VA HB2064 | 2019 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Pending: House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Ground water withdrawals; allocation. Requires any Ground water withdrawals; allocation. Requires any person applying for a ground water withdrawal permit in the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area (EVGMA) who proposes to use 50 percent or more of the water to be withdrawn for human consumption to submit documentation of such use to the State Water Control Board (the Board). The bill requires the Board to conduct a technical evaluation to determine whether the proposed withdrawal, when combined with all existing lawful withdrawals, will lower water levels in any confined aquifer. The bill prohibits the Board from issuing a permit for such human consumptive use if the withdrawal would lower levels in any confined aquifer below a point representing 80 percent of the distance between the land surface and the top of the aquifer. For a use that does not qualify as a human consumptive use, the bill prohibits the Board from issuing a permit if the withdrawal would lower such levels below a point representing eight percent of

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Title

Ground water withdrawals; allocation.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2019-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2019-02-05HouseLeft in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2019-01-23HouseSubcommittee recommends laying on the table (9-Y 0-N)
2019-01-16HouseAssigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #3
2019-01-07HouseReferred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2019-01-07HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104219D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
621255(n/a)See Bill Text
621263.1(n/a)See Bill Text
621266.1(n/a)See Bill Text
62144.35.1(n/a)See Bill Text
62144.36(n/a)See Bill Text
62144.44(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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