Environmental Spill Reporting - Virginia

Virginia has its own environmental release notification requirements on top of the federal requirements. This summary page is provided as a reference tool. It is not a definitive source of compliance information and not intended to replace the federal and state laws and regulations. The summary is also not comprehensive, as there may be other release notification requirements at the federal, state, and/or local levels.

A facility may need to comply with both federal and state requirements, not just the state ones, when the federal requirements do not preempt the state ones and the state is not delegated authority to run its own program in lieu of the federal. Be sure to check with your state agency(ies) if you have questions about which federal or state requirements apply.

Related information

• Emergency Releases ezExplanation
• Oil Spill Reporting ezExplanation
• Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) accidental release reporting
• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
• Virginia DEQ — Pollution Response Program
• Virginia DEQ Land & Waste Division Petroleum Tanks Program
• Virginia Department of Emergency Management
• Virginia DEQ — Emergency Release Notifications
• Virginia DEQ— Release Notifications
• Virginia DEQ — Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA)
• Virginia DEQ — Aboveground Storage Tanks
• Virginia DEQ — Underground Storage Tanks Cleanup Activities (including Suspected Releases and Confirmed Releases)
• Virginia DEQ — Pollution Data and Reporting
• Virginia Department of Emergency Management — Hazardous Materials

State citations

• Virginia Code Annotated (VCA) 10.1-1429 — Notice of Release of Hazardous Substance
• Virginia Administrative Code 9 VAC 25-91-210 — Response
• Virginia Administrative Code 9 VAC 25-580-190 — Reporting of Suspected Releases
• Virginia Administrative Code 9 VAC 25-580-220 — Reporting and Cleanup of Spills and Overfills
• Virginia Administrative Code 9 VAC 25-580-240 — Initial Response

Federal citations

• 40 CFR 68 — Chemical accident prevention provisions
• 40 CFR 110 — Discharge of oil
• 40 CFR 112 — Oil pollution prevention
• 40 CFR 117 — Determination of reportable quantities for hazardous substances (also known as CWA release reporting)
• 40 CFR 262 — Standards applicable to generators of hazardous waste
• 40 CFR 264 — Standards for owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities
• 40 CFR 265 — Interim status standards for owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities
• 40 CFR 280 — Technical standards and corrective action requirements for owners and operators of underground storage tanks (UST)
• 40 CFR 302 — Designation, reportable quantities, and notification (also known as CERCLA release reporting)
• 40 CFR 355 — Emergency planning and notification (also known as EPCRA release reporting)
• 40 CFR 403 — General pretreatment regulations for existing and new sources of pollution
• 40 CFR 761 — Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) manufacturing, processing, distribution in commerce, and use prohibition
• 40 CFR 1604 — Reporting of accidental releases