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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 492 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 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1992, chapters 633 and 656; in 1994, chapter 691<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 813<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 594<\/a> and 681<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 512<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":81622,"section_number":"62.1-44.34:10","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.34_10\/"}],"permalink":{"id":222467,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70684,"identifier":"44-146.40","token":"44\/3.5\/44-146.40","url":"\/44-146.40\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-146.40\/","token":"44\/3.5\/44-146.40","dublin_core":{"Title":"Joint emergency planning committee; certain localities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-146.40","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any joint emergency planning committee serving Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax shall have the authority to require any facility within its emergency planning district to submit the information required and participate in the emergency planning provided for in Subtitle A of Title 3 of Public Law<\/span> 99-499. For the purposes of this section, “facility” shall include any development or installation having an aggregate storage capacity of at least one million gallons of oil as defined in \u00a7 62.1-44.34:10<\/a>, or the potential for a sudden release of 10,000 pounds or more of any other flammable liquid or gas not exempt from the provisions of \u00a7 327 of Title 3 of Public Law<\/span> 99-499. This requirement shall not occur until after public notice and the opportunity to comment. The committee shall notify the facility owner or operator of any requirement to comply with this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJOINT EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE; CERTAIN LOCALITIES (\u00a7 44-146.40)\n\nAny joint emergency planning committee serving Fairfax County and the City of\nFairfax shall have the authority to require any facility within its emergency\nplanning district to submit the information required and participate in the\nemergency planning provided for in Subtitle A of Title 3 of Public Law 99-499.\nFor the purposes of this section, “facility” shall include any\ndevelopment or installation having an aggregate storage capacity of at least one\nmillion gallons of oil as defined in \u00a7 62.1-44.34:10, or the potential for a\nsudden release of 10,000 pounds or more of any other flammable liquid or gas not\nexempt from the provisions of \u00a7 327 of Title 3 of Public Law 99-499. This\nrequirement shall not occur until after public notice and the opportunity to\ncomment. The committee shall notify the facility owner or operator of any\nrequirement to comply with this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 492; 1992, cc. 633, 656; 1994, c. 691; 2007, c. 813; 2011, cc.\n594, 681; 2017, c. 512.","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}}