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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1952, chapter 702; in 1968, chapter 659; in 1970, chapter 638; in 1977, chapter 263; in 1988, chapter 167; in 1990, chapter 717; in 1994, chapter 489<\/a>; in 2013, chapters 756<\/a> and 793<\/a>; in 2016, chapters 68<\/a> and 758<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65795,"section_number":"45.2-1029","catch_line":" National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1029\/"},{"id":56006,"section_number":"62.1-44.15","catch_line":"Powers and duties; civil penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15\/"},{"id":71859,"section_number":"62.1-44.15:48","catch_line":"Penalties, injunctions, and other legal actions","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15_48\/"},{"id":73051,"section_number":"62.1-44.17:1","catch_line":"Permits for confined animal feeding operations","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.17_1\/"},{"id":83087,"section_number":"62.1-44.17:1.1","catch_line":"Poultry waste management program","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.17_1.1\/"},{"id":75666,"section_number":"62.1-44.18:2","catch_line":"When Board may prohibit discharge; permits","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.18_2\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":269977,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77684,"identifier":"62.1-44.23","token":"62.1\/3.1\/5\/62.1-44.23","url":"\/62.1-44.23\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.23\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/5\/62.1-44.23","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enforcement by injunction, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.23","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person<\/span> violating or failing, neglecting or refusing to obey any rule<\/span>, regulation<\/span>, order<\/span>, water quality standard, pretreatment standard, approved standard and specification, or requirement of or any provision of any certificate<\/span> or land-disturbance approval<\/span> issued by the Board<\/span>, or by the owner<\/span> of a publicly owned treatment works<\/span> issued to an industrial user, or any provisions of this chapter, except as provided by a separate article, may be compelled in a proceeding instituted in any appropriate court<\/span> by the Board<\/span> to obey same and to comply therewith by injunction<\/span>, mandamus or other appropriate remedy.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENFORCEMENT BY INJUNCTION, ETC (\u00a7 62.1-44.23)\n\nAny person violating or failing, neglecting or refusing to obey any rule,\nregulation, order, water quality standard, pretreatment standard, approved\nstandard and specification, or requirement of or any provision of any\ncertificate or land-disturbance approval issued by the Board, or by the owner of\na publicly owned treatment works issued to an industrial user, or any provisions\nof this chapter, except as provided by a separate article, may be compelled in a\nproceeding instituted in any appropriate court by the Board to obey same and to\ncomply therewith by injunction, mandamus or other appropriate remedy.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 62.1-37; 1952, c. 702; 1968, c. 659; 1970, c. 638; 1977,\nc. 263; 1988, c. 167; 1990, c. 717; 1994, c. 489; 2013, cc. 756, 793; 2016, cc.\n68, 758.","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}}