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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70315</law_id><section_number>3.2-3700</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>3.2-3706</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Production and Sale of Agricultural Products</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="37">Agriculture Liming Materials</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Agricultural liming material</span>&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">limestone</span> with calcium and magnesium compounds that has the capacity, and whose intended purpose is, to neutralize soil acidity.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Applicant</span>&#x201D; means the person who applies for, or requests, a license, or applies for registration of any liming material; or applies to become a <span class="dictionary">contractor</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Brand</span>&#x201D; means the term, designation, trademark, product name or other specific designation under which any liming material is offered for sale.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Bulk</span>&#x201D; means <span class="dictionary">materials</span> in nonpackaged form.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Calcium carbonate equivalent</span>&#x201D; means the acid neutralizing capacity of any liming material, expressed as weight <span class="dictionary">percentage</span> of calcium carbonate.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Contractor</span>&#x201D; means any person required to hold a permit to sell any <span class="dictionary">bulk</span> liming material to the consumer pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Contractor permit" href="/3.2-3704/">3.2-3704</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Distributor</span>&#x201D; means any person who imports or consigns, manufactures, produces, compounds, mixes, or blends any liming material, or who offers for sale, sells, barters or otherwise supplies any liming material.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Effective Neutralizing Value</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">ENV</span>&#x201D; means a relative value using the calcium oxide content, magnesium oxide content and <span class="dictionary">fineness</span> to express the effectiveness of an <span class="dictionary">agricultural liming material</span> in neutralizing soil acidity. This term is synonymous with Effective Neutralizing Power (ENP).
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Fineness</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">percentage</span> by weight of the material that will pass through United States Standards sieves of specified sizes.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Industrial co-product used to neutralize soil acid</span>&#x201D; means a waste or by-product of an industrial process that contains any compound not normally found in <span class="dictionary">limestone</span> that has the capacity, and whose intended purpose is, to neutralize soil acidity.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Kind</span>&#x201D; means one of the two classes of liming material.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Label</span>&#x201D; means any written or printed matter on, or attached to, the package, or on the delivery ticket that accompanies <span class="dictionary">bulk</span> shipments, of any liming material.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Licensed</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">licensee</span>&#x201D; means the person issued a license to distribute any liming material in the Commonwealth.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Limestone</span>&#x201D; means a material consisting essentially of calcium carbonate, or a combination of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate, capable of neutralizing soil acidity.
		&#x201C;Liming material&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">agricultural liming material</span> and any <span class="dictionary">industrial co-product used to neutralize soil acid</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Manufacturer</span>&#x201D; means any person who manufactures, produces, compounds, mixes, blends, imports or consigns liming material, or who offers for sale, sells, barters or otherwise supplies liming material.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Percent</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">percentage</span>&#x201D; means by weight.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Quantity statement</span>&#x201D; means the net weight (mass), net volume (liquid or dry), count or other form of measurement of a commodity.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Registrant</span>&#x201D; means the person registering any liming material pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Standard liming ton</span>&#x201D; means a ton of <span class="dictionary">agricultural liming material</span> with a <span class="dictionary">calcium carbonate equivalent</span> of 90 <span class="dictionary">percent</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Stop sale, use, removal or seizure order</span>&#x201D; means an order that prohibits the <span class="dictionary">distributor</span> from selling, relocating, using, or disposing of a lot of liming material, or portion thereof, in any manner, until the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> or a <span class="dictionary">court</span> gives written permission to sell, relocate, use or dispose of the lot of liming material or portion thereof.
		&#x201C;Ton&#x201D; means a unit of 2,000 pounds avoirdupois weight.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Type</span>&#x201D; means the identification of the <span class="dictionary">agricultural liming material</span> as follows:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Burnt</span>&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">agricultural liming material</span> with calcium and magnesium compounds capable of neutralizing soil acidity, and that consists essentially of calcium oxide, or a combination of calcium oxide and magnesium oxide. <a id="paragraph-253857" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-3700/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Calcitic</span>&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">agricultural liming material</span> in which 85 <span class="dictionary">percent</span> or more of the total neutralizing value, expressed as <span class="dictionary">calcium carbonate equivalent</span>, is derived from calcium. <a id="paragraph-253858" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-3700/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Dolomitic</span>&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">agricultural liming material</span> in which 15 <span class="dictionary">percent</span> or more of the total carbonate content is magnesium carbonate. <a id="paragraph-253859" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-3700/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Hydrated</span>&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">agricultural liming material</span>, made from <span class="dictionary">burnt</span> lime, that consists essentially of: (i) calcium hydroxide; (ii) a combination of calcium hydroxide, magnesium oxide and magnesium hydroxide; or (iii) a combination of calcium hydroxide, and either magnesium oxide or magnesium hydroxide. <a id="paragraph-253860" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-3700/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Marl</span>&#x201D; means a granular or loosely consolidated earthy <span class="dictionary">agricultural liming material</span> composed largely of calcium carbonate. <a id="paragraph-253861" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-3700/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1994, c. 649, &#xA7; 3.1-126.2:1; 2002, c. 473; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
