MFC Habitat and Water Quality Comm mtg. 11/5/07

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The Marine Fisheries Commission Habitat and Water Quality Committee will meet on Monday, November 5, at 1 p.m., at the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Washington Regional Office, 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington.

The committee will first receive updates concerning the Marine Fisheries Commission activities.

The committee will receive several agency updates. The committee will discuss the “Inner Banks” development. The committee will be given an update on Cape Hatteras National Seashore negotiated rule making.

The committee will discuss new permit elevations and current elevated projects and will also review a list of items for presentation to the MFC at its November 2007 business meeting in Ocracoke.

If you have any questions, please call Mike Street at 252-808-8067 or the Marine Fisheries Commission office at 252-808-8022.

MFC HABITAT AND WATER QUALITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
AGENDA
5 November 2007
DENR WASHINGTON REGIONAL OFFICE


· Introductions

· Modifications to agenda[t1]

· Approval of minutes of 13 August 2007 meeting

· Public comments

· MFC Update (Mike Street)

· Agency update items
o SHA progress – Anne Deaton
o SAV mapping – Anne Deaton
o CHPP update – Approve CHPP annual report – Jimmy Johnson
o EMC Stormwater rule amendments – Al Hodge
o Executive order re: federal game fish status for striped bass and red drum – Mike Street

· “Inner Banks” Development – Discussion led by Mark Brinson

· Update on Cape Hatteras National Seashore negotiated rule-making – Wayne Mathis

· Permits
o New elevations
§ Nature’s Own Land Company – Carteret Co.
§ Indian Beach Oceanside – Carteret Co.
§ Dixon-Hoyle Partnership, LLC – Beaufort Co.
§ Sand Ridge Harbor Marina – Craven Co.
o Updates on major elevated projects
§ NC DOT Oregon Inlet Bridge (NC 12), Dare Co.
§ Weyerhaeuser Superfund site, Welch Creek, Washington Co.
§ PCS Phosphate, Beaufort Co.
§ Navy Sonar, Atlantic Ocean off Onslow Co.
o DMF permit review policy – Mike Street

· Review list of items for presentation to MFC at November 2007 meeting in Ocracoke

· Next meeting
o Date and location
o Topics – Boating impacts on fish habitat, inner banks development issues
o Other issues