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HJ 660 Study; bottomland uses, submerged aquatic vegetation.

Introduced by: W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Bottomland uses; submerged aquatic vegetation. Requests the Virginia Delegation to the Chesapeake Bay Commission to undertake an examination of a number of issues identified by it during an examination of activities with potential impacts to submerged aquatic vegetation. Issues to be addressed include: (i) changes needed in the Code of Virginia to better accommodate leasing for intensive aquaculture operations; (ii) development of criteria which the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) would use to identify areas on state-owned bottomland (not included in the Baylor survey) where leases would be granted for intensive aquaculture operations; and (iii) changes needed in the Code of Virginia to allow VMRC to designate submerged aquatic vegetation restoration areas as components of leases contingent on the development of criteria, including geographic criteria, of areas likely to support submerged aquatic vegetation re-growth and restoration.


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