                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 3.2-3700)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different
meaning:		&#8220;Agricultural liming material&#8221; means any limestone with
calcium and magnesium compounds that has the capacity, and whose intended
purpose is, to neutralize soil acidity.		&#8220;Applicant&#8221; means the
person who applies for, or requests, a license, or applies for registration of
any liming material; or applies to become a contractor.		&#8220;Brand&#8221;
means the term, designation, trademark, product name or other specific
designation under which any liming material is offered for
sale.		&#8220;Bulk&#8221; means materials in nonpackaged form.		&#8220;Calcium
carbonate equivalent&#8221; means the acid neutralizing capacity of any liming
material, expressed as weight percentage of calcium
carbonate.		&#8220;Contractor&#8221; means any person required to hold a permit
to sell any bulk liming material to the consumer pursuant to §
3.2-3704.		&#8220;Distributor&#8221; means any person who imports or consigns,
manufactures, produces, compounds, mixes, or blends any liming material, or who
offers for sale, sells, barters or otherwise supplies any liming
material.		&#8220;Effective Neutralizing Value&#8221; or &#8220;ENV&#8221; means
a relative value using the calcium oxide content, magnesium oxide content and
fineness to express the effectiveness of an agricultural liming material in
neutralizing soil acidity. This term is synonymous with Effective Neutralizing
Power (ENP).		&#8220;Fineness&#8221; means the percentage by weight of the
material that will pass through United States Standards sieves of specified
sizes.		&#8220;Industrial co-product used to neutralize soil acid&#8221; means a
waste or by-product of an industrial process that contains any compound not
normally found in limestone that has the capacity, and whose intended purpose
is, to neutralize soil acidity.		&#8220;Kind&#8221; means one of the two classes
of liming material.		&#8220;Label&#8221; means any written or printed matter on,
or attached to, the package, or on the delivery ticket that accompanies bulk
shipments, of any liming material.		&#8220;Licensed&#8221; or
&#8220;licensee&#8221; means the person issued a license to distribute any
liming material in the Commonwealth.		&#8220;Limestone&#8221; means a material
consisting essentially of calcium carbonate, or a combination of calcium
carbonate and magnesium carbonate, capable of neutralizing soil
acidity.		&#8220;Liming material&#8221; means any agricultural liming material
and any industrial co-product used to neutralize soil
acid.		&#8220;Manufacturer&#8221; means any person who manufactures, produces,
compounds, mixes, blends, imports or consigns liming material, or who offers for
sale, sells, barters or otherwise supplies liming
material.		&#8220;Percent&#8221; or &#8220;percentage&#8221; means by
weight.		&#8220;Quantity statement&#8221; means the net weight (mass), net
volume (liquid or dry), count or other form of measurement of a
commodity.		&#8220;Registrant&#8221; means the person registering any liming
material pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.		&#8220;Standard liming
ton&#8221; means a ton of agricultural liming material with a calcium carbonate
equivalent of 90 percent.		&#8220;Stop sale, use, removal or seizure
order&#8221; means an order that prohibits the distributor from selling,
relocating, using, or disposing of a lot of liming material, or portion thereof,
in any manner, until the Commissioner or a court gives written permission to
sell, relocate, use or dispose of the lot of liming material or portion
thereof.		&#8220;Ton&#8221; means a unit of 2,000 pounds avoirdupois
weight.		&#8220;Type&#8221; means the identification of the agricultural liming
material as follows:

1. &#8220;Burnt&#8221; means any agricultural liming material with calcium and
magnesium compounds capable of neutralizing soil acidity, and that consists
essentially of calcium oxide, or a combination of calcium oxide and magnesium
oxide.

2. &#8220;Calcitic&#8221; means any agricultural liming material in which 85
percent or more of the total neutralizing value, expressed as calcium carbonate
equivalent, is derived from calcium.

3. &#8220;Dolomitic&#8221; means any agricultural liming material in which 15
percent or more of the total carbonate content is magnesium carbonate.

4. &#8220;Hydrated&#8221; means any agricultural liming material, made from
burnt lime, that consists essentially of: (i) calcium hydroxide; (ii) a
combination of calcium hydroxide, magnesium oxide and magnesium hydroxide; or
(iii) a combination of calcium hydroxide, and either magnesium oxide or
magnesium hydroxide.

5. &#8220;Marl&#8221; means a granular or loosely consolidated earthy
agricultural liming material composed largely of calcium carbonate.

HISTORY: 1994, c. 649, § 3.1-126.2:1; 2002, c. 473; 2008, c. 860.