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Methods of pollution prevention include, but are not limited to, equipment or technology modifications; process or procedure modifications; reformulation or redesign of products; substitution of raw materials; improvements in housekeeping, maintenance, training, or inventory control; and closed-loop recycling, onsite process-related recycling, reuse or extended use of any material utilizing equipment or methods which are an integral part of a production process. The term shall not include any practice which alters the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics or the volume of an environmental waste through a process or activity which itself is not integral to and necessary for the production of a product or the providing of a service, and shall not include treatment, increased pollution control, off-site or nonprocess-related recycling, or incineration.\n\t\t“Toxic or hazardous substance” means (i) all of the chemicals identified on the Toxic Chemical List established pursuant to \u00a7 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 11001 et seq. (P.L. 99-499), and (ii) all of the chemicals listed pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 101(14) and 102 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 9601 et seq. 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The term shall not include any practice which alters the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics or the volume of an environmental waste through a process or activity which itself is not integral to and necessary for the production of a product or the providing of a service, and shall not include treatment, increased pollution control, off-site or nonprocess-related recycling, or incineration.\n\t\t“Toxic or hazardous substance” means (i) all of the chemicals identified on the Toxic Chemical List established pursuant to \u00a7 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 11001 et seq. (P.L. 99-499), and (ii) all of the chemicals listed pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 101(14) and 102 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 9601 et seq. 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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 459 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 1994, chapter 169<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":55863,"section_number":"10.1-1197.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1197.1\/"},{"id":68098,"section_number":"62.1-44.19:8","catch_line":"Control of discharges to toxic-impaired water","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.19_8\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":146227,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63046,"identifier":"10.1-1425.10","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/3.3\/10.1-1425.10","url":"\/10.1-1425.10\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1425.10\/","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/3.3\/10.1-1425.10","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1425.10","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“Pollution prevention<\/span>” means eliminating or reducing the use, generation or release at the source of environmental waste<\/span>. Methods of pollution prevention<\/span> include, but are not limited to, equipment or technology modifications; process or procedure modifications; reformulation or redesign of products; substitution of raw materials<\/span>; improvements in housekeeping, maintenance, training, or inventory control; and closed-loop recycling, onsite process-related recycling, reuse or extended use of any material<\/span> utilizing equipment or methods which are an integral part of a production process. The term shall not include any practice which alters the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics or the volume of an environmental waste<\/span> through a process or activity which itself is not integral to and necessary for the production of a product or the providing of a service, and shall not include treatment<\/span>, increased pollution control, off-site or nonprocess-related recycling, or incineration.\n\t\t“Toxic or hazardous substance<\/span>” means (i) all of the chemicals identified on the Toxic Chemical List established pursuant to \u00a7 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 11001 et seq. (P.L. 99-499), and (ii) all of the chemicals listed pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 101(14) and 102 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 9601 et seq. (P.L. 92-500).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 10.1-1425.10)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Pollution prevention” means eliminating or reducing the use,\ngeneration or release at the source of environmental waste. Methods of pollution\nprevention include, but are not limited to, equipment or technology\nmodifications; process or procedure modifications; reformulation or redesign of\nproducts; substitution of raw materials; improvements in housekeeping,\nmaintenance, training, or inventory control; and closed-loop recycling, onsite\nprocess-related recycling, reuse or extended use of any material utilizing\nequipment or methods which are an integral part of a production process. The\nterm shall not include any practice which alters the physical, chemical, or\nbiological characteristics or the volume of an environmental waste through a\nprocess or activity which itself is not integral to and necessary for the\nproduction of a product or the providing of a service, and shall not include\ntreatment, increased pollution control, off-site or nonprocess-related\nrecycling, or incineration.\n\t\t“Toxic or hazardous substance” means (i) all of the chemicals\nidentified on the Toxic Chemical List established pursuant to \u00a7 313 of the\nEmergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 11001 et seq.\n(P.L. 99-499), and (ii) all of the chemicals listed pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 101(14) and\n102 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act,\n42 U.S.C. \u00a7 9601 et seq. (P.L. 92-500).\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 459; 1994, c. 169.","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}}