Virginia House Bill 2060 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Pending: House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Aboveground storage tanks; Hazardous Substance Aboveground Storage Tank Fund; civil penalties. Directs the State Water Control Board to regulate aboveground storage tanks that measure more than 250 gallons in capacity and are used to contain hazardous substances other than oil. The bill directs the Board to adopt regulations that establish requirements for registration, and other requirements of tank owners, and that establish a schedule of registration and renewal fees. The bill authorizes the Board to undertake corrective action in the event of a discharge of a hazardous substance. The bill requires tank owners to notify certain parties in the event of a release of a regulated substance. The bill also creates the Hazardous Substance Aboveground Storage Tank Fund, with moneys from the Fund to be used solely for the administration of the bill, and provides for civil penalties for violations of requirements of the bill, with such moneys received to be deposited into the existing Virginia Environmental Emergency Response Fund. Aboveground storage tanks; Hazardous Substance Aboveground Storage Tank Fund; civil penalties. Directs the State Water Control Board to regulate aboveground storage tanks that measure more than 250 gallons in capacity and are used to contain hazardous substances other than oil. The bill directs the Board to adopt regulations that establish requirements for registration, and other requirements of tank owners, and that establish a schedule of registration and renewal fees. The bill authorizes the Board to undertake corrective action in the event of a discharge of a hazardous substance. The bill requires tank owners to notify certain parties in the event of a release of a regulated substance. The bill also creates the Hazardous Substance Aboveground Storage Tank Fund, with moneys from the Fund to be used solely for the administration of the bill, and provides for civil penalties for violations of requirements of the bill, with such moneys received to be deposited into the existing Virginia Environmental Emergency Response Fund.

Aboveground storage tanks; Hazardous Substance Aboveground Storage Tank Fund created.

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. Marcus Simon [D]

2023-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 4-N) (Y: 5 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2023-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 4-N)
2023-01-20	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103120D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
62	1	44.34:29	(n/a)	See Bill Text
62	1	44.34:36	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2060
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2060+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2060F160+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0102V0016+HB2060