                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FURTHER DUTIES OF BOARD; LOCALITIES PARTICULARLY AFFECTED (§ 62.1-44.15:01)

A. 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:

   1. 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.

   2. Mail the notice to the chief elected official and chief administrative
   officer and planning district commission for those localities.
   				Written 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.
   				For 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. 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.

HISTORY: 1993, c. 944; 2005, c. 478.