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_ 513 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 365. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 practice retrofits; iii) stream restoration; iv) low impact development projects; v) buffer restoration; vi) pond retrofits; and vii) wetlands restoration. D. The grants shall be used only for the acquisition of certified nonpoint nutrient credits and capital projects meeting all pre-requirements for implementation, including but not limited to: i) new stormwater best management practices; ii) stormwater best management practice retrofits; iii) stream restoration; iv) low impact development projects; v) buffer restoration; vi) pond retrofits; and vii) wetlands restoration. Such grants shall be in accordance with eligibility determinations made by the State Water Control Board under the authority of the Department of Environmental Quality. E. Out of such funds available in this Item, the Department shall provide funding to the Virginia Geographic Information Network in an amount necessary to implement statewide digital orthography to improve land coverage data necessary to assist localities in planning and implementing stormwater management programs. As part of this authorization, the Department shall also include data to update prior LIDAR surveys of elevations along coastal areas to support activities related to management of recurrent coastal flooding. F. Out of the amounts appropriated for Financial Assistance for Environmental Resources Management, $3,292,479 the first year and $3,292,479 the second year from federal funds is provided to implement stormwater management activities. G.1. Each locality establishing a utility or enacting a system of service charges to support a local stormwater management program pursuant to § 15.2-2114, Code of Virginia, shall provide to the Auditor of Public Accounts by October 1 of each year, in a format specified by the Auditor, a report as to each program funded by these fees and the expected nutrient and sediment reductions for each of these programs. The Department of Environmental Quality shall, at the request of the Auditor of Public Accounts, offer assistance to the Auditor's office in the review of the submitted reports. G.2. The Auditor of Public Accounts shall include in the Specifications for Audits of Counties, Cities, and Towns regulations for all local governments establishing a utility or enacting a system of service charges to support a local stormwater management program pursuant to § 15.2-2114, Code of Virginia, a requirement to ensure that each impacted local government is in compliance with the provisions of § 15.2-2114 A., Code of Virginia. Any such adjustment to the Specifications for Audits of Counties, Cities, and Towns regulations shall be exempt from the Administrative Process Act and shall be required for all audits completed after July 1, 2014. H. Out of the amounts in this Item, $8,015,880 the first year and $8,015,880 the second year from the general fund is provided for the Department to meet matching requirements corresponding to anticipated federal funding available through the Virginia Clean Water Revolving Loan Fund as a result of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. I. Grantee owners of Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty (ENRC) Program and other Water Quality Improvement Fund projects subject to a grant agreement with the Department shall submit a forecast of projected quarterly grant disbursements covering each quarter of the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year thereafter. The Department shall compile the grantee-supplied forecasts of projected quarterly grant disbursements and compare expected disbursements to available appropriations to provide advance notice of any potential shortfall. The Department shall submit each forecast to the Chairs of the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee on a quarterly basis. J.1.Out of the amounts in this Item, $26,500,000 the first year from the general fund is provided for the City of Bristol to address ongoing health, environmental, and quality of life issues with its landfill. Funding is contingent upon the execution of a memorandum of understanding between the locality and the Department. Any balances for the purposes specified in this paragraph which are unexpended on June 30, 2025, shall not revert to the general fund but shall be carried forward and reappropriated. 2. The Department shall provide technical assistance to the City of Bristol in resolving ongoing health, environmental, and quality of life issues with its landfill and to facilitate a long-term plan for the operational status of the landfill following the completion of