Authority: Title 5.1, Chapter 1; Title 10.1, Chapter 11.1; and Title 62.1, Chapters 2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.6, 5, 6, 20, 22, 24, and 25, Code of Virginia.

A. The Department of Environmental Quality is authorized to commit resources necessary to qualify for in-kind match for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the John H. Kerr Dam and Reservoir, Virginia and North Carolina Feasibility Study, to be conducted in accordance with § 216 of the River and Harbors Flood Control Act of 1970.

B. The appropriation includes annual membership dues for the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, $156,000 the first year and $156,000 the second year, from the general fund.

C. The appropriation includes annual membership dues for the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, $49,500 the first year and $49,500 the second year, from the general fund.

D. Out of the amounts for this Item shall be paid $50,000 the first year and $100,000 the second year from the general fund to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to support Chesapeake Bay education field studies.

E.  Notwithstanding the provisions of § 62.1-44.15, Code of Virginia, the Department of Environmental Quality is authorized to implement an inspection schedule for confined animal feeding operations using risk-based criteria.

F.  The Department of Environmental Quality shall ensure that, from available resources, adequate staffing is provided to expeditiously determine compliance with the provisions of the Hampton Roads Special Order by Consent dated September 26, 2007, and to ensure that timeframes established by the Order are also met.