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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66852</law_id><section_number>62.1-44.122</section_number><catch_line>(For contingent effective date, see &#xA7; 62.1-44.119:1) Definitions</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="3.8">Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan Initiatives</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Chesapeake Bay Watershed Livestock Stream Exclusion</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Department</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Conservation and Recreation.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Perennial stream</span>&#x201D; means a body of water depicted as perennial on the most recent U.S. Geological Survey 7-1/2-minute topographic quadrangle map (scale 1:24,000) or identified by a method, established in guidelines approved by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, that does not require field verification.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Stream exclusion practice</span>&#x201D; means protection of a body of water by fencing, including temporary fencing, or another physical means sufficient to exclude livestock from such body of water. A <span class="dictionary">stream exclusion practice</span> may include designated livestock stream crossings that satisfy criteria established in guidelines adopted by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>.</p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 1185, 1186.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
