Subdivision/Multi-Use
I. Overview (Continued)

 

C. Multi-use Facilities

 

Yadkin must review and approve the construction, modification (reconstruction, additions, or expansion), and operation of any multi-use recreation or access facility (as defined in Section III) occupying lands or waters within the Project Boundary or the Yadkin-Managed Buffer. Repairs to an existing multi-use facility that require a building permit from the applicable County also require a written construction permit from Yadkin. Additional guidance may be obtained by Yadkin upon request. Depending upon the type of facility being proposed, prior notice to or the prior approval of FERC may also be required.

 

Consistent with its FERC license, Yadkin may authorize certain multi-use recreation and access facilities occupying Project lands and waters only if the proposed use and occupancy is consistent with the purposes of protecting and enhancing the scenic, recreational, and other environmental values of the Project. The multi-use facility permitting process is a procedure whereby Yadkin, or in some cases FERC, determines whether the requirements of Yadkin’s license are met as they relate to the effect of the construction and operation of proposed multi-use facilities on the reservoir and adjoining shoreline.

 

To be eligible for a multi-use facility construction or operating permit, the applicant must be an owner of property adjoining either the reservoirs or the Yadkin-Managed Buffer (adjoining property owner).

 

The multi-use facility permit process requires the developer to prepare an EA for some types of proposed facilities. A full EA, as described in Section V below, is required for any proposed new construction or modification of the following types of multi-use facilities:

 

  1. Any multi-use facility that is located wholly or partly within the shoreline Conservation Zone, as delineated in Yadkin’s Shoreline Management Plan (SMP, Appendix D);
  2. Any multi-use facility(ies)1 that is designed to accommodate more than 10 watercraft; or
  3. Any commercial multi-use facility that accommodates watercraft and is located within 1/2 mile of an existing marina.

 

Developers of all other types of multi-use facilities are not required to prepare a full EA, but must complete the Agency Consultation Process described in Section VI below.

 

Upon completion of the multi-use facility permitting process and any required prior FERC notice or approval, Yadkin will issue a construction permit for the proposed multi-use facility. Following construction and after a final inspection of the new facility, Yadkin will issue a multi-use facility operating permit. Multi-Use facility operating permits must be renewed every 5 years, and may be terminated by Yadkin in accordance with the terms of the multi-use operating permit, or for failure to abide by the Stewardship Policy and other applicable Yadkin procedures and requirements.

 

D. Industrial Uses/Facilities

 

Uses or facilities other than those related to recreation and adjoining property owner access to the Project are generally considered industrial uses. All industrial uses/facilities of, or on, Project lands and waters, the Yadkin-Managed Buffer, or Yadkin-Managed Lands require Yadkin’s written permission. Depending upon the proposed use/facility, Yadkin may be required to obtain prior approval from FERC or to provide FERC with prior notice before approving the proposed industrial facility/use, as described in Section IV below.

 

Yadkin requires developers of all proposed industrial uses/facilities that require prior FERC approval to prepare and submit an EA, as outlined in Section V below, as part of their request to Yadkin for permission to use/occupy Project lands and waters, the Yadkin-Managed Buffer, or Yadkin-Managed Lands. For all other proposed industrial uses/facilities, the developer must conduct an Agency Consultation Process, as described in Section VI below.

 

E. Contact Yadkin Early

 

Entities considering the development of subdivisions adjoining the Project Boundary or the Yadkin-Managed Buffer, the construction of new multi-use or industrial uses/facilities or the modification of existing facilities should contact Yadkin as early as possible in the planning process to discuss the specific permitting/approval requirements that apply to the proposed activity and to obtain copies of the appropriate application materials and instructions. Yadkin can be contacted at the address and phone numbers below:

 

Alcoa Power Generating Inc.
Yadkin, Inc.
Box 576
Badin, NC 28009
1-888-886-1063
704-422-5678

 

(1)For subdivisions and commercial enterprises, Yadkin will aggregate all proposed multi-use facilities, except for planned individual and shared piers, to determine the total number of watercraft that the facilities can accommodate. If, considered in the aggregate, the proposed multi-use facilities can accommodate more than 10 watercraft, then collectively the multi-use facilities will require prior FERC approval. If, considered in the aggregate, the facilities can accommodate 10 or fewer watercraft, then the multi-use facilities will be permitted on an individual basis as shown above.

 

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