AGENDA December 7, 2021
** APPROVAL OF AGENDA.
1. MINUTES of previous meeting.
2. PERMITS (Projects over $500,000.00 with no objections and with staff recommendation for approval).
3. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.
4. CLOSED MEETING FOR CONSULTATION WITH, OR BRIEFING BY, COUNSEL.
5. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY Request for adoption of a resolution to approve the execution of a permanent easement and right-of-way for 46.42 acres of submerged land in the Rappahannock River as authorized by Chapter 634 of the 2018 Acts of Assembly.
6. HUNG VO, #21-1337 Requests authorization to construct a 16-foot by 18-foot open-sided gazebo roof and a 15-foot by 36-foot open-sided boathouse at the end of a statutorily authorized private, open-pile pier at property (3904 Chesapeake Avenue) adjacent to the James River in the City of Hampton. This project is protested by a number of nearby property owners.
7. MELANIE STALEY, #21-1900 Requests authorization to construct 50 linear feet of vinyl bulkhead, no more than one foot in front of existing failing bulkhead, at property (Tax Map #5A1-1-993) adjacent to Chincoteague Bay in the Captain's Cove subdivision of Accomack County. This project requires a dune and beach permit.
8. BAYSHORE SHELLFISH, LLC, Oyster Planting Ground Application #2018-119 Requests authorization to lease approximately 20 acres within Linkhorn Bay in the City of Virginia Beach.
9. ALFRED C. HENDERSON to RACHEL COVE OYSTER COMPANY, Oyster Planting Ground Transfer Application #2021-574 Requests authorization to transfer 32.43 acres of oyster planting grounds in Barrett Creek in Northumberland County. The transfer request is protested by a local highland property owner.
10. PUBLIC COMMENTS
11. PUBLIC HEARING Proposal to amend Chapters 4 VAC 20-1230-10 et seq., "Pertaining to Restrictions on Shellfish" and 4 VAC 20-754-10 et seq., "Pertaining to Importation of Fish, Shellfish or Crustacea into Virginia's Waters" to modify the list of approved states, waters and species, and criteria necessary for the importation of fish, shellfish and crustacean for introduction into Virginia waters and to extend the public health and warm water harvest restrictions for shellfish into the month of October.
12. PUBLIC HEARING Proposal to amend Chapter 4 VAC 20-620-10 et seq. "Pertaining to Summer Flounder" to allow the Commission to establish by public announcement landing dates, possession limits, and landing limits for summer flounder commercially harvested offshore (federal waters) and landed in Virginia and to amend language relating to quota monitoring.
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A. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, #21-0584 Requests authorization to install shoreline stabilization structures channelward of mean low water along five (5) reaches of shoreline within the U.S. Navy Support Facility Dahlgren, situated along Upper Machodoc Creek and the Potomac River in King George County. Components at the various reaches include: (Reach 2) four (4) armor stone spurs with maximum dimensions of 86 feet long by 38 feet wide, three (3) individual gapped armor stone sills totaling 950 linear feet with a maximum 16-foot base width and 299 cubic yards of beach quality sand; (Reach 3) ten (10) 138-foot long gapped armor stone breakwaters with a maximum 35-foot base width, four (4) 106-foot long armor stone spurs with a maximum 40-foot base width, 2,090 cubic yards of beach quality sand, the topdressing of an existing 358-foot revetment with armor stone, and a 665-foot gapped armor stone sill with 684 cubic yards of beach quality sand; (Reach 4B/C) a 228-foot armor stone gapped sill with a maximum 14-foot base width; (Reach 5) three (3) 156-foot long gapped armor stone breakwaters with a maximum 40-foot base width and 826 cubic yards of beach quality sand; and (Reach 8) a 1,225–foot long gapped armor stone sill with a maximum 12-foot base width and 635 cubic yards of beach quality sand.
B. FAIRFAX COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, #21-1290 Requests authorization to install two (2) parallel 43-inch diameter water transmission lines a minimum 45 feet beneath a 173-foot wide section of the Occoquan River, within an 8-foot by 12-foot tunnel which will be filled with concrete upon completion. The project is located upriver of the Occoquan footbridge in Fairfax and Prince William Counties. Staff recommends approval with standard instream permit conditions.
C. MATHEWS COUNTY, #21-1533 Requests authorization to hydraulically dredge 40,000 cubic yards of State-owned subaqueous bottom along the Hole in the Wall Channel, from Milford Haven to the Chesapeake Bay, to attain depths of minus seven (-7) feet mean low water, place the sandy dredged material upon Haven Beach as beach nourishment, construct three (3) 230-foot long stone breakwaters, and elongate an existing breakwater by 50 feet along the Chesapeake Bay shoreline at the terminus of Haven Beach Road in Mathews County. Staff recommends approval of the project pending receipt of a statement of approval from James Podd, who has oyster planting ground in the proposed alignment of the channel, and a special permit condition requiring the use of turbidity curtains during dredging operations in areas adjacent to submerged aquatic vegetation beds in addition to our standard dredging permit conditions.
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A. MALCOLM BROWNING, JR., #21-1391 Requests authorization to retain a 9-foot wide by 83-foot long clear span bridge across Wolf Creek to access property adjacent to Hicksville Road (SR 642) in Bland County. The applicant has agreed to pay a $1,000.00 civil charge in lieu of further enforcement actions, and a triple permit fee of $300.00. No royalty is proposed for the private bridge.
FISHERY MANAGEMENT ITEMS WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THE HABITAT MANAGEMENT PROJECTS ON THIS AGENDA.
