Virginia Code 62.1-44.19:4: Definitions.
As used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 62.1-44.19:4
- Clean Water Act: means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, (Virginia Code 62.1-44.19:4
- Fully supporting: means those waters meeting the fishable and swimmable goals of the Clean Water Act. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.19:4
- Impaired waters: means those water bodies or water body segments that are not fully supporting or are partially supporting of the fishable and swimmable goals of the Clean Water Act and include those waters identified in subdivision C 1 of § Virginia Code 62.1-44.19:4
- Pollution: means such alteration of the physical, chemical, or biological properties of any state waters as will or is likely to create a nuisance or render such waters (a) harmful or detrimental or injurious to the public health, safety, or welfare or to the health of animals, fish, or aquatic life; (b) unsuitable with reasonable treatment for use as present or possible future sources of public water supply; or (c) unsuitable for recreational, commercial, industrial, agricultural, or other reasonable uses, provided that (i) an alteration of the physical, chemical, or biological property of state waters or a discharge or deposit of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes to state waters by any owner which by itself is not sufficient to cause pollution but which, in combination with such alteration of or discharge or deposit to state waters by other owners, is sufficient to cause pollution; (ii) the discharge of untreated sewage by any owner into state waters; and (iii) contributing to the contravention of standards of water quality duly established by the Board, are "pollution" for the terms and purposes of this chapter. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.3
“Clean Water Act” means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.).
“Fully supporting” means those waters meeting the fishable and swimmable goals of the Clean Water Act.
“Impaired waters” means those water bodies or water body segments that are not fully supporting or are partially supporting of the fishable and swimmable goals of the Clean Water Act and include those waters identified in subdivision C 1 of § 62.1-44.19:5 as impaired waters.
“Toxic impaired waters” means those water bodies or water body segments identified as impaired due to one or more toxic substances in the reports prepared pursuant to § 62.1-44.19:5.
“Toxic substance” or “toxics” means any agent or material listed by the USEPA Administrator pursuant to § 307(a) of the Clean Water Act and those substances on the “toxics of concern” list of the Chesapeake Bay Program as of January 1, 1997.