20250584 v1 COE - Maintenance Dredging for Morehead Harbor

DWR Project# 20250584v1
May 5, 2025
TO: DENR-DWR-Wetlands-Public Listserv
FROM: Stephanie Goss, 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch

RE: Individual Water Quality Certification - Maintenance Dredging of Morehead City Harbor with
Placement in the Nearshore Area

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The purpose of this Public Notice is outlined below. This notice is available electronically via links
provided on the Individual Certification Public Notice Page linked below:
https://www.deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-quality-permitting/401-buffer-
permitting/public-notices/individual-certifications-major-variances-major-
exceptions#CurrentPublicNotices-14813 or by accessing the Laserfiche project folder linked below:
https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/WaterResources/Browse.aspx?id=3804707&dbid=0&repo=WaterResources

I. Public Notice; Water Quality Certification for Maintenance Dredging of Morehead City Harbor
with Placement in the Nearshore Area; DWR #20250584 #v1; Morehead City, Carteret
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on April 24, 2025, John Policarpo and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Wilmington District (USACE) (69 Darlington Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28402) applied to
the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) for a 401 Individual Water Quality Certification, pursuant
to Section 401 of the Federal Clean Water Act and Title 15A NCAC 02H .0500. The activity for which
this certification is sought regards for the maintenance dredging of shoaled material within the
Federal navigation channel in Morehead City Harbor with placement of beach quality dredged
material in two nearshore placement areas. The DWR’s proposed date of final action on the
application is June 5, 2025.

Written comments on the application described above must be received by DWR no later than 5
p.m. on June 5, 2025. Written comments may be submitted online by filling out the Public Notice
Comment Form here: https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/Forms/401_Public_Notice_Comments. Written
comments may also be mailed to: 401 Permitting, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-
1617.

The application is available online. Information for accessing the application/ project information
online may be found on the Public Notice - Individual Certifications for NWPs webpage:

https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-quality-permitting/401-buffer-
permitting-branch/public-1.

The application is also available at the Wilmington Regional Office of the DWR and may be inspected
with an appointment between 8 am and 5 pm, Monday through Friday, excluding State holidays. For
questions or to schedule an appointment, contact information for the DWR Regional Offices may be
found here: https://deq.nc.gov/contact/regional-offices. Contact information for the DWR Central
Office 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch may be found here:
https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-quality-permitting/401-buffer-
permitting-branch/401-buffer. File materials may not be removed from any DWR office; copy
machines are available for use upon payment of the cost thereof to DWR pursuant to G.S. 132-6.2.