Lake Sidney Lanier, GA – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, (Corps) Mobile District at Lake Sidney Lanier began implementation of a moratorium on accepting new appointments/applications for private boat dock permits on April 27, 2007. “During the moratorium period all applications for boat dock permits received prior to the moratorium going into effect were processed,” said E. Patrick Robbins, Public Affairs Officer, Mobile District. “After processing those applications and issuing permits to those who qualified, there are approximately 174 remaining boat dock permits available.”

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 Robbins.

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 beginning on 10 July 2009 to obtain the proper form and instructions to submit your Request Letter. The form my also be obtained at the Lanier Project Management Office. There will be a 90 day open period starting on 15 July 2009 and running through 13 October 2009 to submit your Request Letter by mail only. Your request form should be mailed to Lake Lanier Permits, P.O. Box 9, Gonzalez, FL, 32560. An outside firm will collect the Request Letters, 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 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, 2009 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 www.lanier.usace.army.mil

For more see:  http://lanier.sam.usace.army.mil/PressReleases/2009-07-06_Final_Docks.pdf