Virginia Code — 62.1
Browse 580 sections in division 62.1 of the Virginia code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 62.1-1. Repealed
- § 62.1-5. Repealed
- § 62.1-6. Clearing watercourses between counties of obstructions
- § 62.1-7. Rights of improving navigation preserved; dams, etc
- § 62.1-8. Limitation on power of courts to grant leave to erect dams
- § 62.1-9. Construction of two preceding sections
- § 62.1-9.1. Repealed
- § 62.1-10. Definitions
- § 62.1-11. Waters declared natural resource; state regulation and conservation; limitations upon right to use
- § 62.1-12. Valid uses not affected; chapter not applicable to proceedings determining rights
- § 62.1-13. Construction with reference to rights, etc., of counties, cities and towns
- § 62.1-13.1. Repealed
- § 62.1-13.21. Repealed
- § 62.1-14. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.2. Short title; purpose
- § 62.1-44.3. Definitions
- § 62.1-44.3:1. Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail
- § 62.1-44.4. Control by Commonwealth as to water quality
- § 62.1-44.5. Prohibition of waste discharges or other quality alterations of state waters except as authorized by permit; notification required
- § 62.1-44.6. Chapter supplementary to existing laws
- § 62.1-44.6:1. Permit rationale
- § 62.1-44.7. Board continued
- § 62.1-44.8. Number, appointment and terms of members
- § 62.1-44.9. Qualifications of members
- § 62.1-44.10. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.11. Meetings
- § 62.1-44.12. Records of proceedings; special orders, standards, policies, rules and regulations
- § 62.1-44.13. Inspections and investigations, etc
- § 62.1-44.14. Chairman; Executive Director; employment of personnel; supervision; budget preparation
- § 62.1-44.15. Powers and duties; civil penalties
- § 62.1-44.15:01. Further duties of Board; localities particularly affected
- § 62.1-44.15:02. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.15:03. Disposal of fill; notice to locality
- § 62.1-44.15:1. Limitation on power to require construction of sewerage systems or sewage or other waste treatment works; ammonia criteria
- § 62.1-44.15:1.1. Special orders; penalties
- § 62.1-44.15:1.2. Lake level contingency plans
- § 62.1-44.15:2. Extraordinary hardship program
- § 62.1-44.15:3. When application for permit considered complete
- § 62.1-44.15:4. Notification of local governments and property owners
- § 62.1-44.15:4.1. Listing and notice of confirmed oil releases and discharges
- § 62.1-44.15:5. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.15:5.01. Coordinated review of water resources projects
- § 62.1-44.15:5.02. Low-flow protections in Potomac River
- § 62.1-44.15:5.1. General permit for certain water quality improvement activities
- § 62.1-44.15:5.2. General permits for ready-mix concrete plant discharges
- § 62.1-44.15:5.3. Requirements to test for PFAS chemicals; publicly owned treatment works
- § 62.1-44.15:6. Permit fee regulations
- § 62.1-44.15:7. Permit Program Fund established; use of moneys
- § 62.1-44.15:8. Conformance with federal requirements
- § 62.1-44.15:20. Virginia Water Protection Permit
- § 62.1-44.15:21. Impacts to wetlands
- § 62.1-44.15:22. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 100) Water withdrawals and preservation of instream flow
- § 62.1-44.15:22. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 100) Water withdrawals and preservation of instream flow
- § 62.1-44.15:23. Wetland and stream mitigation banks
- § 62.1-44.15:23.1. Wetland and Stream Replacement Fund established
- § 62.1-44.15:24. Definitions
- § 62.1-44.15:25. Further powers and duties of the State Water Control Board
- § 62.1-44.15:25.1. Additional local authority
- § 62.1-44.15:26. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.15:26.1. Termination of Construction General Permit coverage
- § 62.1-44.15:27. Virginia Programs for Erosion Control and Stormwater Management
- § 62.1-44.15:27.1. Virginia Stormwater Management Programs administered by the Board
- § 62.1-44.15:27.2. Rural Tidewater localities; water quantity technical criteria; tiered approach
- § 62.1-44.15:27.3. Acceptance of signed and sealed plan in lieu of local plan review
- § 62.1-44.15:27.4. Department acceptance of plans in lieu of plan review
- § 62.1-44.15:28. Development of regulations
- § 62.1-44.15:28.1. Pollutant removal by dredging
- § 62.1-44.15:29. Virginia Stormwater Management Fund
- § 62.1-44.15:29.1. Stormwater Local Assistance Fund
- § 62.1-44.15:29.2. Stormwater Local Assistance Fund, estimate of requests
- § 62.1-44.15:30. Training and certification
- § 62.1-44.15:31. Standards and specifications for state agencies, federal entities, and other specified entities
- § 62.1-44.15:32. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.15:33. Authorization for more stringent ordinances
- § 62.1-44.15:34. Regulated activities; submission and approval of a permit application; security for performance; exemptions
- § 62.1-44.15:35. Nutrient credit use and additional offsite options for construction activities
- § 62.1-44.15:36. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.15:37. Notices to comply and stop work orders
- § 62.1-44.15:37.1. Inspections; land-disturbing activities of natural gas pipelines; stop work instructions
- § 62.1-44.15:38. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.15:39. Right of entry
- § 62.1-44.15:40. Information to be furnished
- § 62.1-44.15:41. Liability of common interest communities
- § 62.1-44.15:42. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.15:46. Appeals
- § 62.1-44.15:47. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.15:48. Penalties, injunctions, and other legal actions
- § 62.1-44.15:49. Enforcement authority of MS4 localities
- § 62.1-44.15:49.1. MS4 industrial and high-risk programs
- § 62.1-44.15:50. Cooperation with federal and state agencies
- § 62.1-44.15:51. Definitions
- § 62.1-44.15:51.1. Applicability
- § 62.1-44.15:52. Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program
- § 62.1-44.15:53. Certification of program personnel
- § 62.1-44.15:54. Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program
- § 62.1-44.15:55. Regulated land-disturbing activities; submission and approval of erosion and sediment control plan
- § 62.1-44.15:55.1. Department review of erosion and sediment control plans for solar projects
- § 62.1-44.15:56. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.15:56.1. Department acceptance of plans in lieu of plan review
- § 62.1-44.15:57. Approved plan required for issuance of grading, building, or other permits; security for performance
- § 62.1-44.15:58. Monitoring, reports, and inspections
- § 62.1-44.15:58.1. Inspections; land-disturbing activities of natural gas pipelines; stop work instructions
- § 62.1-44.15:59. Reporting
- § 62.1-44.15:60. Right of entry
- § 62.1-44.15:61. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.15:62. Judicial appeals
- § 62.1-44.15:63. Penalties, injunctions and other legal actions
- § 62.1-44.15:64. Stop work orders by Board; civil penalties
- § 62.1-44.15:65. Authorization for more stringent ordinances
- § 62.1-44.15:66. No limitation on authority of Department of Energy
- § 62.1-44.15:67. Cooperative state-local program
- § 62.1-44.15:68. Definitions
- § 62.1-44.15:69. Powers and duties of the Board
- § 62.1-44.15:70. Exclusive authority of Board to institute legal actions
- § 62.1-44.15:71. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.15:72. Board to develop criteria
- § 62.1-44.15:73. Local government authority
- § 62.1-44.15:74. Local governments to designate Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; incorporate into local plans and ordinances; impose civil penalties
- § 62.1-44.15:75. Local governments outside of Tidewater Virginia may adopt provisions
- § 62.1-44.15:76. Local government requirements for water quality protection
- § 62.1-44.15:77. Effect on other governmental authority
- § 62.1-44.15:78. State agency consistency
- § 62.1-44.15:79. Vested rights protected
- § 62.1-44.15:80. Findings and purpose
- § 62.1-44.15:81. Application and preparation of draft certification conditions
- § 62.1-44.15:82. Public notice of draft certification conditions
- § 62.1-44.15:83. Requests for public hearing, hearings, and final decisions procedures
- § 62.1-44.15:84. Requests for modification or revocation; public notice
- § 62.1-44.16. Industrial wastes
- § 62.1-44.16:1. Local enforcement of industrial waste permits
- § 62.1-44.17. Other wastes
- § 62.1-44.17:1. Permits for confined animal feeding operations
- § 62.1-44.17:1.1. Poultry waste management program
- § 62.1-44.17:2. Definitions
- § 62.1-44.17:3. Toxic substances reduction in state waters; report required
- § 62.1-44.17:4. Evaluation of toxics removal and remediation technology
- § 62.1-44.18. Sewerage systems, etc., under supervision of Board and Department of Environmental Quality; Board to regulate design specification and plans
- § 62.1-44.18:1. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.18:2. When Board may prohibit discharge; permits
- § 62.1-44.18:3. Permit for private sewerage facility; financial assurance; violations; waiver of filing
- § 62.1-44.19. Approval of sewerage systems and sewage treatment works
- § 62.1-44.19:1. Prohibiting sewage discharge under certain conditions in Virginia Beach
- § 62.1-44.19:2. Additional requirements on sewage discharge in the Cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk and Virginia Beach
- § 62.1-44.19:3. Prohibition on land application, marketing, and distribution of sewage sludge without permit; ordinances; notice requirement; fees
- § 62.1-44.19:3.1. Certification of sewage sludge land applicators
- § 62.1-44.19:3.2. Local enforcement of sewage sludge regulations
- § 62.1-44.19:3.3. Septage disposal
- § 62.1-44.19:3.4. Notification of local governing bodies
- § 62.1-44.19:3.5. Attendance by licensed operator
- § 62.1-44.19:4. Definitions
- § 62.1-44.19:5. Water quality monitoring and reporting
- § 62.1-44.19:6. Citizen right-to-know provisions
- § 62.1-44.19:7. Plans to address impaired waters
- § 62.1-44.19:8. Control of discharges to toxic-impaired water
- § 62.1-44.19:9. Transmission of toxics information
- § 62.1-44.19:10. Assessment of sources of toxic contamination
- § 62.1-44.19:11. Citizen water quality monitoring program
- § 62.1-44.19:12. Legislative findings and purposes
- § 62.1-44.19:13. Definitions
- § 62.1-44.19:14. Watershed general permit for nutrients
- § 62.1-44.19:15. New or expanded facilities
- § 62.1-44.19:16. Technology-based standards and effluent limitations
- § 62.1-44.19:17. Virginia Nutrient Credit Exchange Association authorized; duties; composition; appointment; terms
- § 62.1-44.19:18. Nutrient allocation compliance and reporting
- § 62.1-44.19:19. Program audits
- § 62.1-44.19:20. Nutrient credit certification
- § 62.1-44.19:21. Nutrient credit use by regulated entities
- § 62.1-44.19:21.1. Sediment credit use by regulated MS4s
- § 62.1-44.19:21.2. Nutrient and sediment credit generation and transfer; public body
- § 62.1-44.19:22. Enforcement and penalties
- § 62.1-44.19:23. Appeals
- § 62.1-44.20. Right to entry to obtain information, etc
- § 62.1-44.21. Information to be furnished to Board
- § 62.1-44.22. Private actions
- § 62.1-44.23. Enforcement by injunction, etc
- § 62.1-44.23:1. Intervention of Commonwealth in actions involving surface water withdrawals
- § 62.1-44.24. Testing validity of regulations; judicial review
- § 62.1-44.25. Right to hearing
- § 62.1-44.26. Hearings
- § 62.1-44.27. Rules of evidence in hearings
- § 62.1-44.28. Decisions of the Board in hearings pursuant to §§ 62.1-44.15 and 62.1-44.25
- § 62.1-44.29. Judicial review
- § 62.1-44.30. Appeal to Court of Appeals
- § 62.1-44.31. Violation of order or certificate or failure to cooperate with Board
- § 62.1-44.32. Penalties
- § 62.1-44.33. Board to adopt regulations; tidal waters no discharge zones
- § 62.1-44.34. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.34:1. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.34:7. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.34:8. Definitions
- § 62.1-44.34:9. Powers and duties of Board
- § 62.1-44.34:10. Definitions
- § 62.1-44.34:11. Virginia Petroleum Storage Tank Fund
- § 62.1-44.34:12. Financial responsibility
- § 62.1-44.34:13. Levy of fee for Fund maintenance
- § 62.1-44.34:14. Definitions
- § 62.1-44.34:15. Oil discharge contingency plans
- § 62.1-44.34:15.1. Regulations for aboveground storage tanks
- § 62.1-44.34:16. Financial responsibility for vessels and facilities
- § 62.1-44.34:17. Exemptions
- § 62.1-44.34:18. Discharge of oil prohibited; liability for permitting discharge
- § 62.1-44.34:19. Reporting of discharge
- § 62.1-44.34:19.1. Registration of aboveground storage tanks
- § 62.1-44.34:19.2. Recordkeeping and access to records and facilities
- § 62.1-44.34:20. Enforcement and penalties
- § 62.1-44.34:21. Administrative fees
- § 62.1-44.34:22. Applicability of Administrative Process Act
- § 62.1-44.34:23. Exceptions
- § 62.1-44.34:24. Definitions
- § 62.1-44.34:25. Virginia Spill Response Council created; purpose; membership
- § 62.1-44.34:26. Responsibilities of the Council
- § 62.1-44.34:27. Cooperation of agencies and institutions
- § 62.1-44.34:28. Council to submit annual report
- § 62.1-44.34:29. Definitions
- § 62.1-44.34:30. PFAS assessments for identification of sources of PFAS in public water supplies
- § 62.1-44.34:31. Self-reporting of PFAS manufacture and use for PFAS assessment
- § 62.1-44.34:32. Monitoring of PFAS sources for PFAS assessments
- § 62.1-44.34:33. PFAS Expert Advisory Committee; report
- § 62.1-44.34:34. Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program
- § 62.1-44.34:35. Definitions.
- § 62.1-44.34:36. Evidence of hazardous substance facility response plan required
- § 62.1-44.34:38. Recordkeeping and access to records and facilities
- § 62.1-44.34:37. Reporting of hazardous substance discharge
- § 62.1-44.34:39. Enforcement; civil penalties
- § 62.1-44.35. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.36. Responsibility of State Water Control Board; formulation of policy
- § 62.1-44.37. Resolution of conflicts as to water use; public hearings
- § 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
- § 62.1-44.38:1. Comprehensive water supply planning process; state, regional, and local water supply plans
- § 62.1-44.38:2. Expired
- § 62.1-44.39. Technical advice and information to be made available
- § 62.1-44.40. Governor and General Assembly to be advised; annual report
- § 62.1-44.41. Board authorized to speak and act for Commonwealth
- § 62.1-44.42. Cooperation with other agencies
- § 62.1-44.43. Additional powers of Board
- § 62.1-44.44. Construction of chapter
- § 62.1-44.45. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.83. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.88. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.89. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.101. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.101:1. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.106. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.107. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.108. Repealed
- § 62.1-44.113. Short title
- § 62.1-44.114. Use of Potomac River; riparian rights
- § 62.1-44.115. Review of uses by Water Control Board; report
- § 62.1-44.116. Assistance by Board in riparian disputes
- § 62.1-44.117. Development of an impaired waters clean-up plan; strategies; objectives
- § 62.1-44.118. Status reports on progress; legislative oversight
- § 62.1-44.119. (For contingent effective date, see § 62.1-44.119:1) Target date
- § 62.1-44.119:1. Effective date
- § 62.1-44.119:2. Agricultural commitments; work group
- § 62.1-44.119:3. Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund reporting requirements
- § 62.1-44.119:4. Regulatory format on agricultural practices before effective date
- § 62.1-44.120. (For contingent effective date, see § 62.1-44.119:1) Definitions
- § 62.1-44.121. (For contingent effective date, see § 62.1-44.119:1) Chesapeake Bay cropland; nutrient management plans
- § 62.1-44.122. (For contingent effective date, see § 62.1-44.119:1) Definitions
- § 62.1-44.123. (For contingent effective date, see § 62.1-44.119:1) Bovine livestock stream exclusion
- § 62.1-45. Repealed
- § 62.1-64. Authority to execute compact to create Potomac Valley Conservancy District and Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
- § 62.1-65. Form and terms of compact
- § 62.1-66. Potomac River Basin Commission of Virginia
- § 62.1-67. Appointment, terms and qualifications of members; alternate members
- § 62.1-68. Expenses of members
- § 62.1-69. Duties of Commission; powers and duties of Water Control Board not affected; dams or structures for production of electric power
- § 62.1-69.1. Repealed
- § 62.1-69.5. Repealed
- § 62.1-69.25. Definitions
- § 62.1-69.26. Rappahannock River Basin Commission; establishment
- § 62.1-69.27. Commission purposes and mission
- § 62.1-69.28. Rappahannock River Basin Commission powers
- § 62.1-69.29. Membership; terms; vacancies
- § 62.1-69.30. Chairman and vice-chairman; quorum; meetings
- § 62.1-69.31. Staffing and support
- § 62.1-69.32. Withdrawal; dissolution
- § 62.1-69.33. Funding
- § 62.1-69.33:1. Compensation; expenses
- § 62.1-69.33:2. Chairman's executive summary of activity and work of the Commission
- § 62.1-69.34. Virginia Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee established; purpose; membership; terms; meetings
- § 62.1-69.35. Compensation and expenses
- § 62.1-69.35:1. Staffing
- § 62.1-69.35:2. Chairman's executive summary of activity and work of the advisory committee
- § 62.1-69.36. Definitions
- § 62.1-69.37. Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission established; purpose
- § 62.1-69.38. Membership; terms
- § 62.1-69.39. Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission powers and duties
- § 62.1-69.40. Standing and ad hoc committees
- § 62.1-69.41. Staffing and support
- § 62.1-69.42. Funding
- § 62.1-69.43. Compensation and expenses
- § 62.1-69.44. Annual report required
- § 62.1-69.45. Definitions
- § 62.1-69.46. The Rivanna River Basin Commission; establishment; purpose
- § 62.1-69.47. Membership; terms; vacancies; chairman and vice-chairman; quorum; meetings; voting
- § 62.1-69.48. Compensation; expenses
- § 62.1-69.49. Funding
- § 62.1-69.50. Powers and duties of the Rivanna River Basin Commission
- § 62.1-69.51. Staffing and support