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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0169\">169<\/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":[{"id":77830,"section_number":"10.1-1300","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1300\/"},{"id":84539,"section_number":"10.1-1400","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1400\/"},{"id":54640,"section_number":"62.1-44.2","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":146263,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83638,"identifier":"10.1-1425.19","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/3.3\/10.1-1425.19","url":"\/10.1-1425.19\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1425.19\/","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/3.3\/10.1-1425.19","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inspections and enforcement actions by the Department","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1425.19","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall seek to ensure, where appropriate, that any inspections conducted pursuant to Chapters 13 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/10.1-1300\/\">10.1-1300<\/a> et seq.) and 14 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/10.1-1400\/\">10.1-1400<\/a> et seq.) of this title and Chapter 3.1 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Short title; purpose\" href=\"\/62.1-44.2\/\">62.1-44.2<\/a> et seq.) of Title 62.1 (i) are multimedia in approach; (ii) are performed by teams of inspectors authorized to represent the air, water and <span class=\"dictionary\">solid waste<\/span> programs within the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>; and (iii) minimize duplication of inspections, reporting requirements, and enforcement efforts. <a id=\"paragraph-299786\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1425.19\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> may allow any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> found to be violating any <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> or standard for which the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> has enforcement <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> to develop a plan to reduce the use or generation of <span class=\"dictionary\">toxic or hazardous substances<\/span> through <span class=\"dictionary\">pollution prevention<\/span> incentives or initiatives and, to the maximum extent possible, implement the plan as part of coming into compliance with the violated <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> or standard. This shall in no way affect the Commonwealth&#8217;s ability and responsibility to seek penalties in enforcement activities. <a id=\"paragraph-299787\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1425.19\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSPECTIONS AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT (\u00a7 10.1-1425.19)\n\nA. The Department shall seek to ensure, where appropriate, that any inspections\nconducted pursuant to Chapters 13 (&#xA7; 10.1-1300 et seq.) and 14 (&#xA7;\n10.1-1400 et seq.) of this title and Chapter 3.1 (&#xA7; 62.1-44.2 et seq.) of\nTitle 62.1 (i) are multimedia in approach; (ii) are performed by teams of\ninspectors authorized to represent the air, water and solid waste programs\nwithin the Department; and (iii) minimize duplication of inspections, reporting\nrequirements, and enforcement efforts.\n\nB. The Department may allow any person found to be violating any law or standard\nfor which the Department has enforcement jurisdiction to develop a plan to\nreduce the use or generation of toxic or hazardous substances through pollution\nprevention incentives or initiatives and, to the maximum extent possible,\nimplement the plan as part of coming into compliance with the violated law or\nstandard. This shall in no way affect the Commonwealth&#8217;s ability and\nresponsibility to seek penalties in enforcement activities.\n\nHISTORY: 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}}