AGENDA October 28, 2024
** 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. GPYC HOLDINGS LLC, VMRC #24-1880 requests authorization to install a series of 8-foot wide floating docks to the existing private use Gatling Pointe Yacht Club marina, adjacent to 903 Gatling Pointe Parkway, situated along the Pagan River in Isle of Wight County. Five (5) transient boat slips will be established per the proposed expansion. The project is protested by an adjacent property owner.
6. RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER YACHT CLUB, INC., #24-1858 requests authorization to extend an existing pier to accommodate an additional ten (10) slips at the Rappahannock River Yacht Club adjacent to 100 Rappahannock Road along Carter Creek in Lancaster County. This project is protested.
7. SHELLFISH Lynnhaven River Now, Oyster Planting Ground Application #2021-050
Requests authorization to lease approximately 5 acres of oyster planting ground in the Lynnhaven River in the City of Virginia Beach
8. PUBLIC COMMENTS
9. PUBLIC HEARING Proposal to amend Chapter 4VAC20-1250-10 et seq., "Pertaining to the Tagging of Shellfish" to modify the method of identifying harvested shellfish.
10. PUBLIC HEARING Proposal to amend Chapter 4VAC20-270, "Pertaining to Blue Crab Fishery" to close the 2024/2025 winter crab dredge fishery and consider extending the commercial crab pot fishery season.
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A. RIVER PORT, LLC, #24-1263 requests authorization to mechanically or hydraulically dredge up to 131,400 cubic yards of state-owned submerged lands to depths of minus 44 feet mean low water around Pier 14, minus 38 feet mean low water around Pier 15, and minus 61 feet mean low water within the dry dock between Pier 14 and Pier 15, with future maintenance dredging cycles as-needed with disposal at the Craney Island or an approved upland facility; and to install two (2) mooring dolphins at the commercial facility located along the James River at 1201 Terminal Ave in the City of Newport News. Recommend approval with a dredging royalty of $78,840.00 for the new dredging of 131,400 cubic yards of new material. This project requires a VMRC Subaqueous permit.
B. MIDDLESEX COUNTY, #24-1778 requests authorization to mechanically or hydraulically dredge up to 123,550 cubic yards of state-owned submerged lands to maximum depths of minus 10 feet mean low water, including future maintenance cycles as necessary, from the Broad Creek Federal Channel with disposal at a previously approved upland facility in Middlesex County. Recommend approval contingent on separation of the silty dredge material, situated adjacent to the existing marina, from the balance of the sandy dredge material. This project requires a VMRC Subaqueous permit.
C. NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, #24-1932 requests authorization to construct 180 linear feet of temporary steel cofferdam, 180 linear feet of temporary turbidity curtain, and a 180-foot by 8-foot permanent concrete tremie seal slab at -46 feet mean low water, all placed channelward of the existing infrastructure to support a broader reconstruction of Dry Dock 3, serving the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, situated adjacent to the Southern Branch Elizabeth River in the City of Portsmouth.
FISHERY MANAGEMENT ITEMS WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THE HABITAT MANAGEMENT PROJECTS ON THIS AGENDA.
