Tribes Recognized
February 2018
Six Virginia-based tribes won a 19-year battle for federal recognition. Tribal consultation will be required for all [...]
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MBTA Incidental Take Changes
February 2018
The Department of the Interior's change in MBTA interpretation allows project developers to avoid the delays typically [...]
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2018 Dam Safety Grants
February 2018
The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) has announced that dam owners and local governments can [...]
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COE Civil Penalties
November 2017
The civil penalties charged by federal agencies increased drastically to comply with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation [...]
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New TMDLs for Accotink Watershed
September 2017
To address water quality concerns within the Accotink watershed, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality presented a [...]
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Blaze pink is the new Orange!
September 2017
This fall our Virginia fields and forests may be speckled with pink – as blaze pink gives [...]
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WOTUS Rescinded
August 2017
The EPA and Corps of Engineers are pitching out the controversial 2015 WOTUS Rule, recodifying the rules [...]
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DEQ Permit Monitoring Update
August 2017
Per guidance issued today, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will require construction monitoring on all [...]
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