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2009 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 10.1-104.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 10.1-104.3. Clean Water Farm Award Program.
The Director shall establish the Clean Water Farm Award
Program to recognize farms in the Commonwealth which utilize practices designed
to protect water quality and soil resources. A farm shall be eligible for
recognition upon application from the farmer or the local soil and water
conservation district, if the district concurs that the farmer is fully
implementing conservation practices that effectively address agricultural
nonpoint source pollutants. Such practices may include vegetative riparian
buffers, cover crops, conservation tillage, livestock exclusion from waterways,
and a nutrient management plan plans. The Director may
establish guidelines for limiting the quantity of annual recipients, receiving
and ranking applications, ensuring geographical representation of awards from
the major watersheds of the Commonwealth including the Chesapeake Bay
watershed, providing local farm recognition through the local soil and water
conservation districts, and providing special statewide recognition to select
farms, to be known as the Bay-Friendly Farm Awards, within the Chesapeake
Bay watershed, and as the Clean Water Farm Awards in all other areas of the
Commonwealth. The Department shall report to the General Assembly annually by
December 1, the names, addresses and location of signs posted at recipient
farms. Recognition under this program shall not be a requirement under any
other state program.