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SB 1240 Clean Streams Act, and Clean Streams Advisory Commission; created, report.

Introduced by: Mary Margaret Whipple | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Clean stream fee. Requires localities to assess residences connected to a municipal sewer system, septic system, or other wastewater treatment system $52 per year, and industrial facilities connected to a municipal sewer system $1,200 per year. Localities are to develop criteria to exempt persons who can demonstrate financial hardship. The money collected is deposited into the Water Quality Improvement Fund and is to be disbursed for the design and installation of state-of-the-art nutrient removal technology and for agricultural best management practices. Each locality can withhold up to $50,000 or three percent of the money due to cover their administrative costs. The bill creates the 10-member Virginia Clean Streams Advisory Commission. The Commission's purpose is to review, comment, and advise the Departments of Environmental Quality and Conservation and Recreation on the implementation of the Virginia Clean Streams Act.


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