21 May 2025

408-NAO-2024-0127 (Town of Tappahannock Captain Thomas Transient Dock Facility)

Expiration date: 6/5/2025

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 the Town of Tappahannock to construct a canoe/kayak launch and transient boat docking facility situated at the Captain Thomas Site on Hoskins Creek. The overall facility will also offer fuel for transient boaters, a pump-out station, bathhouse, and parking lot. The main purpose of the project is to expand transient boater access along the Rappahannock River and offer a sheltered, deep-water location that is immediately adjacent to a federally maintained navigation channel. The main dock will be a 13-foot-wide by 240-foot-long floating dock that can side moor up to (16) 26-foot-long transient vessels. The floating dock will be ADA accessible and accessed by a 6-foot by 80-foot gangway that connects to a 25-foot by 30-foot fixed timber pierhead. The pierhead will also support the fuel pump and sanitary pump-out station. The pierhead will connect to the landside with an 8-foot-wide by 72-foot-long timber walkway. Upstream from the transient boat dock is a proposed canoe/kayak launch that will be a 10-foot-wide by 20-foot-long floating with an 8-foot by 10-foot gangway support float that is connected to landside with a 5-foot-wide by 40-foot-long gangway. Comments should be received by the close of business on June 5, 2025.