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Resource Management Plans

The Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board and DCR have assembled a regulatory advisory panel (RAP) to work on the new Resource Management Plan regulations (4VAC50-70). DCR with input from the RAP, will develop the regulations specifying the criteria included in a resource management plan. Three subcommittees of the RAP which are assessment, plan development, and compliance, are actively shaping important components of the regulations. There are several key issues the RAP and its subcommittees are focusing on, including

  • Determinations of persons qualified to develop RMPs and to perform on-farm assessments;
  • Plan approval or review procedures if necessary;
  • Allowable implementation timelines and schedules;
  • Effective lifespan of RMPs;
  • Factors necessitating renewal or new plan development;
  • Means to determine full implementation and compliance including reporting and verification; and
  • The target or goal that an agricultural operation should achieve through implementing the resource management plan.

Regulatory Advisory Panel Meeting, June 29, 2011

The first meeting of the RAP was held on June 29, 2011 in Richmond, Virginia. Materials presented to the RAP include:

Regulatory Advisory Panel Plan Development Subcommittee Meeting, August 12, 2011

The first meeting of the plan development subcommittee was held on August 12, 2011. Materials presented to the subcommittee include:

Regulatory Advisory Panel Compliance Subcommittee Meeting, August 15, 2011

The first meeting of the compliance subcommittee was held on August 15, 2011. Materials presented to the subcommittee include:

Regulatory Advisory Panel Assessment Subcommittee Meeting, August 19, 2011

The first meeting of the assessment subcommittee was held on August 19, 2011. Materials presented to the subcommittee include:

Regulatory Advisory Panel Compliance Subcommittee Meeting, Sep. 28, 2011

The second meeting of the compliance subcommittee was held on Sept. 28, 2011. Materials presented to the subcommittee include:

Regulatory Advisory Panel Joint Assessment and Plan Development Subcommittees Meeting, Sept. 30, 2011

There was a joint meeting of the assessment and plan development subcommittees held on Sept. 30, 2011. Materials presented to the subcommittees include:

Regulatory Advisory Panel Meeting, Nov. 9, 2011

There was a meeting of the full regulatory advisory panel on Nov. 9, 2011. Materials presented to the panel include:

Regulatory Advisory Panel Meeting, Dec. 16, 2011

There was a meeting of the full regulatory advisory panel on Dec. 16, 2011. Materials presented to the panel include:

Regulatory Advisory Panel Meeting, Jan. 3, 2012

There was a meeting of the full regulatory advisory panel on Jan. 3, 2012. Materials presented to the panel include:

Regulatory Advisory Panel Meeting, Feb. 14, 2012

There was a meeting of the full regulatory advisory panel on Feb. 14, 2012. Materials presented to the panel include:

Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board (VSWCB) meeting, Mar. 29, 2012

A meeting of the VSWCB was held on Mar. 29, 2012. Materials presented to the Board include:

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