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 Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1980, c. 728.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