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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9. Environment
Agency 15. Department of Environmental Quality
Chapter 60. Small Renewable Energy Projects (Solar) Permit by Rule
6/30/2025

9VAC15-60-120. Internet accessible resources.

A. This chapter refers to resources to be used by applicants in gathering information to be submitted to the department. These resources are available through the Internet; therefore, in order to assist applicants, the uniform resource locator or Internet address is provided for each of the references listed in this section.

B. Internet available resources.

1. The Virginia Landmarks Register, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, 2801 Kensington Avenue, Richmond, Virginia. Available at the following Internet address: https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/programs/historic-registers/.

2. Professional Qualifications Standards, the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation, as amended and annotated (48 FR 44716-740, September 29, 1983), National Parks Service, Washington, DC. Available at the following Internet address: https://www.doi.gov/pam/asset-management/historic-preservation/pqs.

3. The Natural Communities of Virginia, Classification of Ecological Community Groups, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, 600 East Main Street, 24th Floor, Richmond, Virginia. Available at the following Internet address: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/natural-communities/.

4. Virginia's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy, 2015 (referred to as the Virginia Wildlife Action Plan), Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, 7870 Villa Park Drive, Suite 400, Henrico, Virginia. Available at the following Internet address: https://dwr.virginia.gov/wildlife/wildlife-action-plan/wildlife-action-plan-2015/.

C. Internet applications.

1. Coastal GEMS application, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. Available at the following Internet address: https://www.deq.virginia.gov/our-programs/coastal-zone-management/coastal-mapping/coastal-gems. This website is maintained by the department. Assistance and information may be obtained by contacting Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, 1111 East Main Street, Suite 1400, Richmond, Virginia 23219, (804) 698-4000.

2. Virginia Fish and Wildlife Information Service, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources. Available at the following Internet address: https://services.dwr.virginia.gov/fwis/. This website is maintained by DWR and is accessible to the public as "visitors," or to registered subscribers. Registration, however, is required for access to resource-specific or species-specific locational data and records. Assistance and information may be obtained by contacting DWR, Fish and Wildlife Information Service, email: vafwis_support@dwr.virginia.gov.

3. DWR Wildlife Environmental Review Map Service (WERMS). Available at the following Internet address: https://dwr.virginia.gov/gis/werms/.

Statutory Authority

§ 10.1-1197.6 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 28, Issue 21, eff. July 18, 2012; amended, Virginia Register Volume 34, Issue 13, eff. February 19, 2018; Volume 41, Issue 20, eff. June 18, 2025; Errata, 41:24 VA.R. xxxx July 14, 2025.

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