Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 20 - GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS FOR OIL OR GAS WELL DRILLING OPERATIONS IN TIDEWATER VIRGINIA › Part II - Information Requirements › Section 9VAC15-20-130 - Fiscal impacts

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. The
				  assessment should present an analysis of the existing fiscal characteristics,
				  revenue structure, and physical infrastructure in the county, city, or town
				  where the proposed operation is to be located to the extent they may be
				  affected by the proposed operation. The applicant should identify measures that
				  may need to be undertaken in order to maintain or expand the services, revenue
				  sources, expenditure levels and capital facilities of the affected local
				  government due to the proposed operation. As appropriate, the applicant should
				  describe any new, upgraded or expanded infrastructure and capital facilities
				  that will be necessary to support the proposed operation, estimates how much
				  improvements may cost and the person or persons who will be responsible for
				  providing necessary infrastructure or capital facility improvements. In all
				  projections of potential effects on infrastructure and related fiscal impacts,
				  methodologies for constructing projections, related assumptions, calculations
				  and computations used to formulate projections should also be presented and
				  described.
B. The assessment should
				  address the following fiscal and infrastructure elements:
1. The transportation systems including
				  roads, railroads or existing oil or gas pipelines that are available to support
				  the operation and how they will be affected by the proposed operation. The
				  discussion should include an estimate of the number of vehicle trips that will
				  be generated on the transportation system, the size of any operational support
				  vehicles, and the design capacity of affected roads relative to the projected
				  size, weight and volume of vehicle traffic. Identify any new transportation
				  system needs, including pipeline systems and roads, necessary to meet the
				  demands of the proposed operation and how the applicant will develop or assist
				  in developing and upgrading necessary transportation systems;
2. Infrastructure and capital facility
				  support systems available including utility services, water services, sewer
				  services, solid waste disposal services and facilities, etc. and the projected
				  demands the proposed operation will place on such systems and their existing
				  capacity to respond to that demand. Identify any needed upgrades or expansion
				  of related infrastructure, equipment or services, estimate the cost of
				  providing upgrades, and describe how the applicant will assist in providing
				  resources to met such needs;
3. The
				  availability of public safety and health services such as hospitals, emergency
				  rescue services, police and fire services and related infrastructure and the
				  capacity to respond to accidents or incidents that may result from the gas or
				  oil operation. Identify any needed upgrades or expansion of related
				  infrastructure, equipment or services, estimate the cost of providing upgrades,
				  and describe how the applicant will assist in providing resources to meet such
				  needs;
4. The distribution of
				  existing temporary and permanent housing units within the locality and whether
				  these will be adequate to accommodate the projected influx of the operation
				  workers. Discuss how any need for temporary housing may affect existing land
				  uses. Also, discuss how any projected housing needs will be met by the
				  applicant if available units are insufficient to meet the projected housing
				  demand; and
5. The public service
				  needs, including but not limited to educational services, recreational needs,
				  and social services, that will be generated by the immigration of laborers into
				  the affected locality in support of the operation. Discuss the capacity of
				  these services and whether the existing capacity is sufficient to handle the
				  projected population increase. If the existing capacity is projected to be
				  insufficient to meet anticipated needs, the applicant should explain what
				  measures will be necessary to address increased service needs.