                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POLLUTION; PENALTIES (§ 10.1-1005)

A. It shall be unlawful for any person, without express, prior, written
permission of the owner, to store, dump, litter, dispose of or otherwise place
any refuse, garbage, dead animals, sewage, or toxic substances harmful to cave
life or humans, in any cave or sinkhole. It shall also be unlawful to burn
within a cave or sinkhole any material which produces any smoke or gas which is
harmful to any naturally occurring organism in any cave.

B. Any violation of this section shall be punished as a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 252, § 10-150.14; 1982, c. 81; 1988, c. 891.