Lexington County Boardwalk

WATERWAY & LOCATION: In Lake Murray at a location north of US Highway 378, at 3348 US Highway 378, Leesville, Lexington County, South Carolina (Latitude: 34.0217 N, Longitude: 81.4486 W), LAKE MURRAY WEST QUAD SHEET. The proposed work consists of the construction of a boardwalk/dock that will extend 401 linear feet along the shoreline and 12 linear feet in Lake Murray. In detail the fixed boardwalk/dock will be 12 linear feet wide and extend 401 linear feet along the shoreline, totaling 4,812 square feet or 0.11 acre. The top deck will be 2 inch X 12 inch X 12 feet of treated timber and lighted by surface mount solar lights mounted every 10 feet. The top of the deck at its water most side will be at an elevation 6 feet above the bottom elevation with a normal water elevation of 158. The fixed boardwalk/pier will be supported by pilings constructed where a 4 inch X 4 inch X 1/4 inch steel tube will be driven into the bedrock, then surrounded by a schedule 10 PVC 10 inch casing, and then backfilled with 3500 PSI concrete, encasing the steel tube in concrete. The proposed work will not entail the dredging of benthic substrate in Lake Murray. The applicant has advised the Corps that shore power and fuel will not be provide. The applicant has advised the Corps that at the request of SCE&G Lake Management and agreed to by the applicant, a concrete block retaining wall located in uplands at or above the 360 elevation will be removed by excavation. All material will be removed to an upland disposal site and the resulting earthen bank will be immediately stabilized with grass sod and have a 3:1 slope. The applicant will install and maintain 598 linear feet of silt fence along the shoreline prior to the performance of any work. The applicant has not proposed a compensatory mitigation for impacts to wetlands and/or waters of the United States, as the applicant has stated that there is not a discharge of fill material in freshwater wetlands or submerged aquatic vegetation. The Corps has not approved a mitigation plan as of the date of this notice. The project purpose as stated by the applicant is to have a "restaurant accessible by land and water a boardwalk that has minimal distance into the lake [Murray! ] and creates no navigation hazards" and provides "safe boat parking in a minimum of 6 feet of water with the lake [Murray] at 358" elevation" Pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403), and the S.C. Construction in Navigable Waters Permit Program (R. 19-450, et. seq., 1976 S.C. Code of Laws, as amended), an application has been submitted to the Department of the Army and South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control by Mr. Michael Harbor D & J Machinery 891 Rock N Creek Road Leesville, South Carolina 29070 for a permit to construct a fixed boardwalk/dock along the shoreline of a tract of land on Lake Murray, a navigable water of the U.S., to create a pedestrian walkway and provide for temporary mooring and boat access to a future restaurant facility constructed on uplands. The fixed boardwalk/dock will extend 401 linear feet along the shoreline and 12 linear feet in LAKE MURRAY at a location north of US Highway 378, at 3348 US Highway 378, Leesville, Lexington County, South Carolina (Latitude: 34.0217 N, Longitude: 81.4486 W), LAKE MURRAY WEST QUAD SHEET. In order to give all interested parties an opportunity to express their views N O T I C E is hereby given that written statements regarding the proposed work will be received by the Corps until 15 Days from the Date of this Notice, and SCDHEC will receive written statements regarding the proposed work until 30 Days from the Date of this Notice from those interested in the activity and whose interests may be affected by the proposed work. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.

Division 31 -	Earthwork, Earthwork Methods.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Bases, Ballasts, and Paving, Flexible Paving, Asphalt Paving, Rigid Paving, Concrete Paving, Curbs, Gutters, Sidewalks, and Driveways.
Division 35 -	Waterway and Marine Construction, Common Work Results for Waterway and Marine Construction, Waterway and Marine Construction and Equipment, Marine Construction and Equipment.