TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING
REGISTRAR'S NOTICE: Enactments 38 through 43 of Chapters 803 and 835 of the 2012 Acts of Assembly merged the Board for Professional Soil Scientists and Wetland Professionals with the Board for Geology to create the Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists. This regulatory action is excluded from the Administrative Process Act in accordance with § 2.2-4006 A 4 a of the Code of Virginia, which excludes regulations that are necessary to conform to changes in Virginia statutory law where no agency discretion is involved. The Board for Professional Soil Scientists, Wetland Professionals, and Geologists will receive, consider, and respond to petitions by any interested person at any time with respect to reconsideration or revision.
Title of Regulation: 18VAC70-11. Public Participation Guidelines (repealing 18VAC70-11-10 through 18VAC70-11-110).
Statutory Authority: §§ 2.2-4007.02 and 54.1-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Effective Date: August 15, 2012.
Agency Contact: David Dick, Executive Director, Board for Geology, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 400, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-8595, FAX (866) 350-5354, or email geology@dpor.virginia.gov.
Summary:
Chapters 803 and 835 of the 2012 Acts of Assembly merged the Board for Geology with the Board for Professional Soil Scientists and Wetland Professionals effective July 1, 2012. The Public Participation Guidelines (PPGs) for the Board for Geology are repealed and the PPGs for the Board for Professional Soil Scientists and Wetland Professionals will be amended to reflect the new board name and will be in effect for the newly merged board.
VA.R. Doc. No. R12-3264; Filed June 19, 2012, 1:10 p.m.