{"data":{"id":"us-va/9vac25-370-20","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"9VAC25-370-20","heading":"Evaluation of applications","body":"In the Department of Environmental Quality's (department's) decision-making process on applications for any new industries, sewage treatment plants, housing developments, marinas, dredging, spoil disposal, bulkheading, or any other new or expanded operations that would directly or indirectly cause condemnations of shellfish growing areas, it will be the department's policy, in giving adequate protection to viable shellfish resources, to include an evaluation of reasonable potential as well as actual productivity data for the affected areas.","path":["Title 9. Environment","Agency 25. State Water Control Board","Chapter 370. Policy for the Protection of Water Quality in Virginia's Shellfish Growing Waters"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title9/agency25/chapter370/section20/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:15Z","sha256":"cfe80e3331b0e37d0f1d1641fc876e9b7340546927f92d0da2e90a6cdc5fea3b","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/9vac25-370-10","next":"us-va/9vac25-370-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}