Code of Virginia
Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors

§ 62.1-11. Waters declared natural resource; state regulation and conservation; limitations upon right to use - A. Such waters are a natural resource which should be...

§ 62.1-12. Valid uses not affected; chapter not applicable to proceedings determining rights - Nothing in this chapter shall operate to affect any existing...

§ 62.1-13. Construction with reference to rights, etc., of counties, cities and towns - Nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed as a...

Chapter 2.1 - Wetlands

§ 62.1-13.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1992, c. 836.

Chapter 2.2 - Coastal Primary Sand Dune Protection Act

§ 62.1-13.21. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1992, c. 836.

Chapter 3 - State Water Control Law

§ 62.1-14. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1970, c. 638.

Chapter 3.1 - State Water Control Law

§ 62.1-44.2. Short title; purpose - The short title of this chapter is the State Water...

§ 62.1-44.3. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Definitions - Unless a different meaning is required by the context, the...

§ 62.1-44.3. (For effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Definitions - Unless a different meaning is required by the context, the...

§ 62.1-44.3:1. Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail - Whenever in this chapter the Board or the Department is...

§ 62.1-44.4. Control by Commonwealth as to water quality - (1) No right to continue existing quality degradation in any...

§ 62.1-44.5. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Prohibition of waste discharges or other quality alterations of state waters except as authorized by permit; notification required - A. Except in compliance with a certificate or permit issued...

§ 62.1-44.5. (For effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Prohibition of waste discharges or other quality alterations of state waters except as authorized by permit; notification required - A. Except in compliance with a certificate or permit issued...

§ 62.1-44.6. Chapter supplementary to existing laws - This chapter is intended to supplement existing laws and no...

§ 62.1-44.6:1. Permit rationale - In granting a permit pursuant to this chapter, the Department...

§ 62.1-44.7. Board continued - The State Water Control Board established in the Executive Department...

§ 62.1-44.8. Number, appointment and terms of members - The Board shall consist of seven members appointed by the...

§ 62.1-44.9. Qualifications of members - A. Members of the Board shall be citizens of the...

§ 62.1-44.10. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1980, c. 728.

§ 62.1-44.11. Meetings - The Board shall meet at least four times a year,...

§ 62.1-44.12. Records of proceedings; special orders, standards, policies, rules and regulations - The Board shall keep a complete and accurate record of...

§ 62.1-44.13. Inspections and investigations, etc. - The Board shall make such inspections, conduct such investigations and...

§ 62.1-44.14. Chairman; Executive Director; employment of personnel; supervision; budget preparation - The Board shall elect its chairman, and the Executive Director...

§ 62.1-44.15. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Powers and duties; civil penalties - It shall be the duty of the Board and it...

§ 62.1-44.15. (For effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Powers and duties; civil penalties - It shall be the duty of the Board and it...

§ 62.1-44.15:01. Further duties of Board; localities particularly affected - A. After June 30, 1994, before promulgating any regulation under...

§ 62.1-44.15:02. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2022, c. 356, cl. 2.

§ 62.1-44.15:03. Disposal of fill; notice to locality - The Department shall establish a process whereby any person that...

§ 62.1-44.15:1. Limitation on power to require construction of sewerage systems or sewage or other waste treatment works; ammonia criteria - A. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to...

§ 62.1-44.15:1.1. Special orders; penalties - The Board is authorized to issue special orders in compliance...

§ 62.1-44.15:1.2. Lake level contingency plans - Any Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit issued for a...

§ 62.1-44.15:2. Extraordinary hardship program - There is hereby established a supplemental program of financial assistance...

§ 62.1-44.15:3. When application for permit considered complete - A. No application submitted to the Board for a new...

§ 62.1-44.15:4. Notification of local governments and property owners - A. Upon determining that there has been a violation of...

§ 62.1-44.15:4.1. Listing and notice of confirmed oil releases and discharges - The Department of Environmental Quality shall notify the Department of...

§ 62.1-44.15:5. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2007, c. 659, cl. 3.

§ 62.1-44.15:5.01. Coordinated review of water resources projects - A. Applications for water resources projects that require an individual...

§ 62.1-44.15:5.02. Low-flow protections in Potomac River - A. Virginia Water Protection Permits issued after July 1, 2007,...

§ 62.1-44.15:5.1. General permit for certain water quality improvement activities - A. The Board shall coordinate the development of a general...

§ 62.1-44.15:5.2. General permits for ready-mix concrete plant discharges - Any general permit issued by the Board for discharges of...

§ 62.1-44.15:6. Permit fee regulations - A. The Board shall promulgate regulations establishing a fee assessment...

§ 62.1-44.15:7. Permit Program Fund established; use of moneys - A. There is hereby established a special, nonreverting fund in...

§ 62.1-44.15:8. Conformance with federal requirements - Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, any fee system developed...

§ 62.1-44.15:20. Virginia Water Protection Permit - A. Except in compliance with an individual or general Virginia...

§ 62.1-44.15:21. Impacts to wetlands - A. Permits shall address avoidance and minimization of wetland impacts...

§ 62.1-44.15:22. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 100) Water withdrawals and preservation of instream flow - A. Conditions contained in a Virginia Water Protection Permit may...

§ 62.1-44.15:22. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 100) Water withdrawals and preservation of instream flow - A. Conditions contained in a Virginia Water Protection Permit may...

§ 62.1-44.15:23. Wetland and stream mitigation banks - A. For purposes of this section: "Physiographic province" means one...

§ 62.1-44.15:23.1. Wetland and Stream Replacement Fund established - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special...

§ 62.1-44.15:24. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...

§ 62.1-44.15:24. (For effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...

§ 62.1-44.15:25. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Further powers and duties of the State Water Control Board - In addition to other powers and duties conferred upon the...

§ 62.1-44.15:25. (For effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Further powers and duties of the State Water Control Board - In addition to other powers and duties conferred upon the...

§ 62.1-44.15:25.1. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Additional local authority - Any locality serving as a VESMP authority shall have the...

§ 62.1-44.15:26. (For repeal date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) State permits - A. All state permits issued by the Board under this...

§ 62.1-44.15:26.1. Termination of Construction General Permit coverage - A. A VSMP authority shall recommend that the Department of...

§ 62.1-44.15:27. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Establishment of Virginia Stormwater Management Programs - A. Any locality that operates a regulated MS4 or that...

§ 62.1-44.15:27. (For effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Virginia Programs for Erosion Control and Stormwater Management - A. Any locality that operates a regulated MS4 or that...

§ 62.1-44.15:27.1. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Virginia Stormwater Management Programs administered by the Board - A. The Board shall administer a Virginia Stormwater Management Program...

§ 62.1-44.15:27.2. Rural Tidewater localities; water quantity technical criteria; tiered approach - A. For determining the water quantity technical criteria applicable to...

§ 62.1-44.15:27.3. Acceptance of signed and sealed plan in lieu of local plan review - A. Any rural Tidewater locality, whether or not it administers...

§ 62.1-44.15:27.4. Department acceptance of plans in lieu of plan review - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the Board,...

§ 62.1-44.15:28. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Development of regulations - A. The Board is authorized to adopt regulations that specify...

§ 62.1-44.15:28. (For effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Development of regulations - A. The Board is authorized to adopt regulations that specify...

§ 62.1-44.15:28.1. Pollutant removal by dredging - Upon approval by the Chesapeake Bay Program as a creditable...

§ 62.1-44.15:29. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Virginia Stormwater Management Fund established - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special...

§ 62.1-44.15:29. (For effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Virginia Stormwater Management Fund - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special...

§ 62.1-44.15:29.1. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Stormwater Local Assistance Fund - A. The State Comptroller shall continue in the state treasury...

§ 62.1-44.15:29.2. Stormwater Local Assistance Fund, estimate of requests - The Department, in consultation with stakeholders, including representatives of the...

§ 62.1-44.15:30. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Education and training programs - A. The Board shall issue certificates of competence concerning the...

§ 62.1-44.15:30. (For effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Training and certification - A. The Board shall issue certificates of competence concerning the...

§ 62.1-44.15:31. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Annual standards and specifications for state agencies, federal entities, and other specified entities - A. State entities, including the Department of Transportation, and for...

§ 62.1-44.15:31. (For effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Standards and specifications for state agencies, federal entities, and other specified entities - A. State entities, including the Department of Transportation, and for...

§ 62.1-44.15:32. (For repeal date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Duties of the Department - A. The Department shall provide technical assistance, training, research, and...

§ 62.1-44.15:33. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Authorization for more stringent ordinances - A. Localities that are VSMP authorities are authorized to adopt...

§ 62.1-44.15:33. (For effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Authorization for more stringent ordinances - A. Localities that are VSMP authorities are authorized to adopt...

§ 62.1-44.15:34. (For expiration date - see notes) Regulated activities; submission and approval of a permit application; security for performance; exemptions - A. A person shall not conduct any land-disturbing activity until...

§ 62.1-44.15:34. (For effective date - see notes) Regulated activities; submission and approval of a permit application; security for performance; exemptions - A. A person shall not conduct any land-disturbing activity until...

§ 62.1-44.15:35. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Nutrient credit use and additional offsite options for construction activities - A. As used in this section: "Nutrient credit" or "credit"...

§ 62.1-44.15:35. (For effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Nutrient credit use and additional offsite options for construction activities - A. As used in this section: "Nutrient credit" or "credit"...

§ 62.1-44.15:36. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, cc. 756 and 793, cl. 4.

§ 62.1-44.15:37. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Monitoring, reports, investigations, inspections, and stop work orders - A. The VSMP authority (i) shall provide for periodic inspections...

§ 62.1-44.15:37. (For effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Notices to comply and stop work orders - A. The VSMP authority (i) shall provide for periodic inspections...

§ 62.1-44.15:37.1. Inspections; land-disturbing activities of natural gas pipelines; stop work instructions - A. The Department is authorized to conduct inspections of the...

§ 62.1-44.15:38. (For repeal date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Department to review VSMPs - A. The Department shall develop and implement a review and...

§ 62.1-44.15:39. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Right of entry - The Department, the VSMP authority, where authorized to enforce this...

§ 62.1-44.15:39. (For effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Right of entry - The Department, the VSMP authority, where authorized to enforce this...

§ 62.1-44.15:40. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Information to be furnished - The Board, the Department, or the VSMP authority, where authorized...

§ 62.1-44.15:40. (For effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Information to be furnished - The Board, the Department, or the VSMP authority, where authorized...

§ 62.1-44.15:41. (For expiration date - see notes) Private rights; liability - A. Whenever a common interest community cedes responsibility for the...

§ 62.1-44.15:41. (For effective date - see notes) Liability of common interest communities - A. Whenever a common interest community cedes responsibility for the...

§ 62.1-44.15:42. (For repeal date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Enforcement by injunction, etc. - A. It is unlawful for any person to fail to...

§ 62.1-44.15:43. (For repeal date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Testing validity of regulations; judicial review - A. The validity of any regulation adopted by the Board...

§ 62.1-44.15:44. (For repeal date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Right to hearing - Any permit applicant, permittee, or person subject to state permit...

§ 62.1-44.15:45. (For repeal date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Hearings - When holding hearings under this article, the Board shall do...

§ 62.1-44.15:46. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Appeals - Any permittee or party aggrieved by a state permit or...

§ 62.1-44.15:46. (For effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Appeals - Any permittee or party aggrieved by a state permit or...

§ 62.1-44.15:47. (For repeal date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Appeal to Court of Appeals - From the final decision of the circuit court an appeal...

§ 62.1-44.15:48. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Penalties, injunctions, and other legal actions - A. Any person who violates any provision of this article...

§ 62.1-44.15:48. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Penalties, injunctions, and other legal actions - A. Any person who violates any provision of this article...

§ 62.1-44.15:49. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Enforcement authority of MS4 localities - A. Localities shall adopt a stormwater ordinance pursuant to the...

§ 62.1-44.15:49. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Enforcement authority of MS4 localities - A. Localities shall adopt a stormwater ordinance pursuant to the...

§ 62.1-44.15:49.1. MS4 industrial and high-risk programs - A. Any locality that owns or operates a municipal separate...

§ 62.1-44.15:50. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Cooperation with federal and state agencies - A VSMP authority and the Department are authorized to cooperate...

§ 62.1-44.15:50. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Cooperation with federal and state agencies - A VSMP authority and the Department are authorized to cooperate...

§ 62.1-44.15:51. (For expiration date - see notes) Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...

§ 62.1-44.15:51. (For effective date - see notes) Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...

§ 62.1-44.15:51.1. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Applicability - The requirements of this article shall apply in any locality...

§ 62.1-44.15:52. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program - A. The Board shall develop a program and adopt regulations...

§ 62.1-44.15:52. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program - A. The Board shall develop a program and adopt regulations...

§ 62.1-44.15:53. Certification of program personnel - A. The minimum standards of VESCP effectiveness established by the...

§ 62.1-44.15:54. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Establishment of Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program - A. Counties and cities shall adopt and administer a VESCP....

§ 62.1-44.15:54. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program - A. Counties and cities shall adopt and administer a VESCP....

§ 62.1-44.15:55. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Regulated land-disturbing activities; submission and approval of erosion and sediment control plan - A. Except as provided in § 62.1-44.15:56 for state agency...

§ 62.1-44.15:55. (For effective date - see notes) Regulated land-disturbing activities; submission and approval of erosion and sediment control plan - A. Except as provided in § 62.1-44.15:56 for state agency...

§ 62.1-44.15:55.1. Department review of erosion and sediment control plans for solar projects - A. Any locality that does not operate a regulated MS4...

§ 62.1-44.15:56. (For repeal date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) State agency and federal entity projects - A. A state agency shall not undertake a project involving...

§ 62.1-44.15:56.1. Department acceptance of plans in lieu of plan review - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the Department,...

§ 62.1-44.15:57. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Approved plan required for issuance of grading, building, or other permits; security for performance - Agencies authorized under any other law to issue grading, building,...

§ 62.1-44.15:57. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Approved plan required for issuance of grading, building, or other permits; security for performance - Agencies authorized under any other law to issue grading, building,...

§ 62.1-44.15:58. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Monitoring, reports, and inspections - A. The VESCP authority (i) shall provide for periodic inspections...

§ 62.1-44.15:58. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Monitoring, reports, and inspections - A. The VESCP authority (i) shall provide for periodic inspections...

§ 62.1-44.15:58.1. Inspections; land-disturbing activities of natural gas pipelines; stop work instructions - A. The Department is authorized to conduct inspections of the...

§ 62.1-44.15:59. Reporting - Each VESCP authority shall report to the Department, in a...

§ 62.1-44.15:60. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Right of entry - The Department, the VESCP authority, where authorized to enforce this...

§ 62.1-44.15:60. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Right of entry - The Department, the VESCP authority, where authorized to enforce this...

§ 62.1-44.15:61. (For repeal date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Cooperation with federal and state agencies - A VESCP authority and the Board are authorized to cooperate...

§ 62.1-44.15:62. Judicial appeals - A. A final decision by a county, city, or town,...

§ 62.1-44.15:63. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Penalties, injunctions and other legal actions - A. Violators of § 62.1-44.15:55, 62.1-44.15:56, or 62.1-44.15:58 shall be...

§ 62.1-44.15:63. (For effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Penalties, injunctions and other legal actions - A. Violators of § 62.1-44.15:55, 62.1-44.15:56, or 62.1-44.15:58 shall be...

§ 62.1-44.15:64. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Stop work orders by Department; civil penalties - A. An aggrieved owner of property sustaining pecuniary damage resulting...

§ 62.1-44.15:64. (For effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Stop work orders by Board; civil penalties - A. An aggrieved owner of property sustaining pecuniary damage resulting...

§ 62.1-44.15:65. (For expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Authorization for more stringent regulations - A. As part of a VESCP, a district or locality...

§ 62.1-44.15:65. (For effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Authorization for more stringent ordinances - A. As part of a VESCP, a district or locality...

§ 62.1-44.15:66. No limitation on authority of Department of Energy - The provisions of this article shall not limit the powers...

§ 62.1-44.15:67. Cooperative state-local program - A. Healthy state and local economies and a healthy Chesapeake...

§ 62.1-44.15:68. Definitions - For the purposes of this article, the following words shall...

§ 62.1-44.15:69. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Powers and duties of the Board - The Board is responsible for carrying out the purposes and...

§ 62.1-44.15:69. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Powers and duties of the Board - The Board is responsible for carrying out the purposes and...

§ 62.1-44.15:70. Exclusive authority of Board to institute legal actions - The Board shall have the exclusive authority to institute or...

§ 62.1-44.15:71. (For repeal date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Program compliance - Program compliance reviews conducted in accordance with § 62.1-44.15:69 and...

§ 62.1-44.15:72. Board to develop criteria - A. In order to implement the provisions of this article...

§ 62.1-44.15:73. Local government authority - Counties, cities, and towns are authorized to exercise their police...

§ 62.1-44.15:74. Local governments to designate Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; incorporate into local plans and ordinances; impose civil penalties - A. Counties, cities, and towns in Tidewater Virginia shall use...

§ 62.1-44.15:75. Local governments outside of Tidewater Virginia may adopt provisions - Any local government, although not a part of Tidewater Virginia,...

§ 62.1-44.15:76. Local government requirements for water quality protection - Local governments shall employ the criteria promulgated by the Board...

§ 62.1-44.15:77. Effect on other governmental authority - The authorities granted herein are supplemental to other state, regional,...

§ 62.1-44.15:78. State agency consistency - All agencies of the Commonwealth shall exercise their authorities under...

§ 62.1-44.15:79. Vested rights protected - The provisions of this article shall not affect vested rights...

§ 62.1-44.15:80. Findings and purpose - The General Assembly determines and finds that to comply with...

§ 62.1-44.15:81. Application and preparation of draft certification conditions - A. Any applicant for a federal license or permit for...

§ 62.1-44.15:82. Public notice of draft certification conditions - A. The Department shall prepare a public notice of draft...

§ 62.1-44.15:83. Requests for public hearing, hearings, and final decisions procedures - A. The issuance of a certification pursuant to this article...

§ 62.1-44.15:84. Requests for modification or revocation; public notice - A. The applicant or the Department may request that conditions...

§ 62.1-44.16. Industrial wastes - A. Any owner who erects, constructs, opens, reopens, expands, or...

§ 62.1-44.16:1. Local enforcement of industrial waste permits - A. Any locality that has adopted an ordinance for the...

§ 62.1-44.17. Other wastes - (1) Any owner who handles, stores, distributes or produces other...

§ 62.1-44.17:1. Permits for confined animal feeding operations - A. For the purposes of this chapter, "confined animal feeding...

§ 62.1-44.17:1.1. Poultry waste management program - A. As used in this section, unless the context requires...

§ 62.1-44.17:2. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...

§ 62.1-44.17:3. Toxic substances reduction in state waters; report required - A. The Board shall (i) conduct ongoing assessments of the...

§ 62.1-44.17:4. Evaluation of toxics removal and remediation technology - The Board shall conduct a review of instream toxics removal...

§ 62.1-44.18. Sewerage systems, etc., under supervision of Board and Department of Environmental Quality; Board to regulate design specification and plans - A. All sewerage systems and sewage treatment works shall be...

§ 62.1-44.18:1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1991, c. 194.

§ 62.1-44.18:2. When Board may prohibit discharge; permits - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Board...

§ 62.1-44.18:3. Permit for private sewerage facility; financial assurance; violations; waiver of filing - A. No person shall operate a privately owned sewerage system...

§ 62.1-44.19. Approval of sewerage systems and sewage treatment works - A. Before any owner may erect, construct, open, expand or...

§ 62.1-44.19:1. Prohibiting sewage discharge under certain conditions in Virginia Beach - If the Board or the State Department of Health determines...

§ 62.1-44.19:2. Additional requirements on sewage discharge in the Cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk and Virginia Beach - A. Beginning January 1, 1973, every sewage pumping station in...

§ 62.1-44.19:3. Prohibition on land application, marketing and distribution of sewage sludge without permit; ordinances; notice requirement; fees - A. 1. No owner of a sewage treatment works shall...

§ 62.1-44.19:3.1. Certification of sewage sludge land applicators - A. The Board, with the assistance of the Department of...

§ 62.1-44.19:3.2. Local enforcement of sewage sludge regulations - A. Any locality that has adopted an ordinance for the...

§ 62.1-44.19:3.3. Septage disposal - The Board shall have the authority to issue permits that...

§ 62.1-44.19:3.4. Notification of local governing bodies - A. Whenever the Department receives an application for land disposal...

§ 62.1-44.19:4. Definitions - As used in this article unless the context requires a...

§ 62.1-44.19:5. Water quality monitoring and reporting - A. The Board shall develop the reports required by §...

§ 62.1-44.19:6. Citizen right-to-know provisions - A. The Board, based on the information in the 303(d)...

§ 62.1-44.19:7. Plans to address impaired waters - A. The Board shall develop and implement a plan to...

§ 62.1-44.19:8. Control of discharges to toxic-impaired water - Owners of establishments that discharge toxics to toxic-impaired waters shall...

§ 62.1-44.19:9. Transmission of toxics information - The Virginia Department of Health and the Department of Environmental...

§ 62.1-44.19:10. Assessment of sources of toxic contamination - The Department of Environmental Quality shall develop a written policy...

§ 62.1-44.19:11. Citizen water quality monitoring program - A. The Department of Environmental Quality shall establish a citizen...

§ 62.1-44.19:12. Legislative findings and purposes - The 2000 Chesapeake Bay Agreement and related multistate cooperative and...

§ 62.1-44.19:13. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...

§ 62.1-44.19:14. Watershed general permit for nutrients - A. The Board shall issue a Watershed General Virginia Pollutant...

§ 62.1-44.19:15. New or expanded facilities - A. An owner or operator of a new or expanded...

§ 62.1-44.19:16. Technology-based standards and effluent limitations - A. The Board may establish a technology-based standard less stringent...

§ 62.1-44.19:17. Virginia Nutrient Credit Exchange Association authorized; duties; composition; appointment; terms - A. The permittees under the general permit may establish a...

§ 62.1-44.19:18. Nutrient allocation compliance and reporting - A. Each permitted facility shall be in compliance with its...

§ 62.1-44.19:19. Program audits - In addition to its permit compliance and enforcement authority, the...

§ 62.1-44.19:21. Nutrient credit use by regulated entities - A. An MS4 permittee may acquire, use, and transfer nutrient...

§ 62.1-44.19:21.1. Sediment credit use by regulated MS4s - A. Subject to the conditions and limitations of subsections B,...

§ 62.1-44.19:21.2. Nutrient and sediment credit generation and transfer; public body - A. Except as provided in subsection B, the only nonpoint...

§ 62.1-44.19:22. Enforcement and penalties - A. Transfer of certified nutrient credits by an operator of...

§ 62.1-44.19:23. Appeals - Any person applying to establish a nutrient credit-generating entity or...

§ 62.1-44.19:20. (Contingent expiration date - See Editor's note) Nutrient credit certification - A. The Board may adopt regulations for the purpose of...

§ 62.1-44.19:20. (Contingent effective date - See Editor's note) Nutrient credit certification - A. The Board may adopt regulations for the purpose of...

§ 62.1-44.20. Right to entry to obtain information, etc. - Any duly authorized agent of the Board may, at reasonable...

§ 62.1-44.21. Information to be furnished to Board - The Board may require every owner to furnish when requested...

§ 62.1-44.22. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Private rights not affected - The fact that any owner holds or has held a...

§ 62.1-44.22. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Private actions - The fact that any owner holds or has held a...

§ 62.1-44.23. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Enforcement by injunction, etc. - Any person violating or failing, neglecting or refusing to obey...

§ 62.1-44.23. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Enforcement by injunction, etc. - Any person violating or failing, neglecting or refusing to obey...

§ 62.1-44.23:1. Intervention of Commonwealth in actions involving surface water withdrawals - The Board, in representing the public's interest, shall have the...

§ 62.1-44.24. Testing validity of regulations; judicial review - (1) The validity of any regulation may be determined through...

§ 62.1-44.25. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Right to hearing - Any owner under §§ 62.1-44.16, 62.1-44.17, and 62.1-44.19 aggrieved by...

§ 62.1-44.25. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Right to hearing - Any owner under §§ 62.1-44.16, 62.1-44.17, and 62.1-44.19 aggrieved by...

§ 62.1-44.26. Hearings - A. (For expiration date -- see notes) The formal hearings...

§ 62.1-44.27. Rules of evidence in hearings - In all hearings under this chapter: (1) All relevant and...

§ 62.1-44.28. Decisions of the Board in hearings pursuant to §§ 62.1-44.15 and 62.1-44.25 - To be valid and operative, the decision by the Board...

§ 62.1-44.29. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Judicial review - Any owner aggrieved by or any person who has participated,...

§ 62.1-44.29. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Judicial review - Any owner aggrieved by or any person who has participated,...

§ 62.1-44.30. Appeal to Court of Appeals - From the final decision of the circuit court an appeal...

§ 62.1-44.31. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Violation of special order or certificate or failure to cooperate with Board - It shall be unlawful for any owner to fail to...

§ 62.1-44.31. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Violation of order or certificate or failure to cooperate with Board - It shall be unlawful for any owner to fail to...

§ 62.1-44.32. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Penalties - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person...

§ 62.1-44.32. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2016, cc. 68 and 758, as amended by Acts 2017, c. 345) Penalties - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person...

§ 62.1-44.33. Board to adopt regulations; tidal waters no discharge zones - A. The State Water Control Board is empowered and directed...

§ 62.1-44.34. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1978, c. 816.

§ 62.1-44.34:1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1990, c. 917.

§ 62.1-44.34:7. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1989, c. 627.

§ 62.1-44.34:8. Definitions - The following terms as used in this article shall have...

§ 62.1-44.34:9. Powers and duties of Board - The Board is responsible for carrying out the provisions of...

§ 62.1-44.34:10. Definitions - The following terms as used in this article shall have...

§ 62.1-44.34:11. Virginia Petroleum Storage Tank Fund - A. The Virginia Petroleum Storage Tank Fund is hereby established...

§ 62.1-44.34:12. Financial responsibility - A. The Board shall adopt regulations that conform to the...

§ 62.1-44.34:13. Levy of fee for Fund maintenance - A. In order to generate revenue for the Fund and...

§ 62.1-44.34:14. Definitions - As used in this article unless the context requires a...

§ 62.1-44.34:15. Oil discharge contingency plans - A. No operator shall cause or permit the operation of...

§ 62.1-44.34:15.1. Regulations for aboveground storage tanks - The Board shall adopt regulations and develop procedures necessary to...

§ 62.1-44.34:16. Financial responsibility for vessels and facilities - A. The operator of any tank vessel entering upon state...

§ 62.1-44.34:17. Exemptions - A. Sections 62.1-44.34:15 and 62.1-44.34:16 do not apply to a...

§ 62.1-44.34:18. Discharge of oil prohibited; liability for permitting discharge - A. The discharge of oil into or upon state waters,...

§ 62.1-44.34:19. Reporting of discharge - A. Any person discharging or causing or permitting a discharge...

§ 62.1-44.34:19.1. Registration of aboveground storage tanks - A. The Board shall compile an inventory of facilities with...

§ 62.1-44.34:19.2. Recordkeeping and access to records and facilities - A. All records relating to compliance with the requirements of...

§ 62.1-44.34:20. Enforcement and penalties - A. Upon a finding of a violation of this article...

§ 62.1-44.34:21. Administrative fees - A. The Board is authorized to collect from any applicant...

§ 62.1-44.34:22. Applicability of Administrative Process Act - The Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.) shall govern...

§ 62.1-44.34:23. Exceptions - A. Nothing in this article shall apply to: (i) normal...

§ 62.1-44.34:24. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise:...

§ 62.1-44.34:25. Virginia Spill Response Council created; purpose; membership - A. There is hereby created the Virginia Spill Response Council....

§ 62.1-44.34:26. Responsibilities of the Council - The Council shall have the following responsibilities: 1. To foster...

§ 62.1-44.34:27. Cooperation of agencies and institutions - Technical support shall be made available to the Council by...

§ 62.1-44.34:28. Council to submit annual report - The Council shall submit a report annually to the Secretaries...

Chapter 3.2 - Conservation of Water Resources; State Water Control Board

§ 62.1-44.35. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1984, c. 750.

§ 62.1-44.36. Responsibility of State Water Control Board; formulation of policy - Being cognizant of the crucial importance of the Commonwealth's water...

§ 62.1-44.37. Resolution of conflicts as to water use; public hearings - The Board shall upon application of any state agency or...

§ 62.1-44.38. Plans and programs; registration of certain data by water users; advisory committees; committee membership for federal, state, and local agencies; water supply planning assistance - A. The Board shall prepare plans and programs for the...

§ 62.1-44.38:2. Expired - Expired.

§ 62.1-44.38:1. Comprehensive water supply planning process; state, regional, and local water supply plans - A. The Board, with advice and guidance from the Commissioner...

§ 62.1-44.39. Technical advice and information to be made available - The Board may make available technical advice and information on...

§ 62.1-44.40. Governor and General Assembly to be advised; annual report - The Board shall submit an annual report to the Governor...

§ 62.1-44.41. Board authorized to speak and act for Commonwealth - (1) In all matters directly related to conservation or use...

§ 62.1-44.42. Cooperation with other agencies - (1) In order to assist the Board in carrying out...

§ 62.1-44.43. Additional powers of Board - In addition to other powers conferred by the foregoing sections,...

§ 62.1-44.44. Construction of chapter - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as altering, or...

Chapter 3.3 - State Water Resources Law

§ 62.1-44.45. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1974, c. 96.

Chapter 3.4 - The Groundwater Act of 1973

§ 62.1-44.83. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1992, c. 812.

§ 62.1-44.88. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1984, c. 734.

§ 62.1-44.89. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1992, c. 812.

§ 62.1-44.101. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1986, c. 401.

§ 62.1-44.101:1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1992, c. 812.

§ 62.1-44.106. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1986, c. 615.

§ 62.1-44.107. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1992, c. 812.

Chapter 3.5 - Flood Damage Reduction Act

§ 62.1-44.108. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 891.

Chapter 3.6 - Potomac River Riparian Rights Act

§ 62.1-44.113. Short title - This chapter shall be known as the "Potomac River Riparian...

§ 62.1-44.114. Use of Potomac River; riparian rights - The Commonwealth and its citizens shall have the right to...

§ 62.1-44.115. Review of uses by Water Control Board; report - The State Water Control Board shall annually review the uses...

§ 62.1-44.116. Assistance by Board in riparian disputes - In the event non-Virginia claimants question or seek to abridge...

Chapter 3.7 - Chesapeake Bay and Virginia Waters Clean-Up and Oversight Act

§ 62.1-44.117. Development of an impaired waters clean-up plan; strategies; objectives - A. The Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources shall develop...

§ 62.1-44.118. Status reports on progress; legislative oversight - The Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources shall submit the...

Chapter 3.8 - Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan Initiatives

§ 62.1-44.119. (For contingent effective date, see § 62.1-44.119:1) Target date - In recognition of the ecological, cultural, economic, historical, and recreational...

§ 62.1-44.119:1. Effective date - The provisions of this chapter shall not become effective unless,...

§ 62.1-44.120. (For contingent effective date, see § 62.1-44.119:1) Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...

§ 62.1-44.121. (For contingent effective date, see § 62.1-44.119:1) Chesapeake Bay cropland; nutrient management plans - A. Any operator of 50 or more acres of Chesapeake...

§ 62.1-44.122. (For contingent effective date, see § 62.1-44.119:1) Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...

§ 62.1-44.123. (For contingent effective date, see § 62.1-44.119:1) Bovine livestock stream exclusion - Any person who owns property in the Chesapeake Bay watershed...

Chapter 4 - Public Water Supply

§ 62.1-45. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1979, c. 711.

Chapter 5 - Potomac River Basin Commission

§ 62.1-64. Authority to execute compact to create Potomac Valley Conservancy District and Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin - The Governor is hereby authorized and directed to execute, on...

§ 62.1-65. Form and terms of compact - Whereas it is recognized that abatement of existing pollution and...

§ 62.1-66. Potomac River Basin Commission of Virginia - There is hereby created a Commission of three members to...

§ 62.1-67. Appointment, terms and qualifications of members; alternate members - The Commission shall consist of three members as follows: one...

§ 62.1-68. Expenses of members - The members of the Commission shall be paid their expenses...

§ 62.1-69. Duties of Commission; powers and duties of Water Control Board not affected; dams or structures for production of electric power - The Potomac River Basin Commission of Virginia shall, if and...

Chapter 5.1 - Potomac River Basin Compact

§ 62.1-69.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1990, c. 179.

Chapter 5.2 - Chesapeake Bay Commission

§ 62.1-69.5. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 1000.

Chapter 5.3 - Rappahannock River Basin Commission

§ 62.1-69.25. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...

§ 62.1-69.26. Rappahannock River Basin Commission; establishment - The Rappahannock River Basin Commission, hereinafter referred to as the...

§ 62.1-69.27. Commission purposes and mission - The Commission's purposes and mission shall be to provide guidance...

§ 62.1-69.28. Rappahannock River Basin Commission powers - A. The Commission shall have no regulatory authority. B. To...

§ 62.1-69.29. Membership; terms; vacancies - The membership of the Commission shall consist of 32 members,...

§ 62.1-69.30. Chairman and vice-chairman; quorum; meetings - The Commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among...

§ 62.1-69.31. Staffing and support - The local governing bodies and Planning District Commissions found wholly...

§ 62.1-69.32. Withdrawal; dissolution - A. A locality may withdraw from the Commission one year...

§ 62.1-69.33. Funding - A. The Commission shall annually adopt a budget, which shall...

§ 62.1-69.33:1. Compensation; expenses - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, members of the Commission...

§ 62.1-69.33:2. Chairman's executive summary of activity and work of the Commission - The chairman shall submit to the Governor and the General...

Chapter 5.4 - Virginia Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee

§ 62.1-69.34. Virginia Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee established; purpose; membership; terms; meetings - A. The Virginia Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee, hereinafter referred...

§ 62.1-69.35. Compensation and expenses - Legislative members of the advisory committee shall receive such compensation...

§ 62.1-69.35:1. Staffing - The Department of Environmental Quality shall provide staff support to...

§ 62.1-69.35:2. Chairman's executive summary of activity and work of the advisory committee - The chairman of the advisory committee shall submit to the...

Chapter 5.5 - Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission

§ 62.1-69.36. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...

§ 62.1-69.37. Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission established; purpose - The Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission is hereby established as...

§ 62.1-69.38. Membership; terms - A. The Commission shall be composed of 18 voting members...

§ 62.1-69.39. Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission powers and duties - A. The Commission shall have no regulatory authority. B. To...

§ 62.1-69.40. Standing and ad hoc committees - To facilitate communication among stakeholders in the Roanoke River Basin,...

§ 62.1-69.41. Staffing and support - The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the North Carolina...

§ 62.1-69.42. Funding - A. The Commission shall annually adopt a budget, which shall...

§ 62.1-69.43. Compensation and expenses - A. Legislative members of the Virginia delegation to the Commission...

§ 62.1-69.44. Annual report required - The Commission shall submit an annual report, including any recommendations,...

Chapter 5.6 - Rivanna River Basin Commission

§ 62.1-69.45. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...

§ 62.1-69.46. The Rivanna River Basin Commission; establishment; purpose - A. The Rivanna River Basin Commission (the Commission) shall be...

§ 62.1-69.47. Membership; terms; vacancies; chairman and vice-chairman; quorum; meetings; voting - A. The Commission shall consist of 14 nonlegislative members as...

§ 62.1-69.48. Compensation; expenses - Members of the Commission may receive compensation and may be...

§ 62.1-69.49. Funding - A. The Commission shall adopt annually a budget that includes...

§ 62.1-69.50. Powers and duties of the Rivanna River Basin Commission - The Rivanna River Basin Commission shall have the following powers...

§ 62.1-69.51. Staffing and support - The local governing bodies, soil and water conservation districts, and...

§ 62.1-69.52. Withdrawal; dissolution - A. A locality may withdraw from the Commission one year...

Chapter 6 - Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission

§ 62.1-70. Governor to execute Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact - The Governor of Virginia is hereby authorized and requested to...

§ 62.1-71. Form and terms of compact - Whereas, a substantial part of the territory of each of...

§ 62.1-72. Effect of signing compact - The Commonwealth of Virginia, hereby through the signature of its...

§ 62.1-73. Appointment and removal of Virginia members of Commission - In pursuance of Article IV of said compact there shall...

§ 62.1-74. Powers of Commission; duties of state officers, departments, etc.; jurisdiction of certain courts; enforcement - Subject to the terms of such compact there is hereby...

§ 62.1-75. Powers granted Commission are supplemental - Any powers herein granted to the Commission shall be regarded...

§ 62.1-76. Expenses of members - The commissioners shall be reimbursed out of moneys appropriated for...

§ 62.1-77. Officers and employees; meetings - The Commission shall elect from its membership a chairman, and...

§ 62.1-77.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2005, c. 517, cl. 2.

§ 62.1-78. Chapter effective in due course, upon signature of Governor - This chapter shall become effective in due course provided the...

§ 62.1-79. Appropriations - The sums appropriated to carry out the purposes of this...

Chapter 6.1 - Ohio River Basin Commission

§ 62.1-79.1. Repealed - §§ 62.1-79.1, 62.1-79.2. Repealed by Acts 2017, c. 128, cl....

Chapter 7 - Water-Power Development, Conservation of Hydroelectric Power Dams and Works

§ 62.1-80. Declaration of public policy - In order to conserve and utilize the otherwise wasted energy...

§ 62.1-80.1. Applicability of chapter - The provisions of this chapter shall apply only to public...

§ 62.1-81. "Waters of the Commonwealth" defined - The term "waters of the Commonwealth" as used in this...

§ 62.1-82. Control and regulation by State Corporation Commission; existing rights of riparian owners - The control and regulation on the part of the Commonwealth...

§ 62.1-83. Dams across waters of Commonwealth - No person, firm, association or corporation, private or municipal, proposing...

§ 62.1-84. What "dam" includes - The word "dam" as used in this chapter is intended...

§ 62.1-85. License required to construct dam; application - The construction or reconstruction of any such dam as is...

§ 62.1-86. Notice of hearing on application - As soon as practicable after the filing with the State...

§ 62.1-87. Proceedings at hearing - At such public hearing the applicant and any other interested...

§ 62.1-88. Determination and investigation by Commission - Before acting upon any application, the Commission shall weigh all...

§ 62.1-89. When license granted - If the Commission shall be of the opinion from all...

§ 62.1-90. Rejection of application; requiring applicant to modify plans - If the Commission be of the opinion, from the evidence...

§ 62.1-91. Terms and conditions of license; preventing obstruction of navigation or flow; dams across navigable waters of United States - In granting any license the Commission may include in the...

§ 62.1-92. Priority of location or appropriation; notice to owners of existing developments - No priority of location or appropriation shall be recognized by...

§ 62.1-93. Time limits on construction of proposed dam and works - With respect to any license which may be granted, the...

§ 62.1-94. Duration of licenses; acquisition of developments by Commonwealth - All licenses granted under the provisions of this chapter shall...

§ 62.1-95. Value of license not to be estimated in valuation for rate making, etc.; intangible water-power value - In any valuation, for the purpose of rate making or...

§ 62.1-96. Transfer or assignment of license - No voluntary transfer or assignment of any license granted under...

§ 62.1-97. Proceedings on violation of terms of license or of provisions of chapter or regulations - In event of violation by the licensee of any of...

§ 62.1-98. Right of eminent domain of public service corporations - In addition to any right or power of eminent domain...

§ 62.1-99. Water-power developments constructed or acquired prior to certain date - Section 12 of Chapter 424 of the Acts of 1928,...

§ 62.1-100. Rules of Commission; reports; employment of experts, etc. - The Commission shall have the power to make such reasonable...

§ 62.1-101. Licenses not affected by alteration, amendment or repeal of chapter - No alteration, amendment or repeal of this chapter shall, without...

§ 62.1-102. Alteration or amendment of license - The provisions, terms, and conditions of any license may be...

§ 62.1-103. Jurisdiction of United States - Nothing contained in this chapter shall be so construed as...

Chapter 8 - Impoundment of Surface Waters

§ 62.1-104. Definitions - (1) Except as modified below, the definitions contained in Title...

§ 62.1-104.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1982, c. 583.

§ 62.1-105. Impoundment of diffused surface waters - Diffused surface waters may be captured and impounded by the...

§ 62.1-106. When floodwaters may be captured and stored by riparian owners - Water in watercourses which is over and above the average...

§ 62.1-107. Application for leave to store floodwaters; notice to interested persons and to State Water Control Board - Any riparian owner, or riparian owners, desiring to store floodwaters...

§ 62.1-108. Time and place of hearing on petition; parties - Upon the filing of any such petition, the court or...

§ 62.1-109. Board to examine petition and report to court - Upon receipt of a copy of any such petition the...

§ 62.1-110. Court to hear and determine issues; reference to commissioner - The court, on the day specified in the order of...

§ 62.1-111. When leave not granted; terms and conditions; appeals - If, on the report and other evidence, it appears to...

§ 62.1-112. When leave shall expire - If the applicant shall not begin his work within two...

§ 62.1-113. Use of bed of watercourse - The Commonwealth hereby gives its consent to the use of...

§ 62.1-114. Exceptions to application of chapter - The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any...

§ 62.1-115. Use of waters stored - Any owner constructing an impounding structure under the provisions of...

Chapter 8.1 - Dam Safety Act

§ 62.1-115.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 891.

Chapter 9 - Mills, Dams and Certain Other Works on Watercourses

§ 62.1-116. Application for leave to build or raise dam across or in watercourse, cut canal, etc. - A person having upon lands owned by him on a...

§ 62.1-117. Notice required - Of such application ten days' previous notice shall be given...

§ 62.1-118. Appointment of commissioners; time of meeting - On proof of the notice, the court shall, by its...

§ 62.1-119. Oath of commissioners; duties; report - The commissioners, before entering upon their duties, shall take an...

§ 62.1-120. When further notice required - If, by such report, or otherwise, it appear that any...

§ 62.1-121. When new commissioners appointed - If good cause be shown against the report, or the...

§ 62.1-122. When court to refuse or grant leave; when granted, what terms imposed; rights of tenant on land crossed by canal - If, on the report, or on other evidence, it appears...

§ 62.1-123. Rights of applicant on payment of damages - The applicant, to whom any such leave is granted, shall,...

§ 62.1-124. Such leave not to affect vested rights - No person shall by means of any such leave, draw...

§ 62.1-125. Time within which applicant must erect or rebuild works; consequence of failure - If the applicant shall not begin his work within one...

§ 62.1-126. Forfeiture by tenant of works damaged or destroyed, and unrestored; right of remainderman or reversioner - Where any mill, manufactory, machine, or engine in possession of,...

§ 62.1-127. Prosecution or action for unforeseen damages - No proceedings had under this chapter, nor any judgment thereon,...

Chapter 10 - Virginia Port Authority

§ 62.1-128. Authority created - The Virginia Port Authority, hereinafter referred to as the Authority,...

§ 62.1-129. Board of Commissioners; members and officers; Executive Director; agents and employees - A. All powers, rights, and duties conferred by this chapter,...

§ 62.1-129.1. Employees; employment; personnel rules; health insurance; retirement plans - A. Employees of the Authority shall be employed on such...

§ 62.1-129.2. Trust for postemployment benefits authorized; administration - A. The Authority is hereby authorized to establish and maintain...

§ 62.1-130. Powers and duties of Executive Director - The Executive Director shall employ or retain such other agents...

§ 62.1-131. Office and branch offices; title to property - The Authority shall, in the Hampton Roads Area, have and...

§ 62.1-132. Local authorities subordinate to Authority - Any conflict between any authority granted to the several port...

§ 62.1-132.1. General powers - A. Except as provided in subsection B, the Authority is...

§ 62.1-132.2. Bylaws and organization - The Authority shall have the power to adopt, alter, and...

§ 62.1-132.3. Stimulation of commerce - It shall be the duty of the Authority, on behalf...

§ 62.1-132.3:1. Port Opportunity Fund - A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a...

§ 62.1-132.3:2. Port of Virginia Economic and Infrastructure Development Grant Fund and Program - A. From such funds as may be appropriated by the...

§ 62.1-132.3:3. Virginia Waterway Maintenance Fund - From such funds as may be appropriated by the General...

§ 62.1-132.3:4. Virginia Waterway Maintenance Grant Program - A. Once each fiscal year, the Authority shall award a...

§ 62.1-132.4. Rates and rate structures - The Authority shall have power to establish a traffic bureau...

§ 62.1-132.5. Planning - The Authority shall initiate and further plans for the development...

§ 62.1-132.6. Powers not restrictive; exemptions from Public Procurement Act and the Virginia Personnel Act - A. The Authority shall have the power to perform any...

§ 62.1-132.7. Employment of personnel and legal counsel - A. The Authority may appoint, employ, dismiss, and fix and...

§ 62.1-132.8. Consolidation of terminal operations - The Authority shall effect consolidation of the water terminals of...

§ 62.1-132.9. Foreign trade zones - The Authority is empowered to develop, maintain, and operate foreign...

§ 62.1-132.10. Publications of Authority - A. The Authority may issue periodicals and carry and charge...

§ 62.1-132.11. Police powers; penalties - The Authority is empowered to adopt and enforce reasonable rules...

§ 62.1-132.11:1. Prevention and suppression of fire - The Authority may take such steps as necessary, not inconsistent...

§ 62.1-132.11:2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2011, cc. 594 and 681, cl. 2.

§ 62.1-132.12. Employment, jurisdiction, and power of special police officers - A. The Authority may appoint and employ special police officers...

§ 62.1-132.12:1. Agreements with private terminal operators - The Authority may enter into agreements with private maritime cargo...

§ 62.1-132.13. Cooperation with federal agencies - The Authority is empowered to cooperate with, and to act...

§ 62.1-132.14. Agreement of local cooperation with Corps of Engineers - The Authority, in addition to such other state agencies as...

§ 62.1-132.15. Grants and loans from federal agencies - The Authority may apply for and accept grants or loans...

§ 62.1-132.16. Fees and charges - Under such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by...

§ 62.1-132.17. Grants of funds and property - Persons, counties, cities, and towns are hereby authorized to grant,...

§ 62.1-132.18. Acquisition of property - A. The Authority is authorized to acquire, construct, maintain, equip,...

§ 62.1-132.19. Acquisition and lease of property - A. Except as provided in subsection D, the Authority is...

§ 62.1-132.20. Craney Island Disposal Area - A. No agency of the Commonwealth, including the Virginia Port...

§ 62.1-133. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1981, c. 589.

§ 62.1-134.1. Expediting shipment of coal - A. The Authority shall analyze the shipment of coal through...

§ 62.1-135. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1981, c. 589.

§ 62.1-136. Power of eminent domain - The Authority is hereby vested with the power of eminent...

§ 62.1-137. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1981, c. 589.

§ 62.1-138. Powers of State Corporation Commission not affected - Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as affecting...

§ 62.1-139. Forms of accounts and records; annual report - A. The accounts and records of the Authority showing the...

§ 62.1-140. Definitions; bond resolution; form and requisites of bonds; sale and disposition of proceeds; temporary bonds - A. As used in this section and in §§ 62.1-141...

§ 62.1-141. Trust agreement securing bonds; provisions of agreement or bond resolution; depository of proceeds or revenues; expenses - In the discretion of the Authority any bonds issued under...

§ 62.1-142. Charges for use of port facilities; sinking fund created from revenues for payment of bonds - The Authority is hereby authorized to fix and revise charges...

§ 62.1-143. Proceeds of bonds and revenues held in trust for certain purposes - All moneys received pursuant to the provisions of this chapter,...

§ 62.1-144. Remedies of bondholders and trustee - Any holder of bonds, notes, certificates or other evidences of...

§ 62.1-145. Exercise of powers constitutes governmental functions; exemption from taxation - The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter shall...

§ 62.1-146. Bonds as legal investments - Bonds issued by the Authority under the provisions of this...

§ 62.1-147. Bonds not debt or pledge of credit of Commonwealth or political subdivision; payment of expenses - Bonds and refunding bonds issued under the provisions of this...

§ 62.1-147.1. Legalization of prior actions - Any bonds issued to refund bonds or other obligations of...

§ 62.1-147.1:1. Exemption of Authority from certain technology procedures - The provisions regulating the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (§ 2.2-2005...

§ 62.1-147.2. Chapter liberally construed - This chapter shall constitute full and complete authority for the...

Chapter 11 - Federal Water Resources Development Projects

§ 62.1-148. Resolutions and ordinances assuring local cooperation - The governing body of any county, city or town is...

§ 62.1-148.1. Power of cities and towns to bind themselves to perform or execute assurances regarding construction of flood walls or other flood control measures - The cities and towns authorized to adopt resolutions and ordinances...

§ 62.1-149. Items of cooperation to which localities may bind themselves - Such resolutions and ordinances may irrevocably bind such county, city...

§ 62.1-150. Acquisition of lands - For the purpose of complying with the terms of local...

§ 62.1-151. Ratification of former resolutions and ordinances - All resolutions and ordinances adopted prior to March 16, 1948,...

§ 62.1-152. Liberal construction - This chapter shall be liberally construed as in aid of...

Chapter 12 - Virginia Beach Erosion Council

§ 62.1-153. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 891.

Chapter 13 - Improvement of Navigability of Streams

§ 62.1-155. Cooperation by cities on navigable streams with United States - The cities in the Commonwealth situated on navigable streams shall...

§ 62.1-156. Power of cities to give assurances to United States - In order to execute the purposes and objectives declared in...

§ 62.1-157. Power of cities to bind themselves to perform or execute assurances - The cities defined in § 62.1-155 shall have the power...

§ 62.1-158. Claims for damages to oyster and clamming grounds - Claims for damages to oyster and clamming grounds may be...

Chapter 14 - Foreign Trade Zones

§ 62.1-159. "Public corporation" defined - The term "public corporation," for the purposes of this chapter,...

§ 62.1-160. Application by public corporation to establish and operate zone - Any public corporation of the Commonwealth, as that term is...

§ 62.1-161. Application by private corporation - Any private corporation hereafter organized under the laws of this...

§ 62.1-162. Authority to establish and operate zone; conditions and restrictions of act of Congress, etc. - Any public or private corporation authorized by this chapter to...

Chapter 15 - Port Management Generally

§ 62.1-163. Port management - The governing body of any county, city or town having...

Chapter 16 - Wharves, Docks, Piers and Bulkheads

§ 62.1-164. Erection and abatement of private wharves, piers and landings - Any person owning land upon a watercourse may erect a...

§ 62.1-165. Erection of wharves at county landings - Any person desiring the privilege of erecting a wharf at...

Chapter 17 - Motorboats and Water Safety

§ 62.1-166. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1987, c. 488.

Chapter 18 - Protection of Aids to Navigation

§ 62.1-187. Punishment of offenses relating to buoys, beacons or day marks - Any person or persons who shall moor any vessel or...

§ 62.1-188. Lien for cost of repairing or replacing buoy, beacon or day mark - The cost of repairing or replacing any such buoy, beacon,...

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Code of Virginia Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors

Code of Virginia
Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors