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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78362</law_id><section_number>62.1-44.17</section_number><catch_line>Other wastes</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>62.1-44.15</reference><reference>62.1-44.25</reference><reference>62.1-44.29</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="62.1">Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3.1">State Water Control Law</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Regulation of Industrial Establishments</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">owner</span> who handles, stores, distributes or produces <span class="dictionary">other wastes</span> as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/62.1-44.3/">62.1-44.3</a>, any <span class="dictionary">owner</span> who causes or permits same to be handled, stored, distributed or produced or any <span class="dictionary">owner</span> upon or in whose <span class="dictionary">establishment</span> <span class="dictionary">other wastes</span> are handled, stored, distributed or produced shall upon request of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> install facilities approved by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> or adopt such measures approved by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> as are necessary to prevent the escape, flow or discharge into any <span class="dictionary">state waters</span> when the escape, flow or discharge of such <span class="dictionary">other wastes</span> into any <span class="dictionary">state waters</span> would cause <span class="dictionary">pollution</span> of such <span class="dictionary">state waters</span>. <a id="paragraph-280851" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/62.1-44.17/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">owner</span> under this section requested by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> to provide facilities or adopt such measures shall make application therefor to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. Such application shall be accompanied by a copy of pertinent plans, specifications, maps, and such other relevant information as may be required, in scope and details satisfactory to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. <a id="paragraph-280852" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/62.1-44.17/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall review the application and the information that accompanies it as soon as practicable and make a <span class="dictionary">ruling</span> within a period of four months from the date the application is filed with the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> approving or disapproving the application and stating the grounds for conditional approval or disapproval. If the application is approved, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall grant a <span class="dictionary">certificate</span> for the handling, storing, distribution or production of such <span class="dictionary">other wastes</span>. If the application is disapproved, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall notify the <span class="dictionary">owner</span> as to what measures the <span class="dictionary">owner</span> may take to secure approval. <a id="paragraph-280853" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/62.1-44.17/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 62.1-30; 1968, c. 659; 1970, c. 638.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
