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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70684</law_id><section_number>44-146.40</section_number><catch_line>Joint emergency planning committee; certain localities</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="44">Military and Emergency Laws</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3.5">Virginia Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Program</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any joint emergency planning committee serving Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax shall have the authority to require any facility within its emergency planning district to submit the information required and participate in the emergency planning provided for in Subtitle A of Title 3 of Public <span class="dictionary">Law</span> 99-499. For the purposes of this section, &#x201C;facility&#x201D; shall include any development or installation having an aggregate storage capacity of at least one million gallons of oil as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/62.1-44.34_10/">62.1-44.34:10</a>, or the potential for a sudden release of 10,000 pounds or more of any other flammable liquid or gas not exempt from the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;327 of Title 3 of Public <span class="dictionary">Law</span> 99-499. This requirement shall not occur until after public notice and the opportunity to comment. The committee shall notify the facility owner or operator of any requirement to comply with this section.</p></section></text><history>1987, c. 492; 1992, cc. 633, 656; 1994, c. 691; 2007, c. 813; 2011, cc. 594, 681; 2017, c. 512.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
