                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 10.1-1230)

As used in this chapter:
		&#8220;Authority&#8221; means the Virginia Resources Authority.
		&#8220;Bona fide prospective purchaser&#8221; means a person or a tenant of a
person who acquires ownership, or proposes to acquire ownership, of real
property after the release of hazardous substances occurred.
		&#8220;Brownfield&#8221; means real property; the expansion, redevelopment, or
reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.
		&#8220;Cost&#8221; as applied to any project financed under the provisions of
this chapter, means the reasonable and necessary costs incurred for carrying out
all works and undertakings necessary or incident to the accomplishment of any
project. It includes, without limitation, all necessary developmental, planning
and feasibility studies, surveys, plans and specifications; architectural,
engineering, financial, legal or other special services; site assessments,
remediation, containment, and demolition or removal of existing structures; the
costs of acquisition of land and any buildings and improvements thereon,
including the discharge of any obligation of the seller of such land, buildings
or improvements; labor; materials, machinery and equipment; the funding of
accounts and reserves that the Authority may require; the reasonable costs of
financing incurred by the local government in the course of the development of
the project; carrying charges incurred prior to completion of the project, and
the cost of other items that the Authority determines to be reasonable and
necessary.
		&#8220;Department&#8221; means the Department of Environmental Quality.
		&#8220;Director&#8221; means the Director of the Department of Environmental
Quality.
		&#8220;Fund&#8221; means the Virginia Brownfields Restoration and Economic
Redevelopment Assistance Fund.
		&#8220;Innocent land owner&#8221; means a person who holds any title, security
interest or any other interest in a brownfield site and who acquired ownership
of the real property after the release of hazardous substances occurred.
		&#8220;Local government&#8221; means any county, city, town, municipal
corporation, authority, district, commission, or political subdivision of the
Commonwealth created by the General Assembly or otherwise created pursuant to
the laws of the Commonwealth or any combination of the foregoing.
		&#8220;Partnership&#8221; means the Virginia Economic Development Partnership.
		&#8220;Person&#8221; means an individual, corporation, partnership,
association, governmental body, municipal corporation, public service authority,
or any other legal entity.
		&#8220;Project&#8221; means all or any part of the following activities
necessary or desirable for the restoration and redevelopment of a brownfield
site: (i) environmental or cultural resource site assessments, (ii) monitoring,
remediation, cleanup, or containment of property to remove hazardous substances,
hazardous wastes, solid wastes or petroleum, (iii) the lawful and necessary
removal of human remains, the appropriate treatment of grave sites, and the
appropriate and necessary treatment of significant archaeological resources, or
the stabilization or restoration of structures listed on or eligible for the
Virginia Historic Landmarks Register, (iv) demolition and removal of existing
structures, or other site work necessary to make a site or certain real property
usable for economic development, and (v) development of a remediation and reuse
plan.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 378; 2014, c. 144.