Laws, Regulations & Guidance

 Laws

Virginia's environmental laws are available on the General Assembly's Legislative Information System website:

Regulations

The Virginia Air Pollution Control Board promulgates Virginia's air regulations. These cover stationary sources, such as industrial facilities and other fixed-emission sources; mobile sources, such as vehicle emissions; and regulations to ensure that certain projects conform with federal requirements.

The official published text of agency regulations is provided by the Division of Legislative Services through links to the Legislative Information System (LIS). Links to PDF documents have been provided for your convenience to more easily find material in some of the larger chapters.  Should there be a conflict between the two, please contact Karen Sabasteanski.

Chapter LIS Link DEQ PDFs
Chapter 5 Public Participation Guidelines LIS
Chapter 10 General Definitions LIS PDF
Chapter 20 General Provisions LIS PDF
Chapter 30 Ambient Air Quality Standards LIS PDF
Chapter 40 Existing Stationary Sources LIS PDF
Chapter 45 Consumer and Commercial Products LIS PDF
Chapter 50 New and Modified Stationary Sources LIS PDF
Chapter 60 Hazardous Air Pollutant Sources LIS PDF
Chapter 70 Air Pollution Episode Prevention LIS PDF
Chapter 80 Permits for Stationary Sources LIS PDF
Chapter 85 Permits For Stationary Sources of Pollutants Subject To Regulation (Greenhouse Gas Tailoring) LIS PDF
Chapter 90 Regulation for the Control of Motor Vehicle Emissions (repealed)    
Chapter 91 Motor Vehicle Inspection & Maintenance Program for Northern Virginia LIS PDF
Chapter 100 Regulation for Vehicle Emissions Control Program Analyzer Systems (repealed)    
Chapter 110 Regulation for the Enhanced Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program in the Northern Virginia Area (repealed)    
Chapter 120 Regulation for the Control of Emissions from Fleet Vehicles (repealed)    
Chapter 121 Regulation for the Control of Emissions from Fleet Vehicles (repealed)    
Chapter 130 Open Burning LIS PDF
Chapter 140 Emissions Trading LIS PDF
Chapter 150 Transportation Conformity (repealed)
Chapter 151 Transportation Conformity LIS PDF
Chapter 160 General Conformity LIS PDF
Chapter 170 General Administration LIS PDF
Chapter 180 (reserved)  
Chapter 190 Variance for Merck Stonewall Plant LIS
Chapter 200 National Low Emission Vehicle Program (repealed)
Chapter 210 Regulation for Dispute Resolution LIS
Chapter 220 Variance for Rocket Motor Test Operations at ARC Orange County Facility LIS
Chapter 221 Variance for Rocket Motor Test Operations at ARC Gainesville Facility (repealed)
Chapter 230 Variance for International Paper Franklin Paper Mill LIS
Chapter 240 Variance for Open Burning (repealed)
Chapters 250 through 490 (reserved)  
Chapter 500 Exclusionary General Permit for Title V Permit (repealed)
Chapter 510 Nonmetallic Mineral General Permit LIS PDF
Chapter 520 Biomass Energy Generator General Permit LIS PDF
Chapter 530 Electric Generator Voluntary Demand Response General Permit LIS PDF
Chapter 540 Emergency Generator General Permit LIS PDF

Guidance

Guidance documents are available on the Virginia Town Hall website.
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