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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77193</law_id><section_number>10.1-613.6</section_number><catch_line>Negotiated settlement agreements</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="I">Activities Administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Flood Protection and Dam Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Dam Safety Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>With the consent of any <span class="dictionary">owner</span> of an <span class="dictionary">impounding structure</span> who has allegedly violated or failed, neglected, or refused to obey any regulation or <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, any condition of a permit, or any provision of this chapter, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may enter into a negotiated <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> agreement with such <span class="dictionary">owner</span>, so long as the <span class="dictionary">impounding structure</span> or dam is not subject to the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Unsafe dams presenting nonimminent danger; civil penalty" href="/10.1-609/">10.1-609</a>, to correct deficiencies at the structure according to the schedule of implementation appended to the negotiated <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> agreement and for the payment of civil charges for past alleged violations in specific sums not to exceed the limit specified in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Unsafe dams presenting nonimminent danger; civil penalty" href="/10.1-609/">10.1-609</a>. Such civil charges shall be suspended upon compliance with the terms and conditions of the negotiated <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> agreement as determined by the <span class="dictionary">Director</span>. Such civil charges shall be paid into the Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund established in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund established" href="/10.1-603.17/">10.1-603.17</a>.</p></section></text><history>2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 97; 2025, cc. 228, 241.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
