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2009 SESSION
093913822Be 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.