10.1-636 - Definitions. - Virginia Statutes

§ 10.1-636. Definitions.

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:

"Board" means the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board.

"Facility" means any structures, foundations, appurtenances, spillways,lands, easements and rights-of-way necessary to (i) store additional waterfor immediate or future use in feasible flood prevention sites; (ii) createthe potential to store additional water by strengthening the foundations andappurtenances of structures in feasible flood prevention sites; or (iii)store water in sites not feasible for flood prevention programs, and toproperly operate and maintain such stores of water or potential stores ofwater.

"Fund" or "revolving fund" means the Conservation, Small Watersheds FloodControl and Area Development Fund.

"Storing additional water in feasible flood prevention sites" means storageof water for other than flood prevention purposes above the capacity of anygiven structure to hold water for the purpose of flood prevention in floodprevention sites within a flood prevention project having a favorablebenefit-cost ratio where it is economically feasible to provide the capacityto store additional water or the potential for additional water storagecapacity.

(1970, c. 591, § 21-11.2; 1988, c. 891.)