HB1674
Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; provisional surface water withdrawal permit.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; provisional surface water withdrawal permit.
Authorizes the State Water Control Board to issue a provisional surface water withdrawal permit within the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area to an applicant that has not identified an end user for the water. Such permit shall not allow the withdrawal of water until an end user has been identified ... (More) and the permittee has provided a report containing information on the need for and proposed use of the surface water, a description of the raw water intake, and other information. The bill provides that once the Department of Environmental Quality approves the report, the permittee shall request a permit modification. Finally, the bill provides that no potential withdrawal amount of any provisional permit shall be used in the calculation of available water when assessing a subsequent surface water withdrawal application in the affected stream reach if the provisional permit has not been modified to reflect an end user, the Department and the subsequent applicant have found the provisional withdrawal to be inappropriate, and the provisional permit holder has failed to state that an end user will be secured within 12 months. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/17/2020 - House: Presented and ordered printed 20104857D
- 01/17/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/20/2020 - House: Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
- 01/27/2020 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/27/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
- 02/05/2020 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2020 - House: Committee substitute printed 20106885D-H1
- 02/06/2020 - House: Read first time
- 02/07/2020 - House: Read second time
- 02/07/2020 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 20106885D-H1
- 02/07/2020 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1674H1
- 02/10/2020 - House: Read third time and passed House (94-Y 4-N)
- 02/10/2020 - House: VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N)
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/12/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1674H1)
- 02/25/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute printed to LIS only 20109068D-S1
- 02/25/2020 - Senate: Continued to 2021 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N)
