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2014 SESSION
SB 48 Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; prohibition on oil and gas drilling.
Introduced by: Richard H. Stuart | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Drilling in the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area. Allows the drilling for oil and gas in the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area if certain Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) standards for the protection of groundwater and surface water are met. The Department of Mining, Minerals and Energy (DMME) is not authorized to issue a permit to drill in the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area until DEQ has completed its review of (i) the current surface water and groundwater quality and quantity regulations in the management area and (ii) any amendments to the regulation that are necessary to protect groundwater and surface water. The DEQ review is to be completed by December 1, 2014. The State Water Control Board, as the policy board, is required to use its best efforts to adopt any changes in the regulations by July 1, 2016. The DEQ is also charged with reviewing any criteria and procedures for preparation and evaluation of the environmental impact assessments that the permit applicant is required to submit to DMME. The bill requires the assessment to include the impact of drilling, production, and transportation on surface and groundwater quality and supply. The DEQ shall use its best efforts to review and incorporate any changes to the assessment by October 1, 2015.
FULL TEXT
- 12/17/13 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100454D pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/14 Senate: Committee substitute printed 14103907D-S1 pdf
- 02/05/14 Senate: Printed as engrossed 14103907D-ES1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/17/13 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100454D
- 12/17/13 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/30/14 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/14 Senate: Committee substitute printed 14103907D-S1
- 02/03/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/14 Senate: Read second time
- 02/04/14 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/04/14 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 14103907D-S1
- 02/04/14 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB48S1
- 02/05/14 Senate: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/14 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/05/14 Senate: Amendments by Senator Stuart agreed to
- 02/05/14 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB48ES1
- 02/05/14 Senate: Printed as engrossed 14103907D-ES1
- 02/05/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 1-N)
- 02/05/14 Senate: Passed Senate (27-Y 12-N)
- 02/05/14 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/14 Senate: Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N)
- 02/07/14 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/07/14 House: Read first time
- 02/07/14 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/27/14 House: Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote