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2009 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 2213
Offered January 14, 2009
Prefiled January 14, 2009
A BILL to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 50 of the Acts of Assembly of 2007, relating to a Virginia Natural Gas easement in the Baylor Grounds.
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Patron-- Jones
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 1 of Chapter 50 of the Acts of Assembly of 2007 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 1. That the Marine Resources Commission (MRC) is hereby authorized to grant and convey to Virginia Natural Gas, Inc., its successors, and assigns, upon such terms and conditions as the MRC, with the approval of the Governor and the Attorney General, shall deem proper, two permanent easements and rights-of-way and a temporary right-of-way of a reasonable width as needed for the purpose of installing, constructing, maintaining, repairing, and operating a submarine natural gas transmission line system in and across the bed of the James River/Hampton Roads Harbor and the Elizabeth River Reach, including a portion of the Baylor Survey, the boundaries of such easements being described as follows:

Virginia Natural Gas Baylor Easement "A":

Beginning at a point in Hampton Roads Harbor generally located near the northwestern corner of Craney Island Disposal Area, City of Portsmouth, on the southern line of the Baylor Ground designated "Public Ground No. 1" as shown on a map compiled by the Marine Resources Commission as having a coordinate value of North 3,504,038.571 East 12,100,845.956 (coordinate values are based on Virginia State Plane Coordination System, South Zone, NAD 1983/1994 HARN, and expressed in U.S. Survey feet); thence from said point of beginning running N04°37'18"W a distance of 577.81 feet to a point in the northern boundary of said "Public Ground No. 1," thence turning and running along the aforementioned northern boundary line N76°00'38"E a distance of 101.35 feet to a point; thence turning and running, leaving the northern boundary line of "Public Ground No. 1," S04°37'18"E a distance of 602.39 feet to a point in the southern boundary line of "Public Ground No. 1"; thence turning and running along the southern boundary line of "Public Ground No. 1" S89°59'58"W a distance of 100.33 feet to a point, the point of beginning of Easement "A," such easement being 100 feet wide through a portion of the Baylor Ground designated "Public Ground No. 1."

Virginia Natural Gas Baylor Easement "B":

Beginning at a point in the Elizabeth River generally located near the eastern side of Craney Island Fuel Supply Depot, City of Portsmouth, on the western line of the Baylor Ground designated "Public Ground No. 3" as shown on a map compiled by the Marine Resources Commission as having a coordinate value of North 3,490,484.800 East 12,115,840.924 (coordinate values are based on Virginia State Plane Coordination System, South Zone, NAD 1983/1994 HARN, and expressed in U.S. Survey feet); thence from said point of beginning running S46°55'43"E a distance of 3,902.74 feet to a point in the eastern boundary of "Public Ground No. 3," generally located near Lamberts Point Terminals, City of Norfolk; thence turning and running along the eastern boundary line of "Public Ground No. 3" S20°08'18"W a distance of 108.57 feet to a point; thence turning and running, leaving the aforementioned eastern boundary line of "Public Ground No. 3," N46°55'43"W a distance of 3,827.89 feet to a point in the western boundary line of the Baylor Ground designated "Public Ground No. 3"; thence turning and running along the western boundary line N06°26'47"W a distance of 154.02 feet to a point, the point of beginning of Easement "B," such easement being 100 feet wide through a portion of the Baylor Ground designated "Public Ground No. 3."

Virginia Natural Gas Baylor Easement “C”:

Beginning at a point in the Elizabeth River generally located near the eastern side of Craney Island Fuel Supply Depot, City of Portsmouth on the western line of the Baylor Ground designated “Public Ground No. 3.” as shown on map compiled by Marine Resources Commission having a coordinate value of North 3,491,259.652, East 12,115,753.359 (coordinate values are based on Virginia State Plane Coordinate System, South Zone, NAD 1983/1994 HARN, and expressed in U.S. Survey feet); thence from said point of beginning running S69°05’52”E a distance of 3,943.73 feet to a point in the eastern boundary of “Public Ground No. 3,” generally located near the southern portion of Old Dominion University, City of Norfolk; thence turning and running along the eastern boundary line of “Public Ground No. 3” S20°08’21”W a distance of 100.01 feet to a point; thence turning and running, leaving the aforementioned eastern boundary line of “Public Ground No. 3,” N69°05’52”W, 3,893.34 feet to a point in the western boundary line of the Baylor Ground designated “Public Ground No. 3”; thence turning and running along the western boundary line N06°26’52”W a distance of 112.59 feet to a point, the point of beginning of Easement “C”. The above described easement being 100 feet wide through a portion of Baylor Ground designated “Public Ground No. 3.”