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HB 2403 Wetlands; impact, permit requirements for compensation.

Introduced by: M. Keith Hodges | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Impacts to wetlands; permit requirements for compensation. Requires the State Water Control Board to evaluate Virginia Water Protection Permits mitigation options for impacts to wetlands on a case-by-case basis with consideration for which option is practicable and ecologically and environmentally preferable, including, in terms of replacement of acreage and functions, which option has the greatest likelihood of success and avoidance of temporal loss of acreage and function.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Impacts to wetlands; permit requirements for compensation. Requires the State Water Control Board to evaluate Virginia Water Protection Permits mitigation options for impacts to wetlands on a case-by-case basis with consideration for which option is most practicable and ecologically and environmentally preferable, including, in terms of replacement of acreage and functions, the greatest likelihood of success and reduction of temporal loss of acreage and function. Preference shall be given first to mitigation bank credits, then to permittee-responsible mitigation under a watershed approach conducted before or concurrently with project impacts, over in-lieu fee program credits that have not met success criteria.