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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60749</law_id><section_number>10.1-1240</section_number><catch_line>Contents of environmental covenant</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="12.2">Uniform Environmental Covenants Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> An <span class="dictionary">environmental covenant</span> shall: <a id="paragraph-222079" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1240/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> <span class="dictionary">State</span> that the instrument is an <span class="dictionary">environmental covenant</span> executed pursuant to the Uniform <span class="dictionary">Environmental Covenants</span> Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/10.1-1238/">10.1-1238</a> et seq. of the Code of Virginia); <a id="paragraph-222080" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1240/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Contain a legally sufficient description of the real property subject to the covenant; <a id="paragraph-222081" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1240/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Describe the <span class="dictionary">activity and use limitations</span> on the real property; <a id="paragraph-222082" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1240/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Identify every <span class="dictionary">holder</span>; <a id="paragraph-222083" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1240/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Be signed by the <span class="dictionary">agency</span>, every <span class="dictionary">holder</span>, and, unless waived by the <span class="dictionary">agency</span>, every owner of the fee simple of the real property subject to the covenant; and <a id="paragraph-222084" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1240/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Identify the name and location of any administrative record for the <span class="dictionary">environmental response project</span> reflected in the <span class="dictionary">environmental covenant</span>. <a id="paragraph-222085" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1240/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In addition to the information required by subsection A, an <span class="dictionary">environmental covenant</span> may contain other information, restrictions, and requirements agreed to by the <span class="dictionary">persons</span> who signed it, including: <a id="paragraph-222086" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1240/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Any requirements for notice following transfer of a specified interest in, or concerning proposed changes in use of, applications for building permits for, or proposals for any site work affecting the contamination on, the property subject to the covenant; <a id="paragraph-222087" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1240/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Any requirements for periodic reporting describing compliance with the covenant, including a requirement that a qualified and certified professional engineer inspect, investigate and report on the compliance with the covenant; <a id="paragraph-222088" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1240/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Any rights of access to the property granted in connection with implementation or enforcement of the covenant; <a id="paragraph-222089" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1240/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> A <span class="dictionary">brief</span> narrative description of the contamination and remedy, including the contaminants of concern, the pathways of exposure, limits on exposure, and the location and extent of the contamination; <a id="paragraph-222090" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1240/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Any limitations on amendment or termination of the covenant in addition to those contained in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Duration; amendment by court action" href="/10.1-1245/">10.1-1245</a> and <a class="law" title="Amendment or termination by consent" href="/10.1-1246/">10.1-1246</a>; and <a id="paragraph-222091" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1240/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Any rights of the <span class="dictionary">holder</span> in addition to its right to enforce the covenant pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Enforcement of environmental covenant" href="/10.1-1247/">10.1-1247</a>. <a id="paragraph-222092" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1240/#B6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> In addition to other conditions for approval of an <span class="dictionary">environmental covenant</span>, the <span class="dictionary">agency</span> may require those <span class="dictionary">persons</span> specified by the <span class="dictionary">agency</span> who have interests in the real property to sign the covenant. <a id="paragraph-222093" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1240/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2010, c. 691.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
