HB 1608 Virginia House of Delegates · 2018 Regular Session

Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund; publicly owned treatment works, nutrient reduction.

Summary
Authorizes the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) to issue grants from the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund for water quality improvements, including cost effective technologies to reduce loads of total phosphorus, total nitrogen, or nitrogen-containing ammonia, in order to meet certain requirements of ammonia-related regulations that are more stringent than those adopted by the State Water Control Board (the Board). The bill also requires the Department to prepare a preliminary estimate of the amount and timing of Water Quality Improvement Grants required to fund projects to reduce loads of nitrogen-containing ammonia at certain levels based on an estimate of the anticipated range of costs for all publicly owned treatment works if the Board were to adopt the 2013 Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Ammonia published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This bill is identical to
Bill status passed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 26, 2018 Last action Mar 16, 2018
Floor votes

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This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Feb 14, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
legislature
Feb 13, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1608H1
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18106340D-H1
legislature
Feb 2, 2018
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #3
legislature
Jan 26, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
legislature
Jan 26, 2018
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 18106158D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Photo of Charles D. Poindexter
Charles D. Poindexter
RRepublican
VA
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