Department of Environmental Quality
Department of Environmental Quality
Meeting:
HB 206 Forest Cores Mitigation: 2025 Regulatory Advisory Panel (RAP) meeting
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| Date / Time | 9/11/2025 10:00 am | ||
| Type | Physical Location Only | ||
| Location | Virginia Dept. of Environmental Quality Piedmont Regional Office 4949-A Cox Road Glen Allen, VA 23060 | ||
| Board Website | http://www.deq.virginia.gov | ||
| Agenda document |
Meeting Agenda
9/10/2025
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| Minutes document |
Meeting minutes
10/27/2025
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FINAL
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| Purpose of the meeting The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is announcing the first meeting of a regulatory advisory panel (RAP) to assist DEQ in the regulatory process of revising the Solar Permit by Rule (PBR) regulation related to enhanced mitigation for disturbance of forest cores with very high and outstanding ecological integrity using mapping and definitions which can be applied in the field to identify forest cores with very high and outstanding ecological integrity. The first meeting of this RAP will commence at 10:00 a.m. and end by or before 3:00 p.m. on September 11, 2025, at DEQ’s Piedmont Regional Office. Sign-in will begin at 9:30 a.m. The Piedmont Regional Office (PRO) is located in the Innsbrook Corporate Center in the northwest quadrant of the Greater Richmond Metropolitan Area at 4949-A Cox Road, Glen Allen, VA 23060. Turn right off of Cox Road into the parking lot at the roadside DEQ sign; drive straight ahead and enter the building at the door marked ‘DEQ Reception Area.’ Please note that while this is a public meeting and members of the public are invited to attend, only members of the RAP will be asked to participate. | |||
| Meeting Scope |
Public hearing to receive comment on a proposed stage
General business of the board
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Discuss particular regulations / chapters
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The agency plans to discuss the following regulations at this meeting:
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| Contact Information | |
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| Name / Title: | Amber Foster / Regulatory Coordinator |
| Address: |
Department of Environmental Quality 1111 East Main Street, Suite 1400, P. O. Box 1105 Richmond, 23218 |
| Email Address: | amber.foster@deq.virginia.gov |
| Telephone: | (804)774-8474 FAX: ()- TDD: ()- |
| Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities, such as sign language interpreters and/or real-time captioning services, are available upon request. Please send accommodation requests to the meeting contact as early as possible but no later than seven business days before the date of the meeting. | |