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SB 782 Richmond, City of; State Water Control Board to report on discharges.

Introduced by: Siobhan S. Dunnavant | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Combined sewer overflow systems discharges; report. Requires the State Water Control Board, every two years beginning on July 1, 2019, to provide a summary report on discharges during the previous two years from combined sewer overflow systems located within the Commonwealth. Copies of the report shall be delivered to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee, the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and the Chairman of the House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

City of Richmond; Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) system permit; James River outfalls. Directs the State Water Control Board (Board) to include in the next renewal of the Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for the Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) system of the City of Richmond (City) a requirement that the City complete by January 1, 2020, an assessment of the discharges from each of its Combined Sewer Outfalls into the James River. The bill requires the assessment to incorporate any improvements meant to address discharges from any part of the City's CSO system and to determine what control technologies may be required to meet applicable regulations. The bill requires copies of the completed assessment to be delivered to the Board and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources. The bill also directs the Board, to the extent necessary and with the consent of the City, to modify an existing consent order or issue a new consent order between itself and the City regarding the CSO system. The bill contains an emergency clause.