A letter regarding a recent decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District to issue a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit to the Virginia Seafood Council for the trial placement of one million non-native oysters into waters of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean associated with research on aquaculture grow-out methods.

• Elevation Withdrawal Letter - signed March 27, 2003 (PDF)(2 pp, 90 K)