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2004 SESSION

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HB 639 Landfills; siting in Appomattox County, submission of environmental impact reports.

Introduced by: Watkins M. Abbitt, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Siting of landfills. Authorizes Appomattox County to construct a landfill closer to an existing public water supply intake or reservoir than is allowed by law, if the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality finds that the distance would not be detrimental to human health and the environment. The bill provides that a new landfill in Appomattox can be sited in a wetland. Under current law, a landfill cannot be within five miles upgradient of any water supply intake or reservoir and cannot impact 1.25 acres or more of wetlands. The bill also prohibits any further exemptions from the landfill siting requirements unless an environmental impact statement has been submitted to the Virginia Waste Management Board. The report is required, as a minimum, to address the environmental impacts related to the exemption that is being requested. The Board is also required to hold a public hearing on the environmental impact report before it makes any recommendations to the General Assembly regarding specific exemptions.


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