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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 881<\/a> and 929<\/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":58577,"section_number":"62.1-44.19:3","catch_line":"Prohibition on land application, marketing, and distribution of sewage sludge without permit; ordinances; notice requirement; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.19_3\/"},{"id":84367,"section_number":"62.1-44.19:3.2","catch_line":"Local enforcement of sewage sludge regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.19_3.2\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":58577,"section_number":"62.1-44.19:3","catch_line":"Prohibition on land application, marketing, and distribution of sewage sludge without permit; ordinances; notice requirement; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.19_3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":269851,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77305,"identifier":"62.1-44.19:3.1","token":"62.1\/3.1\/4\/62.1-44.19_3.1","url":"\/62.1-44.19_3.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.19_3.1\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/4\/62.1-44.19_3.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certification of sewage sludge land applicators","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.19:3.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Board<\/span>, with the assistance of the Department<\/span> of Health, and the Department<\/span> of Professional and Occupational Regulation<\/span> shall adopt regulations<\/span> and standards<\/span> for training, testing, and certification of persons<\/span> land applying Class B sewage<\/span> sludge in the Commonwealth, and for revoking, suspending, or denying such certification from any person<\/span> for cause. The regulations<\/span> shall include standards<\/span> and criteria for the approval of programs of instruction taught by governmental entities and by the private sector for the purpose of certifying sewage<\/span> sludge land applicators. The Board<\/span> shall promulgate the regulations<\/span> and standards<\/span> required by this subsection no later than July 1, 2008. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No person<\/span> shall land apply Class B sewage<\/span> sludge pursuant to a permit under § 62.1-44.19:3<\/a> unless a certified sewage<\/span> sludge land applicator is onsite at all times during such land application, as of 180 days following the effective date of regulations<\/span> required by this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFICATION OF SEWAGE SLUDGE LAND APPLICATORS (\u00a7 62.1-44.19:3.1)\n\nA. The Board, with the assistance of the Department of Health, and the\nDepartment of Professional and Occupational Regulation shall adopt regulations\nand standards for training, testing, and certification of persons land applying\nClass B sewage sludge in the Commonwealth, and for revoking, suspending, or\ndenying such certification from any person for cause. The regulations shall\ninclude standards and criteria for the approval of programs of instruction\ntaught by governmental entities and by the private sector for the purpose of\ncertifying sewage sludge land applicators. The Board shall promulgate the\nregulations and standards required by this subsection no later than July 1,\n2008.\n\nB. No person shall land apply Class B sewage sludge pursuant to a permit under\n§ 62.1-44.19:3 unless a certified sewage sludge land applicator is onsite\nat all times during such land application, as of 180 days following the\neffective date of regulations required by this section.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, cc. 881, 929.","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}}