                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS (§ 10.1-613.6)

With the consent of any owner of an impounding structure who has allegedly
violated or failed, neglected, or refused to obey any regulation or order of the
Board, any condition of a permit, or any provision of this chapter, the Board
may enter into a negotiated settlement agreement with such owner, so long as the
impounding structure or dam is not subject to the provisions of § 10.1-609, to
correct deficiencies at the structure according to the schedule of
implementation appended to the negotiated settlement agreement and for the
payment of civil charges for past alleged violations in specific sums not to
exceed the limit specified in § 10.1-609. Such civil charges shall be suspended
upon compliance with the terms and conditions of the negotiated settlement
agreement as determined by the Director. Such civil charges shall be paid into
the Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund established in
§ 10.1-603.17.

HISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 97; 2025, cc. 228, 241.