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Virginia board adopts annual updates to hazardous-waste and hazardous-materials transport regulations to align with federal rules
Summary
The Virginia Waste Management Board voted to adopt DEQ-recommended annual updates to hazardous waste (9 VAC 20-60) and hazardous-materials transportation (9 VAC 21-10) regulations that incorporate recent EPA and DOT rulemakings, with no recorded opposition.
The Virginia Waste Management Board on [date of meeting] voted to adopt Department of Environmental Quality staff recommendations to update two sets of regulations so state rules match recent federal changes. Rebecca Rath, a DEQ regulatory analyst, told the board the hazardous waste update incorporates EPA rulemaking through July 1, 2025, including e-Manifest technical corrections, integration of manifest changes for exports, amendments affecting certain polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) manifest provisions, and other technical corrections.
"The purpose of this regulatory update is to bring Virginia's hazardous waste management regulations up to date with the Environmental Protection Agency's rules promulgated through 07/01/2025," Rath said. She also presented a separate final exempt action to update Virginia's transportation-of-hazardous-materials regulations to incorporate Department of Transportation changes through Oct. 1, 2025.
DEQ staff recommended adoption of both actions as exempt regulatory updates under the Administrative Process Act because they conform state rules to federal requirements. A board member moved to adopt the hazardous-waste update and another member seconded; the board voiced "aye" and no member recorded opposition. The transportation update was presented, moved, seconded, and likewise adopted with no recorded opposition.
Why it matters: updating the incorporated federal dates and technical citations keeps Virginia's enforcement and permitting framework current, allows state and local enforcement partners (including the Virginia State Police motor carrier safety unit) to rely on a single referenced federal standard, and implements changes such as electronic manifest retrieval for generators.
What the board recorded: staff recommended adoption in both cases; motions were made and seconded; the board approved both final exempt actions with "aye" votes and no recorded opposition. The meeting transcript does not include a numeric roll-call tally for those votes.
What's next: the adopted updates change the incorporated CFR dates and related references in 9 VAC 20-60 and 9 VAC 21-10 and will be published according to DEQ practice for exempt actions.
