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We also applaud the multiple local, state and federal agencies that awarded funding for this all-important project, including the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality-Clean Water Revolving Loan Fund, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, the Southern Rivers Watershed Enhancement Fund, the Southwest Virginia Water/Wastewater Fund, the Southeast Rural Community Assistance Fund, the county Board of Supervisors and last but not least the Obama administration for providing $4 million in federal stimulus funding for the project through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

The company's current permit with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality allows for the discharge of 2,650 pounds of phosphorus and 139,000 pounds of nitrogen per year.

Gifts: Sharon Baxter, director of the office of pollution prevention for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, suggests staying away from frivolous gifts.

Johnson says soil sensors, as well as strict guidelines from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, also are provided to control the amount of water put on the land as irrigation to protect the groundwater and soil quality.

We want the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to renew Rocco's permit only if its phosphate and nitrogen emissions are reduced," says Lou Giusto, president of FONF.

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has issued the Air Quality permit for the ABE facility.

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) approved the amendment today following the issuance of a court order remanding the permit to the department for removal of a condition relating to the establishment of mercury emission levels.

Roger Everton, a water quality specialist with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, said new reports of blooms have begun to taper off the past week.