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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>374705</law_id><section_number>62.1-111</section_number><catch_line>When leave not granted; terms and conditions; appeals</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="132" identifier="62.1">Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="23" identifier="8">Impoundment of Surface Waters</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If, on the report and other <span class="dictionary">evidence</span>, it appears to the <span class="dictionary">court</span> that by granting such leave other riparian owners will be injured, or there are other justifiable reasons for denying the <span class="dictionary">petition</span>, the leave shall not be granted; provided that in no case shall leave be granted if the certified statement from the State Water Control Board filed under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Board to examine petition and report to court" href="/62.1-109/">62.1-109</a> shows that, in the <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> of such Board, the reduction of pollution will be impaired or made more difficult. If it be granted, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall place the applicant under such terms and conditions as shall seem to it right. An <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> shall lie to the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 62-94.8; 1956, c. 632; 1968, c. 659; 1977, c. 26; 1996, c. 573.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
