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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 948 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1998, chapter 578<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82127,"section_number":"10.1-1105","catch_line":"Additional powers and duties of State Forester","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1105\/"},{"id":79172,"section_number":"10.1-1126.1","catch_line":"Silvicultural practices; local government authority limited","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1126.1\/"},{"id":79501,"section_number":"15.2-961.1","catch_line":"Conservation of trees during land development process in localities belonging to a nonattainment area for air quality standards","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-961.1\/"},{"id":70105,"section_number":"3.2-401","catch_line":"Exclusions from chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-401\/"},{"id":61187,"section_number":"62.1-44.3","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":62947,"section_number":"10.1-1181.2","catch_line":"Conduct of silvicultural activities; issuance of special orders","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1181.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":144917,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58748,"identifier":"10.1-1181.1","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/12\/10.1-1181.1","url":"\/10.1-1181.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1181.1\/","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/12\/10.1-1181.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1181.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Operator<\/span>” means any person that operates or has operated or exercises or has exercised control over any silvicultural activity<\/span>.\n\t\t“Owner<\/span>” means any person that (i) owns or leases land on which silvicultural activity<\/span> occurs or has occurred or (ii) owns timber on land on which silvicultural activity<\/span> occurs or has occurred.\n\t\t“Pollution<\/span>” means such alteration of the physical, chemical or biological properties of any state waters resulting from sediment deposition<\/span> as will or is likely to create a nuisance or render such waters (i) harmful or detrimental or injurious to the public health, safety or welfare, or to the health of animals, fish or aquatic life; (ii) unsuitable with reasonable treatment for use as present or possible future sources of public water supply; or (iii) unsuitable for recreational, commercial, industrial, agricultural, or other reasonable uses.\n\t\t“Silvicultural activity<\/span>” means any forest management activity, including but not limited to the harvesting of timber, the construction of roads and trails for forest management purposes, and the preparation of property for reforestation.\n\t\t“Special order<\/span>” means a special order<\/span> or emergency special order<\/span> issued under subsection B or C of \u00a7 10.1-1181.2<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 10.1-1181.1)\n\nAs used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Operator” means any person that operates or has operated or\nexercises or has exercised control over any silvicultural activity.\n\t\t“Owner” means any person that (i) owns or leases land on which\nsilvicultural activity occurs or has occurred or (ii) owns timber on land on\nwhich silvicultural activity occurs or has occurred.\n\t\t“Pollution” means such alteration of the physical, chemical or\nbiological properties of any state waters resulting from sediment deposition as\nwill or is likely to create a nuisance or render such waters (i) harmful or\ndetrimental or injurious to the public health, safety or welfare, or to the\nhealth of animals, fish or aquatic life; (ii) unsuitable with reasonable\ntreatment for use as present or possible future sources of public water supply;\nor (iii) unsuitable for recreational, commercial, industrial, agricultural, or\nother reasonable uses.\n\t\t“Silvicultural activity” means any forest management activity,\nincluding but not limited to the harvesting of timber, the construction of roads\nand trails for forest management purposes, and the preparation of property for\nreforestation.\n\t\t“Special order” means a special order or emergency special order\nissued under subsection B or C of \u00a7 10.1-1181.2.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 948; 1998, c. 578.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}