Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Conservation and Recreation
Board
Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Board (Abolished)
chapter
Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Designation and Management Regulations [9 VAC 10 ‑ 20]    (Renumbered)
Action:
Update and clarify Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Designation and Management Regulations
Action 145
 
General Information
Action Summary This amendment process is proposed to address recommendations resulting from two stakeholder evaluations of the regulations (1992 and 1994), a legislative study of state stormwater management programs (1993-94), and two separate agency reviews (1995) mandated by the General Assembly and the Governor. The purpose of the proposed action is to amend these regulations to accomplish the following: (1) achieve greater clarity and, where feasible, greater flexibility in general; (2) eliminate conflicts between these regulations and other related state and federal laws and regulations; (3) improve vegetative buffer area criteria; (4) improve agricultural conservation criteria; and (5) add criteria regarding a process to review local program implementation for consistency with the regulations.
Chapters Affected Only affects this chapter.
Executive Branch Review This action will go through the normal Executive Branch Review process.
RIS Project No project yet assigned to this action
New Periodic Review This action will not be used to conduct a new periodic review.
 
Stages
Stages associated with this regulatory action.
Stage ID Stage Type Status
210 NOIRA Stage complete. Comment period ended 06/28/1996.
221 Proposed Stage withdrawn on 05/17/2000 before the Governor's office completed its review.
771 Proposed Stage complete. Comment period ended 12/08/2000.
1591 Final Stage complete. This regulation became effective on 03/01/2002.
 
Contact Information
Name / Title: Scott Crafton  / Regulatory Coordinator
Address: Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Department
101 N. 14th Street, 17th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219
Email Address: scrafton@cblad.state.va.us
Phone: (804)371-7503    FAX: (804)225-3447    TDD: (800)243-7229