Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT
Agency 25 - STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD
Chapter 875 - VIRGINIA EROSION AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT REGULATION
Part III - Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program
Article 2 - Land-Disturbing Activities
Section 9VAC25-875-250 - Regulated land-disturbing activities
Universal Citation: 9 VA Admin Code 9VAC25-875-250
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. Land-disturbing activities that meet one of the criteria in this subsection are regulated as follows:
1. Land-disturbing
activity that disturbs 10,000 square feet or more, although the locality may
reduce this regulatory threshold to a smaller area of disturbed land, is less
than one acre, not in an area of a locality designated as a Chesapeake Bay
Preservation Area is subject to criteria defined in Article 2 (9VAC25-875-540 et seq.) of Part V
(9VAC25-875-470 et seq.) of this
chapter.
2. Land-disturbing
activity that disturbs 2,500 square feet or more, although the locality may
reduce this regulatory threshold to a smaller area of disturbed land, is less
than one acre, and in an area of a locality designated as a Chesapeake Bay
Preservation Area is subject to criteria defined in Article 2 of Part V of this
chapter.
B. A locality may, by local ordinance adopted pursuant to § 62.1-44.15:65 of the Code of Virginia, adopt more stringent local requirements.
Statutory Authority: § 62.1-44.15:28 of the Code of Virginia; Chapters 68 and 758 of the 2016 Acts of Assembly.
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