Final Project Agreement Signed May 30, 2000September 30th, 2014
FiledSeptember 30th, 2014The Project Sponsor: The Naval Station Mayport (NS Mayport) is located in Jacksonville, Florida and encompasses more than 3,400 acres on the northern end of a peninsula bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the St. John’s River to the north, and the Intracoastal Waterway to the west. The station is a home port for more than 14,000 sailors and civilians, making it the third largest fleet concentration in the United States, and serves as a base for Navy ships, airplanes, and helicopters, as well as a training and repair station for the Atlantic fleet of the U.S. Navy. NS Mayport has nearly 1 mile of beachfront and 4.5 miles of river shoreline, and almost half of its 3,400 acres are classified as wetlands, brackish marshlands, or beaches. The Navy shares the area with numerous animal species, some being threatened or endangered (e.g., manatees, sea turtles, and northern right whales).