Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 62.1 > Chapter 3.1 > Article 12 - Virginia Spill Response Council

• Board: means the State Water Control Board. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.3
• Council: means the Virginia Spill Response Council. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.34:24
• Department: means the Department of Environmental Quality. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.3
• Director: means the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.3
• Discharge: means spillage, leakage, pumping, pouring, seepage, emitting, dumping, emptying, injecting, escaping, leaching, fire, explosion, or other releases. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.34:24
• Hazardous materials: means substances or materials which may pose unreasonable risks to health, safety, property, or the environment when used, transported, stored, or disposed of, which may include materials which are solid, liquid, or gas. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.34:24
• Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
• Member: means a member of the Board. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.3
• Oil: means oil of any kind and in any form including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with waste, crude oils, and other liquid hydrocarbons regardless of specific gravity. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.34:24
• Regulation: means a regulation issued under § 62. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.3
• 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
• United States: includes 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 1-255