§ 10.1-1181.13 Definitions
As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning: “Construction project” means any land-disturbing activity that involves construction of infrastructure, including interstate highways, pipelines, or energy generation and transmission facilities. “Forest mitigation” means addressing the direct and indirect adverse impacts to forests that may be caused by a construction project by avoiding and minimizing impacts to the extent practicable and then compensating for the remaining impacts.
History
This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 959 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.
2020, c. 959.