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2001 SESSION
HB 2601 Discharges into state waters; notification required.
Introduced by: Samuel A. Nixon, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Discharges to state waters; notification required. Requires any person in violation of the provisions of subsection A of § 62.1-44.5 who discharges or causes or allows i) a discharge of sewage, industrial waste, other wastes, or any noxious or deleterious substance, into state waters, or ii) a discharge that may reasonably be expected to enter state waters, to promptly, or not later than 24 hours after learning of the discharge, notify the State Water Control Board, the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality, or the coordinator of emergency services for the locality expected to be affected by the discharge. Violators of the notice requirement will be subject to the penalty provisions of the State Water Control Law. Under current law the notification requirement applies only to those persons required to obtain a discharge permit from the State Water Control Board. This bill is identical to SB 1285.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/01 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 019542252 pdf | impact statements
- 01/19/01 House: Printed as engrossed 019542252-E pdf | impact statements
- 02/16/01 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2601ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/20/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0383) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/01 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 019542252
- 01/10/01 House: Referred to Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/17/01 House: Reported from Cons. & Nat. Res. w/amds (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/01 House: Read first time
- 01/19/01 House: Read second time
- 01/19/01 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/19/01 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 01/19/01 House: Printed as engrossed 019542252-E
- 01/22/01 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/01 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/01 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 01/22/01 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/01 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/01 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/23/01 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/23/01 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/05/01 Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. (12-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/01 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/01 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/01 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/01 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/01 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/01 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/01 House: Enrolled
- 02/16/01 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/16/01 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2601ER)
- 02/19/01 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/01 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 383 (effective 7/1/01)
- 03/20/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0383)