                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS (§ 10.1-1312)

A. The Department may create, within any area of the Commonwealth, local air
pollution control districts comprising a city or county or a part or parts of
each, or two or more cities or counties, or any combination or parts thereof.
Such local districts may be established by the Department on its own motion or
upon request of the governing body or bodies of the area involved.

B. In each district there shall be a local air pollution control committee, the
members of which shall be appointed by the Department from lists of recommended
nominees submitted by the respective governing bodies of each locality, all or a
portion of which are included in the district. The number of members on each
committee shall be in the discretion of the Department. When a district includes
two or more localities or portions thereof, the Department shall apportion the
membership of the committee among the localities, provided that each locality
shall have at least one representative on the committee. The members shall not
be compensated out of state funds, but may be reimbursed for expenses out of
state funds. Localities may provide for the payment of compensation and
reimbursement of expenses to the members and may appropriate funds therefore.
The portion of such payment to be borne by each locality shall be prescribed by
agreement.

C. The local committee is empowered to observe compliance with the regulations
of the Board and report instances of noncompliance to the Department, to conduct
educational programs relating to air pollution and its effects, to assist the
Department in its air monitoring programs, to initiate and make studies relating
to air pollution and its effects, and to make recommendations to the Department.

D. The governing body of any locality, wholly or partially included within any
such district, may appropriate funds for use by the local committee in air
pollution control and studies.

HISTORY: 1966, c. 497, § 10-17.19; 1969, Ex. Sess., c. 8; 1972, c. 781; 1988,
c. 891; 2022, c. 356.