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Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee Resource Management Planning

Northam, Blevins, Petersen, Marsden

Clerk: Patty Lung, Ray Ferguson
Staff: Ellen Porter, Martin Farber
Date of Meeting: February 16, 2011
Time and Place: 1/2 hour after Senate recess, G.A.B., 3 West conference room
***THIS IS A CHANGE***

H.B. 1830 Resource management plans; effect of implementation, exclusions.

Agriculture; resource management plans.  Allows owners of agricultural land who implement and maintain a resource management plan to be deemed as being in full compliance with applicable state water quality requirements. The presumption does not extend to those operations (i) required to obtain a Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit, (ii) required to obtain a Virginia Pollution Abatement Permit, and (iii) otherwise required by law to implement a resource management or nutrient management plan. The Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services, by regulation and with the assistance of the Department of Conservation and Recreation, shall determine the criteria necessary for qualified resource management plans. The bill sets out minimum criteria for the regulations.