PUBLIC NOTICE
Issue Date: July 31, 2015
Comment Deadline Extension: September 14, 2015
Corps Action ID Number: SAW-2006-41158
All interested parties are hereby advised that the Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers (Corps)
is announcing a Public Hearing and extension of the commenting period on the Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Figure Eight Island Shoreline Management Project.
Figure Eight Beach Homeowner’s Association is proposing to install a terminal groin structure along
the southern shoulder of Rich Inlet and to conduct supplemental beach nourishment on approximately
4,500 linear feet of oceanfront beach and 1,400 linear feet of back barrier shoreline on Figure
Eight Island, in New Hanover County, North Carolina.
The Public Hearing will be held on September 2, 2015 at the Ogden Elementary School, located at 3637 Middle Sound Loop
Road, at 6:30pm; and this notice amends our July 9, 2015 Public Notice commenting deadline by
extending the commenting period to September 14, 2015.
The SEIS is available on the Wilmington District web site, and can be found at
http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/Missions/RegulatoryPermitProgram/MajorProjects, click on “Figure
Eight Island Terminal Groin Project: Corps ID # SAW-2006-41158”. The July 9, 2015 Public Notice is
also available at
http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/Missions/RegulatoryPermitProgram/PublicNotices.aspx
Any written comments pertinent to the SEIS must be submitted to this office, Attention: Mr. Mickey
Sugg, 69 Darlington Avenue, Wilmington NC 28403 or by e-mail at mickey.t.sugg@usace.army.mil by
5:00 p.m. on September 14, 2015. Questions can be directed to Mr. Sugg at telephone (910) 251-4811,
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office.