Corps of Engineers Civil Works Questionnaires Generic Clearance

DREDGING SURVEY OF NAVIGATION DEPENDENT FACILITIES

(Personal Interview)

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Expires: 30 September 2012

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Questionnaire for

Dredging Needs Survey of Navigation Dependent Facilities

1. Ownership Status (Please Check One)

Public

Private

2.Nature of Business (If selecting more than one, please provide % for each category):

% for each

(use revenue/sales)

 Finfish _____

 Shellfish _____

 Other Commercial Fishing (inc. hatcheries) _____

 Water Transportation of Freight _____

 Water Transportation of Passengers _____

 Marine Cargo Handling _____

 Towing and Tugboat Services _____

 Marinas (includes harbormasters, Yacht Clubs, town facilities) _____

 Ship & Boat Building and Repair _____

 Bait & Tackle, Fishing Equipment _____

 Other (please describe) _______________________ _____

______________________________________________ _____

100%

3. Please provide the following information about your business:

Number of employees:_______ part-time or seasonal, ________full time

DEEP DRAFT FACILITIES – Please answer the following questions if your facility is a large commercial shipping facility. If your facility is a marina, yacht club or similar business, not requiring deep draft, please proceed to question #7.

4. Please mark the location of your facility and the approximate area of your berth on the attached map.

4. What are the current dimensions of your berth(s)? Please include approximate length, width, and depth of each, if possible.

_____________________________________________________________________________

4. What is the deepest draft vessel, with safe underkeel clearance, that can use your facility?

_____________________________________________________________________________

Please proceed to question #11

MARINAS, YACHT CLUBS, other BUSINESSES

4. What is the total number of slips and moorings, including overnight accommodations provided by your facility? __________________________________

4. What is the total number and types of vessels (Sail/Power) that are maintained and serviced by your facility? Sail _______, Power _______

4. What is the deepest draft vessel, with safe underkeel clearance, that can use your facility?

4. What types of marine related services are provided by your business (pump-out/ water/ elec, etc)?

Pumpout

Electricity

Water

Fuel

other ________________________________

Please proceed to question #11.

ALL FACILITIES

4. Would additional and/or more frequent dredging contribute to the economic viability of your facility?

Yes

No

Don’t know

4. When was the last time your facility was dredged? Date ______(year is OK).

What quantity was dredged? __________cubic yards.

What was the unit cost? $__________ per cubic yard? If not available, total cost $__________.

Disposal site(s) used for dredged material? ______________

Note: If you do not have this information but know who does, please provide the name, company, phone number so we may contact them.

4. Do you plan to dredge at your facility in the next 20 years? Please do not allow potential institutional constraints such as type of material to be dredged, disposal options, or state and federal permit requirements, to determine your answer to this question.

Yes

No

Don’t know

4. If you answered No to #13, please skip to # 21.

4. If you answered Yes or Don’t Know to #13, please proceed to #16.

4. If you plan to dredge in the next 20 years, will the dredging be for the maintenance of existing facilities, to provide for new expanded facilities, or both?

 Maintenance only (proceed to question #17)

 Improvement/expansion (proceed to question #18)

 Both maintenance and improvement (proceed to question #17)

4. Maintenance Dredging - If you plan to dredge for the maintenance of existing facilities, such as dredging existing slips, please estimate approximately when and what volume of material you plan to dredge. Any dredging to provide new facilities, such as adding new slips, should not be listed here, because it will be addressed separately in #23 below. For estimating when future maintenance dredging will occur, the next 20 years are broken into 5-year increments. Please estimate in which of those 5-year increments you plan to dredge, and write in the approximate volume(s) you expect to dredge in the appropriate time interval(s). We recognize that there may be significant uncertainty regarding both the volume and the timing of any future dredging, however, please make your best estimate.

DREDGING OF EXISTING FACILITIES (Maintenance):

Time Interval	Dredging Volumes (cubic yards)
20XX-20XX (next 5 years)
20XX-20XX (6 to 10 years)
20XX-20XX (11 to 15 years)
20XX-20XX (16 to 20 years)

4. Improvement/Expansion Dredging - If you plan to dredge to provide for new facilities or expand existing facilities, please list the approximate volume(s) you expect to dredge in the appropriate time interval(s) shown below. We recognize that there will likely be significant uncertainty regarding this information, however, please make your best estimate.

DREDGING FOR NEW FACILITIES (Improvements):

Time Interval	Dredging Volume (cubic yards)
20XX-20XX (next 5 years)
20XX-20XX (6 to 10 years)
20XX-20XX (11 to 15 years)
20XX-20XX (16 to 20 years)

19. What cost of dredging ($ per cubic yard) would you consider unaffordable. _________$ per cubic yard?

Unaffordable cost may be defined as the breakpoint above which your business could no longer afford to continue dredging to sustain it's current level. Use the comment space below if you wish to define your response differently. This may be a difficult question to answer but any input you can provide would be useful to determine the economic impacts of disposal alternatives on businesses.

Comments: _____________________________________________________________________________

20. Please enter the expected financial impact on your business of not dredging, starting this year, and continuing through 20XX. Please explain the basis for your estimate in the comment space below.

Comments:

_____________________________________________________________________________

FINANCIAL IMPACT OF NO DREDGING:

Time Interval	Financial Impact (dollars)		Percent (%) Reduction in Revenue
20XX-20XX (next 5 years)
20XX-20XX (6 to 10 years)		OR
20XX-20XX (11 to 15 years)
20XX-20XX (16 to 20 years)

Comments:

_____________________________________________________________________________

20. Would you like to be on the mailing list to receive general information about the ________ EIS?

Yes (Please provide mailing address below),

Name: ________________________

Mailing Address:________________

City/Town______________________ State:_______, Zip:______

No

20. Please review the attached list of waterfront facilities located in your town/city that we have identified as potentially needing dredging. If you are aware of any facilities that we have missed please help us and list them here:

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

We appreciate your time and assistance in completing this survey. Your efforts will greatly aid the Corps of Engineers and the EPA in determining future dredging needs and evaluating economic impacts of alternative dredged material disposal alternatives for ___________.

Additional Comments___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for your assistance.

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