Transcript SDI Dredging Permit Recon Study

Division of Water Resources &
Water Resources Projects
NC Water Resource Congress
Raleigh, NC
October 31, 2013
Consolidation of DWR & DWQ
 DWR consolidated with old DWQ on August 1
 Total personnel: 497
 Personnel distribution:
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Central office: 314
Asheville Reg. Office: 29
Fayetteville Reg. Office: 19
Mooresville Reg. Office: 26
Raleigh Reg. Office: 34
Washington Reg. Office: 24
Wilmington Reg. Office: 22
Winston-Salem Reg. Office: 29
DWR Organizational Chart
Division of Water Resources
 Now has responsibility for:
 Water quality programs
 Public water supply programs
 Water resource management & planning programs
 Water quality & quantity monitoring programs
 Hydrologic modeling
 Assistance to local govts for water supply planning
 Wetlands and buffer programs
 Water resource development grants
Division of Water Resources
 Additional program responsibilities include:
 Inter-basin transfers
 Wastewater treatment plant permitting & compliance
 Safe Drinking Water Act compliance
 Drought monitoring and management
 Tech. assistance to local govts & permitted facilities
 CAFO permitting & assistance
 Dredging and beach nourishment
Water Resource Development Funding
Appropriations
FY
Appropriations
Expenditures
2001-2002
$32,936,000
$31,089,964
2002-2003
$31,158,000
$20,707,809
2003-2004
$27,601,000
$21,256,544
2004-2005
$26,492,000
$18,510,354
2005-2006
$15,260,000
$23,082,540
2006-2007
$20,000,000
$23,606,695
2007-2008
$20,000,000
$16,896,860
2008-2009
1
$16,549,772
$35,000,000
$2,205,000
2009-2010
$4,875,000
$13,459,662
2010-2011
$9,130,000
$10,760,583
2011-2012
$3,535,000
2
2012-2013
$5,000,000
2013-2014
$11,522,000
$30,000,000
$25,000,000
$20,000,000
$15,000,000
$5,537,652
$13,459,226
$990,859
1.
2008-2009: NCGA appropriated $20
million, OSBM only certified
$2,205,000
2.
2011-2012: NCGA appropriated
$4,535,000, $1,000,000 designated
for Agricultural Assistance Program
3.
2012-2013: Expenditure data is
through October 18, 2013
3
$10,000,000
$5,000,000
$-
Expenditures
Authorized Project FY 2013-2014
Project
B. Everett Jordan Lake Water Supply Storage
New Appropriation
$200,000
Carry Forward
$2,266,000
$0
$0
$0
$800,000
$1,200,000
$0
$0
Wilmington Harbor Improvements Feasibility (50/50)
$446,000
$57,000
Planning Assistance to Communities (50/50)
$25,000
$0
Manteo Old House Channel Cap Sec. 204 (65/35)
$969,000
$1,250,000
NRCS EQIP Project
$1,500,000
$0
Wrightsville Beach Coastal Storm Damage (65/35)
$1,077,000
$0
Ocean Isle Beach Coastal Storm Damage (65/35)
$1,481,000
$0
Carolina Beach Coastal Storm Damage (65/35)
$727,000
$0
Kure Beach Coastal Storm Damage (65/35)
$808,000
$0
$0
$37,000
$1,023,000
$0
$200,000
$0
Wilmington Harbor Deepening (75/25)
Morehead City Harbor Maintenance
Wilmington Harbor Maintenance (Disposal Area 8 & 10)
Long-Term Dredging MOA
Surf City/NTB Coastal Storm Damage (75/25)
Concord Streams, NC Sec 206 (65/35)
Aquatic Plant Control, Statewide and Lake Gaston (50/50)
$0
Long Term Memorandum of Agreement
&
Dredging Fund
• Authorized by NCGA during the 2013 legislative session – SL 2013-138
• NCGA created “Shallow Draft Inlet and Lake Dredging” fund - SL 2013360
• Fund Source: $10 of each new or transfer boat certificate of title,
50% of vessel numbering certificate fees, and 1/6 of 1% of the motor
fuel excise tax
• Funds began accumulating October 1, 2014
• Funds will be used on a 50/50 match basis
• MOA currently being reviewed by Corps of Engineers staff for final
approval and execution
Shallow Draft Inlet Dredging Permit Recon Study
• SL 2013-138 directed the NCDENR to assist local governments in their pursuit of
general and individual permits authorizations from the Corps to allow local
governments to dredge shallow draft navigation channels in their communities
• In July 2013, the NCDENR and five local units of governments contracted with
Land Management Group, LLC to perform the “SDI Dredging Permit Recon Study”
• The Recon Study has three elements
• Identify and gather existing data in support of seeking permit
authorizations
• Develop time and cost estimates for obtaining general permit
authorizations using a programmatic approach
• Develop time and cost estimates for obtaining individual permit
authorizations using a programmatic approach
• Draft report is currently under review by stakeholders
• Final report to be completed by December 31, 2013
• Pursuit of GP’s to start in early 2014
NRCS Environmental Quality
Incentives Program (EQIP)
 New program for water resources projects.
 State-federal (USDA) partnership w/ Resource Institute &
local Soil & Water Conservation Districts & land owners
 Projects performed primarily in western NC
 Sediment control
 Stream restoration/stream bank stabilization on ag lands
 $1.5M (25%) from NC + $4.5M (75%) from USDA = $6M total
 Goal is to expand & make this recurring every fiscal year
Other Topics of Interest
 Ecological Flows Science Advisory Board report completed
 Jordan Lake pilot demonstration project
 Integrated watershed planning
Contact Information
Tom Reeder
Director, NC Division of Water Resources
919-707-9027
[email protected]