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  • June

    NAO-2024-2627 (Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, Pittsylvania County, Virginia)

    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line proposes to construct the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project consisting of the installation of 55.3 miles of 42-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline (Virginia and North Carolina), additions to compression facilities (Virginia and North Carolina) and facility modifications (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama). The subject of this notice is specific to the actions of SSEP requiring a DA permit under the provisions of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, which consists of the proposal to construct 55.3 miles of natural gas pipeline known as the Salem and Eden Loops located in North Carolina and Virginia. The Wilmington District will receive written comments on the proposed work, as outlined above, pertaining to both the Wilmington District and Norfolk District areas of responsibility, until July 28, 2025.

  • NAO-2014-00851 (Wetland and Stream Replacement Fund In Lieu Fee Program, Richmond, Virginia )

    The Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Environmental Quality is proposing to develop an In-Lieu Fee Compensatory Mitigation Program referred to as “Wetland and Stream Replacement Fund In-Lieu Fee Mitigation Program” pursuant to Title 33 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 332. Comments should be received by the close of business on July 28, 2025.

  • Nationwide Permit Reissuance Public Notice Request

    On June 18, 2025, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published in the Federal Register its proposal to reissue 56 existing nationwide permits (NWPs) and issue one new NWP. One NWP is not proposed for reissuance. NWPs are general permits issued on a nationwide basis to streamline the authorization of activities that result in no more than minimal individual and cumulative adverse environmental effects. Many of the proposed NWPs require notification to the district engineer before commencing those activities, to ensure that the activities authorized by those NWPs cause no more than minimal individual and cumulative adverse environmental effects.  

  • NAO-2024-02685

    Amazon Data Services, Inc. has proposed to construct the first phase of a two-lane public road to be known as Green Bay Farm Road which will provide through access between Route 33 and Mt. Airy. Proposed impacts are for the construction of the road, associated stormwater management facilities, and erosion and sediment control measures.

  • Norfolk District Schedules Aerial Mosquito Treatment at Craney Island on June 18

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has scheduled aerial mosquito treatment on June 18th, over the federal property on Craney Island.

  • Joint Public Notice: Notice of Availability of the Regional Streamflow Duration Assessment Methods for the Northeast and Southeast

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Baltimore, Buffalo, Charleston, Chicago, Detroit, Fort Worth, Galveston, Huntington, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Little Rock, Louisville, Memphis, Mobile, Nashville, New England, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Savannah, St. Louis, Tulsa, Vicksburg, and Wilmington Districts, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 jointly announce the availability of the Regional Streamflow Duration Assessment Methods (Regional SDAMs) for the Northeast and Southeast (dated June 12, 2025). The methods are rapid assessment tools to help distinguish between ephemeral, intermittent, and perennial streamflow at the reach scale for the Northeast and Southeast SDAM Regions.
  • Craney Island

    Norfolk District Schedules Aerial Mosquito Treatment at Craney Island on June 12

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has scheduled aerial mosquito treatment on June 12th, over the federal property on Craney Island.

  • NAO-2025-00030 (Synagro - Skippers, Greensville County, Virginia)

    The applicant is proposing to construct a compositing facility for the conversion of organic biosolids and wood waste into compost for commercial sale. The proposed project, known as the Synagro Compositing Facility, will include site grading, vehicle accessways and two automotive parking areas, stormwater basins, active bays, curing bays, and overs pile, finished pile, finished product storage areas, mulch pile, scale house, office building, biosolid building and loadout pad. The proposed development will result in permanent impacts to 1.90 acres of wetlands and 83 linear feet of intermittent stream. The purpose of the project is to construct a facility for composting biosolid byproducts.

  • May

    NAO-2022-02902 (Middle James Umbrella Mitigation Bank, Appomattox, Virginia)

    The Sponsor proposes to design, construct, establish, and operate the Bank for the purpose of providing off-site compensatory mitigation for projects that result in unavoidable impacts to waters of the U.S., including wetlands. The Sponsor has proposed that the Bank will consist of two (2) sites, the Natts Branch Site and the Clover Hill Site. The Sites total approximately 122 acres. All work is proposed to occur in Appomattox County, Virginia.

  • 408-NAO-2024-0125 (City of Virginia Beach Rudee Inlet Jetty Anchor System and Dredge Pipe Replacement Project)

    Interested parties are hereby notified that a request for permission to alter a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) federal project pursuant to Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. 408 (Section 408) has been received and is under evaluation by the Norfolk District. This is a Section 408 request submitted by the City of Virginia Beach for the Rudee Inlet Jetty Anchor System and Dredge Pipe Replacement Project. The proposed activities include the installation of new pipe pile and concrete anchor block structures (22 total) and replacement of the existing dredge discharge pipeline crossing the channel. The proposed work will support the operation of a new larger hydraulic dredge required for maintaining water depths in Rudee Inlet. Comments should be received by the close of business on June 11, 2025.

  • NAO-2019-01172 (Howe Farm Mitigation Bank, Hampton, Virginia)

    Nature Bank, LLC is proposing a to design, construct, establish, and operate compensatory mitigation bank Site on approximately 125 acres. The Site is called the Howe Farm Mitigation Bank. All work is to occur in Hampton, Virginia.

  • 408-NAO-2025-0035 (Safe Harbor Bluewater Marina Improvements Project )

    Interested parties are hereby notified that a request for permission to alter a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) federal project pursuant to Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. 408 (Section 408) has been received and is under evaluation by the Norfolk District. This Section 408 request was submitted by Safe Harbor Bluewater Marina Improvements Project which includes new work and maintenance dredging and the replacement of multiple fixed piers with floating piers for safe ingress/egress to the marina and for the mooring of larger vessels at the marina along Herbert's Creek (Sunset Creek) located at 25 Marina Road, Hampton, VA. This project may alter the Hampton Creek/Herberts Creek Federal Navigation Channel. The area will be dredged to -6.5-ft MLW and -8.0-ft MLW and transported to an approved upland facility. Comments should be received by the close of business on June 6, 2025.

  • 408-NAO-2025-0031 (City of Norfolk Waterside Timber Pier Replacement Project)

    Interested parties are hereby notified that a request for permission to alter a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) federal project pursuant to Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. 408 (Section 408) has been received and is under evaluation by the Norfolk District. This is a Section 408 request submitted by the City of Norfolk for the demolition and replacement of a portion of the Waterside Timber Pier, in the same footprint as existing structures. The pier is located behind 333 Waterside Drive in Norfolk, VA and may alter the Eastern Branch Elizabeth River portion of the Norfolk Harbor and Channels Federal Navigation Project (NHC-EBER) and Norfolk Coastal Storm Risk Management Federal Project (NCSRM). The existing pier has shown significant deterioration and is currently closed to the public. Comments should be received by the close of business on June 6, 2025.

  • 408-NAO-2024-0127 (Town of Tappahannock Captain Thomas Transient Dock Facility)

    Interested parties are hereby notified that a request for permission to alter a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) federal project pursuant to Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. 408 (Section 408) has been received and is under evaluation by the Norfolk District. This Section 408 Request was submitted by the Town of Tappahannock to construct a canoe/kayak launch and transient boat docking facility situated at the Captain Thomas Site on Hoskins Creek. The overall facility will also offer fuel for transient boaters, a pump-out station, bathhouse, and parking lot. The main purpose of the project is to expand transient boater access along the Rappahannock River and offer a sheltered, deep-water location that is immediately adjacent to a federally maintained navigation channel. The main dock will be a 13-foot-wide by 240-foot-long floating dock that can side moor up to (16) 26-foot-long transient vessels. The floating dock will be ADA accessible and accessed by a 6-foot by 80-foot gangway that connects to a 25-foot by 30-foot fixed timber pierhead. The pierhead will also support the fuel pump and sanitary pump-out station. The pierhead will connect to the landside with an 8-foot-wide by 72-foot-long timber walkway. Upstream from the transient boat dock is a proposed canoe/kayak launch that will be a 10-foot-wide by 20-foot-long floating with an 8-foot by 10-foot gangway support float that is connected to landside with a 5-foot-wide by 40-foot-long gangway. Comments should be received by the close of business on June 5, 2025.

  • 408-NAO-2025-0040 Dominion Terminal Maintenance Dredging Project

    Interested parties are hereby notified that a request for permission to alter a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) federal project pursuant to Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. 408 (Section 408) has been received and is under evaluation by the Norfolk District. This Section 408 Request is for the continued maintenance dredging at the Dominion Terminal Associates (DTA) facility on the James River adjacent to the Norfolk Harbor and Channels - Channel Newport News Federal Navigation Project. The permitted depth at the facility is currently -57-feet MLW. The current dredging footprint consists of approximately 26.50 acres of subaqueous, unconsolidated bottom. Dredging will be completed mechanically with placement at an approved upland disposal facility. When capacity is available and pending final authorization, future maintenance cycles may utilize the CIDMMA for dredged material placement. Comments should be received by the close of business on June 4, 2025.

  • NOTICE OF RELEASE OF THE NORFOLK HARBOR NAVIGATION IMPROVEMENTS, ANCHORAGE F MODIFICATIONS, DRAFT LIMITED REEVALUATION REPORT/SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Virginia Port Authority announce the release of the Draft Limited Reevaluation Report/Supplemental Environmental Assessment (LRR/SEA) for the Norfolk Harbor Navigation Improvements, Anchorage F Modifications Study.
  • Aerial

    Norfolk District Schedules Aerial Mosquito Treatment at Craney Island on May 21

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has scheduled aerial mosquito treatment on May 21st, over the federal property on Craney Island.

  • NAO-2019-01928 (New Market South, Chesterfield County, Virginia)

    Stanley Martin Homes, LLC is proposing to construct residential lots, roads, utilities, stormwater management facilities, recreational areas, and open space in Chesterfield County, Virginia.

  • NAO-2007-02396 (Martin Marietta Midlothian Quarry, Chesterfield County, Virginia)

    Martin Marietta, Inc. is proposing to expand the existing Midlothian Quarry and move an existing natural gas pipeline in Chesterfield County, Virginia as well as construct a permittee responsible mitigation site in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

  • April

    NAO-2018-1574 (Mountain Valley Pipeline - South Gate, Pittsylvania County, Virginia)

    Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC is proposing the construction 31.3 miles of 30-inch diameter natural gas pipeline to transport natural gas from an interconnection point with the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Pittsylvania County, Virginia to an interconnection point with the East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC system (East Tennessee) in Rockingham North Carolina, and then to two new delivery points in Rockingham County, North Carolina.