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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60826</law_id><section_number>10.1-1199</section_number><catch_line>Immunity against administrative or civil penalties for voluntarily disclosed violation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="10.1">Conservation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Activities Administered by Other Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="11.2">Voluntary Environmental Assessment</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>To the extent consistent with requirements imposed by federal <span class="dictionary">law</span>, any person making a voluntary disclosure of information to a state or local regulatory agency regarding a violation of an environmental <span class="dictionary">statute</span>, regulation, permit or administrative <span class="dictionary">order</span> shall be accorded immunity from administrative or civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> under such <span class="dictionary">statute</span>, regulation, permit or administrative <span class="dictionary">order</span>. A disclosure is voluntary if (i) it is not otherwise required by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, regulation, permit or administrative <span class="dictionary">order</span>, (ii) it is made promptly after knowledge of the violation is obtained through a voluntary environmental assessment, and (iii) the person making the disclosure corrects the violation in a diligent manner in accordance with a compliance schedule submitted to the appropriate state or local regulatory agencies demonstrating such diligence. Immunity shall not be accorded if it is found that the person making the voluntary disclosure has acted in bad faith. This section does not bar the institution of a <span class="dictionary">civil action</span> claiming compensation for injury to person or property against an owner or operator.</p></section></text><history>1995, c. 564.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
