                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE (§ 10.1-655)

Upon approval of an application for assistance, the Board may provide technical
and financial assistance to the applicant according to the following guidelines:

1. The Board shall maintain a technical staff to recommend stream restoration
measures, to estimate costs, and to prepare engineering plans and specifications
which may be used to implement such measures. The actual preparation of plans
and specifications shall not be undertaken until the applicant certifies that
adequate funding is available, and that the plans will be implemented within one
year after all necessary permits are obtained.

2. Financial assistance may be provided to applicants to the extent that funds
for that purpose are available to the Board. In no case shall such assistance
exceed fifty percent of the total cost of construction. Funds shall not be
disbursed until the Board has made a final inspection and has determined that
all work is adequately completed in accordance with the plans and
specifications.

3. To receive financial assistance, applicants must certify that they have
explored and exhausted all other possible funding sources. In cases where a
national disaster area has been declared, no funding shall be provided under the
Program until it is determined to what extent the federal government will
participate in stream restoration along the segments under consideration.
			When requests for financial assistance exceed available resources, the Board
shall set priorities and allocate funds as it deems appropriate to accomplish
the maximum benefit.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 450, § 21-11.28; 1988, c. 891.