HB644
Pipeline construction projects; violations, cumulative effect, civil penalties.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Pipeline construction projects; violations; cumulative effect; civil penalties.
Directs the State Water Control Board to adopt regulations to penalize the accrual of violations of the State Water Control Law by any large natural gas transmission pipeline construction project. The bill requires the regulations to provide that, for every 10 such violations in one calendar month, the Board shall ... (More) issue an accrued cumulative impact violation order that includes a civil penalty of $32,500. If a project accrues a total of 20 such violations in one calendar month, the Board shall additionally, after notice and hearing, initiate proceedings to halt work on the entirety of the project, with work to remain halted until corrective action is taken and is approved by the Board. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2020 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104045D
- 01/06/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/14/2020 - House: Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
- 02/05/2020 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/05/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/05/2020 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (13-Y 9-N)
- 02/06/2020 - House: Read first time
- 02/07/2020 - House: Read second time
- 02/07/2020 - House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/07/2020 - House: Engrossed by House as amended HB644E
- 02/07/2020 - House: Printed as engrossed 20104045D-E
- 02/10/2020 - House: Read third time and passed House (57-Y 41-N 1-A)
- 02/10/2020 - House: VOTE: Passage (57-Y 41-N 1-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/13/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB644E)
- 02/18/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute printed to LIS only printed 20108363D-S1
- 02/18/2020 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 1-N)
