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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 478; in 1968, chapter 659; in 1970, chapter 638; in 1977, chapter 263; in 1988, chapter 167; 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":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\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71282,"section_number":"62.1-44.15:24","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15_24\/"},{"id":61187,"section_number":"62.1-44.3","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":270015,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57966,"identifier":"62.1-44.31","token":"62.1\/3.1\/6\/62.1-44.31","url":"\/62.1-44.31\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.31\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/6\/62.1-44.31","dublin_core":{"Title":"Violation of order or certificate or failure to cooperate with Board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.31","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be unlawful for any owner<\/span> to fail to comply with any order<\/span> adopted by the Board<\/span>, which has become final under the provisions of this chapter, or to fail to comply with a pretreatment condition incorporated into the permit issued to it by the owner<\/span> of a publicly owned treatment works<\/span> or to fail to comply with any pretreatment standard or pretreatment requirement, or to discharge sewage<\/span>, industrial waste or other waste in violation of any condition contained in a certificate<\/span> or land-disturbance approval<\/span> issued by the Board<\/span> or in excess of the waste covered by such certificate<\/span> or land-disturbance approval<\/span>, or to fail or refuse to furnish information, plans, specifications or other data reasonably necessary and pertinent required by the Board<\/span> under this chapter.\n\t\tFor the purpose of this section, the term “owner<\/span>” shall mean, in addition to the definition contained in \u00a7\u00a7 62.1-44.3<\/a> and 62.1-44.15:24<\/a>, any responsible corporate officer so designated in the applicable discharge permit.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIOLATION OF ORDER OR CERTIFICATE OR FAILURE TO COOPERATE WITH BOARD (\u00a7\n62.1-44.31)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any owner to fail to comply with any order adopted by\nthe Board, which has become final under the provisions of this chapter, or to\nfail to comply with a pretreatment condition incorporated into the permit issued\nto it by the owner of a publicly owned treatment works or to fail to comply with\nany pretreatment standard or pretreatment requirement, or to discharge sewage,\nindustrial waste or other waste in violation of any condition contained in a\ncertificate or land-disturbance approval issued by the Board or in excess of the\nwaste covered by such certificate or land-disturbance approval, or to fail or\nrefuse to furnish information, plans, specifications or other data reasonably\nnecessary and pertinent required by the Board under this chapter.\n\t\tFor the purpose of this section, the term “owner” shall mean, in\naddition to the definition contained in \u00a7\u00a7 62.1-44.3 and 62.1-44.15:24, any\nresponsible corporate officer so designated in the applicable discharge permit.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 62.1-43; 1952, c. 478; 1968, c. 659; 1970, c. 638; 1977,\nc. 263; 1988, c. 167; 2016, cc. 68, 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}}