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REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH. <br />SECTION 10.1-5. CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES EXEMPTED. <br />ANY PERSON WHO OWNS, OCCUPIES, OR OPERATES PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL, <br />OF <br />• <br />HORTIFULTURAL OR FOREST LANDS SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE IN VIOLATION <br />THIS CHAPTER FOR LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITIES WHICH RESULT FROM THE TILLING, <br />PLANTING OR HARVESTING OF AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL OR FOREST CROPS OR <br />PRODUCTS OR ENGINEERING OPERATIONS SUCH AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF TERRACES, <br />TERACES OUTLETS, CHECK DAMS, DESILTING BASINS, FLOODWATER RETARDING STRUCTURES, <br />CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS, FLOODWAYS, DIKES, PONDS, DITCHES; THE UTILIZATION OF <br />STRIP, CROPPING LISTER FURROWING, CONTOUR CULTIVATING, AND CONTOUR FURROWING; <br />LAND DRAINAGE; LAND IRRIGATION; SEEDING AND PLANTING OF WASTE, SLOPING, ABANDONED, <br />OR ERODED LANDS TO WATER -CONSERVING AND EROSION -PREVENTING PLANTS, TREES <br />AND GRASSES; FORESTATION AND REFORESTATION; ROTATION OF CROPS; SOIL STABILIZATION <br />WITH TREES, GRASSES, LEGUMES, AND OTHER THICK GROWING, SOIL HOLDING CROPS; <br />RETARDATION OF RUNOFF BY INCREASING ABSORPTION OF RAINFALL; AND RETIREMENT <br />FROM CULTIVATION OF STEEP, HIGHLY EROSIVE AREAS AND AREAS BADLY GULLIED OR <br />• <br />OTHERWISE ERODED. ANY PERSON WHO OWNS, OCCUPIES, OR OPERATES PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL <br />HORTICULTURAL OR FOREST LANDS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER <br />WHENEVER THAT PERSON PROPOSES TO CONDUCT GRADING, EXCAVACTING OR FILLING <br />OPERATIONS. <br />SECTION 10.1-6. EXEMPTION FOR LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITIES INVOLVING MORE THAN <br />ONE JURISDICTION. <br />ANY PERSON WHOSE LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITIES INVOLVE LANDS WHICH EXTEND <br />INTO THE JURISDICTION OF ANOTHER LOCAL EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PROGRAM <br />AND WHO CHOOSES TO HAVE A CONSERVATION PLAN APPROVED BY THE VIRGINIA SOIL <br />AND WATER CONSERVATION COMMISSION SHALL NOTIFY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSPECTIONS <br />OF SUCH PLAN APPROVAL BY THE VIRGINIA SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION COMMISSION. <br />SECTION 10.1-7. RESPONSIBILITIES OF OWNERS OF LAND. <br />WHENEVER A LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITY IS PROPOSED TO BE CONDUCTED BY <br />A CONTRACTOR PERFORMING CONSTRUCTION WORK PURSUANT TO A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, <br />THE PREPARATION, SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL OF THE REQUIRED EROSION AND SEDIMENT <br />CONTROL PLAN SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNER OF THE LAND. <br />SECTION 10.1-8. SUBMISSION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. <br />(A) ANY PERSON WHO APPLIES FOR APPROVAL OF AN EROSION AND SEDIMENT <br />CONTROL PLAN SHALL SUBMIT 4 COPIES TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSPECTIONS • <br />OF AN EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN WITH SPECIFICATIONS FOR <br />TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT CONTROLS OF SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION <br />IN SUCH DETAIL AS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSPECTIONS DEEMS ADEQUATE, <br />CONSIDERING THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE PROPOSED LAND DISTURBING <br />ACTIVITY. <br />(B) ALL PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, PRIOR TO APPROVAL BY THE SUPER- <br />INTENDENT OF INSPECTIONS SHALL BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE STANDARDS, <br />SPECIFICATIONS AND CRITERIA OF THE VIRGINIA EROSION AND SEDIMENT <br />CONTROL HANDBOOK. <br />�J <br />