Harvell Dam; DGIF shall submit a report evaluating alternatives to proposed breach thereof. (HB1855)
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
Fish passageways for the Harvell Dam. Exempts the Harvell Dam located on the Appomattox River in the City of Petersburg from the requirements of building a fish passageway if the dam obstructs navigation or the passage of fish. However, prior to any breach of the dam, the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is to prepare a report on the alternatives considered to the proposed breach of the dam. The report is to be submitted to the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources on or before November 30, 2011. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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01/11/2011 | Committee |
01/11/2011 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11103796D |
01/11/2011 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
01/21/2011 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1855) |
02/02/2011 | Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/02/2011 | Committee substitute printed 11104283D-H1 |
02/03/2011 | Read first time |
02/04/2011 | Read second time |
02/04/2011 | Committee substitute agreed to 11104283D-H1 |
02/04/2011 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1855H1 |
02/06/2011 | Passed by for the day |
02/07/2011 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1855H1) |
02/07/2011 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
02/07/2011 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/08/2011 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/08/2011 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
02/14/2011 | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/15/2011 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/16/2011 | Read third time |
02/16/2011 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/22/2011 | Enrolled |
02/22/2011 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1855ER) |
02/22/2011 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1855ER) |
02/22/2011 | Signed by Speaker |
02/23/2011 | Signed by President |
03/16/2011 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 215 (effective 7/1/11) |
03/16/2011 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0215) |
Comments
There is no good reason to exempt Harvell dam from removal or installation of a fish passageway.
By fighting to keep blocking the Appomattox river, the owner of this dam is selfishly depriving Petersburg and Colonial Heights of an important and lucrative resource: a free flowing river.
The owner of this concrete and rebar dam mistakenly compares it to Niagara falls. Niagara falls shares more in common with the riffles drowned behind Harvell than with the dam itself.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kyR5PN5ymPQSgvPHIyDf6uw0Zhotq7WnqwtoNDJiTnc/edit?hl=en
This link opens a letter to VDGIF and the city of Petersburg SUPPORTING THE REMOVAL OF HARVELL DAM. It spells out why removal is the best option and some of the positive effects the removal will have on the local economy, the Appomattox watershed, and the Chesapeake Bay. Please read it, read the proposed legislation, make your own decision. If you disagree with the proposed legislation, email a copy of the letter (even better: write your own) to Rosalyn Dance, Petersburg, VDGIF.
Thanks
Unimproved rivers cant be improved on.
I support the removal of the Harvell Dam.
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