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Cape Hatteras National Seashore » Beach Restoration to Protect NC Highway 12, Clean Water Act 404 and NPS Special Use Permits Environmental Assessment
| Dare County's Proposed Beach Nourishment Project Near Buxton, NC | ||||
| Date | Start Time | End Time | Time Zone | Location |
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| Oct 15, 2015 | 6:00 PM | 7:00 PM | The Fessenden Center, Gym 46830 Hwy 12 Buxton, North Carolina 27920 252-475-5650 |
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Description:
The US Army Corps of Engineers in cooperation with Cape Hatteras National Seashore has prepared an Environmental Assessment for permit applications by Dare County, North Carolina to place sand along a 3-mile length of Hatteras Island.
The purpose of Dare County's project is to 1) provide a wider beach and buffer storm waves along a critically eroding section of Hatteras Island; 2) reduce the frequency of storm damages to North Carolina Highway 12 (NC 12) and existing community infrastructure; and 3) replace erosion losses and augment the regional supply of beach sand by utilizing a non-littoral borrow source of compatible sediments from an offshore borrow area.
The proposed project would encompass up to 15,500 linear feet of ocean beach (2.94 miles) that includes ~2.2 miles in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and ~0.8 mile along the village of Buxton. The project would call for up to 2.6 million cubic yards of sand to be pumped onto the beach via dredge. The sand source would be from an offshore borrow area situated within state waters about 1.7 miles off the former site of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Sand would be discharged along the beach via hydraulic pipeline and spread by land-based equipment at grades and slopes similar to the natural dry-sand and wet-sand beach.
Dare County has requested a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit from the US Army Corps of Engineers for the associated dredge and fill activities needed to accomplish the proposed beach nourishment activities. Dare County has also requested a separate special use permit from the National Park Service for fill activities on Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
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