Chief Legislative and Public Affairs Officer for the Mobile District’s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Patrick Robbins has asked lakelanier.com to publicize an important announcement about a revision to its Lake Lanier Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) pertaining to the SMP policy on community docks.
The USACE’s Mobile District is soliciting public comment on a reversal of a change to the Lake Lanier SMP policy that was made in December of 2012 regarding community docks on Lake Lanier.
According to Public Affairs Officer E. Patrick Robbins: “After soliciting public input in 2011, a decision was made to change the SMP to set a deadline for community dock permittees of undeveloped communities with existing permits scheduled for expiration between 2009 and 2013. These permittees were given until December 1, 2014 to obtain an approved Local Issuing Authority (LIA) final plat. However, since the economy didn’t recover as anticipated, several of these developments are just now getting to a point of being able to move forward.”
USACE is proposing to change the SMP to allow these permittees to have until the expiration of their current permit to obtain the Local Issuing Authority .
“For any new developments seeking a community dock, an approved LIA preliminary plat or a letter from the LIA attached to the plat stating that it meets the LIA requirements must be provided before a conditional community dock permit will be issued,” Robbins said.
You may submit your comments on the SMP policy revision until 4:30 pm Eastern Time on December 15, 2014.
Contact Information for USACE SMP Policy Revision
- Please put “2014 SMP Update” on the Subject line of your e-mails or in the opening of your written remarks.
- You may e-mail your comments to: [email protected]
- You may mail your comments to: Lake Sidney Lanier, Shoreline Management, C/O 2014 SMP Update, P.O. Box 567, Buford, GA 30515.
Click Here for Original USACE SMP Policy Revision Press Release
