                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

IMMUNITY AGAINST ADMINISTRATIVE OR CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSED
VIOLATION (§ 10.1-1199)

To the extent consistent with requirements imposed by federal law, any person
making a voluntary disclosure of information to a state or local regulatory
agency regarding a violation of an environmental statute, regulation, permit or
administrative order shall be accorded immunity from administrative or civil
penalty under such statute, regulation, permit or administrative order. A
disclosure is voluntary if (i) it is not otherwise required by law, regulation,
permit or administrative order, (ii) it is made promptly after knowledge of the
violation is obtained through a voluntary environmental assessment, and (iii)
the person making the disclosure corrects the violation in a diligent manner in
accordance with a compliance schedule submitted to the appropriate state or
local regulatory agencies demonstrating such diligence. Immunity shall not be
accorded if it is found that the person making the voluntary disclosure has
acted in bad faith. This section does not bar the institution of a civil action
claiming compensation for injury to person or property against an owner or
operator.

HISTORY: 1995, c. 564.