Alliance to Save the Mattaponi v. Commonwealth

ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

Four organizations and two individuals (“appellants”) appeal the circuit court’s ruling that they lacked standing to challenge the decision of the State Water Control Board (“Board”) to grant a Virginia Water Protection Permit (‘VWPP”) to the City of Newport News (“the City”). Appellants contend they have standing under either Code § 62.1-44.29 of the State Water Control Law (“SWCL”) or Code § 9-6.14:16 of the Virginia Administrative Process Act (‘VAPA”). The Board and the City respond on multiple grounds, collectively arguing that: (1) neither the SWCL nor the VAPA…