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  • February

    CENAO-WR-R NAO-2016-0080

    The City of Norfolk has applied for an individual permit to dredge two channels in the Lafayette River. These channels are known as the West Belvedere Channel and the Regent Channel. The purpose of the dredging is to provide recreational boat access for the general public and properties located along both of these channels. Knowing that the property owners will want to connect their basins with the two channels, the City of Norfolk is proposing the creation/restoration of tidal wetlands and the creation of oyster reef habitat in order to compensate the impacts to mudflats resulting from both the municipal dredging and the proposed dredging of the surrounding property owners.

  • NAO-2017-0174/17-V0113

    City of Virginia Beach proposes to dredge Gills Cove, Middle Plantation neighborhood, as part of their SSD neighborhood dredging program.

  • NAO-2017-00161

    Highlands Conservation Group, LLC proposes to establish, design, construct, and operate a wetland and stream compensatory mitigation bank to provide off-site compensatory mitigation for projects that result in unavoidable impacts to wetlands and streams within the specified geographic service area. The proposed mitigation bank, is approximately 80 acres of land within the Big Sandy River watershed, Tazwell County, Virginia. The public comment period ends March 8, 2017.

  • NAO-2015-1730

    Whitewood Stable Inc. proposes to establish, design, construct, and operate a compensatory wetland and stream mitigation bank to be known as Whitewood Farm Umbrella Mitigation Bank north of The Plains in Fauquier County, Virginia.

  • NAO-2016-00681

    The stated purpose of the project is to construct a mix use development, including commercial buildings, multi-family homes, townhomes and associated parking, roads, utilities, and amenities in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
  • The North Landing Bridge, which spans the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway on the border of Chesapeake, Virginia and Virginia Beach, Virginia, handles approximately 11,000 vehicles per day under normal conditions. The bridge was damaged by two separate barge strikes, the first on March 1, 2016, the second on June 4, 2016.

    Corps plans closure for emergency repair to North Landing Bridge

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will close the North Landing Bridge on Route 165 for emergency repairs beginning at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow.

  • January

    NWP-170123

    On January 6, 2017, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published the notice in the Federal Register announcing the reissuance of all 50 existing nationwide permits (NWPs), general conditions, and definitions with some modifications. The Corps also issued two new NWPs, one new general condition, and five new definitions. The 2017 NWPs will go into effect on March 19, 2017, and will expire on March 18, 2022.

  • NAO-2006-0962/VMRC#16-1977

    The applicant proposes to develop phase VII of Bayhill Pointe subdivision on a 58-acre parcel that will tie in to the existing subdivision at the terminus of Buffalo Springs Drive and will include 109 lots.

  • NAO-2016-0801

    Container First Services proposes to expand the active landfill cell southward with the adjacent land fill cell. This project is located at 45 Landfill Road, Lunenburg, VA 23952. Public comment period ends on February 20, 2017

  • NAO-2016-2053

    Chesapeake Tunnel Joint Venture proposes to discharge fill into 18.5 acres of subaqueous bottom at Thimble Shoal in the Chesapeake Bay to construct a new parallel two-lane tunnel approximately 6,525 feet long for the purpose of expanding roadway capacity on the Lucius Kellam, Jr. Bridge Tunnel. The temporary impact areas total approximately 182 acres. The applicant is not proposing mitigation for the 1.3 acres of permanent subaqueous bottom loss. 408 permission will be required. The Regulatory Branch is evaluating this project pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act.

  • Project tracking system technical difficulties

    Due to technical difficulties in the regulatory office's project-tracking system, several projects submitted at the end of last year may have been lost. If you submitted a project/request prior to Dec. 31, 2016 and have not received confirmation of project assignment, contact us at 757-201-7652.

  • Local agencies invite college students to federal job fair

    College students in the Hampton Roads area are invited to the Norfolk District’s Federal Careers Open House from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Jan. 11.

  • Officials direct delayed opening at Waterfield, Craney Jan.10

    The Waterfield Building and Craney Island facilities will open Jan. 10 at 10 a.m.

  • Waterfield, Craney closed Jan. 9

    The Waterfield Building and Craney Island facilities are closed Monday, Jan. 9.

  • December

    NAO-2015-0730

    Dragas Management Corporation proposes to construct Phase II of Hickory Manor. Hickory Manor Phase I and II at completion will include117 townhomes, 310 detached condominiums, clubhouse, swimming pool, playground and associated infrastructure. The project is located in waters and wetlands associated with hydrologic unit code (HUC) 03010205 Northwest River watershed in Chesapeake, Virginia.

  • NAO-2012-01865/16-V0418

    Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC proposes the expansion of an existing mineral extraction operation with a second extraction pit and the relocation of the onsite processing facility, on a site known as “Graham Quarry Mineral Reserve Extraction (MRE)” in Fairfax County, Virginia. Permanent impacts are to 0.36 acre of palustrine forested (PFO) wetland, 0.34 acre of palustrine scrub-shrub (PSS) wetland, and 0.44 acre (1,607 linear feet) of stream channel. Comment period ends January 16, 2017.
  • CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- Norfolk District Operations Branch personnel use a crane barge to remove downed trees along the Dismal Swamp Canal's Lake Drummond feeder ditch here October 27,2016. The trees came down during Hurricane Matthew, which inundated the area with water causing flooding, power outages and downed trees. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Norfolk District closes Dismal Swamp Canal indefinitely

    Officials at the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have announced that the Dismal Swamp Canal will be closed indefinitely.

  • NAO-2015-00310

    Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wood propose to hydraulically dredge approximately 1608 cubic yards of material within a 21720 square foot area along Kings Creek to achieve maximum depths of minus four (-4.0) feet at mean low water. The purpose of the project is to improve water access to the East River for multiple property owners situated along Kings Creek. The project is located within Kings Creek, a tributary to the East River, and is situated north of Riverview Road and south of Kings Creek Lane in Mathews County, Virginia.
  • 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 15-minute closures at Deep Creek Bridge Wednesday

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will close the Deep Creek Bridge to traffic for 15 minute intervals Wednesday, Dec. 14, between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

  • NAO-2015-1834

    Stanley Martin Homes proposes to construct a residential development on approximately 108 acres north and south of the intersection of Braddock Road (Route 620) and Twin Ponds Lane in Loudoun County, Virginia. Comments are due January 11, 2017.