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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80810</law_id><section_number>62.1-44.23:1</section_number><catch_line>Intervention of Commonwealth in actions involving surface water withdrawals</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="5">Enforcement and Appeal Procedure</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, in representing the public&#x2019;s interest, shall have the authority and standing to intervene as an interested <span class="dictionary">party</span> in any <span class="dictionary">civil action</span>, including actions both within and without the Commonwealth, pertaining to the withdrawal of any of the surface waters of the Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>1989, c. 218.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
