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  • September

    NAO-2007-4093

    Mossy Creek Cattle LLC (Sponsor) proposes to establish the Mossy Creek – North River Umbrella Mitigation Bank (MCNRUMB) to provide compensation for unavoidable impacts to waters of the United States in the South Fork Shenandoah watershed. Comment period ends Oct. 26, 2012.

  • NAO-2011-02388

    The applicant proposes to impact wetlands for the construction of a 34-lot single-family subdivision in Virginia Beach to be known as the Enclave at Princess Anne.

  • Proposed Reissuance and Modification of the Norfolk District Regional Permit 22

    The Norfolk District has proposed the reissuance and modification of the Regional Permit 22 (08-RP-22) that is scheduled to expire on Aug. 14, 2013. RP-22 authorizes the activities within the Virginia portion of Lake Gaston. These activities include construction and other actions on piers, docks, boathouses, bulkheads, riptrap, boat slips, channels, aerial powerlines and utility lines. Comment period ends Oct. 26, 2012.
  • 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 ‘test pulse’ to increase Jackson River water flow

    State and federal agencies will use Gathright Dam near Covington, Va. to simulate a storm event on the Jackson River Oct. 3. The test pulse, conducted by the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, will begin at approximately 6 a.m. and peak at 3,500 cubic feet per second.

  • NAO-2012-01825

    The applicant proposes to construct five variable length stone breakwaters, six variable length stone sills, a stone spur, and a 352 linear foot stone revetment to provide long-term stabilization along an eroding shoreline. Approximately 15000 cubic yards of beach quality sand will be utilized as beach nourishment landward of the breakwaters and sills. Intertidal zones will be planted with Spartina alterniflora while backshore areas will be planted with Spartina patens. No impacts to vegetated wetlands are associated with the shoreline work. The project is located along the north shore of the Rappahannock River in Richmond County, Va.

  • NAO-2012-0854

    The applicant proposes to mechanically dredge 2.77 acres within a man-made cove (0.32 acres within the James River), construct a 400 ft bulkhead, dry dock, large truck parking and storage on approximately 32 acre parcel off the James River. The purpose of the project is to construct a marine terminal to allow for barge access; unloading and storage of large recyclable materials and other commodities; and stormwater management.
  • NORFOLK -- Norfolk District, U.S Army Corps of Engineers employees attend a ceremony recognizing recent Leadership Development Program graduates. The program, which had been inactive at Norfolk for 10 years, puts Corps employees on a leadership track through a curriculum like that of a college course. Participants meet one hour a month, write book reviews, accomplish online learning modules and hear from guest speakers. (U.S. Army photo/Kerry Solan)

    Revived program puts employees on track for leadership

    After 20 years, the U.S. Navy had taught Pam Reid-Szalanski a certain way to manage people. “In the military, as a manager, you direct your people to do something and it’s understood that it’s an order – it must be done,” she said. “Time for questions is later.” Reid-Szalanski is one of four who recently graduated from the Norfolk District’s Leadership Development Program – a curriculum she credits with perfecting the art of civilian management.

  • 2001-03702; 12-V0849

    The project site is approximately 150 acres and is located south of Otterdale Branch, generally west of Otterdale Road, in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The site drains into Otterdale Branch, which drains into Swift Creek, a tributary to the Appomattox River. The stated purpose of the project is to complete construction of a single family residential development known as Summerlake. Public comments should be received by the close of business on Sept. 19, 2012.

  • August

    NAO-2001-2350; 12-V0719

    The applicant proposes to discharge fill material in 0.08 acre of palustrine scrub-shrub wetlands to construct a permanent access road to an existing regional storm water management facility located within the project limits. Cumulative impacts to waters of the U.S. for the development of Northlake Industrial Park are approximately 2.7 acres. The public comment period ends Sept 14, 2012.

  • 11-V0942

    Weanack Land is requesting a modification of an existing Department of Army permit 03-V0027. The project involves increased dredging activities, a revised Dredged Material Placement Sequence, as well as two new culverts in Shirley Cove, on the east bank of the James River, located on the southern end of Shirley Plantation in Charles City County, Virginia.
  • Virginia Beach, Va., beach and boardwalk.

    Norfolk District, Virginia Beach Public Works announce beach replenishment contract award

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Virginia Beach Public Works Department have announced the awarding of an $11.9 million contract for resort beach replenishment in Virginia Beach to Weeks Marine of Camden, New Jersey.

  • Public Invited: FNOD restoration advisory board meets Sept. 6

    SUFFOLK, Va. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host its third quarterly meeting of the Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot, or FNOD, Restoration Advisory Board Thursday, Sept. 6, from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held at the Courtyard Marriott located at 8060 Harbour View Boulevard in Suffolk, Va.

  • Craney Island mosquito spraying scheduled

    NORFOLK -- The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the city of Portsmouth will conduct joint aerial mosquito spraying between 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Aug. 27, at federal properties on Craney Island, adjacent city properties and the north Churchland area (Route 164) in Portsmouth, Va.

  • 2009-02411

    The proposed project is located on a 35-acre site along the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River at 1316 Yacht Drive in Chesapeake, Virginia. The proposed project includes two new Travel Lift piers that will extend an average of 230 ft beyond MHW with a 79 ft distance between them. A structural bulkhead is proposed along the shoreline with return walls toward the land. The area landward of the bulkhead will be filled to support the loads associated with the rail systems and the area channelward of the bulkhead will be dredged to a depth of -14 ft MLW to accommodate the transport barges. In addition to the piers, two 13-pile mooring dolphins will be installed to protect the pier ends and secure barges. Wave break bulkheads (similar to existing structures at the site) will be constructed on both sides of the structural bulkhead/dredged basin to protect adjacent wetlands.

  • NAO-2012-08231

    The Clarksville Field Office will be officially closed on September 30, 2012. Localities will be reassigned to other field offices.
  • NORFOLK – Roughly 40 district employees received an inspiring performance from Kate Campbell Stevenson who brought to life the lives of Abigail Adams, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Alice Paul, and other women suffragists through costumes and music for the district’s Women’s Equality Day celebration held here August 22, 2012. Introduced into legislation in 1971, Women’s Equality Day celebrates the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote. The amendment was certified August 26, 1920.

    Stevenson wows district crowd at women’s event

    Kate Campbell Stevenson brought to life the lives of Abigail Adams, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Alice Paul, and other women suffragists through costumes and music for the districts Women’s Equality Day celebration held here August 22, 2012.
  • This rendering shows the final plans for the new Visitor Center and traffic flow at the LaSalle Avenue Gate at Langley Air Force Base, Va. Construction will close the gate for approximately six months. (Graphic courtesy of 633rd Civil Engineer Squadron)

    Langley's gate construction makes way for new visitor center

    The second and final phase of gate construction here kicked off Monday. The construction, a $7.6 million joint-venture project constructed by W.M. Jordan/Versar, Inc. and overseen by the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will provide a new guardhouse and a 2,800 square-foot visitor center at the LaSalle Avenue gate.
  • WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- Crews work to build a new beach at NASA Wallops Island Flight Facility here. The newly built beach will help protect more than $1 billion in federal government and Commonwealth of Virginia assets located here. The Wallops Island facility is home to, not only NASA, but also the US Navy Surface Combat Systems Center and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport making this a growing economic generator for the Commonwealth of Virginia and the region.

    Beach complete, infrastructure protected

    More than 3 million cubic yards of newly deposited sand is protecting the launch pads and critical infrastructure at NASA’s flight facility at Wallops Island, Va.

  • NAO-2011-02474

    The project is located on an unnamed tributary to Dawkins Branch in Prince William County, Va. The impacts are associated with the construction of 3 warehouses, including associated infrastructure, within the Norfolk and Southern Industrial Park.
  • FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- A controlled explosion breaches a section of Embrey Dam on Feb. 23, 2004 as part of the dam's removal process. The 94 year old dam no longer served a useful purpose and was removed to help restore the environment along the Rappahannock River. (U.S. Army file photo)

    Benefits of dam removal reach further than expected

    In an area roughly 73 to 93 miles upstream from where Embrey Dam once stood on the Rappahannock River, researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey noticed resurgence in the American eel population in their once-natural habitat, now that they are longer impeded by the 22-foot-high structure.