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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 21<\/a>, 625<\/a>, and 626<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1373823,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345868,"identifier":"10.1-2120","token":"10.1\/II\/21.1\/2\/10.1-2120","url":"\/10.1-2120\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-2120\/","token":"10.1\/II\/21.1\/2\/10.1-2120","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-2120","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:<\/p>

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“Director<\/span>” means the Director<\/span> of the Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 10.1-2120)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\n“Department” means the Department of Environmental Quality.\n\n“Director” means the Director of the Department of Environmental\nQuality.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 21, 625, 626.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}