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2023 SESSION

23102733D
SENATE BILL NO. 1050
Offered January 11, 2023
Prefiled January 8, 2023
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 10.1-1402.05, relating to permit for coal ash landfill storage; proximity to a private well prohibited.
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Patron-- McPike
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 10.1-1402.05 as follows:

§ 10.1-1402.05. Coal ash landfill storage; permit requirements; proximity to private wells.

No (i) application for a new coal ash landfill storage facility permit or (ii) application for a permit amendment or variance for such facility shall be approved if the facility is located within one mile upgradient of any existing private well.