Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT
Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 40 - SMALL RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS (WIND) PERMIT BY RULE
Part II - Permit by Rule Provisions
Section 9VAC15-40-50 - Determination of likely significant adverse impacts
Universal Citation: 9 VA Admin Code 15-40-50
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. The department shall find that significant adverse impacts to wildlife are likely whenever the wildlife analyses prescribed in 9VAC15-40-40 A document that either of the following conditions exists:
1. Bats
have been detected, or a hibernaculum exists, within the disturbance
zone.
2. State-listed T&E
wildlife are found to occur within the disturbance zone; or the disturbance
zone is located on or within one mile of a known or potential sea turtle
nesting beach.
3. Within the
Coastal Avian Protection Zones, the applicant's field studies indicate that
significant adverse impacts to avian resources are likely, or the applicant
stipulates that existing scientific analysis, as reflected on the CAPZ map,
supports a conclusion that significant adverse impacts to avian resources are
likely.
B. The department shall find that significant adverse impacts to historic resources are likely whenever the historic resources analyses prescribed by 9VAC15-40-40 B indicate that the proposed project is likely to diminish significantly any aspect of a historic resource's integrity.
Statutory Authority
§ 10.1-1197.6 of the Code of Virginia.
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