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Hall-Lily Harbour, LLC has filed a permit application with the Department of Marine Resources requesting permission to conduct regulated activities under the provision of the Coastal Wetlands Protection Law Act, Title 49, Chapter 27, Mississippi Code of 1972.The applicant is proposing to construct a multi-family residential pier facility. The project is located on Old Fort Bayou adjacent to Dixie St. in Ocean Springs, Jackson County, MS.

The applicant is requesting authorization to construct 12 residential boat slips within an existing man-made basin. The 12 residential slips are to consist of three (3) slips measuring 25 feet in length and nine (9) slips measuring 20 feet in length. This configuration will be composed of two (2) piers measuring 25 feet in length and 4 feet in width and four (4) piers measuring 20 feet in length and 4 feet in width. The applicant is also proposing to excavate approximately 1,827 cubic yards of uplands adjacent to the existing man-made basin. The upland excavation will include the removal of approximately 300 linear feet of existing bulkhead and the construction of approximately 330 linear feet of new replacement bulkhead.

The applicant is also proposing to construct a recreational dock parallel to the shoreline on Old Fort Bayou that will measure 497 feet in length and 10 feet in width and is to include two access piers one on the western end constructed over submerged aquatic vegetation measuring 20 feet in length and 4 feet in width and one on the eastern end measuring 33 feet in length by 6 feet in width. Please visit the Department of Marine Resources website http://www.dmr.ms.gov under Public Notices to see a diagram of the project. In compliance with Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251, 1341), as amended by PL 95-217, the applicant will request certification from the Office of Pollution Control that the above mentioned activity will be in compliance with applicable provisions of Section 301 (33 U.S.C. 1311), Section 302 (33 U.S.C. 1312), Section 303 (U.S.C. 1313), Section 306 (U.S.C. 1316), and Section 307 (U.S.C. 1317) of the Act and appropriate requirements of the State Law.

Any person wishing to make comments or objections to the proposed regulated activity must submit those comments in writing to the Department of Marine Resources at 1141 Bayview Avenue, Biloxi, Mississippi 39530 and the Office of Pollution Control, Post Office Box 2261, Jackson, Mississippi 39225-2261 before 1:00 p.m. on the day March 5, 2012.

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February 20, 2012
February 26, 2012
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