1. MINUTES of previous meeting.
2. PERMITS (Projects over $500,000 with no objections and
with staff recommendation for approval).
2A. DOMINION TERMINAL ASSOCIATES, LLP,
#14-1144, requests authorization to hydraulically or mechanically
dredge up to 166,750 cubic yards of State-owned subaqueous material, and
to subsequently maintenance dredge up to 80,000 cubic yards per two-year
dredging cycle, to attain and maintain depths of 57 feet at mean low water
adjacent to the Dominion Terminals Associates Pier 11 facility located
along the James River at 600 Harbor Road in the City of Newport News. All
dredge material will be placed in the Corps of Engineers Craney Island
Dredged Material Management Area. Staff recommends approval of the project
with a royalty assessment of $75,037.50 for the dredging of 166,750 cubic
yards of State-owned subaqueous material at a rate of $0.45 per cubic
yard.
2B. NEWPORT NEWS DEPARTMENT OF
ENGINEERING, #14-0130, requests authorization to modify an
existing permit to replace the James River Fishing Pier by extending the
length of the proposed pier by an additional 1,713 linear feet over what
was previously authorized. The total length of the proposed pier is
now 2,969 linear feet, of which 2,903 feet will be channelward of mean low
water, along the James River immediately upstream of the Route 17 James
River Bridge in the City of Newport News.
2C. AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE-VA, INC.,
#14-1195, requests authorization to construct a 78-foot wide by
85-foot long 4-lane clearspan bridge across Flatlick Branch, with 169
linear feet of riprap scour protection, to facilitate construction of the
Walney Road Bridge Replacement and Road Widening Project in the Chantilly
area of Fairfax County. Permittee shall execute a transfer of
this permit to the Virginia Department of Transportation upon their
acceptance of the structure(s) authorized herein.
2D. CHERRY POINT PROPERTY OWNERS, ET AL ,
#14-0111, requests authorization to install a precast concrete
bio-engineered artificial reef extending 100 feet channelward of mean low
water along the Painkatank River adjacent to Lot 7A1 on Old Cherry Point
Road in Mathews County. The proposed artificial reef is located on
Additional Public Ground defined in §28.2-643 of the Virginia Code.
VMRC
DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES; THEREFORE,
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS DUE TO A DISABILITY,
PLEASE ADVISE JANE MCCROSKEY (757-247-2215) 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.