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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 21<\/a>, 625<\/a>, and 626<\/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":81192,"section_number":"10.1-2130","catch_line":"General provisions related to grants from the Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2130\/"},{"id":81333,"section_number":"10.1-2131","catch_line":"Point source pollution funding; conditions for approval","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2131\/"}],"permalink":{"id":146825,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85346,"identifier":"10.1-2121","token":"10.1\/II\/21.1\/2\/10.1-2121","url":"\/10.1-2121\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-2121\/","token":"10.1\/II\/21.1\/2\/10.1-2121","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cooperative point source pollution program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-2121","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In order<\/span> to restore, protect and improve the quality of the bays, lakes, rivers, streams, creeks, and other state waters<\/span>, and to achieve the pollution reduction goals, including those related to nutrient reduction, established in commitments made by the Commonwealth to water quality restoration, protection and improvement, including but not limited to the Chesapeake Bay Agreement<\/span>, as amended, the Department<\/span> shall assist local governments<\/span> and individuals<\/span> in the control of point source pollution<\/span>, including nutrient reductions, through technical and financial assistance made available through grants provided from the Fund<\/span>. In providing this technical and financial assistance the Department<\/span> shall give initial priority to local government<\/span> capital construction projects designed to achieve nutrient reduction goals, as provided in \u00a7 10.1-2131<\/a>, consistent with those established in the Chesapeake Bay Agreement<\/span>, as amended, and thereafter to efforts consistent with other commitments made by the Commonwealth. In pursuing implementation of this cooperative program, it is the intent<\/span> of the Commonwealth to annually seek and provide funding necessary to meet its commitments under any fully executed grant agreement pursuant to the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 10.1-2130<\/a> and 10.1-2131<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOOPERATIVE POINT SOURCE POLLUTION PROGRAM (\u00a7 10.1-2121)\n\nIn order to restore, protect and improve the quality of the bays, lakes, rivers,\nstreams, creeks, and other state waters, and to achieve the pollution reduction\ngoals, including those related to nutrient reduction, established in commitments\nmade by the Commonwealth to water quality restoration, protection and\nimprovement, including but not limited to the Chesapeake Bay Agreement, as\namended, the Department shall assist local governments and individuals in the\ncontrol of point source pollution, including nutrient reductions, through\ntechnical and financial assistance made available through grants provided from\nthe Fund. In providing this technical and financial assistance the Department\nshall give initial priority to local government capital construction projects\ndesigned to achieve nutrient reduction goals, as provided in \u00a7 10.1-2131,\nconsistent with those established in the Chesapeake Bay Agreement, as amended,\nand thereafter to efforts consistent with other commitments made by the\nCommonwealth. In pursuing implementation of this cooperative program, it is the\nintent of the Commonwealth to annually seek and provide funding necessary to\nmeet its commitments under any fully executed grant agreement pursuant to the\nprovisions of \u00a7\u00a7 10.1-2130 and 10.1-2131.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 21, 625, 626.","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}}