# Article 1 General Provisions

This article is comprised of the following sections:

- §10.1-1182 Definitions
- §10.1-1182.1 Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail
- §10.1-1183 Creation of Department of Environmental Quality; statement of policy
- §10.1-1183.1 Department of Environmental Quality consolidated annual report
- §10.1-1184 State Air Pollution Control Board, State Water Control Board, and Virginia Waste Management Board continued
- §10.1-1184.1 Additional duties of Department; controversial permits
- §10.1-1184.2 Regulations; civil penalties; written notice of violation
- §10.1-1185 Appointment of Director; powers and duties of Director
- §10.1-1186 General powers of the Department
- §10.1-1186.01 Reimbursements to localities for upgrades to treatment works
- §10.1-1186.1 Department to publish toxics inventory
- §10.1-1186.1:1 Hazardous Waste Site Inventory
- §10.1-1186.2 Supplemental environmental projects
- §10.1-1186.2:1 Impact of electric generating facilities
- §10.1-1186.3 Additional powers of Boards and the Department; mediation; alternative dispute resolution
- §10.1-1186.3:1 Policies for consultation with federally recognized Tribal Nations in the Commonwealth
- §10.1-1186.4 Enforcement powers; federal court
- §10.1-1186.5 Expired
- §10.1-1186.6 Carbon market participation; submerged aquatic vegetation
- §10.1-1187 Provision of the Code continued