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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58925</law_id><section_number>62.1-44.17:2</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</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="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="3.1">Toxics Discharge Reduction</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Toxicity</span>&#x201D; means the inherent potential or capacity of a <span class="dictionary">material</span> to cause adverse effects on a living organism, including acute or chronic effects on aquatic life, detrimental effects on human health or other adverse environmental effects.
		&#x201C;Toxics&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">toxic substance</span>&#x201D; means any agent or <span class="dictionary">material</span> listed by the USEPA Administrator pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;307(a) of the Clean Water Act and those substances on the &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">toxics of concern</span>&#x201D; list of the Chesapeake Bay Program as of January 1, 1997.</p></section></text><history>1997, c. 155; 2000, cc. 17, 1043.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
