SB 340 Virginia Senate · 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
Jan 2018
Senate Passage
Mar 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2018 Last action Mar 15, 2018
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Mar 5, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 23, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
legislature
Jan 16, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB340E
legislature
Jan 16, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
legislature
Jan 16, 2018
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
legislature
Jan 8, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
legislature
Jan 8, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103170D
legislature
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors