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The memorandum of agreement, at a minimum, shall include specific time frames for the (i) transfer of information from the Department of Environmental Quality to the Virginia Department of Health; (ii) assessments and recommendations to be made by the Virginia Department of Health, when the toxicity of the substance is known; and (iii) transmission of the Virginia Department of Health’s assessments and recommendations to the Department of Environmental Quality and the dissemination of the assessments and recommendations to the public. Copies of the proposed memorandum of agreement 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 at least one month prior to final signature by the heads of the two agencies but no later than December 1, 2000. 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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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":269901,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79928,"identifier":"62.1-44.19:9","token":"62.1\/3.1\/4.01\/62.1-44.19_9","url":"\/62.1-44.19_9\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.19_9\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/4.01\/62.1-44.19_9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Transmission of toxics information","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.19:9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Virginia Department<\/span> of Health and the Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality shall cooperate, in accordance with a memorandum<\/span> of agreement to be signed by the Commissioner of Health and the Director<\/span> of the Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality, to ensure the timely transmission and evaluation of reliable water quality and fish advisory information. The memorandum<\/span> of agreement, at a minimum, shall include specific time frames for the (i) transfer of information from the Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality to the Virginia Department<\/span> of Health; (ii) assessments and recommendations to be made by the Virginia Department<\/span> of Health, when the toxicity of the substance is known; and (iii) transmission of the Virginia Department<\/span> of Health’s assessments and recommendations to the Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality and the dissemination of the assessments and recommendations to the public. Copies of the proposed memorandum<\/span> of agreement 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 at least one month prior to final signature by the heads of the two agencies but no later than December 1, 2000. Any revision of the agreement shall be submitted to the chairmen of these committees no later than one month prior to adoption by the Virginia Department<\/span> of Health and the Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRANSMISSION OF TOXICS INFORMATION (\u00a7 62.1-44.19:9)\n\nThe Virginia Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Quality\nshall cooperate, in accordance with a memorandum of agreement to be signed by\nthe Commissioner of Health and the Director of the Department of Environmental\nQuality, to ensure the timely transmission and evaluation of reliable water\nquality and fish advisory information. The memorandum of agreement, at a\nminimum, shall include specific time frames for the (i) transfer of information\nfrom the Department of Environmental Quality to the Virginia Department of\nHealth; (ii) assessments and recommendations to be made by the Virginia\nDepartment of Health, when the toxicity of the substance is known; and (iii)\ntransmission of the Virginia Department of Health’s assessments and\nrecommendations to the Department of Environmental Quality and the dissemination\nof the assessments and recommendations to the public. Copies of the proposed\nmemorandum of agreement shall be provided to the Chairman of the House Committee\non Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on\nAgriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources at least one month prior to\nfinal signature by the heads of the two agencies but no later than December 1,\n2000. Any revision of the agreement shall be submitted to the chairmen of these\ncommittees no later than one month prior to adoption by the Virginia Department\nof Health and the Department of Environmental Quality.\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}}