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  • October

    Over the next several months, the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will construct six sanctuary oyster reefs along the Elizabeth River and surrounding tributaries, all part of a 10-year, $70 million, 411-acre comprehensive environmental mitigation plan accompanying the Corps' Craney Island Eastward Expansion Project.

    New Hoffler Creek resident enhances neighborhood’s quality-of-life

    Around the muddy banks of Hoffler Creek Wildlife Preserve in Portsmouth, Va., a new home for Virginia's eastern oyster took shape Oct. 16.
  • Jim Davis (right), a Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., project manager, looks on as John Evans, a Norfolk District environmental scientist, shows district commander Col. Paul Olsen maps of proposed future mitigation sites. The sites will offset the loss of stream beds due to changes in water levels.

    Continuing resolution reopens district's regulatory office

    Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulatory employees returned to work today after the enactment of a continuing resolution to fund the government until January 15. The employees, environmental scientists and administrative support staff assigned to the Norfolk District’s Regulatory Branch, will restart regulatory operations immediately, said Kimberly Prisco-Baggett, acting chief of the branch.
  • Col. Paul Brooks, Fort Lee garrison commander, presents the 2012 Directorate of Public Works Installation Support Program of the Year Award to Col. Paul B. Olsen, district commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, as Greg Williams, DPW director, looks on. (U.S. Army photo)

    Norfolk District snags installation support award

    U.S. Army Installation Management Command awarded the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with the 2012 Director of Public Works Installation Support Program of the Year. The nomination noted Norfolk District’s “team approach in delighting the ultimate customer – the soldier.”
  • Jim Davis (right), a Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., project manager, looks on as John Evans, a Norfolk District environmental scientist, shows district commander Col. Paul Olsen maps of proposed future mitigation sites. The sites will offset the loss of stream beds due to changes in water levels.

    District furloughs employees as USACE suspends regulatory operations nationwide

    NORFOLK -- The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will issue furlough notices to 48
  • Jennifer Armstrong (right), a Norfolk District project manager, shows Jo-Ellen Darcy, the assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, fossilized oyster shell stored at the district's Craney Island Dredge Material Management Area in Portsmouth, Va. The shell is destined to be used in Corps sanctuary oyster reefs in the Elizabeth River as part of the Craney Island Eastward Expansion project environmental mitigation plan. The mountainous piles of shell were obtained from the Commonwealth of Virginia through an agreement between the Norfolk District and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Going big: district tackles oysters, Lynnhaven

    Contractors for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are moving mountains of fossil oyster shell from Craney Island in Portsmouth, Va., to build 16 acres of sanctuary reefs in Elizabeth River and some of its tributaries, while the work to bring environmental restoration on the Lynnhaven River is ongoing.

  • Great Bridge Locks reopen as tidal waters recede

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reopened the great bridge lock in Chesapeake, Va.

  • Great Bridge Locks closed due to tidal waters

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers closed the Great Bridge Lock in Chesapeake, Va., due to higher than normal tidal waters infiltrating the lock’s gears.

  • NAO-08-3101

    The CenterPoint Properties has requested to modify the existing permit for the construction of an intermodal center in Suffolk, Virginia. The applicant requests a permit modification to include the construction of an industrial access roadway connector (the Kenyon Road Connecter) between Kenyon Road and US Route 58 (Holland Road) in order to reduce commercial truck traffic on Kenyon Road within the vicinity of residential homes and education facilities. The proposed modification will result in a net increase of 0.45 acres of permanent impacts to nontidal wetlands and 0.30 acres of temporary impacts to nontidal impacts, resulting in a total of 7.66 acres of permanent wetland impacts associated with the project.

  • NAO-2006-2364

    The bank sponsor, Gum Brothers LLC, proposes to establish a compensatory mitigation banking agreement ("Limestone Mitigation Bank") in Leesburg, Va., to provide mitigation for impacts to streams within the specified service area. Public comment period ends Oct. 22, 2013.

  • NAO-2005-04743

    The applicant is proposing to complete construction of a single family residential development known as Mountain Run. The project site is approximately 140 acres and is located south of the South Anna River, east of Route 33, in Hanover County, Va. Public comment period ends Nov. 8, 2013.

  • NAO-2008-0080

    The proposed Piedmont Farms Stream Mitigation Bank consists of two sites. The Piedmont Farms-Eastview site is located on approximately 190 acres of farmland west of State Route 602, east of State Route 601 and south of Walton Fork in Buckingham County, Virginia. The Piedmont Farms-Fulfillment site is located on approximately 1,720 acres of farmed and forested land along State Route 6 adjacent to the town of Esmont in Albemarle County, Virginia.
  • Kristin Mazur, project manager for the Norfolk District Lynnhaven Inlet Jetties Navigation Project with the city of Virginia Beach, Va., explains the federal interest determination study process and timetable, Oct. 19, 2012, to add a 1,000-foot jetty in front of the Lesner Bridge. Mazur is also the project manager for Lynnhaven Inlet Federal Naviagtion Channel maintenance dredging.

    Lynnhaven Inlet dredging contract awarded; material earmarked for beneficial reuse

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $2 million contract Sept. 28 to maintenance dredge the Lynnhaven Inlet Federal Navigation Channel in Virginia Beach, Va.

  • NAO-2006-1485

    Virginia Electric and Power Company proposes to stabilize a portion of the shoreline at the Chesapeake Energy Center located in the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River, at the Chesapeake Energy Center, 2701 Vepco Street in Chesapeake, Virginia. Work is proposed in Priority Area 1 which has been identified as the shoreline area with the most severe erosion and in need of the most urgent repair. Priority Area 1 is approximately 1,050 feet long and the shoreline stabilization project involves fill and riprap in approximately 9,350 square feet (0.21 acres) of tidal wetlands and 11,520 square feet (0.26 acres) of non-tidal wetlands. Public comment period ends November 1, 2013.

  • September

    NAO-2000-1534

    Old Stage Coxendale, LLC is proposing to permanently impact 1.36 acres of Palustrine scrub-shrub wetlands, 0.95 acres of Palustrine open water, and temporarily impact 35 linear feet of intermittent stream channel, to construct an approximately 25 acre industrial building pad, parking lot, utilities, an access road and stormwater management facilities for a proposed truck maintenance facility. Public comment period ends Oct. 11, 2013.

  • NAO-2013-0139

    The applicant proposes to construct a single family unit subdivision that will be connected with the existing Winterberry Subdivision. Project implementation would see the construction of 14 lots with appurtenant roads and servitudes on an 11.16 acre parcel of land. Impacts to forested wetlands would be 0.79 acres.
  • The Corps Dredge Currituck performs dredging operations in Virginia Beach's Rudee Inlet in 2005. The Currituck is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hopper dredge that performs maintenance dredging up and down the East Coast. (U.S. Army Photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Currituck rescues stranded boater from James River

    The crew found a man, soaked and shivering in the 64-degree night.
  • 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.

    Gathright Dam to conduct fourth pulse release of 2013

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will conduct a pulse release at Gathright Dam, near Covington, Va., on Tuesday, Sept. 24, beginning at approximately 6 a.m. The water release will gradually increase and peak at 3,500 cubic feet per second by 9 a.m.

  • 2008-00429 13-V1389

    Chesterfield Economic Development Authority is proposing to permanently impact 0.69 acre of palustrine emergent wetlands and to temporarily impact 0.31 acre of palustrine emergent wetlands for the construction of a two lane road to provide access from the existing Meadowville Technology Parkway to two industrial sites within the park. One of the two sites is currently under construction. The proposed road will ultimately connect the existing Meadowville Parkway to Enon Church Road.

  • 2012-00931; 13-V1184

    The Corps of Engineers has received an application from West Creek Associates to to construct a loop road and a stormwater management facility to serve future commercial and retail offices and retail spaces. Public comment period ends Oct. 19, 2013.

  • 1999-01966, 13-V1307

    The Corps of Engineers has received an application form Emac LLC to permanently impact 0.26 acre of palustrine emergent wetlands for the purpose of expanding the existing RV Center and for the specific purpose of constructing a 28,000 square foot sale and service center and associated parking. Public comment period ends Oct. 17, 2013.