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2004 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - SB5001 (Committee Approved)

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Richmond and Lynchburg CSO

Item 388 #2s

Item 388 #2s

First Year - FY2005 Second Year - FY2006
Natural Resources
Environmental Quality, Department of FY2005 $1,700,000 FY2006 $0 NGF

Language
Page 304, line 18, strike "$60,303,091" and insert "$62,003,091".
Page 305, after line 14, insert:
"F. Notwithstanding the distribution specified in §10.1-2135, the Comptroller shall transfer $1,700,000 from the Natural and Historic Resources Fund in the first year to the Combined Sewer Overflow Matching Fund, §62.1-241.12, Code of Virginia. From the Combined Sewer Overflow Matching Fund, the City of Richmond shall receive $1,300,000 in the first year, and the City of Lynchburg shall receive $400,000 in the first year to match federal funds received by each city. This appropriation shall count against the Department's transfer in the first year from the Virginia Natural and Historic Resources Fund for point-source programs."


Explanation
(This amendment provides matching funds for an equivalent amount of federal funds to modernize the sewer systems of Richmond and Lynchburg as required under federal clean water regulations. The Cities of Richmond and Lynchburg maintain the final two combined sewer overflow systems remaining in Virginia, and without these modifications raw sewage will continue to enter the James River during heavy rainfalls. Funding comes from an earmark of the new point source water quality funding provided by the "Virginia Investment Act" (SB 635, 2004 Session).)