Action | Amendments to statewide permit fee schedule and to improve the administration and implementation of fees |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 8/21/2009 |
This Regulation should NOT be approved. At a time when the building industry is struggling and home builders, general contractors and small businesses are closing their doors, Virginia simply can't afford another layer of intrusive regulation. The science has not yet been proven. As with each of the previous increases to the requirements for nutrient reduction and stormwater retention, the environmental assures us that this is what is necessary to save the bay, but it never seems to be effective. These environmental experiments should be conducted at government expense first to establish the most COST EFFECTIVE methodologies for stormwater management instead of just doubling the previous requirements. Let VDOT try to attain the phosphorous reductions on a couple of State projects, then see if the costs make any sense. Also the fees are ridiculous. Most counties already collect large fees for land disturbing activities to support their local inspections of BMP's.