Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT
Agency 20 - VIRGINIA WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD
Chapter 60 - VIRGINIA HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS
Part I - Definitions
Section 9VAC20-60-30 - Purpose of chapter
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the control of all hazardous wastes that are generated within, or transported to, the Commonwealth for the purposes of storage, treatment, or disposal or for the purposes of resource conservation or recovery.
B. This chapter establishes a management control system that assures the safe and acceptable management of a hazardous waste from the moment of its generation through each step of management until the ultimate destruction or disposal.
C. This chapter is promulgated to meet the requirements of the Commonwealth legislative authority referenced in 9VAC20-60-20 A and will provide for a state hazardous waste program that will meet the requirements of RCRA.
Statutory Authority
§§10.1-1402 and Article 4 ( § 10.1-1426 et seq.) of Chapter 14 of Title 10.1 of the Code of Virginia.