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HOUSE BILL NO. 981 Offered January 24, 2000 A BILL to amend and reenact § 10.1-1426 of the Code of Virginia, relating to hazardous waste facilities. ---------- Patrons-- Ruff and Councill ---------- Referred to Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 10.1-1426 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 10.1-1426. Permits required; waiver of requirements; reports; conditional permits.

A. No person shall transport, store, provide treatment for, or dispose of a hazardous waste without a permit from the Director.

B. Any person generating, transporting, storing, providing treatment for, or disposing of a hazardous waste shall report to the Director, by such date as the Board specifies by regulation, the following: (i) his name and address, (ii) the name and nature of the hazardous waste, and (iii) the fact that he is generating, transporting, storing, providing treatment for or disposing of a hazardous waste. A person who is an exempt small quantity generator of hazardous wastes, as defined by the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall be exempt from the requirements of this subsection.

C. Any permit shall contain the conditions or requirements required by the Board's regulations and the federal acts. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, permits for disposal of hazardous waste shall require that the disposal facility obtain certification from the governing body of the county, city or town in which the facility is located that the proposed location and operation of any expansion of the facility are consistent with all applicable ordinances.

D. Upon the issuance of an emergency permit for the storage of hazardous waste, the Director shall notify the chief administrative officer of the local government for the jurisdiction in which the permit has been issued.

E. The Director may deny an application under this article on any grounds for which a permit may be amended, suspended or revoked listed under subsection A of § 10.1-1427.