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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79928</law_id><section_number>62.1-44.19:9</section_number><catch_line>Transmission of toxics information</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="4.01">Water Quality Monitoring, Information and Restoration Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The Virginia <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Health and the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Environmental Quality shall cooperate, in accordance with a <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span> of agreement to be signed by the Commissioner of Health and the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Environmental Quality, to ensure the timely transmission and evaluation of reliable water quality and fish advisory information. The <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span> of agreement, at a minimum, shall include specific time frames for the (i) transfer of information from the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Environmental Quality to the Virginia <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Health; (ii) assessments and recommendations to be made by the Virginia <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Health, when the toxicity of the substance is known; and (iii) transmission of the Virginia <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Health&#x2019;s assessments and recommendations to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Environmental Quality and the dissemination of the assessments and recommendations to the public. Copies of the proposed <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span> of agreement shall be provided to the Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources at least one month prior to final signature by the heads of the two agencies but no later than December 1, 2000. Any revision of the agreement shall be submitted to the chairmen of these committees no later than one month prior to adoption by the Virginia <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Health and the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Environmental Quality.</p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 17, 1043.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
