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2022 SESSION
HB 479 Wetland and stream mitigation credits; dam removal credits.
Introduced by: David L. Bulova | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Wetland and stream mitigation credits; dam removal credits. Provides the Department of Environmental Quality the authority to allow applicants for permits with stream mitigation requirements to satisfy all or part of the requirements through dam removal credits generated in the same or adjacent stream or watershed basin. A dam removal credit is defined in the bill as a credit generated through the removal of a significant obstruction, which is also defined in the bill. The bill includes certain requirements with which the applicant must comply in order to use dam removal credits from an adjacent river watershed.
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- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101134D
- 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/21/22 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
- 01/31/22 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/22 House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources