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. DR.
AND MRS. ALEXANDER J. PAPPAS, #99-1829.
Commission review on appeal of the May 25, 2000, decision of the Accomack County
Wetlands Board to approve in modified form a request to construct and backfill
102 linear feet of timber bulkhead, impacting 950 square feet of wetlands at
their property situated along the Chincoteague
Bay.
5. MR.
AND MRS. W. L. FERGUSON, #00-0224, request
authorization to construct a second private pier extending from their property
situated along Montgomery Cove and the Rappahannock River in Middlesex County.
The project is protested by several nearby property owners.
6. FORD
KELLY, #99-2210, requests
authorization to construct an 80-foot long by 8-foot wide, open-pile, timber,
commercial pier with 816 square feet of service decking surrounding a 50-foot
long by 29-foot wide, enclosed, commercial boathouse, which will rise
approximately 27 feet above mean low water, adjacent to his property situated
along Cockrell Creek in Northumberland County. The project is protested by the adjacent
property owner.
7. BARBARA
HIGGINBOTHAM, #99-0842. Failure to comply with design condition
of permit to remove and reconstruct a commercial pier adjacent to her property
situated along Back Creek in York County.
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July 25, 2000
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8.
COLONNA'S SHIPYARD, INC., #99-1636. Show
Cause Hearing to determine Colonna's Shipyard, Inc. and Norfolk Dredging
Company's responsibility for over dredging conducted at Dry Dock #2 between
January 23, 2000, and January 30, 2000, at the shipyard situated along the
Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River and Pescara Creek in the City of Norfolk.
9.
DISCUSSION: Commission
consideration of guidance criteria regarding the removal and transplantation of
submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) from beds in Virginia's tidal waters to both
in state and out of state locations for mitigation of project impacts and/or as
habitat enhancement.
10. DISCUSSION: Alternate methods of measuring minimum size limits of
channeled whelk; Report of Conch Committee.
11. PUBLIC
HEARING: Consideration of proposed amendments to Regulation 20-890-10
et. seq., "Pertaining to channeled whelk"
requiring the use of bait containers and limited quantities of bait.
12. DISCUSSION: Consideration of emergency
action to reduce the horseshoe crab quota from
from 710,000 crabs to 355,000 crabs.
13.
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.
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July 25, 2000
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2A. CITY OF SALEM,
#98-1992, requests
authorization to construct a new
raw water intake structure which will extend approximately five (5) feet below
ordinary high water adjacent to their property situated near the 4th Street
Water Treatment Plant situated along the Roanoke River. Recommend a time of year restriction
from March 15 - June 30 to protect the Roanoke logperch and our standard
instream construction conditions.
2B. TRANSCONTINENTAL
GAS PIPELINE CORP., #00-0730,
requests authorization to conduct routine maintenance, anomaly digs and repair
of an 80-mile section of existing gas pipeline right-of-way (Main line A) that
involves the use of a "smart pig" diagnostic device to identify
problem sections which may require immediate excavation, exposure and
replacement of the gas pipeline. These
repairs may potentially impact multiple stream crossings along the line route in
Pittsylvania, Appomattox, Campbell and Buckingham Counties. Staff recommends
approval of the project with our standard instream construction conditions and
prior notification to DGIF of any excavation required.
2C. VIRGINIA MARINE
RESOURCES COMMISSION, Artificial Reef Program, #94-0520, requests
authorization for a three-year extension and modification of their existing
permit to deploy steel hulled vessels in addition to pre-fabricated reef
structures within the confines of the existing reef site. All additional material deployed will
maintain the current 20-foot
clearance requirement at the Northern Neck Reef located approximately seven (7)
nautical miles east of the Great Wicomico Light in the Chesapeake Bay.
2D. NORFOLK
SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK CORP., #99-1879,
requests authorization to modify a previously issued permit to include the
installation of 95 linear feet of riprap scour protection adjacent to an
existing steel sheetpile bulkhead at Pier #1 at their facility situated along
the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River in the City of Norfolk.
2E. COLONNA
YACHTS, #98-1985, requests a
modification to an existing permit to construct and relocate a 165-foot
long by 22-foot wide, concrete, travel-lift pier and a 150-foot
long by 22-foot wide travel lift pier in lieu of two (2) 150-foot
long by 15-foot wide travel lift piers previously authorized adjacent to
their facility situated along the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River in
Norfolk. Recommend an additional annual royalty of $228.00 for the additional
encroachment over 2,280 square feet of State-owned subaqueous bottom at a
rate of $0.10 per square foot.
2F. TOLL ROAD INVESTOR PARTNERSHIP II, L.P., #00-0940, requests authorization to construct a roadway bridge widening over Broad Run, a tributary to the Potomac River, being part of the Dulles Greenway Toll Road widening project in Loudon County. Recommend approval pending expiration of public comment with our standard intream construction conditions.