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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0155\">155<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2000, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0017\">17<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP1043\">1043<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1496807,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375071,"identifier":"62.1-44.17:2","token":"62.1\/3.1\/3.1\/62.1-44.17_2","url":"\/62.1-44.17_2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.17_2\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/3.1\/62.1-44.17_2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.17:2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:<\/p><p>&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Toxicity<\/span>&#8221; means the inherent potential or capacity of a <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> to cause adverse effects on a living organism, including acute or chronic effects on aquatic life, detrimental effects on human health or other adverse environmental effects.<\/p><p>&#8220;Toxics&#8221; or &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">toxic substance<\/span>&#8221; means any agent or <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> listed by the USEPA Administrator pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;307(a) of the Clean Water Act and those substances on the &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">toxics of concern<\/span>&#8221; list of the Chesapeake Bay Program as of January 1, 1997.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 62.1-44.17:2)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\n&#8220;Toxicity&#8221; means the inherent potential or capacity of a material to\ncause adverse effects on a living organism, including acute or chronic effects\non aquatic life, detrimental effects on human health or other adverse\nenvironmental effects.\n\n&#8220;Toxics&#8221; or &#8220;toxic substance&#8221; means any agent or\nmaterial listed by the USEPA Administrator pursuant to \u00a7 307(a) of the Clean\nWater Act and those substances on the &#8220;toxics of concern&#8221; list of\nthe Chesapeake Bay Program as of January 1, 1997.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 155; 2000, cc. 17, 1043.","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"}}