TITLE 4. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY

Initial Agency Notice

Title of Regulation: 4VAC10-30. Regulations Pertaining to State Forests and Carrying Firearms.

Statutory Authority: § 10.1-1101 of the Code of Virginia.

Name of Petitioner: Philip Van Cleave, President, Virginia Citizens Defense League.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: Change regulations to allow the lawful carry of handguns, either concealed with a concealed handgun permit, or openly in a state forest.

Agency's Plan for Disposition of Request: The Department of Forestry shall submit notice of the petition to the Registrar for publication in the Virginia Register. The notice will be available for a 21-day comment period by the public. After the close of the 21-day comment period, the agency will issue a written decision as to whether it will grant or deny the petition.

Comments may be submitted until December 2, 2008.

Agency Contact: Ron Jenkins, Assistant State Forester, Department of Forestry, 900 Natural Resources Drive, Suite 800, Charlottesville, VA 22903, telephone (434) 977-6555, FAX (434) 977-7749, or email ron.jenkins@dof.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. R09-06; Filed October 16, 2008, 12:18 p.m.