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HB182

Coal combustion residuals unit; closure by 2022.

Status:
Killed

Chief Patron:
Jennifer Carroll Foy (D)

Session:
2018 Regular Session

Summary

As Introduced. Coal combustion residuals unit; closure by 2022.

Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to require the closure by July 1, 2022, of any coal combustion residuals (CCR) surface impoundment located in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The bill requires that such closure include the removal of all coal combustion residuals for disposal in a permitted landfill that meets federal criteria and that the impoundment site be reclaimed in a manner consistent with federal mine reclamation standards. The bill allows an investor-owned public electric utility to recover the costs of closure from customers. Finally, the bill suspends the issuance of any permit to close a CCR surface impoundment in the Chesapeake Bay watershed between May 1, 2018, and July 1, 2018. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 12/24/2017 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102657D
  • 12/24/2017 - House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
  • 01/12/2018 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB182)
  • 01/23/2018 - House: Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #3
  • 02/06/2018 - House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2019
  • 02/13/2018 - House: Left in Commerce and Labor

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