Virginia HB 705: State air, waste, and water boards; permit authority, appointment of members.

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HOUSE BILL NO. 705 

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE 

(Proposed by the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and 
Natural Resources 

on February 5, 2020) 

(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Keam) 

A BILL to direct the Department of Environmental Quality to 
review the authority of environmental boards. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. � 1. That the Virginia Department of Environmental 
Quality (the Department) shall, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney 
General, review the authority and processes utilized by the State Air Pollution 
Control Board, the Virginia Waste Management Board, and the State Water Control 
Board (the environmental boards) in issuing, reissuing, amending, or modifying 
permits and shall review (i) the timeframe and requirements regarding public 
comment in relation to the environmental boards; (ii) the efficiency of the 
Commonwealth's permitting processes; (iii) the demands the environmental boards 
place on the staff of the Department; (iv) the average time required for 
issuing, reissuing, amending, or modifying permits, from the time a permit is 
first noticed; (v) the predictability and consistency of the permitting 
process; (vi) the nature and relationship of the environmental boards with 
local governments in the permitting process; (vii) how other states, 
particularly those states that participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas 
Initiative (RGGI), handle the permitting process and if those states utilize 
citizen boards for such purpose; (viii) the functions of citizen boards in 
states that participate in RGGI; (ix) the authority citizen boards have in 
states that participate in RGGI; (x) for a state, if any, that participates in 
RGGI but does not have a citizen board, who makes decisions for an individual 
permit; (xi) the process such states use for appeal of a permit decision and 
how such process is funded; and (xii) any other issues deemed relevant or 
appropriate by the Department in consultation with the Office of the Attorney 
General. The Department, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney 
General, shall report to the Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, 
Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, 
Conservation and Natural Resources by December 1, 2020, with the results of the 
review and the Department's recommendations.