9 Va. Admin. Code § 5-20-200 - Air quality control regions
Region 1 - Eastern Tennessee-Southwestern Virginia Interstate Air Quality Control Region (Virginia).
The Eastern Tennessee-Southwestern Virginia Interstate Air Quality Control Region (Virginia portion) consists of the territorial area encompassed by the boundaries of the following jurisdictions or described area (including the territorial area of all localities geographically located within the outermost boundaries of the area so delimited):
| COUNTIES | CITIES |
| Bland Buchanan Carroll Dickenson Grayson Lee Russell Scott Smyth Tazewell Washington Wise Wythe | Bristol Galax Norton |
Region 2 - Valley of Virginia Intrastate Air Quality Control Region.
The Valley of Virginia Intrastate Air Quality Control Region consists of the territorial area encompassed by the boundaries of the following jurisdictions or described area (including the territorial area of all localities geographically located within the outermost boundaries of the area so delimited):
| COUNTIES | CITIES |
| Alleghany Augusta Bath Botetourt Clarke Craig Floyd Frederick Giles Highland Montgomery Page Pulaski Roanoke Rockbridge Rockingham Shenandoah Warren | Buena Vista Clifton Forge Covington Harrisonburg Lexington Radford Roanoke Salem Staunton Waynesboro Winchester |
Region 3 - Central Virginia Intrastate Air Quality Control Region.
The Central Virginia Intrastate Air Quality Control Region consists of the territorial area encompassed by the boundaries of the following jurisdictions or described area (including the territorial area of all localities geographically located within the outermost boundaries of the area so delimited):
| COUNTIES | CITIES |
| Amelia Amherst Appomattox Bedford Brunswick Buckingham Campbell Charlotte Cumberland Franklin Halifax Henry Lunenburg Mecklenberg Nottoway Patrick Pittsylvania Prince Edward | Bedford Danville Lynchburg Martinsville South Boston |
Region 4 - Northeastern Virginia Intrastate Air Quality Control Region.
The Northeastern Virginia Intrastate Air Quality Control Region consists of the territorial area encompassed by the boundaries of the following jurisdictions or described area (including the territorial area of all localities geographically located within the outermost boundaries of the area so delimited):
| COUNTIES | CITIES |
| Accomack Albemarle Caroline Culpeper Essex Fauquier Fluvanna Gloucester Greene King and Queen King George King William Lancaster Louisa Madison Mathews Middlesex Nelson Northampton Northumberland Orange Rappahannock Richmond Spotsylvania Stafford Westmoreland | Charlottesville Fredericksburg |
Region 5 - State Capital Intrastate Air Quality Control Region
The State Capital Intrastate Air Quality Control Region consists of the territorial area encompassed by the boundaries of the following jurisdictions or described area (including the territorial area of all localities geographically located within the outermost boundaries of the area so delimited):
| COUNTIES | CITIES |
| Charles City Chesterfield Dinwiddie Goochland Greensville Hanover Henrico New Kent Powhatan Prince George Surry Sussex | Colonial Heights Emporia Hopewell Petersburg Richmond |
Region 6 - Hampton Roads Intrastate Air Quality Control Region
The Hampton Roads Intrastate Air Quality Control Region consists of the territorial area encompassed by the boundaries of the following jurisdictions or described area (including the territorial area of all localities geographically located within the outermost boundaries of the area so delimited):
| COUNTIES | CITIES |
| Isle of Wight James City Southampton York | Chesapeake Franklin Hampton Newport News Norfolk Poquoson Portsmouth Suffolk Virginia Beach Williamsburg |
Region 7 - National Capital Interstate Air Quality Control Region (Virginia).
The National Capital Interstate Air Quality Control Region (Virginia portion) consists of the territorial area encompassed by the boundaries of the following jurisdictions (including the territorial area of all localities geographically located within the outermost boundaries of the area so delimited):
| COUNTIES | CITIES |
| Arlington Fairfax Loudoun Prince William | Alexandria Fairfax Falls Church Manassas Manassas Park |
NOTE: In addition to the air quality control regions delineated here which form the geographic basis for the legal applicability of the regulations and air quality programs, there are administrative regions for all types of administrative actions (such as permit processing and responding to public inquires). This is done because it is necessary for administrative purposes that certain localities be in regions other than those listed above. This administrative delineation in no way alters the applicability of the regulations. Maps showing boundaries for both air quality control regions and administrative regions, and lists showing the assignment of localities for both, are available from the department upon request.
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Statutory Authority
§ 10.1-1308 of the Code of Virginia.
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