First Coastal responds to New York District Corps of Engineers review of the public notice for beach restoration at Quogue.

1. First Coastal Corporation, Post Office Box 1212, 4 Arthur Street, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978
Phone: 631-288-2271, Fax: 631-288-8949 www.firstcoastal.com
Environmental Consulting and Construction. Permits to Construction. Preserving the coast since 1975
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Naomi Handell
Eastern Permits Section - New York District
US Army Corps of Engineers
26 Federal Plaza
New York, NY 10278-0090
RE: USACE Permit App # NAN-2012-00011-EHA
Public Notice Responses – USACE – NY District
Village of Quogue
Beach Restoration Project
Dune Road, Quogue, NY
Dear Ms. Handell:
As per the letter from your office dated August 18, 2015 (copy attached), please find the
following responses to the New York District Corps of Engineers internal, inter-Division
review of the Public Notice for the above referenced project as per your request:
1a. If a hopper dredge is used without UXO screens, inboard cages and full time
monitoring for sturgeon and turtle entrainment would be required. A special
condition to this effect would be included in any issued Department of the Army
Permit.
The applicant is in agreement with above statement and would comply with the
special condition.
1b. In the borrow area where Q1 and Q2 do not intersect with Borrow Area 5B,
there is the potential to encounter cultural resources.
Analysis of the sand cores taken within the above mentioned region has
identified that no visible cultural resources are present. If cultural resources are
encountered all standard federal procedures for reporting and retrieving cultural
resources will be adhered to as well as any special conditions required by the
permitting agencies.

2. First Coastal Corporation, Post Office Box 1212, 4 Arthur Street, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978
Phone: 631-288-2271, Fax: 631-288-8949 www.firstcoastal.com
Environmental Consulting and Construction. Permits to Construction. Preserving the coast since 1975
1c. No information is available on submerged land surfaces and the potential for
the recovery of prehistoric sites. The cores should be examined to be sure that
only sand layers would be dredged. Non- sand stratum should be avoided as
they may be indicative of an early land surface.
Examination of the sand cores from the proposed borrow sites have identified
that only sand layers are present. Please see the “Geotechnical Data
Supplementary Report, Shoreline Erosion Assessment and Plan for Beach
Restoration, Village of Quogue, New York, February 2012”. Non-sand stratum
will be avoided and if encountered standard federal procedures for reporting and
identifying alternate borrow sites will be adhered to, as well as any special
conditions required by the permitting agencies.
1d. The New York District has evaluated the potential impacts of the proposed
initial dredging on 1.1 million cubic yards of sand on the New York District Civil
Work’s Program. Any future Borrow Area dredging events would require
separate evaluation. A special condition to this effect would be included in any
issued Department of the Army Permit.
The applicant is in agreement with above statement and would comply with the
special condition.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please feel free to contact our
office.
Sincerely,
First Coastal Corporation
Aram V. Terchunian, M.Sc.
President

3. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
NEW YORK DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
JACOB K. JAVITS FEDERAL BUILDING
26 FEDERAL PLAZA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10278-0090
August 18, 2015
SUBJECT: Permit Application Number NAN-2012-00011-EHA
by Village of Quogue for borrow area dredging and beach nourishment with
10 years maintenance dredging
Incorporated Village of Quogue
Attn: Peter Sartorius, Mayor
PO Box 926
7 Village Lane
Quogue, New York 11959
Dear Mayor Sartorius:
The New York District Corps of Engineers has completed an internal, inter-Division
review of the Public Notice issued for your proposal and has the following comments:
If a hopper dredge is used without UXO screens, inboard cages and full time monitoring
for sturgeon and turtle entrainment would be required. A special condition to this effect
would be included in any issued Department of the Army permit.
In the borrow area where Q1 and Q2 do not intersect with Borrow Area 5B, there is the
potential to encounter cultural resources.
No information is available on submerged land surfaces and the potential for the recovery
of prehistoric sites. The cores should be examined to be sure that only sand layers would
be dredged. Non-sand stratum should be avoided as they may be indicative of an early
land surface.
The New York District has evaluated the potential impacts of the proposed initial dredging
of 1.1 million cubic yards of sand on the New York District Civil Works program. Any future
Borrow Area dredging events would require separate evaluation. A special condition to this
effect would be included in any issued Department of the Army permit.
[ x ] These comments contain specific questions and recommendations; please supply
this office with a response to these questions/recommendations within the next 20
days.

4. SUBJECT: Permit Application Number NAN-2012-00011-EHA
by Village of Quogue for borrow area dredging and beach nourishment with
10 years maintenance dredging
If you have any questions, please contact the undersigned at (917) 790-8523.
Sincerely,
Naomi Handell
Project Manager
Eastern Section
Cc: First Coastal Corp, A. Terchunian, PO Box 1212, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978