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Board backs proposed biosolids rule changes to allow emergency management plans during extreme weather
Summary
DEQ proposed amendments to VPA permitting to implement HB 870, allowing permittees to submit DEQ‑approved emergency management plans for biosolids storage and application during extreme weather; the board approved moving the proposal to public comment.
The State Water Control Board voted to authorize public consideration of proposed amendments to the Virginia Pollution Abatement permit regulation intended to give permittees more flexibility to manage biosolids during prolonged wet-weather events.
Neil Zarekka, manager in DEQ’s Office of Land Application Programs, said the General Assembly passed House Bill 870 in 2024 after storage-and-application challenges during record-wet conditions in 2018–19. DEQ convened a regulatory-advisory panel including wastewater,…
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