AGENDA March 25, 2025
** 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. PUBLIC HEARING The Commission proposes to amend Chapter 4VAC20-510, "Pertaining to Amberjack and Cobia" to 1) amend the recreational size limit to 43 inches; 2) repeal the one fish over 50-inch allowance in the recreational fishery; and 3) establish the recreational fishing season.
6. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, #24-1891 requests authorization to place, via hydraulic means, approximately 162,500 cubic yards of dredged material from the Quinby Creek Federal Channel maintenance project onto state-owned wetlands and submerged lands situated along Upshur Bay in Accomack County. The project is protested by an adjacent shellfish ground leaseholder.
7. LEONARD CLARK, #22-1645, NTC 24-06 Commission reconsideration of this after-the-fact request to retain a 100-foot vinyl bulkhead constructed in York County without VMRC authorization and the civil charges assessed against the responsible marine permitting agent and contractor.
8. YANKEE POINT MARINA LLC, #24-2369 requests authorization to construct a replacement boat ramp, temporary cofferdam, new tending pier and dry hydrant at their existing marina at 1303 Oak Hill Road along Myer Creek in Lancaster County. The project is protested by a nearby property owner.
9. WESTMINSTER-CANTERBURY ON CHESAPEAKE BAY, #24-2475 requests authorization to remove a failed timber pier and construct a new concrete pier for the exclusive use of Westminster-Canterbury residents as part of the proposed Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay campus expansion situated at property off Ocean Shore Avenue along the Chesapeake Bay in the City of Virginia Beach. The project is protested by numerous citizens.
10. PUBLIC COMMENTS
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A. ENVIVA PORT OF CHESAPEAKE, LLC, #23-1428 requests authorization to conduct new dredging of approximately 4,500 cubic yards of state-owned submerged lands to maximum depths of -44 feet mean low water (MLW) and to maintenance dredge approximately 5,400 cubic yards of state-owned submerged lands to maximum depths of -42 feet MLW, on an as-needed basis, within Paradise Creek adjacent to property serving 1000 Enviva Drive in the City of Chesapeake. Dredged material will be barged and offloaded at either Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area, Shirley Plantation in Charles City, or Precon Marine facility in the City of Chesapeake. Staff recommends a royalty assessment of $2,700.00 for the removal of 4,500 cubic yards of state-owned submerged land at a rate of $0.60/cubic yard. This project requires a subaqueous permit.
B. COLONNA SHIPYARD, #24-1918 requests authorization to conduct new dredging of approximately 556,700 cubic yards of state-owned submerged lands to achieve maximum depths of -37 feet mean low water, on an as-needed basis, within the Eastern Branch Elizabeth River Federal Navigation Channel in the City of Norfolk. Dredged material will be barged and offloaded at either Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area, Shirley Plantation in Charles City, or Precon Marine facility in the City of Chesapeake. Staff recommends a royalty assessment of $334,020.00 for the removal of 556,700 cubic yards of material at a rate of $0.60/cubic yards. This project requires a subaqueous permit.
C. FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, #24-2813 requests authorization to construct a new causeway bridge across a 214-foot section of Cat Creek and to install two (2) 30-inch HDPE conduits housing a relocated waterline, sewer line, two electrical conduits, and a single communication conduit using the horizontal directional drill method across a 219-foot section of Cat Creek on Wallops Islands in Accomack County. The project requires a VMRC subaqueous permit.
FISHERY MANAGEMENT ITEMS WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THE HABITAT MANAGEMENT PROJECTS ON THIS AGENDA.
