                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND ESTABLISHED (§ 10.1-2500)

A. There is hereby established the Virginia Environmental Emergency Response
Fund, hereafter referred to as the Fund, to be used (i) for the purpose of
emergency response to environmental pollution incidents and for the development
and implementation of corrective actions for pollution incidents, other than
pollution incidents addressed through the Virginia Underground Petroleum Storage
Tank Fund, as described in &#xA7; 62.1-44.34:11 of the State Water Control Law;
(ii) to conduct assessments of potential sources of toxic contamination in
accordance with the policy developed pursuant to &#xA7; 62.1-44.19:10; and (iii)
to assist small businesses for the purposes described in &#xA7; 10.1-1197.3.

B. The Fund shall be a nonlapsing revolving fund consisting of grants, general
funds, and other such moneys as appropriated by the General Assembly, and moneys
received by the State Treasurer for:

   1. Noncompliance penalties assessed pursuant to &#xA7; 10.1-1311, civil
   penalties assessed pursuant to subsection B of &#xA7; 10.1-1316, and civil
   charges assessed pursuant to subsection C of &#xA7; 10.1-1316.

   2. Civil penalties assessed pursuant to subsection C of &#xA7; 10.1-1418.1,
   civil penalties assessed pursuant to subsections A and E of &#xA7; 10.1-1455,
   and civil charges assessed pursuant to subsection F of &#xA7; 10.1-1455.

   3. Civil charges assessed pursuant to subdivision (8d) of &#xA7; 62.1-44.15
   and civil penalties assessed pursuant to subsection (a) of &#xA7; 62.1-44.32,
   excluding assessments made for violations of Article 2.3 (&#xA7; 62.1-44.15:24
   et seq.), 2.4 (&#xA7; 62.1-44.15:51 et seq.), 2.5 (&#xA7; 62.1-44.15:67 et
   seq.), 9 (&#xA7; 62.1-44.34:8 et seq.), or 10 (&#xA7; 62.1-44.34:10 et seq.)
   of Chapter 3.1 of Title 62.1, or a regulation, administrative or judicial
   order, or term or condition of approval relating to or issued under those
   articles.

   4. Civil penalties assessed pursuant to subsection D of &#xA7; 62.1-196.1 and
   civil penalties and civil charges assessed pursuant to &#xA7; 62.1-270.

   5. Civil penalties assessed pursuant to subsection A of &#xA7; 62.1-252 and
   civil charges assessed pursuant to subsection B of &#xA7; 62.1-252.

   6. Civil penalties assessed in conjunction with special orders by the Director
   pursuant to &#xA7; 10.1-1186 and by the Waste Management Board pursuant to
   subsection G of &#xA7; 10.1-1455.

HISTORY: 1991, c. 718; 1992, c. 812; 1997, cc. 624, 850; 1998, c. 837; 2000, cc.
17, 1043; 2016, cc. 68, 758; 2024, c. 736.