Skip to content
County Voice

Property request · wetlands permit

Sumiko Kohno Trustee and Hang Pham: repair an existing groin and to repair and restack 102 linear feet of riprap revetment (Potomac River)

  1. Wetlands Board hearing (county’s record, Jan 13)Jan 13

  2. Wetlands Board decides (county’s record, Jan 13)Approved, unanimously · Jan 13

A step the records show opens the record itself.

About the Wetlands Board

In plain words

This matter is a shoreline repair application at 375 Pine Shore Lane on the Potomac River.1 Application No. 25-2629 lists Sumiko Kohno Trustee as owner and Hang Pham as applicant.1 The work is to repair an existing groin and to repair and restack 102 linear feet of riprap revetment, a rock shoreline barrier.1 At the Wetlands Board meeting on January 13, 2026, Hang Pham described the project and there were no objections.2 Robert Vanlandingham moved to approve the application as submitted for three years, Albert Fisher seconded, and the Board unanimously approved.2

Summarized from the county’s records, September 26.

Where each sentence comes from
  1. “along the shoreline of the Potomac River and 375 Pine Shore Lane” … “Application No. 25-2629 Sumiko Kohno Trustee, owner and Hang Pham, applicant” … “to repair an existing groin and to repair and restack 102 linear feet of riprap revetment”The matter as the records title it
  2. “Hang Pham described the project” … “there being no objections” … “Robert Vanlandingham made a motion to approve the application as submitted for three years. Albert Fisher seconded the motion and the Board unanimously approved.”Jan 13, 2026 · Wetlands Board · In the minutes

Written automatically from the county’s records. Each sentence has to quote the record it comes from, word for word, or it’s left out. The records have the final say.

The official wording

Application No. 25-2629 Sumiko Kohno Trustee, owner and Hang Pham, applicant – to repair an existing groin and to repair and restack 102 linear feet of riprap revetment along the shoreline of the Potomac River and 375 Pine Shore Lane.

Words the law defines

  • Wetlands board
    “‘Wetlands board’ or ‘board’ means a board created pursuant to § 28.2-1303.”

    Code of Virginia § 28.2-1300, Chapter 13. Wetlands

What’s happened

  1. Tue13Jan

    Wetlands Board · a vote

    ApprovedThe Board’s vote

    After review of the project and there being no objections, Robert Vanlandingham made a motion to approve the application as submitted for three years. Albert Fisher seconded the motion and the Board unanimously approved.

    Moved by Vanlandingham, seconded by Fisher

    Minutes, Jan 13Open it in the meeting →

Meeting by meeting, newest first, in the records’ own words. Each vote names the minutes it’s written in.

The records

Gathered from Northumberland County’s agendas, minutes and notices. Checked October 26.

Something wrong here?

If you know something on this page is wrong, say so. A person at County Voice reads each one. One that checks out is corrected here, with the date. The county’s and the state’s own records aren’t changed.

Never shown on the site, and not used for anything else.

Disagreeing with a decision isn’t a correction. To be heard on one, see what’s coming up.

How a wetlands permit is decided

Work in tidal wetlands and along the shoreline, such as riprap, bulkheads and sills, needs a permit. The county's Wetlands Board decides these applications after an advertised public hearing.

Applications are also filed with the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, which assigns the application number used to follow a request.

The law: Va. Code § 28.2-1302 (Adoption of wetlands zoning ordinance; terms of ordinance). This describes the general process, not this decision.