Code of Virginia - Title 10.1 Conservation - Chapter 4 Scenic Rivers Act

10.1-400 Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Board" means the Virginia Scenic River Board. "Department" means the Department of Conservation ...
10.1-401 Powers and duties of Director; acquisition of property
A. The Director shall have the duty to: 1. Identify rivers or sections of rivers, including their shores and natural environs, which should be considered ...
10.1-402 Development of water and related resources and evaluation as scenic resource
The Department may review and make recommendations regarding all planning for the use and development of water and related land resources including the construction of ...
10.1-403 Hearing
Prior to submitting recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly, the Director shall upon request of any interested state agency or political subdivision, or ...
10.1-404 Recommendation that a river be designated a scenic river
A recommendation to the Governor and General Assembly that a river or section thereof be designated a scenic river shall be submitted with: 1. The ...
10.1-405 Duties and powers of the Department; eminent domain prohibited
A. The Department shall: 1. Administer the Virginia Scenic Rivers System to preserve and protect its natural beauty and to assure its use and enjoyment ...
10.1-406 Virginia Scenic River Board
A. The Virginia Scenic River Board (the Board) is established as an advisory board, within the meaning of § 2.2-2100, in the executive branch of ...
10.1-406.1 Powers of local governments
In consultation with the Director, local governments shall have the authority, where a committee has not been established pursuant to subdivision A 4 of § ...
10.1-407 Act of General Assembly required to construct, etc., dam or other structure
After designation of any river or section of river as a scenic river by the General Assembly, no dam or other structure impeding the natural ...
10.1-408 Riparian uses
Except as provided in § 10.1-407, all riparian land and water uses along or in the designated section of a river which are permitted by ...
10.1-409 Appomattox State Scenic River
The Appomattox River 100 feet from the base of the Lake Chesdin Dam, to the Route 36 bridge crossing in the City of Petersburg, a ...
10.1-410 Catoctin Creek State Scenic River
A. The Catoctin Creek from bank to bank in Loudoun County from the Town of Waterford to its junction with the Potomac River, a distance ...
10.1-410.1 Chickahominy State Scenic River
A. The main channel of the Chickahominy River from the Mechanicsville Turnpike (Route 360) eastward until the terminus of the Henrico County/Hanover County border, is ...
10.1-410.2 Clinch State Scenic River
A. The Clinch River in Russell County from its confluence with the Little River to the Nash Ford Bridge at mile 279.5, a distance of ...
10.1-411 Goose Creek State Scenic River
A. Goose Creek, from bank to bank in Fauquier and Loudoun Counties from the confluence of the North and South Prongs of Goose Creek approximately ...
10.1-411.1 Clinch-Guest State Scenic River
A. The Clinch River from the Route 58 bridge in St. Paul to the junction with the Guest River, a distance of approximately 9.2 miles, ...
10.1-412 Historic Falls of the James State Scenic River
A. The Historic Falls of the James from Orleans Street extended in the City of Richmond westward to the 1970 corporate limits of the city ...
10.1-413 James River State Scenic River
A. That portion of the James River in Botetourt County, from a point two miles southeast of the point where Route 43 (old Route 220) ...
10.1-413.1 Moormans State Scenic River
A. The Moormans River in Albemarle County, from the Charlottesville Reservoir to its junction with the Mechums River, is hereby designated a component of the ...
10.1-413.2 North Landing and Tributaries State Scenic River
A. The North Landing from the North Carolina line to the bridge at Route 165, the Pocaty River from its junction with the North Landing ...
10.1-414 Nottoway State Scenic River
The Nottoway River in Sussex County and Southampton County, from the Route 40 bridge at Stony Creek to the Careys Bridge at Route 653, a ...
10.1-415 Rappahannock State Scenic River
A. The mainstem of the Rappahannock River in Rappahannock, Culpeper, Fauquier, Stafford, and Spotsylvania Counties and the City of Fredericksburg from its headwaters near Chester ...
10.1-415.1 Rockfish State Scenic River
A. The Rockfish River in Albemarle and Nelson Counties from the Route 693 bridge in Schuyler to its confluence with the James River, a distance ...
10.1-416 Rivanna State Scenic River
A. The river, stream or waterway known as the Rivanna from the base of the dam of the woolen mills in the City of Charlottesville ...
10.1-417 Shenandoah State Scenic River
A. The Shenandoah River in Clarke County from the Warren-Clarke County line to the Virginia line, a distance of approximately 21.6 miles, is hereby designated ...
10.1-418 Staunton State Scenic River.
The river, stream or waterway known as the Staunton or the Roanoke from State Route 360 to State Route 761 at the Long Island Bridge, ...
10.1-418.1 North Meherrin State Scenic River
The North Meherrin River in Lunenburg County from the Route 712 Bridge to the junction with the South Meherrin River, a distance of approximately 7.5 ...
10.1-418.2 St. Mary's State Scenic River
A. As the authority of the federal government over the St. Mary's River prevents the Commonwealth from legally including the river as a component of ...
10.1-418.3 Meherrin River State Scenic River
The Meherrin River within Brunswick County, a distance of approximately 37 miles, is hereby designated a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System. (2006, cc. ...
10.1-418.4 North Mayo River State Scenic River
The North Mayo River in Henry County from the Route 695 crossing to the North Carolina line, a distance of approximately 7.1 miles, is hereby ...
10.1-418.5 South Mayo River State Scenic River
The South Mayo River in Henry County from the Patrick County line to the North Carolina line, a distance of approximately 6.9 miles, is hereby ...

Last modified: April 2, 2009