HB 1674

Abstract

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 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.

Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area;provisional surface water withdrawal permit. Authorizes the StateWater Control Board to issue a provisional surface water withdrawalpermit within the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area toan applicant that has not identified an end user for the water. Suchpermit shall not allow the withdrawal of water until an end userhas been identified and the permittee has provided a report containinginformation on the need for and proposed use of the surface water,a description of the raw water intake, and other information. Thebill provides that once the Department of Environmental Quality approvesthe report, the permittee shall request a permit modification.