Get the Facts

Fact sheets from the Department of Environmental Quality are available as PDF documents on the following topics:

Air

• Air quality monitoring
• Improving air quality in Virginia
• On-road Vehicle Emissions Monitoring

Waste

• Fill Project Near Narrows in Giles County 
• Landfill Permitting Process In Virginia 
• Plastic Bag Recycling
• Proposed Landfill in Cumberland County
• Virginia's Solid Waste Management Program
• Virginia's Corrective Action Program

Water

• Exceptional State Water
• Nutrients and the Chesapeake Bay
• PFOA at the Du Pont Spruance plant (Chesterfield County)
• Probabilistic Monitoring: Determining the quality of Virginia's waters
• TMDL Program Progress Report
• Wetlands in Virginia

General environmental information

• A Guide for Effective Public Comments
• Reducing Mercury in the Environment  Updated
• Virginia Regulatory Town Hall

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