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The purpose of the Council is to (i) improve the Commonwealth’s capability to respond in a timely and coordinated fashion to incidents involving the discharge of oil or hazardous materials which pose a threat to the environment, its living resources, and the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the Commonwealth and (ii) provide an ongoing forum for discussions between agencies which are charged with the prevention of, and response to, oil spills and hazardous materials incidents, and those agencies responsible for the remediation of such incidents.\n\nB\n\nThe Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources and the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, upon the advice of the director of the agency, shall select one representative from each of the following agencies to serve as a member of the Council: Department of Emergency Management, State Water Control Board, Department of Environmental Quality, Virginia Marine Resources Commission, Department of Wildlife Resources, Department of Health, Department of Fire Programs, and the Council on the Environment.\n\nC\n\nThe Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources or his designee shall serve as chairman of the Council.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1400488,"text":"There is hereby created the Virginia Spill Response Council. 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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 598 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. Unfortunately, the 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1991, chapter 66; in 2014, chapters 115<\/a> and 490<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 958<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1496281,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375146,"identifier":"62.1-44.34:25","token":"62.1\/3.1\/12\/62.1-44.34_25","url":"\/62.1-44.34_25\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.34_25\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/12\/62.1-44.34_25","dublin_core":{"Title":"Virginia Spill Response Council created; purpose; membership","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.34:25","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> There is hereby created the Virginia Spill Response Council<\/span>. The purpose of the Council<\/span> is to (i) improve the Commonwealth’s capability to respond in a timely and coordinated fashion to incidents involving the discharge<\/span> of oil<\/span> or hazardous materials<\/span> which pose a threat to the environment, its living resources, and the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the Commonwealth and (ii) provide an ongoing forum for discussions between agencies which are charged with the prevention of, and response to, oil<\/span> spills and hazardous materials<\/span> incidents, and those agencies responsible for the remediation of such incidents. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources and the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, upon the advice of the director<\/span> of the agency, shall select one representative from each of the following agencies to serve as a member<\/span> of the Council<\/span>: Department<\/span> of Emergency Management, State Water Control Board<\/span>, Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality, Virginia Marine Resources Commission, Department<\/span> of Wildlife Resources, Department<\/span> of Health, Department<\/span> of Fire Programs, and the Council<\/span> on the Environment. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources or his designee shall serve as chairman of the Council<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIRGINIA SPILL RESPONSE COUNCIL CREATED; PURPOSE; MEMBERSHIP (\u00a7 62.1-44.34:25)\n\nA. There is hereby created the Virginia Spill Response Council. The purpose of\nthe Council is to (i) improve the Commonwealth’s capability to respond in\na timely and coordinated fashion to incidents involving the discharge of oil or\nhazardous materials which pose a threat to the environment, its living\nresources, and the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the Commonwealth\nand (ii) provide an ongoing forum for discussions between agencies which are\ncharged with the prevention of, and response to, oil spills and hazardous\nmaterials incidents, and those agencies responsible for the remediation of such\nincidents.\n\nB. The Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources and the Secretary of Public\nSafety and Homeland Security, upon the advice of the director of the agency,\nshall select one representative from each of the following agencies to serve as\na member of the Council: Department of Emergency Management, State Water Control\nBoard, Department of Environmental Quality, Virginia Marine Resources\nCommission, Department of Wildlife Resources, Department of Health, Department\nof Fire Programs, and the Council on the Environment.\n\nC. The Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources or his designee shall serve\nas chairman of the Council.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 598; 1991, c. 66; 2014, cc. 115, 490; 2020, c. 958; 2021, Sp.\nSess. I, c. 401.","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"}}