2015 Code of Virginia
Title 10.1 - Conservation
§ 10.1-402. Development of water and related resources and evaluation as scenic resource
The Department may review and make recommendations regarding all planning for the use and development of water and related land resources including the construction of impoundments, diversions, roadways, crossings, channels, locks, canals, or other uses that change the character of a stream or waterway or destroy its scenic assets, so that full consideration and evaluation of the river as a scenic resource will be given before alternative plans for use and development are approved. To effectuate the purposes of this section, all state and local agencies shall consider the recommendations of the Department.
1970, c. 468, ยง 10-167; 1988, c. 891; 2003, c. 240.
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