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2005 SESSION
HB 2624 Sewage sludge; localities to adopt an ordinance that requires injection into soil.
Introduced by: Kathy J. Byron | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Injection of sewage sludge. Provides that surface incorporation into the soil of sewage sludge applied to cropland may be required when practicable and compatible with a soil conservation plan meeting the standards and specifications of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. This bill also directs the Board of Health to develop regulations specifying and providing for extended buffers to be employed for application of sewage sludge (i) to hay, pasture, and forestland, or (ii) to croplands where surface incorporation is not practicable or is incompatible with a soil conservation plan. The extended buffers may be included by the Department as site specific permit conditions.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/05 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 051624324 pdf
- 02/05/05 House: Committee substitute printed 051689256-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2624ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/31/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0593) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/12/05 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 051624324
- 01/12/05 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/04/05 House: Reported from A., C. & N. R. w/substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/05 House: Committee substitute printed 051689256-H1
- 02/05/05 House: Read first time
- 02/07/05 House: Read second time
- 02/07/05 House: Committee substitute agreed to 051689256-H1
- 02/07/05 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2624H1
- 02/08/05 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/05 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/05 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/09/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/05 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/21/05 Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/05 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/05 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2624ER)
- 03/09/05 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/05 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/05 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/22/05 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 593 (effective 7/1/05)
- 03/31/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0593)