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§ 10.1-1400. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1400.1. Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail - Whenever in this chapter the Board, the Department, or the...
§ 10.1-1401. Virginia Waste Management Board continued - A. The Virginia Waste Management Board shall consist of seven...
§ 10.1-1402. Powers and duties of the Board - The Board shall carry out the purposes and provisions of...
§ 10.1-1402.01. Further duties of Board; localities particularly affected - After June 30, 1994, before promulgating any regulation under consideration...
§ 10.1-1402.02. Use, reuse, or reclamation of coal combustion by-product in a flood plain - Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, for any project...
§ 10.1-1402.03. Closure of certain coal combustion residuals units - A. For the purposes of this section only: "Carrying cost"...
§ 10.1-1402.04. Closure of certain coal combustion residuals units; Giles and Russell Counties - A. For the purposes of this section: "Carrying cost" means...
§ 10.1-1402.1. Permit fee regulations - Regulations promulgated by the Board which establish a permit fee...
§ 10.1-1402.1:1. Annual fees for nonhazardous solid waste management facilities - A. In addition to the permit fees assessed and collected...
§ 10.1-1402.2. Permit Program Fund established; use of moneys - A. There is hereby established a special, nonreverting fund in...
§ 10.1-1402.3. Conformance with federal requirements - Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, any fee system developed...
§ 10.1-1403. Advisory committees - The Governor shall appoint such advisory committees as he may...
§ 10.1-1404. Department continued; general powers - A. The Department of Waste Management is continued. The Department...
§ 10.1-1405. Powers and duties of Director - A. The Director, under the direction and control of the...
§ 10.1-1406. Exemptions from liability; expedited settlements - A. No person shall be liable under the provisions of...
§ 10.1-1406.1. Access to abandoned waste sites - A. For the purposes of this section, "abandoned waste site"...
§ 10.1-1406.2. Conditional exemption for coal and mineral mining overburden or solid waste - The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to coal...
§ 10.1-1407. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, cc. 696, 891.
§ 10.1-1407.1. Notification of local government of violation - Upon determining that there has been a violation of a...
§ 10.1-1408. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, cc. 696, 891.
§ 10.1-1408.1. Permit required; open dumps prohibited - A. No person shall operate any sanitary landfill or other...
§ 10.1-1408.2. Certification and on-site presence of facility operator - A. On and after January 1, 1993, no person shall...
§ 10.1-1408.3. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2007, c. 23, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-1408.4. Landfill siting review - A. Before granting a permit which approves site suitability for...
§ 10.1-1408.5. Special provisions regarding wetlands - A. The Director shall not issue any solid waste permit...
§ 10.1-1409. Revocation or amendment of permits - A. Any permit issued by the Director pursuant to this...
§ 10.1-1410. Financial responsibility for abandoned facilities; penalties - A. The Board shall promulgate regulations which ensure that if...
§ 10.1-1410.1. Sanitary landfill final closure plans; notification requirements - When any owner or operator of a sanitary landfill submits...
§ 10.1-1410.2. Landfill postclosure monitoring, maintenance and plans - A. The owner and operator of any solid waste landfill...
§ 10.1-1410.3. Operating burn pits at closed landfills - The Department shall develop policies and procedures to allow for...
§ 10.1-1411. Regional and local solid waste management plans - A. The Board is authorized to promulgate regulations specifying requirements...
§ 10.1-1412. Contracts by counties, cities and towns - Any county, city or town may enter into contracts for...
§ 10.1-1413. State aid to localities for solid waste disposal - A. To assist localities in the collection, transportation, disposal and...
§ 10.1-1413.1. Waste information and assessment program - A. The Department shall report by June 30 of each...
§ 10.1-1413.2. Requirements for landfill closure - The Department shall prioritize the closure of landfills that are...
§ 10.1-1413.3. Testing private wells and public water supply wells near coal ash ponds; resident notification - A. For the purposes of this section: "Coal ash pond"...
§ 10.1-1414. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1415. Litter Control Program - The Department shall support local, regional, and statewide programs to...
§ 10.1-1415.1. Labeling of plastic container products required; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell,...
§ 10.1-1415.2. Plastic holding device prohibited - A. On and after January 1, 1993, it shall be...
§ 10.1-1416. Collection and survey of litter - Collections and surveys of the kinds of litter that are...
§ 10.1-1417. Enforcement of article - The Department shall have the authority to contract with other...
§ 10.1-1418. Penalty for violation of article - Every person convicted of a violation of this article for...
§ 10.1-1418.1. Improper disposal of solid waste; civil penalties - A. It shall be the duty of all persons to...
§ 10.1-1418.2. Improper disposal of tires; exemption; penalty - A. For the purposes of this section: "Convenience center" means...
§ 10.1-1418.3. Liability for large waste tire pile fires; exclusions - A. For the purposes of this section: "Tire pile" means...
§ 10.1-1418.4. Removal of waste tire piles; cost recovery; right of entry - Notwithstanding any other provision, upon the failure of any owner...
§ 10.1-1418.5. Lien for waste tire pile removal - A. The Commonwealth shall have a lien, if perfected as...
§ 10.1-1419. Litter receptacles; placement; penalty for violations - A. The Board shall promulgate regulations establishing reasonable guidelines for...
§ 10.1-1420. Litter bag - The Department may design and produce a litter bag bearing...
§ 10.1-1421. Responsibility for removal of litter from receptacles - The responsibility for the removal of litter from litter receptacles...
§ 10.1-1422. Further duties of Department - In addition to the foregoing duties the Department shall: 1....
§ 10.1-1422.01. Litter Control and Recycling Fund established; use of moneys; purpose of Fund - A. All moneys collected from the civil penalties imposed pursuant...
§ 10.1-1422.02. Litter Control and Recycling Fund Advisory Board established; duties and responsibilities - There is hereby created the Litter Control and Recycling Fund...
§ 10.1-1422.03. Membership, meetings, and staffing - A. The Advisory Board shall consist of five persons appointed...
§ 10.1-1422.04. Local litter prevention and recycling grants; eligibility and funding process - The Director shall award local litter prevention and recycling grants...
§ 10.1-1422.05. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2009, c. 409, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-1422.06. Beneficiation facility as manufacturer for grant purposes - For the purpose of any state or local economic development...
§ 10.1-1422.1. Disposal of waste tires - The Department shall develop and implement a plan for the...
§ 10.1-1422.2. Recycling residues; testing - The Department shall develop and implement a plan for the...
§ 10.1-1422.3. Waste Tire Trust Fund established; use of moneys; purpose of Fund - A. All moneys collected pursuant to § 58.1-642, minus the...
§ 10.1-1422.4. Partial reimbursement for waste tires; eligibility; promulgation of regulations - A. The intent of the partial reimbursement of costs under...
§ 10.1-1422.5. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, c. 569.
§ 10.1-1422.6. Used motor oil, other fluids for automotive engine maintenance, and oil filters; signs; establishment of statewide program - A. The Department shall establish a statewide management program for...
§ 10.1-1423. Notice to public required - Pertinent portions of this article shall be posted along the...
§ 10.1-1424. Allowing escape of load material; penalty - No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway...
§ 10.1-1424.1. Material containing fully halogenated chloro-fluorocarbons prohibited; penalty - A. On and after January 1, 1992, it shall be...
§ 10.1-1424.2. Products containing trichloroethylene prohibited; penalty - As of January 1, 2004, it shall be unlawful for...
§ 10.1-1424.3. Expanded polystyrene food service containers prohibited; civil penalty - A. Beginning July 1, 2023, no food vendor that is...
§ 10.1-1425. Preemption of certain local ordinances - The provisions of this article shall supersede and preempt any...
§ 10.1-1425.1. Lead acid batteries; land disposal prohibited; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to place...
§ 10.1-1425.2. Collection of lead acid batteries for recycling - Any person selling lead acid batteries at retail or offering...
§ 10.1-1425.3. Inspection of battery retailers; penalty - The Department shall produce, print, and distribute the notices required...
§ 10.1-1425.4. Lead acid battery wholesalers; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for any person selling new...
§ 10.1-1425.5. Construction of article - The provisions of this article shall not be construed to...
§ 10.1-1425.6. Recycling programs of state agencies - A. It shall be the duty of each baccalaureate public...
§ 10.1-1425.7. Duty of the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity - The Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity shall assist...
§ 10.1-1425.8. Department of Transportation; authority and duty - The Department of Transportation is authorized to conduct recycling research...
§ 10.1-1425.9. Duties of the Department of Education - With the assistance of the Department of Waste Management, the...
§ 10.1-1425.10. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1425.11. Establishment of pollution prevention policy - It shall be the policy of the Commonwealth (i) that...
§ 10.1-1425.12. Pollution prevention assistance program - The Department shall establish a voluntary pollution prevention assistance program...
§ 10.1-1425.13. Pollution prevention advisory panels - The Director is authorized to name qualified persons to pollution...
§ 10.1-1425.14. Pilot projects - The Department may sponsor pilot projects to develop and demonstrate...
§ 10.1-1425.15. Waste exchange - The Department may establish an industrial environmental waste material exchange...
§ 10.1-1425.16. Trade secret protection - All trade secrets obtained pursuant to this article by the...
§ 10.1-1425.17. Evaluation report - The Department shall submit an annual report to the Governor...
§ 10.1-1425.18. Pollution prevention grants - The Department may make grants to identify pollution prevention opportunities...
§ 10.1-1425.19. Inspections and enforcement actions by the Department - A. The Department shall seek to ensure, where appropriate, that...
§ 10.1-1425.20. Findings and intent - A. The General Assembly finds that: 1. The management of...
§ 10.1-1425.21. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1425.22. Schedule for removal of incidental amounts of heavy metals - A. On and after July 1, 1995, no manufacturer or...
§ 10.1-1425.23. Exemptions - The following packaging and packaging components shall be exempt from...
§ 10.1-1425.24. Certificate of compliance - A. On and after July 1, 1995, each manufacturer or...
§ 10.1-1425.25. Promulgation of regulations - The Board may promulgate regulations if regulations are necessary to...
§ 10.1-1425.26. Cathode ray tube and mercury thermostat special waste recycling program - A. As used in this section "cathode ray tube" means...
§ 10.1-1425.27. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1425.28. Applicability - A. The collection, recycling, and reuse provisions of this article...
§ 10.1-1425.29. Manufacturer recovery plan - A. Before a manufacturer may offer computer equipment for sale...
§ 10.1-1425.30. Reporting requirements - Each manufacturer shall publish a report on its publicly accessible...
§ 10.1-1425.31. Retailer responsibility - A person who is a retailer of computer equipment may...
§ 10.1-1425.32. Liability for information stored on computers - A manufacturer, manufacturer's designee, or retailer of computer equipment is...
§ 10.1-1425.33. Department responsibilities - A. The Department shall maintain a list of manufacturers on...
§ 10.1-1425.34. Enforcement - The Office of the Attorney General may enforce the provisions...
§ 10.1-1425.35. Financial and proprietary information - Financial or proprietary information submitted to the Department under this...
§ 10.1-1425.36. Fees not authorized - This article does not authorize the Department to impose a...
§ 10.1-1425.37. Consumer responsibilities - A consumer is responsible for any information in any form...
§ 10.1-1425.38. Sound environmental management - All computer equipment collected under this article shall be recycled...
§ 10.1-1425.39. Rechargeable battery recycling and disposal program - A. As used in this section "rechargeable battery" means any...
§ 10.1-1426. Permits required; waiver of requirements; reports; conditional permits - A. No person shall store, provide treatment for, or dispose...
§ 10.1-1427. Revocation, suspension or amendment of permits - A. Any permit issued by the Director pursuant to this...
§ 10.1-1428. Financial responsibility for abandoned facilities; penalties - A. The Board shall promulgate regulations which ensure that, if...
§ 10.1-1429. Notice of release of hazardous substance - Any person responsible for the release of a hazardous substance...
§ 10.1-1429.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2002, c. 378, cl. 2, effective July...
§ 10.1-1429.4. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2002, c. 378, cl. 2, effective July...
§ 10.1-1430. Authority of Governor to enter into agreements with federal government; effect on federal licenses - The Governor is authorized to enter into agreements with the...
§ 10.1-1431. Authority of Board to enter into agreements with federal government, other states or interstate agencies; training programs for personnel - A. The Board, with the prior approval of the Governor,...
§ 10.1-1432. Further powers of Board - The Board shall have the power, subject to the approval...
§ 10.1-1433. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1434. Additional powers and duties of the Board - A. In addition to its other powers and duties, with...
§ 10.1-1435. Certification of site approval required; "construction" defined; remedies - A. No person shall construct or commence construction of a...
§ 10.1-1436. Site approval criteria - A. The Board shall promulgate criteria for approval of hazardous...
§ 10.1-1437. Notice of intent to file application for certification of site approval - A. Any person may submit to the Board a notice...
§ 10.1-1438. Powers of governing body of host community; technical assistance - A. The governing body of a host community shall have...
§ 10.1-1439. Briefing meetings - A. Not more than seventy-five nor less than sixty days...
§ 10.1-1440. Impact analysis - A. The applicant shall submit to the Board a draft...
§ 10.1-1441. Application for certification of site approval - A. At any time within six months after submission of...
§ 10.1-1442. Negotiations; siting agreement - A. The governing body or its designated representatives and the...
§ 10.1-1443. Draft certification of site approval - A. Within thirty days after receipt of the governing body's...
§ 10.1-1444. Public hearing on draft certification of site approval - A. The Board shall conduct a public hearing on the...
§ 10.1-1445. Final decision on certification of site approval - A. Within forty-five days after the close of the public...
§ 10.1-1446. Effect of certification - A. Grant of certification of site approval shall supersede any...
§ 10.1-1447. Public participation; notice - A. Public participation in the development, revision and implementation of...
§ 10.1-1448. Technical Assistance Fund - A special fund, to be known as the Technical Assistance...
§ 10.1-1449. Siting Dedicated Revenue Fund - There is hereby established in the state treasury a special...
§ 10.1-1450. Waste Management Board to promulgate regulations regarding hazardous materials - The Board shall promulgate regulations designating the manner and method...
§ 10.1-1451. Enforcement of article and regulations - The Department of State Police and all other law-enforcement officers...
§ 10.1-1452. Article not to preclude exercise of certain regulatory powers - The provisions of this article shall not preclude the exercise...
§ 10.1-1453. Exceptions - This article shall not apply to regular military or naval...
§ 10.1-1454. Transportation under United States regulations - Any person transporting hazardous materials in accordance with regulations promulgated...
§ 10.1-1454.1. Regulation of wastes transported by water - A. The Board shall develop regulations governing the commercial transport,...
§ 10.1-1454.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, c. 830.
§ 10.1-1454.3. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2007, c. 23, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-1455. Penalties and enforcement - A. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter,...
§ 10.1-1456. Right of entry to inspect, etc.; warrants - Upon presentation of appropriate credentials and upon consent of the...
§ 10.1-1457. Judicial review - A. Except as provided in subsection B, any person aggrieved...
§ 10.1-1458. Persons to provide plans, specifications, and information - Every person the Department has reason to believe is generating,...