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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 468 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1988, chapter 891; in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0240\">240<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80733,"section_number":"10.1-408","catch_line":"Uses not affected by scenic river designation","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-408\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":143807,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72808,"identifier":"10.1-402","token":"10.1\/I\/4\/10.1-402","url":"\/10.1-402\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-402\/","token":"10.1\/I\/4\/10.1-402","dublin_core":{"Title":"Development of water and related resources and evaluation as scenic resource","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-402","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> may review and make recommendations regarding all planning for the use and development of water and related land resources including the construction of impoundments, <span class=\"dictionary\">diversions<\/span>, roadways, crossings, channels, locks, canals, or other uses that change the character of a stream or waterway or destroy its scenic <span class=\"dictionary\">assets<\/span>, so that full consideration and evaluation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">river<\/span> as a scenic resource will be given before alternative plans for use and development are approved. 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To effectuate the purposes of this section, all state\nand local agencies shall consider the recommendations of the Department.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 468, \u00a7 10-167; 1988, c. 891; 2003, c. 240.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}