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  • February

    SUFFOLK, Va. -- A sign warns people of the danger at the Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot. In 1987 the Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot became a matter of public concern when a piece of crystalline TNT was found at the Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth Campus. Extensive historical research, investigations, and testing led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to place this site on the National Priority list in 1999. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has managed the clean-up project on this site since. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    First FNOD meeting of 2016 scheduled

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host their quarterly public meeting regarding restoration efforts at the Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot Thursday.

  • NAO-2015-00042

    Meadow Lawn Farm, LLC proposes to establish 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 site, to be known as Meadow Lawn Farm Umbrella Mitigation Bank, is comprised of approximately 335 acres of land located on the Little Calfpasture River and Kelso Spring Branch, both of which are within the Maury River watershed in Rockbridge County, Virginia. The public comment period ends March 25, 2016.

  • NAO-2015-2095

    The applicant proposes to extend an existing siding track within the current railroad right-of-way between mileposts SA 55.3 and SA 59.7 in Branchville, Virginia. The project is located in the Buckhorn Swamp a tributary to Meherrin River, along an existing rail line parallel to Hugo Road in Branchville, Southampton County, Virginia.
  • 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.

    Gathright Dam to halt outflow as contractors perform routine inspection

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has scheduled a routine inspection at Gathright Dam from Feb. 22 through March 4, 2016.

  • Budget, USACE Work Plan provide $64 million for Virginia efforts

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Tuesday delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2016 (FY 2016) work plan for the Army Civil Works program just hours after the president released his proposed FY 17 budget. The proposed budget and work plan include a total of $64 million for Norfolk District civil works projects in Virginia through FY16-17.

  • NAO-2007-01406

    Roslyn Farm Corporation proposes to construct the approximately 40-acre Chudoba Industrial Park in Prince George County, VA. The project would provide “pad ready” commercial/industrial sites on property within the Virginia Enterprise Zone. The project is an industrial/commercial development of three large warehouse buildings (47,000 to 135,200 square feet) each with associated truck parking/docking and employee parking. The project would result in permanent impacts to approximately 1.42 acres of non-tidal wetlands associated with unnamed tributaries to Blackwater Swamp. Public Notice comment period ends 10 March 2016.

  • NAO-14-1391

    The applicant proposes to dredge approximately 89,257 cubic yards of material to a maximum depth of -10 feet below mean low water from approximately 296,208 square feet of subaqueous bottom within Wormley Creek and the York River. The project will realign the existing channel where Wormely Creek meets the York River, and create a channel to the existing boat ramp at the Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown. The dredged material from the channel will be removed by mechanical or hydraulic cutterhead dredge methods during the initial and future maintenance dredging cycles. The sandy dredged material from the entrance of the channel will be used as beach nourishment along the York River shoreline of the Coast Guard Training Center York, and the fine dredge material will be transported by bottom dump scow to the Wolftrap Alternate Placement Site within the Chesapeake Bay.

  • January

    Construction is underway on the new Defense Logistics Agency Aviation operations center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Phase I of the project is scheduled to be complete by late summer 2018. When completed, the five-story building will house roughly 875 employees.

    DLA Aviation Operations Center Phase I construction in full swing

    Construction on the new five-story Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Operations Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia is in full swing and a great deal of progress has been made since the groundbreaking ceremony back on Oct. 15, 2015.

  • NAO-2006-5097

    Tri City Properties, LLC proposes to fill 47.1 acres of forested non-tidal wetlands in order to construct a mixed commercial-residential development known as Centerville Properties on a 53.8-acre portion of a larger parcel (428 acres). The wetlands are adjacent to a tributary to Stumpy Lake and the North Landing River. The property is located on the east side of Centerville Turnpike North in the Greenbrier area of Chesapeake, Virginia. Public Notice comment period ends February 19, 2016.

  • NAO-15-0075

    The proposed action is to hydraulically or mechanically dredge the Wormley Creek Channel located at the United States Coast Guard Training Center in Yorktown, Va., to a maintained depth of -7 feet mean lower low water (MLLW) plus -2 feet paid overdepth and -1 foot non-paid overdepth for a maximum depth of -10 feet MLLW. Dredging of the Wormley Creek Channel will remove approximately 75,000 cubic yards of dredged material in approximately 6.8 acres.

  • NAO-2013-1618

    The City of Newport News proposes the construction of a new connector road to be named Independence Boulevard in the northern end of the city connecting Fort Eustis Boulevard with Denbigh Boulevard. The project is located in wetlands connected to Stony Run, a tributary of the tidal Warwick River, in Newport News, Virginia.

  • NAO-1990-2297 - Maplewood Landfill

    The applicant proposes to construct a 40-foot overhead utility line corridor to provide electricity to operate two new sump pumps for leachate management to new cells at the Maplewood Landfill and to complete construction of the perimeter road previously permitted but not completed prior to permit expiration. The project is located on Maplewood Branch a tributary of the Appomattox and James Rivers and the Chesapeake Bay of at the intersection of U.S.n360 and Maplewood Road in Amelia County, Virginia.

  • NAO-2013-02285 Odd Fellows Road and Route 460 Interchange

    The applicant proposes to place fill material in waters of the United States (U.S.) to construct a road in two segments. The primary purpose for the project is to address existing and future operational safety, access, economic development and system connectivity needs in the eastern part of the City of Lynchburg at Odd Fellows Road and Route 460.

  • December

    NAO-2015-2184/15-V1792

    The City of Virginia Beach proposes to hydraulically dredge navigable channels in Lake Rudee in order to restore residents' safe access channels. Additionally, the city proposes to remove accumulated sediment in the channels and in the access basins around private owner’s docks, piers, and similar facilities. Public comment period ends Feb. 1, 2016.

  • NAO-2015-00242

    Highlands Conservation Group, LLC proposes to establish 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 site, to be known as New River Highlands Mitigation Bank, is comprised of approximately 52 acres of land located on Moore's Creek, a tributary of the New River, in Grayson County, Virginia. The public comment period ends Jan. 22, 2016.

  • NAO-2012-1439 - Crosstrail Boulevard (Segment B)

    Loudoun County Department of Transporation and Capital Infrastructure plan to construct a connector roadway, Crosstrail Boulevard (Segment B) in Loudoun County, Virginia. The project consists of the discharge of fill materials into waters of the United States. Public comment period ends Jan. 21, 2016.

  • NAO-2008-03470 Route 460

    The applicant proposes to construct improvements along the U.S. Route 460 Corridor from approximately one mile west of Zuni to the Route 460/Route 58 interchange in Suffolk, Virginia. A Public Notice announcing receipt of the application and requesting comments was published Nov. 30, 2015, with a comment period ending Jan. 5, 2016. The comment period is extended until Jan. 20, 2016.

  • NAO-2007-02856; I64 - I24 Interchange

    The applicant proposes to widen the existing Ramp D-7 of the I64-I264 Interchange, including work extending through the Newtown Rd. interchange on I264. The proposed project includes new bridges over Kempsville Rd. and Newtown Road; widening the I64 bridge over Curlew Dr.; widening the eastbound I264 collector/distributor (C/D) road to four lanes between I64 and off-ramp to southbound Newtown Rd.; widening eastbound I264 to three lanes between loop ramps; and widening eastbound I264 C/D by one lane between Newtown and Witchduck Rd.'s.

  • NAO 2015-02114 Wetland Compensatory Mitigation Expansion

    The Nature Conservancy is proposing to expand a wetland compensatory mitigation located within a 61 acre property located at 370 Keno Road, Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Virginia.
  • The community of a little more than 700 people located in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay is experiencing erosion, sea-level rise and subsidence. Multiple projects, including an active dredging program and soon to be built jetty, are ongoing or being studied by The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to find ways to combat the effects of these elements. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Bay islanders receive status update on needed jetty

    In front of a mostly packed house in Tangier Island’s combined-school cafeteria, a panel of Norfolk District leaders, engineers and scientists briefed the community on progress of the jetty project.