§ 62.1-44.19:4 Definitions
As used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning: “Clean Water Act” means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.). “Fully supporting” means those waters meeting the fishable and swimmable goals of the Clean Water Act. “Impaired waters” means those water bodies or water body segments that are not fully supporting or are partially supporting of the fishable and swimmable goals of the Clean Water Act and include those waters identified in subdivision C 1 of § 62.1-44.19:5 as impaired waters. “Toxic impaired waters” means those water bodies or water body segments identified as impaired due to one or more toxic substances in the reports prepared pursuant to § 62.1-44.19:5. “Toxic substance” or “toxics” means any agent or material listed by the USEPA Administrator pursuant to § 307(a) of the Clean Water Act and those substances on the “toxics of concern” list of the Chesapeake Bay Program as of January 1, 1997.
History
This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 519 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2000, chapters 17 and 1043.
1997, c. 519; 2000, cc. 17, 1043.