                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS (§ 44-146.34)

A. The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the development and
implementation of a program to protect the environment and the health, safety,
and welfare of the people of the Commonwealth from the threats and potential
threats of accidents or incidents involving hazardous materials. This program
shall be known as the Virginia Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Program.

B. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
			&#8220;Coordinator&#8221; means the Coordinator of the Department of
Emergency Management.			&#8220;Department&#8221; means the Department of
Emergency Management.			&#8220;Hazardous materials&#8221; means substances or
materials which may pose unreasonable risks to health, safety, property, or the
environment when used, transported, stored or disposed of, which may include
materials which are solid, liquid or gas. Hazardous materials may include toxic
substances, flammable and ignitable materials, explosives, corrosive materials,
and radioactive materials and include (i) those substances or materials in a
form or quantity which may pose an unreasonable risk to health, safety, or
property when transported, and which the Secretary of Transportation of the
United States has so designated by regulation or order; (ii) hazardous
substances as defined or designated by law or regulation of the Commonwealth or
law or regulation of the United States government; and (iii) hazardous waste as
defined or designated by law or regulation of the
Commonwealth.			&#8220;Political subdivision&#8221; means any city or county in
the Commonwealth, and for the purposes of this chapter, any town with a
population of more than 5,000 which chooses to have an emergency management
program separate from that of the county in which the town is
located.			&#8220;Transport&#8221; or &#8220;transportation&#8221; means any
movement of property by any mode and any packing, loading, unloading, or storage
incidental thereto.

HISTORY: 1987, c. 492; 2000, c. 309.