Potomac Aquifer recharge monitoring; creates advisory board and laboratory. (HB771)
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Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
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 an eight-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, and two Virginia citizens appointed by the Governor, and the bill also provides for 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 Old Dominion University (ODU), placing it under the direction of an ODU faculty member and the co-direction of a faculty member at Virginia Tech. 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. Read the Bill »
Status
03/10/2018: failed house
History
Date | Action |
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01/09/2018 | Committee |
01/09/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104334D |
01/09/2018 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
01/24/2018 | Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/24/2018 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
01/29/2018 | Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources & Technology |
01/31/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB771) |
01/31/2018 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
02/09/2018 | Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/10/2018 | Read first time |
02/12/2018 | Read second time and engrossed |
02/13/2018 | Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 1-A) |
02/13/2018 | VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
02/14/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/14/2018 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
03/01/2018 | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/05/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/06/2018 | Read third time |
03/06/2018 | Reading of amendment waived |
03/06/2018 | Committee amendment agreed to |
03/06/2018 | Passed by for the day |
03/07/2018 | Passed by for the day |
03/08/2018 | Read third time |
03/08/2018 | Passed by for the day |
03/10/2018 | Failed to pass in House |
03/10/2018 | No further action taken |
03/10/2018 | Failed to pass |