Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT
Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 70 - SMALL RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS (COMBUSTION) PERMIT BY RULE
Part II - Permit by Rule Provisions for Combustion Energy Projects with Rated Capacity Greater Than Five Megawatts and Not Otherwise Meeting Criteria for Part III
Section 9VAC15-70-50 - Determination of likely significant adverse impacts for combustion energy projects with rated capacity greater than five megawatts
Universal Citation: 9 VA Admin Code 15-70-50
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 9VAC15-70-40 A document that any of the following conditions exists:
1.
State-listed T&E wildlife are found to occur within the disturbance
zone;
2. The disturbance zone is
located on or within one-half mile of a known or potential sea turtle nesting
beach; or
3. The disturbance zone
is located in part or in whole within zone 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, or 14 on
the Coastal Avian Protection Zones (CAPZ) map and the height of the tallest
point of the built structures exceeds 200 feet.
B. The department shall find that significant adverse impacts to historic resources are likely whenever the historic resources analyses prescribed by 9VAC15-70-40 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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