Waste regulations - Chapter 85

Coal Combustion By-Product Regulations 

These regulations establish standards for the use, re-use or reclamation of coal combustion by-products (commonly called coal ash) and establish appropriate standards for siting, design, construction and operation. The regulations provide reasonable exemptions from the permit requirements and from certain substantive facility requirements to promote the development of resource conservation and resource recovery systems. A summary of the application process for use, reuse, or reclamation of coal ash can be found here .

The Legislative Information Database contains the text of regulations currently in effect. Links to individual sections of the regulations are listed below. The entire text of a regulation can be obtained by using the Legislative Information Database http://leg1.state.va.us/000/reg/TOC09020.HTM . Once in the database, first select the chapter of interest and then choose the "create report" option beside the name of the chapter. To obtain the entire text of a regulation, including forms and documents incorporated by reference, leave the section numbers blank on the report screen. Additional information concerning creating reports from the Legislative Information Database is available at http://leg1.state.va.us/h009.htm .

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Section 10 - Definitions as established in Virginia Solid Waste...

Section 20 - Definitions

Section 30 - Purpose

Section 40 - Applicability

Section 50 - Relationship to other regulations

Section 60 - Enforcement and appeals

Section 70 - Locational restrictions

Section 80 - Design and construction

Section 90 - Operations

Section 100 - General

Section 110 - Exemptions from the closure requirements

Section 120 - Closure criteria

Section 130 - Closure plan and amendment of plan

Section 140 - Time allowed for closure

Section 150 - General

Section 160 - Project modifications

Section 170 - Applicability

Section 180 - Administrative procedures