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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55498</law_id><section_number>40.1-51.35</section_number><catch_line>Compelling compliance with regulations and orders of Board; penalty for violations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>40.1-51.28</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="40.1">Labor and Employment</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3.3">Virginia Asbestos Neshap Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">owner</span> violating or failing, neglecting or refusing to obey any <span class="dictionary">asbestos</span> <span class="dictionary">NESHAP</span> regulation or <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may be compelled to comply by <span class="dictionary">injunction</span>, mandamus or other appropriate remedy. <a id="paragraph-203435" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/40.1-51.35/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Without limiting the remedies which may be obtained under this section, any <span class="dictionary">owner</span> violating or failing, neglecting or refusing to obey any <span class="dictionary">Board</span> regulation or <span class="dictionary">order</span> or any provision of this chapter shall be subject, in the discretion of the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, to a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> not to exceed $25,000 for each violation. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate <span class="dictionary">offense</span>. In determining the amount of any civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> to be assessed pursuant to this subsection, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall consider, in addition to such other factors as it may deem appropriate, the size of the <span class="dictionary">owner</span>&#x2019;s business, the severity of the economic impact of the <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> on the business, and the seriousness of the violation. Such civil penalties shall be paid into the state treasury. <a id="paragraph-203436" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/40.1-51.35/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> With the consent of an <span class="dictionary">owner</span> who has violated or failed, neglected or refused to obey any <span class="dictionary">asbestos</span> <span class="dictionary">NESHAP</span> regulation or <span class="dictionary">order</span> or any provision of this chapter, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may provide, in any <span class="dictionary">order</span> issued by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> against the <span class="dictionary">owner</span>, for the payment of civil charges in specific sums, not to exceed the limit of subsection B. Such civil charges shall be in lieu of any civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> which could be imposed under subsection B and shall be paid into the state treasury. <a id="paragraph-203437" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/40.1-51.35/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1992, c. 541.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
