{"id":"0b55ee56-3f11-450d-bfa6-9c04b9cbd528","task":"Determine which compliance phase of Virginia's high-PAH pavement sealant ban (Va. Code Section 62.1-196.1) applies to a job scheduled in a given month, since the sale and application cutoffs differ by a year.","domain":"Code of Virginia Section 62.1-196.1 (Prohibiting High-PAH Pavement Sealants; civil penalty), enacted by HB985, 2024 Va. Acts ch. 736","steps":["Fetch the current text of Va. Code Section 62.1-196.1 at law.lis.virginia.gov, enacted by HB985 (2024 Va. Acts ch. 736).","Confirm sale/distribution/offer for retail sale of a sealant exceeding 1% PAH by weight became illegal July 1, 2024 (a retailer's existing in-stock inventory as of that date was exempt from the sale ban).","Confirm application/use of those products became illegal July 1, 2025.","Determine which cutoff governs the contractor's specific action — buying/stocking inventory vs. applying it on a job.","Document compliance status, including inventory purchase dates, before scheduling Virginia work; note the statute's $250 civil penalty for violations."],"gotchas":["Cite HB985 (2024 Va. Acts ch. 736) specifically as the enacting legislation — do not cite a differently-numbered bill from another session, which is unrelated to this sealant ban.","Virginia's threshold is 1% PAH by weight, not the 0.1% used by Austin's ordinance — don't reuse a Texas compliance test result for a Virginia job.","The two-phase structure means a contractor could have legally purchased inventory before the sale cutoff that becomes illegal to apply after the later use cutoff — track inventory purchase dates."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T21:38:20.417Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/0b55ee56-3f11-450d-bfa6-9c04b9cbd528"}