The main marina permit – a Section 10 individual permit – was signed by Colonel Brandon Bowman on April 23, 2026.  The decision document (Memorandum for the Record) and the approved permit are shown below:

And the decision document (MFR):

Two permits were approved to mitigate impacts to the oldest documented shipwreck ever investigated in the nearshore waters of St John, dating from the first half of the 18th century.  Nationwide Permit 18 permits Summers End to place up to 25 cubic yards of sandbag fill around the shipwreck site, and Nationwide Permit 27 permits installation of 15 buoys in a circle surrounding the shipwreck, as a “no-navigation” zone.

The Corps approves Nationwide Permit 27 (“Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration”) for Summers End.  This permit approves filling several acres of Coral Harbor with 1,800 cubic yards of sand, to create “mangrove islands” as compensatory mitigation for the seagrass losses from the marina.  It also approves work on 1.4 acres on the shoreline of Fortsberg peninsula to excavate down to tidal elevations, create waterways, place two culverts beneath the Fortsberg Rd, and create additional mangrove wetlands.  The permit and decision document are shown below:

A public hearing is REQUIRED under Army Corps regulations when there are significant unresolved resource utilization issues.  The Summers End project clearly is in that category, however the Corps Jacksonville District denied a public hearing without providing the rationale required under the regulations.  A legal response was submitted by Save Coral Bay:

Save Coral Bay appreciates the initiative of our Delegate to Congress, Representative Stacey Plaskett, in asking the Army Corps to convene a public hearing on the proposed Summers End Marina.  Her letter is shown below: