CONCORD, Mass. – Burlington Harbor Marina, LLC is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District to impact waters of the U.S. in conjunction with constructing a new marina in Burlington, Vermont.
The applicant proposes to place and maintain a new 160-slip, full-service, public marina facility in Burlington Harbor of Lake Champlain at 235 Penny Lane in Burlington. The purpose of the project is to construct a full-service public marina for seasonal and transient boaters in Lake Champlain.
The work proposed is to: place and maintain a pre-cast concrete floating wave attenuator around the perimeter of the marina. The pontoons that form the attenuator vary in width from 12 to 16 feet and will be a total of 1,750 feet long, 161 feet of which will be used as a fuel dock. Thirteen floating fingers will be placed off the interior side of the attenuator and vary in width from 3 to 5 feet wide and length from 30 to 77 feet. The attenuator will extend a maximum of 657 feet beyond ordinary high water (OHW) of the lake.
Also, it will place and maintain a 30-foot-wide, 90-foot-long floating boathouse with a 10-foot wide, 90-foot- long floating dock along the north side and an 8-foot wide, 90-foot-long floating dock along the south side. A 10- to 12-foot-wide, 20-foot-long L-shaped floating dock will be placed off the east side of the boat house which will be accessed by an 8-foot wide, 80-foot-long gangway. An upland gatehouse and concrete pad will anchor the gangway to the land and provide access to the boathouse and attenuator. The boathouse will contain a marina office, store, bathrooms, and mechanical and storage rooms. The rooftop will function as an observation deck open to the public.
It also will place and maintain a 10-foot-wide, 591-foot-long floating main marina dock parallel to the shoreline. Four docks with floating fingers will be placed off the main dock. Off the northern end of the main dock will be a 12-foot-wide, 382-foot-long floating L-shaped dock with eleven 3- to 8-foot-wide, 30- to 35-foot-long floating fingers.
Off the southern end of the main dock will be the 161-foot-long fuel dock with a 20-foot x 20-foot support hut. A 10-foot-wide, 75-foot-long floating bath house will be placed off the eastern side of the main dock.
The wave attenuator and docking system will be held in place by helical anchors and left in place year-round. Six ice breaker dolphins will be installed around the perimeter of the attenuator to provide protection to the facility from flow ice. Ice suppression devices will be installed on the docks and boathouse.
The public notice, with more specifics on the work proposed by the Burlington Harbor Marina, LLC, can be viewed on the Corps website at www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/PublicNotices.aspx. The application for the federal permit was filed with the Corps of Engineers in compliance with Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act, which provides for federal regulation of any work in, or affecting navigable waters of the U.S.
Public comments on the work proposed by Burlington Harbor Marina, LLC (file #NAE-2014-01260) should be forwarded no later than July 26, 2017 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, Vermont Project Office (ATTN: Michael Adams), 11 Lincoln Street, Room 210, Essex Junction, Vermont 05452. Additional information is available from Permit Project Manager Michael Adams at 802-872-2893 or 978-318-8485 or by email to michael.s.adams@usace.army.mil.