Virginia Senate Bill 626 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-04 - Continued to 2021 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

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.

Hazardous Substance Aboveground Storage Tank Fund; created.

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]

2020-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-04	Senate	Continued to 2021 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
2020-02-04	Senate	Committee substitute printed to LIS only 20107676D-S1
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104897D

SB626 (Carry Over) 2020-02-04 - Continued to 2021 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
62	1	44.34:29	(n/a)	See Bill Text
62	1	44.34:39	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB626
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB626+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB626S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S01V0056+SB0626