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2010 SESSION
McEachin (Chairman), Petersen, Marsden, Hanger, Blevins
Clerk: Charles Shotton
Staff: Ellen Porter, Martin Farber
Date of Meeting: January 27, 2010
Time and Place: 5:30 p.m., 3rd Floor East
Patron: Stuart
Harvest cap on menhaden; sunset date. Extends the sunset date of legislation that established an annual menhaden harvest quota of 109,020 metric tons for the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay to January 1, 2014. Currently, the provisions are set to expire on December 31, 2010.
A BILL to amend and reenact the second enactment of Chapter 41 of the Acts of Assembly of 2007, relating to the harvest cap on menhaden; sunset date.10100513D
Patron: Northam
Menhaden fishery. Directs the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations to implement the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. The bill also requires that any moratorium on the fishery be subject to legislative review and repeals the Governor's authority to implement menhaden management measures by proclamation.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-4002, 2.2-4103, as it is currently effective, 28.2-409, and 28.2-410 of the Code of Virginia, to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 28.2-203.2, and to repeal §§ 28.2-1000.1 and 28.2-1000.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to menhaden fishing.10103526D
Patron: Watkins
Stormwater management programs. Delays the effective date of regulations that establish local program criteria and delegation procedures and the water quality and water quantity criteria for stormwater management from July 1, 2010, to July 1, 2011. Any regulation adopted prior to this date shall be considered outside the scope of authority granted by the General Assembly.
A BILL to amend and reenact the second enactment of Chapter 18 of the Acts of Assembly of 2009, relating to stormwater management programs.10101241D
Impact Statements
Patron: Wagner
Stormwater management regulations; effective date. Extends the effective date of the regulation that establishes local program criteria and delegation procedures and the water quality and water quantity criteria based on the completion of the Virginia Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) Implementation Plan for the Chesapeake Bay Nutrient and Sediment TMDL approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the regulations thereafter adopted to implement the Plan.
A BILL to amend and reenact the second enactment of Chapter 18 of the Acts of Assembly of 2009, relating to stormwater management regulations.10103273D
Impact Statements
Patron: Wagner
Nutrient reduction credits. Clarifies that nonpoint nutrient offsets, whether or not used within an MS4 locality, will be credited against a nutrient allocation.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 10.1-603.8:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the impact of stormwater nonpoint nutrient offsets on nutrient allocations.10104243D
Patron: Hanger
Stormwater regulations. Delays the effective date of stormwater regulations establishing local program criteria and delegation procedures and the water quality and water quantity criteria until July 1, 2011. The bill also requires the Department of Conservation and Recreation, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, to determine the effect the total maximum daily load (TMDL) allocation for the Chesapeake Bay may have on these regulations. If the agency finds that the TMDL implementation plan approved by the Environmental Protection Agency requires a change in the criteria, the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board is to adopt a new regulation that is consistent with the source allocations made in the approved TMDL plan.
A BILL to amend and reenact the second enactment of Chapter 18 of the Acts of Assembly of 2009 and to amend Chapter 18 of the Acts of Assembly of 2009 by adding a third enactment, relating to stormwater management programs.10104010D
Patron: Whipple
Stormwater regulations. Delays the effective date of regulation that establishes local program criteria and delegation procedures and the water quality and water quantity criteria for stormwater to no later than September 1, 2011. The bill also requires the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board to conform the regulation to be consistent with this effective date.
A BILL to amend and reenact the second enactment of Chapter 18 of the Acts of Assembly of 2009, relating to stormwater management programs.10104290D