• January

    NOAA Marine Operations Center Environmental Assessement

    This Environmental Assessment has been prepared to assess the potential impacts of the new work and maintenance dredging of the approach and berthing areas of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Operations Center – Atlantic (NOAA MOC-A) in Norfolk, Va. Public comment period ends Feb. 26, 2013.
  • District open for normal operations

    The District's Waterfield Building is open for normal operations today. Employees at area military
  • NAO 2009-2433

    This is a reissuance of the original public notice dated September 7, 2012 to show recently submitted changes to the project. These changes include additional impacts to open water pond areas on the property. The applicant proposes to construct a mixed use development to include multi-family and single family housing developments along with roads and utility servitudes. Public comment period ends Feb. 11, 2013.
  • NAO-2012-2244

    The City of Norfolk proposes to demolish eleven derelict timber groins, replace a derelict timber groin with a new rock/sheet pile groin and construct a beach nourishment project from approximately 3rd View Street to Ocean View Beach Park in the West Ocean View area of Norfolk, Va. Public comment period ends Feb. 13, 2013.
  • SPGP Programmatic Agreement

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District announces an amended Programmatic Agreement between the Norfolk District Corps of Engineers, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the Virginia State Historic Preservation Office executed under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
  • NAO-2012-02060

    The applicant proposes to construct a pile supported rowing and sailing facility over tidal waters and construct 228 linear feet of bulkhead and 182 linear feet of rip rap revetment beneath the proposed structure. Two existing piers in the northern portion of the property will be removed and replaced with two floating piers. Two existing piers in the western portion of the project area will be removed and replaced by a single fixed pier and an existing pier in the southern portion of the project area will be extended 54 linear feet. The project is located on the East River at the terminus of Williams Wharf Road in Mathews County, Virginia.
  • NAO 2012-2152

    The applicant proposes to construct an earthen berm along the southern property boundary of the property known as Curles Neck Farm in order to protect the wetland system from sea level rise. The applicant proposes to convert an onsite borrow pit into a mitigation area and create 3.1 acres of tidal forested wetlands and 0.5 acres of emergent tidal wetlands. Public comment period ends Feb. 4, 2013.
  • December

    NAO 2010-0364/2011-V1116

    The applicant, Elizabeth River Crossings, OpCo, LLC is proposing modifications to the Midtown Tunnel construction permit which was originally issued in November 2012 for work in the Elizabeth River in the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth. These modifications include deeper dredge cuts to remove unsuitable materials, revisions to the location and design of three temporary piers, and the use of timber pilings to support turbidity curtains. Public comment period ends Jan. 31, 2013.
  • NAO-2011-1557/2012-V1777

    The City of Danville proposes to construct an industrial park to be known as the “GOK Industrial Park.” The applicant proposes to fill waters of the U.S. for the purpose of providing developable pad sites, access roads and utilities for GOK, a Chinese furniture manufacturing/assembly business in the City of Danville, Va. Public comment period ends Jan. 20, 2013.
  • NAO-2012-02471

    The mitigation sponsor, The Nature Conservancy, proposes to purchase 2,500 stream credits from the Roanoke River Stream and Wetlands Mitigation bank to satisfy existing impacts and liabilities that have accrued to the Virginia Aquatic Resources Trust Fund. Public comment period ends Jan. 4, 2013.
  • NASA proclaims strategic partnership with Corps for support

    NASA Langley Research Center officials reached an agreement with the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to have the Corps support the research center’s facility-engineering needs.
  • Pn 2012-2032

    The bank sponsor proposes to establish a compensatory mitigation banking agreement to provide mitigation for impacts to streams in the specified service area within Loudoun, Fauquier, Prince William, Fairfax, and Stafford Counties.
  • Environmental Assessment: Gathright Dam Low Flow Augmentation Project

    This Environmental Assessment 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. The goal of this project is to improve aquatic habitat quality in the Jackson River, downstream of the Gathright Dam. The result of this project, when implemented, would be a revision of the Water Control Plan for the Gathright Dam and Lake Moomaw Project.
  • NAO-2003-01474

    The District Engineer has received a mitigation site addendum to establish stream credits on the Bender Farm (Potomac River Umbrella Mitigation Bank) compensatory mitigation site for Federal and State permits.
  • Survey crews to start work on Tangier Jetty

    Physical work on the feasibility phase of the Tangier Jetty program is set to begin this week, weather dependant. A Norfolk District survey crew will operate in the water where the jetty is to be built at the federal navigation channel entranceway on the western side of the island.
  • NAO-2011-01672

    The applicant proposes to conduct bituminous coal extraction on a proposed surface mine of approximately 570 acres to be known as the Three Forks Surface Mine. The applicant proposes to fill and excavate waters of the U. S. during mining for the purpose of recovering approximately 750,000 tons of coal from the Big Fork, Kennedy, Aily, Raven, and Tiller coal seams including all necessary support facilities (sediment control, access/haul roads, etc.) providing high quality thermal and primarily bituminous coal to meet current and future contractual.
  • NAO-2011-00900

    Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company proposes to conduct bituminous coal extraction on a proposed surface mine of approximately 260 acres in Buchanan County, Va. The applicant proposes to fill and excavate waters of the U. S. during mining and excess material disposal for the purpose of recovering approximately 2.2 million tons of coal. Public comment period ends Jan. 11, 2013.
  • NAO-2010-0423/2012-1671

    Danville Public Works proposes to construct Phase I of an industrial park to be known as the “Berry Hill Mega Park” in Pittsylvania County, Va. The applicant proposes to compensate for permanent stream channel impacts with permittee responsible compensation. Public comment period ends Jan. 10, 2013.
  • NAO-121207-Millennium

    An Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared to assess the potential impacts of the expansion of Arlington National Cemetery (ANC), known as the Millennium Project. The Millennium Site will be developed to increase burial space at ANC. Building and site element construction shall be suitable for the environment and complementary to the architectural theme and historical considerations of ANC.
  • Corps responds to significant shoaling at Rudee Inlet

    The Army Corps of Engineers’ dredge Currituck, based out of Wilmington, N.C., is scheduled to begin dredging the Rudee Inlet Federal Navigation Project for five days beginning Dec. 7, 2012.