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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>374702</law_id><section_number>62.1-109</section_number><catch_line>Board to examine petition and report to court</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>62.1-111</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="132" identifier="62.1">Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="23" identifier="8">Impoundment of Surface Waters</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Upon receipt of a copy of any such <span class="dictionary">petition</span> the Board shall examine the same and report thereon to the <span class="dictionary">court</span> upon the following matters:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The average flow of the stream at the point from which water for storage will be taken. <a id="paragraph-1398695" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/62.1-109/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Whether the proposed project conflicts with any other proposed or likely developments on the watershed. <a id="paragraph-1398696" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/62.1-109/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The effect of the proposed impoundment on pollution abatement to be evidenced by a certified statement together with such other relevant comments as the Board desires to make. <a id="paragraph-1398697" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/62.1-109/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Any other relevant matters which the Board desires to place before the <span class="dictionary">court</span>. <a id="paragraph-1398698" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/62.1-109/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 62-94.6; 1956, c. 632; 1968, c. 659; 1977, c. 26.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
