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CHAPTER 329 An Act to amend and reenact § 10.1-410.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Clinch State Scenic River. [H 243] Approved April 5, 1994

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 10.1-410.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 10.1-410.2. Clinch State Scenic River; Department of Conservation and Recreation designated to administer.

A. The Clinch River in Russell County from Hubbard Hole at mile 292.7 its confluence with the Little River to the Nash Ford Bridge at mile 279.5, a distance of 13.2 approximately twenty miles and including its tributary, Big Cedar Creek from the confluence to mile 5.8 near Lebanon, is hereby designated a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System.

B. The Department of Conservation and Recreation is designated to administer the Clinch Scenic River.

C. The Governor, in consultation with the Director and the Russell County Board of Supervisors, shall appoint the Clinch Scenic River Advisory Board, which shall be composed of five area residents, including at least one riparian landowner, from within the designated section.

D. This designation shall not be used:

1. To designate the lands along the river and its tributaries as unsuitable for mining pursuant to § 45.1-252 or regulations promulgated with respect to such section; however, the Department of Conservation and Recreation shall still be permitted to exercise the powers granted under § 10.1-402; or

2. To be a criterion for purposes of imposing water quality standards under the federal Clean Water Act.