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2020 SESSION
HB 882 Stormwater management; use of a proprietary best management practice.
Introduced by: David L. Bulova | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Stormwater management; proprietary best management practices. Directs the State Water Control Board to adopt regulations providing for the use of a proprietary best management practice (BMP) only if another state, regional, or national certification program has verified and certified its nutrient or sediment removal effectiveness. The bill requires any proprietary BMP that is included on the Virginia Stormwater BMP Clearinghouse website prior to July 1, 2020, to provide documentation to the Department of Environmental Quality showing that its effectiveness has been verified by another state, regional, or national certification program and prohibits any such proprietary BMP that fails to provide such documentation from being used in any stormwater management plan submitted on or after January 1, 2022.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Stormwater management; proprietary best management practices. Directs the State Water Control Board to adopt regulations providing for the use of a proprietary best management practice only if another state, regional, or national certification program has verified and certified its nutrient or sediment removal effectiveness.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Stormwater management; proprietary best management practices; reciprocity. Directs the State Water Control Board to adopt regulations providing reciprocity with only those state, regional, or national certification programs that verify and certify nutrient removal best management practices.