TENTATIVE AGENDA January 27, 2026

** APPROVAL OF AGENDA.

1. MINUTES of previous meeting.

2. PERMITS (Projects over $1,000,000 with no objections and with staff recommendation for approval).

3. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.

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

5. JENNIFER EDGERTON, VMRC #25-1470 requests authorization to construct a 17-foot by 40-foot open-sided boathouse situated along The Thorofare at 1010 Dandy Loop Road in York County. This project is protested by an adjacent property owner.

6. STEVEN GREER, VMRC #25-1015 requests authorization to construct a 17-foot by 37-foot open-sided boathouse situated along Chisman Creek at 202 Cheadle Loop Road in York County. This project is protested by an adjacent property owner.

7. ROANOKE CEMENT COMPANY, VMRC #25-1129 requests authorization to construct a new 55-foot by 4-foot clear-span pedestrian footbridge placed a minimum of three (3) feet above Catawba Creek situated north of Interstate-81 and east of Catawba Road as part of the Roanoke Cement Company - Pedestrian Bridge project in Botetourt County. This project is protested by a nearby property owner.

8. TERESA JEPSON, VMRC #25-1712 requests authorization to construct a 16-foot by 18-foot open-sided gazebo on a statutorily authorized private pier along the Barn Creek shoreline at 1012 Gum Thicket Road in Mathews County. The project is protested by an adjacent property owner.

9. SHELLFISH Joshua H. Webb Oyster Planting Ground Application #2021-068 Requests authorization to lease approximately 12 acres of oyster planting ground within the North Inlet in Accomack County.

10. PUBLIC COMMENTS

11. PUBLIC HEARING The Commission proposes to amend Chapter 4VAC20-490 "Pertaining to Sharks" to expand the number of commercially permitted aggregated large coastal sharks and hammerhead sharks able to be retained per day from 36 to 55.

12. PUBLIC HEARING The Commission proposes to amend Chapter 4VAC 20-450, "Pertaining to the Taking of Bluefish" to increase the private and for-hire recreational bag limits.

13. RECOMMENDATION Commercial Fishing Advisory Board: Funding for Ocean-Based Fisheries Coordination.

14. DISCUSSION Waterway Maintenance Fund Guidance Document.

PAGE 2 ITEMS

A. NANCY LONGEST, VMRC #25-2377 requests authorization to extend an existing timber groin 20 feet landward and to construct an 8-foot T-spur on the channelward end adjacent to 155 Point Breeze Lane, situated along the Rappahannock River in Essex County. This project requires a VMRC Wetlands and Subaqueous permit.

B. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY VMRC #25-1137 requests authorization to hydraulically renourish the existing beach within Public Works Cove situated along the Chesapeake Bay within the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek - Fort Story in Virginia Beach. Approximately 150,000 cubic yards of sand dredged per cycle from near shore areas adjacent to Utah Beach will be placed channelward of mean low water along the shoreline. This project requires a VMRC Subaqueous permit.

C. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, VMRC #25-2262 requests authorization to conduct bridge repairs on an existing railroad crossing of the Pamunkey River, between New Kent County and King William County, by installing 14 Helper Bent structures each consisting of 4 H-Piles with associated bent caps, bracings, plate stiffeners, splicing structures, and sacrificial anodes - as part of the Bridge NSR F-164.50 Rehabilitation Project. The project requires a VMRC Subaqueous and Wetlands Permit.

D. WESTROCK CP, LLC, VMRC #25-2459 requests authorization to perform repair work on four pilings under an existing dock pad at their facility located along the Pamunkey River at 1901 Main Street in the City of West Point. The project requires a VMRC Wetlands Permit.

E. DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES, VMRC #25-2392 requests authorization to expand and raise the existing riprap breakwaters, previously installed under VMRC permit #24-0055 along the shoreline of the Ragged Island Wildlife Management Area, to include additional landward sand nourishment and wetlands plantings, danger marker piles, and oyster reef defender structures - situated along the James River in Isle of Wight County. This project requires a VMRC Subaqueous Permit.

F. FAIRWINDS LANDING, LLC, VMRC #25-1778 requests authorization to construct a 200-foot by 17-foot commercial floating dock adjacent to property leased from Norfolk Southern (500 Orapax Street) situated along the Main Stem of the Elizabeth River in the City of Norfolk. Staff recommends approval including a royalty of $7,200.00 for the encroachment of 3,600 square feet of submerged lands at a rate of $2.00/square foot. This project requires a VMRC Subaqueous permit.

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.