Flood protection programs; coordination (§ 10.1-659)—Virginia Decoded

Flood protection programs; coordination

The provisions of this chapter shall be coordinated with federal, state and local flood prevention and water quality programs to minimize loss of life, property damage and negative impacts on the environment. This program coordination shall include but not be limited to the following: flood prevention, flood plain management, small watershed protection, dam safety, and soil conservation programs of the Department of Conservation and Recreation; the construction activities of the Department of Transportation which result in hydrologic modification of rivers, streams and flood plains; the water quality, Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area criteria, stormwater management, erosion and sediment control, and other water management programs of the State Water Control Board; forested watershed management programs of the Department of Forestry; the statewide building code and other land use control programs of the Department of Housing and Community Development; the habitat management programs of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission; the hazard mitigation planning and disaster response programs of the Department of Emergency Management; the fish habitat protection programs of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; the mineral extraction regulatory program of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy; the flood plain restrictions of the Virginia Waste Management Board; and local government assistance programs of the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board. The Department shall also coordinate and cooperate with localities in rendering assistance to such localities in their efforts to comply with the planning, subdivision of land and zoning provisions of Chapter 22 (§ 15.2-2200 et seq.) of Title 15.2. The Department shall cooperate with other public and private agencies having flood plain management programs, and shall coordinate its responsibilities under this article and any other law. These activities shall constitute the Commonwealth’s flood prevention and protection program.

History

1989, cc. 468, 497; 2012, cc. 785, 819; 2013, cc. 756, 793.

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Amendment Attempts

SB407: Erosion & Sediment Control, Stormwater, & Chesapeake Bay Preservation Acts; integration of programs. (passed)

HB2048: Water quality; transfer of responsibility for administration of programs. (passed)

SB1279: Water quality; transfer of responsibility for administration of programs. (passed)

SB616: Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; name change. (passed)

HB1855: Mines, Minerals and Energy, Department of; renamed the Department of Energy.

SB1352: Flood Control and Commonwealth Flood Control Board, Department of; established, report. (failed)

HB516: Flood resiliency & protection; implements recom. from first Va. Coastal Resilience Master Plan. (passed)

HB602: Flood Control, Department of, and Commonwealth Flood Plan; created, report. (failed)

SB506: Flood resiliency & protection; implements recom. from first Va. Coastal Resilience Master Plan.

SB551: Flood resiliency & protection; implements recom. from first Va. Coastal Resilience Master Plan. (passed)

HB1970: Virginia Coastal Resilience Technical Advisory Committee; renames Committee. (failed)

HB1449: Virginia Coastal Resilience Collaborative; changes references relating to coastal resilience policy

HB1458: Chief Resilience Officer of the Commonwealth; moves position under the Governor, etc. (passed)

HB966: Chief Resilience Officer of the Commonwealth; moves position under the Governor, etc. (failed)

SB446: Environmental Resources, Board of; created. (failed)

SB674: Virginia Coastal Resilience Collaborative; changes references relating to coastal resilience policy (passed)

SB733: Chief Resilience Officer of the Commonwealth; moves position under the Governor. (failed)