Recently I was involved with the City of Harrisonburg, Virginia when they failed to use remediation measures adjacent to Dry River in Rockingham County.  The city did react to the Rockingham County inspectors after I called the DCR authorities to report this apparent violation.  The city did send a crew up to the dig site the next day and added some erosion control matting to reduce the amount of sediment that would wash into Dry River with the next substantial rainfall.

During my investigation of this issue, I was told that unless the "disturbed" soil area exceded 10,000 sq. ft, no action was required.  This is rediculus.  The amount of disturbed soil should be about 1/10 of the area now required that will trigger actions by the responsible party.  In addition, actions by government agents and entities should be required to self report these violations.  It is fari and reasonable to expect government people to set a proper example for environmental stewardship.  Individuals do not have the respources that cities and towns have and should set a good example to protect resources.