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.