COMMISSION AGENDA FEBRUARY 28, 2006
** APPROVAL OF AGENDA.
1. MINUTES of previous meeting.
2. PERMITS (Projects over $50,000 with no
objections and with staff recommendation for approval.)
3. CLOSED MEETING FOR CONSULTATION WITH OR BRIEFING BY COUNSEL.
4. NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER, #05-2225. Commission
review of a decision by the staff of the Portsmouth Wetlands Board to
decline to exert jurisdiction over a project to install two marsh
sills, grade, backfill and plant to convert a disturbed and filled
wetland area into a vegetated wetland area on their property situated
along Scotts Creek in Portsmouth.
5. MARINE HYDRAULICS INCORPORATED, #04-2481, requests
authorization to install a 200-foot long bulkhead up to 15-feet
channelward of mean low water, fill approximately 2,185 square feet of
State-owned submerged lands, install two (2) 100-foot long by 8-foot
wide travel lifts, and to dredge 23,000 cubic yards of State-owned
submerged lands to achieve maximum depths of -17 feet below mean low
water to create a 285-foot long by 80-foot wide access channel and a
197-foot by 273-foot turning basin adjacent to their property situated
along the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk. All
dredged materials will be transported to and disposed within the Craney
Island Dredged Material Management Area.
6. MARINE HYDRAULICS INCORPORATED, #04-1984, requests
authorization to install a 1,032-foot long by 33-foot wide trestle to
support a mobile crane, three (3) mooring dolphins, dredge 491,000
cubic yards of State-owned submerged lands from a 990-foot by 232-foot
wide basin to create depths of -65 feet below mean low water for the
installation of a drydock with an associated 250-foot long by 230-foot
wide access channel to -40 feet below mean low water to connect with
the adjacent Federal Navigation Channel, construct a 193-foot long new
bulkhead with 1,202 square feet of associated fill of State-owned
submerged lands, and install a 26-foot long by 24-foot wide bridge to
access the dry-dock at their property situated along the Elizabeth
River in Norfolk. All dredged materials will be transported to
and disposed within the Craney Island Dredged Material Management
Area. The project is protested by several residents in the
vicinity.
7. MR. & MRS. MILTON CONRAD, #05-2880, request
authorization to install a submersible pump, a 2-inch diameter PVC raw
water intake pipeline, and a 4-inch PVC discharge pipeline on an
existing private pier, and to change the use of that pier from private
to commercial use, in association with a proposed crab shedding
facility to be constructed on their property along a cove of Greenvale
Creek on Rocky Neck in Lancaster County. The project is protested
by two adjoining property owners.
8. NORMAN MALO, #05-2798, requests
authorization to extend an existing pier 25 feet channelward,
reconfigure and enlarge the associated decking to a total of 1932
square feet and to construct a 66-foot by 42-foot open-sided boathouse
designed to house two (2) boats and a personal watercraft adjacent to
his property situated along the Piankatank River in Gloucester
County. The project is protested by an adjoining property owner.
9. ROBERT A. BADENOCH,#04-1523, requests
after-the-fact authorization to retain a 15-foot long by 18-foot 6-inch
wide roof extension, the timber siding used to enclose the boathouse,
and a 132 square foot deck addition to a previously permitted boathouse
adjacent to his property situated along a cove of Bridgemans Back Creek
in Northumberland County.
10. JOSEPH F. KRUSHINSKI, #05-2707, requests
after-the-fact authorization to retain deck railings and a three-foot
wide stairway constructed as part of a flat-roof, open-sided boathouse,
adjacent to his property situated along Aquia Creek in Stafford County.
11. TOWN OF CHINCOTEAGUE, ET AL, #05-3032,
requests after the fact authorization to retain and continue to install
approximately 20,000 feet of slip-lining inside the existing 16-inch
waterline from the mainland to the new waterline west of the Black
Narrows Channel. Twenty-six (26) access pits along the existing
waterline will be excavated to allow for maintenance and repair access.
The project is to repair and maintain the existing waterline to the
Town of Chincoteague. A State Wetlands permit is required.
12. DELMARVA POWER, #05-2986, requests
authorization to relocate the main (69 KV) overhead transmission line
from the north side of the Black Narrows Bridge to the south side of
the bridge in the Town of Chincoteague, Accomack County. The
installation of three of the six new poles will impact either
State-owned wetlands or State-owned subaqueous bottom. Both wetlands
and subaqueous permits will be required. The project is protested by
two Marsh Island residents.
13. PUBLIC COMMENTS
14. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS CONCERNING THE 2006 AMERICAN SHAD BYCATCH FISHERY.
15. PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed
amendments to Regulation 4VAC 20-252, "
Pertaining to the Taking of Striped Bass" to establish the 2006
commercial and recreational harvest quotas at 1,554,302 pounds each.
16. PUBLIC HEARING: Virginia
Seafood Council proposal, " Reexamination of Feasibility Study On
One-Year Grow-Out of Triploid Crassostrea ariakensis."
17. BOB ORTH, VIMS: Update of status of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation.
18. JIM KIRKLEY, VIMS: Presentation of Economic Contributions of Virginia's Commercial Seafood and Recreational Fishing Industries.
19. BONNIE-LEIGH JONES: Request
Commission review of the licensing and compliance with special
conditions of Mr. Ernest L. George's pound net at Windmill Point.
20. FISHERIES MANAGEMENT DIVISION: Request
permission to construct two artificial fishing reefs; Poquoson Reef, to
be located near the mouth of the Poquoson River and Mobjack Bay Reef,
to be located on the western side of the channel in Mobjack Bay.
21. APPROVAL OF THE 2006 OYSTER RESTORATION PROGRAM AND PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES.
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ITEMS (Projects over $50,000
with no
objections and with staff recommendation for approval)
2A. TOWN OF BLACKSBURG, #05-1083,
requests authorization to cross Toms Creek in two (2) locations with
12-foot wide, timber, clear span bridges for pedestrian and bicycle use
in Heritage Park in Blacksburg. There will be no structures or
construction activity within the creek bed. Recommend approval
with proper erosion and sediment control measures during construction
of the associated upland abutments and wing walls.
2B. TAZEWELL COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE AUTHORITY, #06-0028, requests
authorization to install two (2) aerial and six (6) submerged sewer
line stream crossings of Laurel Fork and its tributaries and construct
one (1) 0.5 MGD outfall to facilitate replacement of the Town of
Pocahontas' Wastewater Treatment Plant in Tazewell County.
Recommend approval with the inclusion of our standard instream permit
conditions.
2C. CITY OF BRISTOL, #05-2670, requests
authorization to install 12 linear feet of submerged water line beneath
and construct a 65-foot long by 34-foot wide clearspan bridge across
Beaver Creek to facilitate vehicular access and private utilities
installation to the Sugar Hollow Business Complex in the City of
Bristol. Recommend approval with the inclusion of our standard
instream permit conditions.
2D. NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND, #05-2628, requests
authorization to install a 325-foot by 52-foot T-head at Pier 11 at
Norfolk Naval Base situated along the Elizabeth River in Norfolk.
2E. U. S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, CHINCOTEAGUE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, #05-1130, requests
authorization to construct an 80-foot long by 12-foot wide concrete
boat ramp; a 60-foot long by 6-foot wide open-pile pier with a 36-foot
long by 6-foot wide floating dock; a 110-foot long breakwater and
mechanically dredge an 80-foot by 20-foot area channelward of the
proposed boat ramp to minus four and one half (?4.5) feet at mean low
water, adjacent to their property situated along Assateague Channel on
Assateague Island in Accomack County.
2F. NORVIEW MARINA, #05-2159, requests
authorization to remove a 20-slip floating pier and to install a new
185-foot long floating pier providing eight (8) larger wetslips
adjacent to their marina facility situated along Broad Creek in
Middlesex County.
2G. GLOUCESTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF UTILITIES, #05-2942, requests
authorization to cross approximately 80 linear feet of Fox Mill Run,
adjacent to the Route 17 crossing, with a submerged 16-inch diameter
waterline within an existing utility easement in Gloucester
County. Recommend approval with our standard in-stream
construction conditions.
2H. WILL DRENNAN , ET AL, #04-0321, requests
authorization to dredge, by clamshell method, 4,022 cubic yards of
State-owned submerged lands to achieve maximum depths of minus four and
a half (-4.5) feet below mean low water to create a 786-foot long by
20-foot wide access channel and seven (7) associated homeowner boat
basins adjacent to property situated along Broad Creek in
Norfolk. All dredged materials will be transported to and
disposed within the Craney Island Dredged Material Management
Area. Staff recommends a royalty of $1,786.05 for the dredging of
3,969 cubic yards of material at $0.45 per cubic yard.
2I. LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, #05-1935, requests
authorization to install and backfill 1,200 linear feet of bulkhead,
construct a 63-foot long by 16-foot wide boat ramp with a 50-foot by
13-foot service pier, a 96-foot long by 12-foot wide temporary
emergency access pier for security and rescue activities, and to
maintenance dredge, using either clam shell or hydraulic, 25,000 cubic
yards of State-owned submerged lands to reach maximum depths of -8 feet
below mean low water at their marina facility situated along the
Southwest Branch of Back River in Hampton. Dredged materials will
be disposed of at an off-site upland disposal facility. Staff
recommends a pre-dredge conference to include inspection of the
disposal area, submission of a post-dredge bathymetric survey, that the
contractor provide an observer at the dredge material containment area
within radio contact with the dredge operator while the dredge is
operating to prevent overflow of the containment area and that a
minimum of two (2) feet of freeboard be maintained between the height
of the dredged material and the top of the containment berm.
2J. LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, #05-2839, requests
authorization to install five (5) floating piers ranging in length from
320 feet to 150-feet and all 8-feet wide, and 41 20-foot long by 3-foot
wide finger piers to create 75 wet slips replace marina structures
destroyed by Hurricane Isabel adjacent to their property situated along
the Southwest Branch of Back River in Hampton.
2K. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, #04-2266, requests
a permit modification to reduce in size and relocate a previously
authorized 12-foot wide by 24-foot long (288 square feet) floating
research platform to the downstream side of the VCU Rice Center River
Pier Facility situated along the James River in Charles City
County. The new platform will measure 10-foot wide by 28-foot
long (280 square feet).
2L. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, #05-2544, requests
authorization to replace 52 existing sensors, to install 37 new sensors
and install associated new and replacement cables across 2,000 linear
feet of State-owned submerged lands, using trenching to reach cable
depths of minus three (-3) feet below the substrate, and to place
17,000 cubic yards of protective gravel over the sensors and cable
trench, between Naval Station Norfolk and the Sewells Point Degaussing
Station, located within Hampton Roads Norfolk Harbor in Norfolk.
2M. THOMAS SHUTTLEWORTH, #05-1190, requests
authorization to install 865 linear feet of VDOT Class II, stone
riprap, the toe of which may extend a maximum of six (6) feet
channelward of an existing concrete apron, for shoreline protection
adjacent to his property along Linkhorn Bay in the Linlier subdivision
in Virginia Beach.
2N. TANNER'S LANDING ASSOCIATES, LLC, #05-0480, requests
a modification to a Commission-approved project substituting the
assessment of an annual royalty for a one-time royalty of in the amount
of $14,577.00 for the encroachment over 9,718 square feet of
State-owned submerged lands at a rate of $1.50 per square foot in
association with a project located adjacent to property situated along
the Lafayette River in Norfolk.
2O. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, #05-3064, requests
authorization to construct a 30-foot wide by 227-foot long by 9-foot
tall (extending five (5) feet vertically above mean low water) stone
breakwater, approximately 175 feet channelward of mean low water, to
decrease wave energy and provide shoreline protection adjacent to the
Normandy Beach training area in the Naval Amphibious Base, Little
Creek, situated along the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia Beach.
2P. VIRGINIA JACOBS, #04-2794, requests
authorization to modify her previously issued permit to increase the
number of wetslips from 48 to 53 and to install uncovered lifts within
all 53 slips at Pelican's Nest Marina which is situated along Little
Creek in Norfolk.
VMRC DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES;
THEREFORE, IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS DUE TO A
DISABILITY,
PLEASE ADVISE KATHY LEONARD (757-247-2200) 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.