CHAPTER 478
An Act to require local certification for waste discharge permits into local watershed protection districts.
Approved March 31, 2006
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. That no application for a Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit authorizing direct or indirect discharge of stormwater runoff from a new municipal solid waste landfill into a local watershed protection district established and designated as such by city ordinance prior to January 1, 2006, shall be considered complete unless it contains certification from the local governing body of the city in which the discharge is to take place, that the discharge is consistent with the city's ordinance establishing and designating the local watershed protection district. This section shall apply to applications for new or modified individual Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits and for new or modified coverage under general Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits. Nothing in this section shall apply to any municipal solid waste landfill in operation on or before January 1, 2006.
2. That the provisions of this act shall expire on July 1, 2026.