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Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors

Passed

P HB1505

Emergency water supply permit. Authorizes the State Water Control Board to issue an emergency Virginia Water Protection Permit (VWPP). If the Board finds that there is an insufficient drinking water supply for the area served by a public water system, an emergency permit would be issued to an applicant seeking to develop an additional source of water supply. The amount of water that could be withdrawn under the permit is limited to the amount necessary to protect public health and safety. The emergency permit would be valid (i) until the Board either denied or approved a regular VWPP or (ii) for one year, whichever occurs sooner. The fee charged by the Board for the emergency permit would be 50 percent of the amount charged for a comparable water project seeking a VWPP.
Patron - Bryant

P HB1748

Virginia Water Facilities Revolving Fund; brownfields remediation. Allows the State Water Control Board to extend loans from the Virginia Water Facilities Revolving Fund to localities, public authorities, partnerships or corporations for brownfields remediation activities. A brownfield is real property for which expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.
Patron - Suit

P HB2156

Water supply fund. Authorizes the Virginia Board of Health to enter into an agreement with the State Water Control Board to manage certain aspects of the Virginia Water Supply Revolving Fund, such as reviewing of financial assistance applications and project bid documents, monitoring projects, and ensuring compliance with environmental review.
Patron - Phillips

P SB774

Virginia Resources Authority. Adds airport facilities to the types of facilities that the Virginia Resources Authority ("Authority") may help local governments finance, and enhances the ability of the Authority to collect local obligations due the Commonwealth by broadening the types of agreements that the Authority and localities may enter into.
Patron - Lambert

P SB896

Confined animal feeding operations. Authorizes the State Water Control Board to promulgate regulations requiring VPDES permits for confined animal feeding operation to the extent necessary to comply with § 402 of the federal Clean Water Act. Certain confined animal feeding operations will be covered under Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits as opposed to General Virginia Pollutant Abatement permits. The bill also requires the State Water Control Board to impanel an advisory group.
Patron - Watkins

P SB1051

Virginia Water Facilities Revolving Fund. Allows the State Water Control Board to make loans from the Virginia Water Facilities Revolving Fund to local governments or "holders" for purchasing or acquiring an interest in real property. The Board must consult with the Department of Conservation and Recreation to verify that the purchase protects or improves water quality and prevents the pollution of state waters and protects the natural or open-space values of the property or assures its availability for agricultural, forestal, recreational, or open-space use.
Patron - Hanger

P SB1221

Water supply planning. Requires the State Water Control Board, in consultation with the State Health Commissioner, local governments, public service authorities, and other interested parties, to establish a comprehensive water supply planning process for the development of local, regional and state water supply plans. The planning process should (i) ensure that adequate and safe drinking water is available, (ii) encourage and protect all beneficial uses, and (iii) encourage, promote and develop incentives for alternative water sources. A citizens' technical advisory committee is to continue to advise DEQ and the Health Department regarding any changes needed in the Commonwealth's water resources policies and programs. The Board is to prepare a preliminary state water resources plan and proposed draft criteria for development of the local and regional plans by December 1, 2003. The preliminary plan, which will include information from existing local and regional water supply plans, is to be submitted to the Governor and the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the subject matter and the State Water Commission. This bill incorporates SBs 1245 and 1259.
Patron - Williams

Failed

F HB2083

Sewage sludge. Authorizes localities to adopt an ordinance that requires sewage sludge that is being applied to the land contain between 1,001 and 50,000 fecal coliform counts per gram of dry weight. This amount is within the range classified as a Class B biosolid.
Patron - Abbitt

F HB2401

Comprehensive water supply plan. Requires the State Water Control Board to develop a comprehensive state water supply plan that includes a plan for each of Virginia's major river basins, such information as the projected water need for a 25-year period, demand management and supply alternatives, conservation measures during drought and nondrought periods, and provisions for the protection of ground water, headwaters and estuaries. Local governments are to work together to develop regional watershed plans that will be part of the state plan.
Patron - Van Yahres

F HB2832

No discharge zone. Removes the restriction on the State Water Control Board that prohibits it from promulgating no discharge regulations that are more restrictive than federal law. Removing this restriction on the Board's authority will enable the Commonwealth to enforce the Commonwealth's no discharge regulations at Smith Mountain Lake.
Patron - Byron

F SB1245

Comprehensive water supply plan. Requires the State Water Control Board to develop a comprehensive state water supply plan that includes a plan for each of Virginia's major river basins, such information as the projected water need for a 25-year period, demand management and supply alternatives, conservation measures during drought and nondrought periods, and provisions for the protection of ground water, headwaters and estuaries. Local governments are to work together to develop regional watershed plans that will be part of the state plan. This bill is incorporated into SB 1221.
Patron - Edwards

F SB1259

Water supply planning. Requires the State Water Control Board, in consultation with the State Health Commissioner, local governments, public service authorities, and other interested parties, to establish a comprehensive water supply planning process for the development of local, regional and state water supply plans. The planning process should (i) ensure that adequate and safe drinking water is available, (ii) encourage and protect all beneficial uses, and (iii) encourage, promote, and develop incentives for alternative water sources. A citizens' technical advisory committee is to continue to advise the Department of Environmental Quality and the Health Department regarding any changes needed in the Commonwealth's water resources policies and programs. The Board is to prepare a preliminary state water resources plan and proposed draft criteria for development of the local and regional plans by December 1, 2003. The preliminary plan, which will include information from existing local and regional water supply plans, is to be submitted to the Governor and the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the subject matter and the State Water Commission. This bill is incorporated into SB 1221.
Patron - Norment

F SB1349

Environmental permit fees. Modifies the permit fee exemption for farming operations engaged in production for market to include the washing and packing of produce by the grower for shipment to market.
Patron - Rerras

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