95-25227. Record of Decision (ROD) for Proposed Deep Draft Dredging at Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point, NC

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 197 (Thursday, October 12, 1995)]
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[FR Doc No: 95-25227]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Record of Decision (ROD) for Proposed Deep Draft Dredging at 
Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point, NC

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point (MOTSU) located along 
the west bank of the Cape Fear River in southeastern North Carolina, is 
25 miles south of Wilmington and 5 miles north of Southport. The 
recommended improvements consist of dredging to deepen the south and 
center basins and their entrance channels from 34 feet mean low water 
(m.l.w.) to 38 feet m.l.w., plus 2 feet of overdepth, and to widen 
these entrance channels from 300 feet to 400 feet. Also, a portion of 
the center basin will be widened from 800 to 1,000 feet wide to 1,500 
feet wide. Existing permanent navigation facilities require 
improvements to provide sufficient depth and width to allow the safe 
passage and maneuvering of modern deep-draft vessels and to permit 
loading them to their designed capacity and draft. Dredged material 
disposal will be at the Wilmington Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site 
or at existing confined disposal area 4 at MOTSU.
    Three alternatives were considered in detail: the proposed 
improvements to the MOTSU channels and basins, the proposed 
improvements to the MOTSU channels and basins with mitigation measures 
to avoid or minimize adverse environmental effects, and the no action 
alternative. The proposed MOTSU improvement alternatives are only 
alternatives that will provide MOTSU with the capability to meet 
current operational requirements. Present and foreseeable national 
defense needs make the no action alternative unacceptable.
    All applicable laws, executive orders, and regulations were 
considered during development and evaluation of alternative plans. The 
recommended plan is in full compliance with these requirements.

ADDRESSES: For a copy of the ROD contact District Engineer, U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, (Attention: Mr. Philip 
Payonk), P.O. Box 1890, Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890. The 
telephone number is [phone].

    Dated: October 5, 1995.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health) OASA (I,L&E).
[FR Doc. 95-25227 Filed 10-11-95; 8:45 am]
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