28.2-638 - Authority of Governor to authorize dredging of channel in navigable waters. - Virginia Statutes

§ 28.2-638. Authority of Governor to authorize dredging of channel innavigable waters.

When the approval, consent, or authorization of the Commonwealth is necessaryor expedient for any person to dredge a channel of any navigable stream, thebed of which is owned by the Commonwealth, for the purpose of deepening,widening, or relocating such channel and making related improvements, theGovernor may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, grant such approval upon suchterms and conditions as he deems appropriate after the receipt of advisoryreports from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, the State WaterControl Board, the Commission, the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries, theDirector of the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Director ofthe Department of Historic Resources, the State Port Authority, and theCommonwealth Transportation Board.

(Code 1950, § 28-201.3; 1958, c. 302; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-147; 1964, c. 350;1989, c. 656; 1992, c. 836.)