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  • May

    Cranes at the Virginia Port Authority's Norfolk International Terminal here stand at the ready to off-load and onload cargo ships.

    “Goo Must Go” - Back in Business on the Elizabeth

    A program to be signed by the Corps of Engineers on May 24 will be the first of its kind in the country and will once again allow impacts to healthy river bottom on the Elizabeth River to go forward while developers offset the impacts by cleaning up some of the contaminated “goo” elsewhere on the river.

  • CENAO-WRR

    The Norfolk District Regulatory Branch is soliciting comments on the proposed issuance and re-issuance of the following Regional General Permits (RP): RP-01 and RP-11, both for use by the Virginia Department of Transportation. The Norfolk District issues Regional Permits for a category of activities in Virginia that would result in minimal environmental impacts and are not contrary to the public interest. The purpose of Regional Permits is to improve regulatory consistency, enhance program efficiency, avoid duplication with other agencies, and simplify the permitting process for the regulated public.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold its 2015 FNOD quarterly restoration advisory board meeting March 25, 6-8 p.m., at the Courtyard Marriott, located at 8060 Harbour View Boulevard, Suffolk, Virginia.

    FNOD Updated Public Involvement Plan Released for Public Review May 15, 2018

    The 2018 Public Involvement Plan (PIP) discusses the public involvement activities that will be implemented to both maintain and improve communication efforts between USACE and stakeholders as part of USACE’s ongoing Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) remedial response effort at FNOD.

  • CENAO-WR-R 2015-0849

    Kotarides Developers, LLC proposes to construct Hickory Woods Subdivision impacting 82,519 square feet of Palustrine Emergent Wetlands (PEM), 8,650 square feet of Palustrine Forested Wetlands (PFO), 3,422 square feet of jurisdictional ditches, and 163 square feet of a ditch (outfall). Hickory Woods at completion will include112 townhomes, 54 single family units, associated commercial space, and infrastucture. The project is located in waters and wetlands associated with hydrologic unit code (HUC) 03010205 Northwest River watershed in Chesapeake, Virginia

  • NAO-2017-00235

    Wagman Heavy Civil is proposing improvements to an approximate six mile long section of Interstate-95 (I-95) southbound corridor between mile markers 135.3 and 129.3 in the City of Fredericksburg, Stafford County, and Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Proposed improvements include the addition of three lanes parallel to the I-95 southbound general purpose lanes between Truslow Road and 1.29 miles south of Route 3 (Exit 130). The proposed lanes would be designated as general-purpose lanes and serve the through traffic while the existing general-purpose lanes would be converted to collector-distributor lanes. The project would include associated roadway improvements at Route 17 and on I-95, and the construction of new pier supported bridges over the Rappahannock River and Route 17. The applicant proposes to permanently impact 0.101 acres of non-tidal wetlands and 1,552 linear feet of stream channel. To compensate for impacts, the applicant proposes to purchase mitigation bank and stream credits.

  • Corps ready for mosquitoes as season arrives

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is actively preparing to keep the mosquitoes at bay at its Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area in Portsmouth, Virginia.

  • CENAO-WR-OT

    The City of Virginia Beach proposes the rehabilitation of the fender system on the W. Great Neck bridge that crosses Long Creek and Wolfsnare Creek. Public Comment period ends May 31, 2018.

  • April

    Two men and one woman stand and smile for the camera. The woman is holding a hard hat and a plaque.

    DoDEA invests in schools overseas with USACE assistance

    Many of the schools throughout the Department of Defense Education Activity-Europe are failing,

  • NAO-2008-01387

    Fallings Spring LLC proposes to modify the Bailey Mitigation Bank MBI to include the Barrs Property. The purpose of the Bank/Bank Site is to provide off-site compensatory mitigation for projects that result in unavoidable impacts to wetlands and streams of the United States in the Chickahominy River Drainage Basin. The Sponsor plans to preserve 6,850 linear feet of the Chickahominy River, 3,355 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to the Chickahominy River, 4,742 linear feet of Collins Run, 2,696 linear feet of a braided channel associated with Collins Run, 203 acres of riparian buffer , and 48 acres of Palustrine Forested Wetlands (PFO) on the Barrs Property. These stream preservation credits are to be paired with stream restoration/enhancement credits from the site approved with the Bailey Mitigation Bank MBI.
  • Motorists travel over the Deep Creek Bridge in Chesapeake, Virginia, which spans the Dismal Swamp Canal on February 9, 2016. $22 million in federal money is identified in the USACE work plan and president's FY 17 budget to go towards replacing the 80 year-old draw bridge. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Corps schedules two 15 minute closures at Deep Creek Bridge

    CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- The Deep Creek Bridge will close to vehicle traffic for two 15 minute intervals on Thursday, April 19, between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 11:30. a.m.
  • Gathright Dam located in Alleghany County, Va., impounds the water flowing down the Jackson River to create the 2,500 acre Lake Moomaw. The dam has prevented numerous floods over its 30 plus year existence saving countless dollars and lives. (U.S. Army Photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Gathright Dam to begin controlled flood release today due to weekend rainfall

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin a controlled flood release at Gathright Dam near Covington, Virginia today.

  • Wetland Hydrology Determinations for the 2018 Monitoring Season

    The Norfolk District Regulatory Branch is issuing a public notice regarding precipitation conditions and groundwater monitoring associated with wetland determinations. Many sources of precipitation data indicate drier-than-normal climatic conditions in southeastern Virginia and our groundwater monitoring data indicate a shorter than typical wetland hydroperiod this season. Given these conditions, jurisdictional determinations should be based on current Corps guidance and evaluation of field indicators of vegetation, soils, and wetland hydrology. In addition, based on plant biological activity, the growing season in southeastern Virginia started the second full week in February.

  • CENAO-WRO-O

    The Great Bridge Lock, located in Chesapeake, Virginia, will be performing fender repairs and diving starting on April 11, 2018 and concluding on or before June 8, 2018. Repairs will take place between 6:30 AM and 2:30 PM, Monday through Friday. Diving operations and repairs will be limited to fender systems on the north side of the lock and the majority of the repairs will be behind the existing lock fenders.
  • Gathright Dam located in Alleghany County, Va., impounds the water flowing down the Jackson River to create the 2,500 acre Lake Moomaw. The dam has prevented numerous floods over its 30 plus year existence saving countless dollars and lives. (U.S. Army Photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Corps Announces Gathright Dam Pulse Release Dates for 2018

    NORFOLK, Va. -- The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will deviate from Gathright Dam's existing water control plan in order to conduct six pulse releases near Covington, Virginia from June through October 2018.

  • NAO-2010-01543

    The project is located on an approximately 57.87 acre parcel north of the Dulles Greenway (Route 267) and east of Gant Lane, south of Leesburg in Loudoun County, Virginia. The work will occur in tributaries to Goose Creek.

  • March

    2016-00028-arl

    The approximately 128 acre project site is located west of the John Marshall Highway (Route 55) and James Madison Highway Intersection, north of the Norfolk Southern Railroad, and directly south of Route 55 in Prince William County, Virginia.

  • 2000-02761 / 10-V0518

    The applicant proposes to increase the shipyard’s permitted dredge depths by variable amounts to achieve a series of standardized depths ranging from -30’ MLW to -50’ MLW across their carrier, submarine, & other vessel navigational zones to improve flexibility for ship movements and eliminate future permit modification requests. The applicant is proposing to remove a total of 868,259 cubic yards of subaqueous bottom as part of the new dredging, and plans to dispose of the material at Craney Island.
  • Graphic depicting inundation of roadways and critical infrastructure without and with projects recommended in the Norfolk Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study.

    Efforts to Make the City of Norfolk More Resilient Against Coastal Storms Passes Critical Milestone

    The effort to make the city of Norfolk more resilient against coastal storms took a step forward last week as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Headquarters, approved the team to move forward in the study process.

  • 2017-00050; 17-V2134

    Markel Corporation proposes to construct a warehouse distribution center, a business office park, roads, parking, utilities and erosion and sediment control measures within the existing West Creek Business Park, located in Goochland County, Virginia. Proposed impacts are: 1.34 acres of forested wetlands, 0.45 acre of emergent wetlands, 0.36 acre of open water, and 1,912 linear feet of stream channel. To mitigate for the proposed impacts, the applicant has proposed to purchase 3.11 wetland credits and 1,408 stream credits from the Weatherbury Wetland Mitigation Bank and the Lone Oak Mitigation Bank. Previously authorized wetland impacts for the West Creek Industrial Park are approximately 12.5 acres.

  • 2002-1929

    Napolitano Ventures proposes to impact 0.99 acres of jurisdictional forested wetlands (43,471 square feet) for the construction of 8 single family homes along Shoulders Hill Road in Suffolk, Virginia. The applicant minimized impacts to the greatest amount possible by reducing the original footprint of impacts to Waters of the United States (WOUS). The applicant is purchasing credits from an approved mitigation bank within the geographic service area to offset the impacts to wetlands associated with this project. The proposed site will be accessed through Bennetts Creek Square Development for which a permit was issued in April of 2008 (WP4-07-1796) to impact 0.746 acres of jurisdictional wetlands. Impacts were mitigated at an approved mitigation bank within the service area