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Posted by }<)))*> StriperChaser on November 14, 2005, 6:47 pm By AL WHELESS, Daily Dispatch Writer The cost of owning a private boat dock at Kerr Lake will go up Jan. 1, but it will be less That's when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' South Atlantic Division will begin collecting “I expect a whole lot of calls on this,” predicted Tim Rainey, operations manager for the John Corps officials said the activities are generally in connection with private use of public lands by The administrative fee for a five-year term will be $400 for a new permit (new activity or new The fee will cover labor, equipment, material and supply costs the Corps incurs with the “In the past, the work the government does to process these permits has been funded from “Now we are collecting from the people who benefit from the permits to cover the costs of Rainey said a lot of time and labor is spent processing the initial permit applications. “We have Office research also has to be done to see if a location qualifies for a permit, according to Only on-site inspections and less administrative activity are required to process renewal Besides Kerr Lake, the new fee will affect two other lakes in the Wilmington District: Philpott Link: Read the article
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Corps sets fees for Kerr Lake Permits
taxing to the public.
an administrative fee to issue permits for shoreline facilities and activities at its lakes and along
certain federal waterways in the Southeast.
H. Kerr Reservoir.
landowners adjacent to the lakes. They include private boat docks and land-based support
facilities for those docks, such as utility lines, steps and walkways.
owner of existing activity) and $175 to re-issue an existing permit to the same owner.
Modifying an existing permit to the same owner will cost $90 for the remainder of the
five-year term.
issuance, re-issuance or modification of the permits.
our general operating budget, which comes from general taxpayers,” Rainey said.
issuing them,” he added. “The money comes right back here, and I'll put it right back in the
Shoreline Management Program at the lake.”
to meet with the applicants, make site visits and research zoning allocations.”
Rainey.
applications, he said.
Lake in Virginia and W. Kerr Scott Lake in Wilkes County.
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