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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 519<\/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. 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 2000, chapters 17<\/a> and 1043<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78729,"section_number":"2.2-4006","catch_line":"Exemptions from requirements of this article","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4006\/"},{"id":79398,"section_number":"62.1-44.117","catch_line":"Development of an impaired waters clean-up plan; strategies; objectives","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.117\/"},{"id":82257,"section_number":"62.1-44.17:3","catch_line":"Toxic substances reduction in state waters; report required","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.17_3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":67779,"section_number":"62.1-44.19:5","catch_line":"Water quality monitoring and reporting","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.19_5\/"}],"permalink":{"id":269881,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79957,"identifier":"62.1-44.19:4","token":"62.1\/3.1\/4.01\/62.1-44.19_4","url":"\/62.1-44.19_4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.19_4\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/4.01\/62.1-44.19_4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.19:4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Clean Water Act<\/span>” means the Federal Water Pollution<\/span> Control Act, as amended, (33 U.S.C. \u00a7 1251 et seq.).\n\t\t“Fully supporting<\/span>” means those waters meeting the fishable and swimmable goals of the Clean Water Act<\/span>.\n\t\t“Impaired waters” means those water bodies or water body segments that are not fully supporting<\/span> or are partially supporting of the fishable and swimmable goals of the Clean Water Act<\/span> and include those waters identified in subdivision C 1 of \u00a7 62.1-44.19:5<\/a> as impaired waters.\n\t\t“Toxic impaired waters<\/span>” means those water bodies or water body segments identified as impaired due to one or more toxic substances<\/span> in the reports prepared pursuant to \u00a7 62.1-44.19:5<\/a>.\n\t\t“Toxic substance<\/span>” or “toxics” means any agent or material<\/span> listed by the USEPA Administrator pursuant to \u00a7 307(a) of the Clean Water Act<\/span> and those substances on the “toxics of concern<\/span>” list of the Chesapeake Bay Program as of January 1, 1997.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 62.1-44.19:4)\n\nAs used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Clean Water Act” means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,\nas amended, (33 U.S.C. \u00a7 1251 et seq.).\n\t\t“Fully supporting” means those waters meeting the fishable and\nswimmable goals of the Clean Water Act.\n\t\t“Impaired waters” means those water bodies or water body segments\nthat are not fully supporting or are partially supporting of the fishable and\nswimmable goals of the Clean Water Act and include those waters identified in\nsubdivision C 1 of \u00a7 62.1-44.19:5 as impaired waters.\n\t\t“Toxic impaired waters” means those water bodies or water body\nsegments identified as impaired due to one or more toxic substances in the\nreports prepared pursuant to \u00a7 62.1-44.19:5.\n\t\t“Toxic substance” or “toxics” means any agent or\nmaterial listed by the USEPA Administrator pursuant to \u00a7 307(a) of the Clean\nWater Act and those substances on the “toxics of concern” list of\nthe Chesapeake Bay Program as of January 1, 1997.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 519; 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}}