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Chief Patron: Surovell
Eliminate EPA Reversion Language (language only)

Item 365 #2h

Item 365 #2h

Natural Resources
Environmental Quality, Department of

Language
Page 272, line 27, strike "In the event that".
Page 272, strike lines 28 through 31.


Explanation
(This amendment eliminates language contemplating the reversion of Virginia's Clean Air Act program to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should stakeholders not come to agreement about the generation of sufficient fees to cover the costs of Virginia's Clean Air Act permitting and enforcement program. Virginia's environmental permitting and enforcement programs are delegated to the Commonwealth by the EPA. The Clean Air Act program has not traditionally relied on any general fund support for its operation, instead relying on fees and charges assessed against the firms contributing air pollutants. A previous stakeholder group could not come to agreement on a sufficient fee structure to cover the program's costs because of two large firms opposition to paying more in fees.)