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VMRC approves shoreline permits, dredging authorization and funding recommendations
Summary
The Marine Resources Commission approved multiple shoreline permits (boathouses, gazebo), consent page‑2 items including maintenance dredging and pier work, reinstated an oyster license contingent on back fees, and approved CFAB funding totaling $118,656.
At its Dec. 3 meeting, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission approved a series of consent and protested shoreline permit applications, authorized routine consent items and accepted staff funding recommendations.
Staff summarized numerous page‑2 consent items including riprap and bulkhead requests, sand placement in intertidal wetlands, replacement of boat ramps, replacement of groins and a proposed maintenance dredge of up to 20,000 cubic yards to minus 37 feet by NGL Energy Partners at a site on the southern branch of the Elizabeth River. Commissioners approved the page 2 consent items unanimously.
The Commission considered three protested private structures in detail. It accepted staff recommendations and voted to approve Vladimir Arena’s dual‑slip 33x37 open‑sided boathouse on Cypress Drive (Chickahominy River, James City County). The board also approved a 448‑square‑foot boathouse requested by Rizvi Family Partnership at Nanzatico Lane (King George County), a structure within the 700‑square‑foot limit authorized by statute. Separately, the board approved Ray Lewis’s request for a 14x22 open‑sided gazebo attached to a statutory private pier in Horn Harbor (Matthews County) after staff found the gazebo portion consistent with §28.212.03(a)(5).
During public comment, John Eanes requested reinstatement of an oyster license he said lapsed after 2019. Staff pulled licensing history and reported his last purchase as February 2019; the Commission approved reinstatement contingent on payment of back license fees for 2020 through 2024.
Alicia Nelson presented Commercial Fishing Advisory Board recommendations to fund four ongoing projects from the Marine Fishing Improvement Fund totaling $118,656 (projects include striped bass and shad monitoring, eel youth research, and SAV scarring monitoring). Commissioners approved the funding package.
Votes on the consent items, protested permits, license reinstatement and CFAB funding were recorded by motion and passed by voice or hand vote as noted in the record.
