Bill Text: VA HB1082 | 2018 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Environmental regulations; no stricter than federal law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-13 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources [HB1082 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2018-HB1082-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1082 Offered January 10, 2018 Prefiled January 10, 2018 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 10.1-1184.1, relating to environmental regulations; no stricter than federal law. ---------- Patron-- Yancey ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 10.1-1184.1 as follows:

§10.1-1184.1. Regulations no stricter than federal law.

Neither the Department nor the State Air Pollution Control Board, nor the State Water Control Board, nor the Virginia Waste Management Board shall adopt any environmental rule, regulation, or standard that is inconsistent with or exceeds the requirements of any relevant and duly adopted federal environmental statute, regulation, standard, criterion, or guidance document.