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Unless a shorter period is provided by law, regulation, or agreement, the state agency, board, or commission shall within 120 days of receipt of a complete application issue the permit, issue the permit with conditions, deny the permit, or decide whether a public meeting or hearing is required by law. If a public meeting or hearing is held, it shall be held within 45 days of the decision to conduct such a proceeding, and a final decision as to the permit shall be made within 90 days of completion of the public meeting or hearing. For coverage under general permits issued pursuant to Title 10.1, 28.2, 29.1, or 62.1, the state agency, board, or commission that issues such permits shall within 10 business days of receipt of an application from the Department for a highway construction project review the application for completeness and either accept the application or request additional specific information from the Department. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0781\">781<\/a> 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. 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 2007, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0896\">896<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0805\">805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":205141,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78170,"identifier":"33.2-258","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-258","url":"\/33.2-258\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-258\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-258","dublin_core":{"Title":"Environmental permits for highway projects; timely review","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-258","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding any other provision of state <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> or regulation, any state agency, <span class=\"dictionary\">board<\/span>, or commission that <span class=\"dictionary\">issues<\/span> a permit required for a <span class=\"dictionary\">highway construction<\/span> project pursuant to Title 10.1, 28.2, 29.1, or 62.1 shall within 15 days of receipt of an individual permit application review the application for completeness and either accept the application or request additional specific information from the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>. 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Unless a shorter period is provided by law,\nregulation, or agreement, the state agency, board, or commission shall within\n120 days of receipt of a complete application issue the permit, issue the permit\nwith conditions, deny the permit, or decide whether a public meeting or hearing\nis required by law. If a public meeting or hearing is held, it shall be held\nwithin 45 days of the decision to conduct such a proceeding, and a final\ndecision as to the permit shall be made within 90 days of completion of the\npublic meeting or hearing. For coverage under general permits issued pursuant to\nTitle 10.1, 28.2, 29.1, or 62.1, the state agency, board, or commission that\nissues such permits shall within 10 business days of receipt of an application\nfrom the Department for a highway construction project review the application\nfor completeness and either accept the application or request additional\nspecific information from the Department. Coverage under the general permit\nshall be approved, approved with conditions, or denied within 30 business days\nof receipt of a complete application.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 781, \u00a7 33.1-19.1; 2007, c. 896; 2014, c. 805.","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}}