                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 10.1-1425.10)

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Pollution prevention&#8221; means eliminating or reducing the use,
generation or release at the source of environmental waste. Methods of pollution
prevention include, but are not limited to, equipment or technology
modifications; process or procedure modifications; reformulation or redesign of
products; substitution of raw materials; improvements in housekeeping,
maintenance, training, or inventory control; and closed-loop recycling, onsite
process-related recycling, reuse or extended use of any material utilizing
equipment or methods which are an integral part of a production process. The
term shall not include any practice which alters the physical, chemical, or
biological characteristics or the volume of an environmental waste through a
process or activity which itself is not integral to and necessary for the
production of a product or the providing of a service, and shall not include
treatment, increased pollution control, off-site or nonprocess-related
recycling, or incineration.
		&#8220;Toxic or hazardous substance&#8221; means (i) all of the chemicals
identified on the Toxic Chemical List established pursuant to § 313 of the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq.
(P.L. 99-499), and (ii) all of the chemicals listed pursuant to §§ 101(14) and
102 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act,
42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. (P.L. 92-500).

HISTORY: 1993, c. 459; 1994, c. 169.