TENTATIVE AGENDA July 22, 2025

** APPROVAL OF AGENDA.

1. MINUTES of previous meeting.

2. PERMITS (Projects over $500,000.00 with no objections and with staff recommendation for approval).

3. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.

4. CLOSED MEETING FOR CONSULTATION WITH, OR BRIEFING BY, COUNSEL.

5. KINDER MORGAN TRANSMIX COMPANY LLC, #25-0870 requests authorization to install a 50-foot by 54-inch diameter steel mooring monopile with a 66-inch diameter rock socket situated along the James River, serving 3302 Deepwater Road in the City of Richmond.

6. COCKRELL FARMS LLC, #25-0358 requests authorization to construct and backfill a 387-foot vinyl replacement bulkhead, mechanically dredge 280 cubic yards of state-owned submerged lands with upland disposal and construct a 3,420 square-foot concrete commercial wharf, adjacent to the commercial marina situated along the Little Wicomico River at 309 Railway Drive in Northumberland County. The project is protested by two adjacent property owners.

7. SHELLFISH Mark Johnson, Oyster Planting Ground application #2021-016, requests authorization to lease approximately 250 acres of oyster planting ground in the Chesapeake Bay in the City of Norfolk.

8. PUBLIC COMMENTS

9. PUBLIC HEARING Proposal to amend Chapter 4VAC20-490, "Pertaining to Sharks" to clarify language regarding the prohibition of overnight soaks for Virginia spiny dogfish permit holders using gill net mesh size equal to or greater than 5.25-inches and less than 10-inches in the Delaware and Maryland Atlantic Sturgeon Bycatch Reduction Area or the Virginia Atlantic Sturgeon Bycatch Reduction Area between 8:00 pm through 5:00 am the following day from November 1 through March 31.

10. PUBLIC HEARING Proposal to amend Chapter 4VAC20-1390-10, "Pertaining to Shrimp," to 1) Expand the number of limited entry shrimp trawl licenses; 2) Establish an Eastern Shore Shrimp Trawl Harvest Area; 3) Extend the start of the season into September; 4) Modify the maximum dimensions of the shrimp trawl gear; and 5) Amend methods for reporting bycatch.

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A. LARRY SHORES, JR., #25-0687 requests after-the-fact authorization to retain seven (7) 4-foot by 8-foot crab shedding trays attached to an existing pier, and to utilize the pier for both private and commercial purposes, adjacent to tax parcel 20B-65, situated along Urbanna Creek in Middlesex County.

VMRC DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES; THEREFORE, IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS DUE TO A DISABILITY, PLEASE ADVISE MICHELE GUILFORD (757-247-2206) 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.