18 Jul 2025

NAO-2024-00044 (Seaward Marine Corp Powell Creek Dredging Project, Prince George County, Virginia)

Expiration date: 8/17/2025

Seaward Marine Corporation requests authorization to dredge Powell Creek Channel, from the confluence of the James River to the turning basin past the Hitch Gravel Mine Site, approximately 13,600 linear feet long by 100-200 foot wide, to a maximum depth of minus 14-feet below mean lower low water and would result in the removal of approximately 230,000 cubic yards (32.83 acres) of dredged material. The dredged material will be disposed of on-site, within an extinct mine for future beneficial use. The dredged channel will allow for waterway access to the mining site for exporting of materials. Additionally, 18- 30-inch diameter hollow steel pipes will be installed utilizing a vibratory hammer in 3 locations for mooring, and 4 new channel markers will be installed near the entrance to the channel.

22 May 2025

408-NAO-2025-0035 (Safe Harbor Bluewater Marina Improvements Project )

Expiration date: 6/6/2025

Interested parties are hereby notified that a request for permission to alter a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) federal project pursuant to Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. 408 (Section 408) has been received and is under evaluation by the Norfolk District. This Section 408 request was submitted by Safe Harbor Bluewater Marina Improvements Project which includes new work and maintenance dredging and the replacement of multiple fixed piers with floating piers for safe ingress/egress to the marina and for the mooring of larger vessels at the marina along Herbert's Creek (Sunset Creek) located at 25 Marina Road, Hampton, VA. This project may alter the Hampton Creek/Herberts Creek Federal Navigation Channel. The area will be dredged to -6.5-ft MLW and -8.0-ft MLW and transported to an approved upland facility. Comments should be received by the close of business on June 6, 2025.

20 May 2025

408-NAO-2025-0040 Dominion Terminal Maintenance Dredging Project

Expiration date: 6/4/2025

Interested parties are hereby notified that a request for permission to alter a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) federal project pursuant to Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. 408 (Section 408) has been received and is under evaluation by the Norfolk District. This Section 408 Request is for the continued maintenance dredging at the Dominion Terminal Associates (DTA) facility on the James River adjacent to the Norfolk Harbor and Channels - Channel Newport News Federal Navigation Project. The permitted depth at the facility is currently -57-feet MLW. The current dredging footprint consists of approximately 26.50 acres of subaqueous, unconsolidated bottom. Dredging will be completed mechanically with placement at an approved upland disposal facility. When capacity is available and pending final authorization, future maintenance cycles may utilize the CIDMMA for dredged material placement. Comments should be received by the close of business on June 4, 2025.

23 Apr 2025

NAO-2025-00307 (Rudee Inlet Dredging and Beach Placement, Virginia Beach, Virginia )

Expiration date: 5/23/2025

: The City of Virginia Beach requests authorization to perform maintenance dredging of approximately 25.2 acres, by hydraulic methods, of the three (previously permitted) Rudee Inlet navigation channel frameworks (Federal Channel, Outer Deposition Basin, and Lake Wesley Channel), and the beneficial use of dredged materials for beach placement at the (previously permitted) Resort Beach (from 1st – 14th Streets) and/or Croatan Beach. Any material deemed unsuitable for beach placement will be transported via pipeline to the overboard placement area in Lake Rudee. The pipeline will be secured to the bottom utilizing concrete blocks and will have a minimum clearance over the pipeline of 7 feet. The purpose of the project is to provide safe navigational access for recreational and commercial activities, and to provide critical harbor of refuge for vessels traveling enroute up and down the Atlantic Coast. The City of Virginia Beach estimates that approximately 5.1 million cubic yards will be removed from the three Rudee Inlet navigation channel framework projects over the course of ten years.

16 Apr 2025

NAO-1993-01934 (NSRC Lambert's Point Yard Pier 6 Berth Deepening, Norfolk, Virginia)

Expiration date: 5/16/2025

Norfolk Southern Railway Company is proposing new and future maintenance dredging by mechanical methods to deepen the Pier 6 berthing areas (approximately 33.07 acres) to a maximum depth of -57 feet MLLW to match the depths of the federal navigation channel and to allow more efficient loading and unloading of deeper draft vessels. Comments should be received by close of business on May 16, 2025.