Virginia Code Title 62.1. Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors § 62.1-44.15:01. Further duties of Board; localities particularly affected

1. Publish, or require the applicant to publish, a notice in a local paper of general circulation in the localities affected at least 30 days prior to the close of any public comment period. Such notice shall contain a statement of the estimated local impact of the proposed action, which at a minimum shall include information on the specific pollutants involved and the total quantity of each that may be discharged.

2. Mail the notice to the chief elected official and chief administrative officer and planning district commission for those localities.

Written comments shall be accepted by the Board for at least 15 days after any hearing on the regulation, variance or permit, unless the Board votes to shorten the period.

For the purposes of this section, the term “locality particularly affected” means any locality that bears any identified disproportionate material water quality impact that would not be experienced by other localities.