AGENDA April 26, 2022
** 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. NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, #21-2213 Requests authorization to replace an existing footbridge and security fence over Blows Creek and refurbish old and install new riprap shoreline stabilization to create a living shoreline at the confluence of Blows Creek and the Elizabeth River at the St. Julien's Creek Annex property in the City of Chesapeake. Both tidal wetlands and subaqueous bed permits are required.
6. FRED HODGES, #22-0383 Requests authorization to install 147 linear feet of Flexamat at a 4:1 slope with sand fill and native wetland plantings adjacent to the York River at Old Farm Drive in King and Queen County. This project requires a tidal wetlands permit.
7. M. KEITH HODGES, #22-0384 Requests authorization to install 75 linear feet of Flexamat at a 4:1 slope with sand fill and native wetland plantings adjacent to the York River at Old Farm Drive in King and Queen County. This project requires a tidal wetlands permit.
8. NORTHAMPTON COUNTY and the TOWN OF CAPE CHARLES, #21-0145 Requests authorization to maintenance dredge approximately 21,825 cubic yards and dredge 7,200 cubic yards of new material from the Kings Creek Channel in Northampton County, with subsequent placement of approximately 35,000 cubic yards of sand on the public beach in the Town of Cape Charles. The project is protested by two nearby property owners.
9. GARY HOCHSCHILD, #21-1551 Requests authorization to construct a private, open-pile pier with a 10-foot by 50-foot L-head and a 10-foot by 20-foot floating kayak dock at property (23124 Grey Drive) adjacent to Onancock Creek in the County of Accomack. The project is protested by an upstream property owner.
10. RICHARD DAVIS, Oyster Planting Ground Application # 2014-219 Request to lease up to 100 acres of oyster planting grounds in the Rappahannock River near Myrtle Swamp in Richmond County. The application is protested by a number of local residents.
11. RICHARD DAVIS AND ANDREW DAVIS, Oyster Planting Ground Application # 2014-220 Request to lease up to 180 acres of oyster planting grounds in the Rappahannock River near Farnham Creek in Richmond County. The application is protested by a number of local residents.
12. PUBLIC COMMENTS
13. PUBLIC HEARING Proposal to amend Chapter 4 VAC 20-910-10 et seq., "Pertaining to Scup (Porgy)", to establish the 2022 recreational management measures for this species.
14. PUBLIC HEARING Proposal to amend Chapter 4 VAC 20-620-10 et seq., "Pertaining to Summer Flounder", to establish the 2022 recreational management measures for this species.
15. PUBLIC HEARING Proposal to amend Chapter 4 VAC 20-950-10 et seq., "Pertaining to Black Sea Bass", to establish the 2022 recreational management measures for this species.
PAGE 2 ITEMS
A. CITY OF SALEM, #22-0365 Requests authorization to replace the Apperson Drive Bridge over the Roanoke River with a clear span bridge that includes five (5) travel lanes, a shared-use path, and associated temporary work causeways and cofferdams, in the City of Salem. Staff recommends approval of the project with the standard instream permit conditions and a time-of-year restriction for instream work of March 15 through June 30 of any given year to protect the endangered Roanoke logperch.
B. AMHERST COUNTY, #21-2456 Requests authorization to install a water intake structure with 1-mm mesh screens, 24-inch intake line, and 6-inch backwash line, on the James River near Trents Landing Road in Amherst County. Staff recommends approval of the project with the standard instream permit conditions, a requirement to conduct a freshwater mussel survey and relocation effort unless specifically waived in writing by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources and an instream time-of-year restriction of April 15 through June 15 and August 15 through September 30 of any year to protect endangered mussel species.
C. ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, #21-2579 Requests authorization to install a 12-inch water main across a 200-foot section of the Pagan River using the horizontal directional drilling method a minimum of ten (10) feet beneath the substrate adjacent to N. Church Street in Isle of Wight County. Staff recommends approval of the project with the standard condition that the Permittee agrees to abide by the frac-out monitoring and response plan submitted with the application.
D. CITY OF CHESAPEAKE, #21-2580 Requests authorization to install fiber optic cable and multiple HDPE conduits using the horizontal directional drill method crossing Newton Creek, Mill Dam Creek, Northwest River, Bells Mill Creek, St. Julian Creek, Baily Creek, Goose Creek (2x), and the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River (3x), a minimum of five (5) feet below the substrate for a total of 2,316 linear feet of subaqueous crossings in Chesapeake. Staff recommends approval of the project with the standard condition that the Permittee agrees to abide by the frac-out monitoring and response plan submitted with the application.
FISHERY MANAGEMENT ITEMS WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THE HABITAT MANAGEMENT PROJECTS ON THIS AGENDA.
