Environmental Review Responsibilities of DEQ

• Major state facilities:  Virginia Code §10.1-1188 to 10.2-1192
• Electric Generating Plants and Associated Facilities (State Corporation Commission) Virginia Code §56-46.1; SCC-DEQ 2002 MOU
• Airport runway construction and extension: Virginia Code §5.1-7
• Oil and gas drilling proposals in Tidewater Virginia: Virginia Code §62.1-195.1
• Farm and forest lands preservation during project planning for major state projects: Virginia Code §3.2-204 through §3.2-205
• Mineral activities on state-owned lands: Virginia Code §2.2-1157 (implemented by the "Minerals Management Plan," Commonwealth of Virginia)
• Hydropower projects (State agencies' responses to notices of proceedings by the State Water Control Board to consider certifications under 33 U.S.C. 1341): Virginia Code §10.1-1186(8)
• Federal environmental assessments and environmental impact statements: 40 CFR 1500-1508 (National Environmental Policy Act)
• Consistency of federal actions with Virginia's Coastal Zone Management Program: 15 CFR 930.3 (Coastal Zone Management Act) - implemented by Executive Order Number13 (86) and subsequently renewed every 4 years, the most current is EO18 (2010)