1. MINUTES of previous meeting.
** APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
2. PERMITS (Projects over
$50,000 with noobjections and with staff recommendation for approval.)
3. EXECUTIVE
SESSION.
4. MURRAY HOWELL,
#99-0970, requests authorization to construct a 16-foot by
34-foot open-sided boathouse near the channelward end of a 160-foot
private pier adjacent to his property situated along the Piankatank
River in Middlesex County. The project is protested by an
adjoining property owner.
5. DANIEL
HUDDY, #03-1046, requests authorization to install a
single mooring buoy located at 37( 44' 26" North Latitude and 76( 30'
59" West Longitude, 300 feet offshore of his property on the Western
Branch of the Corrotoman River in Lancaster County. The project
is protested by a county resident.
6. RIVER POINTE
VILLAGE PIER, #03-1595, requests authorization to install
two (2) 144-foot long by 6-foot wide floating piers, ten (10) finger
piers, 12 mooring piles and a 72-foot long by 4-foot wide floating
walkway at a community pier to create 14 slips adjacent to their
property situated along the Western Branch of the Elizabeth River in
the City of Portsmouth.
7. KENT EARLY,
#02-2344, requests authorization to construct an 8-foot wide
private pier extending 460 feet channelward of mean high water with a
54-foot by 24-foot open-sided boathouse, a 10-foot by 18-foot awning
cover for a personal watercraft slip, and 1,480 square feet of
open-pile pierhead and finger piers at the channelward end of the pier,
and to construct two timber groins extending 48 feet channelward of
mean high water with 10 cubic yards of sand placed as beach nourishment
in the groin cell adjacent to his property situated along the York
River in Gloucester County.
8. RANDALL SARFAN,
et al, #02-2234, requests after-the-fact authorization to
retain an 85-foot long by 4-foot wide open-pile walkway, a 16' x 12'
floating dock and two (2) boatlifts at a community pier adjacent to his
property situated along the Salt Ponds in the City of Hampton.
9. OTHER ITEMS
10. Request for
Public Hearing: Proposed amendments to Regulation 4 VAC 20-1070-10 et
seq. to address haul seine/submerged aquatic vegetation interactions.
11. Request for
Public Hearing: Proposed amendments to Regulation 4
VAC 20-950-et seq. "Pertaining to Black Sea Bass".
12. Request for
Public Hearing: Proposed amendments to Regulation 4
VAC 20-720 and 4 VAC 20-650 establishing 2003/04 oyster harvest rules.
PAGE 2 ITEMS (Projects over $50,000 with no
objections and with staff recommendation for approval)
2A. NEWPORT NEWS
SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK CO., INC., #03-0913, requests
authorization to demolish an existing timber pier and construct a
concrete replacement pier 1,040 feet in length by 100 feet in width; a
utility section 27 feet wide for a distance of 875 linear feet from the
bulkhead along the pier; installation of two (2) 40-foot by 50-foot
dolphins with bollards at 75-foot and 140-foot centers from the end of
the pier, connected by walkways; two (2) floating standoffs for docking
along the proposed pier; and to dredge up to 482,000 cubic yards of
State-owned subaqueous bottomland adjacent to their shipyard facility
situated along the James River in the City of Newport News. All
dredge material will be transported to Craney Island for
disposal. Recommend a royalty of $68,750.00 for new dredging of
152,777 cubic yards of State-owned subaqueous bottomland at a rate of
$0.45 per cubic foot and a royalty of $13,686.50 per year for the
encroachment over 136,865 square feet of State-owned subaqueous
bottomland at a rate of $0.10 per square foot. Staff also
recommends a permit condition requiring the planting of market size
clams to mitigate for the dredging impact to approximately 61,966
clams, at a rate of 1.33/1, for a total of 82,415 clams, within one
year of the initial dredging.
2B. CHESTERFIELD
COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF UTILITIES, #03-1059, requests authorization
to install a 36-inch forcemain sewer line, by trench and coffer dam
method, a distance of 40 linear feet within Swift Creek, a tributary to
the James River in Chesterfield County. Additionally, the
applicant proposes to stabilize the streambed with VDOT Class I rip rap.
2C. CITY OF SALEM,
#98-1992, requests reactivation and extension of a previously
issued permit to construct a new raw water intake structure which will
extend approximately five (5) feet below ordinary high water and
installation of 3mm or less mesh-size intake screens at the intake
opening adjacent to their property situated near 4th Street water
treatment plant situated along the Roanoke River . Recommend
time-of-year restrictions from 15 March to 30 June to protect the
Roanoke Logperch and standard instream construction conditions.
2D. PERDUE FARMS,
INC., #03-1600, requests authorization to dredge, by clamshell
method, approximately 8,300 cubic yards of new material and 9,000 cubic
yards of maintenance material from within mooring basins adjacent to
their property situated along Jones Creek and the Southern Branch of
the Elizabeth River in Chesapeake. All dredged materials will be
transported to Craney Island for disposal. Recommend a royalty of
$0.45 per cubic yard for new material.
2E. MOON ENGINEERING
CO., INC., #03-1484, requests authorization to install two (2)
new mooring dolphins consisting of up to 20 piles and a concrete cap,
adjacent to their property situated at the confluence of Scotts Creek
and the Elizabeth River in the City of Portsmouth. Recommend a
royalty of $250.00 for each mooring dolphin.
2F. CITY OF NORFOLK,
#03-1133, requests authorization to place 25,000 cubic yards of
sand overboard to nourish the beachs between 8th View and 9th View
Streets adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay.
2G. MOON ENGINEERING
CO., #03-1485, requests authorization to maintenance dredge, by
clamshell method, approximately 100,000 cubic yards of material from a
750-foot long by 90-foot wide basin to restore maximum depths of -36
feet below mean low water adjacent to their property situated at the
confluence of Scotts Creek and the Elizabeth River in the City of
Portsmouth.
2H. CHESAPEAKE
MARINA, LLC, #03-0416, requests authorization to install 10
linear feet of riprap, 160 linear feet of bulkhead with 615 square feet
of subaqueous fill, ten (10) 40' x 10' floating piers with gangways,
four (4) 50' x 10' floating piers, an 80' x 10' marginal wharf for
fueling facilities and to dredge 2,190 cubic yards of State-owned
subaqueous bottom from a 600-foot long by 20-foot wide area to obtain
maximum depths of minus eight (-8) feet below mean low water and to use
the materials as fill on the upland in order to construct and operate a
new 720-slip dry storage facility at their property situated along the
Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River in the City of Chesapeake.
Recommend a royalty of $0.60 per cubic yard for dredging, $2.00 per
square foot of fill and $0.50 per square foot for the piers.
2I. HALIFAX COUNTY
SERVICE AUTHORITY, #03-0066, requests authorization to install,
by directional drill, 260 linear feet of an 8-inch forced sanitary
sewer line beneath the existing streambed of the Dan River between U.S.
Route 58 and the Virginia International Raceway in Halifax County.
FISHERY AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE COMMISSION AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 NOON AND WILL BE FOLLOWED WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE HABITAT PERMIT CASES.
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