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VA HB2189

VA HB2189
PFAS chemicals; requirements to test, publicly owned treatment works.


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Introduced
01/11/2023
In Committee
02/14/2023
Crossed Over
02/06/2023
Passed
02/22/2023
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
03/22/2023

Introduced Session

2023 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Requirements to test for PFAS; publicly owned treatment works; discharges into state waters. Directs the State Water Control Board to adopt regulations that require any industrial user of publicly owned treatment works that receive and clean, repair, refurbish, or process items that the industrial user knows or reasonably should know use PFAS chemicals, defined in the bill, to test wastestreams for PFAS prior to and after cleaning, repairing, refurbishing, or processing such items. The bill requires the results of such tests to be transmitted to the receiving publicly owned treatment works within three days of receipt of the test results by the industrial user of the publicly owned treatment works. Requirements to test for PFAS; publicly owned treatment works; discharges into state waters. Directs the State Water Control Board to adopt regulations that require any industrial user of publicly owned treatment works that receive and clean, repair, refurbish, or process items that the industrial user knows or reasonably should know use PFAS chemicals, defined in the bill, to test wastestreams for PFAS prior to and after cleaning, repairing, refurbishing, or processing such items. The bill requires the results of such tests to be transmitted to the receiving publicly owned treatment works within three days of receipt of the test results by the industrial user of the publicly owned treatment works.

AI Summary

This bill directs the State Water Control Board to adopt regulations that require any industrial user of publicly owned treatment works (POTW) that receives and cleans, repairs, refurbishes, or processes items using PFAS chemicals (a class of fluorinated organic chemicals) to test their wastestreams for PFAS chemicals before and after such processing. The industrial user must transmit the test results to the receiving POTW within three days of receiving the test results.

Committee Categories

Agriculture and Natural Resources

Sponsors (6)

Last Action

Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0276) (on 03/22/2023)

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Document Type Source Location
State Bill Page https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2189
BillText https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0276+hil
BillText https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2189ER+hil
Fiscal Note/Analysis - House: Bill text as passed House and Sena https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2189FER122+PDF
Fiscal Note/Analysis - House: Committee substitute printed 23106 https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2189FH1122+PDF
BillText https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2189H1+hil
Substitute for HB2189 for Committee: Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23106081D.pdf
Substitute for HB2189 Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, Chesapeake https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105836D.pdf
BillText https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2189+hil
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