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Such notice shall contain a statement of the estimated local impact of the proposed action, which at a minimum shall include information on the specific pollutants involved and the total quantity of each that may be discharged.2\n\nMail the notice to the chief elected official and chief administrative officer and planning district commission for those localities.\n\t\t\t\tWritten comments shall be accepted by the Board for at least 15 days after any hearing on the regulation, variance or permit, unless the Board votes to shorten the period.\n\t\t\t\tFor the purposes of this section, the term &#8220;locality particularly affected&#8221; means any locality that bears any identified disproportionate material water quality impact that would not be experienced by other localities.B\n\nOn or after January 1, 2007, the Board shall ensure that all wetland inventory maps that identify the location of wetlands in the Commonwealth and that are maintained by the Board be made readily available to the public. The Board shall notify the circuit court clerk&#8217;s office and other appropriate officials in each locality of the availability of the wetland inventory maps and request that the locality provide information in the location where the land records of the locality are maintained on the availability of the wetland inventory maps as well as the potential Virginia Water Protection Permit requirements.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":286032,"text":"After June 30, 1994, before promulgating any regulation under consideration or granting any variance to an existing regulation, or issuing any permit, if the Board finds that there are localities particularly affected by the regulation, variance or permit, the Board shall:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":286033,"text":"Publish, or require the applicant to publish, a notice in a local paper of general circulation in the localities affected at least 30 days prior to the close of any public comment period. Such notice shall contain a statement of the estimated local impact of the proposed action, which at a minimum shall include information on the specific pollutants involved and the total quantity of each that may be discharged.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":286034,"text":"Mail the notice to the chief elected official and chief administrative officer and planning district commission for those localities.\n\t\t\t\tWritten comments shall be accepted by the Board for at least 15 days after any hearing on the regulation, variance or permit, unless the Board votes to shorten the period.\n\t\t\t\tFor the purposes of this section, the term &#8220;locality particularly affected&#8221; means any locality that bears any identified disproportionate material water quality impact that would not be experienced by other localities.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"B"},"3":{"id":286035,"text":"On or after January 1, 2007, the Board shall ensure that all wetland inventory maps that identify the location of wetlands in the Commonwealth and that are maintained by the Board be made readily available to the public. The Board shall notify the circuit court clerk&#8217;s office and other appropriate officials in each locality of the availability of the wetland inventory maps and request that the locality provide information in the location where the land records of the locality are maintained on the availability of the wetland inventory maps as well as the potential Virginia Water Protection Permit requirements.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A2"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13015,"edition_id":1,"name":"Control Board Generally","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13014,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:08","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:08","permalink":{"id":269343,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13015,"identifier":"2","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2","url":"\/62.1\/3.1\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13014,"edition_id":1,"name":"State Water Control Law","identifier":"3.1","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12909,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:08","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:08","permalink":{"id":269169,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13014,"identifier":"3.1","token":"62.1\/3.1","url":"\/62.1\/3.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12909,"edition_id":1,"name":"Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors","identifier":"62.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:00","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:00","permalink":{"id":268199,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12909,"identifier":"62.1","token":"62.1","url":"\/62.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":69471,"structure_id":13015,"section_number":"62.1-44.10","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/62.1-44.10\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2\/62.1-44.10","metadata":false},{"id":63082,"structure_id":13015,"section_number":"62.1-44.11","catch_line":"Meetings","url":"\/62.1-44.11\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2\/62.1-44.11","metadata":false},{"id":57347,"structure_id":13015,"section_number":"62.1-44.12","catch_line":"Records of proceedings; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 944 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 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0478\">478<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":269369,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79846,"identifier":"62.1-44.15:01","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2\/62.1-44.15_01","url":"\/62.1-44.15_01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.15_01\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2\/62.1-44.15_01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Further duties of Board; localities particularly affected","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.15:01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> After June 30, 1994, before promulgating any <span class=\"dictionary\">regulation<\/span> under consideration or granting any variance to an existing <span class=\"dictionary\">regulation<\/span>, or issuing any permit, if the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> finds that there are localities particularly affected by the <span class=\"dictionary\">regulation<\/span>, variance or permit, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall: <a id=\"paragraph-286032\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/62.1-44.15_01\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Publish, or require the applicant to publish, a notice in a local paper of general circulation in the localities affected at least 30 days prior to the close of any public comment period. Such notice shall contain a statement of the estimated local impact of the proposed action, which at a minimum shall include information on the specific pollutants involved and the total quantity of each that may be discharged. <a id=\"paragraph-286033\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/62.1-44.15_01\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Mail the notice to the chief elected official and chief administrative officer and planning district commission for those localities.\n\t\t\t\tWritten comments shall be accepted by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> for at least 15 days after any <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> on the <span class=\"dictionary\">regulation<\/span>, variance or permit, unless the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> votes to shorten the period.\n\t\t\t\tFor the purposes of this section, the term &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">locality particularly affected<\/span>&#8221; means any locality that bears any identified disproportionate <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> water quality impact that would not be experienced by other localities. <a id=\"paragraph-286034\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/62.1-44.15_01\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> On or after January 1, 2007, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall ensure that all wetland inventory maps that identify the location of <span class=\"dictionary\">wetlands<\/span> in the Commonwealth and that are maintained by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> be made readily available to the public. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall notify the <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> clerk&#8217;s office and other appropriate officials in each locality of the availability of the wetland inventory maps and request that the locality provide information in the location where the land records of the locality are maintained on the availability of the wetland inventory maps as well as the potential Virginia Water Protection Permit requirements. <a id=\"paragraph-286035\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/62.1-44.15_01\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFURTHER DUTIES OF BOARD; LOCALITIES PARTICULARLY AFFECTED (\u00a7 62.1-44.15:01)\n\nA. After June 30, 1994, before promulgating any regulation under consideration\nor granting any variance to an existing regulation, or issuing any permit, if\nthe Board finds that there are localities particularly affected by the\nregulation, variance or permit, the Board shall:\n\n   1. Publish, or require the applicant to publish, a notice in a local paper of\n   general circulation in the localities affected at least 30 days prior to the\n   close of any public comment period. Such notice shall contain a statement of\n   the estimated local impact of the proposed action, which at a minimum shall\n   include information on the specific pollutants involved and the total quantity\n   of each that may be discharged.\n\n   2. Mail the notice to the chief elected official and chief administrative\n   officer and planning district commission for those localities.\n   \t\t\t\tWritten comments shall be accepted by the Board for at least 15 days after\n   any hearing on the regulation, variance or permit, unless the Board votes to\n   shorten the period.\n   \t\t\t\tFor the purposes of this section, the term &#8220;locality particularly\n   affected&#8221; means any locality that bears any identified disproportionate\n   material water quality impact that would not be experienced by other\n   localities.\n\nB. On or after January 1, 2007, the Board shall ensure that all wetland\ninventory maps that identify the location of wetlands in the Commonwealth and\nthat are maintained by the Board be made readily available to the public. The\nBoard shall notify the circuit court clerk&#8217;s office and other appropriate\nofficials in each locality of the availability of the wetland inventory maps and\nrequest that the locality provide information in the location where the land\nrecords of the locality are maintained on the availability of the wetland\ninventory maps as well as the potential Virginia Water Protection Permit\nrequirements.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 944; 2005, c. 478.","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}}