                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POLLUTION PREVENTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (§ 10.1-1425.12)

The Department shall establish a voluntary pollution prevention assistance
program designed to assist all persons in promoting pollution prevention
measures in the Commonwealth. The program shall emphasize assistance to local
governments and businesses that have inadequate technical and financial
resources to obtain information and to assess and implement pollution prevention
measures. The program may include, but shall not be limited to:

1. Establishment of a pollution prevention clearinghouse for all available
information concerning waste reduction, waste minimization, source reduction,
economic and energy savings, and pollution prevention;

2. Assistance in transferring information concerning pollution prevention
technologies through workshops, conferences and handbooks;

3. Cooperation with programs at baccalaureate institutions of higher education
to develop pollution prevention curricula and training;

4. Technical assistance to generators of toxic or hazardous substances,
including onsite consultation to identify alternative methods that may be
applied to prevent pollution; and

5. Researching and recommending incentive programs for innovative pollution
prevention programs.
			To be eligible for onsite technical assistance, a generator of toxic or
hazardous substances must agree to allow information regarding the results of
such assistance to be shared with the public, provided that the identity of the
generator shall be made available only with its consent and trade-secret
information shall remain protected.

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