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Bill Chesapeake Bay; wastewater treatment, Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program established. Chesapeake Bay; wastewater treatment; Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program. Requires the State Water Control Board to adopt by June 30, 2022, regulations establishing a Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program (ENRC Program), consisting of a number of total nitrogen and total phosphorous waste load allocation reductions assigned to particular water treatment facilities with schedules for compliance. The bill provides that the ENRC Program shall operate in lieu of certain Chesapeake Bay waste load regulations. The bill directs the Board to modify affected discharge permits to incorporate the provisions of the ENRC Program and requires certain compliance plans due from treatment works by February 1, 2023, to address the requirements of the ENRC Program. The bill provides that the funding of certain design and installation costs for implementing nutrient upgrades pursuant to the ENRC Program shall be eligible for grants from the Water Quality Improvement Fund. The ENRC Program is required to proceed regardless of whether such grants will exceed the available funds in the Fund for a given fiscal year. The bill lists the projects and the total nitrogen or total phosphorus waste load allocation reductions that specified facilities are to complete. The bill provides that when grants to finance nutrient removal technology reach a sum sufficient to fund the completion of the ENRC Program at all publicly owned treatment works, certain General Assembly committees shall review funding needs and mechanisms. Finally, the bill directs the State Water Control Board to convene a stakeholder group during the adoption of regulations required to carry out the provisions of the bill and provides that such adoption by the Board shall be exempt from certain procedures of the Administrative Process Act. The bill provides that the priority projects and waste load allocation reductions that it sets forth shall be deemed to implement goals of the Chesapeake Bay Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 HB 2129 Virginia HB 2129 (2021)
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Virginia HB 2129 (2021) — Chesapeake Bay; wastewater treatment, Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program established.

Chesapeake Bay; wastewater treatment; Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program. Requires the State Water Control Board to adopt by June 30, 2022, regulations establishing a Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program (ENRC Program), consisting of a number of total nitrogen and total phosphorous waste load allocation reductions assigned to particular water treatment facilities with schedules for compliance. The bill provides that the ENRC Program shall operate in lieu of certain Chesapeake Bay waste load regulations. The bill directs the Board to modify affected discharge permits to incorporate the provisions of the ENRC Program and requires certain compliance plans due from treatment works by February 1, 2023, to address the requirements of the ENRC Program. The bill provides that the funding of certain design and installation costs for implementing nutrient upgrades pursuant to the ENRC Program shall be eligible for grants from the Water Quality Improvement Fund. The ENRC Program is required to proceed regardless of whether such grants will exceed the available funds in the Fund for a given fiscal year. The bill lists the projects and the total nitrogen or total phosphorus waste load allocation reductions that specified facilities are to complete. The bill provides that when grants to finance nutrient removal technology reach a sum sufficient to fund the completion of the ENRC Program at all publicly owned treatment works, certain General Assembly committees shall review funding needs and mechanisms. Finally, the bill directs the State Water Control Board to convene a stakeholder group during the adoption of regulations required to carry out the provisions of the bill and provides that such adoption by the Board shall be exempt from certain procedures of the Administrative Process Act. The bill provides that the priority projects and waste load allocation reductions that it sets forth shall be deemed to implement goals of the Chesapeake Bay Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. CHAP0363 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 21103828D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 21200270D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB2129ER (committee substitute) — source
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102709D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 34-N) — 62–34 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) — 6–1 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 8-N) — 14–8 (pass) · lower
  • Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (58-Y 39-N) — 57–39 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N) — 38–1 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
  • Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
  • Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
  • David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
  • David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
  • Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
  • Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
  • Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102709D introduction
  • 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2021-01-15 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake referral-committee
  • 2021-01-25 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
  • 2021-01-25 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
  • 2021-01-27 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-01-27 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (18-Y 4-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-27 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2021-01-27 Committee substitute printed 21103828D-H1 substitution
  • 2021-01-27 Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2021-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
  • 2021-01-29 Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 8-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-01 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB2129H1)
  • 2021-02-02 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 21103828D-H1
  • 2021-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2129H1
  • 2021-02-03 Read third time and passed House (58-Y 39-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-02-03 VOTE: Passage (58-Y 39-N)
  • 2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2021-02-04 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-16 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-02-16 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-16 Committee substitute printed 21200270D-S1 substitution
  • 2021-02-16 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2021-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB2129S1)
  • 2021-02-22 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-25 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-25 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2021-02-25 Committee substitute agreed to 21200270D-S1
  • 2021-02-25 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2129S1
  • 2021-02-25 Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N) passage
  • 2021-02-25 Placed on Calendar
  • 2021-02-25 Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200270D-S1 (63-Y 34-N)
  • 2021-02-25 VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 34-N)
  • 2021-03-09 Enrolled
  • 2021-03-09 Signed by President
  • 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
  • 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 2021-03-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 363 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c91d3b73-07d8-47d9-b09e-733f65652d89. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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