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Virginia to Enhance Restoration Efforts along Eastern Shore

May 12, 2023

The Virginia Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Program has been awarded more than $2M to advance marine restoration efforts that provide critical habitat for wildlife along the Eastern Shore. These funds,…

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Virginia Partners in Ancestral Land Reclamation by Tribal Nation

April 28, 2023

The Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program (CZM) is contracting with the Upper Mattaponi Indigenous Tribe to reclaim 866 acres of its ancestral lands along the Mattaponi River, a tributary to…

Filed Under: Member News

Virginia Signs MOU with Army Corps on Compensatory Mitigation for Wetlands Impacts

April 21, 2023

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Norfolk District (USACE) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) regarding compensatory mitigation. Compensatory mitigation…

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Virginia Issues Draft EJ Permitting Guidance with Public Engagement Matrix 

April 14, 2023

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has issued draft Environmental Justice (EJ) Guidance in the Permitting Process for an informal public comment period until May 1. This guidance is…

Filed Under: Member News Tagged With: environmental justice

Virginia Coordinates PFAS Response in Watershed, Offers Story Map on Effort 

March 3, 2023

In 2021, Newport News Waterworks alerted the Virginia Department of Quality (DEQ) to elevated PFAS concentrations in the Middle Chickahominy River watershed. In response, DEQ, the Virginia Department of Health,…

Filed Under: Member News Tagged With: PFAS, waterbodies

Virginia Launches VaLEN Land & Energy Navigator

February 10, 2023

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality reports that the Virginia Land & Energy Navigator (VaLEN) is now available for public use. VaLEN brings together geographic information system (GIS) information related to…

Filed Under: Member News Tagged With: data collection

Virginia Launches Permit Streamlining and Tracking Reforms

December 23, 2022

On December 1, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) launched its long-awaited Permitting Enhancement and Evaluation Platform (PEEP), an online service to streamline the permitting process and enable applicants…

Filed Under: Member News Tagged With: permitting

States Celebrate 50 Years of Clean Water Progress

October 21, 2022

State environmental agencies are bristling with excitement this week over the 50th anniversary of the landmark Clean Water Act (CWA). Read on for a sampling of activities undertaken by Governors…

Filed Under: Member News Tagged With: drinking water, waterbodies

ECOS State Survey on Offsite Compliance Monitoring: A Summary of Findings

September 16, 2022

This ECOS Green Report highlights the utility of off-site compliance monitoring (OfCM), including the use of virtual walkthroughs to supplement but not supplant onsite inspection activities. Based on the results…

Filed Under: Green Reports Tagged With: compliance

More Than a Third of States Sign on to Ambitious EV Action Plan 

August 5, 2022

Last week, 17 states, the District of Columbia (DC), and Quebec agreed to a Multi-State Action Plan that aims to “translate commitment into action” by accelerating the market for zero-emission…

Filed Under: Member News Tagged With: emissions, energy, vehicle

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