Source: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?121+ful+HB1065ER
Timestamp: 2017-12-16 14:42:44
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VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend and reenact §§ 10.1-560 through 10.1-566.1, 10.1-567 through 10.1-571, 10.1-603.2 through 10.1-603.4:1, 10.1-603.5 through 10.1-603.8:1, 10.1-603.11 through 10.1-603.12:4, 10.1-603.12:6, 10.1-603.12:7, 10.1-603.13, 10.1-603.14, 10.1-603.14:1, 10.1-603.15, 10.1-659, 10.1-2101, 10.1-2106, 10.1-2107, 10.1-2129, and 62.1-195.1 of the Code of Virginia; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 10.1-566.2, 10.1-603.4:2, and 10.1-2104.1; and to repeal §§ 10.1-572, 10.1-573, 10.1-603.9, 10.1-2102, and 10.1-2112 of the Code of Virginia, relating to integrating the Erosion and Sediment Control Act, the Stormwater Management Act, and the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act. [H 1065] Approved
1. That §§ 10.1-560 through 10.1-566.1, 10.1-567 through 10.1-571, 10.1-603.2 through 10.1-603.4:1, 10.1-603.5 through 10.1-603.8:1, 10.1-603.11 through 10.1-603.12:4, 10.1-603.12:6, 10.1-603.12:7, 10.1-603.13, 10.1-603.14, 10.1-603.14:1, 10.1-603.15, 10.1-659, 10.1-2101, 10.1-2106, 10.1-2107, 10.1-2129, and 62.1-195.1 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding sections numbered 10.1-566.2, 10.1-603.4:2, and 10.1-2104.1 as follows:
7 6. Tilling, planting, or harvesting of agricultural, horticultural, or forest crops, or livestock feedlot operations;, or as additionally set forth by the Board in regulation, including engineering operations as follows: construction of terraces, terrace outlets, check dams, desilting basins, dikes, ponds, ditches, strip cropping, lister furrowing, contour cultivating, contour furrowing, land drainage and land irrigation; however, this exception shall not apply to harvesting of forest crops unless the area on which harvesting occurs is reforested artificially or naturally in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 11 (§ 10.1-1100 et seq.) of this title or is converted to bona fide agricultural or improved pasture use as described in subsection B of § 10.1-1163;
8 7. Repair or rebuilding of the tracks, right-of-way, bridges, communication facilities and other related structures and facilities of a railroad company;
9 8. Agricultural engineering operations, including but not limited to the construction of terraces, terrace outlets, check dams, desilting basins, dikes, ponds not required to comply with the provisions of the Dam Safety Act, Article 2 (§ 10.1-604 et seq.) of Chapter 6 of this title, ditches, strip cropping, lister furrowing, contour cultivating, contour furrowing, land drainage and land irrigation;
10 9. Disturbed land areas of less than 10,000 square feet in size or 2,500 square feet in all areas of the jurisdictions designated as subject to the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Designation and Management Regulations adopted pursuant to the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (§ 10.1-2100 et seq.); however, the governing body of the program authority may reduce this exception to a smaller area of disturbed land or qualify the conditions under which this exception shall apply;
11 10. Installation of fence and sign posts or telephone and electric poles and other kinds of posts or poles;
12 11. Shoreline erosion control projects on tidal waters when all of the land disturbing land-disturbing activities are within the regulatory authority of and approved by local wetlands boards, the Marine Resources Commission or the United States Army Corps of Engineers; however, any associated land that is disturbed outside of this exempted area shall remain subject to this article and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto; and
13 12. Emergency work to protect life, limb or property, and emergency repairs; however, if the land-disturbing activity would have required an approved erosion and sediment control plan, if the activity were not an emergency, then the land area disturbed shall be shaped and stabilized in accordance with the requirements of the plan-approving VESCP authority.
D C. Any erosion and sediment control program VESCP adopted by a district, county, city, or town shall be approved by the Board if it is establishes by ordinance requirements that are consistent with the state program and regulations for erosion and sediment control this article and associated regulations.
E. The Board may approve a state entity, federal entity, or, for linear projects subject to annual standards and specifications, electric, natural gas and telephone utility companies, interstate and intrastate natural gas pipeline companies, railroad companies, or authorities created pursuant to § 15.2-5102 to operate a VESCP consistent with the requirements of this article and its associated regulations and the VESCP authority's Department-approved annual standards and specifications. For these programs, enforcement shall be administered by the Department and the Board where applicable in accordance with the provisions of this article.
E F. Following completion of a compliance review of a VESCP in accordance with subsection D of § 10.1-561, the Department shall provide results and compliance recommendations to the Board in the form of a corrective action agreement if deficiencies are found; otherwise, the Board may find the program compliant. If a comprehensive or partial program compliance review conducted by the Board Department of a local control program VESCP indicates that the program VESCP authority has not administered, enforced where authorized to do so, or conducted its program VESCP in a manner that satisfies the minimum standards of effectiveness established pursuant to subsection D C of § 10.1-561, the Board shall notify the program authority in writing, which notice shall identify corrective action establish a schedule for the VESCP authority to come into compliance. The Board shall provide a copy of its decision to the VESCP authority that specifies the deficiencies, actions needed to be taken, and the approved compliance schedule required to attain the minimum standard of effectiveness and shall include an offer to provide technical assistance to implement the corrective action. If the program VESCP authority has not implemented the corrective action necessary compliance actions identified by the Board within 30 days following receipt of the notice corrective action agreement, or such additional period as is necessary granted to complete the implementation of the corrective action, then the Board shall have the authority to (i) issue a special order to any locality that has failed to enter into a corrective action agreement or, where such corrective action agreement exists, has failed to initiate or has not made substantial and consistent progress towards implementing an approved corrective action agreement within the deadline established by the Board to pay VESCP, imposing a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 per day with the maximum amount not to exceed $20,000 per violation for noncompliance with the state program, to be paid into the state treasury and deposited in the Virginia Stormwater Management Fund established by § 10.1-603.4:1 or (ii) revoke its approval of the program. Prior to issuing a special order or revoking its approval of any local control program, the Board shall conduct a formal hearing pursuant to § 2.2-4020 of the Administrative Process Act. Judicial review of any order of the Board issuing a civil penalty pursuant to this section or revoking its approval of a local control program shall be made in accordance with Article 5 (§ 2.2-4025 et seq.) of the VESCP. The Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.) shall govern the activities and proceedings of the Board and the judicial review thereof.
F G. If the Board revokes its approval of a local control program the VESCP of a county, city, or town, and the locality is in a district, the district, upon approval of the Board, shall adopt and administer an erosion and sediment control program a VESCP for the locality. To carry out its program, the district shall adopt regulations in accordance with the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.) consistent with this article and associated regulations. The regulations may be revised from time to time as necessary. The program and regulations shall be available for public inspection at the principal office of the district.
G H. If the Board (i) revokes its approval of a local control program VESCP of a district, or of a county, city, or town not in a district, or (ii) finds that a local program consistent with the state program this article and associated regulations has not been adopted by a district or a county, city, or town which is required to adopt and administer a local program VESCP, the Board shall, after such hearings or consultations as it deems appropriate with the various local interests involved, develop, adopt, and administer an appropriate program to be carried out within such district, county, city, or town, as applicable, by the Board find the VESCP authority provisional, and have the Department assist with the administration of the program until the Board finds the VESCP authority compliant with the requirements of this article and associated regulations. Assisting with administration includes but is not limited to the ability to review and comment on plans to the VESCP authority, to conduct inspections with the VESCP authority, and to conduct enforcement in accordance with this article and associated regulations.
I. If the Board revokes its approval of a state entity, federal entity, or, for linear projects subject to annual standards and specifications, electric, natural gas and telephone utility companies, interstate and intrastate natural gas pipeline companies, railroad companies, or authorities created pursuant to § 15.2-5102, the Board shall find the VESCP authority provisional, and have the Department assist with the administration of the program until the Board finds the VESCP authority compliant with the requirements of this article and associated regulations. Assisting with administration includes the ability to review and comment on plans to the VESCP authority and to conduct inspections with the VESCP authority in accordance with this article and associated regulations.
J K. The governing body of any county, city, or town, or a district board which (i) is in a district which has adopted a local control program, (ii) has adopted its own local control program, (iii) is subject to a local control program adopted by the Board, or (iv) administers a local control program is authorized to administer a VESCP, may adopt an ordinance or regulation where applicable providing that violations of any regulation or order of the Board, any provision of its program, any condition of a permit, or any provision of this article shall be subject to a civil penalty. The civil penalty for any one violation shall be not less than $100 nor more than $1,000. Each day during which the violation is found to have existed shall constitute a separate offense. In no event shall a series of specified violations arising from the same operative set of facts result in civil penalties which exceed a total of $10,000, except that a series of violations arising from the commencement of land-disturbing activities without an approved plan for any site shall not result in civil penalties which exceed a total of $10,000. Adoption of such an ordinance providing that violations are subject to a civil penalty shall be in lieu of criminal sanctions and shall preclude the prosecution of such violation as a misdemeanor under subsection A of § 10.1-569. The penalties set out in this subsection are also available to the Department in its enforcement actions.
"Virginia Stormwater Management Program authority" or "VSMP authority" means an authority approved by the Board after September 13, 2011, to operate a Virginia Stormwater Management Program or, until such approval is given, the Department. An authority may include a locality; state entity, including the Department; federal entity; or, for linear projects subject to annual standards and specifications in accordance with subsection B of § 10.1-603.5, electric, natural gas and telephone utility companies, interstate and intrastate natural gas pipeline companies, railroad companies, or authorities created pursuant to § 15.2-5102.
F. The Board may approve a state entity, including the Department, federal entity, or, for linear projects subject to annual standards and specifications, electric, natural gas and telephone utility companies, interstate and intrastate natural gas pipeline companies, railroad companies, or authorities created pursuant to § 15.2-5102 to operate a Virginia Stormwater Management Program consistent with the requirements of this article and its associated regulations and the VSMP authority's Department-approved annual standards and specifications. For these programs, enforcement shall be administered by the Department and the Board where applicable in accordance with the provisions of this article.
A. A state agency may not undertake any land clearing, soil movement, or construction activity involving soil movement or land disturbance unless the agency has submitted a permit application for the land-disturbing activity and the application has been reviewed and approved and a stormwater permit issued by the Department. State agencies entities, including the Department and the Department of Transportation, and for linear projects set out in subsection B, electric, natural gas and telephone utility companies, interstate and intrastate natural gas pipeline companies, and railroad companies shall, and federal entities and authorities created pursuant to § 15.2-5102 may annually submit a single permit application containing stormwater management set of standards and specifications for all land disturbing Department approval that describes how land-disturbing activities shall be conducted under. Such standards and specifications shall be consistent with the requirements of this article and associated regulations, including the General Virginia Stormwater Management Program (VSMP) Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities (4 VAC 50-60-1100 et seq.), and the Erosion and Sediment Control Law (§ 10.1-560 et seq.) and associated regulations. Each project constructed in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, its attendant regulations, and where required standards and specifications shall obtain coverage issued under the state general permit prior to land disturbance. State agency stormwater management The standards and specifications shall include, but are not limited to:
A. A person shall not develop any land for residential, commercial, industrial, or institutional use conduct any land-disturbing activity until he has submitted a permit application to the permit issuing authority the VSMP authority that includes a state VSMP permit registration statement and, after July 1, 2014, a stormwater management plan, and has obtained a permit VSMP authority approval to begin land disturbance. Upon the development of an online reporting system by the Department, but no later than July 1, 2014, a VSMP authority shall be required to obtain evidence of VSMP permit coverage where it is required prior to providing approval to begin land disturbance. The permit issuing VSMP authority shall act on any permit application within 60 days after it has been determined by the permit issuing VSMP authority to be a complete application. The permit issuing VSMP authority may either issue the permit or deny the permit project approval or denial and shall provide written rationale for the denial. The permit issuing VSMP authority shall act on any permit application that has been previously disapproved within 45 days after the application has been revised, resubmitted for approval, and deemed complete. Prior to issuance of any permit approval, the permit issuing VSMP authority may also require an applicant, excluding those regulated under § 10.1-603.5 state and federal entities, to submit a reasonable performance bond with surety, cash escrow, letter of credit, any combination thereof, or such other legal arrangement acceptable to the permit issuing VSMP authority, to ensure that measures could be taken by the permit issuing VSMP authority at the applicant's expense should he fail, after proper notice, within the time specified to initiate or maintain appropriate actions which may be required of him by the permit conditions as a result of his land disturbing land-disturbing activity. If the permit issuing VSMP authority takes such action upon such failure by the applicant, the permit issuing VSMP authority may collect from the applicant for the difference should the amount of the reasonable cost of such action exceed the amount of the security held. Within 60 days of the completion of the requirements of the permit conditions, such bond, cash escrow, letter of credit or other legal arrangement, or the unexpended or unobligated portion thereof, shall be refunded to the applicant or terminated. These requirements are in addition to all other provisions of law relating to the issuance of permits and are not intended to otherwise affect the requirements for such permits.
7 6. Activities under a State or federal reclamation program to return an abandoned property to an agricultural or open land use; and
8 7. Routine maintenance that is performed to maintain the original line and grade, hydraulic capacity, or original construction of the project. The paving of an existing road with a compacted or impervious surface and reestablishment of existing associated ditches and shoulders shall be deemed routine maintenance if performed in accordance with this subsection; and
Any permit applicant or, permittee, or person subject to state permit requirements under this article aggrieved by any action of the permit issuing VSMP authority, Department, or Board taken without a formal hearing, or by inaction of the permit issuing VSMP authority, Department, or Board, may demand in writing a formal hearing by the Board or locality VSMP authority causing such permit applicant's or permittee's grievance, provided a petition requesting such hearing is filed with the Board or the locality VSMP authority within 30 days after notice of such action.