SDI Dredging Permit Recon Study

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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:

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 Expenditures

FY Appropriations

2001-2002 $32,936,000

2002-2003 $31,158,000

2003-2004 $27,601,000

2004-2005 $26,492,000

2005-2006 $15,260,000

2006-2007 $20,000,000

2007-2008 $20,000,000

2008-2009 $2,205,000

1

2009-2010 $4,875,000

2010-2011 $9,130,000

2011-2012 $3,535,000

2

2012-2013 $5,000,000

2013-2014 $11,522,000

Expenditures

$31,089,964

$20,707,809

$21,256,544

$18,510,354

$23,082,540

$23,606,695

$16,896,860

$16,549,772

$13,459,662

$10,760,583

$5,537,652

$13,459,226

$990,859

3

$35 000 000

$30 000 000

$25 000 000

$20 000 000

$15 000 000

$10 000 000

$5 000 000

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

$-

Authorized Project FY 2013-2014

Project

B. Everett Jordan Lake Water Supply Storage

Wilmington Harbor Deepening (75/25)

Morehead City Harbor Maintenance

Wilmington Harbor Maintenance (Disposal Area 8 & 10)

Long-Term Dredging MOA

Wilmington Harbor Improvements Feasibility (50/50)

Planning Assistance to Communities (50/50)

Manteo Old House Channel Cap Sec. 204 (65/35)

NRCS EQIP Project

Wrightsville Beach Coastal Storm Damage (65/35)

Ocean Isle Beach Coastal Storm Damage (65/35)

Carolina Beach Coastal Storm Damage (65/35)

Kure Beach Coastal Storm Damage (65/35)

Surf City/NTB Coastal Storm Damage (75/25)

Concord Streams, NC Sec 206 (65/35)

Aquatic Plant Control, Statewide and Lake Gaston (50/50)

New Appropriation Carry Forward

$200,000

$0

$2,266,000

$0

$0

$0

$800,000

$1,200,000

$0

$0

$446,000

$57,000

$25,000

$0

$969,000

$1,250,000

$1,500,000

$0

$1,077,000

$0

$1,481,000

$0

$727,000

$0

$808,000

$0

$0

$37,000

$1,023,000

$0

$200,000

$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 2013-

360

• 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 tom.reeder@ncdenr.gov

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