** APPROVAL OF AGENDA.
1. MINUTES of previous meeting.
2. PERMITS (Projects over $50,000 with no
objections and with staff recommendation for approval.)
3. CLOSED MEETING FOR CONSULTATION WITH OR BRIEFING BY COUNSEL.
4. BARBARA KERR, ET AL, #05-2542,
requests authorization to retain a 20-foot by 24-foot open-sided
boathouse near the channelward end of a 130-foot long private pier
adjacent to their property along the Piankatank River in Mathews
County. The project is protested by the owners of an adjoining
parcel that, due to an error by the agent in the joint permit
application, were not notified during the application review process.
5. ERNEST ADCOX, #06-1449,
requests authorization to construct a 42-foot by 19-foot private,
open-sided, non-commercial boathouse and associated finger piers at an
existing pier adjacent to his property along the Poquoson River in York
County. The project is protested by an adjacent property owner
and a nearby resident.
6. CHARLES N. COOPER, #05-0481,
requests authorization to install four (4) private aids-to-navigation
adjacent to his property situated along the Lafayette River in
Norfolk. The project is protested by several residents in the
vicinity.
7. ALBERT WILLIAMS, #05-0753.
Consideration of Mr. Williams' failure to comply with the Commission's
June 27, 2006, directive to remove four (4) unauthorized pilings placed
within Willoughby Bay in the City of Norfolk.
8. PUBLIC COMMENTS
9. PUBLIC HEARING:
Final consideration of emergency amendments to Regulation 4VAC20-490,
Pertaining to Sharks, to establish a 4,000 pound trip limit for spiny
dogfish.
10. PUBLIC HEARING:
Consideration of proposed amendments to Regulations 4VAC20-1090,
"Pertaining to Licensing Requirements and License Fees", Regulation
4VAC20-610,"Pertaining to Commercial Fishing and Mandatory Harvest
Reporting", and Regulation 4VAC20-200, "Pertaining to the Requirements
for Reporting Oyster Transactions and Payment of Taxes", affecting the
methods for payment of oyster taxes, reporting of harvests from leased
grounds, and establishment of oyster and clam aquaculture licenses.
11. REQUEST FOR PUBLIC HEARING:
Proposed amendments to Regulation 4VAC20-510, "Pertaining to Amberjack
and Cobia", to provide for the lawful aquaculture of Cobia.
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ITEMS (Projects over $50,000
with no
objections and with staff recommendation for approval)
2A. VERIZON, #06-2560,
requests authorization to relocate and install by directional bore and
diver handheld jet pump method, 2,400 linear feet of fiber-optic cable
up to four (4) feet below the substrate of the Nansemond River,
immediately upstream of the Kings Highway Bridge in the City of
Suffolk. Recommend imposition of a time-of-year restriction from
March 1 through June 15 and a royalty of $7,200.00 for the encroachment
in State-owned bottom at a rate of $3.00 per linear foot.
2B. FLUOR ENTERPRISES, INC., #06-2376,
requests authorization for permanent impacts to 1,866 square feet of
Accotink Creek consisting of placement of riprap, a retaining wall, and
extension of an existing culvert and temporary impacts to 13,948 square
feet of Accotink Creek consisting of construction access as a result of
construction of four High Occupancy Toll lanes and related
infrastructure along a stretch of the I-495 Beltway in Fairfax
County. No royalty recommended as this is a VDOT public/private
partnership project.
2C. H & H ENTERPRISES, INC., #06-1910,
requests authorization to dredge 7,500 cubic yards of State-owned
subaqueous bottom material from a 376-foot by 220-foot basin to achieve
maximum depths of minus eight (-8) feet below mean low water, and to
construct a 300-foot long by 20-foot wide industrial pier with an
8-foot by 20-foot L-head and two (2) 40-foot by 5-foot finger piers
adjacent to their property situated along the Western Branch of the
Elizabeth River in Portsmouth. All dredged materials will be
transported to the Craney Island Dredged Material Management
Area. Recommend the requirement for a pre-dredge conference,
submission of a post-dredge survey, and a royalty in the amount of
$15,600.00 for the encroachment of the pier over 7,800 square feet of
State-owned subaqueous land at a rate of $2.00 per square foot.
Recommend no dredging royalty since the former property owner, Virginia
Boat and Yacht, obtained a permit to dredge this same area (#98-0776),
paid the royalty, but never performed the dredging.
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.