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The prioritization shall be based on the greatest threat to human health and the environment. The Department shall establish a schedule, after public notice and a period for public comment, based upon that prioritization requiring municipal solid waste landfills to cease accepting solid waste in, and to prepare financial closure plans for, disposal areas permitted before October 9, 1993. No municipal solid waste landfill may continue accepting waste after 2020 in any disposal area not equipped with a liner system approved by the Department pursuant to a permit issued after October 9, 1993. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection N of \u00a7 10.1-1408.1, failure by a landfill owner or operator to comply with the schedule established by the Department shall be a violation of this chapter. The provisions of this section shall not apply to municipal solid waste landfills utilizing double synthetic liner systems permitted between December 21, 1988, and October 9, 1993, that are part of a post-mining land use plan approved under Chapter 10 (\u00a7 45.2-1000 et seq.) of Title 45.2.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":267576,"text":"The Department shall prioritize the closure of landfills that are owned by local governments or political subdivisions, or that are located in the locality and have been abandoned in violation of this chapter, and are not equipped with liner and leachate control systems meeting the requirements of the Board’s regulations. The prioritization shall be based on the greatest threat to human health and the environment. The Department shall establish a schedule, after public notice and a period for public comment, based upon that prioritization requiring municipal solid waste landfills to cease accepting solid waste in, and to prepare financial closure plans for, disposal areas permitted before October 9, 1993. No municipal solid waste landfill may continue accepting waste after 2020 in any disposal area not equipped with a liner system approved by the Department pursuant to a permit issued after October 9, 1993. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection N of \u00a7 10.1-1408.1, failure by a landfill owner or operator to comply with the schedule established by the Department shall be a violation of this chapter. 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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 584<\/a>, 613<\/a>, and 947<\/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. It has been modified 3 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 2000, chapter 308<\/a>; in 2002, chapters 492<\/a> and 518<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":83474,"section_number":"10.1-1408.1","catch_line":"Permit required; open dumps prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1408.1\/"},{"id":66688,"section_number":"45.2-1000","catch_line":" Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1000\/"}],"permalink":{"id":146039,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74448,"identifier":"10.1-1413.2","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/2.1\/10.1-1413.2","url":"\/10.1-1413.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1413.2\/","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/2.1\/10.1-1413.2","dublin_core":{"Title":" Requirements for landfill closure","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1413.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> shall prioritize the closure of landfills that are owned by local governments or political subdivisions, or that are located in the locality and have been abandoned in violation of this chapter, and are not equipped with liner and leachate control systems meeting the requirements of the Board<\/span>’s regulations. The prioritization shall be based on the greatest threat to human health and the environment. The Department<\/span> shall establish a schedule, after public notice and a period for public comment, based upon that prioritization requiring municipal solid waste<\/span> landfills to cease accepting solid waste<\/span> in, and to prepare financial closure plans for, disposal<\/span> areas permitted before October 9, 1993. No municipal solid waste<\/span> landfill may continue accepting waste after 2020 in any disposal<\/span> area not equipped with a liner system approved by the Department<\/span> pursuant to a permit issued after October 9, 1993. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection N of \u00a7 10.1-1408.1<\/a>, failure by a landfill owner or operator to comply with the schedule established by the Department<\/span> shall be a violation of this chapter. The provisions of this section shall not apply to municipal solid waste<\/span> landfills utilizing double synthetic liner systems permitted between December 21, 1988, and October 9, 1993, that are part of a post-mining land use plan approved under Chapter 10 (\u00a7 45.2-1000<\/a> et seq.) of Title 45.2.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDFILL CLOSURE (\u00a7 10.1-1413.2)\n\nThe Department shall prioritize the closure of landfills that are owned by local\ngovernments or political subdivisions, or that are located in the locality and\nhave been abandoned in violation of this chapter, and are not equipped with\nliner and leachate control systems meeting the requirements of the Board’s\nregulations. The prioritization shall be based on the greatest threat to human\nhealth and the environment. The Department shall establish a schedule, after\npublic notice and a period for public comment, based upon that prioritization\nrequiring municipal solid waste landfills to cease accepting solid waste in, and\nto prepare financial closure plans for, disposal areas permitted before October\n9, 1993. No municipal solid waste landfill may continue accepting waste after\n2020 in any disposal area not equipped with a liner system approved by the\nDepartment pursuant to a permit issued after October 9, 1993. Notwithstanding\nthe provisions of subsection N of \u00a7 10.1-1408.1, failure by a landfill owner or\noperator to comply with the schedule established by the Department shall be a\nviolation of this chapter. The provisions of this section shall not apply to\nmunicipal solid waste landfills utilizing double synthetic liner systems\npermitted between December 21, 1988, and October 9, 1993, that are part of a\npost-mining land use plan approved under Chapter 10 (\u00a7 45.2-1000 et seq.) of\nTitle 45.2.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, cc. 584, 613, 947; 2000, c. 308; 2002, cc. 492, 518; 2004, c.\n872.","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}}