NASA is seeking federal authorization for a major beach restoration project designed to protect government and commercial spaceflight facilities on Wallops Island from storms and shoreline erosion.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Norfolk District announced Monday that it is reviewing NASA’s application for permits under the Clean Water Act and Rivers and Harbors Act. The proposed work would affect approximately 15,000 feet, or nearly three miles, of Atlantic Ocean shoreline at the Wallops Flight Facility in Accomack County.
According to the application, the project is intended to reduce the risk of damage to facilities operated by NASA, the U.S. Navy and the Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, commonly known as MARS…