Revised sediment criteria rules (effective April 1, 2008)

Sediment criteria rule language was approved by the CRC in November 2006, and by the Rules Review Commission in January 2007. The new rules are effective Feb. 1, 2007.

Brief history of sediment criteria rules development.

Documents | Memos | NC Beach Fill Projects
Nourishment Information | Links

Downloadable documents:

• Final rule language approved by Rules Review Commission in January 2006
• Draft sediment criteria rule language approved for public hearing by CRC on Mar. 24, 2006
• Draft sediment criteria rule language approved for public hearing by CRC on Jan. 27, 2006
• NC CRC Science Panel Sediment Criteria Final Recommendations (Jan. 2005)
• Transmittal Letter from Dr. John Fisher to the CRC
• DCM sediment criteria presentation to CRC (June 2004)
• Stakeholder Questionnaire (MS Word file)
• Aug 2002 sand compatability report to Science Panel from Steve Benton
• November 2003 notes from Steve Benton on sediment criteria justification
• Sediment Criteria White Paper
• Sediment Criteria Poster

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Memos

• I&S 06-29 - Proposed sediment criteria rule, 7H.0312 - Summary of public comments
• I&S 06-12 - March 2006 memo to CRC I&S Committee - Technical Revisions to Draft Sediment Criteria Rules approved for Public Hearing
• I&S 06-02 - Jan. 2006 memo to CRC I&S Committee - Draft sediment criteria rule language
• I&S 05-22 - November 2005 memo to CRC I&S Committee entitled "Draft Sediment Criteria Rules"
• June 2005 memo requesting stakeholder input
• I&S 04-17 - October 2004 memo to CRC I&S Committee entitled "Status of Sediment
  Criteria Recommendations for Beach Nourishment"
• I&S 04-08 - June 2004 memo to CRC I&S Committee entitled "Draft Science Panel
  Recommendations for Beach Nourishment Sediment Criteria" (revised version)
• I&S 05-01 - January 2005 memo to CRC I&S Committee entitled "Sediment Criteria
  Recommendations for Nourishment and Dredged Material Disposal on North Carolina
  Oceanfrton Beaches"
• April 2005 memo from Carteret County Shore Protection Office to the Carteret County Beach Commission
• I&S 03-10  - October 2003 memo - Sand Compatibility Criteria Update
• June 2002 memo to Science Panel from Donna Moffitt

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Further reading on NC beach fill projects:

• Native Sediment Characteristics of NC Beaches
• USACE Wilmington District - Current approved projects
• Carteret Co. Beach Preservation Plan
• NC Beach Fill (Surfrider Foundation State of the Beach Report 2004)
• DWR Water Resources Development Plan (FY 2005-2010)

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General information - beach nourishment

• Beach Nourishment: A guide for local government officials
• Beach Nourishment and Protection (National Research Council)
• The U.S. Beach Nourishment Experience (Duke Univ.)
• American Shore & Beach Preservation Assoc.

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Links to organizations/agencies

• Environmental Defense
• Carteret Co. Shore Protection Office
• NC Coastal Federation
• NC Geological Survey
• USGS Coastal & Marine Geology Program
• NC Division of Marine Fisheries
• NC Division of Water Quality
• NC Division of Water Resources
• Surfrider Foundation
• NC Sea Grant
• USACE Wilmington District
• NOAA
• Duke Univ. Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines
• American Shore & Beach Preservation Assoc.
• NC Shore & Beach Preservation Assoc.

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