                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NOTIFICATION OF LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES (§ 62.1-44.19:3.4)

A. Whenever the Department receives an application for land disposal of treated
sewage, stabilized sewage sludge, or stabilized septage, the Department shall
notify the local governing bodies where disposal is to take place of pertinent
details of the proposal and establish a date for a public meeting to discuss
technical issues relating to the proposal. The Department shall give notice of
the date, time, and place of the public meeting and a description of the
proposal by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the city or
county where land disposal is to take place. Public notice of the scheduled
meeting shall occur no fewer than seven or more than 14 days prior to the
meeting. The Board shall not issue the permit for land disposal until the public
meeting has been held and comment has been received from the local governing
body, or until 30 days have lapsed from the date of the public meeting. This
section shall not apply to applications for septic tank permits.

B. When a farm is to be added to an existing permit authorizing land application
of sewage sludge, the Department shall notify persons residing on property
bordering such farm, and shall receive written comments from those persons for a
period not to exceed 30 days. Based upon the written comments, the Department
shall determine whether additional site-specific requirements should be included
in the authorization for land application at the farm.

HISTORY: 2007, cc. 881, 929; 2009, c. 42.