• May

    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.
  • New burner installed for Eternal Flame at the President John F. Kennedy gravesite

    ARLINGTON, Va. – The temporary flame that has been operating at the gravesite of President John F. Kennedy and his family since April 29 was removed today and the new burner at the Eternal Flame has been relit.
  • NAO-2009-1414/2012-V1596

    The Virginia Military Institute proposes to construct an indoor training facility on property located in the City of Lexington, Va. The project will result in permanent impacts to streams in the Maury River basin. This project will have an adverse effect on properties eligible for listing and properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
  • NAO-2001-3102

    The applicant proposes to complete the development of a 400-acre parcel into a granite quarry named “Luck Stone Massaponax Quarry.” On July 30, 2002 a Department of the Army permit was issued to Luck Stone Corporation for a proposal to fill 3.97-acres of forested, non-tidal wetlands, 4,484-linear feet of intermittent streams and 130-linear feet of a perennial stream associated with the granite quarry. The Luck Stone Department of the Army permit expired July 22, 2012 prior to all of the permitted impacts to wetland and streams had occurred.
  • NAO-2011-1384

    The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is requesting two modifications to its existing Letter of Permission (LOP-1) and Individual Permit that authorized the original work on this Route 50 project, which is being widened to relieve traffic congestion and improve safety. The LOP-1 was authorized on Nov. 16, 2011, and a later Individual Permit was issued for additional wetland and stream impacts at the Cub Run crossing on Sept. 27, 2012. Public comment period ends May 29, 2013.
  • Finalized EA and FONSI for Gathright Dam Low Flow Agumentation Project

    An Environmental Assessment (EA) was prepared to assess the potential impacts of the Gathright Dam Low Flow Augmentation Project on the Jackson River, Lake Moomaw and surrounding area near Covington, Va. A 30-day public comment period was completed and all comments that were received during that time were addressed and were added to the document. The completed EA and finalized Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) are included as attachment on this public notice.
  • NAO-2006-5947

    The north berth at Pier IX of the Kinder Morgan facility needs to be deepened to -52 feet MLLW in order to accommodate the larger PANAMAX vessels. Dredging is required to achieve the proposed depth of -52 feet MLLW. Public comment period ends June 7.
  • Arlington National Cemetery dedicates columbarium

    Arlington National Cemetery will dedicate its ninth columbarium court here today. Officials will mark the dedication of Columbarium Court No. 9 with a joint, full-honors committal service for six unclaimed remains of veterans from all branches of military.
  • PN-NAO-05-02862

    The applicant proposes to modify the previously authorized Commonwealth Green development to include new impacts associated with a parking lot which will result in an additional 3,681 square feet (0.0845 acres) of impacts to forested wetlands, and to construct an additional entrance road which will connect the development to Route 17, resulting in an additional 0.5 acres of forested wetland impacts. The proposed new wetland impacts on the site will be compensated for through the preservation of wetlands on-site and through the purchase of credits from a private wetland mitigation bank.
  • NAO-2011-1767 VMRC 13-0611

    Changes to the Virginia Dam Safety Regulations resulted in the Lee Hall Reservoir’s Lower Dam and CSX Causeway being classified as “regulated structures. Engineers determined that both dam structures are non-conforming and undersized to perform under this regulation. Additionally, both structures are classified as high-hazard potential structures. Therefore, the purpose and need of this project is to engineer, design, and construct modifications to insure public safety and bring the entire system into compliance with the Virginia Dam Safety Regulations. Public comment period ends June 3, 2013.
  • April

    Contractors begin work on JFK Eternal Flame burner

    ARLINGTON, Va. – Contractors began work here yesterday on the burner of the President John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame, which has been lit since 1967. Technicians from Meltech Corp., Inc.; based in Landover, Md.; built an 8-foot temporary fence and installed a temporary flame at one of the most visited sites in Arlington National Cemetery.
  • Corps begins $144K Bennett’s Creek dredging

    SUFFOLK, Va. -- The Army Corps of Engineers’ dredge Currituck arrived here Saturday to dredge the federal navigation channel in Bennett’s Creek. Significant shoaling, caused by natural transport and deposit of sediment, made dredging necessary. The natural shoaling was exacerbated by Hurricane Sandy.
  • NAO-2010-360

    The bank sponsor proposes to establish, design, construct, and operate a compensatory wetland and stream mitigation bank to be known as Hagan Farm Umbrella Mitigation Bank. The purpose of the mitigation bank is to provide off-site compensatory mitigation for projects that result in unavoidable impacts to streams and other waters of the United States in the Upper New River and Middle New River Drainage basin. The goal of the bank is to protect and enhance water quality, enhance impaired streams and wetlands, encourage regional watershed management, restore native riparian areas for wildlife habitat and ecosystem biodiversity, as well as provide compensatory mitigation for authorized impacts within the authorized service area. The Hagan Bank will produce 18.4 acres of wetland mitigation (33.3 wetland compensation credits) through the restoration of 3.5 acres of degraded wetlands and through the creation of 14.9 acres of new wetlands. Stream credits are proposed as 28,950 for restoration and 2,223 for enhancement.
  • NAO-2009-00949_NASA_Wallops_Island_Flight_Center

    The Norfolk District Corps of Engineers is extending a temporary Danger Zone until April 29, 2013, around the NASA Wallops Flight Center in Accomack, Va., for the NASA Orbital's resupply to space station launch.
  • NAO-2013-0619/13-V00477

    "The applicant proposes to mechanically dredge approximately 229,005 square feet (5.26-acres) and/or 26,559 cubic yards (CY) of subaqueous bottom to a maximum depth of -5.0 feet mean low water (MLW) in order to re-establish navigational access and attenuate siltation for the Old Donation Creek neighborhood in Virginia Beach, Va. The proposed project also includes the placement of six (6) new day markers and the relocation of one (1) day marker along the navigable channels. The project is composed of three distinct types of channels: the City spur channel, which leads off the main channel of the Western Branch of the Lynnhaven River to serve multiple neighborhood waterways; the neighborhood SSD channel, which will provide access to Old Donation Creek; and the individual access channels which provide access to individual properties. The dredge material will be taken by barge to the Thalia Creek transfer site and loaded onto trucks and transported to the Whitehurst Borrow Pit on Oceana Boulevard for disposal." Comment period ends May 16, 2013.
  • Millennium Project EA Update

    This announcement has been prepared to update interested stakeholders on refinements to the design for the Millennium Project at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC). As part of the public process, ANC strives to provide information and updates on the project as the design evolves.
  • NAO-2008-01186

    The bank sponsor proposes to establish, design, construct, and operate a compensatory wetland mitigation bank to be known as Tidewater Mitigation Bank to provide off-site compensatory mitigation for projects that result in unavoidable impacts to wetlands and other waters of the United States in the Chesapeake Bay drainage basin.
  • NAO-2009-02041

    The Norfolk District has received an application proposing to use a modified floating structure for temporary restaurant seating in Chincoteague Va. The structure is approximately 58 feet by 30 feet, will have a 40 seat capacity, and will be moored in an existing private boat slip.
  • Wallops_Island_danger_zone

    The Norfolk District Corps of Engineers has established a temporary Danger Zone for the period of April 17th through April 22nd, 2013, around the NASA Wallops Flight Center in Accomack, Va., for the NASA Orbital's resupply to space station launch.
  • Court opens up niche space at Arlington

    Work is wrapping up on the new 12.9-million-dollar, 62,820-square-foot Columbarium Court 9, which is slated to be the final columbarium court in this section of the cemetery. The new facility increases the cemetery’s inurnment capacity by 20,296 niche spaces.