13 Apr 2022

Notice of Availability: Draft Finding of No Significant Impact and Draft Environmental Assessment

Expiration date: 5/16/2022

The United States Army is publishing this notice to announce the availability of the Draft Finding of No Significant Impact and Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) to make upgrades to the existing river water reservoir and outfall 40 cooling water channel at Holston Army Ammunition Plant (HSAAP) in Kingsport, Tennessee. The proposed action is needed to ensure safe and environmentally compliant manufacturing operations at HSAAP. This notice complies with Section 2(a)(4) of EO 11988 and Section 2(b) of EO 11990. The Army requests public comment to determine if there are any public concerns regarding the project’s potential impacts on wetlands and floodplains. The public comment period ends May 16, 2022.

12 Apr 2022

408-NA0-2022-0021; Behrman, Broad Bay in Virginia Beach

Expiration date: 4/26/2022

The public comment period is open until April 26, 2022, for a Joint Permit Application from from Brady Behrman to remove the existing pier, lift, and boat house, and construct approximately 73 linear feet of riprap, a 7'x54' groin, 72 linear feet of timber bulkhead, and a 280 linear foot private open pile pier with a L-head, boat lift, open sided roof, (3) PWC lifts, and (5) mooring piles along Broad Bay at 1644 Cutty Shark Road, Virginia Beach, VA.

21 Mar 2022

22-SPGP-Recreational, Commercial, Institutional and Recreational Developments (RCIR) AND 22-SPGP- Linear Transportation (LT)

Expiration date: 4/21/2022

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Norfolk District (Corps) proposes the issuance of two 2022 State Programmatic General Permits (SPGPs) to the people of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The SPGPs authorize the discharge of dredged/fill material in non-tidal waters of the United States (WOTUS), including wetlands, and that is associated with certain residential, commercial, institutional, and recreational and linear transportation projects. The purpose of the SPGPs is to reduce duplicative review for activity-specific projects where state and federal regulations overlap regulatory purview. The SPGPs will provide streamlined review of permit applications processed by the Corps and Virginia Department of Environmental (VDEQ). Public comments should be received by April 21, 2022.

17 Mar 2022

NAO-2015-00459 (Cripple Creek Dredged Material Transfer Station)

Expiration date: 4/18/2022

The City of Virginia Beach proposes to impact wetlands and Waters of the U.S. for the construction of the Cripple Creek Dredged Material Transfer Station at 2540 Virginia Beach Boulevard, Virginia Beach, Virginia. The impacts are associated with the construction of 30 linear feet of bulkhead (with 23-foot returns), shoreline revetment, two 7-pile mooring dolphins and dredging for a basin to support the transfer of dredged material from barges to trucks. The bulkhead and fender would impact 90 square feet of non-vegetated tidal wetlands and 65 square feet of scrub/shrub vegetated tidal wetlands. The City of Virginia Beach would remove an estimated 625 cubic yards of dredged material from the proposed 4,350-square foot basin. The dredging (-7.5-foot NAVD) would impact 4,870 square feet of subaqueous bottom, and 495 square feet of non-vegetated wetlands in the 2X buffer and 390 square feet of vegetated wetlands (240 square feet in 2x and 150 square feet in 4X buffer). Public comments should be received by the close of business on April 18, 2022.

9 Mar 2022

NAO-1998-02442 (Botetourt Center at Greenfield)

Expiration date: 4/9/2022

Botetourt County proposes to widening an existing road within the Botetourt Center at Greenfield resulting in temporary and permanent impacts to an unnamed tributary of Tinker Creek. The perennial stream is located on the eastern side of Lots A, B, and C, and west of International Parkway. The impact area is located at approximately 37.438669 (latitude), -79.919651(longitude) and consists of 244 square feet of permanent stream impact across 105 linear feet of stream. Public comments should be received by April 9, 2022.