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Any other agency that has reviewed and approved, or not disapproved, a permit application prior to its approval by the Director shall contact the Director or his designee prior to making any routine inspection. The Director or his designee shall then contact the permittee, if prior contact is to be made, to schedule the inspection and shall accompany any employee of any agency other than the Department during any inspection by such other agency. However, nothing in this section shall apply in the event of a blackwater discharge, a failure of a waste treatment facility, or any situation that in the judgment of the State Water Control Board requires an inspection on an emergency or expedited basis.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":242186,"text":"Following the issuance of any permit under Chapter 10 (\u00a7 45.2-1000 et seq.) or 12 (\u00a7 45.2-1200 et seq.), the Department shall serve as the lead agency for enforcement of the provisions of the permit. Any other agency that has reviewed and approved, or not disapproved, a permit application prior to its approval by the Director shall contact the Director or his designee prior to making any routine inspection. The Director or his designee shall then contact the permittee, if prior contact is to be made, to schedule the inspection and shall accompany any employee of any agency other than the Department during any inspection by such other agency. 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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 188 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 1984 \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 28<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":66688,"section_number":"45.2-1000","catch_line":" Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1000\/"},{"id":57834,"section_number":"45.2-1200","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1200\/"}],"permalink":{"id":222575,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66775,"identifier":"45.2-106","token":"45.2\/I\/1\/1\/45.2-106","url":"\/45.2-106\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-106\/","token":"45.2\/I\/1\/1\/45.2-106","dublin_core":{"Title":" Department to serve as lead agency for inspections undertaken subsequent to the issuance of a permit","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-106","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Following the issuance of any permit under Chapter 10 (\u00a7 45.2-1000<\/a> et seq.) or 12 (\u00a7 45.2-1200<\/a> et seq.), the Department<\/span> shall serve as the lead agency for enforcement of the provisions of the permit. Any other agency that has reviewed and approved, or not disapproved, a permit application prior to its approval by the Director<\/span> shall contact the Director<\/span> or his designee prior to making any routine inspection. The Director<\/span> or his designee shall then contact the permittee, if prior contact is to be made, to schedule the inspection and shall accompany any employee of any agency other than the Department<\/span> during any inspection by such other agency. However, nothing in this section shall apply in the event of a blackwater discharge, a failure of a waste treatment facility, or any situation that in the judgment<\/span> of the State Water Control Board requires an inspection on an emergency or expedited basis.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n DEPARTMENT TO SERVE AS LEAD AGENCY FOR INSPECTIONS UNDERTAKEN SUBSEQUENT TO THE\nISSUANCE OF A PERMIT (\u00a7 45.2-106)\n\nFollowing the issuance of any permit under Chapter 10 (\u00a7 45.2-1000 et seq.) or\n12 (\u00a7 45.2-1200 et seq.), the Department shall serve as the lead agency for\nenforcement of the provisions of the permit. Any other agency that has reviewed\nand approved, or not disapproved, a permit application prior to its approval by\nthe Director shall contact the Director or his designee prior to making any\nroutine inspection. The Director or his designee shall then contact the\npermittee, if prior contact is to be made, to schedule the inspection and shall\naccompany any employee of any agency other than the Department during any\ninspection by such other agency. However, nothing in this section shall apply in\nthe event of a blackwater discharge, a failure of a waste treatment facility, or\nany situation that in the judgment of the State Water Control Board requires an\ninspection on an emergency or expedited basis.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 188, \u00a7 45.1-1.9; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.6; 2021, Sp. Sess.\nI, c. 387.","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}}