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I, c. 497.","full_text":"A\n\nAny locality that does not operate a regulated MS4 and for which the Department did not administer a VSMP as of July 1, 2020, shall notify the Department if it decides to have the Department provide the locality with (i) review of the erosion and sediment control plan required by subsection A of § 62.1-44.15:55 and (ii) a recommendation on the plan’s compliance with the requirements of this article and the Board’s regulations, for any solar project and its associated infrastructure with a rated electrical generation capacity exceeding five megawatts.B\n\nThe VESCP authority for a locality that notifies the Department pursuant to subsection A shall, within five days of receiving an erosion and sediment control plan, forward such plan to the Department for review. If a plan forwarded to the Department is incomplete, the Department shall return the plan to the VESCP authority immediately and the application process shall start over. If a plan forwarded to the Department is complete, the Department shall review it for compliance with the requirements of this article and the Board’s regulations and provide a recommendation to the VESCP authority. The VESCP authority shall then (i) grant written approval of the plan or (ii) provide written notice of disapproval of the plan in accordance with subsection B of § 62.1-44.15:55.C\n\nThe VESCP authority for a locality that notifies the Department pursuant to subsection A shall, within five days of receiving any resubmittal of a previously disapproved erosion and sediment control plan, forward such resubmitted plan to the Department. The Department shall review a resubmittal of a previously disapproved erosion and sediment control plan for compliance with the requirements of this article and the Board’s regulations and provide a recommendation to the VESCP authority. The VESCP authority shall then (i) grant written approval of the plan or (ii) provide written notice of disapproval of the plan in accordance with subsection B of § 62.1-44.15:55.D\n\nThe Department shall adopt a fee schedule and charge fees for conducting reviews pursuant to this section. The fees shall be charged to applicants and not to any VESCP authority. Such fees shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Fund established by subsection E. The amount of the fees shall be set at an amount representing no less than 60 percent, but not to exceed 62 percent, of the administrative and other costs to the Department of conducting such reviews.E\n\nThere is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Fund, referred to in this section as “the Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All moneys collected by the Department pursuant to this section and all other funds appropriated for such purpose and any gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds received on its behalf shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of carrying out the Department’s responsibilities pursuant to this section. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Director.\n\t\t\tAn accounting of moneys received by and distributed from the Fund shall be kept by the State Comptroller.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":258893,"text":"Any locality that does not operate a regulated MS4 and for which the Department did not administer a VSMP as of July 1, 2020, shall notify the Department if it decides to have the Department provide the locality with (i) review of the erosion and sediment control plan required by subsection A of § 62.1-44.15:55 and (ii) a recommendation on the plan’s compliance with the requirements of this article and the Board’s regulations, for any solar project and its associated infrastructure with a rated electrical generation capacity exceeding five megawatts.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":258894,"text":"The VESCP authority for a locality that notifies the Department pursuant to subsection A shall, within five days of receiving an erosion and sediment control plan, forward such plan to the Department for review. If a plan forwarded to the Department is incomplete, the Department shall return the plan to the VESCP authority immediately and the application process shall start over. If a plan forwarded to the Department is complete, the Department shall review it for compliance with the requirements of this article and the Board’s regulations and provide a recommendation to the VESCP authority. The VESCP authority shall then (i) grant written approval of the plan or (ii) provide written notice of disapproval of the plan in accordance with subsection B of § 62.1-44.15:55.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":258895,"text":"The VESCP authority for a locality that notifies the Department pursuant to subsection A shall, within five days of receiving any resubmittal of a previously disapproved erosion and sediment control plan, forward such resubmitted plan to the Department. The Department shall review a resubmittal of a previously disapproved erosion and sediment control plan for compliance with the requirements of this article and the Board’s regulations and provide a recommendation to the VESCP authority. The VESCP authority shall then (i) grant written approval of the plan or (ii) provide written notice of disapproval of the plan in accordance with subsection B of § 62.1-44.15:55.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":258896,"text":"The Department shall adopt a fee schedule and charge fees for conducting reviews pursuant to this section. The fees shall be charged to applicants and not to any VESCP authority. Such fees shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Fund established by subsection E. The amount of the fees shall be set at an amount representing no less than 60 percent, but not to exceed 62 percent, of the administrative and other costs to the Department of conducting such reviews.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"4":{"id":258897,"text":"There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Fund, referred to in this section as “the Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All moneys collected by the Department pursuant to this section and all other funds appropriated for such purpose and any gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds received on its behalf shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of carrying out the Department’s responsibilities pursuant to this section. 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A.<\/span> Any locality that does not operate a regulated MS4 and for which the Department<\/span> did not administer a VSMP<\/span> as of July 1, 2020, shall notify the Department<\/span> if it decides to have the Department<\/span> provide the locality with (i) review of the erosion and sediment control plan<\/span> required by subsection A of § 62.1-44.15:55<\/a> and (ii) a recommendation on the plan’s compliance with the requirements of this article and the Board<\/span>’s regulations<\/span>, for any solar project and its associated infrastructure with a rated electrical generation capacity exceeding five megawatts. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The VESCP authority<\/span> for a locality that notifies the Department<\/span> pursuant to subsection A shall, within five days of receiving an erosion and sediment control plan<\/span>, forward such plan to the Department<\/span> for review. If a plan forwarded to the Department<\/span> is incomplete, the Department<\/span> shall return the plan to the VESCP authority<\/span> immediately and the application process shall start over. If a plan forwarded to the Department<\/span> is complete, the Department<\/span> shall review it for compliance with the requirements of this article and the Board<\/span>’s regulations<\/span> and provide a recommendation to the VESCP authority<\/span>. The VESCP authority<\/span> shall then (i) grant written approval of the plan or (ii) provide written notice of disapproval of the plan in accordance with subsection B of § 62.1-44.15:55<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The VESCP authority<\/span> for a locality that notifies the Department<\/span> pursuant to subsection A shall, within five days of receiving any resubmittal of a previously disapproved erosion and sediment control plan<\/span>, forward such resubmitted plan to the Department<\/span>. The Department<\/span> shall review a resubmittal of a previously disapproved erosion and sediment control plan<\/span> for compliance with the requirements of this article and the Board<\/span>’s regulations<\/span> and provide a recommendation to the VESCP authority<\/span>. The VESCP authority<\/span> shall then (i) grant written approval of the plan or (ii) provide written notice of disapproval of the plan in accordance with subsection B of § 62.1-44.15:55<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall adopt a fee schedule and charge fees for conducting reviews pursuant to this section. The fees shall be charged to applicants<\/span> and not to any VESCP authority<\/span>. Such fees shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Fund established by subsection E. The amount of the fees shall be set at an amount representing no less than 60 percent, but not to exceed 62 percent, of the administrative and other costs to the Department<\/span> of conducting such reviews. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Fund, referred to in this section as “the Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All moneys collected by the Department<\/span> pursuant to this section and all other funds appropriated for such purpose and any gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds received on its behalf shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of carrying out the Department<\/span>’s responsibilities pursuant to this section. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Director<\/span>.\n\t\t\tAn accounting of moneys received by and distributed from the Fund shall be kept by the State Comptroller. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEPARTMENT REVIEW OF EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLANS FOR SOLAR PROJECTS (\u00a7\n62.1-44.15:55.1)\n\nA. Any locality that does not operate a regulated MS4 and for which the\nDepartment did not administer a VSMP as of July 1, 2020, shall notify the\nDepartment if it decides to have the Department provide the locality with (i)\nreview of the erosion and sediment control plan required by subsection A of\n§ 62.1-44.15:55 and (ii) a recommendation on the plan’s compliance\nwith the requirements of this article and the Board’s regulations, for any\nsolar project and its associated infrastructure with a rated electrical\ngeneration capacity exceeding five megawatts.\n\nB. The VESCP authority for a locality that notifies the Department pursuant to\nsubsection A shall, within five days of receiving an erosion and sediment\ncontrol plan, forward such plan to the Department for review. If a plan\nforwarded to the Department is incomplete, the Department shall return the plan\nto the VESCP authority immediately and the application process shall start over.\nIf a plan forwarded to the Department is complete, the Department shall review\nit for compliance with the requirements of this article and the Board’s\nregulations and provide a recommendation to the VESCP authority. The VESCP\nauthority shall then (i) grant written approval of the plan or (ii) provide\nwritten notice of disapproval of the plan in accordance with subsection B of\n§ 62.1-44.15:55.\n\nC. The VESCP authority for a locality that notifies the Department pursuant to\nsubsection A shall, within five days of receiving any resubmittal of a\npreviously disapproved erosion and sediment control plan, forward such\nresubmitted plan to the Department. The Department shall review a resubmittal of\na previously disapproved erosion and sediment control plan for compliance with\nthe requirements of this article and the Board’s regulations and provide a\nrecommendation to the VESCP authority. The VESCP authority shall then (i) grant\nwritten approval of the plan or (ii) provide written notice of disapproval of\nthe plan in accordance with subsection B of § 62.1-44.15:55.\n\nD. The Department shall adopt a fee schedule and charge fees for conducting\nreviews pursuant to this section. The fees shall be charged to applicants and\nnot to any VESCP authority. Such fees shall be remitted to the State Treasurer\nfor deposit in the Fund established by subsection E. The amount of the fees\nshall be set at an amount representing no less than 60 percent, but not to\nexceed 62 percent, of the administrative and other costs to the Department of\nconducting such reviews.\n\nE. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to\nbe known as the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Fund, referred to in this\nsection as “the Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of\nthe Comptroller. All moneys collected by the Department pursuant to this section\nand all other funds appropriated for such purpose and any gifts, donations,\ngrants, bequests, and other funds received on its behalf shall be paid into the\nstate treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund\nshall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the\nFund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not\nrevert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund\nshall be used solely for the purposes of carrying out the Department’s\nresponsibilities pursuant to this section. Expenditures and disbursements from\nthe Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the\nComptroller upon written request signed by the Director.\n\t\t\tAn accounting of moneys received by and distributed from the Fund shall be\nkept by the State Comptroller.\n\nHISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 497.","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}}