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Commission denies overboard disposal plan for Nassau Heights Creek dredging after VIMS, staff raise ecological concerns
Summary
The Marine Resources Commission denied a proposed mechanical/hydraulic dredging project that would have placed roughly 24,200 cubic yards of dredged material overboard near the mouth of Nassau Heights Creek, citing submerged aquatic vegetation impacts and urging upland/beneficial-use alternatives such as Tangier Island placement.
The Marine Resources Commission on Jan. 28 denied a proposal to mechanically or hydraulically dredge approximately 24,200 cubic yards from the mouth of Nassau Heights Creek, Northampton County, after staff and Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) scientists described likely harms from overboard disposal.
Staff and VIMS raised concerns that recent mapping shows submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in the proposed dredge area and that overboard disposal (open-water placement offshore) would cause substantial localized impacts: burial of benthic habitat, increased turbidity, resuspension of contaminants, and…
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