A. The Commissioner shall have the power to issue special orders to:
1. Owners who are permitting or causing asbestos NESHAP violations, to cease and desist from such violation;
2. Owners who have violated or failed to comply with the terms and provisions of any order of the Commissioner, to comply with such terms and provisions;
3. Owners who have contravened duly adopted asbestos NESHAP standards and regulations, to cease such contravention and to comply with air quality standards and policies; and
4. Require any owner to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
B. Such special orders are to be issued only after a hearing with reasonable notice to the affected owners of the time, place and purpose thereof, and they shall become effective not less than five days after service as provided in subsection C. Should the Commissioner find that any such owner is unreasonably affecting the public health, safety or welfare, the health of animal or plant life, or property, after a reasonable attempt to give notice, he shall declare a state of emergency and may issue without a hearing an emergency special order directing the owner to cease such pollution immediately, and shall within ten days hold a hearing, after reasonable notice as to the time and place thereof to the owner to affirm, modify, amend or cancel such emergency special order. If the Commissioner finds that an owner who has been issued a special order or an emergency special order is not complying with the terms thereof, he may proceed in accordance with § 40.1-51.35 or § 40.1-51.39.
C. Any special order issued under the provisions of this section need not be filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, but the owner to whom such special order is directed shall be notified by certified mail, return receipt requested, sent to the last known address of such owner, or by personal delivery by an agent of the Commissioner, and the time limits specified shall be counted from the date of receipt.
D. Nothing in this section or in § 40.1-51.26 shall limit the Commissioner's authority to proceed against such owner directly under § 40.1-51.35 or § 40.1-51.39 without the prior issuance of an order, special, or otherwise.
1992, c. 541.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 40.1 - Labor and Employment
Chapter 3.3 - Virginia Asbestos Neshap Act
§ 40.1-51.24. Department authorized to enter certain agreements
§ 40.1-51.25. Safety and Health Codes Board to formulate rules, regulations, etc.
§ 40.1-51.26. Commissioner of Labor and Industry to enforce laws
§ 40.1-51.27. Inspections, investigations, etc.
§ 40.1-51.28. Issuance of special orders
§ 40.1-51.29. Decision of Commissioner pursuant to hearing
§ 40.1-51.31. Penalties for noncompliance; judicial review
§ 40.1-51.32. Owners to furnish plans, specifications and information
§ 40.1-51.33. Protection of trade secrets
§ 40.1-51.35. Compelling compliance with regulations and orders of Board; penalty for violations
§ 40.1-51.36. Judicial review of regulations of Board
§ 40.1-51.37. Appeal from decision of Board
§ 40.1-51.38. Appeal to Court of Appeals
§ 40.1-51.39. Penalties; chapter not to affect right to relief or to maintain action