MOBILE, Ala. - The deadline for getting your name in the hat if you want to be in the running for a boat dock on Lake Lanier is fast-approaching.
All applications must be in by October 13.
The Corps of Engineers lifted a moratorium on new boat docks on Lanier in July and will use a lottery system to determine who will get a permit for a dock.
The drawing will be held October 28 to determine the order that the requests will be reviewed.
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 for the corps office in Mobile.
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 should be submitted by mail only. The forms need to be received by the contractor before 5 p.m. central daylight savings time at which time the P.O. Box will be closed. Any request forms received after this time will be returned. Requests should be mailed to Lake Lanier Permits, P.O. Box 9, Gonzalez, FL, 32560.
Coghlan said an outside firm will collect the applications, 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 website 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 28, 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 website 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.
Thursday
July 4th, 2024
8:05PM
