Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-44.15:7 — Virginia Code / Title 62.1 / Chapter 3.1 / Article 2.1 / Section 62.1-44.15:7
Permit Program Fund established; use of moneys
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby established a special, nonreverting fund in the state treasury to be known as the State Water Control Board Permit Program Fund, hereafter referred to as the Fund. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 2.2-1802 , all moneys collected pursuant to § 62.1-44.15:6 shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the Fund.

B. Any moneys remaining in the Fund shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Interest earned on such moneys shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it.

C. The Board is authorized and empowered to release moneys from the Fund, on warrants issued by the State Comptroller, for the purposes of recovering portions of the costs of processing applications under this chapter and Chapters 24 (§ 62.1-242 et seq.) and 25 (§ 62.1-254 et seq.) of this title under the direction of the Executive Director.

D. An accounting of moneys received by and distributed from the Fund shall be kept by the State Comptroller and furnished upon request to the Governor or the General Assembly.

1992, cc. 621, 657.
Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-158 — Virginia Code / Title 62.1 / Chapter 13 / Section 62.1-158
Claims for damages to oyster and clamming grounds
Status: in_force

Claims for damages to oyster and clamming grounds may be asserted in the courts having jurisdiction in the county or city in which such damages occur.

Code 1950, § 62-117.11; 1958, c. 467; 1968, c. 659.
Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-44.15:3 — Virginia Code / Title 62.1 / Chapter 3.1 / Article 2 / Section 62.1-44.15:3
When application for permit considered complete
Status: in_force

A. No application submitted to the Board for a new individual Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination permit authorizing a new discharge of sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes shall be considered complete unless it contains notification from the county, city, or town in which the discharge is to take place that the location and operation of the discharging facility are consistent with applicable ordinances adopted pursuant to Chapter 22 (§ 15.2-2200 et seq.) of Title 15.2. The county, city, or town shall inform in writing the applicant and the Board of the discharging facility's compliance or noncompliance not more than thirty days from receipt by the chief administrative officer, or his agent, of a request from the applicant. Should the county, city, or town fail to provide such written notification within thirty days, the requirement for such notification is waived. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any discharge for which a valid certificate had been issued prior to March 10, 2000.

B. No application for a certificate to discharge sewage into or adjacent to state waters from a privately owned wastewater treatment system serving fifty or more residences shall be considered complete unless the applicant has provided the Executive Director with notification from the State Corporation Commission that the applicant is incorporated in the Commonwealth and is in compliance with all regulations and relevant orders of the State Corporation Commission.

1987, c. 132; 1990, c. 14; 1993, c. 606; 1994, cc. 262 , 549 ; 1995, c. 256 ; 2000, cc. 19 , 98 ; 2001, c. 492 .
Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-241.9:2 — Virginia Code / Title 62.1 / Chapter 23.1 / Section 62.1-241.9:2
Powers of the Authority
Status: in_force

The Authority is authorized to do any act necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this chapter or reasonably implied thereby.

1994, c. 684 .
Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-112 — Virginia Code / Title 62.1 / Chapter 8 / Section 62.1-112
When leave shall expire
Status: in_force

If the applicant shall not begin his work within two years, and so far finish it within three years after such leave, as then to have his impounding structure in good condition for use; or if such impounding structure be at any time destroyed or rendered unfit for use and the rebuilding or repair thereof shall not within two years from the time of such destruction or unfitness, be commenced, and within five years from that time be so far finished as then to be in good condition for use, the leave so granted shall then expire.

Code 1950, § 62-94.9; 1956, c. 632; 1968, c. 659.
Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-44.21 — Virginia Code / Title 62.1 / Chapter 3.1 / Article 5 / Section 62.1-44.21
Information to be furnished to Board
Status: in_force

The Board may require every owner to furnish when requested such plans, specifications, and other pertinent information as may be necessary to determine the effect of the wastes from his discharge on the quality of state waters, or such other information as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. The Board shall not at any time disclose to any person other than appropriate officials of the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (P.L. 92-500) any secret formulae, secret processes, or secret methods other than effluent data used by any owner or under that owner's direction.

Code 1950, § 62.1-35; 1968, c. 659; 1970, c. 638; 1974, c. 237.
Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-44.2 — Virginia Code / Title 62.1 / Chapter 3.1 / Article 1 / Section 62.1-44.2
Short title; purpose
Status: in_force

The short title of this chapter is the State Water Control Law. It is the policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the purpose of this law to: (1) protect existing high quality state waters and restore all other state waters to such condition of quality that any such waters will permit all reasonable public uses and will support the propagation and growth of all aquatic life, including game fish, which might reasonably be expected to inhabit them; (2) safeguard the clean waters of the Commonwealth from pollution; (3) prevent any increase in pollution; (4) reduce existing pollution; (5) promote and encourage the reclamation and reuse of wastewater in a manner protective of the environment and public health; and (6) promote water resource conservation, management and distribution, and encourage water consumption reduction in order to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of the present and future citizens of the Commonwealth.

Code 1950, § 62.1-14; 1968, c. 659; 1970, c. 638; 1978, c. 827; 2000, c. 972 .
Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-69.44 — Virginia Code / Title 62.1 / Chapter 5.5 / Section 62.1-69.44
Annual report required
Status: in_force

The Commission shall submit an annual report, including any recommendations, to the Governor and General Assembly of Virginia and the Governor and General Assembly of North Carolina.

2002, cc. 657 , 843 ; 2003, c. 885 .
Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-241.10 — Virginia Code / Title 62.1 / Chapter 23.1 / Section 62.1-241.10
Liberal construction of chapter
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that its beneficial purposes may be effectuated. Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, general, special or local, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling.

1992, c. 378.
Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-44.17:4 — Virginia Code / Title 62.1 / Chapter 3.1 / Article 3.1 / Section 62.1-44.17:4
Evaluation of toxics removal and remediation technology
Status: in_force

The Board shall conduct a review of instream toxics removal or remediation technologies, a minimum of once every five years, to determine whether (i) new technologies for responding to toxic contamination will necessitate any changes in the selection of removal or remediation strategies previously included as provisions of Board agreements and (ii) any of the Department of Environmental Quality's current strategies for responding to toxic contamination need to be revised.

2000, cc. 17 , 1043 .
Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-44.34:22 — Virginia Code / Title 62.1 / Chapter 3.1 / Article 11 / Section 62.1-44.34:22
Applicability of Administrative Process Act
Status: in_force

The Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.) shall govern the activities and the proceedings of the Board under this article.

1990, c. 917.
Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-69.31 — Virginia Code / Title 62.1 / Chapter 5.3 / Section 62.1-69.31
Staffing and support
Status: in_force

The local governing bodies and Planning District Commissions found wholly or partially in the Rappahannock River Basin shall provide staff support for the Commission as the localities determine appropriate. Additional staff support may be hired or contracted for by the Commission through funds raised by or provided to it. The Commission is authorized to determine the duties of such staff and fix staff compensation within available resources.

All agencies of the Commonwealth shall cooperate with the Commission and, upon request, shall assist the Commission in fulfilling its purposes and mission. The Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources or his designee shall act as the chief liaison between the administrative agencies and the Commission.

1998, c. 553 ; 2000, cc. 386 , 456 ; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 401 .
Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-151 — Virginia Code / Title 62.1 / Chapter 11 / Section 62.1-151
Ratification of former resolutions and ordinances
Status: in_force

All resolutions and ordinances adopted prior to March 16, 1948, by cities, counties and towns in furtherance of local cooperation projects of the United States for river and harbor improvement and for flood control and their acts in pursuance thereof are hereby ratified and affirmed as if accomplished under the authority of this chapter.

Code 1950, § 62-117.4; 1968, c. 659.
Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-193.1 — Virginia Code / Title 62.1 / Chapter 19.1 / Section 62.1-193.1
Prohibition on certain cleaning agents
Status: in_force

Except as provided in § 62.1-193.2 , a person may not use, sell, manufacture or distribute for use or sale in the Commonwealth any cleaning agent that contains more than zero percent phosphorus by weight expressed as elemental phosphorus except for an amount not exceeding 0.5 percent that is incidental to manufacturing. For the purposes of this chapter, "cleaning agent" means a laundry detergent, dishwashing compound, household dishwashing detergent, household cleaner, metal cleaner, industrial cleaner, phosphate compound or other substance that is intended to be used for cleaning purposes.

1987, cc. 66, 67; 2008, c. 10 .
Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-9 — Virginia Code / Title 62.1 / Chapter 1 / Section 62.1-9
Construction of two preceding sections
Status: in_force

Sections 62.1-7 and 62.1-8 shall not be construed to give any greater or other right to any person who has erected or may erect any dam or other obstruction across or in any watercourse, than such person would have had if such sections had not been enacted.

Code 1950, § 62-7; 1968, c. 659.
Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-44.121 — Virginia Code / Title 62.1 / Chapter 3.8 / Article 2 / Section 62.1-44.121
(For contingent effective date, see § 62.1-44.119:1) Chesapeake Bay cropland; nutrient management plans
Status: in_force

A. Any operator of 50 or more acres of Chesapeake Bay cropland shall maintain and implement an approved nutrient management plan.

B. The Department shall review any nutrient management plan submitted pursuant to subsection A within 30 days of submission and shall determine whether such nutrient management plan was prepared by a certified nutrient management planner. If the Department determines that such plan was prepared by a certified nutrient management planner, the Department shall approve such plan. An approved nutrient management plan shall be revised and resubmitted for approval to the Department every five years thereafter. If the Department determines that such nutrient management plan was not prepared by a certified nutrient management planner, the Department shall provide to the person who is required to submit the nutrient management plan a list of items required to be corrected, and such person shall have 30 days to resubmit the plan.

C. Any nutrient management plan required pursuant to subsection A shall be made available to the Department upon request.

D. Any information collected by the Department pursuant to subsection B or C is excluded from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.).

2020, cc. 1185 , 1186 .