Potomac Aquifer recharge monitoring; creates advisory board, laboratory established, SWIFT Project. (SB1414)
Introduced By
Sen. Monty Mason (D-Williamsburg)
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 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 HB 2358. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/08/2019 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102450D |
01/08/2019 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
01/22/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1414) |
01/24/2019 | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/28/2019 | Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/29/2019 | Read second time and engrossed |
01/30/2019 | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/04/2019 | Placed on Calendar |
02/04/2019 | Read first time |
02/04/2019 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
02/05/2019 | Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources & Technology |
02/06/2019 | Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/08/2019 | Read second time |
02/11/2019 | Read third time |
02/11/2019 | Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
02/11/2019 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/12/2019 | Enrolled |
02/12/2019 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1414ER) |
02/12/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1414ER) |
02/12/2019 | Signed by Speaker |
02/13/2019 | Signed by President |
02/14/2019 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 14, 2019 |
02/14/2019 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2019 |
02/19/2019 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 58 (effective 7/1/19) |
02/19/2019 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0058) |