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HB 2282 Forest crops; exemptions from Virginia Stormwater Management Program, etc., for harvesting.

Introduced by: James E. Edmunds, II | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Virginia Stormwater Management Program; Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program; exemptions for the harvesting of forest crops. Clarifies that the provisions of the Virginia Stormwater Management Program and the Erosion and Sediment Control Program do not apply to the clearing of lands for the harvesting of forest crops when the areas on which harvesting occurs are not intended to be reforested artificially or naturally or converted to bona fide agricultural or improved pasture use, provided that the land-disturbing activity is the minimum land disturbance necessary, including clearing, grading, excavating, or removal of stumps, for the harvesting of timber and the construction of roads and trails for forest management purposes.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Virginia Stormwater Management Program; Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program; exemptions for the harvesting of forest crops. Clarifies that the exemptions for the harvesting of forest crops from the provisions of the Virginia Stormwater Management Program and the Erosion and Sediment Control Program apply only to land-disturbing activity that is (i) the minimum land disturbance necessary, including clearing, grading, excavating, or removal of stumps, for the harvesting of timber, the construction of roads and trails for forest management purposes, or the preparation of the property for reforestation or (ii) for a conversion to bona fide agricultural or improved pasture use.