MARINE
RESOURCES COMMISSION
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.
ATCIC, INC., #99-1996, requests authorization to dredge, by
mechanical method, 1,943 cubic yards of State-owned subaqueous bottom material
to create a 910-foot long by 30-foot wide channel possessing maximum depths of
minus five (-5) feet at mean low water and two ancillary channels, one 220-feet
long by 15-feet wide and the second a 90-feet long by 15-feet wide, both
possessing maximum depths of minus four (-4) feet at mean low water, in Tanners
Creek in Norfolk. The project is
protested by the Citizens for the Preservation of Norfolk's Wetlands.
5.
CRAB CREEK IMPROVEMENTS, L.L.C.,
#00-2197. Commission review on appeal by 25 or more
freeholders of property within the City of Norfolk of the December 13, 2000,
decision by the Norfolk Wetlands Board to approve, in modified form, an
application to dredge navigation channels within Crab Creek, a tributary of the
Lafayette River.
6.
KENNETH D. WILKINS, #00-0650.
Commission review on appeal of the December 18, 2000, decision by the
Virginia Beach Wetlands Board to deny a permit to construct and backfill 1,050
linear feet of steel sheetpile bulkheading involving a coastal primary sand
dune and beach in Virginia Beach.
7.
BARBARA GROFF, #99-0046.
Restoration hearing to consider the unauthorized construction and
backfill of 154 linear feet of wooden bulkheading up to 5.2 feet channelward of
mean low water and encroaching on 420 square feet of State-owned subaqueous
bottom in Chincoteague Bay.
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January 23, 2001
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8. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, #01-0001, proposes to install approximately
12,000 linear feet of a floating physical barrier supported by eighteen (18)
fixed dolphins to serve as a protective waterfront barrier system and line of
demarcation for the western boundary of the Naval Station (NAVSTA) Norfolk
restricted waters situated along Hampton Roads.
9. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, #01-0002, proposes to install an
anchored/floating buoy line and two single lines of floating dredge pipe from
east and west banks of Little Creek harbor in the vicinity of Piers 35 and 19
respectively, to the eastern and western lines of the harbor access channel to
serve as a temporary protective waterfront barrier system for the Naval
Amphibious Base (NAVPHIBASE), Little Creek.
10. ERLING ENGELSEN, # 99-1991, requests after-the-fact authorization
to retain 120 linear feet of vinyl bulkheading and authorization to install 915
linear feet of bulkhead, at the Marina Cove Boat Basin situated along the
Harris River in Hampton.
11.
ATT/PF NET, #00-0082,
requests authorization to install a coaxial fiber optic cable along VDOT R/W
and within existing easements crossing numerous streams and rivers between
Chesterfield County and Loudoun County.
The project is protested by numerous landowners along the proposed
alignment.
12. PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed
management measures for the 2001 striped bass commercial and recreational
fisheries.
13.
PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed
regulatory amendments allowing for exceptions to the Commercial Hook-and-Line
limited entry program.
14.
DISCUSSION:
Recommendations of the Bi-State Blue Crab Advisory Committee and VMRC
Crab Management Advisory Committee.
Request for Public Hearing to establish 2001 crabbing regulations.
15.
DISCUSSION:
Request for public hearings to establish 2001 management measures for
the summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries.
16. Recommendation
of the Recreational Fishing Advisory Board
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January 23, 2001
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17.
Request
for public hearing to modify fish pot closed areas in the James River.
18.
Report
of the Assistant Attorney General concerning crab dredging/clam dredging
issues.
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January 23, 2001
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2A. MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION, #00-2039.
The Fisheries Management Division requests authorization to construct a
triangular shaped subtidal oyster reef sanctuary with three 60-foot wide sides
measuring 320 feet, 365 feet and 440 feet long, constructed of oyster and clam
shell at 37° 34' 39.0" North Latitude and 76° 19' 10.0" West Longitude in the Rappahannock River
between Sturgeon and Broad Creeks in Middlesex County.
2B. MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION, #00-2040. The Fisheries Management Division
requests authorization to construct a 500-foot long by 40-foot wide subtidal
oyster reef sanctuary constructed of oyster and clam shell at 37°05' 35.7" North Latitude, 76° 20' 38.0" West Longitude in Back
River near Langley Air Force Base in Hampton.
2C. MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION, #00-2041. The Fisheries Management Division
requests authorization to construct a 600-foot long by 60-foot wide subtidal
oyster reef sanctuary constructed of oyster and clam shell at 37°36' 59.0" North Latitude, 76°18' 21.0" West Longitude near Fleets
Island in the Rappahannock River on Public Ground No. 1, in Lancaster County.
2D. MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION, #00-2042.
The Fisheries Management Division requests authorization to construct a
658-foot long by 60-foot wide intertidal oyster reef sanctuary constructed of
oyster and clam shell at 36° 50'
14.0" North Latitude, 76° 14'
59.0" West Longitude near the Ford Motor Company Norfolk Assembly Plant in
the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk.
2E. ELIZABETH RIVER TERMINALS, #00-2029, requests authorization to maintenance
dredge, on an annual basis, by mechanical method, up to 10,000 cubic yards of
State-owned submerged lands from the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River to
maintain maximum depths of -35 feet below mean low water adjacent to their
facility in Chesapeake.
2F. AQUA MARINE, #00-1491, requests authorization to construct a
36-foot long by 8-foot wide fixed pier and a 236-foot long by 8-foot wide
floating pier, two 50-foot by 10-foot finger piers, and a 48-foot by 10-foot
finger pier supporting a total of 21 wet slips and associated mooring piles
adjacent to property situated along Chisman Creek in York County.
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January 23, 2001
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