 deg from I; 20 deg from E; and 350 deg from H.
26 10 deg from H; and 40 deg from I.
27 50 deg from I; 320 deg from Atlantic Beach water tower; and
160 deg from Morehead City water tower.
28 30 deg from I; 320 deg from Atlantic Beach water tower; and
170 deg from Morehead City water tower.
29 30 deg from H; 140 deg from Atlantic Beach water tower; and "
340 deg from Morehead City water tower.
30 30 deg from H; 160 deg from Morehead City water tower; and
330 deg from Atlantic Beach water tower.
31 20 deg from H; and 160 deg from Morehead City water tower.

Table 2. Number and size of quahog clams collected from 1 square meter plots
in the Sugar Loaf Properties project area.
Sample Numbers of clams
Site
Seed Littleneck Cherrystone Chowder Total
((38ma) (38-60mm) (61-80em) 080mm)
1 0 0 0
2 0 0 0
3 0 0 0
4 0 0 0
5 0 2 2
6 0 1 1
7 0 0 0
8 0 0 0
9 0 0 0
10 0 1 0
11 0 0 0
12 0 0 0
13 0 0 0
14 1 0 0
15 1 0 0
16 0 0 0
17 0 0 0
18 0 0 0
19 0 0 0
20 2 0 lp 0
21 0 0 1
22 0 0 0
23 0 0 0
24 0 0 0
25 0 1 0
26 0 0 0
27 0 0 0
28 0 0 0
29 1 0 0
30 0 0 0
31 0 0 0
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Totals: 5 5 4 1 15

3? a5 24vt--e
IENT OF THE ARMY
RICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
?O. BOX 1890
ORTH CAROLINA 28402-1890
Lly 9, 1991
ant
:onment,
Post Office Box 2/68/
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Dear Mr. Dorney:
JUL 1991
Ri... . s
WATER QUALITY
Planning Branch
Enclosed is the application of Sugarloaf Properties, Incorporated, for
Department of the Army (DA) authorization and a State Water Quality
Certification to excavate an access channel and basin and construct
community marina facilities, including moorage and a boatramp on Bogue
Sound, Atlantic Beach, Carteret County, North Carolina. Your receipt of
this letter verifies your acceptance of a valid request for certification in
accordance with Section 325.2(b)(ii) of our administrative regulations.
We are considering authorizing the proposed activity pursuant to Section
404 of the Clean Water Act, and we have determined that a water quality
certification may be required under the provisions of Section 401 of the
same law. A Department of the Army permit will not be granted until the
certification has been obtained or waived.
In accordance with our administrative regulations, 60 days after receipt
of a request for certification is a reasonable time for State action.
Therefore, if you have not acted on the request by September 9, 1991, the
District Engineer will deem that waiver has occurred.
Questions or comments may be addressed to Mr. Steve Chapin, telephone
[phone].
Sincerely,
Enclosure
. YM??
G. ne Wrig
Chief, Regulatory Branch
Copies Furnished (without enclosure):
Mr. John Parker
Division of Coastal Management
North Carolina Department of
Environment, Health and
Natural Resources
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Mr. Charles Jones
Morehead City Regional Office
North Carolina Division of
Coastal Management
Post Office Box 769
Morehead City, North Carolina 28557
400-
Please type or print. Carefully describe all anticipated
development activities, including construction, excava-
tion, filling, paving, land clearing, and stormwater con-
trol. If the requested information is not relevant to your
project, write N/A (not applicable). Items 1-4 and 8-9
must be completed for all projects.
1 APPLICANT
Sugarloaf. Properties, Inc.
a. Name c/o Tracy Bowlia
Address P.C. Box 1 189
City Atlar tic Beach
State North Carolina
Zip 28512 Dayphonc [phone]
Landowner or X Authorized agent
b. Project name (if any) Sugarloaf Properties
A Planned Unit Development
c. If the applicant is not the landowner, also give the
owner's name and address.
Sugarloaf Properties, Inc.
P.O. Box 273
Morehead City North Carolina 28557
2 LOCATION OF PROPOSED
PROJECT
dry dock gazebo parking, and boat and
railer storage-
if you plan to build a marina, also complete and
attach Form DCM-MR-2. --
b. Is the proposed activity maintenance of an
existing project, new work, or both?
New work.
c. Will the project be for community, private, or
commercial use?
Community.
d. Describe the planned use of the project.
A single family subdivision with an
amenity package including wet boat slips
and recreational facilities.
4 LAND AND WATER
CHARACTERISTICS
a. Size of entire tract 48.1 acres
b. Size of individual lot(s) 7,000 sf
c. Elevation of tract above mean sea level or
National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Varies - 1' to 15' MSL
d. Soil type(s) and texture(s) of tract
Newhan-Corolla/Duckston/Carteret
a. Street address or secondary road number Varies , but includes some
N.C. Hwy. 58, Salter Path Road c. Vegetation on tract
maritime forest.
b. City, town, community, or landmark
Atlnnrir {leach
c. County Carteret
d. Is proposed work within city limits or planning
jurisdiction? Yes -
e. Name of body of water nearest project
Bo ue Sound
3 DESCRIPTION AND PLANNED USE
OF PROPOSED PROJECT
a. Describe all development activities you propose (for
example, building a home, motel, marina, bulkhead,
or pier). Single family repnr;al
s nook tennis-
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??DdiV?S ?UrI Ctuv?s_?_
court, bridze, 29 slip marina, boat rammR,
f.
9-
Man-made features now on tract' Abandoned paved
road.
What is the CAMA Land Use Plan Classification of
the site? (Consult the local land use plan.)
Conservation
Developed
Rural
h.
i.
X Transitional
Community
Other
How is the tract zoned by local government?
Resort Residential.
How are adjacent waters classified?
SA
Has a professional archaeological survey been
carried out for the tract? No If so, by whom?
(? J?!N I C 1991
SAND DEVELOPMENT
Complete this section if the project includes any land
development.
a. Type and number of buildings, facilities, or
structures proposed 55 single family resid-
ences, clubhouse, boat storage, and
amenties.
b. Number of lots or parcels
55
c. Density (Give the number of residential units and the
unitsperacre.) 55 units a 1.14 units/acre
d. Size of area to be graded or disturbed
Approximately 6 acres.
e.. If the proposed project will disturb more than one
acre of land, the Division of Land Resources must
receive an erosion and sedimentation control plan at
least 30 days before land disturbing activity begins.
If applicable, has a sedimentation and erosion
control plan been submitted to the Division of Land
Resources? Yes, in conjunction with CAMA
Permit.
f. Give the percentage of the tract within 75 feet of
mean high water to be covered by impermeable
surfaces, such as pavement, buildings, rooftops.
Less than 17 excluding single family lots
to be regulated by Minor Permits.
g. List the materials, such as marl, paver stone, asphalt,
or concrete, to be used for paved surfaces.
Marl and asphalt.
h. If applicable, has a stormwater management plan
been submitted to the Division of Environmental
Management? Yes, in conjunction with
CAMA Permit.
i. Describe proposed sewage disposal and/or waste
watertreatmcnt facilities.
Sewer service to be-provided by existing
facilities owned by Sugarloaf Properties,
Inc.
j. Have these facilities received state or local approval?
_Yes, they are existing facilities
previously approved by NCDEM and the
Public Utilities Commission.
k. Describe existing treatment facilities.
100,000 gpd packaged treatment plant with
tertiary filter and rotary distributor
disposal.
runoff point discharge from NC HWY. 99,
m. Water supply sdurce Town of Atlantic Beach.
n. If the project is oceanfront development, describe
the steps that will be taken to maintain established
public beach accessways or provide new access.
N/A
o. If the project is on the oceanfront, what will be the
elevation above mean sea level of the first habitable
floor? N/A
6 EXCAVATION AND FILL
INFORMATION
a. Describe below the purpose of proposed excavation
or fill activities (excluding bulkheads, which are
covered in Section 7).
Access channel
(MLW) or (NWL)
Boat basin
Other (break-
water, pier.
boat ramp,
rock jetty)
Fill placed in
wetland or below
MHW
Upland fill
areas
Length • Width Depth
2,070 20 -4MLW
100 15 Varies
b. Amount of material to be excavated from below
water level in cubic yards 1, 005 CY ±
c. Type of material Sand and silt.
d.
1. Describe location and type cif discharges to waters of
the state (for example, surface runoff, sanitary
wastewater, industh al/commercial effluent, "wash
down"). Surface runoff and stormwater C.
Does the area to be excavated include marshland,
swamps, or other wetlands?
Yes, at boat ramp minimum amount necessary
for slope, pond.
High ground excavation, in cubic yards
None.
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f. Dimensions of spoil disposal area c.
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g. Location of spoil disposal area N/A d
h. Do you claim title to the disposal area? N/A
If not, attach a letter granting permission from the
owner.
i. Will a disposal area be available for future
maintenance? N/A
If so, where?
Shoreline erosion during preceding 12 months, in
feet N/A
Type of bulkhead material N/A
e. Amount of fill, in cubic yards, to be placed below
meanhigh water N/A
f. Type of fill material N/A-
8 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
j. Does the disposal area include any marshland,
swamps, or water areas?
N/A
k. Will the fill material be placed below mean high
watet'1 N/A
1. Amount of fill in cubic yards (Boat ramp. )
m. Type of fill material Concrete.
In addition to the completed application form, the follow-
ing items must be submitted:
A copy of the deed (with state application only) or other
instrument under which the applicant claims title to the
affected property. If the applicant is not claiming to be
the owner of said property, then forward a copy of'the
deed or other instrument under which the owner claims
title, plus written permission from the owner to carry out
n. Source of fill material Concrete. the project.
o. Will fill material be placed on marsh or other
wetlands? Yes, at boat ramp.
p. Dimensions of the wetland to be filled
,3'S. x 15
3 S
q. How will excavated or fill material be kept on site
and erosion controlled'?
Concrete boat ramp pusthed in place.
r. What type of construction equipment will be used
(for example, draglinc, backhoe, or hydraulic
dredge)? Backhoe, dozer, dragline, barge
and dumptrucks.
s. Will wetlands be crossed in transporting equipment
to project site? Yes .If yes, explain steps that will
be taken to lessen environmental impacts.
Wooden mats will be placed in the
wetland crossing; at the clubhouse and
-bridge site to facilitate construction/
access.
7 SHORELINE STABILIZATION
a. Length of bulkhead or riprap N/A
An accurate work plat (including plan view and cross
sectional drawings) drawn to scale in black ink.on an 8
1/2 x 11 white paper. (Refer to Coastal Resources
Commission Rule 7J.0203 for a detailed description.)
Please note that original drawings arc preferred and
only high quality copies will be accepted. Blue-line
prints or other larger plats are acceptable only if 18 high
quality copies are provided by applicant. (Contact the
U.S. Arty Corps of Engineers regarding that agency's
use of larger drawings.) A site or location map is a part
of plat requirements and it must be sufficiently detailed
to guide agency personnel unfamiliar with the area to the
site. Include county road (SR) numbers, landmarks, and
the like.
A stornmater management plan, if applicable, that
may have been developed in consultation with the
Division of Environmental Management.
A list of the names and complete addresses of the
adjacent waterfront (riparian) landowners. These
individuals have 30 days in which to submit comments
on the proposed project to the Division of Coastal
Management and should be advised by the applicant of
that opportunity.
b. Averaoc distance waterward of mean high water or
normal watcrlcvcl N/A
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Name 'Zachary Tavlor
Address P.O. Box 1088
New Bern, NC 28560
Name
Address
Name
Address
West Ridge Homes
224 Rose Street
Rocky Mount, NC 27802
A list of previous state or federal permits issued for
work on the project tract., Include permit numbers.
pcrmittee, and issuing dates.
None known.
250
A check for made payable to the Department of
Health, Environment &: Natural Resources to cover the
costs of processing the application.
A signed AEC hazard notice for projects in oceanfront
and inlet areas.
A statement on the use of public funds. If the project
involves the expenditure of public funds. attach a state-
ment documenting compliance vith the North Carolina
Environmental Policy Act (N.C.G.S. 113A-1 to 10).
9 CERTIFICATION AND PERMISSIOP
TO ENTER ON LAND
Any permit issued in response to this application will
allow only the development described in the application.
The project will be subject to conditions and restrictions
contained in the permit.
I certify that to the best of my knowledge, the proposed
activity complies with the State of North Carolina's ap-
proved Coastal Management Program and will be cdn-
ducted in a manner consistent with such program. ,.
I further certify that I am authorized to grant, and do in
fact, grant permission to representatives of state and
federal review agencies to enter on the aforementioned
lands in connection with evaluating information related
to this permit application and follow-up monitoring of
project.
This is the 7th day of May , 19 91 .
X
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Form DCM-MP-2
MARINA
DEVELOPMENT
Attach this form to Joint Application for CAMA Major
Permit. Be sure to complete all other sections of the
Joint Application which relate to this proposed project,
including upland areas, even if duplicative. All shore-
based facilities must be included in application and work
plats.
1 MARINA CHARACTERISTICS
a. Check below the type of marina proposed.
Commercial Public X Residential
f. Describe the typical boats to be served (for example,
open runabout, charter boats, sail boats, mixed
types). Open runabout 21' or less in
length
g. Typical boat length 20'
h. Maximum boat length 21'
i. Are any floating buildings planned? No.
If so, describe:
b. Will the marina be open to the general public?
No.
C. If there is residential development associated with
the marina, how many units or lots are planned?
55
d. Check all of the types of service to be provided.
Full service, including travel lift and/or rail
Dockage, fuel, and marine supplies
X Dockage ("wet slips") only
Number of slips 29
Dry storage
Number of boats
X Boat ramp(s)
X Other (describe) Open air storage on
trailer.
e. Check below the proposed type of siting.
Land cut and access channel
Open water with dredging for basin
X and/or channel
Open water, no dredging required
Other (describe)
2 MARINA OPERATIONS
a. Check each of the following sanitary facilities whict
will be included in the proposed project.
Office toilets
Toilets for patrons
Number N/A
Location
Showers
Boat holding tank pumpout
Type and location None proposed since
length of boat limited to 21'.
b. Describe treatment type and location for all sanitary
wastewater. Solid waste and trash dispos
facilities will be provided with
appropriate container.
C. Describe solid waste, fish offal, and trash disposal.
Town pick-up service
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d. How will overboard discharge of sewage from boats
be controlled?
13oat lengths limited to 21' minimizing
likelyhood of onboard facilities and
posting "No Sewage Discharge" sign.
e. Give the location and number of "No Sewage
Discharge" signs proposed.
One at boat slips.
f.
Describe the special design, if applicable, for
containing industrial type pollutants, such as paint,
sandblasting waste, and petroleum products.
N/A
g. Where will residue he disposed of? 11A
h. Give the number ol'channel markers and "No Wake"
signsproposcd. 30 channel markers.
Note: Regulatory signs such as these require additional
approval by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.
i. Give the location of fuel handling facilities and
describe the safety measures planned to protect area
waterquality. None proposed.
j. Describe design measures that promote boat basin
flushing or circulation and reduce water quality
impacts. Existing canal.
k. What will be the marina policy on overnight and
live-board dockage? Not allowed.
1. Is the proposed marina located near any shellfish
leases? If so, give the name and address of
thelcascholder. None known.
m. If this project is an expansion of an existing marina,
what types of services arc currently provided?
N/A
n. How many slips are now available? None.
14.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
P.O. BOX 1890
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28402-1890
IN REPLY REFER TO July 11, 1991.
Regulatory Branch
Action ID. 199101443
Sugarloaf Properties, Incorporated
Attention: Mr. Tracey Bowling
Post Office Box 1189
Atlantic Beach, North Carolina 28512
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Gentlemen:
Reference your application for Department of the Army (DA) authorization
to excavate an access channel and basin and construct community marina
facilities, including moorage and a boatramp on Bogue Sound, Atlantic Beach,
Carteret County, North Carolina.
On February 6, 1990, the DA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) establishing procedures to
determine the type and level of mitigation necessary to comply with the
Clean Water Act Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines. This MOA provides for first,
avoiding impacts to waters and wetlands through the selection of the least
damaging, practical alternative; second, taking appropriate and practical
steps to minimize impacts on waters and wetlands; and finally, compensating
for any remaining unavoidable impacts to the extent appropriate and
practical. To enable us to process your application in full compliance with
this MOA, we request that you provide the following additional information:
a. Permits for work within wetlands or other special aquatic sites are
available only if the proposed work is the least environmentally damaging,
practicable alternative. Please furnish information regarding any other
alternatives, including upland alternatives, to the work for which you have
applied and provide justification that your selected plan is the least
damaging to water or wetland areas.
b. It is necessary for you to have taken all appropriate and practical
steps to minimize wetland losses. Please indicate all that you have done,
especially regarding development and modification of plans and proposed
construction techniques to minimize adverse impacts.
C. The MOA requires that appropriate and practical mitigation will be
required for all unavoidable adverse impacts remaining after all appropriate
and practical minimization has been employed. Please indicate your plan to
mitigate for the projected, unavoidable loss of waters or wetlands or
provide information as to the absence of any such appropriate and practical
measures.
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This information is essential to our expeditious processing of your
application, and it should be forwarded to us by August 10, 1991. Also, a
copy of this information must be sent to the North Carolina Division of
Environmental Management to enable them to adequately evaluate your
application for a Water Quality Certification pursuant to Section 401 of the
Clean Water Act.
If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Steve
Chapin, Regulatory Branch, telephone [phone].
Sincerely,
G. Wayne Wright
Chief, Regulatory Branch
Copies Furnished:
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency - Region IV
Wetlands Section - Water Quality Branch
345 Courtland Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30365
Mr. John Parker
Division of Coastal Management
North Carolina Department of
Environment, Health and
Natural Resources
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Mr. John Dorney
Division of Environmental Management
North Carolina Department of
Environment, Health and
V Natural Resources
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Mr. Charles Jones
Morehead City Regional Office
North Carolina Division of
Coastal Management
Post Office Box 769
Morehead City, North Carolina 28557
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
P.O. BOX 1890
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28402-1890
IN REPLY REFER TO
Regulatory Branch
Action ID. 199101443
July 9, 1991
Sugarloaf Properties, Incorporated
Attention: Mr. Tracey Bowling
Post Office Box 1189
Atlantic Beach, North Carolina 28512
Gentlemen:

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On February 11, 1991, we renewed general permit No. CESAW-C080-N-000-
0291 (copy enclosed), which provides Federal authorization for construction
activities that receive authorization from the State of North Carolina.
A review of your application received July 1, 1991, for Department of
the Army authorization to excavate an access channel and basin and construct
community marina facilities, including moorage and a boatramp on Bogue
Sound, Atlantic Beach, Carteret County, North Carolina, indicates it to be a
candidate for Federal authorization under this general permit. Accordingly,
the administrative processing of your application will be accomplished by
the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management. Comments from Federal
review agencies will be furnished to the State.
If your application must be withdrawn from this general permit process
for any reason, you will be informed regarding its further management. If
there are no unresolved differences in State-Federal positions or policies,
the final action taken on your application by the State will result in your
receiving written notice from us that your application is consistent with
the general permit and you may commence your activity. Only after receiving
such confirmation should you begin work.
Your application, pursuant to Section 10 of the River and Harbor Act and
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, has been assigned Action ID No.
199101443 and will be coordinated by Mr. Steve Chapin. He is available at
telephone [phone].
Sincerely,
G. Wayne Wright
Chief, Regulatory Branch
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Copies Furnished (without enclosure):
Mr. John Parker
Division of Coastal Management
North Carolina Department of
Environment, Health and
Natural Resources
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Mr. John Dorney
Water Quality Section
Division of Environmental
Management
Nth Carolina Department of
V Environment, Health and
Natural Resources
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Ms. L. K. (Mike) Gantt
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Enhancement
Post Office Box 33726
Raleigh, North Carolina 27636-3726
Mr. Larry Hardy
National Marine Fisheries Service
Habitat Conservation Division
Pivers Island
Beaufort, North Carolina 28516
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency - Region IV
Wetlands Section - Water Quality Branch
345 Courtland Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30365
Mr. Charles Jones
Morehead City Regional Office
North Carolina Division of
Coastal Management
Post Office Box 769
Morehead City, North Carolina 28557
NOTICE OF FILING OF
PLI CATION FOR CAMA MAJOR D P 0? 7y9?
' ERMIT AND WATER QUALITY CERTI C4a V111._
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The Department of Environment, Health %N, atu;41i c? ources
hereby gives public notice as required by ? O (b) and
143-215 3(a)(1)(c) that Sugarloaf Properties of et County,
filed an, application on June 10, 1991, for a permit from the
Division of Coastal Management to develop in an Area of
Environmental Concern and for certification from the Division of
Environmental Management that a discharge of fill material in
project wetlands will not violate applicable water quality
standards.
According to said application, the applicant is proposing to
construct a 54 lot subdivision with a, residential marina,
clubhouse and other amenities and the excavation of an access
channel at a site adjacent to NC Hwy. 58, east of Atlantic
Station Shopping Center, Bogue Sound and a human-made canal known
as 'Hoop Hole Creek', Town of Atlantic Beach, Carteret County.
A copy of the entire application and. additional information
may be examined (or copies furnished upon request and payment of
reproduction costs) during normal business hours at the office of
Charles Jones, Division of Coastal Management, located in the
Division of Marine Fisheries Building, Morehead City, N.C.,
919/726-7021, and/or the office of Preston Howard, Division of
Environmental Management, DEHNR Regional Field Office,
Wilmington, N.C., 919/39.5-3900.
The Division of Environmental Management proposes to take
final action on this water quality certification on or before
August 8, 1991. The issuance of the CAMA Major Development
permit and the Section 401 Certification may deviate from this
projected date . depending upon the nature of the comments
submitted and subsequent hearings that may result.
All persons desiring to make comments should -do so in
writing to Roger N. Schecter, Director, Division of Coastal
Management, P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, N.C., 27611, prior to
August 3, 1991 for consideration in the CAMA permit decision, and
to Mr. Bill Mills, Division of Environmental Management, P.O. Box
27687, Raleigh, N.C., 27611, prior to July 29, 1991 for
consideration in the water quality certification decision. Later
comments on the CAMA application will be accepted and considered
up to the time of permit decision. Project modifications may
occur based on review and comment by the public and state and
federal agencies. Notice of the permit decision in this matter
will be provided upon request.
PUBLISHED ON: Sunday, July 14, 1991
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State of North Carolina
Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources
Wilmington Regional Office
James G. Martin, Governor Bob Jamieson
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary Regional Manager
April 2, 1992
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Mr. Ronald D. Cullipher, P.E.
Stroud Engineering, P.A.
Hestron Plaza One
Suite 102
Morehead City, North Carolina 28557
Subje Sugarloaf M
Dissolved
Sugarloaf ,P
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Dear Mr. Cullipher:
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The Wilmington Office has reviewed the subjec,
oxygen model you submitted on March 6, 1992. The results
indicate an average summer basin DO of 5.03 mg/1. Values for
ambient DO, saturation DO, sediment oxygen demand, and tidal
amplitude were obtained from the Beacon's Reach Marina study
contained in the North Carolina Coastal Marinas: Water Quality
Assessment (1990).
When running the DO model, average summer ambient DO should
be representative of conditions immediately adjacent to the mouth
of the proposed entrance channel. The Sugarloaf basin will be
situated at the end of a approximately 1,600 ft. man-made canal
off Hoop Pole Creek. Ambient conditions at the Beacon's Reach
station in Bogue Sound would not likely be representative of the
conditions at the end of this man-made canal.
127 Cardinal Drive Extension, Wilmington, N.C. 28405-3845 • Telephone [phone] • Fax [phone]
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer

Mr. Ron Cullipher ---?
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Therefore, it is recommended that one of the following
changes be made in the modeling of the basin DO.
1. Determine the average summer ambient DO (May-September) at
the end of the man-made canal adjacent to the proposed
entrance channel, and use this value in the model. Salinity
and temperature will also need to be monitored to calculate
saturation DO.
2. Include the total canal area in the entrance channel surface
area when running the model.
Additionally, based on the design depths in the basin, the
reaeration coefficient value should be .44.
Ka = KL/d
where:
K = transfer coefficient (feet/day)
dL = water depth (feet)
If you have questions concerning this matter, please call
Jim Gregson at [phone].
Sincerely,
Dave Adkins
Water Quality Regional Supervisor
cc: Wilmington Regional Files
Central Files
John Dorney
John Parker (DCM)