Bill Text: VA SB898 | 2017 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Combined sewer overflow outfalls; DEQ to identify owner of outfall discharging into Chesapeake Bay.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-04-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0827) [SB898 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-SB898-Amended.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. §1. That the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) shall identify the owner of any combined sewer overflow (CSO) outfall that discharges into the Potomac River Watershed.
§2. That DEQ shall determine what actions by the owner are necessary to bring the CSO outfall into compliance with the Presumption Approach described in the CSO Control Policy adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 59 C.F.R. 18688, unless a higher level of control is necessary to comply with a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL).
§3. That any owner of a CSO outfall that discharges into the Potomac River Watershed shall bring the CSO outfall into compliance with the Presumption Approach described in the EPA CSO Control Policy by July 1, 2025, unless a higher level of control is necessary to comply with a TMDL.