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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9. Environment
Agency 20. Virginia Waste Management Board
Chapter 190. Litter Receptacle Regulations
12/30/2024

9VAC20-190-10. Definitions.

The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Anti-litter symbol" means any symbol or logo that depicts or instructs in the proper deposit of litter.

"Board" means the Virginia Waste Management Board.

"Construction site" means any residential, commercial, industrial or other area, lot or site at which construction of any type is conducted, including roads, at buildings, and at all other places actively being constructed or renovated.

"Department" means the Department of Environmental Quality.

"Litter" means all waste material, disposable packages or containers but does not include the wastes of the primary processes of mining, logging, sawmilling, farming, or manufacturing.

"Litter receptacle" means containers acceptable to the department for the depositing of litter.

"Person" means any natural person, corporation, association, firm, receiver, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, fiduciary, representative, or group of individuals or entities of any kind.

"Public building" means a building that is owned or operated by government and is used as a place to conduct business in which the general public is involved.

"Public place" means any area that is used or held out for use by the public, whether owned or operated by public or private interests.

Statutory Authority

§§ 10.1-1414, 10.1-1419 and 10.1-1421 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 18, Issue 3, eff. November 21, 2001.

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