Aboveground storage tanks; regulation of tanks.
Summary
Aboveground storage tanks; Hazardous SubstanceAboveground Storage Tank Fund; civil penalties. Directs the StateWater Control Board to regulate aboveground storage tanks that measure more than 250 gallons in capacity and are used to contain hazardous substances other than oil. The bill directs the Board to adopt regulationsthat establish requirements for registration, and other requirementsof tank owners, and that establish a schedule of registration andrenewal fees. The bill authorizes the Board to undertake correctiveaction in the event of a discharge of a hazardous substance. Thebill requires tank owners notify certain parties in the event ofa release of a regulated substance. The bill also creates the HazardousSubstance Aboveground Storage Tank Fund, with moneys from the Fundto be used solely for the administration of the bill, and providesfor civil penalties for violations of requirements of the bill, withsuch moneys received to be deposited into the existing Virginia EnvironmentalEmergency Response Fund.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2022
Last action Feb 15, 2022
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
0
Committee
4
Jan 31, 2022
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N)
Jan 31, 2022
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
Jan 21, 2022
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
Jan 12, 2022
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Jan 12, 2022
House of Delegates · Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103807D
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
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