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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83090</law_id><section_number>62.1-262.1</section_number><catch_line>Permits for withdrawals from Eastern Shore Groundwater Management Area</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="62.1">Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="25">Ground Water Management Act of 1992</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall adopt regulations to provide incentives for the withdrawal of <span class="dictionary">ground water</span> from the <span class="dictionary">surficial aquifer</span> in the <span class="dictionary">Eastern Shore Groundwater Management Area</span> rather than from the deep aquifer in such management area. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection C of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Ground water withdrawal permits" href="/62.1-266/">62.1-266</a>, such incentives may include extended permit terms of as long as 20 years, an accelerated permit process, discounted permit fees, other subsidies, or other incentives.</p></section></text><history>2019, c. 755.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
