                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MANUFACTURER (§ 1-222.1)

&#8220;Manufacturer&#8221; shall not include any farm or aggregation of farms
that owns and operates facilities within the Commonwealth for the generation of
electric energy from waste-to-energy technology. As used in this definition, (i)
&#8220;farm&#8221; means any person that obtains at least 51 percent of its
annual gross income from agricultural operations and produces the agricultural
waste used as feedstock for the waste-to-energy technology, (ii)
&#8220;agricultural waste&#8221; means biomass waste materials capable of
decomposition that are produced from the raising of plants and animals during
agricultural operations, including animal manures, bedding, plant stalks, hulls,
and vegetable matter, and (iii) &#8220;waste-to-energy technology&#8221; means
any technology, including but not limited to a methane digester, that converts
agricultural waste into gas, steam, or heat that is used to generate electricity
on-site.

HISTORY: 2009, c. 746.