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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 506 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 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":225185,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69140,"identifier":"45.2-2005","token":"45.2\/V\/20\/2\/45.2-2005","url":"\/45.2-2005\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-2005\/","token":"45.2\/V\/20\/2\/45.2-2005","dublin_core":{"Title":" Reinjection policy","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-2005","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>, and the State <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Health shall jointly develop and revise as necessary a policy on reinjection of spent geothermal fluids. 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