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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 959<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1371971,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345485,"identifier":"10.1-1181.13","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/14\/10.1-1181.13","url":"\/10.1-1181.13\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1181.13\/","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/14\/10.1-1181.13","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1181.13","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:<\/p>

“Construction project<\/span>” means any land-disturbing activity that involves construction of infrastructure, including interstate highways, pipelines, or energy generation and transmission facilities.<\/p>

“Forest mitigation<\/span>” means addressing the direct and indirect adverse impacts to forests that may be caused by a construction project<\/span> by avoiding and minimizing impacts to the extent practicable and then compensating for the remaining impacts.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 10.1-1181.13)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\n“Construction project” means any land-disturbing activity that\ninvolves construction of infrastructure, including interstate highways,\npipelines, or energy generation and transmission facilities.\n\n“Forest mitigation” means addressing the direct and indirect adverse\nimpacts to forests that may be caused by a construction project by avoiding and\nminimizing impacts to the extent practicable and then compensating for the\nremaining impacts.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 959.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}