Virginia Code 10.1-1300: Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 10.1-1300
- Advisory Board: means the State Advisory Board on Air Pollution. See Virginia Code 10.1-1300
- Air pollution: means the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more substances which are or may be harmful or injurious to human health, welfare or safety, to animal or plant life, or to property, or which unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment by the people of life or property. See Virginia Code 10.1-1300
- Board: means the State Air Pollution Control Board. See Virginia Code 10.1-1300
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Department: means the Department of Environmental Quality. See Virginia Code 10.1-1300
- Executive Director: means the Executive Director of the Department of Environmental Quality. See Virginia Code 10.1-1300
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Special order: means a special order issued under § Virginia Code 10.1-1300
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
- Wood heater: means a wood stove, pellet stove, wood-fired hydronic heater, wood-burning forced-air furnace, or masonry wood heater, any of which is solely designed for heating a home or a business and with either (i) uncontrolled fine particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 2. See Virginia Code 10.1-1300
“Advisory Board” means the State Advisory Board on Air Pollution.
“Air pollution” means the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more substances which are or may be harmful or injurious to human health, welfare or safety, to animal or plant life, or to property, or which unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment by the people of life or property.
“Board” means the State Air Pollution Control Board.
“Department” means the Department of Environmental Quality.
“Director” or “Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Department of Environmental Quality.
“Owner” shall have no connotation other than that customarily assigned to the term “person,” but shall include bodies politic and corporate, associations, partnerships, personal representatives, trustees and committees, as well as individuals.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, a governmental body, a municipal corporation, or any other legal entity.
“Special order” means a special order issued under § 10.1-1309.
“Wood heater” means a wood stove, pellet stove, wood-fired hydronic heater, wood-burning forced-air furnace, or masonry wood heater, any of which is solely designed for heating a home or a business and with either (i) uncontrolled fine particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 2.5 micrometers (PM2.5) emissions of less than 10 tons per year or with a maximum heat input of less than 1,000,000 Btu/hr or (ii) uncontrolled fine particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 10 micrometers (PM10) emissions of less than 15 tons per year or with a maximum heat input of less than 1,000,000 Btu/hr.
1966, c. 497, § 10-17.10; 1968, c. 311; 1970, c. 469; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 91; 1972, c. 781; 1985, c. 448; 1988, c. 891; 1990, c. 238; 1991, c. 702; 2004, c. 408; 2015, c. 471.