Authority: Title 10.1, Chapters 11.1, 14, 21.1, and 25 and Title 62.1, Chapters 3.1, 22, 23.2, and 24, Code of Virginia.
A. Out of the amounts for Environmental Financial Assistance, $3,000,000 the first year from the general fund shall be deposited to the Combined Sewer Overflow Matching Fund pursuant to § 62.1-241.12, Code of Virginia. From this fund, the City of Richmond shall receive $1,500,000 in the first year and the City of Lynchburg shall receive $1,500,000 in the first year.
B. Out of the amounts appropriated frofor Environmental Financial Assistance, the Department of Environmental Quality shall provide $20,000 the first year and $20,000 the second year from the general fund to the Tri-County Lake Administrative Commission for water quality monitoring at Smith Mountain Lake.
C. Out of the amounts for Environmental Financial Assistance, the Department of Environmental Quality shall provide $10,000 each year from such funds as are available out of Dedicated Special Revenue for the implementation of a toll-free number as authorized by Senate Bill 648 of the 2008 Session of the General Assembly.
D. Out of the amounts for this Item, $476,700 the first year from the general fund shall be deposited to the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund established under the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Act of 1997. This appropriation meets the mandatory deposit requirement associated with fiscal year 2008 excess general fund revenue collections. Out of this amount, $120,000 shall be provided to investigate factors that contribute to fish lesions and mortality in the Shenandoah, Potomac, and James Rivers.
E. Pursuant to Chapter 851, 2007 Acts of Assembly, the Virginia Public Building Authority is authorized to issue revenue bonds in order to finance Virginia Water Quality Improvement Grants to fund or reimburse approved capital costs for each such project as and to the extent determined by the Department of Environmental Quality pursuant to the provisions of this enactment and of Article 4 (§ 10.1-2128 et seq.) of Chapter 21.1 of Title 10.1, Code of Virginia, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $250,000,000. The proceeds of such bonds are hereby appropriated for disbursement from the state treasury pursuant to Article X, Section 7 of the Constitution of Virginia, and § 2.2-1819, Code of Virginia.
F. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 10.1-1422.01.C.2., Code of Virginia, the Department of Environmental Quality is authorized to suspend payments for litter prevention and recycling grants in order to implement fund transfers authorized in Part 3 of this Act.
G. Out of this item, the Department of Environmental Quality shall expend up to $10,000 from the Litter Control and Recycling Fund for a one-time cooperative agreement with the City of Alexandria for the purposes of developing and implementing a public information and education project to enhance ongoing litter prevention and recycling programs. Moneys deposited into the Litter Control and Recycling Fund shall be expended for this cooperative agreement out of the amount allocated on July 1, 2008, pursuant to § 10.1-1422.01.C.1.
H. Out of this item, the Department of Environmental Quality shall expend up to $28,000 from the Litter Control and Recycling Fund for a one-time cooperative agreement with Isle of Wight County for the purposes of developing and implementing a public information and education project to enhance ongoing litter prevention and recycling programs. Moneys deposited into the Litter Control and Recycling Fund shall be expended for this cooperative agreement out of the amount allocated on July 1, 2008, pursuant to § 10.1-1422.01.C.1.
I. Out of this item, the Department of Environmental Quality shall expend up to $10,000 from the Litter Control and Recycling Fund for a one-time cooperative agreement with Henry County for the purposes of developing and implementing a public information and education project to enhance ongoing litter prevention and recycling programs. Moneys deposited into the Litter Control and Recycling Fund shall be expended for this cooperative agreement out of the amount allocated on July 1, 2008, pursuant to § 10.1-1422.01.C.1.
J. The State Water Control Board shall give due consideration to the provision of additional nitrogen and phosphorus nutrient allocations to the Opequon Water Reclamation Facility based upon: (1) the Commonwealth's multiple investments in the facility through the Water Quality Improvement Fund, (2) the execution of a Water Quality Improvement Grant agreement for the installation of state-of-the art nutrient removal technology on or before December 31, 2008, (3) capital investments made prior to July 1, 2005 to expand the facility's capacity, (4) the capacity under which the facility will likely operate by December 31, 2010, (5) the facility's schedule for planning, design, and construction, and (6) the discharge flow authorized by the facility's VPDES permit and the tiered design flows contained in that permit.