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Council authorizes manager to accept permits for beach renourishment; USFWS condition adds a small year‑round dog restriction area
Summary
Town Council on Feb. 4 authorized the town manager to accept Army Corps and state permits required for a beach renourishment project; U.S. Fish and Wildlife, as part of the biological opinion, included a condition requiring a permanent, year‑round dog restriction in a narrowly defined area near Fish HaIl Creek.
The Town Council on Feb. 4 authorized the town manager to sign and accept the state and federal permits required to advance a planned beach renourishment project, including Army Corps of Engineers and South Carolina permit approvals.
Assistant Town Manager Sean Cohen told council that the town had been working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Corps on a draft biological opinion required under the Endangered Species Act. The draft included a term that would have required a year‑round dog ban across several shoreline areas; after negotiation and technical review, Fish and Wildlife revised the opinion and the restricted area was narrowed to a smaller, hatched zone at the mouth of Fish HaIl Creek and…
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