HB1310: Environmental Quality, Department of; notice of disposal of certain fill materials.


VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act to require the Department of Environmental Quality to establish a process for notice of disposal of certain fill materials.
[H 1310]
Approved

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) shall establish a process whereby any person that receives coverage under the General Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities and that will be transporting fill from a project site for disposal as part of its land-disturbing activities shall disclose to the Department the following information, which the Department shall disclose to every locality where such fill will be disposed of: (i) the source of the fill to be disposed of, (ii) the contents of the fill, and (iii) the location of the disposal.


HOUSE BILL NO. 1310
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
on February 5, 2020)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Webert)
A BILL to require the Department of Environmental Quality to establish a process for notice of disposal of certain fill materials.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) shall establish a process whereby any person that receives coverage under the General Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities and that will be transporting fill from a project site for disposal as part of its land-disturbing activities shall disclose to the Department the following information, which the Department shall disclose to every locality where such fill will be disposed of: (i) the source of the fill to be disposed of, (ii) the contents of the fill, and (iii) the location of the disposal.

HOUSE BILL NO. 1310

Offered January 8, 2020
Prefiled January 8, 2020
A BILL to require the Department of Environmental Quality to establish a process for notice of disposal of certain fill materials.
Patron-- Webert

Committee Referral Pending

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Environmental Quality shall establish a process whereby if private contractors and agencies of the Commonwealth or its contractors receive a general construction permit from the Department, and such contractor or agency shall be disposing excess non-agricultural fill as part of its work, the contractor or agency shall disclose such fact to all localities where such fill shall be disposed. The disclosure shall include information regarding the source of the material to be disposed, the contents of the material, and the location of the disposal. In addition, all landowners adjacent to the location where the material is to be disposed shall receive the same information, with notice delivered pursuant to § 15.2-2204 of the Code of Virginia.