The Release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Figure Eight Island Shoreline Management Project, on Figure Eight Island, New Hanover County, NC, 42337-42338 [2016-15310]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
preferred alternative is described in the
section
below. A public notice will be released
upon completion and signature of the
ROD.
ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and
questions regarding the FEIS may be
addressed to: U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Wilmington District,
Regulatory Division. ATTN: File
Number 2006–41158, 69 Darlington
Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28403. Copies
of the FEIS can be reviewed on the
Corps homepage at, https://
www.saw.usace.army.mil/Missions/
RegulatoryPermitProgram/
MajorProjects.aspx, under Figure Eight
Island Terminal Groin: Corps ID #SAW–
2006–41158.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about the proposed action
and FEIS and/or to requests receive a
CD or written copies of the FEIS can be
directed to Mr. Mickey Sugg,
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office,
telephone: (910) 251–4811 or
mickey.t.sugg@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Project Purpose and Need. Over the
past several decades, the Figure Eight
Beach HOA has taken action to address
the continuing oceanfront erosion
problems associated with Rich Inlet and
Nixon Channel erosion hot-spot on the
estuarine side of the island. Past actions
to protect the shorelines have provided
some protection, however they are
seeking a longer term solution to handle
shoreline erosion in order to protect the
island’s $907,352,900 (based on the
2012 reappraisal) assessed property tax
value. The HOAs stated needs of the
project continue to be the following: (1)
Reduce erosion along approximately 2.3
miles of oceanfront and 0.34 mile of
back barrier shorelines, (2) Provide
reasonable short-term protection to
residential structures to any
unpredicted shoreline change over the
next five years, (3) Provide long-term
protection to homes and infrastructure
over the next 30 years, (4) Maintain the
tax value of homes, properties, and
infrastructure, (5) Use beach compatible
material, (6) Maintain navigation
conditions within Rich Inlet and Nixon
Channel, (7) Maintain recreational
resources, and (8) Balance the needs of
the human environment with the
protection of existing natural resources.
2. Proposed Action. Within the
Town’s preferred alternative, known as
Alternative 5D, the installation of the
terminal groin is the main component in
the protection of the oceanfront
shoreline. The proposed structure
would be located just north of the
existing homes along the southern
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers
The Release of the Final Environmental
Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Figure
Eight Island Shoreline Management
Project, on Figure Eight Island, New
Hanover County, NC
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (COE), Wilmington District,
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office has
received a permit application for
Department of the Army authorization,
pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean
Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers
and Harbors Act, from Figure Eight
Beach Homeowners’ Association Inc.
(HOA) to install a terminal groin
structure along Rich Inlet and to
conduct a supplemental beach
nourishment on approximately 4,500
linear feet of oceanfront beach and 1,400
linear feet of back barrier shoreline to
protect residential homes and
infrastructures along the central and
northern sections of Figure Eight Island.
The terminal groin structure will be
placed perpendicular on the northern
tip of the island along the shoulder of
Rich Inlet; and the proposed source of
the material for the nourishment will be
dredged from an area within Nixon
Channel, a back barrier channel, that
has been previously used for past beach
nourishment projects. In case the
quantity of material from Nixon
Channel is not sufficient, material
pumped from (3) nearby upland
disposal islands will be used to
supplement the nourishment needs. The
majority of the material will be disposed
within the fillet area, or down shore, of
the groin. Pending storm events and
shoreline changes, proposed
maintenance, or periodic nourishment,
of the beach is once every five years, or
potentially 6 separate events over the
30-year study period. Nixon Channel
and the upland disposal islands are the
proposed material sources for the
periodic maintenance, or
renourishment, events.
DATES: Written comments on the FEIS
must be received at (see ADDRESSES
below) no later than 5 p.m. on August
1, 2016.
Next Action: No less than 30 days
from the release date of the FEIS, the
COE will prepare a Record of Decision
(ROD), which will reflect an issuance or
denial of the permit request for the
applicant’s preferred alternative. The
SUMMARY:
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shoulder of Rich Inlet. Its total length
would be approximately 1,500 feet,
which approximately 505 feet would
project seaward of the 2007 mean high
water shoreline. The landward 995-foot
anchor section would extend across the
island and terminate near the Nixon
Channel Shoreline. This section would
be constructed of 14,000 to 18,000
square feet of sheet pile with the last
approximate 100 feet of the anchor
portion wrapped with rock. Although
engineering design plans are not
finalized, basic construction design of
the seaward 505-foot part of the
structure will be in the form of a typical
rubble (rock) mound feature supported
by a 1.5-foot thick stone foundation
blanket. Crest height or elevation of this
section is estimated to be +6.0 feet
NAVD for the first 400 feet and would
slope to a top elevation of +3.0 feet
NAVD on the seaward end.
Approximately 16,000 tons of stone
would be used to construct the terminal
groin. The concept design of the
structure is intended to allow littoral
sand transport to move over, around,
and through the groin once the accretion
fillet has completely filled in.
Construction of the terminal groin
would be kept within a corridor varying
in width from 50 feet to 200 feet. Within
this corridor, a 40–70 foot wide trench
would be excavated to a depth of ¥2.5
feet NAVD in order to construct the
foundation of the landward section. The
approximate 6,000 cubic yards of
excavated material would be replaced
on and around the structure once it’s in
place. Material used to build the groin
would be barged down the Atlantic
Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW), through
Nixon Channel, and either offloaded
onto a temporary loading dock or
directly onto shore. It would then be
transported, via dump trucks, within the
designated corridor to the construction
site.
Material used for nourishment would
be dredged, using a hydraulic
cutterhead plant, from a designated
borrow site within Nixon Channel,
which has been previously used for
beach fill needs. The proposed dredging
footprint in the channel area is
approximately 30 acres in size and the
target depth of dredging is ¥11.4 feet
NAVD. Approximately 294,500 cubic
yards would be required for both the
oceanfront (237,500 cubic yards) and
the Nixon Channel shoreline (57,000
cubic yards) fill areas under the 2006
and 2012 shoreline study conditions.
Beach compatible material from (3)
upland disposal islands would serve as
a contingency sediment source.
Engineer modeling results have
shown that periodic nourishment would
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be required approximately once every
five years to maintain the beach and
Nixon Channel shorelines. The
combined 5-year estimated maintenance
needs for both areas are 320,000 cubic
yards of material under the 2006
condition and 255,000 cubic yards of
material under 2012 condition,
equivalent to approximately 58,000 and
45,000 cubic yards per year
respectively. This material would come
from the designated Nixon Channel
borrow site and the (3) upland disposal
areas.
3. Alternatives. Several alternatives
have been identified and evaluated
through the scoping process, and further
detailed description of all alternatives is
disclosed in Section 3.0 of the FEIS.
4. Scoping Process. To date, a public
scoping meeting was held on March 1,
2007; several Project Delivery Team
(PDT) meetings have been held, which
were comprised of local, state, and
federal government officials, local
residents and nonprofit organizations;
the Draft EIS was released for public
comments on May 18, 2012; a Public
Hearing was conducted on June 7, 2012;
a Supplemental EIS was released for
public comments on July 10, 2015; and
a second Public Hearing was held on
September 2, 2015.
The COE is currently consulting with
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and
the National Marine Fisheries Service
Protected Resources Division under the
Endangered Species Act; with U.S. Fish
and Wildlife under the Fish and
Wildlife Coordination Act, and have
concluded consultation with the
National Marine Fisheries Service
Habitat Conservation Division under the
Magnuson-Stevens Act. Additionally,
the FEIS assesses the potential water
quality impacts pursuant to Section 401
of the Clean Water Act, and is
coordinated with the North Carolina
Division of Coastal Management (DCM)
to insure consistency with the Coastal
Zone Management Act. The COE has
coordinated closely with DCM in the
development of the FEIS to ensure the
process complies with the requirements
of the State Environmental Policy Act
(SEPA), as well as the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The
FEIS has been designed to consolidate
both NEPA and SEPA processes to
eliminate duplications.
Dated: June 22, 2016.
Scott McLendon,
Regulatory Division Chief, Wilmington
District.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Public Meeting on the
Environmental Assessment
Addressing the Consolidation and
Renovation at Marine Corps Forces
Reserve Center Brooklyn, New York
Department of the Navy,
Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) (42 United States Code [U.S.C.]
Sections 4321–4370h); the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations for implementing the
procedural provisions of NEPA (Title 40
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts
1500–1508); Department of the Navy
(DoN) Procedures for Implementing
NEPA (32 CFR part 775); and Marine
Corps Order P5090.2A, the United
States Marine Corps Forces Reserve
(MARFORRES) has prepared an
Environmental Assessment (EA)
assessing the potential environmental
impacts from the consolidation of
approximately 55 full-time active duty
and 549 reserve staff and their
equipment from the Armed Forces
Reserve Center Farmingdale and Marine
Forces Reserve Center Garden City to
Marine Corps Reserve Center Brooklyn.
Additionally, MARFORRES would
implement several associated facility
and infrastructure improvements at
MCRC Brooklyn, including a new utility
corridor. Based on the EA analysis we
are proposing to issue a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) determining
that an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) is not required.
With the filing of the EA, the DON is
initiating a 30-day public comment
period and has scheduled a public open
house to receive written comments on
the EA. Federal, state, and local
agencies and interested individuals are
invited to attend the open house. This
notice announces the date and location
of the open house, and supplementary
information about the environmental
planning effort.
DATES: The EA public 30-day review
period begins June 20, 2016.
MARFORRES will hold an open house
for the public to learn about the project
and ask questions on Wednesday, June
29, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at
the Aviator Sports Club on Floyd
Bennett Field.
The DON will consider all comments
received on the EA when preparing the
Final EA. The DON expects to issue the
Final EA in August 2016, at which time
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
The Release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
for the Figure Eight Island Shoreline Management Project, on Figure
Eight Island, New Hanover County, NC
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), Wilmington District,
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office has received a permit application
for Department of the Army authorization, pursuant to Section 404 of
the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act, from
Figure Eight Beach Homeowners' Association Inc. (HOA) to install a
terminal groin structure along Rich Inlet and to conduct a supplemental
beach nourishment on approximately 4,500 linear feet of oceanfront
beach and 1,400 linear feet of back barrier shoreline to protect
residential homes and infrastructures along the central and northern
sections of Figure Eight Island. The terminal groin structure will be
placed perpendicular on the northern tip of the island along the
shoulder of Rich Inlet; and the proposed source of the material for the
nourishment will be dredged from an area within Nixon Channel, a back
barrier channel, that has been previously used for past beach
nourishment projects. In case the quantity of material from Nixon
Channel is not sufficient, material pumped from (3) nearby upland
disposal islands will be used to supplement the nourishment needs. The
majority of the material will be disposed within the fillet area, or
down shore, of the groin. Pending storm events and shoreline changes,
proposed maintenance, or periodic nourishment, of the beach is once
every five years, or potentially 6 separate events over the 30-year
study period. Nixon Channel and the upland disposal islands are the
proposed material sources for the periodic maintenance, or
renourishment, events.
DATES: Written comments on the FEIS must be received at (see ADDRESSES
below) no later than 5 p.m. on August 1, 2016.
Next Action: No less than 30 days from the release date of the
FEIS, the COE will prepare a Record of Decision (ROD), which will
reflect an issuance or denial of the permit request for the applicant's
preferred alternative. The preferred alternative is described in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. A public notice will be
released upon completion and signature of the ROD.
ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and questions regarding the FEIS may be
addressed to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District,
Regulatory Division. ATTN: File Number 2006-41158, 69 Darlington
Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28403. Copies of the FEIS can be reviewed on the
Corps homepage at, https://www.saw.usace.army.mil/Missions/RegulatoryPermitProgram/MajorProjects.aspx, under Figure Eight Island
Terminal Groin: Corps ID #SAW-2006-41158.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the proposed action
and FEIS and/or to requests receive a CD or written copies of the FEIS
can be directed to Mr. Mickey Sugg, Wilmington Regulatory Field Office,
telephone: (910) 251-4811 or mickey.t.sugg@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Project Purpose and Need. Over the past several decades, the
Figure Eight Beach HOA has taken action to address the continuing
oceanfront erosion problems associated with Rich Inlet and Nixon
Channel erosion hot-spot on the estuarine side of the island. Past
actions to protect the shorelines have provided some protection,
however they are seeking a longer term solution to handle shoreline
erosion in order to protect the island's $907,352,900 (based on the
2012 reappraisal) assessed property tax value. The HOAs stated needs of
the project continue to be the following: (1) Reduce erosion along
approximately 2.3 miles of oceanfront and 0.34 mile of back barrier
shorelines, (2) Provide reasonable short-term protection to residential
structures to any unpredicted shoreline change over the next five
years, (3) Provide long-term protection to homes and infrastructure
over the next 30 years, (4) Maintain the tax value of homes,
properties, and infrastructure, (5) Use beach compatible material, (6)
Maintain navigation conditions within Rich Inlet and Nixon Channel, (7)
Maintain recreational resources, and (8) Balance the needs of the human
environment with the protection of existing natural resources.
2. Proposed Action. Within the Town's preferred alternative, known
as Alternative 5D, the installation of the terminal groin is the main
component in the protection of the oceanfront shoreline. The proposed
structure would be located just north of the existing homes along the
southern
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shoulder of Rich Inlet. Its total length would be approximately 1,500
feet, which approximately 505 feet would project seaward of the 2007
mean high water shoreline. The landward 995-foot anchor section would
extend across the island and terminate near the Nixon Channel
Shoreline. This section would be constructed of 14,000 to 18,000 square
feet of sheet pile with the last approximate 100 feet of the anchor
portion wrapped with rock. Although engineering design plans are not
finalized, basic construction design of the seaward 505-foot part of
the structure will be in the form of a typical rubble (rock) mound
feature supported by a 1.5-foot thick stone foundation blanket. Crest
height or elevation of this section is estimated to be +6.0 feet NAVD
for the first 400 feet and would slope to a top elevation of +3.0 feet
NAVD on the seaward end. Approximately 16,000 tons of stone would be
used to construct the terminal groin. The concept design of the
structure is intended to allow littoral sand transport to move over,
around, and through the groin once the accretion fillet has completely
filled in.
Construction of the terminal groin would be kept within a corridor
varying in width from 50 feet to 200 feet. Within this corridor, a 40-
70 foot wide trench would be excavated to a depth of -2.5 feet NAVD in
order to construct the foundation of the landward section. The
approximate 6,000 cubic yards of excavated material would be replaced
on and around the structure once it's in place. Material used to build
the groin would be barged down the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
(AIWW), through Nixon Channel, and either offloaded onto a temporary
loading dock or directly onto shore. It would then be transported, via
dump trucks, within the designated corridor to the construction site.
Material used for nourishment would be dredged, using a hydraulic
cutterhead plant, from a designated borrow site within Nixon Channel,
which has been previously used for beach fill needs. The proposed
dredging footprint in the channel area is approximately 30 acres in
size and the target depth of dredging is -11.4 feet NAVD. Approximately
294,500 cubic yards would be required for both the oceanfront (237,500
cubic yards) and the Nixon Channel shoreline (57,000 cubic yards) fill
areas under the 2006 and 2012 shoreline study conditions. Beach
compatible material from (3) upland disposal islands would serve as a
contingency sediment source.
Engineer modeling results have shown that periodic nourishment
would be required approximately once every five years to maintain the
beach and Nixon Channel shorelines. The combined 5-year estimated
maintenance needs for both areas are 320,000 cubic yards of material
under the 2006 condition and 255,000 cubic yards of material under 2012
condition, equivalent to approximately 58,000 and 45,000 cubic yards
per year respectively. This material would come from the designated
Nixon Channel borrow site and the (3) upland disposal areas.
3. Alternatives. Several alternatives have been identified and
evaluated through the scoping process, and further detailed description
of all alternatives is disclosed in Section 3.0 of the FEIS.
4. Scoping Process. To date, a public scoping meeting was held on
March 1, 2007; several Project Delivery Team (PDT) meetings have been
held, which were comprised of local, state, and federal government
officials, local residents and nonprofit organizations; the Draft EIS
was released for public comments on May 18, 2012; a Public Hearing was
conducted on June 7, 2012; a Supplemental EIS was released for public
comments on July 10, 2015; and a second Public Hearing was held on
September 2, 2015.
The COE is currently consulting with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service Protected Resources
Division under the Endangered Species Act; with U.S. Fish and Wildlife
under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, and have concluded
consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service Habitat
Conservation Division under the Magnuson-Stevens Act. Additionally, the
FEIS assesses the potential water quality impacts pursuant to Section
401 of the Clean Water Act, and is coordinated with the North Carolina
Division of Coastal Management (DCM) to insure consistency with the
Coastal Zone Management Act. The COE has coordinated closely with DCM
in the development of the FEIS to ensure the process complies with the
requirements of the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), as well as
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FEIS has been
designed to consolidate both NEPA and SEPA processes to eliminate
duplications.
Dated: June 22, 2016.
Scott McLendon,
Regulatory Division Chief, Wilmington District.
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