Combined CZM/USACE Timeline

The seven-year history of the efforts by the Summers End Group to obtain Army Corps and CZM permits for their Coral Bay marina has had many twists and turns along the way.  We’ve tried to organize the many hundreds of documents and thousands of pages of correspondence relating to both of these permits into an accessible format through the timeline below.

The timeline below identifies the main events in the history of the Summers End Group’s efforts to obtain a US Army Corps of Engineers permit and in their efforts to secure a Virgin Islands Coastal Zone Management permit.  There are three selector buttons at the top of the timeline:  “Army Corps Permit”, “CZM Permit” or “Both Permits”.  Select one of these options to view the events relating to that selection.  By default “Both Permits” is selected for the timeline.

You may click on any entry to be taken to a page with more detail, including the primary documents relating to that event.  Scroll down for the complete history.  You may also click on any year shown on the slider on the right side of the page to jump to that year.

For general background on Army Corps permits – including when they are needed and how they are reviewed, click in this link for more information.  Otherwise, just begin your journey along the timeline.

2014
First Army Corps Permit

In April 2014 SEG filed its first permit appication with USACE.  In this application Chaliese Summers signed the affirmation stating (under penalty of law) that “I possess the authority to undertake the work described herein.”

In fact, in April 2014 SEG did not have the authority to undertake work on any of the marina parcels.  The Powers of Attorney for 13A and 13B Carolina, for example, solely gave SEG the authority to “apply for permit.”

2014 0401 USACE Application Executed-sm
SEG Powers of Attorney

The Powers of Attorney granted to SEG by the owners of 13 Remainder, 13-A, and 13-B were all limited to a grant of authority to “apply for permits.”  None  of these PoA’s granted SEG the authority to perform construction.  The PoA’s were also limited in time.

In their CZM Permit Application, SEG swore that they had the “irrevocable power …”  This was untrue at the time it was said, and should have resulted in the CZM permit application being deemed “incomplete” by DPNR.  It should also have resulted in a rejection of the Army Corps permit application once USACE was notified that SEG did not have the authority to conduct the development described in the USACE permit application.

The Powers of Attorney are shown below:

Deeds, Leases, POA - 04-01-14
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