TENTATIVE AGENDA December 2, 2025
** APPROVAL OF AGENDA.
1. MINUTES of previous meeting.
2. PERMITS (Projects over $1,000,000 with no objections and with staff recommendation for approval).
3. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.
4. CLOSED MEETING FOR CONSULTATION WITH, OR BRIEFING BY, COUNSEL.
5. COREY SCHULTZ, VMRC #2025-0539 requests authorization to construct a 5-foot wide by 144.5-foot long private non-riparian pier, including a 37-foot by 45-foot dual-slip, open-sided boathouse/gazebo, 5-foot wide finger piers, and associated mooring piles to specifically serve 659 Villa Road - constructed on and adjacent to Tax Map Parcel 3B-2-1A in the Town of Claremont, situated along the James River in Surry County. The project is protested by an adjacent property owner.
6. PUBLIC COMMENTS
7. PUBLIC HEARING The Commission proposes to amend Chapter 4VAC20-1390, "Pertaining to Shrimp," to expand the number of limited entry shrimp trawl licenses.
PAGE 2 ITEMS
A. BRON PROPERTIES, LLC, VMRC #2025-2343 requests authorization to construct 200 linear feet of timber bulkheading, a maximum of one (1) foot channelward of mean high water and landward of existing tidal vegetated wetlands, located at 570 and 274 Marshfield Road, situated along Piscataway Creek in Essex County. This project requires a VMRC Wetlands permit.
B. ANN EUBANK, VMRC #2025-2250 requests authorization to install 70 linear feet of riprap revetment at 131 Coopers Point Lane, situated along the Rappahannock River in Essex County. This project requires a VMRC Wetlands permit.
C. UPPER BRANDON TIDAL MITIGATION BANK, LLC, VMRC #2025-1892 requests authorization to mechanically dredge 1,098 square feet of nonvegetated wetlands and 23 cubic yards of state-owned submerged lands, on an as-needed basis, to create a connecting channel from the James River to the proposed tidal wetlands mitigation bank site at 1802 Upper Brandon Road in Prince George County. Dredged spoils will be utilized in the existing upland as part of the site construction. Staff recommends approval with a royalty of $18.40 for the dredging of 23 cubic yards of state-owned submerged lands at a rate of $0.80 per cubic yard. This project requires both a VMRC Wetlands and Subaqueous permit.
D. HUNTINGTON INGALLS- NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING, VMRC #2025-1671 requests authorization to construct a 25-foot by 425-foot platform extension to Pier 3 at the Newport News Shipbuilding facility, adjacent to 4101 Washington Avenue, situated along the James River in Newport News. This project requires a VMRC Subaqueous permit.
E. CITY OF NORFOLK, VMRC #2025-1479 requests authorization to place approximately 6,500 cubic yards of sand nourishment along 1,050 linear feet of shoreline between 13th View Street and 11th View Street behind Toler Place and approximately 43,000 cubic yards along 4,550 linear feet of shoreline from Sarah Constant Beach Park to Ocean View Beach Park, situated along the Chesapeake Bay in the City of Norfolk. Sand will be sourced from an upland location and truck-hauled to the nourishment sites. This project requires a VMRC Subaqueous permit.
F. CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH, VMRC #2025-1823 requests authorization to annually maintenance dredge by mechanical or hydraulic means approximately 27,000 cubic yards of state-owned submerged bottomlands within the existing Crab Creek municipal channel to a maximum depth of minus nine (-9) feet mean low water adjacent to the Lynnhaven Beach and Boat Ramp Facility in Virginia Beach. Dredged spoils will be offloaded at the existing facility or transferred by barge to the Maple Street dredge material management area, and utilized for city beach nourishment and marsh enhancement projects. Hydraulically dredged material will be placed directly onto Ocean Park Beach. Staff recommends approval with the standard dredge permit conditions, a dredge work time of year restriction from March 1 - September 30 of any year to protect juvenile summer flounder, and Commission notification (including coordinates) should the relocation of temporary floating channel markers be required due to depth constraints. This project requires a VMRC Subaqueous permit.
G. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, VMRC #2025-2016 requests authorization to install stormwater management pond outfall pipes and structures, in four (4) locations impacting both tidal-fresh wetlands and state-owned submerged lands of the James River, as part of the Chesterfield Power Station Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) Closure by Removal Project, in Chesterfield County. No changes are proposed for this project, which was previously permitted under #2020-2348. That previous permit expired prior to project completion. This project requires both a VMRC Wetlands and Subaqueous permit.
VMRC DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES; THEREFORE, IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS DUE TO A DISABILITY, PLEASE ADVISE MICHELE GUILFORD (757-247-2206) NO LATER THAN FIVE WORK DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING DATE AND IDENTIFY YOUR NEEDS.
FISHERY MANAGEMENT ITEMS WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THE HABITAT MANAGEMENT PROJECTS ON THIS AGENDA.
