                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 DUTIES OF BOARD (§ 62.1-256)

The Board shall have the following duties and powers:

1. To issue ground water withdrawal permits in accordance with regulations
adopted by the Board;

2. To issue special orders as provided in &#xA7; 62.1-268;

3. To study, investigate and assess ground water resources and all problems
concerned with the quality and quantity of ground water located wholly or
partially in the Commonwealth, and to make such reports and recommendations as
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter;

4. To require any person withdrawing ground water for any purpose anywhere in
the Commonwealth, whether or not declared to be a ground water management area,
to furnish to the Board such information with regard to such ground water
withdrawal and the use thereof as may be necessary to carry out the provisions
of this chapter, excluding ground water withdrawals occurring in conjunction
with activities related to exploration for and production of oil, gas, coal or
other minerals regulated by the Department of Energy;

5. To prescribe and enforce requirements that naturally flowing wells be plugged
or destroyed, or be capped or equipped with valves so that flow of ground water
may be completely stopped when said ground water is not currently being applied
to a beneficial use;

6. To enter at reasonable times and under reasonable circumstances, any
establishment or upon any property, public or private, for the purposes of
obtaining information, conducting surveys or inspections, or inspecting wells
and springs, and to duly authorize agents to do the same, to ensure compliance
with any permits, standards, policies, rules, regulations, rulings and special
orders which it may adopt, issue or establish to carry out the provisions of
this chapter;

7. To issue special exceptions pursuant to &#xA7; 62.1-267;

8. To adopt such regulations as it deems necessary to administer and enforce the
provisions of this chapter; and

9. To delegate to its Executive Director any of the powers and duties invested
in it to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter except the
adoption and promulgation of rules, standards or regulations; the revocation of
permits; and the issuance, modification, or revocation of orders except in case
of an emergency as provided in subsection B of &#xA7; 62.1-268.

HISTORY: 1992, c. 812; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 532.