Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Environmental Quality
 
Board
State Water Control Board
 
chapter
Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Designation and Management Regulations (formerly 4VAC50-90) [9 VAC 25 ‑ 830]
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4/27/24  10:24 pm
Commenter: Eric Caldwell

Destructive to Virginia
 

I strongly oppose this petition. Applying the flawed logic that undergirds the Sackett v. EPA decision to Virginia's Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act significantly weakens protections for wetlands across Virginia. Wetlands don't occupy the same place in the public imagination as beaches, but they provide crucial benefits to Virginia residents, reducing flood risks, preventing erosion, filtering pollutants from runoff, and providing habitat for native species. Reduce the number of Virginia wetlands, and all we're doing is degrading our ability to reduce flood risk, to control erosion, reduce pollutants, and provide habitat for Virginia wildlife.

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