                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DECLARED A STATE HISTORIC RIVER; PLANNING FOR USE AND DEVELOPMENT (§ 10.1-419)

A. In keeping with the public policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia to conserve
the portions of certain rivers possessing superior natural beauty, thereby
assuring their use and enjoyment for their historic, scenic, recreational,
geologic, fish and wildlife, cultural and other values, that portion of the
Lower James River in Charles City, James City and Surry Counties, from an
unnamed tributary to the James River approximately 1.2 miles east of Trees Point
in Charles City County (northside) and Upper Chippokes Creek (southside) to
Grices Run (northside) and Lawnes Creek (southside), is hereby declared to be an
historic river with noteworthy scenic and ecological qualities.

B. In all planning for the use and development of water and related land
resources which changes the character of a stream or waterway or destroys its
historic, scenic or ecological values, full consideration and evaluation of the
river as an historic, scenic and ecological resource should be given before such
work is undertaken. Alternative solutions should also be considered before such
work is undertaken.

C. The General Assembly hereby designates the Department of Conservation and
Recreation as the agency of the Commonwealth responsible for assuring that the
purposes of this chapter are achieved. Nothing in this designation shall impair
the powers and duties of the local jurisdictions listed above or the Virginia
Department of Transportation.

HISTORY: 1988, cc. 721, 891; 1989, c. 656; 2011, cc. 594, 681.