                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

GENERAL PERMIT FOR CERTAIN WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES (§
62.1-44.15:5.1)

A. The Board shall coordinate the development of a general permit for activities
such as bioengineered streambank stabilization projects and livestock stream
crossings that: (i) are coverable by the Nationwide Permit Program (33 C.F.R.
Part 330) of the United States Army Corps of Engineers and for which
certification has not been waived by the Board; (ii) are conservation practices
designed and supervised by a soil and water conservation district; (iii) meet
the design standards of the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the
United States Department of Agriculture&#8217;s Natural Resource Conservation
Service; and (iv) are intended to improve water quality. The development of the
general permit shall be exempt from Article 2 (&#xA7; 2.2-4006 et seq.) of the
Administrative Process Act.

B. The development of the general permit shall be a coordinated effort between
the Department of Environmental Quality, the Virginia Marine Resources
Commission and such other agencies as may be needed to develop a single,
unified, process that will expedite the implementation of the projects described
in subsection A and unify and streamline the permitting process for such
projects.

C. A general permit pursuant to this section shall be promulgated as final by
July 1, 1998.

HISTORY: 1997, c. 845.