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Committee pauses plastic‑pellet bill for further drafting after broad testimony on monitoring, enforcement
Summary
House Bill 2178 would require zero discharge of preproduction plastics (pellets, flakes and powders), mandate site permits and monitoring, and impose cleanup and prevention requirements; the subcommittee voted to "pass by" the measure to allow further work.
Delegate Clark presented House Bill 2178 (substitute) to require a program to prevent discharges of preproduction plastics — pellets, flakes, fibers and powders — from facilities that manufacture, handle or transport them. The bill would require covered facilities to hold individual stormwater permits or comparable permits, employ monitoring and containment, prohibit spills to land and waterways, and require documented cleanup without environmental harm.
Environmental groups — Environment Virginia, Virginia League of Conservation Voters,…
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