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1998 SESSION

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HB 814 Water Quality Improvement Act; amendments.

Introduced by: W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Water Quality Improvement Act. Clarifies that point and nonpoint source grants from the Water Quality Improvement Fund may be made throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed regardless of whether or not the location of the funded project is in an area with a completed tributary plan. The eligible uses of the Water Quality Improvement Fund are expanded to include sharing in the cost of temporary operational enhancements (versus capital improvements) at wastewater treatment works. The bill adds "equipment directly related to reducing nonpoint source pollution and improving water quality" to the nonexclusive list of the types of projects that may receive nonpoint funding. The Secretary of Natural Resources is to annually develop, following a period of public comment and a public hearing, guidelines for the prioritization, distribution, and conditions of grants from the Water Quality Improvement Fund. The bill also requires notice of proposed grant agreements to be given to those who request it. In addition, the bill deletes "specific and measurable" from the phrase "specific and measurable pollution reduction achievements to state waters anticipated as a result of each grant award ..." in a section of the Act calling for a report from administrative agencies regarding implementation of the Act.


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