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Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors
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• HB 5 Clinch River; designating segment in Tazewell County as part of the Clinch State Scenic River.
• HB 282 Maury River; designating a 19.25-mile segment as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
• HB 297 Goats; grazing on stream buffers.
• HB 504 Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; preservation of mature trees.
• HB 542 Regional water resource planning; State Water Control Board regulations.
• HB 643 Pipeline construction; certification requirement, minimum diameter, stop work orders.
• HB 644 Pipeline construction projects; violations, cumulative effect, civil penalties.
• HB 646 Pipeline construction permit; amount of civil penalty for violation.
• HB 705 State air, waste, and water boards; permit authority, appointment of members.
• HB 859 Stormwater management facilities; private residential lots, required disclosure.
• HB 882 Stormwater management; use of a proprietary best management practice.
• HB 1016 Offshore energy resources; moratorium on offshore oil and gas development.
• HB 1128 Discharge of deleterious substance into state waters; notice to State Water Control Board.
• HB 1145 Pound River; designating as a Virginia scenic river.
• HB 1180 Misdemeanor; reduces maximum term of confinement.
• HB 1192 Hazardous Substance Aboveground Storage Tank Fund; created.
• HB 1205 Discharge deleterious substance in state waters; notice to citizens if detrimental to public health.
• HB 1329 Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; local governments to designate Areas, etc.
• HB 1364 Resource Protection Areas; improvement plans.
• HB 1393 Nutrient credit trading; adjacent hydrologic unit code.
• HB 1422 Chesapeake Bay watershed implementation plan initiatives; nutrient management plans for cropland.
• HB 1454 Erosion and sediment control, stormwater, and Chesapeake Bay; consolidation of preservation laws.
• HB 1458 Water protection permits; administrative withdrawal of application.
• HB 1464 Restrict nutrient credit usage; local authority.
• HB 1571 Elizabeth River Crossings; termination of contract with Department of Transportation.
• HB 1598 James River; designating as a State Scenic River.
• HB 1601 Staunton River; designating as State Scenic River.
• HB 1609 Nutrient and sediment credit generation and transfer; limits certain transfers to private sector.
• HB 1612 Grays Creek; designating as component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
• HB 1664 Electric utilities; offshore wind development.
• HB 1674 Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; provisional surface water withdrawal permit.
• HB 1715 Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Programs; administration by DEQ.
• HJ 35 Albemarle-Pamlico Watershed in Virginia; Department of Environmental Quality to study.
• HJ 40 Lake Anna; Department of Health to study harmful algal blooms.
• HJ 61 Oil and gas; opposing exploration and drilling off the coast of Virginia.
• HJ 89 Litter; DEQ to study impacts on fishing, etc., in Virginia's streams.
• HJ 125 Commonwealth's stormwater management laws; DEQ to study the effectiveness.
• SB 106 Hydraulic fracturing; drilling through any portion of a groundwater management area, prohibition.
• SB 288 Maury River; designating a 19.25-mile segment as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
• SB 478 Clinch River; designating segment in Tazewell County as part of the Clinch State Scenic River.
• SB 673 Nonagricultural irrigation wells; prohibited outside surficial aquifer.
• SB 679 Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Advisory Committee; established, report, sunset provision.
• SB 704 Chesapeake Bay watershed implementation plan initiatives; nutrient management plans for cropland.
• SB 747 Nutrient and sediment credit generation and transfer; limits certain transfers to private sector.
• SB 843 Stormwater and erosion and sediment control; acceptance of plans in lieu of plan review.
• SB 1007 Stormwater management; inspections.
• SB 1064 Combined sewer overflow outfalls; James River watershed.
• SB 1090 Grays Creek; designating as component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
• SJ 53 Stormwater Local Assistance Fund; DEQ to study revised priority ranking criteria for grants.
• SJ 56 Offshore oil & gas drilling; recognizing opposition to exploration & drilling off the coast of Va.