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2011 SESSION
House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Morgan (Chair), Sherwood, Ware, R.L., Wright, Orrock, Scott, E.T., Marshall, D.W., Poindexter, Pogge, Knight, Bell, Richard P., Edmunds, Wilt, Cox, J.A., Plum, Shuler, Lewis, Bulova, Sickles, Englin, James, Torian
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- HB 1442 Hunting; practice of falconry, penalty.
- HB 1495 Erosion & sediment control plans; may charge fee to cover costs associated with certain review, etc.
- HB 1541 Agricultural animals; care by owner, penalty.
- HB 1556 Bear hound training; allows training of dogs to hunt bears to occur at night.
- HB 1621 Open-space land; expands definition.
- HB 1623 Wetlands; requirement of individual or general Virginia Water Protection Permit.
- HB 1624 Environmental Quality, Department of; powers of Executive Director.
- HB 1625 Fumigation facilities; exempted from various state and federal regulations.
- HB 1629 Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; parking violations on their properties, civil penalty.
- HB 1635 Virginia ports; requires approval of both Governor & General Assembly before change in ownership.
- HB 1649 Virginia Water Protection Permit; fee exemption for U.S. Navy dredging projects.
- HB 1712 Fishing; if person is in interjurisdictional inland waters he is subject to laws of jurisdiction.
- HB 1715 Conservation easements; removes requirement that person recording easement mail certified copy.
- HB 1723 Virginia Marine Resources Commission; permits for encroachment on subaqueous beds.
- HB 1724 Crab dredging season; Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adjust opening or closing dates.
- HB 1725 Virginia Farmland Preservation Fund; created.
- HB 1738 Reporting of water withdrawals; State Water Control Board to impose a civil penalty.
- HB 1739 Municipal separate storm sewer facilities; right of entry of operators to certain properties.
- HB 1743 Nottoway River; extends portion that is designated as a component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
- HB 1759 Agriculture and Consumer Services, Board of; presidents of VPISU & VSU may appoint designees, etc.
- HB 1828 Virginia Pollution Abatement Permit; inspection requirements.
- HB 1829 Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; increases voting membership.
- HB 1830 Resource management plans; effect of implementation, exclusions.
- HB 1831 Fertilizer; regulation of application and labeling.
- HB 1855 Harvell Dam; DGIF shall submit a report evaluating alternatives to proposed breach thereof.
- HB 1886 Crabbing area; clarifies boundaries where taking or catching of crabs is prohibited.
- HB 1889 Tracking dogs; may be used to find wounded or dead bear or deer.
- HB 1943 No discharge zones; criteria shall be premised on improvement of impaired tidal creeks.
- HB 1944 Public oyster ground; increases amount of time MRC is required to post public notice before closing.
- HB 1971 Acquisition of title to an abandoned vessel; changes notification procedures.
- HB 1988 Property conveyances; broadens statutory for ownership of space opened underground by coal removal.
- HB 2057 Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; regulation of fertilizer, penalties.
- HB 2058 Water quality reports; consolidates several reports on progress in cleaning State's impaired waters.
- HB 2103 Aboveground storage tanks; Water Control Board to develop performance standards for certain tanks.
- HB 2123 Coal surface mining operations; authority to issue pollutant discharge elimination permits.
- HB 2126 Wetland mitigation banks; removes references to an outdated map used to identify.
- HB 2167 Biscuit Run; DCR to negotiate land exchange of certain acres in Albemarle County.
- HB 2176 Game & Inland Fisheries, Board of; to introduce new species of game, approval by local government.
- HB 2181 Coalbed methane gas; conflicting claims to ownership.
- HB 2310 Filled subaqueous bottomlands; Marine Resources Commission to convey title if lawfully deposited.
- HB 2334 Fish and Wildlife, Commission on; established, report.
- HB 2368 Supplemental environmental projects; Department of Conservation and Recreation to establish.
- HB 2370 Multiple-year licenses; Board of Game & Inland Fisheries to issue for hunting, fishing, etc.
- HB 2389 Virginia Resources Authority; renewable energy projects.
- HB 2415 Hunting license, special; established for partially disabled veterans.
- HB 2424 Appomattox State Scenic River; designating lower portion thereof as a scenic river.
- HB 2470 Carbon dioxide; prohibits Air Polution Control Board and DEQ to restrict emission thereof.
- HB 2471 Coal Mine Safety Act; updated to reflect current federal law and industry standards, penalty.
- HB 2486 Impaired waters; requires plan developed and implemented to restore waters be controlling.
- HB 2502 Oysters; measurement standard.
- HB 2519 Virginia Water Protection Permit; state agencies asked to review to provide comments within 45 days.
- SB 778 Nottoway River; extends portion that is designated as a component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
- SB 843 Aboveground storage tanks; Water Control Board to develop performance standards for certain tanks.
- SB 921 Pianakatank River & Narrows; VMRC to convey easements for purpose of installing, etc. cable system.
- SB 940 Striped bass; designated as official state saltwater fish.
- SB 950 Confederate grave sites; authorizes $5 per grave site for 310 graves in Fredericksburg Cemetery.
- SB 961 Virginia Water Protection Permit; fee exemption for U.S. Navy dredging projects.
- SB 963 Aquaculture opportunity zones; removes authority of MRC to establish commercial shellfish zones.
- SB 964 Coastal resource management; Marine Resources Commission, et al., to develop integrated guidance.
- SB 973 Weights and measures; imposition of fee used for inspecting and testing petroleum dispensing pumps.
- SB 982 Endangered and threatened species; Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to adopt regulations.
- SB 990 Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; regulation of fertilizer.
- SB 991 Acquisition of title to an abandoned vessel; changes notification procedures.
- SB 995 Special combined individual sportfishing licenses; boat license.
- SB 1007 Permit fees for solid waste facilities; establishes same fee structure for sanitary landfills, etc.
- SB 1017 Game & Inland Fisheries, Board of; to introduce new species of game, approval by local government.
- SB 1021 Virginia Water Protection Permit; state agencies asked to review to provide comments within 45 days.
- SB 1025 Coal surface mining operations; authority to issue pollutant discharge elimination permits.
- SB 1026 Agricultural animals; care by owner, penalty.
- SB 1055 Fertilizer; regulation of application and labeling, report.
- SB 1058 Air emissions; repeal of laws and regulations related to Clean Air Interstate Rule.
- SB 1060 Impounding structure; determination of hazard potential classification, development of permit.
- SB 1064 Erosion & sediment control plans; may charge fee to cover costs associated with certain review, etc.
- SB 1079 Cattle Industry Board; name change to Beef Industry Council.
- SB 1099 Stormwater nonpoint nutrient offsets; establish priorities to be used by permit issuing authorities.
- SB 1100 Nutrient Offset Fund; created.
- SB 1102 Point source nutrient trading; shall not be subject to a two-for-one trading ratio.
- SB 1104 Open-space land; expands definition.
- SB 1105 Virginia Farmland Preservation Fund; created.
- SB 1108 Home food inspections; exempts private home whose resident processes honey produced from hives.
- SB 1119 Permit compliance; Department of Environmental Quality increases limit of civil penalty issued.
- SB 1133 Filled subaqueous bottomlands; Marine Resources Commission to convey title if lawfully deposited.
- SB 1268 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement; bond requirements and escrow payments by certain manufacturers.
- SB 1298 Virginia Pollution Abatement Permit; inspection requirements.
- SB 1299 Fishing; if person is in interjurisdictional inland waters he is subject to laws of jurisdiction.
- SB 1300 DCR; authorized to divest itself of certain properties conveyed to it by Norfolk Southern Railroad.
- SB 1303 Air pollution; Board shall develop a model ordinance to regulate outdoor hydronic heaters, etc.
- SB 1309 Virginia Resources Authority; modifies provisions to conform to Public Finance Act.
- SB 1310 Coal Mine Safety Act; updated to reflect current federal law and industry standards, penalty.
- SB 1380 Agriculture and Consumer Services, Board of; presidents of VPISU & VSU may appoint designees, etc.
- SB 1410 Confederate graves, etc.; provides funds for maintenance at Portsmouth Cedar Grove Cemetery.
- SB 1412 Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; increases voting membership.
- SB 1427 Water reuse; Secretary of Natural Resources to develop guidelines that include criteria & incentive.
- SB 1441 Impaired waters; requires plan developed and implemented to restore waters be controlling.
- SB 1456 Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; requires owners of dams to submit annual certifications.