HB 245

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2024 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 04, 2024
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

PFAS; facilities that have engaged in manufacture, etc., to produce report on use of chemicals.

Abstract

Reports relating to PFAS; Department of Environmental Quality; one-time report. Requires all facilities that have engaged since January 1, 2021, in the manufacture of or knowing use in the production process of one or more chemicals listed as PFAS target analytes to produce a one-time report on the use of such chemicals. The report shall be limited to facilities that discharge to (i) a surface water under a Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit issued by the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) or (ii) a publicly owned treatment works under an industrial pretreatment program permit or other written authorization issued by a local permit control authority. The report shall be submitted to the Department and, if such facility discharges to a publicly owned treatment works, also to the local permit control authority no later than October 1, 2024. The bill also requires certain facilities to perform a limited PFAS discharge characterization during the one-year period from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025, for each waterway discharge outfall consisting of representative quarterly monitoring using the applicable laboratory test method, as specified in the bill. Such facilities shall report results to the Department and, if the facility discharges to a publicly owned treatment works, also to the local permit control authority, within 30 days after the end of each quarter. This bill was incorporated into HB 1085. 

Bill Sponsors (4)

Votes


Actions


Jan 31, 2024

House

Incorporated by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (HB1085-Rasoul)

Jan 29, 2024

House

Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB1085-Rasoul)

Jan 16, 2024

House

Impact statement from DPB (HB245)

Jan 15, 2024

House

Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake

Jan 04, 2024

House

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101337D

House

Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101337D PDF HTML

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB245F122.PDF PDF

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