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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0630\">630<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1496501,"object_type":"law","relational_id":374984,"identifier":"62.1-44.15:26.1","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2.3\/62.1-44.15_26.1","url":"\/62.1-44.15_26.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.15_26.1\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2.3\/62.1-44.15_26.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Termination of Construction General Permit coverage","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.15:26.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">VSMP authority<\/span> shall recommend that the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality terminate coverage under a General <span class=\"dictionary\">Permit<\/span> for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities (Construction General <span class=\"dictionary\">Permit<\/span>) within 60 days of receiving a complete notice of termination from the operator of the construction activity. <a id=\"paragraph-1399560\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/62.1-44.15_26.1\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Coverage under a Construction General <span class=\"dictionary\">Permit<\/span> shall be deemed to be terminated 90 days after the receipt by the <span class=\"dictionary\">VSMP authority<\/span> of a complete notice of termination from the operator of the construction activity. <a id=\"paragraph-1399561\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/62.1-44.15_26.1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> If a <span class=\"dictionary\">VSMP authority<\/span> receives a notice of termination of a Construction General <span class=\"dictionary\">Permit<\/span> that it determines to be incomplete, the <span class=\"dictionary\">VSMP authority<\/span> shall, within a reasonable time, inform the operator of the construction activity of such incompleteness and provide the operator with a detailed list itemizing the elements of information that are missing from the notice. <a id=\"paragraph-1399562\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/62.1-44.15_26.1\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTERMINATION OF CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PERMIT COVERAGE (\u00a7 62.1-44.15:26.1)\n\nA. A VSMP authority shall recommend that the Department of Environmental Quality\nterminate coverage under a General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from\nConstruction Activities (Construction General Permit) within 60 days of\nreceiving a complete notice of termination from the operator of the construction\nactivity.\n\nB. Coverage under a Construction General Permit shall be deemed to be terminated\n90 days after the receipt by the VSMP authority of a complete notice of\ntermination from the operator of the construction activity.\n\nC. If a VSMP authority receives a notice of termination of a Construction\nGeneral Permit that it determines to be incomplete, the VSMP authority shall,\nwithin a reasonable time, inform the operator of the construction activity of\nsuch incompleteness and provide the operator with a detailed list itemizing the\nelements of information that are missing from the notice.\n\nHISTORY: 2018, c. 630.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}