MARINE RESOURCES
COMMISSION
August 29, 2000
NOTICE: THE COMMISSION MEETING ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED
FOR AUGUST 22, 2000 WAS CHANGED TO AUGUST 29, 2000.
1. MINUTES of previous meeting.
** APPROVAL
OF AGENDA
2. PERMITS (Projects over $50,000
with no objections and with staff recommendation for approval).
3. EXECUTIVE SESSION (if necessary).
4. ERLING ENGELSEN, #99-1991. Commission review on appeal of the June 27,
2000, decision by the Hampton Wetlands Board to approve in modified form a
request to retain 26 linear feet of vinyl bulkhead and associated backfill
along the boatramp at the Marina Cove Boat Basin situated along Harris Creek.
5. ETTALEA KANTER, #00-0464, requests authorization
to construct an 60-foot long riprap groin adjacent to her property situated
along Hampton Roads in the City of Hampton.
The project is protested by an adjacent property owner.
6. HANOVER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
UTILITIES, #99-1877,
requests authorization to install a treated wastewater diffuser structure in
the Pamunkey River. The project is
protested by the adjacent property owner and others.
7. MR. AND MRS. GARLAND F. KARNES,
#00-0512,
request authorization to construct a 14-foot by 10-foot open-sided covered deck
at the channelward end of a proposed pier adjacent to their property along
Rowes Creek in Gloucester County.
8. MR. AND MRS. R. S. BLACKWELL, #00-0834, request authorization
to construct a 36.5-foot by 19-foot open-sided private boathouse with an
attached 16-foot by 16-foot open-sided covered pavilion at the channelward end
of their private pier situated along the Northwest Branch of Sarah Creek in
Gloucester County.
Agenda
August 29, 2000
Page Two
9. FLOYD MOORE, #00-0928, requests authorization
to construct a 26-foot long by 14-foot wide deck on the roof of a proposed
26-foot long by 16-foot wide open-sided boathouse at the terminus of a 110-foot
long pier to be constructed adjacent to his property situated along the
Rappahannock River in Essex County.
10. LUCY FRYER, #00-0816, requests after-the
fact authorization to retain 86 linear feet of vinyl bulkhead adjacent to her
property along Onancock Creek at 23450 Pine Street in the East Point area of
Accomack County. A Coastal Primary Sand
Dune and Beach permit is required.
11. BENNETT'S CREEK LANDING HOMEOWNERS
ASSOCIATION, #00-1023,
requests authorization to install 15 uncovered boatlifts at their community
marina situated along Bennett's Creek in the City of Suffolk. The project is protested by the adjacent
waterfront property owners.
12. PRIDE OF VIRGINIA, #99-0277. Commission consideration of the
Northumberland County Circuit Court directive to reconsider the civil charge
assessed for the installation of pilings without proper authorization.
13. ROY COGGIN, #00-0622, requests
after-the-fact-authorization to retain a 39-foot long by 14-foot wide clear
span bridge crossing with associated abutment scour protection over the South
Branch of the North Fork of the Hardware River in Albemarle County.
14. DISCUSSION: Consideration of Mr. Roger McKinley's
failure to remit the civil charges agreed to by the Commission in November
1999.
15. OYSTER GROUND APPLICATION: Otis P. Asal and Robert A. Scott have applied
for 50.00 acres of Oyster Planting Ground in the Chesapeake Bay near the mouth
of Old Plantation Creek in Northampton County.
The application is protested by three (3) individuals.
16. OYSTER GROUND APPLICATION: John D. Watts, Jr. and Ralph E. Watts have
applied for 5.00 acres of Oyster Planting Ground in Hungars Creek near Station
Clark and Mattawoman Creek in Northampton County. The application was protested by Mr. Stanley Mlodynia along with
a group of petitioners. We have met
with Mr. Mlodynia and believe we may have resolved the issue.
17. DISCUSSION: Request
for a public hearing to be held at the September meeting to amend Regulation 4
VAC 20-754-10 et. seq., "Pertaining to Importation of Fish, Shellfish, or
Crustacea", by making changes to the procedures for handling the
certification of all shellfish imported from other States for introduction into
the waters of the Commonwealth.
Agenda
August 10, 2000
Page Three
18. DISCUSSION: Request
for a public hearing to be held at the September meeting to amend Regulation 4
VAC 20-720-10 et. seq., "Pertaining to the Harvesting of Oysters" for
the upcoming 2000-2001 Public Oyster Harvest Season.
19. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration
of proposed amendments to Regulation 4 VAC 20-890-10 et. seq., "Pertaining
to Channeled Whelk," to establish a 2 3/4-inch diameter minimum size, and
to allow for the use of conch pots in
tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay
20. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration
of proposed amendments to Regulation 4 VAC 20-900-10 et. seq., "Pertaining
to Horseshoe Crab," to establish an annual harvest quota of 355,000 crabs.
21. DISCUSSION: Adjustment
to Spanish Mackerel and King Mackerel size and possession limits. Request a public hearing.
22. REPORT
of the
Commercial Hook and Line Task Force.
23. PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
VMRC DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST INDIVIDUALS
WITH DISABILITIES; THEREFORE, IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
DUE TO A DISABILITY, PLEASE ADVISE LAVERNE LEWIS (757) 247-2261 NO LATER THAN
FIVE WORK DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING DATE AND IDENTIFY YOUR NEEDS.
Agenda
August 29, 2000
Page Four
2A. U.S. MARINE CORPS, #00-0847, requests authorization
to place 700 linear feet of riprap revetment and to construct a handicap
accessible fishing pier along the shoreline of Chopawamsic Creek, a tributary
to the Potomac River, in Stafford County.
2B. CITY OF ALEXANDRIA, #99-1502, requests authorization
to install 370 linear feet of sheet-pile replacement bulkheads aligned within
two (2) feet of existing concrete bulkheads at two (2) locations, backfill 740
square feet of State-owned subaqueous bottomland, and install a 1251 square
foot deck and a 296 square foot floating dock and gangway at a third location
and to replace three mooring dolphins along the City waterfront of the Potomac
River in Alexandria.
2C. LANDSDOWNE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, L.L.C.,
#00-0954,
requests authorization to construct an 82-foot by 371-foot roadway bridge over
Goose Creek, a tributary to the Potomac River in Loudoun County. Recommend approval with our standard
instream construction conditions.
2D. ST. MARGARET=S SCHOOL, #00-0956, requests authorization
to construct 925 linear feet of riprap revetment extending a maximum of 12 feet
channelward of an existing deteriorated bulkhead adjacent to their property
along the Rappahannock River in Essex County.
2E. SUSSEX SERVICE AUTHORITY, #99-2116, requests authorization
to install, by the directional bore method, 45 linear feet of submerged
waterline crossing beneath Stony Creek and 50 linear feet of waterline crossing
under Gally Swamp adjacent to the southbound lane of U.S. Route 301. Recommend
our standard instream construction conditions and a royalty of $95.00 for the
encroachment beneath 95 linear feet of State-owned submerged bottom at a rate
of $1.00 per linear foot.
2F. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
#00-1115,
requests authorization to install 12 anchor plates and associated anchorage for
15 vessels at the James River Reserve Fleet.
The mooring Unit #3 anchorage is located specifically at 37E 06' 40" N latitude and 76E 37' 36" W longitude in the James
River offshore of Fort Eustis in the City of Newport News.
Agenda
August 29, 2000
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2G. H. P. MCNEAL, #00-1164, requests authorization
to construct and backfill 350 linear feet of vinyl sheetpile replacement
bulkheading a maximum of two (2) feet channelward of the deteriorating
structure at his property situated along Linkhorn Bay in Virginia Beach. Recommend a royalty in the amount of $636.00
for the encroachment of the bulkhead and fill on 636 square feet of State-owned
subaqueous bottom at a rate of $1.00 per square foot.
2H. CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH, #00-1258, requests authorization
to install approximately 142 linear feet of riprap scour protection along pier
foundations which support the Lake Gaston Pipeline aerial crossings of the
Nottoway River, Assamoosick Swamp and the Black Water River in Southampton and
Isle of Wight Counties. Recommend a
time of year restriction from March 15 - June 30 to protect the Roanoke
logperch, strick adherence to the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control
Handbook (3rd Edition, 1992) and the exclusion of machinery in the streambed.
2I. NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK
CO., #00-0583,
requests authorization to dredge, by mechanical method, 300,000 cubic yards of
State-owned bottom material (270,000 cubic yards of which is maintenance) from
the James River to create and maintain maximum depths ranging from -25 feet to
-70 feet at mean low water adjacent to their facility in Newport News. All dredged material will be transported
directly to Craney Island for disposal.
Recommend a royalty of $13,500.00 for the new dredging of 30,000 cubic
yards of State-owned subaqueous bottom material at a rate of $0.45 per cubic
yard. Further recommend the purchase
and planting of 3,000 market-size clams as 1.33:1 mitigation for the impacts to
0.32 acres of clamming ground.