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The Department of Environmental Quality and the Economic Development Partnership and other appropriate agencies shall establish policies and programs to implement these policies, including a Voluntary Remediation Program, the Brownfields Restoration and Redevelopment Fund, and other measures as may be appropriate.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":201957,"text":"It shall be the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage remediation and restoration of brownfields by removing barriers and providing incentives and assistance whenever possible. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0378\">378<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":145569,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55067,"identifier":"10.1-1231","token":"10.1\/II\/12.1\/10.1-1231","url":"\/10.1-1231\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1231\/","token":"10.1\/II\/12.1\/10.1-1231","dublin_core":{"Title":"Brownfield restoration and land renewal policy and programs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1231","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage remediation and restoration of <span class=\"dictionary\">brownfields<\/span> by removing barriers and providing incentives and assistance whenever possible. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality and the Economic Development <span class=\"dictionary\">Partnership<\/span> and other appropriate agencies shall establish policies and programs to implement these policies, including a Voluntary Remediation Program, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Brownfields<\/span> Restoration and Redevelopment <span class=\"dictionary\">Fund<\/span>, and other measures as may be appropriate.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBROWNFIELD RESTORATION AND LAND RENEWAL POLICY AND PROGRAMS (\u00a7 10.1-1231)\n\nIt shall be the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage remediation and\nrestoration of brownfields by removing barriers and providing incentives and\nassistance whenever possible. The Department of Environmental Quality and the\nEconomic Development Partnership and other appropriate agencies shall establish\npolicies and programs to implement these policies, including a Voluntary\nRemediation Program, the Brownfields Restoration and Redevelopment Fund, and\nother measures as may be appropriate.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 378.","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}}