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  • July

    VARTF 2012

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in collaboration with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and The Nature Conservancy of Virginia, announces the completion of the Virginia Aquatic Resources Trust Fund 2012 Annual Report. The completed report is attached to this notice. Contact Anna Lawston at 540-937-4197 (anna.r.lawston@usace.army.mil) or Jeanne Richardson at 434-384-0182 (jeanne.c.richardson@usace.army.mil) with questions by the close of business on Aug. 9, 2013.

  • NAO-2011-1976/13-V0846

    Bayshore Concrete Products Corp. proposes to construct two 250-by-8-foot travel lift piers, install concrete panels between the cylinder piles as a wave break, and install four dolphins to protect the travel lift piers in Cape Charles Harbor in the town of Cape Charles, Northampton County, Va. Public comment period ends Aug. 8, 2013.
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    Craney Island’s oyster mitigation project set for summer launch

    Oysters are expanding their real estate in the Elizabeth River and Hoffler Creek this summer, thanks to a USACE, VPA partnership to construct 16 acres of oyster reef, part of the Craney Island Eastward Expansion project.

  • NAO-2006-07333/13-V0953

    Prince William County Public Schools proposes the construction of 12th High School on an approximately 110-acre site along the eastern side of Dumfries Road, south of the intersection of Dumfries Road and Hoadly Road (Route 642) in Prince William County, Virginia. The work will occur in tributaries to Powell’s Creek. Public comment period ends July 31, 2013.

  • NAO-2008-2007; 13-V0292

    The applicant is requesting authorization to permanently impact 5.40 acres of forested headwater wetlands for the construction of Nimmo Quay East and West; a single family residential subdivision that was previously permitted (97-1450-18) in 1998 and modified in 2003 but never constructed.

  • NAO-2007-0818 Vulcan Construction

    Vulcan Construction Materials proposes to expand the existing quarry pit on the 708-acre Vulcan Jack Quarry site in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. The purpose of the work is to extract minerals on a 180-acre portion to the east of the existing pit by extending the existing quarry pit and associated operations and to ensure the maximum extraction of minerals in the most efficient manner.

  • June

    SANDBRIDGE, Va. -- The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, partnering with the city of Virginia Beach, Va., began a five-mile hurricane protection and beach renourishment project in Sandbridge in mid-April, 2013. The $13.35 million non-federal project included the dredging and placement of approximately 2 million cubic yards of sand along public beachfront from Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge to the Dam Neck Naval facility.

    2-plus million cubic yards added to Sandbridge beachfront; Big Beach completion now under way

    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A five-mile hurricane protection and beach renourishment project in Sandbridge is complete.

  • NAO - Regional Supplements Grandfather Provision and Wetland Delineations

    Norfolk District Regulatory Branch has developed additional guidance on the use of data sheets from the 1987 Wetland Delineation Manual.
  • NORFOLK -- Michelle Hamor is the 2013 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood risk manager of the year. The Corps gives the award yearly to individuals who excel in the field of flood plain management, which plans for and identifies ways at controlling and reducing flood damages experienced by citizens living in flood plains. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Flood plain manager flooded with praise

    Michelle Hamor, chief of Norfolk District’s flood plain management section, is the 2013 recipient of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Flood Risk Manager of the Year Award. The Corps gives the award yearly to individuals who excel in the field of flood plain management, which plans for and identifies ways at controlling and reducing flood damages experienced by citizens living in flood plains.
  • Gathright Dam's intake tower stands out in Lake Moomaw Oct. 13, 2010. The dam and Lake Moomaw Project provide flood protection of industrial, commerical and residential properties along the Jackson and James rivers with immediate impact on Covington, Va.

    Officials cancel Gathright Dam pulse release

    Federal and commonwealth officials have canceled Gathright Dam’s pulse release scheduled for Tuesday. The Norfolk District, in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, determined that June’s higher-than-average flows in the Jackson River eliminated the need for the first planned pulse release.
  • YORKTOWN, Va. – Contractors use rock to stabilize the York River shoreline along 800 feet of the Colonial National Parkway here June 6, 2013. The area is part of more than four miles of shoreline in need of stabilization due to severe erosion, which is threatening portions of the parkway and the National Park Service’s Colonial National Historic Park. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Corps assists park service in protecting parkway from river

    As the York River encroaches on the Colonial Parkway, engineers have found that rocks are part of the answer to fixing critically damaged and eroded shoreline. That is why contractors, working for the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, are using heavy equipment to place large boulders along the edge of the York River to stabilize and strengthen a section of the shoreline.
  • VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The Wilmington, N.C.-based dredging vessel Merritt, will be off the Virginia coastline to dredge Rudee Inlet from June 17-20, 2013.

    Corps begins Rudee Inlet dredging

    The Army Corps of Engineers will begin dredging the Rudee Inlet Federal Navigation Project here Monday. The Corps’ dredge Merritt, based out of Wilmington, N.C., will dredge for four days to remove shoaling in the channel. Engineers expect to dredge about 20,000 cubic yards of material, which will be placed directly north of the entrance channel and inlet jetties. The $78,000 project is 72 percent federally funded. Virginia Beach will fund the remaining 28 percent.

  • May

    FNOD Restoration Advisory Board meets June 6

    Restoration efforts at the Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot, or FNOD, remains an ongoing priority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Community members can learn more about the formerly used defense site here and latest clean-up progress during the project’s quarterly restoration advisory board meeting.

  • 07-SPGP-01 Annual Report

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District, in collaboration with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, announces the completion of the 2011-2012 07-SPGP annual report as well as an overall 07-SPGP-01 program summary report. The completed 07-SPGP-01 Annual Report is enclosed with this notice. If you have any questions about this notice, you may contact Anna Lawston at 540-937-4197 or via email at anna.r.lawston@usace.army.mil.
  • Hurricane Sandy approaches the Atlantic coast of the U.S. in the early morning hours of October 29, 2012. (NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using VIIRS Day-Night Band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership.)

    Corps begins post-Sandy study of North Atlantic coast

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers scientists and engineers launched a collaborative study May 28 to determine how best to reduce flood and storm damage risks for people and communities along the North Atlantic coast.

  • NAO-2007-4170 (VMRC 13-0678)

    The project is part of a mixed use commercial/campus development that is a part of a larger mixed-use facility associated with the expansion of the Jefferson Labs complex. The project is located in non-tidal wetlands that drain by ditch and tributary to Deep Creek and the James River; and also to Brick Kiln Creek, Big Bethel Reservoir, and the Back River. The project site is at the southeastern intersection of Jefferson Boulevard and Oyster Point Road, in Newport News, Va.
  • Gathright Dam's intake tower stands out in Lake Moomaw Oct. 13, 2010. The dam and Lake Moomaw Project provide flood protection of industrial, commerical and residential properties along the Jackson and James rivers with immediate impact on Covington, Va.

    Corps of Engineers and commonwealth of Virginia announce Gathright Dam pulse release dates

    COVINGTON, 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 from June through October 2013.

  • NAO-2011-0895

    Adams Construction Company proposes to carry out sand mining operations on the Dan River throughout the year. Public comment period ends June 21, 2013.

  • NAO-2011-1018

    The applicant, Jesse Barksdale, Jr., proposes to carry out sand mining operations on the Dan River throughout the year. Public comment period ends June 21, 2013.

  • NAO-2012-2152

    The applicant, PCN, LLC proposes to construct sheet pile wall with associated rip rap along the southern boundary of the property known as Curles Neck Farm in order to manage the wetland and open water area of the farm for waterfowl habitat. Public comment period ends June 21, 2013.