CONSERVATION
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    CONSERVATION

    Agricultural Stewardship Act; definition of pollution. Amending § 10.1-559.1. (Patron-Ruff, HB 2735)

    Air emissions; Department of Environmental Quality to initiate negotiations with Maryland officials to reduce emissions from Maryland's Dickerson Power Plant. (Patron-May, HB 890)

    Air emissions trading programs; use of emission caps. Amending § 10.1-1322.3. (Patron-Albo, HB 2689)

    Animal feeding operations, confined; owners to maintain evidence of financial responsibility for closing liquid manure collection and storage system. Amending § 62.1-44.17:1. (Patron-Van Yahres, HB 2448)

    Beverage containers, redeemable; definitions. Adding §§ 10.1-1425.26 through 10.1-1425.35. (Patron-Marye, SB 1335)

    Businesses; joint subcommittee to examine impact thereon of incentives offered to attract new businesses, particularly scrap recyclers, appropriation. (Patron-Wagner, HJR 668)

    Cemeteries and graves of historical significance; funds for care. Amending §§ 10.1-2202 and 10.1-2211. (Patron-McEachin, HB 1053)

    Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act; authorizes local governments outside Tidewater Virginia to adopt water quality provisions. Amending § 10.1-2110. (Patron-Katzen, HB 2650; Watkins, SB 1133)

    Chip mills, satellite; joint subcommittee to study impact thereof on economy and environment, appropriation. (Patron-Day, HJR 730)

    Coastal projects; Congress urged to enact "Conservation and Reinvestment Act" which will provide matching funds therefor. (Patron-Walker, SJR 440)

    Confederate cemeteries and graves; appropriation of funds for care. Amending § 10.1-2211. (Patron-Watkins, SB 801)

    Conservation and Recreation Foundation; name changed to Land Conservation Foundation. Amending §§ 2.1-1.5, 10.1-202, 10.1-1017, 10.1-1018, 10.1-1020, 10.1-1021 and 10.1-2213; adding § 10.1-1022.1. (Patron-Deeds, HB 1747; Hanger, SB 1304)

    Courthouse preservation zones, historic; tax credits for qualified commercial uses within. Adding §§ 10.1-2205.1 and 58.1-439.11. (Patron-Armstrong, HB 2291; Katzen, HB 2648; O'Brien, HB 2669; Quayle, SB 987)

    Dam safety; correction of an unsafe condition at an impounding structure. Amending § 10.1-609. (Patron-Davies, HB 1582)

    Environment, Future of; Interim Report of Moss Commission (HJR 221, 1996). (HD 4)

    Environment, Joint Subcommittee Studying Future of; continued, appropriation. (Patron-Moss, HJR 719)

    Environmental laboratory certification program; exemptions. Amending § 2.1-429.01. (Patron-Phillips, HB 1827)

    Environmental Quality, Department of; enforcement of laws, regulations and policies. Amending § 10.1-1183. (Patron-Purkey, HB 2178)

    Erosion and sediment control; natural gas and pipeline companies to file annual reports. Amending § 10.1-563. (Patron-Dillard, HB 2443)

    Erosion and sediment control; recovery fund. Amending § 10.1-565. (Patron-Howell, HB 2225)

    Excursion trains; Department of Rail and Public Transportation, et al., to study operation thereof as tourist attractions. (Patron-Edwards, SJR 458)

    Farm Act, Right to; definition of farm to combine "agricultural operation," and "production agriculture and silviculture." Amending §§ 3.1-22.28, 3.1-22.29 and 15.2-2288; adding § 3.1-22.29:1. (Patron-Van Yahres, HB 1923)

    Forest lands; acquisition and disposition. Amending § 10.1-1107. (Patron-Baker, HB 2081)

    Forestry activities; joint subcommittee to study water quality and natural resource impacts thereon and effectiveness of forestry "bad actor" law, appropriation. (Patron-Phillips, HJR 535)

    Forestry activities; joint subcommittee to study water quality impacts thereon and effectiveness of forestry "bad actor" law, appropriation. (Patron-Phillips, HJR 146)

    Forestry technical assistance; use of accepted scientific forestry principles. Amending § 10.1-1105. (Patron-Guest, HB 2668)

    Highway signs; installation and maintenance for certain tourist attractions. Adding § 33.1-206.1. (Patron-Davies, HB 1979)

    Highway signs; use of directional signs for facilities that are of specific interest to tourists and travelers. (Patron-Katzen, HB 2652)

    Historic districts; removal of certain structures in Petersburg City. Adding § 15.2-2307.1. (Patron-Marsh, SB 493)

    Historic Preservation Trust Fund; transfer of assets of Historic Resources Revolving Fund. Amending §§ 2.1-1.5 and 10.1-2402; repealing §§ 10.1-2400 through 10.1-2404. (Patron-Guest, HB 2490)

    Historic rehabilitation tax credit; provisions. Amending § 58.1-339.2. (Patron-Katzen, HB 1739; Rust, HB 2370; Stosch, SB 957)

    Historic Resources, Department of; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study mission, operations, staffing and funding thereof. (Patron-Murphy, HJR 661)

    Historic sites; preservation. Amending § 15.2-2306. (Patron-DeBoer, HB 2750)

    Horse trail; Department of Conservation and Recreation to study creating a trail between Equine Center in Lexington and Homestead Hotel. (Patron-Deeds, HJR 525)

    Human Remains From Archaeological Sites and Abandoned Private Cemeteries, Adequacy of Law Related to Removal of; Report of Department of Historic Resources (HJR 106, 1998). (HD 40)

    Income tax, state; voluntary contribution to State Forests System Fund and Uninsured Medical Catastrophe Fund. Adding §§ 10.1-1119.1, 32.1-324.2, 58.1-346.9 and 58.1-346.10. (Patron-Weatherholtz, HB 2047)

    Indian tribes in State; memorializing Congress to grant historic congressional federal recognition thereto. (Patron-Katzen, HJR 754)

    Land Conservation Incentives Act of 1999; created. Adding §§ 58.1-510 through 58.1-513. (Patron-Deeds, HB 1752; Hanger, SB 1218)

    Land Development Patterns and Ways to Address Demands for Increased Services and Infrastructure Resulting from Residential Growth; Interim Report of Joint Subcommittee (HJR 195, 1998; SJRs 53 and 107, 1998 - as introduced). (HD 65)

    Land Development Patterns and Ways to Address Demands for Increased Services and Infrastructure Resulting from Residential Growth, Joint Subcommittee Studying; continued, appropriation. (Patron-Keating, HJR 543)

    Land use taxation; assessments when land used for forestry. Amending § 58.1-3233. (Patron-Stump, HB 2172)

    Land use taxation and agricultural and forestal districts; Joint Subcommittee Studying Future of Virginia's Environment and Joint Subcommittee Studying Land Development Patterns and Ways to Address Demands for Increased Services and Infrastructure Resulting from Residential Growth to both study ways to encourage utilization thereof. (Patron-Marye, SJR 503)

    License plates, special; issuance celebrating Natural Bridge of Virginia. Adding § 46.2-749.12. (Patron-Wilkins, HB 1438)

    License plates, special; issuance to celebrate Virginia lighthouses. Adding § 46.2-749.12. (Patron-Woods, SB 871)

    License plates, special; issuance to supporters of Operation Wildflower. Adding § 46.2-749.12. (Patron-Stosch, SB 993)

    Litter tax; abolished. Amending § 10.1-1422.01; repealing §§ 58.1-1706 through 58.1-1710. (Patron-Rhodes, HB 1910)

    Logging operations; to have trained staff on-site. Adding § 10.1-1101.1. (Patron-Phillips, HB 786; Phillips, HB 1830)

    Medical waste, regulated; penalty for improper disposal. Amending § 10.1-1455. (Patron-Morgan, HB 1677)

    Military history museum; Department of Conservation and Recreation to study establishing. (Patron-Parrish, HJR 526)

    Natural Chimneys and Grand Caverns Regional Parks; Department of Conservation and Recreation to study including in state park system. (Patron-Hanger, SJR 403)

    Natural resources and law-enforcement training center; Departments of Game and Inland Fisheries and of Forestry to jointly study establishing. (Patron-Abbitt, HJR 584)

    Natural Resources Policy Act; created. Amending §§ 2.1-1.7, 2.1-20.4, 2.1-51.9, 3.1-18.8 and 9-6.25:2; adding §§ 10.1-1222 through 10.1-1238; repealing §§ 10.1-1188 through 10.1-1192. (Patron-Murphy, HB 2273)

    Oil facilities; financial responsibility for containment and cleanup. Amending § 62.1-44.34:16. (Patron-Parrish, HB 1860)

    Open Space Bond Act of 1999; created. (Patron-Deeds, HB 2493)

    Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund; use for appraisals. Amending § 10.1-1801.1. (Patron-Wilkins, HB 2589)

    Pedlar Hills; authorizing Department of Conservation and Recreation to convey property in Montgomery County and to accept certain property in exchange. (Patron-Marye, SB 736)

    Pocahontas Tourist Train Feasibility; Report of Department of Rail and Public Transportation (Item 535B, Chapter 464, 1998 Acts). (HD 44)

    Poultry waste; Water Control Board to regulate program for management of waste in Chesapeake Bay watershed, Director of Departments of Environmental Quality and of Conservation and Recreation, et al., to report thereon. Adding § 62.1-44.17:1.1. (Patron-Murphy, HB 1207)

    Public schools; Department of Housing and Community Development to establish a task force to identify existing guidelines and standards for indoor air quality and Building Code requirements for heating, air conditioning, etc., therefor. (Patron-Grayson, HB 2478)

    Public schools; urging local health departments and school systems to make every effort to protect school children from indoor air pollution. (Patron-Grayson, HJR 287)

    Real estate assessments; special taxation to be established on a sliding scale. Amending §§ 58.1-3231, 58.1-3234 and 58.1-3237. (Patron-Orrock, HB 2754)

    Recreational facilities authorities, public; to undertake land conservation projects. Amending § 15.2-5601. (Patron-Deeds, HB 1878; Hanger, SB 1219)

    Retail Sales and Use Tax; agricultural exemptions include harvesting of forest products. Amending § 58.1-609.2. (Patron-Trumbo, SB 864)

    Safety inspections; eliminates requirement that vehicles with missing or inoperable pollution control equipment be denied stickers. Amending § 46.2-1048. (Patron-Dillard, HB 2121)

    Scrap tires; Department of Environmental Quality, et al., to identify funding sources available to small businesses to assist in developing technologies to eliminate. (Patron-Wilkins, HJR 536)

    Small Business Environmental Compliance Assistance Fund; used for loans for installation of voluntary agricultural best management practices. Amending § 10.1-1197.3. (Patron-Hanger, SB 1146)

    Soil Survey, National Cooperative; completion upon availability of state and federal mapping resources. Amending § 10.1-572. (Patron-Hanger, SB 1029)

    Solid or medical waste; prohibits transportation by water. Adding § 10.1-1408.3. (Patron-Murphy, HB 818)

    Solid or medical waste; prohibits transportation by water. Adding § 10.1-1454.2. (Patron-Williams, HB 2454)

    Solid or medical waste; prohibits transportation on certain waters, Department of Transportation, et al., to analyze impact of such prohibition on highway safety due to truck traffic. Adding § 10.1-1454.2. (Patron-Cox, HB 2556; Bolling, SB 1308)

    Solid or medical waste; prohibits transportation on James River. Adding § 10.1-1408.3. (Patron-Marsh, SB 656)

    Solid waste; caps on level of disposal, prohibits transportation on certain waters, Department of Transportation, et al., to conduct an analysis on impact of such prohibition on highway safety due to truck traffic. Amending § 10.1-1408.1; adding §§ 10.1-1408.3 and 10.1-1454.2. (Patron-Marsh, SB 1226)

    Solid waste; change in laws regulating, Department of Environmental Quality to study waste management, disposal practices, landfill capacity needs, etc., Landfill Clean-up and Closure Fund created, regulation of road transportation of waste. Amending § 10.1-1408.1; adding §§ 10.1-1406.2, 10.1-1408.3, 10.1-1410.2, 10.1-1413.2 and 10.1-1454.2. (Patron-Cox, HB 2557; Hanger, SB 865; Bolling, SB 1309)

    Solid waste; change in laws regulating, Department of Environmental Quality to study waste management practices and needs, Solid Waste Environmental Stewardship Fund created, regulation of road transportation of waste. Amending § 10.1-1408.1; adding §§ 10.1-1406.2, 10.1-1408.3, 10.1-1410.2, 10.1-1413.2, 10.1-1413.3, 10.1-1413.4 and 10.1-1454.2. (Patron-Deeds, HB 1748)

    Solid waste; cleanup and containment liability. Amending § 10.1-1406. (Patron-Bryant, HB 2705)

    Solid waste; design of vehicles carrying. Adding § 10.1-1424.2. (Patron-Hawkins, SB 605)

    Solid waste; disposal of vegetative waste in Bedford County. Amending § 10.1-1408.1. (Patron-Newman, SB 329)

    Solid waste; limitation on out-of-state imports. Adding §§ 10.1-1454.2 and 10.1-1454.3. (Patron-Stolle, SB 1075)

    Solid waste; permits for new sanitary landfills. Amending § 10.1-1408.1. (Patron-Guest, HB 2486)

    Solid waste; regulation and management. Amending § 10.1-1402.2; adding §§ 10.1-1408.3, 10.1-1408.4, 10.1-1454.2 and 10.1-1454.3 through 10.1-1454.9. (Patron-Walker, SB 1182)

    Solid waste; regulation of transportation by water. Amending § 10.1-1454.1. (Patron-Murphy, HB 2430)

    Solid waste landfills; caps on levels of disposal. Adding § 10.1-1408.3. (Patron-Williams, HB 2453)

    Solid waste landfills; caps on levels of disposal. Amending § 10.1-1408.1; adding § 10.1-1408.3. (Patron-Cox, HB 2555; Bolling, SB 1201)

    Solid waste landfills; cleanup and closure. Amending § 10.1-1408.1. (Patron-McEachin, HB 1466)

    Solid waste landfills; issuance of permits for location on wetlands, expansion of landfill located in Suffolk City. Amending § 10.1-1455; adding § 10.1-1408.3. (Patron-Morgan, HB 2471)

    Solid waste landfills; referendum required prior to issuance of permit. Adding § 10.1-1408.1:1. (Patron-Davis, HB 2687)

    Solid waste landfills, municipal; prohibits Department of Environmental Quality from issuing any new permits. (Patron-Bryant, HB 2099)

    Solid waste management facilities; report on site suitability. Amending § 10.1-1408.1; adding § 15.2-2281.1. (Patron-Murphy, HB 2433)

    Solid waste transportation and management; certification, Landfill Clean-up and Closure Fund created. Adding §§ 10.1-1408.3, 10.1-1413.2, 10.1-1413.3, 10.1-1413.4, 10.1-1413.5 and 62.1-241.7:1. (Patron-Marshall, HB 1773)

    State Park on Rappahannock River, Feasibility for Establishment of; Report of Department of Conservation and Recreation (HJR 193, 1998). (HD 27)

    Swine feeding operations; moratorium on certain. Adding § 62.1-44.17:1.1. (Patron-Van Yahres, HB 1924)

    Timberland; assessment. Adding § 58.1-3284.2; repealing § 58.1-3284. (Patron-Ruff, HB 2731)

    Tires; retailers to accept used tires when new tires sold. Amending § 10.1-1418.2; adding § 10.1-1422.1:1. (Patron-Murphy, HB 2070)

    Tourism Authority Act; created. Amending § 2.1-342; adding §§ 2.1-548.53 through 2.1-548.68; repealing §§ 2.1-548.29:01, 2.1-548.29:02 and 2.1-548.29:03. (Patron-Drake, HB 2702; Norment, SB 1142)

    Visitors center and passenger vehicle rest stop; requesting Tourism Authority and Department of Transportation to consider establishment in vicinity of Interstate 64/81 interchange on Frontier Museum Property at Staunton. (Patron-Hanger, SJR 497)

    Wastewater, treated; Department of Environmental Quality to study issues surrounding land application and reclamation and reuse thereof. (Patron-Murphy, HJR 662)

    Water and Waste Authorities Act; Frederick County may prohibit authority from exercising power of eminent domain on land designated historic landmark, etc. (Patron-Potts, SB 739)

    Water Quality Improvement Act; applicable throughout Chesapeake Bay watershed. Amending §§ 10.1-2129 through 10.1-2132. (Patron-Murphy, HB 814; Bolling, SB 49)

    Water Quality Improvement Fund; certain educational institutions eligible to receive grants therefrom. Amending §§ 10.1-2117, 10.1-2128, 10.1-2131 and 10.1-2132. (Patron-Ware, HB 2318)

    Water Quality Improvement Fund; funding calculation. Amending § 10.1-2128. (Patron-Murphy, HB 2069)

    Water Quality Improvement Fund; point source pollution grants. Amending § 10.1-2131. (Patron-Bryant, HB 1089)

    Water Quality Improvement Fund; uses. Amending § 10.1-2128. (Patron-Murphy, HB 2066)

    Water Quality Improvement Fund; utilization. Amending §§ 10.1-2121, 10.1-2131 and 10.1-2132. (Patron-Rust, HB 473)

    Water Quality Improvement Grants; education efforts to improve water quality. Amending § 10.1-2132. (Patron-Gartlan, SB 492)

    Water Quality Improvement Grants; nonpoint source pollution funding for suspended solids. Amending § 10.1-2132. (Patron-Murphy, HB 2268)

    Wood chips; counties and cities authorized to levy severance tax thereon. Adding § 58.1-3712.2. (Patron-Phillips, HB 1918)

    Workers' compensation; applicable to volunteer firefighters under control of Department of Forestry. Amending § 65.2-101. (Patron-Armstrong, HB 2365)

    Zoning ordinances; special use exception and special use permit in Fauquier County not required in any residential, agricultural or conservation zone. (Patron-Scott, HB 1362)


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