10.1-1307.01 - Further duties of Board; localities particularly affected. - Virginia Statutes

§ 10.1-1307.01. Further duties of Board; localities particularly affected.

After June 30, 1994, before promulgating any regulation under consideration,granting any variance to an existing regulation, or issuing any permit forthe construction of a new major source or for a major modification to anexisting source, if the Board finds that there are localities particularlyaffected by the regulation, variance or permit, the Board shall:

1. Publish, or require the applicant to publish, a notice in a local paper ofgeneral circulation in the localities affected at least thirty days prior tothe close of any public comment period. Such notice shall contain a statementof the estimated local impact of the proposed action, which at a minimumshall provide information regarding specific pollutants and the totalquantity of each which may be emitted and shall list the type and quantity ofany fuels to be used.

2. Mail the notice to the chief elected official and chief administrativeofficer and the planning district commission for those localities.

Written comments shall be accepted by the Board for at least fifteen daysafter any hearing on the regulation, variance, or permit, unless the Boardvotes to shorten the period.

For the purposes of this section, the term "locality particularly affected"means any locality which bears any identified disproportionate material airquality impact which would not be experienced by other localities.

(1993, c. 944; 1997, c. 612.)