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HOUSE BILL NO. 1423 Offered January 11, 2017 Prefiled November 2, 2016 A BILL to direct compliance with regulations of certain combined sewer overflow outfalls; Potomac River Watershed. ---------- Patrons-- Albo, Krizek, LeMunyon and Ransone; Senator: Surovell ---------- Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) shall identify the owner or operator of any combined sewer overflow (CSO) outfall that discharges into the Potomac River Watershed.

§ 2. That DEQ shall, by July 1, 2018, determine what actions by the owner or operator are necessary to bring the CSO outfall into compliance with Virginia law, the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.), and the Presumption Approach described in the CSO Control Policy adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 59 F.R. 18688, unless a higher level of control is necessary to comply with a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL).

§ 3. That any owner of a CSO outfall that discharges into the Potomac River Watershed shall, by July 1, 2027, bring the CSO outfall into compliance with Virginia law, the federal Clean Water Act, and the Presumption Approach described in the EPA CSO Control Policy, unless a higher level of control is necessary to comply with a TMDL.