VirginiaOccoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program; established.
What it does
Drinking water; Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program established. Creates the Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program to reduce excessive levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in public drinking water derived from the Occoquan Reservoir. The bill requires certain facilities to monitor for PFAS on or before October 1, 2025, using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Method 1633 or an alternative method approved by the EPA.
More detail
The bill requires any such facility to report all results to the Department of Environmental Quality no later than the tenth day of the next month after the month in which the result is reported by the laboratory and to include in such report all PFAS analytes measured by the test method. The bill requires by July 1, 2027, for any facility that measures exceedances in its discharge of the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for PFAS in drinking water promulgated on or before January 1, 2025, the Department, for an individual Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit if the facility discharges directly to surface waters, or a major publicly owned treatment works, for an indirect discharger, to modify the applicable discharge permit to require that the facility's discharge not exceed that MCL. The bill requires the modified permit to provide a compliance schedule that requires compliance with such level as soon as possible but no later than July 1, 2029. The bill exempts from its provisions any industrial discharger not listed in the bill, any publicly owned treatment works or drinking water treatment plant, or a municipal solid waste facility but provides that any public water system may follow the requirements of the bill for the purpose of planning for compliance with the MCL for PFAS in finished water. The bill clarifies that its provisions will not limit the authority of the Department or the owner or operator of any publicly owned treatment works to which any user discharges wastewater to require monitoring or reporting or otherwise regulate the discharge of any PFAS chemicals or other pollutants under other applicable legal authority.
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- Introduced
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- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Apr 2Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0650)Latest
- Vote recorded Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 2Enacted, Chapter 650 (Effective 07/01/25)Major
- Apr 2Signed by President as reenrolledTo Governor
- Apr 2Signed by Speaker as reenrolledMajor
- Apr 2Reenrolled bill text (HB2050ER2)Minor
- Apr 2ReenrolledMinor
- Apr 2Governor Glenn Youngkin's recommendation adoptedBecame Law
- Apr 2Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- Apr 2House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- Mar 24Governor Glenn Youngkin's recommendation received by HouseMinor
- Mar 11Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025Minor
- Mar 11Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025Minor
- Mar 10Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 7Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 7Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2050)
- Mar 7Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2050ER)Major
- Mar 7EnrolledMinor
- Feb 20Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)Major
- Vote recorded Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (38-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 20Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 20Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (38-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Feb 20Engrossed By Senate - Committee Substitute as amended
- Feb 20Senator McPike, Jeremy S. Amendments agreed toMajor
- Feb 20Reading of amendment waived
- Feb 20Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
- Feb 20Reading of substitute waived
- Feb 20Read third timeMinor
- Feb 19Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Feb 19Rules suspended
- Feb 17Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2050)
- Feb 11Committee substitute printed 25107197D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 11Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N)Minor
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Feb 5Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 4Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 3Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
- Feb 3Read second timeMinor
- Feb 3Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- Jan 31Read first timeMinor
- Jan 29Committee substitute printed 25106088D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 29Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 27Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 27Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2050)
- Jan 14Assigned ACNR sub: ChesapeakeMinor
- Jan 7Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102842DIntroduced
- Apr 2Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0650)Latest