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HB 2358 Potomac Aquifer recharge monitoring; creates advisory board, laboratory established, SWIFT Project.
Introduced by: S. Chris Jones | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Potomac Aquifer recharge monitoring; advisory board; laboratory established; SWIFT Project. Creates an advisory board and a laboratory to monitor the effects of the Sustainable Water Infrastructure for Tomorrow (SWIFT) Project being undertaken by the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD).
The bill establishes a 10-member advisory board called the Potomac Aquifer Recharge Oversight Committee (the Committee), directing it to ensure that the SWIFT Project is monitored independently. The bill provides that the Committee shall consist of the State Health Commissioner, the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality, the Executive Director of the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission, the two Co-Directors of the Laboratory, the Director of the Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Laboratory, two Virginia citizens appointed by the Governor, and two nonvoting members. The Committee is required by the bill to meet at least quarterly during the initial three years of its existence. The bill also authorizes the Committee to appoint a science and technical advisory council and directs the Committee to request funding from HRSD for the first three years of monitoring of the recharge of the aquifer.
The bill also creates the Potomac Aquifer Recharge Monitoring Laboratory (the Laboratory) at a location to be selected in the Hampton Roads region, placing it under the co-direction of one Old Dominion University faculty member and one Virginia Tech faculty member. The bill provides that the Laboratory shall monitor the impact of the SWIFT Project on the Potomac Aquifer, manage testing data, and conduct water sampling and analysis.
The bill authorizes both the Commissioner of the Department of Health and the State Water Control Board to issue emergency orders to halt injection or make any change to any facility of the SWIFT Project. This bill is identical to SB 1414.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102899D pdf | impact statement
- 02/11/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2358ER) pdf | impact statement
- 02/19/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0054) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102899D
- 01/08/19 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/14/19 House: Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources & Technology
- 01/16/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/19 House: Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/19 House: Read first time
- 01/24/19 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/25/19 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/28/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/05/19 Senate: Reported from Finance (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/19 Senate: Read third time
- 02/07/19 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/19 House: Enrolled
- 02/11/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2358ER)
- 02/11/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/11/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/12/19 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 12, 2019
- 02/12/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 19, 2019
- 02/19/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 54 (effective 7/1/19)
- 02/19/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0054)