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 9VAC15-20-120 - Economic impacts

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A.
				  Describe the potential impacts of the proposed operation on the economic
				  characteristics of the affected locality and, as necessary, surrounding
				  localities. The information should address how these economic characteristics
				  will be affected during (i) the drilling and construction phases of the
				  operation, and (ii) the production phases of the operation. In all projections
				  constructed by the applicant, the methodology for constructing projections and
				  the assumptions, calculations and computations used to formulate projections
				  should also be presented and described.
B. The description should include information
				  on the following conditions:
1. An analysis
				  of the potential positive or negative effects of the proposed operation on the
				  current population with regard to potential changes in the demographic
				  structure of the locality according to age, income and employment
				  characteristics;
2. An analysis of
				  the projected employment levels including estimates of the variation in
				  employment levels over time for (i) the drilling and construction phases of the
				  operation, including the construction of pipeline systems, associated
				  facilities and production facilities, and (ii) the production phases of the
				  proposed operation. Indicate whether any new positions created by the proposed
				  construction and operations activities may be or will be filled from the labor
				  pool available in the affected locality or in neighboring localities;
3. The types of services that can be provided
				  from businesses located in the affected locality or in surrounding localities.
				  Include a general estimate of the amount of contract awards that will be or
				  could be made available to service providers in the affected locality and
				  neighboring localities and the projected duration of service
				  contracts;
4. The existing land
				  uses, including residential, forestal, agricultural, commercial, industrial,
				  urban, suburban, open space, recreational or other land use characteristics
				  within the locality that will be affected, changed or which may be subject to
				  change as a result of the proposed operation. The discussion shall be supported
				  with graphic information in the form of a plat or plats of existing land uses
				  within 1320 feet of the well and within 100 feet of associated facilities and
				  pipeline systems at a scale between 1:1000 and 1:4000; and
5. The locality's affected industrial and
				  commercial bases and economic conditions with emphasis on dominant economic
				  sectors (i.e., agriculture, forestry, fishing and aquaculture, service
				  industries, and industrial activities). Special attention should be given to
				  the tourism and recreation industries and how they may be affected by the
				  operation. Describe how the proposed location of the operation may adversely
				  affect or displace other natural resource-based commercial activities and
				  enterprises in the affected locality or in neighboring localities such as
				  agriculture, fishing, tourism, forestry, etc.