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This law was first created in 1966. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 497 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 1966 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1968, chapter 311; in 1970, chapter 469; in 1972, chapter 781; in 1985, chapter 448; in 1988, chapter 891; in 1990, chapter 238; in 1991, chapter 702; in 2004, chapter 408<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 471<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":73247,"section_number":"10.1-1183","catch_line":"Creation of Department of Environmental Quality; statement of policy","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1183\/"},{"id":84797,"section_number":"10.1-1232","catch_line":"Voluntary Remediation Program","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1232\/"},{"id":80408,"section_number":"10.1-1233","catch_line":"Amnesty for voluntary disclosure and restoration of brownfield sites","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1233\/"},{"id":71221,"section_number":"10.1-1234","catch_line":"Limitations on liability","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1234\/"},{"id":64420,"section_number":"10.1-1235","catch_line":"Limitation on liability at remediated properties under the jurisdiction of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1235\/"},{"id":73292,"section_number":"10.1-1309","catch_line":"Issuance of special orders; civil penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1309\/"},{"id":83638,"section_number":"10.1-1425.19","catch_line":"Inspections and enforcement actions by the Department","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1425.19\/"},{"id":57512,"section_number":"2.2-1105","catch_line":"Environmental laboratory certification program","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1105\/"},{"id":78729,"section_number":"2.2-4006","catch_line":"Exemptions from requirements of this article","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4006\/"},{"id":77776,"section_number":"2.2-511","catch_line":"Criminal cases","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-511\/"},{"id":74271,"section_number":"3.2-5633","catch_line":"Commissioner to receive enforcement authority for the Stage II Vapor Recovery Programs","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5633\/"},{"id":59835,"section_number":"46.2-1179.1","catch_line":"Board to adopt clean alternative fuel fleet standards for motor vehicles; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1179.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":73292,"section_number":"10.1-1309","catch_line":"Issuance of special orders; civil penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1309\/"}],"permalink":{"id":145655,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77830,"identifier":"10.1-1300","token":"10.1\/II\/13\/1\/10.1-1300","url":"\/10.1-1300\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1300\/","token":"10.1\/II\/13\/1\/10.1-1300","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1300","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Advisory Board<\/span>” means the State Advisory Board<\/span> on Air Pollution<\/span>.\n\t\t“Air pollution<\/span>” means the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more substances which are or may be harmful or injurious to human health, welfare or safety, to animal or plant life, or to property, or which unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment by the people of life or property.\n\t\t“Board” means the State Air Pollution<\/span> Control Board.\n\t\t“Department<\/span>” means the Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality.\n\t\t“Director” or “Executive Director<\/span>” means the Executive Director<\/span> of the Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality.\n\t\t“Owner<\/span>” shall have no connotation other than that customarily assigned to the term “person<\/span>,” but shall include bodies politic and corporate, associations, partnerships, personal representatives, trustees and committees, as well as individuals.\n\t\t“Person<\/span>” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, a governmental body, a municipal corporation, or any other legal entity.\n\t\t“Special order<\/span>” means a special order<\/span> issued under \u00a7 10.1-1309<\/a>.\n\t\t“Wood heater<\/span>” means a wood stove, pellet stove, wood-fired hydronic heater, wood-burning forced-air furnace, or masonry wood heater<\/span>, any of which is solely designed for heating a home or a business and with either (i) uncontrolled fine particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 2.5 micrometers (PM2.5) emissions of less than 10 tons per year or with a maximum heat input of less than 1,000,000 Btu\/hr or (ii) uncontrolled fine particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 10 micrometers (PM10) emissions of less than 15 tons per year or with a maximum heat input of less than 1,000,000 Btu\/hr.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 10.1-1300)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Advisory Board” means the State Advisory Board on Air Pollution.\n\t\t“Air pollution” means the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of\none or more substances which are or may be harmful or injurious to human health,\nwelfare or safety, to animal or plant life, or to property, or which\nunreasonably interfere with the enjoyment by the people of life or property.\n\t\t“Board” means the State Air Pollution Control Board.\n\t\t“Department” means the Department of Environmental Quality.\n\t\t“Director” or “Executive Director” means the Executive\nDirector of the Department of Environmental Quality.\n\t\t“Owner” shall have no connotation other than that customarily\nassigned to the term “person,” but shall include bodies politic and\ncorporate, associations, partnerships, personal representatives, trustees and\ncommittees, as well as individuals.\n\t\t“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership,\nassociation, a governmental body, a municipal corporation, or any other legal\nentity.\n\t\t“Special order” means a special order issued under \u00a7 10.1-1309.\n\t\t“Wood heater” means a wood stove, pellet stove, wood-fired\nhydronic heater, wood-burning forced-air furnace, or masonry wood heater, any of\nwhich is solely designed for heating a home or a business and with either (i)\nuncontrolled fine particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or\nequal to 2.5 micrometers (PM2.5) emissions of less than 10 tons per year or with\na maximum heat input of less than 1,000,000 Btu\/hr or (ii) uncontrolled fine\nparticulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 10\nmicrometers (PM10) emissions of less than 15 tons per year or with a maximum\nheat input of less than 1,000,000 Btu\/hr.\n\nHISTORY: 1966, c. 497, \u00a7 10-17.10; 1968, c. 311; 1970, c. 469; 1971, Ex. Sess.,\nc. 91; 1972, c. 781; 1985, c. 448; 1988, c. 891; 1990, c. 238; 1991, c. 702;\n2004, c. 408; 2015, c. 471.","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}}