1. MINUTES of previous meeting.
** APPROVAL OF AGENDA.
2. PERMITS (Projects over
$50,000 with no
objections and with staff recommendation for approval.)
3. CLOSED SESSION.
4. Request by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the establishment of a regulation
pertaining to security zones around bridges and tunnels in the
Commonwealth.
5. SAM DANIELS, #04-1514. Commission
review on appeal by Mr. Daniels of the July 19, 2004, decision by the
Isle of Wight County Wetlands Board to deny an application to install
up to 170 linear feet of riprap revetment landward of mean low water at
his property situated along Brewers Creek, a tributary to Chuckatuck
Creek in Isle of Wight County.
6. BAY MARINE, #01-1302. Restoration
hearing to consider the unauthorized construction of a 280-foot by
5-foot commercial pier and the installation of a sewage discharge pipe
and diffuser extending approximately 260 feet channelward of mean low
water adjacent to their marina situated along Broad Creek in Middlesex
County.
7. CONLEY PROPERTIES, LLC, #04-0732, requests
authorization to construct a 10-slip community pier which will extend
66 feet into Carpenters Cove of Mulberry Creek and include a 157-foot
long T-head, four (4) finger piers, two (2) uncovered boatlifts and ten
(10) associated mooring piles in the Town of Morattico, Lancaster
County. The project is protested by the adjacent property
owners.
8. RAPPAHANNOCK SHORES ASSOCIATION, #03-7221,
requests authorization to reconstruct two open-pile timber community
piers damaged by Hurricane Isabel, measuring 150-feet and 180-feet in
length and designated as piers #2 and #3, lengthen pier #2 an
additional 118 feet, reconstruct two 8.5-foot wide by 21-foot long
T-head platforms and replace/set the associated mooring piles at piers
#1 - #3 to accommodate 27 wet slips previously authorized by VMRC
Permit #97-0232 at their property situated along the Rappahannock River
in Essex
County.
9. GEORGE HARRISON, #04-1410, requests authorization to place up to
1,403 linear feet of riprap revetment at and landward of mean high
water, at the applicant's property situated along the James River in
Prince George County. Commission Wetlands Permit required
10. MARK SANFORD, #03-048S, requests
authorization to lease 5.28 acres of Oyster Planting Ground in Mill
Creek, a tributary of Cherrystone Creek in Northampton County. The
project is protested by nearby property owners.
11. DANDY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.L.C., #97-0013, requests
authorization to dredge a 1,575-foot long by 35-foot wide access
channel and a 400-foot long by 200-foot wide basin, and to construct a
172-foot long by 8-foot wide marginal wharf with 5-finger piers and
associated mooring piles adjacent to their property situated along The
Thorofare in York County.
12. PUBLIC COMMENTS
13. Striped Bass: Review of the Individual
Transferable Quota program.
14. Pound net siting, public interest review:
Recommendations of the Finfish Management Advisory Committee
15. Black Sea Bass: Report of September 23rd
industry meeting; review of regulation.
16. Public Hearing: Consideration of proposed
amendments to Regulation 4VAC20-720, "Pertaining to Restrictions
on Oyster Harvest" for the 2004/2005 public oyster harvest season.
2A. KINGSMILL
RESORT, #04-1519, requests authorization to reconstruct and
reconfigure their storm damaged marina facility located on the James
River in James City County to include replacement of a 110-foot section
of fixed dock that will connect a new floating dock system with the
upland. The floating dock system will consist of a 13-foot wide
by 66-foot long landing float; a 10-foot wide by 270-foot long central
dock with a 13-foot wide by 132-foot T-head. The central dock
will also have sixteen (16) 4-foot wide by 20-foot long finger
piers. A proposed downstream floating dock will be 10-foot wide
by 224-foot long with a 13-foot wide by 66-foot long L-head and have
five (5) 4-foot wide by 25-foot long finger piers. The applicant
also proposes to retrofit an existing upstream floating dock with three
(3) 4-foot wide by 20-foot long finger piers. The number of slips
will remain unchanged at 91.
2B. RICHMOND METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY, #02-1025, requests
authorization to modify their previously issued permit to extend a
4-cell highway crossing culvert an additional three feet on the
downstream end, within Powhite Creek, a tributary to the James River
within the City of Richmond.
2C. U. S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, #03-1365,
requests a one-time modification to their previously issued permit to
allow for the overboard disposal of dredged material during the current
time-of-year restriction between February 15 and June 30, adjacent to
the James River Federal Navigation Project between Milepost 69 and
Milepost 27 (Goose Hill Channel) within the James River.
This modification, in 2005, is part of a proposed fish study with the
Virginia Institute of Marine Science.
2D. MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION, #04-1407. The
Fisheries Management Division requests authorization to construct a
200-foot long by 30-foot wide intertidal oyster reef sanctuary composed
of approximately 2,000 cubic yards of clam and oyster shell. The
reef will be centered at 38° 02' 26'' North Latitude and 76°
31' 49'' West Longitude within Public Ground #2, approximately 1,500
feet southwest of Lynch Point, in the Yeocomico River in Westmoreland
County.
2E. MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION, #04-1331. The
Fisheries Management Division requests re-authorization to continue
construction of the Gwynn's Island artificial fishing reef centered at
37 28' 51" North Latitude and 76 14' 19" West Longitude, near Milford
Haven Spit, through the deployment of a variety of engineered materials
and acceptable demolition materials while maintaining a minimum
clearance of 14 feet at mean low water.
2F. FAIRFAX COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, #02-2187, requests authorization to
modify a permit issued on June 24, 2003, that authorized the
installation of a sanitary sewer trunk line beneath four sections of
Pohick Creek. Recent erosion has changed the previously measured
streambed elevations, resulting in a much shallower proposed
installation of the sanitary sewer line. The modification would
allow the installation of precast concrete caps to be placed over the
existing sewer trunk line and concrete encasements to be installed
around the proposed sanitary sewer trunk line at two of the
crossings. In addition, six-inch thick gabion mattresses will be
installed along the streambed to cover the trunk lines instead of
riprap as originally permitted. To prevent any adverse impacts to
anadromous fish due to sedimentation, a time-of-year restriction of
February 15 - June 30 will be required. All other conditions of
the original permit apply.
2G. U.S. MARINE CORPS, #02-2196, requests
authorization to dredge 340 cubic yards of State-owned submerged land
and construct a 67-foot long by 32-foot wide concrete boat ramp, two
(2) 40-foot long by 32-foot wide gabion basket ramp support structures
and a 108-foot long by 8-foot wide tending pier adjacent to their
property situated along Quantico Creek in Prince William County.
Staff recommends a time-of-year restriction from February 15 through
June 30 to protect spawning of anadromous fishes.
2H. WATERMEN'S MUSEUM, #02-0503, requests a
modification to their previously authorized project to add a 132-foot
long by 14-foot wide floating pier and associated access ramp adjacent
to property situated along the York River in York County.
2I. U.S. COAST GUARD, #04-0736, requests
authorization to install a 108-foot long by 32-foot wide floating pier
for the storage of vessels adjacent to their property situated along
Wormley Creek in York County.
2J. EARL INDUSTRIES, LLC, #04-1721, requests
authorization to install 12 10-foot by 20-foot fenders adjacent to a
commercial pier at their facility situated along the Elizabeth River in
Portsmouth.
2K. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, #04-1983, requests
authorization to mechanically dredge up to 78,000 cubic yards of
subaqueous material, on an as-needed basis, to provide maximum depths
up to minus -24 feet at mean low water at Piers C, D, and E at the
Southgate Annex adjacent to their property situated along the Southern
Branch of the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth. Staff recommends the
submittal of a post-dredge bathymetric survey be required.
2L. ANN PEARSON, #03-2394, requests
authorization to install 1,338 linear feet of bulkhead, aligned a
maximum of two (2) feet in front of the existing deteriorated bulkhead
adjacent to Willoughby Bay Marina property situated along Hampton Roads
in Norfolk.
2M. BAYMARK CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, #03-1185,
requests authorization to modify their existing permit by installing
one additional 200-foot long offshore stone breakwater north of the
five (5) previously permitted breakwaters adjacent to their property
along the Chesapeake Bay, north of Allegood Pond in the Town of Cape
Charles.
2N. COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY, #04-1899, requests
authorization to conduct routine inspection and maintenance activities
of existing petroleum pipelines at 48 jurisdictional stream crossings
along a corridor that extends from Danville to the Potomac River in
Fairfax County. Problems detected within any section of the
pipeline may require excavation and replacement or in-stream
repairs. Depending on the size of the stream and nature of the
repair, temporary dams, cofferdams, and flume pipes may be installed to
provide dry working conditions. Recommend our standard in-stream
construction conditions apply, as well as time-of-year restrictions and
mussel surveys/relocations as recommended by DGIF. Approval will
also be contingent on the expiration of the public comment period on
September 30, 2004.
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.