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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
Agency 20. Marine Resources Commission
Chapter 395. General Permit for Emergency Situations and Water Quality Improvement Projects
12/21/2024

4VAC20-395-20. Definitions.

The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Bioengineered" means an applied science that combines structural, biological, and ecological concepts to construct living structures for erosion, sediment, and flood control.

"Commission" means the Marine Resources Commission.

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Marine Resources.

"Emergency" means a situation in which a structure, facility or property is in imminent or potential danger following a flood event or natural disaster and by definition includes those situations which qualify for assistance as part of the Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Emergency Watershed Protection Program.

"Emergency Watershed Protection Program" or "EWP Program" means the program administered by NRCS and the FS to assist sponsors, landowners, and operators in implementing emergency recovery measures to relieve imminent hazards to life and property created by a natural disaster that causes a sudden impairment of a watershed. The authority for the EWP Program is given to NRCS in § 216, P. L. 81-516, and § 403 of Title IV of the Agriculture Credit Act of 1978, P. L. 95-334. Codified rules are set forth in 7 CFR Part 624. The FS is designated to administer the EWP Program on National Forest System Lands.

"Exigency" means those situations that demand immediate action to avoid potential loss of life or property, including situations where a second event may occur shortly thereafter that could compound the impairment, cause new damage or the potential loss of life if action to remedy the situation is not taken immediately.

"FS" means the USDA Forest Service that is authorized to administer the EWP Program on National Forest Service System Lands.

"NRCS" means the Natural Resources Conservation Service, which is the federal agency under the U.S. Department of Agriculture delegated to administer the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program.

"Public utility emergency response activities" means activities to address the integrity of a utility structure or necessary repairs thereto in the event of imminent danger or risk of failure.

"Waterway or stream restoration" means those activities normally associated with natural channel design concepts including, but not limited to, in-stream rock and log grade structures, current deflecting structures, dam removal, channel realignment, filling of scour holes, and bank plantings that are also intended to improve water quality.

Statutory Authority

§§ 28.2-103 and 28.2-1207 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 14, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 1998; amended, Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 19, eff. June 30, 2009.

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