Hazardous Substance Aboveground Storage Tank Fund; created. (HB1192)
Introduced By
Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington)
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
Aboveground storage tanks; Hazardous Substance Aboveground Storage Tank Fund; civil and criminal penalties. Directs the State Water Control Board to regulate aboveground storage tanks that measure more than 1,320 gallons in capacity and are used to contain hazardous substances other than oil. The bill directs the Board to adopt regulations that establish requirements for registration, certification, and inspection, and other requirements of tank owners, and that establish a schedule of fees. The bill authorizes the Board to undertake corrective action, or to require the owner to undertake corrective action, in the event of a discharge of a hazardous substance. The bill requires tank owners to register their tanks, pay certain registration fees, develop release response plans, upgrade certain older tanks, install containment infrastructure for certain aboveground storage tanks, notify certain parties in the event of a release of a regulated substance, and demonstrate their financial responsibility. The bill also creates the Hazardous Substance Aboveground Storage Tank Fund for the administration of the bill and provides for civil and criminal penalties for violations of requirements of the bill, with the moneys received to be deposited into the existing Virginia Environmental Emergency Response Fund. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/07/2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105199D |
| 01/07/2020 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
| 01/09/2020 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB1192) |
| 01/15/2020 | Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake |
| 01/22/2020 | Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
| 01/22/2020 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 02/06/2020 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal |
| 02/06/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1192) |
| 02/06/2020 | Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 |
| 02/07/2020 | Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice |
| 12/04/2020 | Left in Courts of Justice |
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