From: Foust, Karen L To: Michael Sabatini Cc: MacNeil, Jami; Stukas, Heather CIV USARMY CENAE (USA) Subject: [Non-DoD Source] RE: SHM Rockland, LLC - comments Date: Friday, November 5, 2021 8:46:33 AM Got it, thanks for the quick reply. From: Michael Sabatini Sent: Friday, November 5, 2021 8:31 AM To: Foust, Karen L Cc: MacNeil, Jami ; 'Stukas, Heather CIV USARMY CENAE (USA)' Subject: RE: SHM Rockland, LLC - comments EXTERNAL: This email originated from outside of the State of Maine Mail System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Karen, The difference is that fueling service will not be an “open to the public” service like a gas station, it will only be facilitated if a larger vessel, that is renting a slip, wants to buy directly from a fuel truck. So no fuel will be stored on-site and any fuel line to the dock will sit empty until its use. Michael J. Sabatini, P.E. Landmark Corporation Surveyors & Engineers 135 Rockland Street Rockport, Maine 04856 207-236-6757 (office) 207-975-3886 (cell) From: Foust, Karen L Sent: Friday, November 5, 2021 8:04 AM To: Michael Sabatini Cc: MacNeil, Jami ; Stukas, Heather CIV USARMY CENAE (USA) Subject: RE: SHM Rockland, LLC - comments Hi Mike, At the public informational session in October there was discussion about “bunkering” fuel. How does that differ from refueling on the docks, and wasn’t that a service that the marina was planning/hoping to provide to the larger vessels? Thanks, Karen From: Michael Sabatini Sent: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 11:27 AM To: MacNeil, Jami < Wednesday, November 3, 2021 11:27 AM To: MacNeil, Jami Cc: wmorong@shmarinas.com; Heather.S.Stukas@usace.army.mil; Foust, Karen L ; 'Justin Davis' Subject: RE: SHM Rockland, LLC - comments EXTERNAL: This email originated from outside of the State of Maine Mail System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Jami, See my comments below in red. Note that I also copied Karen to share information. Regards, Michael J. Sabatini, P.E. Landmark Corporation Surveyors & Engineers 135 Rockland Street Rockport, Maine 04856 207-236-6757 (office) 207-975-3886 (cell) From: MacNeil, Jami Sent: Monday, November 1, 2021 12:14 PM To: Michael Sabatini Cc: wmorong@shmarinas.com; Heather.S.Stukas@usace.army.mil Subject: RE: SHM Rockland, LLC - comments Hi Mike, Thank you for the added details and clarifications. In the attached photo, can you more specifically describe where the photographer is standing and what direction they are looking? The photo was taken while standing from the approximate middle of the frontage of Harbor Park looking directly at the end of the existing Safe Harbor pier. The direction would be southeasterly. What is the approximate height range of the vessels that will dock at the marina? According to Safe Harbor, most larger boats (above 70’) have part of the lower deck, the main salon, an upper deck/flying bridge, and a upper pilot house above the water line. This height is approximately 25’. See example plan attached. Keep in mind the pier is about 17.5’ above the water at low tide and about 7.5’ above the water at high tide, so the boats that are behind the pier will be partially obscured. How long (hours, days, weeks) are larger vessels (100+ feet long, for example) anticipated to remain docked at the marina during a given stay? Based on last year’s Safe Harbor data, of the vessels over 70’ in length, the average stay was 2.7 days. During which months of the year are large vessels anticipated to use the marina? (approx. date range, e.g. April – October) The marina is open from Memorial day to Columbus Day, but the larger vessels are anticipated between July 4th and Early September (Labor Day). Where will SHM customers refuel, if not at the SHM marina? The Town dock? In Rockland Harbor, there is fuel available at Journey’s End, Knight’s Marine, and Landings marinas. I will see if I can combine the public comments we have received so far into a single document that can be easily shared. Thank you, Jami -Jami MacNeil (she/her) Environmental Specialist III Bureau of Land Resources Maine Department of Environmental Protection (207) 446-4894 | jami.macneil@maine.gov From: Michael Sabatini Sent: Monday, November 01, 2021 11:41 AM To: MacNeil, Jami Cc: wmorong@shmarinas.com; Heather.S.Stukas@usace.army.mil Subject: RE: SHM Rockland, LLC - comments EXTERNAL: This email originated from outside of the State of Maine Mail System. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Jami, Thanks for the update. The size of ships will be varied and could range in size from 20’ to 200’, with the more frequent being in the range of 30’ to 60’. In fact, the larger floats are being fitted with power connections that allows varied use by multiple smaller boats instead of one large vessel. This flexibility is also built into the current marina arrangement. You will see from the attached picture that the marina expansion will be mostly obscured by the existing wave fence (under the Safe Harbor pier) and by frequent visits by a cruise ship to the City docks. The season in which any larger vessels may be docked at Safe Harbor Marina, will be the same season that cruise ships use the city float, so the view from Harbor Park will be consistent with existing views. Recall, also, that landward extension of the fixed pier (approx. 65’) will be dedicated as a public viewing area, in fact, in response to hearing recent concerns about public access, the gated/private portion of the pier will be moved from its current location at the landward side of the restaurant to the seaward side of the restaurant. This will increase the public access view area from 65’ another 55’ for a total of 120’. Recall also, that recent prior plans for the marina expansion extended much farther out into the harbor and the comments at that time asked to move more of the marina expansion behind the wave fence and eliminate broad side slips, which was done. Lastly, with regard to views, the current marina arrangement only extends 100’ beyond the existing pier with less obtrusive east/west slips and the prior 2008 approval by DEP extended 200’ beyond the existing pier with north/south “broad side” slips. For fuel, the marina currently does not offer fuel service and no formal fuel service is proposed. One option that is being considered is to install a “dry” fuel line that would allow a fuel truck to connect at a landward location and provide fuel to a boat at a dock. I am not aware of a spill prevention plan, but ownership let me know the marina has been awarded a clean marina designation in the past. I hope this all helps and let us know if we can provide more information. Regards, I hope this all helps and let us know if we can provide more information. Regards, Michael J. Sabatini, P.E. Landmark Corporation Surveyors & Engineers 135 Rockland Street Rockport, Maine 04856 207-236-6757 (office) 207-975-3886 (cell) From: MacNeil, Jami Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 5:36 PM To: Michael Sabatini Cc: wmorong@shmarinas.com; Heather.S.Stukas@usace.army.mil Subject: SHM Rockland, LLC - comments Hi Mike, The Department received numerous public comments this week for SHM Rockland, LLC. I am still sorting through them to determine which questions require a response. It is clear, however, that a main concern is the visual impact of megayachts or cruise ships docked at the expanded marina, and the potential for fuel spills. Can you provide more information on the size of the ships that would be docked here, the average length of time each ship would remain at the dock, and the frequency/number of ships anticipated to dock there over the course of an active season? Does the marina have a spill prevention plan for potential fuel/oil spills? The Department received a request to extend the deadline for public comments and has decided to grant the request. The new deadline is close of business on November 4, 2021. You will see a notification about this shortly. Thank you, Jami -Jami MacNeil (she/her) Environmental Specialist III Bureau of Land Resources Maine Department of Environmental Protection (207) 446-4894 | jami.macneil@maine.gov Virus-free. www.avast.com