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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 17<\/a> and 1043<\/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":[{"id":73108,"section_number":"10.1-2500","catch_line":"Virginia Environmental Emergency Response Fund established","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2500\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":269873,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55722,"identifier":"62.1-44.19:10","token":"62.1\/3.1\/4.01\/62.1-44.19_10","url":"\/62.1-44.19_10\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.19_10\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/4.01\/62.1-44.19_10","dublin_core":{"Title":"Assessment of sources of toxic contamination","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.19:10","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality shall develop a written policy describing the circumstances or factors that indicate the need to conduct an assessment of potential sources of toxic contamination. The Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality shall conduct source assessments as provided for in the written policy and shall develop strategies to remediate the contamination. A copy of the written policy shall be provided to the Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources no later than one month prior to the adoption of the policy but no later than December 1, 2000. Any revision of the policy shall be submitted to the chairmen of these committees no later than one month prior to the adoption of the revision by the Department<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nASSESSMENT OF SOURCES OF TOXIC CONTAMINATION (\u00a7 62.1-44.19:10)\n\nThe Department of Environmental Quality shall develop a written policy\ndescribing the circumstances or factors that indicate the need to conduct an\nassessment of potential sources of toxic contamination. The Department of\nEnvironmental Quality shall conduct source assessments as provided for in the\nwritten policy and shall develop strategies to remediate the contamination. A\ncopy of the written policy shall be provided to the Chairman of the House\nCommittee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate\nCommittee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources no later than one\nmonth prior to the adoption of the policy but no later than December 1, 2000.\nAny revision of the policy shall be submitted to the chairmen of these\ncommittees no later than one month prior to the adoption of the revision by the\nDepartment.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, cc. 17, 1043.","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}}