Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 10 - PUBLIC PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES › Section 4VAC15-10-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Administrative Process Act" means Chapter 1.1:1 (§
				  9-6.14:1 et seq.) of Title 9 of the Code of Virginia.
"Agency" means the Department of Game and Inland
				  Fisheries.
"Approving authority" means the Board of Game and Inland
				  Fisheries established pursuant to the Environmental Protection Law as the legal
				  authority to adopt regulations.
"Director" means the Director of the Department of Game and
				  Inland Fisheries or his designee.
"Environmental Protection Law" means the provisions found in
				  the Virginia statutory law authorizing the approving authority or agency or
				  both to make regulations or containing procedural requirements thereof
				  including, but not limited to, Title 29.1 of the Code of Virginia.
"Formal hearing" means agency processes other than those
				  informational or factual inquiries of an informal nature provided in §
				  9-6.14:7.1 of the Administrative Process Act and includes only opportunity for
				  private parties to submit factual proofs in evidential hearings as provided in
				  § 9-6.14:8 of the Administrative Process Act.
"Locality particularly affected" means any locality which
				  bears any identified disproportionate material impact which would not be
				  experienced by other localities.
"Participatory approach" means a method for the use of (i)
				  standing advisory committees, (ii) ad hoc advisory groups or panels, (iii)
				  consultation with groups or individuals registering interest in working with
				  the agency, or (iv) any combination thereof in the formation and development of
				  regulations for agency consideration. When an ad hoc advisory group is formed,
				  the group shall include representatives of the regulated community and the
				  general public. The decisions as to the membership of the group shall be at the
				  discretion of the director.
"Person" means an individual, a corporation, a partnership,
				  an association, a governmental body, a municipal corporation, or any other
				  legal entity.
"Public hearing" means an informal proceeding, held in
				  conjunction with the Notice of Public Comment and similar to that provided for
				  in § 9-6.14:7.1 of the Administrative Process Act, to afford persons an
				  opportunity to submit views and data relative to regulations on which a
				  decision of the approving authority is pending.
"Public meeting" means an informal proceeding conducted by
				  the agency in conjunction with the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action to
				  afford persons an opportunity to submit comments relative to intended
				  regulatory action.
Unless specifically defined in the Environmental Protection
				  Law or in this chapter, terms used shall have the meanings commonly ascribed to
				  them.
Statutory Authority
§§ 2.2-4007 and 29.1-103 of the Code of
					 Virginia.