The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District at Lake Sidney Lanier reminds property owners there are less than 30-days remaining for receiving applications into the lottery for the remaining dock permit requests.
The Lake Lanier Shoreline Management Plan and accompanying Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) completed in 2004 included a carrying capacity study for Lake Lanier, which set the limit of boat docks available on the lake at 10,615.
"Since we are nearing the maximum capacity for boat dock permits and don't know exactly how many additional requests for permits we will receive, we will conduct a lottery style drawing to give all applicants an equal opportunity and to determine the order of precedence for reviewing the remaining permit requests," said Lisa Coghlan, Deputy Public Affairs Officer.
If you own property adjacent to Lake Lanier and would like to have your property reviewed for a new dock permit you may visit
www.lakelaniersupl.com to obtain the proper form and instructions to submit your request letter. The form may also be obtained at the Lanier Project Management Office.
Applicants have a 90-day open period that runs until Oct. 13. The request forms should be submitted by mail only. The forms need to be received by the contractor before 5 p.m., at which time the P.O. Box will be closed.
Any request forms received after this time will be returned. Your request form should be mailed to Lake Lanier Permits, P.O. Box 9, Gonzalez, Fla., 32560. An outside firm will collect the request forms, enter them into a database, and scrub the list for errors and duplicates. Only one request will be accepted per property.
Duplicate requests for the same property will be disallowed. Each week the firm will post on the Lanier drawing Web site at
www.lakelaniersupl.com a list of the requests received from the prior week so you can insure your request form was delivered. About one week after the open period, a final list will be published online representing those requests confirmed for the lottery drawing.
On October 28th, there will be a random drawing held to determine the order that the requests will be reviewed. This drawing will be webcast and shown by video feed to a site in the local Lanier area. A link to the webcast will be available at
www.lakelaniersupl.com or at
http://lanier.sam.usace.army.mil.
The request letters will be evaluated in the order that they were randomly selected to determine if they meet the complete site and eligibility requirements, as outlined in the Shoreline Management Plan. A copy of the plan is posted on Lake Lanier's website. Final decisions will be furnished in writing.
A copy of the Official Certified Lottery results will be added to the Lake Lanier Project Web site and used to track the ranked properties, the results of their evaluation under the Shoreline Management Plan and the currently available number of dock permits.
"Once we have issued the remaining available permits, we will then go back to the first come first served procedures outlined in the Shoreline Management Plan for any future permits if a space becomes available," said Coghlan.
For additional information or questions, contact the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lake Lanier Project Office Shoreline Management Section at 770-945-9531 or
http://lanier.sam.usace.army.mil.
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