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2004 SESSION
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.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 043840200 pdf | impact statement
- 02/13/04 House: Printed as engrossed 043840200-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/23/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB639ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House amendments
- House amendments rejected
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
- Governor's recommendation
- Governor's veto explanation
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 043840200
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/11/04 House: Reported from A., C. & N. R. w/amendment (14-Y 7-N)
- 02/12/04 House: Read first time
- 02/13/04 House: Read second time
- 02/13/04 House: Committee amendment rejected
- 02/13/04 House: Amendments by Del. Abbitt agreed to
- 02/13/04 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB639E
- 02/13/04 House: Printed as engrossed 043840200-E
- 02/14/04 House: Read third time and passed House (73-Y 24-N 1-A)
- 02/14/04 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (73-Y 24-N 1-A)
- 02/14/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/16/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/16/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/23/04 Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. w/amds (12-Y 3-N)
- 02/24/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/04 Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/04 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/25/04 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/25/04 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/25/04 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (32-Y 8-N)
- 02/25/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (32-Y 8-N)
- 02/25/04 Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/04 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/04 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/26/04 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/27/04 Senate: Read third time
- 02/27/04 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/27/04 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/27/04 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/27/04 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (33-Y 6-N)
- 02/27/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (33-Y 6-N)
- 02/27/04 Senate: Unanimous Rec. of Sen. pass. agrd to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/04 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/04 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (32-Y 7-N)
- 02/27/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (32-Y 7-N)
- 03/01/04 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/02/04 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/03/04 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/04/04 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/05/04 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/08/04 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (89-Y 8-N -1-A)
- 03/08/04 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (89-Y 8-N 1-A)
- 03/08/04 House: Reconsideration of Senate amendments agreed to by House
- 03/08/04 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (76-Y 22-N 1-A)
- 03/08/04 House: VOTE: ADOPTION #2 (76-Y 22-N 1-A)
- 03/23/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB639ER)
- 03/23/04 House: Enrolled
- 03/24/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/24/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/15/04 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/20/04 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/21/04 House: House rejected Gov's recommendation (31-Y 67-N 1-A)
- 04/21/04 House: VOTE: REJECTED (31-Y 67-N 1-A)
- 04/21/04 House: Communicated to Governor
- 05/21/04 Governor: Vetoed by Governor