TITLE 9. ENVIRONMENT

STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD

Agency Decision

Title of Regulation: 9VAC25-260. Water Quality Standards.

Statutory Authority: § 62.1-44.15 of the Code of Virginia; 33 USC § 1251 et seq.; 40 CFR Part 131.

Name of Petitioner: McChesney Goodall, IV.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: Designate a segment of Laurel Fork in Highland County, the majority of which is within the property boundary of Rifle Ridge Farm, LP, as Exceptional State Waters.

Agency Decision: Request granted.

Statement of Reason for Decision: The State Water Control Board, at its meeting on December 12, 2016, authorized the Department of Environmental Quality to initiate a rulemaking to consider amending the Water Quality Standards regulation (9VAC25-260-30 A 3) to designate the petitioned segment of Laurel Fork as exceptional state waters. A Notice of Intended Regulatory Action will be submitted early in 2017.

Agency Contact: David Whitehurst, Department of Environmental Quality, 629 East Main Street, P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218, telephone (804) 698-4121, or email david.whitehurst@deq.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. R17-04; Filed December 16, 2016, 1:45 p.m.

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TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

BOARD OF PHYSICAL THERAPY

Initial Agency Notice

Title of Regulation: 18VAC112-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Physical Therapy.

Statutory Authority: §§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-3473 through 54.1-3483 of the Code of Virginia.

Name of Petitioner: Peggy Belmont.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: To expand the list of Type I approved providers for continuing education to include the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association and the American Occupational Therapy Association.

Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition has been filed with the Registrar of Regulations and will be published on January 9, 2017. Comment on the petition may be sent by email or regular mail or posted on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov; comment will be requested until February 8, 2017. Following receipt of all comments on the petition to amend regulations, the board will decide whether to make any changes to the regulatory language. This matter will be on the board's agenda for its meeting scheduled for February 21, 2017, and the petitioner will be informed of the board's decision after that meeting.

Public Comment Deadline: February 8, 2017.

Agency Contact: Elaine J. Yeatts, Regulatory Coordinator, Department of Health Professions, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4688, or email elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. R17-08; Filed December 13, 2016, 3:14 p.m.